PMID- 24862657 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150219 LR - 20220330 IS - 1879-1379 (Electronic) IS - 0022-3956 (Print) IS - 0022-3956 (Linking) VI - 56 DP - 2014 Sep TI - Inflammatory mediators of cognitive impairment in bipolar disorder. PG - 18-27 LID - S0022-3956(14)00123-X [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.04.017 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVES: Recent studies have pointed to neuroinflammation, oxidative stress and neurotrophic factors as key mediators in the pathophysiology of mood disorders. Little is however known about the cascade of biological episodes underlying the cognitive deficits observed during the acute and euthymic phases of bipolar disorder (BD). The aim of this review is to assess the potential association between cognitive impairment and biomarkers of inflammation, oxidative stress and neurotrophic activity in BD. METHODS: Scopus (all databases), Pubmed and Ovid Medline were systematically searched with no language or year restrictions, up to November 2013, for human studies that collected both inflammatory markers and cognitive data in BD. Selected search terms were bipolar disorder, depression, mania, psychosis, inflammatory, cognitive and neurotrophic. RESULTS: Ten human studies satisfied the criteria for consideration. The findings showed that high levels of peripheral inflammatory-cytokine, oxidative stress and reduced brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) levels were associated with poor cognitive performance. The BDNF val66met polymorphism is a potential vulnerability factor for cognitive impairment in BD. CONCLUSIONS: Current data provide preliminary evidence of a link between the cognitive decline observed in BD and mechanisms of neuroinflammation and neuroprotection. The identification of BD specific inflammatory markers and polymorphisms in inflammatory response genes may be of assistance for therapeutic intervention. CI - Copyright (c) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Bauer, Isabelle E AU - Bauer IE AD - University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 77054 Houston, TX, United States. Electronic address: Isabelle.E.Bauer@uth.tmc.edu. FAU - Pascoe, Michaela C AU - Pascoe MC AD - Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Box 440, 40530 Gothenburg, Sweden. FAU - Wollenhaupt-Aguiar, Bianca AU - Wollenhaupt-Aguiar B AD - Laboratorio de Psiquiatria Molecular, Instituto Nacional de Ciencia e Tecnologia - Translacional em Medicina (INCT), Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Ciencias Biologicas: Bioquimica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. FAU - Kapczinski, Flavio AU - Kapczinski F AD - University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 77054 Houston, TX, United States; Laboratorio de Psiquiatria Molecular, Instituto Nacional de Ciencia e Tecnologia - Translacional em Medicina (INCT), Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. FAU - Soares, Jair C AU - Soares JC AD - University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 77054 Houston, TX, United States. LA - eng GR - R01 MH085667/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - UL1 TR000371/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States GR - 1R01MH085667/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Review DEP - 20140502 PL - England TA - J Psychiatr Res JT - Journal of psychiatric research JID - 0376331 SB - IM MH - Bipolar Disorder/*complications/genetics/*immunology MH - Cognition Disorders/*complications/genetics/*immunology MH - Humans MH - Neuroimmunomodulation/genetics/physiology PMC - PMC4167370 MID - NIHMS601042 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Bipolar disorder OT - Cognitive functioning OT - Neuroinflammation OT - Neurotrophin OT - Oxidative stress COIS- Declaration of interest Dr Bauer, Dr Pascoe and Dr Wollenhaupt-Aguiar have no conflicts of interest Professor Kapczinski has received grants/research support from Astra-Zeneca, Eli Lilly, Janssen-Cilag, Servier, CNPq, CAPES, NARSAD and Stanley Medical Research Institute; has been a member of the board of speakers for Astra-Zeneca, Eli Lilly, Janssen and Servier; and has served as a consultant for Servier. Professor J. C. Soares has received grants/research support from Forrest, BMS, Merck, Stanley Medical Research Institute, NIH and has been a speaker for Pfizer and Abbott. EDAT- 2014/05/28 06:00 MHDA- 2015/02/20 06:00 PMCR- 2015/09/01 CRDT- 2014/05/28 06:00 PHST- 2013/11/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/04/17 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2014/04/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/05/28 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/05/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/02/20 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/09/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0022-3956(14)00123-X [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.04.017 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Psychiatr Res. 2014 Sep;56:18-27. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.04.017. Epub 2014 May 2.