Phospholipase C-β1 Hypofunction in the Pathogenesis of Schizophrenia
Open Access
- 17 November 2015
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Frontiers Media SA in Frontiers in Psychiatry
- Vol. 6, 159
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00159
Abstract
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that is characterized by various abnormal symptoms. Previous studies indicate decreased expression of Phospholipase C-β1 (PLC-β1) in the brains of patients with schizophrenia. PLC-β1-null (PLC-β1-/-) mice exhibit multiple endophenotypes of schizophrenia. Furthermore, a study of PLC-β1 knockdown in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) of mice has shown a specific behavioral deficit, impaired working memory. These results support the notion that disruption of PLC-β1-linked signaling in the brain is strongly involved in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia. In this review, we broadly investigate recent studies regarding schizophrenia-related behaviors as well as their various clinical and biological correlates in PLC-β1-/- and knockdown mouse models. This will provide a better understanding of the pathological relevance of the altered expression of PLC-β1 in the brains of patients with schizophrenia. Evidence accumulated will shed light on future in-depth studies, possibly in human subjects.This publication has 142 references indexed in Scilit:
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