title: GABAA receptor gamma subunits in the prefrontal cortex of patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
abstract: Immunohistochemical and immunoblot techniques were employed in order to examine alterations of the GABAA receptor gamma subunits in the prefrontal cortex from postmortem subjects with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Immunohistochemically, gamma 1/3 immunolabeling in the neuronal soma in the prefrontal cortex from subjects with bipolar disorder was more intense than that of the controls and the subjects with schizophrenia. The intensity of gamma 1/3 immunolabeling of the schizophrenic subjects was comparable with that of the controls. Immunoblot analysis demonstrated a significant increase in the gamma 1 subunit in the bipolar subjects, whereas no remarkable difference was detected in the schizophrenic subjects. The present study suggests that the GABAA receptor gamma subunit is differentially involved in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and that the gamma subunit is up-regulated in the prefrontal cortex of subjects with bipolar disorder.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan. mas-ake@wa2.so-net.ne.jp
authors.forename: Masanori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: Katsuyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mizukami
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iwakiri
authors.forename: Shin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hidaka
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Asada
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017397:Prefrontal Cortex / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D021122:Protein Subunits / Q000032:analysis*; D011963:Receptors, GABA-A / Q000032:analysis*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: C546279:GABRG2 protein, human; D021122:Protein Subunits; D011963:Receptors, GABA-A