Abstract | BACKGROUND: Motor disturbances in vitamin B6-deficient animals were described. Some clinical experiments showed that vitamin B6 may ameliorate different drug-induced movement disorders, including tardive dyskinesia (TD). The aim of this study was to compare plasma pyridoxal-5-phosphate (PLP) levels in schizophrenic patients with and without TD. METHOD: This study was conducted in the Be'er Sheva Mental Health Center from February 2006 to August 2006. Eighty-nine schizophrenic inpatients (40 have TD, 22 men and 18 women, 20-66 yrs old [mean, 48 yrs] and 49 schizophrenic inpatients, 30 men and 19 women, 21-66 yrs old (mean, 49 yrs), without any symptoms of motor disturbances [the control group]) were enrolled in the study. Measurement of PLP is performed by high-performance liquid chromatography separation in all patients. RESULTS: There was a significant difference in plasma PLP levels between patients with TD and those without TD. The discrepancy between the groups was almost entirely attributable to the PLP levels of male patients: 12.4 +/- 11.4 vs 29.0 +/- 12.9 nM in men (P < 0.001), and 19.7 +/- 14.8 vs 22.0 +/- 13.6 nM in women (P > 0.5). CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that schizophrenic and schizoaffective male patients with TD have lower PLP plasma levels than non-TD patients.
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Authors | Chanoch Miodownik, Aviel Meoded, Igor Libov, Yuly Bersudsky, Ben-Ami Sela, Vladimir Lerner |
Journal | Clinical neuropharmacology
(Clin Neuropharmacol)
2008 Jul-Aug
Vol. 31
Issue 4
Pg. 197-203
ISSN: 1537-162X [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 18670243
(Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced
(blood, etiology)
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Psychotic Disorders
(blood, complications)
- Pyridoxal Phosphate
(blood)
- Schizophrenia
(blood, complications)
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