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ArticleTranslational psychiatry2021

A schizophrenia subgroup with elevated inflammation displays reduced microglia, increased peripheral immune cell and altered neurogenesis marker gene expression in the subependymal zone.

Hayley F North, Christin Weissleder, Janice M Fullerton, Rachel Sager, Maree J Webster, Cynthia Shannon Weickert

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Article in Translational psychiatry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Hayley F North *Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Christin Weissleder *Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8858-9590
Janice M FullertonNeuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4014-4490
Rachel SagerDepartment of Neuroscience and Physiology, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA.
Maree J WebsterLaboratory of Brain Research, Stanley Medical Research Institute, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8778-4148
Cynthia Shannon WeickertNeuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia. weickerc@upstate.edu.
SUNY Upstate Medical University · USUNSW Sydney · AUNeuroscience Research Australia · AUStanley Medical Research Institute · US

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Abstract

Inflammation regulates neurogenesis, and the brains of patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder have reduced expression of neurogenesis markers in the subependymal zone (SEZ), the birthplace of inhibitory interneurons. Inflammation is associated with cortical interneuron deficits, but the relationship between inflammation and reduced neurogenesis in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder remains unexplored. Therefore, we investigated inflammation in the SEZ by defining those with low and high levels of inflammation using cluster analysis of IL6, IL6R, IL1R1 and SERPINA3 gene expression in 32 controls, 32 schizophrenia and 29 bipolar disorder cases. We then determined whether mRNAs for markers of glia, immune cells and neurogenesis varied with inflammation. A significantly greater proportion of schizophrenia (37%) and bipolar disorder cases (32%) were in high inflammation subgroups compared to controls (10%, p < 0.05). Across the high inflammation subgroups of psychiatric disorders, mRNAs of markers for phagocytic microglia were reduced (P2RY12, P2RY13), while mRNAs of markers for perivascular macrophages (CD163), pro-inflammatory macrophages (CD64), monocytes (CD14), natural killer cells (FCGR3A) and adhesion molecules (ICAM1) were increased. Specific to high inflammation schizophrenia, quiescent stem cell marker mRNA (GFAPD) was reduced, whereas neuronal progenitor (ASCL1) and immature neuron marker mRNAs (DCX) were decreased compared to low inflammation control and schizophrenia subgroups. Thus, a heightened state of inflammation may dampen microglial response and recruit peripheral immune cells in psychiatric disorders. The findings elucidate differential neurogenic responses to inflammation within psychiatric disorders and highlight that inflammation may impair neuronal differentiation in the SEZ in schizophrenia.

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MicrogliaSchizophreniaGene ExpressionHumansInflammationNeurogenesisReceptors, IgGFCGR3A protein, humanReceptors, IgG

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PMID34911938
PMCPMC8674325
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