PMID- 29036383 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20181211 LR - 20240323 IS - 1745-1701 (Electronic) IS - 0586-7614 (Print) IS - 0586-7614 (Linking) VI - 44 IP - 3 DP - 2018 Apr 6 TI - Nigral Stress-Induced Dopamine Release in Clinical High Risk and Antipsychotic-Naive Schizophrenia. PG - 542-551 LID - 10.1093/schbul/sbx042 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Striatal dopamine (DA) synthesis capacity and release are elevated in schizophrenia (SCZ) and its putative prodrome, the clinical high risk (CHR) state. Striatal DA function results from the activity of midbrain DA neurons projecting mainly from the substantia nigra (SN). Elevated stress-induced DA release in SCZ and CHR was observed in the striatum; however, whether it is also elevated in the SN is unclear. The current study aims to determine whether nigral DA release in response to a validated stress task is altered in CHR and in antipsychotic-naive SCZ. Further, we explore how DA release in the SN and striatum might be related. METHODS: 24 CHR subjects, 9 antipsychotic-naive SCZ and 25 healthy volunteers (HV) underwent 2 positron emission tomography (PET) scans using the DA D2/3 agonist radiotracer, [11C]-(+)-PHNO, which allows simultaneous investigations of DA in the SN and striatum. Psychosocial stress-induced DA release was estimated as the percentage differences in BPND (%[11C]-(+)-PHNO displacement) between stress and sensory-motor control sessions. RESULTS: We observed a significant diagnostic group by session interaction, such that SCZ exhibited greater stress-induced [11C]-(+)-PHNO % displacement (25.90% +/- 32.2%; mean +/- SD), as compared to HVs (-10.94% +/- 27.1%). Displacement in CHRs (-1.13% +/- 32.2%) did not differ significantly from either HV or SCZ. CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest that elevated nigral DA responsiveness to stress is observed in antipsychotic-naive SCZ. FAU - Tseng, Huai-Hsuan AU - Tseng HH AD - Research Imaging Centre, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada. FAU - Watts, Jeremy J AU - Watts JJ AD - Research Imaging Centre, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada. AD - Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. FAU - Kiang, Michael AU - Kiang M AD - Research Imaging Centre, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada. AD - Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. FAU - Suridjan, Ivonne AU - Suridjan I AD - Research Imaging Centre, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada. FAU - Wilson, Alan A AU - Wilson AA AD - Research Imaging Centre, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada. AD - Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada. AD - Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. FAU - Houle, Sylvain AU - Houle S AD - Research Imaging Centre, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada. AD - Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada. AD - Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. FAU - Rusjan, Pablo M AU - Rusjan PM AD - Research Imaging Centre, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada. AD - Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada. AD - Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. FAU - Mizrahi, Romina AU - Mizrahi R AD - Research Imaging Centre, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada. AD - Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. AD - Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada. AD - Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. LA - eng GR - CIHR/Canada PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Schizophr Bull JT - Schizophrenia bulletin JID - 0236760 RN - 0 (Dopamine Agonists) RN - 0 (Oxazines) RN - 0 (Radiopharmaceuticals) RN - 22Z7E0X6OF (naxagolide) RN - VTD58H1Z2X (Dopamine) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Corpus Striatum/diagnostic imaging/*metabolism MH - Dopamine/*metabolism MH - Dopamine Agonists/*pharmacokinetics MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Oxazines/*pharmacokinetics MH - Positron-Emission Tomography/*methods MH - Radiopharmaceuticals/pharmacokinetics MH - Risk MH - Schizophrenia/diagnostic imaging/*metabolism MH - Stress, Psychological/diagnostic imaging/*metabolism MH - Substantia Nigra/diagnostic imaging/*metabolism MH - Young Adult PMC - PMC5890468 EDAT- 2017/10/17 06:00 MHDA- 2018/12/12 06:00 PMCR- 2019/04/06 CRDT- 2017/10/17 06:00 PHST- 2017/10/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/12/12 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/10/17 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/04/06 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 3867533 [pii] AID - sbx042 [pii] AID - 10.1093/schbul/sbx042 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Schizophr Bull. 2018 Apr 6;44(3):542-551. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbx042.