Metabolomic Profiling Reveals Common Metabolic Alterations in Plasma of Patients with Toxoplasma Infection and Schizophrenia.

ABSTRACT: Toxoplasma gondii is an opportunistic protozoan parasite known to affect the human brain. The infection has been associated with an increased incidence of schizophrenia; however, the link between the two conditions remains unclear. This study aimed to compare the plasma metabolome of schizophrenia and non-schizophrenia subjects with or without Toxoplasma infection. Untargeted metabolomic profiling was carried out by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. Elevation of the α-hydroxyglutaric acid level and reduced adenosine monophosphate, inosine, hypoxanthine and xanthine were found in the subjects with either toxoplasmosis or schizophrenia alone. These results suggest that purine catabolism is a common metabolic alteration in Toxoplasma infection and schizophrenia. Th

SUBMITTER: Osman E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9408728 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature