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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-4-11
pubmed:abstractText
Several authors have suggested that psychological stress induces the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Several studies have supported the idea that bilirubin exerts antioxidative effects in vivo, and it was reported psychological stress provokes bilirubin oxidation in vivo [Yamaguchi T., Shioji I., Sugimoto A., Yamaoka M., 2002. Psychological stress increases bilirubin metabolites in human urine. Biochem. and Biophys. Res. Commun. 293, 517-520]. We investigated whether the concentration of bilirubin oxidative metabolites (biopyrrins) is increased in urine from patients with psychiatric disorders. The concentration of biopyrrins in urine of 25 patients with psychiatric disorders (schizophrenia, 15; depression, 10) was compared with 96 healthy volunteers. The concentrations of biopyrrins, as measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, were normalized to the urinary concentration of creatinine. The concentration of biopyrrins in patients with psychiatric disorders (schizophrenia and depression) was significantly higher than that of healthy volunteers. In schizophrenia, biopyrrins levels correlated with scores of the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS), and in depression, biopyrrins levels correlated with scores of the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D). These finding suggest that psychotic states are associated with an increase in the oxidative metabolites of bilirubin in human urine.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0924-977X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
249-52
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Urinary excretion of biopyrrins, oxidative metabolites of bilirubin, increases in patients with psychiatric disorders.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry, Shimane University School of Medicine, 89-1 Enyacho, Izumo 693-8501, Japan. miyanyan@med.shimane-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't