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ApoE elevation is associated with the persistence of psychotic experiences from age 12 to age 18: Evidence from the ALSPAC birth cohort

Sabherwal, Sophie, Föcking, Melanie, English, Jane A., Fitzsimons, Stephen, Hryniewiecka, Magdalena, Wynne, Kieran, Scaife, Caitriona, Healy, Colm, Cannon, Mary, Belton, Orina, Zammit, Stanley ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2647-9211, Cagney, Gerard and Cotter, David R. 2019. ApoE elevation is associated with the persistence of psychotic experiences from age 12 to age 18: Evidence from the ALSPAC birth cohort. Schizophrenia Research 209 , pp. 141-147. 10.1016/j.schres.2019.05.002

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Abstract

Apolipoproteins, which play important roles in lipid metabolism, innate immunity and synaptic signalling, have been implicated in first episode psychosis and schizophrenia. This is the first study to investigate plasma apolipoprotein expression in children with psychotic experiences that persist into adulthood. Here, using semi-targeted proteomic analysis we compared plasma apolipoprotein expression levels in age 12 subjects who reported psychotic experiences at both age 12 and age 18 (n = 37) with age-matched subjects who only experienced psychotic experiences (PEs) at age 12 (n = 38). Participants were recruited from the UK Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) cohort who participated in psychiatric assessment interviews at ages 12 and 18. We identified apoE, a protein with significant regulatory activity on cholesterol metabolism in the brain, to be significantly up regulated (p < 0.003) in those with persistent psychotic experiences. We confirmed this finding in these samples using ELISA. Our findings indicate elevated plasma apoE in age 12 children who experience PEs is associated with persistence psychotic experiences.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Medicine
MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics (CNGG)
Publisher: Elsevier
ISSN: 0920-9964
Date of First Compliant Deposit: 31 May 2019
Date of Acceptance: 1 May 2019
Last Modified: 14 Nov 2023 15:23
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/123027

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