Alterations in inflammasome-related immunometabolites in individuals with severe psychiatric disorders

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INTRODUCTION: Psychiatric disorders are common and significantly impact the quality of life. Inflammatory processes are proposed to contribute to the emergence of psychiatric disorders. In addition to inflammation, disturbances in metabolic pathways have been observed in individuals with different psychiatric disorders. A suggested key player in the interaction between inflammation and metabolism is the Nod-like receptor 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome, and NLRP3 is known to react to a number of specific metabolites. However, little is known about the interplay between these immunometabolites and the NLRP3 inflammasome in mental health disorders.

AIM: To assess the interplay between immunometabolites and inflammasome function in a transdiagnostic cohort of individuals with severe mental disorders.

METHODS: Mass spectrometry-based analysis of selected immunometabolites, previously known to affect inflammasome function, were performed in plasma from low-functioning individuals with severe mental disorders (n = 39) and sex and aged-matched healthy controls (n = 39) using a transdiagnostic approach. Mann Whitney U test was used to test differences in immunometabolites between psychiatric patients and controls. To assess the relationship between inflammasome parameters, disease severity, and the immunometabolites, Spearman's rank-order correlation test was used. Conditional logistic regression was used to control for potential confounding variables. Principal component analysis was performed to explore immunometabolic patterns.

RESULTS: Among the selected immunometabolites (n = 9), serine, glutamine, and lactic acid were significantly higher in the patient group compared to the controls. After adjusting for confounders, the differences remained significant for all three immunometabolites. No significant correlations were found between immunometabolites and disease severity.

CONCLUSION: Previous research on metabolic changes in mental disorders has not been conclusive. This study shows that severely ill patients have common metabolic perturbations. The changes in serine, glutamine, and lactic acid could constitute a direct contribution to the low-grade inflammation observed in severe psychiatric disorders.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

Enthalten in:

BMC psychiatry - 23(2023), 1 vom: 19. Apr., Seite 268

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hylén, Ulrika [VerfasserIn]
Särndahl, Eva [VerfasserIn]
Bejerot, Susanne [VerfasserIn]
Humble, Mats B [VerfasserIn]
Hyötyläinen, Tuulia [VerfasserIn]
Salihovic, Samira [VerfasserIn]
Eklund, Daniel [VerfasserIn]

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0RH81L854J
Comorbidity
Glutamine
Inflammasomes
Inflammation
Journal Article
Mental Disorders
Metabolic pathways
NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein
Psychoneuroimmunology
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 21.04.2023

Date Revised 23.04.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12888-023-04784-y

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM35580641X