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Biochim Biophys Acta 1863:10901097

Global epidemiology of heart failure

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It has been postulated that cysteine may cross the BBB via a sodium-dependent transport system where it is converted into cystine, the di-sulfide derivative of cysteine.51) High levels of cystine stimulate the exchange of intracellular glutamate for cystine through the cystine-glutamate antiporter, thereby elevating non-synaptic glutamate.52,53) This process activates the metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluR2/3) on presynaptic neurons, responsible for inhibiting the synaptic release of glutamate and thereby restoring extracellular glutamate levels in the nucleus accumbens.54,55) Regulating this exchange system has been shown to improve impulse control and reduce addictive behaviour both pre-clinically and clinically.40,41,56,57) Intracellular cystine can then be reduced back to cysteine and used for GSH production, the potent and most abundant endogenous antioxidant in the body.33,58) A clearer understanding of the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of NAC has prompted clinical investigations of this nutraceutical as a glutamate-modulating therapeutic agent for psychiatric conditions, including addictive behaviour (such as gambling, cocaine, nicotine and marijuana use),41,59,60) bipolar disorder,61,62) schizophrenia,63,64) and autism.65) The ability of NAC to modulate factors associated with OCD and OCRD, such as the regulation of extracellular glutamate and the reduction of oxidative stress (through direct radical scavenging and increasing GSH activity), indicates that this agent may be an effective treatment for OCD and OCRD.44) Animal studies have provided some support of this hypothesis

It follows that UCP2 gene variants associated with lower UCP2 protein levels, and therefore less protection against ROS and oxidative stress, could also be linked to these cardiometabolic diseases