Tăng mức độ yếu tố thần kinh có nguồn gốc từ não trong huyết tương liên quan đến hiệu quả của axit béo không bão hòa đa n−3 trong tâm thần phân liệt lần đầu: phân tích kết quả thứ cấp từ thử nghiệm lâm sàng ngẫu nhiên OFFER

Psychopharmacology - Tập 236 - Trang 2811-2822 - 2019
Tomasz Pawełczyk1, Marta Grancow-Grabka2, Elżbieta Trafalska3, Janusz Szemraj4, Natalia Żurner2, Agnieszka Pawełczyk1
1Department of Affective and Psychotic Disorders, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
2Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit, Central Teaching Hospital, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
3Department of Nutrition Hygiene and Epidemiology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
4Department of Medical Biochemistry, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland

Tóm tắt

Axit béo không bão hòa đa n−3 (n−3 PUFA) ảnh hưởng đến nhiều cơ chế sinh hóa được giả thuyết trong sinh bệnh học của tâm thần phân liệt, có thể ảnh hưởng đến việc tổng hợp BDNF. Một nghiên cứu ngẫu nhiên có đối chứng giả dược đã được thiết kế để so sánh hiệu quả của một can thiệp kéo dài 26 tuần bằng 2,2 g/ngày n−3 PUFA hoặc giả dược dầu ô liu, liên quan đến mức độ triệu chứng ở bệnh nhân tâm thần phân liệt lần đầu. Các chỉ số kết quả thứ cấp của nghiên cứu là mô tả mối liên hệ giữa hiệu quả lâm sàng của n−3 PUFA và sự thay đổi mức BDNF ngoại vi. Bảy mươi mốt bệnh nhân trong độ tuổi 16–35 đã tham gia nghiên cứu và được phân ngẫu nhiên vào các nhóm nghiên cứu: 36 vào nhóm EPA+DHA và 35 vào nhóm giả dược. Mức BDNF trong huyết tương được đánh giá ba lần, tại thời điểm ban đầu và vào tuần thứ 8 và 26 của can thiệp. Mức BDNF trong huyết tương được xác định trong các mẫu huyết tương bằng bộ thử nghiệm ELISA BDNF cho người của Quantikine. Sự thay đổi mức BDNF trong huyết tương được tương quan thêm với sự thay đổi mức độ triệu chứng trong các lĩnh vực lâm sàng khác nhau. Một sự tăng cường đáng kể về mức BDNF trong huyết tương được quan sát thấy trong can thiệp so với nhóm giả dược (Cohen’s d = 1.54). Sự thay đổi của mức BDNF có tương quan nghịch với sự thay đổi triệu chứng trầm cảm được đánh giá bằng Thang đo Đánh giá Trầm cảm Calgary ở Bệnh nhân Tâm thần phân liệt (Pearson’s r = −0.195; p = 0.018). Hiệu quả của can thiệp sáu tháng với n−3 PUFA được quan sát thấy ở bệnh nhân tâm thần phân liệt lần đầu có thể liên quan đến sự gia tăng mức BDNF, có thể được kích hoạt bởi sự kích hoạt các con đường tín hiệu nội bào bao gồm các yếu tố phiên mã như protein liên kết yếu tố phản ứng cAMP.

Từ khóa

#tâm thần phân liệt; axit béo không bão hòa đa n−3; yếu tố thần kinh có nguồn gốc từ não; BDNF; giả dược; nghiên cứu lâm sàng

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