The anti-aging effects of lithium in lymphoblastoid cell lines from patients with bipolar disorder and controls.

ABSTRACT: Bipolar disorder (BD) has been previously associated with accelerated aging, and recent investigations have started to explore the potential anti-aging effects of BD treatments. Lithium, the most commonly used mood stabilizer, has been suggested to impact telomere length in specific populations, although its effects on other aging biomarkers, such as epigenetic aging, have never been investigated. We assessed the in vitro effects of lithium on telomere length and epigenetic aging in lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs) from 14 patients with BD and 14 controls, all matched for age, sex, and ethnicity. Our results showed that telomere length significantly correlated with chronological age in LCLs in both groups and that BD patients have shorter telomere lengths compared to controls at baseline (

SUBMITTER: Fries GR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7484018 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature