Magdalena Górny, Agnieszka Wnuk, Adrianna Kamińska, Kinga Kamińska, Grażyna Chwatko, Anna Bilska-Wilkosz, Małgorzata Iciek, Małgorzata Kajta, Zofia Rogóż, Elżbieta Lorenc-Koci
Impaired glutathione (GSH) synthesis and dopaminergic transmission are important factors in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. Our research aimed to assess the effects of l-buthionine-( S , R )-sulfoximine (BSO), a GSH synthesis inhibitor, and GBR 12909, a dopamine reuptake inhibitor, administered alone or in combination, to Sprague-Dawley rats during early postnatal development (p5-p16), on the levels of GSH, sulfur amino acids, global DNA methylation, and schizophrenia-like behavior. GSH, methionine (Met), homocysteine (Hcy), and cysteine (Cys) contents were determined in the liver, kidney, and in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and hippocampus (HIP) of 16-day-old rats...
November 22, 2019: Molecules: a Journal of Synthetic Chemistry and Natural Product Chemistry