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Molecular Evidence for Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Bipolar Disorder
Christine Konradi, PhD;
Molly Eaton, BA;
Matthew L. MacDonald, BS;
John Walsh, MS;
Francine M. Benes, MD, PhD;
Stephan Heckers, MD
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2004;61:300-308.
Background The disease mechanism of bipolar disorder remains unknown. Recent studies have provided evidence for abnormal gene expression in bipolar disorder.
Objective To determine the expression of 12 558 nuclear genes in the human hippocampus in healthy control subjects and those with bipolar disorder or schizophrenia.
Design We used gene arrays to study messenger RNA expression. Data were verified with a real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction assay.
Subjects We studied 10 healthy control subjects, 9 subjects with bipolar disorder, and 8 subjects with schizophrenia.
Results The expression of nuclear messenger RNA coding for mitochondrial proteins was significantly decreased in the hippocampus in subjects with bipolar disorder but not in those with schizophrenia. Subjects with bipolar disorder were characterized by a pronounced and extensive decrease in the expression of genes regulating oxidative phosphorylation and the adenosine triphosphate–dependent process of proteasome degradation.
Conclusions These findings point toward a widespread dysregulation of mitochondrial energy metabolism and downstream deficits of adenosine triphosphate–dependent processes in bipolar disorder.
From the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass (Drs Konradi, Benes, and Heckers); and the Laboratory of Neuroplasticity (Dr Konradi, Ms Eaton, and Mr MacDonald) and Laboratory for Structural Neuroscience (Drs Benes and Heckers and Mr Walsh), McLean Hospital, Belmont, Mass.
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