SynthesisBiomolecules2022
Rational and Translational Implications of D-Amino Acids for Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia: From Neurobiology to the Clinics.
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 40 citations in OpenAlex.
- Molecular and topographic mapping of antipsychotic effects: a meta-analysis of postsynaptic density proteins in animal models with translational implications.Molecular psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Nutraceuticals and phytoceuticals in the treatment of schizophrenia: a systematic review and network meta-analysis "Nutra NMA SCZ".Molecular psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Insulin effects on core neurotransmitter pathways involved in schizophrenia neurobiology: a meta-analysis of preclinical studies. Implications for the treatment.Molecular psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- Canonical and Non-Canonical Antipsychotics' Dopamine-Related Mechanisms of Present and Next Generation Molecules: A Systematic Review on Translational Highlights for Treatment Response and Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Pooled it
- Sex-stratified associations between depressive symptoms and cognitive impairment in treatment-resistant vs. non-resistant schizophrenia.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2026Article
- Metabolic biomarkers of treatment-resistant schizophrenia and cognitive correlates: insights from a machine learning.Molecular psychiatry · 2026Article
- Identifying drug targets for schizophrenia through gene prioritization.Translational psychiatry · 2026Article
- UntargetedTranslational psychiatry · 2026Article
- Glycine Release Is Upregulated by Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 1 in Mouse Hippocampus.Biomedicines · 2025Article
- Detection and functional assessment of D-amino acids as potential biomarkers in neurological disorders.Molecular biology reports · 2025Review
- Molecular Underpinning of Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia: A Putative Different Neurobiology from Treatment-Responsive Schizophrenia.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Impact of D-Amino Acids in Schizophrenia.Biomolecules · 2025Review
- d-amino acids: new functional insights.The FEBS journal · 2025Review
- Kynurenic Acid Synthesis from D-Kynurenine in the Cerebellum: A Distinct Role of D-Amino Acid Oxidase.Cells · 2025Article
- Editorial to the Special Issue "Glycine-(and D-Serine)-Related Neurotransmission: Promising Therapeutic Targets with Still Unsolved Problems".Biomedicines · 2025Article
- The Role of Astrocytes in the Molecular Pathophysiology of Schizophrenia: Between Neurodevelopment and Neurodegeneration.Biomolecules · 2025Review
- Pharmaco-Multiomics: A New Frontier in Precision Psychiatry.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Therapeutic potential of D-amino acid oxidase inhibitors for cognitive impairment associated with schizophrenia: learnings from luvadaxistat.The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology · 2024Review
- Targeted Chiral Metabolomics of D-Amino Acids: Their Emerging Role as Potential Biomarkers in Neurological Diseases with a Focus on Their Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Analysis upon Chiral Derivatization.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Interactions Involving Glycine and Other Amino Acid Neurotransmitters: Focus on Transporter-Mediated Regulation of Release and Glycine-Glutamate Crosstalk.Biomedicines · 2024Review
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Abstract
Schizophrenia has been conceptualized as a neurodevelopmental disorder with synaptic alterations and aberrant cortical-subcortical connections. Antipsychotics are the mainstay of schizophrenia treatment and nearly all share the common feature of dopamine D2 receptor occupancy, whereas glutamatergic abnormalities are not targeted by the presently available therapies. D-amino acids, acting as N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) modulators, have emerged in the last few years as a potential augmentation strategy in those cases of schizophrenia that do not respond well to antipsychotics, a condition defined as treatment-resistant schizophrenia (TRS), affecting almost 30-40% of patients, and characterized by serious cognitive deficits and functional impairment. In the present systematic review, we address with a direct and reverse translational perspective the efficacy of D-amino acids, including D-serine, D-aspartate, and D-alanine, in poor responders. The impact of these molecules on the synaptic architecture is also considered in the light of dendritic spine changes reported in schizophrenia and antipsychotics' effect on postsynaptic density proteins. Moreover, we describe compounds targeting D-amino acid oxidase and D-aspartate oxidase enzymes. Finally, other drugs acting at NMDAR and proxy of D-amino acids function, such as D-cycloserine, sarcosine, and glycine, are considered in the light of the clinical burden of TRS, together with other emerging molecules.
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