We determined the oxidative modification of
proteins (spontaneous and
metal-catalysing oxidation, MKO) and the level of
corticosteroids in patients with the depersonalization and depression. For detecting oxidative modification of
plasma proteins we measured the concentration of
protein carbonyl groups formed with 2,4dinitrophenylhydrazine 2,4dinitrophenylhydrazone derivatives; the formation of
dityrosine by fluorescence method;
protein aggregation and fragmentation.
Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis with
sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-PAGE in the presence beta-
mercaptoethanol was used to determine the aggregation or fragmentation of
proteins by
oxygen radicals (
OH).
Acid-soluble
peptides were analised as products of the fragmentation oxidative modification
proteins. The level of the
corticosteroids was determined using HPLS. The increase of the concentration of
protein carbonyl groups in blood plasma of patients with
mental disorders. In patients with depersonalization we determined the increase of the bityrosyl cross-link, and different degrees of fragmentation compared with depressive patients. The
cortisol level was decreased and
corticosterone was increased in the blood plasma of patients with depersonalization. In depressive patients the
cortisol level was increased and
corticosterone was decreased is discussed. We discussed the role oxidative modification
proteins in the disturbance of the
corticosteroid and
opioid receptors functions in the patients with
mental disorders.