TY - JOUR
T1 - Membranes, Methylation and Lithium Responsive Psychoses
AU - Hitzemann, R.
AU - Hirschowitz, J.
AU - Panini, A.
AU - Mark, C.
AU - Garver, D.
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported in part by USPHS grant MH-32666 and MH-37377 and a Biomedical Science Research Grant from the University of Cincinnati.
PY - 1984/7
Y1 - 1984/7
N2 - Data are presented showing that the erythrocyte ghost membranes of lithium-responsive and non-responsive schizophrenic-like patients are different from control membranes. In both groups of patients there was a significant decrement of phosphatidylcholine (PC) which was largely compenstated for by an increase in sphingomyelin. The decrement in PC may in part be associated with a decrease in phospholipid methylation which converts phosphatidylethanolmine (PE) to PC. Interestingly, in the lithium-responsive but not the non-responsive patients, lithium stimulates methylation activity. This stimulation may affect a variety of membrane functions, e.g. adenyl cyclase activity, which would be involved in lithium's therapeutic actions.
AB - Data are presented showing that the erythrocyte ghost membranes of lithium-responsive and non-responsive schizophrenic-like patients are different from control membranes. In both groups of patients there was a significant decrement of phosphatidylcholine (PC) which was largely compenstated for by an increase in sphingomyelin. The decrement in PC may in part be associated with a decrease in phospholipid methylation which converts phosphatidylethanolmine (PE) to PC. Interestingly, in the lithium-responsive but not the non-responsive patients, lithium stimulates methylation activity. This stimulation may affect a variety of membrane functions, e.g. adenyl cyclase activity, which would be involved in lithium's therapeutic actions.
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U2 - 10.1177/026010618400300304
DO - 10.1177/026010618400300304
M3 - Article
C2 - 6544948
AN - SCOPUS:0021550941
SN - 0260-1060
VL - 3
SP - 153
EP - 162
JO - Nutrition and Health
JF - Nutrition and Health
IS - 3
ER -