Olanzapine-induced methylation alters cadherin gene families and associated pathways implicated in psychosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The complex aetiology of most mental disorders involves gene-environment interactions that may operate using epigenetic mechanisms particularly DNA methylation. It may explain many of the features seen in mental disorders including transmission, expression and antipsychotic treatment responses. This report deals with the assessment of DNA methylation in response to an antipsychotic drug (olanzapine) on brain (cerebellum and hippocampus), and liver as a non-neural reference in a rat model. The study focuses on the Cadherin/protocadherins encoded by a multi-gene family that serve as adhesion molecules and are involved in cell-cell communication in the mammalian brain. A number of these molecules have been implicated in the causation of schizophrenia and related disorders.<

SUBMITTER: Melka MG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4261529 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature