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Reduced beta-casein levels in milk samples from patients with postpartum psychosis

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authors

  • Nyberg, F.
  • Lindstrom, L. H.
  • Terenius, Lars

publication date

  • January 1988

journal

  • Biological Psychiatry  Journal

abstract

  • Defatted breast milk from women with postpartum psychosis and from healthy lactating women was analyzed by high-resolution gel permeation chromatography as well as by sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and urea polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The gel permeation procedure allowed quantitative analysis of milk proteins (including beta-casein) with minute amounts of defatted milk (10-15 microliter). By electrophoresis, further characterization of the protein pattern, including the beta-casein fraction, was obtained. Milk samples from five control and seven psychotic subjects were analyzed. The concentration of the beta-casein-containing peak was significantly lower in milk samples from the psychotic group by both chromatography and electrophoresis. These lower levels of beta-casein may result from a higher rate of enzymatic degradation generating i.a. peptides with opioid activity, as shown earlier in plasma and CSF of women with postpartum psychosis.

subject areas

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Caseins
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Milk
  • Pregnancy
  • Psychotic Disorders
  • Puerperal Disorders
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Identity

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0006-3223

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/0006-3223(88)90080-7

PubMed ID

  • 3334880
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Additional Document Info

start page

  • 115

end page

  • 122

volume

  • 23

issue

  • 2

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