ENKEPHALIN, DYNORPHIN AND SUBSTANCE-P IN POSTMORTEM SUBSTANTIA-NIGRA FROM NORMALS AND SCHIZOPHRENIC-PATIENTS
ENKEPHALIN, DYNORPHIN AND SUBSTANCE-P IN POSTMORTEM SUBSTANTIA-NIGRA FROM NORMALS AND SCHIZOPHRENIC-PATIENTS
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DOI:
10.1016/0024-3205(91)90224-y
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发表时间:
1991-01-01
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影响因子:
6.1
通讯作者:
KLEINMAN, JE
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作者:
IADAROLA, MJ;OFRI, D;KLEINMAN, JE
Three peptide neuromodulators that are found in high concentration in the subtantia nigra: dynorphin A 1-8, met5-enkephalin-arg6-gly7-leu8 and substance P, were measured by specific radioimmunoassays in nigral tissue from normals and schizophrenics postmortem. Substance P and dynorphin were unchanged between the two groups. However, the proenkephalin-derived peptide was significantly elevated in the schizophrenic group. The immunoreactivity was identified as authentic met5-enkephalin-arg6-gly7-leu8 by high pressure liquid chromatography. The data suggest that a different set of regulatory controls exists for nigral enkephalin peptides as compared to dynorphin and substance P, and that the former system may be disordered in schizophrenia.