Involvement of Heme Oxygenase-1 in Neuropsychiatric and Neurodegenerative Diseases.

Involvement of Heme Oxygenase-1 in Neuropsychiatric and Neurodegenerative Diseases. Curr Pharm Des. 2018 Jul 17;: Authors: Neis VB, Rosa PB, Moretti M, Rodrigues ALS Abstract Heme oxygenase (HO) family catalyzes the conversion of heme into free iron, carbon monoxide and biliverdin. It possesses two well characterized isoforms: HO-1 and HO-2. Under brain physiological conditions, the expression of HO-2 is constitutive, abundant and ubiquitous, whereas HO-1 mRNA and protein are restricted to small populations of neurons and neuroglia. HO-1 is an inducible enzyme that has been shown to participate as an essential defensive mechanism for neurons exposed to oxidant challenges, being related to antioxidant defenses in certain neuropathological conditions. Considering that neurodegenerative diseases (Alzheimer disease (AD), Parkinson disease (PD) and multiple sclerosis (MS)) and neuropsychiatric disorders (depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder (BD) and schizophrenia) are associated with increased inflammatory markers, impaired redox homeostasis and oxidative stress, conditions that may be associated with alterations in HO-levels/activity, the purpose of this review is to present evidence on the possible role of HO-1 in these central nervous system (CNS) diseases. In addition, the possible therapeutic potential of targeting brain HO-1 is explored in this review. PMID: 30019638 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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