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Xia N, Wang J, Guo Q, Duan J, Wang X, Zhou P, Li J, Tang T, Li T, Li H, Wu Z, Yang M, Sun J, Guo D, Chang X, Zhang X. Deciphering the antidepressant effects of Rosa damascena essential oil mediated through the serotonergic synapse signaling pathway. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2024; 328:118007. [PMID: 38492791 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2024.118007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2023] [Revised: 02/08/2024] [Accepted: 03/02/2024] [Indexed: 03/18/2024]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Rosa damascena is an ancient plant with significance in both medicine and perfumery that have a variety of therapeutic properties, including antidepressant, anti-anxiety, and anti-stress effects. Rose damascena essential oil (REO) has been used to treat depression, anxiety and other neurological related disorders in Iranian traditional medicine. However, its precise mechanism of action remains elusive. AIM OF THE STUDY The aim of this study was to investigate the impact and mechanism underlying the influence of REO on chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS) rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) technique coupling was used to analyze of the components of REO. A CUMS rat model was replicated to assess the antidepressant effects of varying doses of REO. This assessment encompassed behavioral evaluations, biochemical index measurements, and hematoxylin-eosin staining. For a comprehensive analysis of hippocampal tissues, we employed transcriptomics and incorporated weighting coefficients by means of network pharmacology. These measures allowed us to explore differentially expressed genes and biofunctional pathways affected by REO in the context of depression treatment. Furthermore, GC-MS metabolomics was employed to assess metabolic profiles, while a joint analysis in Metscape facilitated the construction of a network elucidating the links between differentially expressed genes and metabolites, thereby elucidating potential relationships and clarifying key pathways regulated by REO. Finally, the expression of relevant proteins in the key pathways was determined through immunohistochemistry and Western blot analysis. Molecular docking was utilized to investigate the interactions between active components and key targets, thereby validating the experimental results. RESULTS REO alleviated depressive-like behavior, significantly elevated levels of the neurotransmitter 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), and reduced hippocampal neuronal damage in CUMS rats. This therapeutic effect may be associated with the modulation of the serotonergic synapse signaling pathway. Furthermore, REO rectified metabolic disturbances, primarily through the regulation of amino acid metabolic pathways. Joint analysis revealed five differentially expressed genes (EEF1A1, LOC729197, ATP8A2, NDST4, and GAD2), suggesting their potential in alleviating depressive symptoms by modulating the serotonergic synapse signaling pathway and tryptophan metabolism. REO also modulated the 5-HT2A-mediated extracellular regulated protein kinases-cAMP-response element binding protein-brain-derived neurotrophic factor (ERK-CREB-BDNF) pathway. In addition, molecular docking results indicated that citronellol, geraniol and (E,E)-farnesol in REO may serve as key active ingredients responsible for its antidepressant effects. CONCLUSIONS This study is the first to report that REO can effectively alleviate CUMS-induced depression-like effects in rats. Additionally, the study offers a comprehensive understanding of its intricate antidepressant mechanism from a multi-omics and multi-level perspective. Our findings hold promise for the clinical application and further development of this essential oil.
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- Ning Xia
- Key Laboratory of Basic and New Drug Research in Chinese Medicine, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xianyang, 712046, Shaanxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Basic and New Drug Research in Chinese Medicine, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xianyang, 712046, Shaanxi, China
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- Xianyang Polytechnic Institute, Xianyang, 712000, Shaanxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Basic and New Drug Research in Chinese Medicine, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xianyang, 712046, Shaanxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Basic and New Drug Research in Chinese Medicine, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xianyang, 712046, Shaanxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Basic and New Drug Research in Chinese Medicine, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xianyang, 712046, Shaanxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Basic and New Drug Research in Chinese Medicine, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xianyang, 712046, Shaanxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Basic and New Drug Research in Chinese Medicine, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xianyang, 712046, Shaanxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Basic and New Drug Research in Chinese Medicine, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xianyang, 712046, Shaanxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of TCM, Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330004, Jiangxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of TCM, Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330004, Jiangxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of TCM, Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330004, Jiangxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Basic and New Drug Research in Chinese Medicine, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xianyang, 712046, Shaanxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Basic and New Drug Research in Chinese Medicine, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xianyang, 712046, Shaanxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Basic and New Drug Research in Chinese Medicine, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xianyang, 712046, Shaanxi, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Basic and New Drug Research in Chinese Medicine, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xianyang, 712046, Shaanxi, China.
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Favoretto CA, Bertagna NB, Righi T, Rodolpho BT, Anjos-Santos A, Silva FBR, Bianchi PC, Cruz FC. Impacts of maternal separation stress on ethanol-related responses, anxiety- and depressive-like behaviors in adolescent mice. Neurosci Lett 2023; 809:137295. [PMID: 37182574 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2023.137295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2023] [Revised: 04/18/2023] [Accepted: 05/08/2023] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The present work evaluated the consequences of chronic maternal separation (MS), an animal model of early-life stress, on ethanol intake and striatal Fos expression induced by ethanol consumption. Furthermore, we analyzed MS impacts on anxiety- and depressive-like behaviors and on locomotor and plasma corticosterone responses to intraperitoneal treatment with ethanol in adolescent mice. For that, male and female C57BL/6J mice were exposed or not to MS stress, for 3 h per day, from postnatal day (PND) 1 to 14, and submitted to behavioral tests from PND 28. In Experiment 1, MS and control groups of mice were submitted to an involuntary ethanol intake protocol, and striatal Fos expression following ethanol exposure was analyzed. In Experiment 2, mice behavior was assessed in elevated plus-maze, sucrose splash, saccharin preference, and open field tests. Locomotor and plasma corticosterone responses induced by a systemic dose of ethanol (1.75 g/kg) were also evaluated. Our results demonstrated that MS increased ethanol intake only in an acute manner and did not impact ethanol-induced Fos expression in the dorsal striatum and nucleus accumbens (NAc) core and shell subregions. MS did not change the parameters analyzed during elevated plus-maze, sucrose splash, preference for saccharin, and open field tests. MS did not affect locomotor activity following ethanol injection nor plasma corticosterone response to the drug. Thus, our data showed that MS transiently increased ethanol intake. However, early-life stress did not impact Fos, locomotor, or plasma corticosterone responses to the drug. In addition, MS did not affect anxiety- and depressive-like behaviors in adolescent mice.
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- C A Favoretto
- Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Laboratory, Pharmacology Department, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Laboratory, Pharmacology Department, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Laboratory, Pharmacology Department, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Laboratory, Pharmacology Department, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Laboratory, Pharmacology Department, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Laboratory, Pharmacology Department, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Laboratory, Pharmacology Department, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Laboratory, Pharmacology Department, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Batsukh S, Oh S, Rheu K, Lee BJ, Choi CH, Son KH, Byun K. Rice Germ Attenuates Chronic Unpredictable Mild Stress-Induced Muscle Atrophy. Nutrients 2023; 15:2719. [PMID: 37375622 DOI: 10.3390/nu15122719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2023] [Revised: 06/05/2023] [Accepted: 06/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
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Chronic stress leads to hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis dysfunction, increasing cortisol levels. Glucocorticoids (GCs) promote muscle degradation and inhibit muscle synthesis, eventually causing muscle atrophy. In this study, we aimed to evaluate whether rice germ supplemented with 30% γ-aminobutyric acid (RG) attenuates muscle atrophy in an animal model of chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS). We observed that CUMS raised the adrenal gland weight and serum adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and cortisol levels, and these effects were reversed by RG. CUMS also enhanced the expression of the GC receptor (GR) and GC-GR binding in the gastrocnemius muscle, which were attenuated by RG. The expression levels of muscle degradation-related signaling pathways, such as the Klf15, Redd-1, FoxO3a, Atrogin-1, and MuRF1 pathways, were enhanced by CUMS and attenuated by RG. Muscle synthesis-related signaling pathways, such as the IGF-1/AKT/mTOR/s6k/4E-BP1 pathway, were reduced by CUMS and enhanced by RG. Moreover, CUMS raised oxidative stress by enhancing the levels of iNOS and acetylated p53, which are involved in cell cycle arrest, whereas RG attenuated both iNOS and acetylated p53 levels. Cell proliferation in the gastrocnemius muscle was reduced by CUMS and enhanced by RG. The muscle weight, muscle fiber cross-sectional area, and grip strength were reduced by CUMS and enhanced by RG. Therefore, RG attenuated ACTH levels and cortisol-related muscle atrophy in CUMS animals.
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- Sosorburam Batsukh
- Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, College of Medicine, Gachon University, Incheon 21936, Republic of Korea
- Functional Cellular Networks Laboratory, Lee Gil Ya Cancer and Diabetes Institute, Gachon University, Incheon 21999, Republic of Korea
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- Functional Cellular Networks Laboratory, Lee Gil Ya Cancer and Diabetes Institute, Gachon University, Incheon 21999, Republic of Korea
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- Marine Bioprocess Co., Ltd., Smart Marine BioCenter, Busan 46048, Republic of Korea
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- Marine Bioprocess Co., Ltd., Smart Marine BioCenter, Busan 46048, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Gil Medical Center, Gachon University, Incheon 21565, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Gil Medical Center, Gachon University, Incheon 21565, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, College of Medicine, Gachon University, Incheon 21936, Republic of Korea
- Functional Cellular Networks Laboratory, Lee Gil Ya Cancer and Diabetes Institute, Gachon University, Incheon 21999, Republic of Korea
- Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Gachon Advanced Institute for Health & Sciences and Technology (GAIHST), Gachon University, Incheon 21999, Republic of Korea
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Guo YX, Xia CY, Yan Y, Han Y, Shi R, He J, Wang YM, Wang ZX, Zhang WK, Xu JK. Loganin improves chronic unpredictable mild stress-induced depressive-like behaviors and neurochemical dysfunction. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2023; 308:116288. [PMID: 36809822 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2023.116288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2022] [Revised: 02/12/2023] [Accepted: 02/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Cornus officinalis Sieb. et Zucc., is a valuable herb commonly used in Chinese medicine clinics. Loganin is a major iridoid glycoside obtained from the traditional Chinese herb Corni Fructus. Loganin, which has been shown to improve depression-like behavior in mice exposed to acute stress, is probably a potential antidepressant candidate. AIM OF THE STUDY Loganin was evaluated for its effect on chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS) induced depressive-like mice, and its action mechanisms were explored. MATERIALS AND METHODS ICR mice were subjected to the CUMS stimulation method to induce depression. The therapeutic effect of loganin on depressive-like behavior was evaluated by a series of behavioral tests such as sucrose preference test (SPT), forced swim test (FST), tail suspension test (TST) and open-field test (OFT). In addition, the serum levels of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and corticosterone (CORT) were measured using ELISA. The levels of monoamine neurotransmitters were detected by high performance liquid chromatography-electrochemical detection (HPLC-ECD). The levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the hippocampus were measured using western blot analysis. RESULTS The results showed that CUMS induced depressive-like behaviors in mice, as indicated by behavioral tests. Administration of loganin increased the sucrose preference in SPT, as well as decreased the immobility time in FST and TST. Loganin could also improve food intake, and increased crossing times in the OFT. In mechanism, loganin restored the secretion of monoamine neurotransmitters, ACTH and CORT to normal levels. In addition, loganin elevated the expression of BDNF in the hippocampus. In conclusion, loganin exerts antidepressant-like effects in CUMS model mice through modulating monoamine neurotransmitters, ACTH, CORT and BDNF. CONCLUSION Loganin effectively ameliorated depressive-like symptoms in CUMS-exposed mice by increasing 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) and dopamine (DA) levels, alleviating hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis dysfunction, and increasing BDNF expression. In conclusion, the findings of the current study extensive evidence for the application of loganin in stress-associated disorders, specifically targeting depression.
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- Yu-Xuan Guo
- School of Life Sciences & School of Chinese Medicine Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, People's Republic of China; Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences & Department of Pharmacy, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, 100029, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences & Department of Pharmacy, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, 100029, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences & Department of Pharmacy, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, 100029, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Sciences & School of Chinese Medicine Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, People's Republic of China; Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences & Department of Pharmacy, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, 100029, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Sciences & School of Chinese Medicine Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, People's Republic of China; Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences & Department of Pharmacy, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, 100029, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences & Department of Pharmacy, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, 100029, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Sciences & School of Chinese Medicine Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, People's Republic of China; Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences & Department of Pharmacy, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, 100029, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Sciences & School of Chinese Medicine Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, People's Republic of China; Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences & Department of Pharmacy, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, 100029, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences & Department of Pharmacy, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, 100029, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Life Sciences & School of Chinese Medicine Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, People's Republic of China.
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Braga ACM, Souto NS, Cabral FL, Dassi M, Rosa ÉVF, Guarda NDS, Royes LFF, Fighera MR, Moresco RN, Oliveira MS, Sari MHM, Furian AF. Intermittent Exposure to Aflatoxin B1 Did Not Affect Neurobehavioral Parameters and Biochemical Markers of Oxidative Stress. Brain Sci 2023; 13:brainsci13030386. [PMID: 36979196 PMCID: PMC10046455 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci13030386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2023] [Revised: 02/15/2023] [Accepted: 02/21/2023] [Indexed: 03/02/2023] Open
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Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) is the most common toxic mycotoxin that contaminates food. The treatment of its intoxication and the management of contaminations are a constant subject of health agendas worldwide. However, such efforts are not always enough to avoid population intoxication. Our objective was to investigate whether intermittent exposure to AFB1 would cause any impairment in biochemical and behavioral parameters, intending to simulate an irregular consumption. Male Wistar rats received four AFB1 administrations (250 μg/kg) by intragastric route separated by a 96-h interval. Toxicity was evaluated using behavioral tests (open field, object recognition, nest construction, marble burying, and splash test), biochemical markers of oxidative stress (cerebral cortex, hippocampus, liver, and kidneys), and plasma parameters of hepatic and renal functions. The intermittent exposure caused no modification in body weight gain as well as in organ weight. Both control and AFB1 groups presented similar profiles of behavior to all tests performed. Furthermore, AFB1 administrations alter neither antioxidant defenses nor markers of oxidation in all assayed tissues and in the plasma markers of hepatic and renal functions. Therefore, AFB1 intermittent administration did not cause its common damage from exposure to this toxicant, which must be avoided, and additional studies are required.
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- Ana Claudia Monteiro Braga
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Farmacologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria 97105-900, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência e Tecnologia dos Alimentos, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria 97105-900, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria 97105-900, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência e Tecnologia dos Alimentos, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria 97105-900, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Farmacologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria 97105-900, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria 97105-900, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas: Bioquímica Toxicológica, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria 97105-900, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas: Bioquímica Toxicológica, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria 97105-900, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria 97105-900, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Farmacologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria 97105-900, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Farmacologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria 97105-900, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria 97105-900, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Farmacologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria 97105-900, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência e Tecnologia dos Alimentos, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria 97105-900, Brazil
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +55-55-3220-8254
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Zeb S, Ye H, Liu Y, Du HP, Guo Y, Zhu YM, Ni Y, Zhang HL, Xu Y. Necroptotic kinases are involved in the reduction of depression-induced astrocytes and fluoxetine's inhibitory effects on necroptotic kinases. Front Pharmacol 2023; 13:1060954. [PMID: 36686688 PMCID: PMC9847570 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2022.1060954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2022] [Accepted: 11/29/2022] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The role of astrocytes in major depressive disorder has received great attention. Increasing evidence indicates that decreased astrocyte numbers in the hippocampus may be associated with depression, but the role of necroptosis in depression is unknown. Here, in a chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS) mouse model and a corticosterone (Cort)-induced human astrocyte injury model in vitro, we found that mice treated with chronic unpredictable mild stress for 3-5 weeks presented depressive-like behaviors and reduced body weight gain, accompanied by a reduction in astrocytes and a decrease in astrocytic brain-derived neurotropic factors (BDNF), by activation of necroptotic kinases, including RIPK1 (receptor-interacting protein kinase 1)/p-RIPK1, RIPK3 (receptor-interacting protein kinase 3)/p-RIPK3 and MLKL (mixed lineage kinase domain-like protein)/p-MLKL, and by upregulation of inflammatory cytokines in astrocytes of the mouse hippocampus. In contrast, necroptotic kinase inhibitors suppressed Cort-induced necroptotic kinase activation, reduced astrocytes, astrocytic necroptosis and dysfunction, and decreased Cort-mediated inflammatory cytokines in astrocytes. Treatment with fluoxetine (FLX) for 5 weeks improved chronic unpredictable mild stress-induced mouse depressive-like behaviors; simultaneously, fluoxetine inhibited depression-induced necroptotic kinase activation, reversed the reduction in astrocytes and astrocytic necroptosis and dysfunction, decreased inflammatory cytokines and upregulated brain-derived neurotropic factors and 5-HT1A levels. Furthermore, fluoxetine had no direct inhibitory effect on receptor-interacting protein kinase 1 phosphorylation. The combined administration of fluoxetine and necroptotic kinase inhibitors further reduced corticosterone-induced astrocyte injury. In conclusion, the reduction in astrocytes caused by depressive-like models in vivo and in vitro may be associated with the activation of necroptotic kinases and astrocytic necroptosis, and fluoxetine exerts an antidepressive effect by indirectly inhibiting receptor-interacting protein kinase 1-mediated astrocytic necroptosis.
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- Salman Zeb
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuropsychiatric Diseases and College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, China,Laboratory of Cerebrovascular Pharmacology, College of Pharmaceutical Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, China,Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, School of Public Health, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, Suzhou Ninth Hospital Affiliated to Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, Suzhou Ninth Hospital Affiliated to Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, Suzhou Ninth Hospital Affiliated to Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuropsychiatric Diseases and College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, China,Laboratory of Cerebrovascular Pharmacology, College of Pharmaceutical Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, China,Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, School of Public Health, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuropsychiatric Diseases and College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, China,Laboratory of Cerebrovascular Pharmacology, College of Pharmaceutical Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, China,Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, School of Public Health, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuropsychiatric Diseases and College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, China,Laboratory of Cerebrovascular Pharmacology, College of Pharmaceutical Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, China,Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, School of Public Health, Soochow University, Suzhou, China,Pain Department, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuropsychiatric Diseases and College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, China,Laboratory of Cerebrovascular Pharmacology, College of Pharmaceutical Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, China,Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, School of Public Health, Soochow University, Suzhou, China,*Correspondence: Hui-Ling Zhang, ; Yuan Xu,
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- Department of Neurology, Suzhou Ninth Hospital Affiliated to Soochow University, Suzhou, China,*Correspondence: Hui-Ling Zhang, ; Yuan Xu,
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Rice Germ Ameliorated Chronic Unpredictable Mild Stress-Induced Depressive-like Behavior by Reducing Neuroinflammation. Nutrients 2022; 14:nu14245382. [PMID: 36558541 PMCID: PMC9780988 DOI: 10.3390/nu14245382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2022] [Revised: 12/02/2022] [Accepted: 12/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Stress-induced neuroinflammation is widely regarded as one of the primary causes of depression. Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-enriched foods relieve stress and reduce inflammatory reactions. This study aimed to evaluate whether rice germ with 30% GABA (RG) reduced neuroinflammation in mice exposed to chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS). CUMS mice were administered 40, 90, and 140 mg/kg of RG. CUMS increased serum and hypothalamic pro-inflammatory cytokine (TNF-α and IL-6) levels, which were decreased by RG. In the hypothalamus, CUMS elevated M1-type microglia markers of CD86 and NF-κB, whereas RG lowered these levels. The expression levels of NLRP3 inflammasome complex (NLRP3, apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a caspase recruitment domain, and caspase-1), IL-1β, and IL-18 were increased in the hypothalamus of CUMS mice and decreased by RG. RG attenuated depressive-like behaviors in CUMS mice, as measured by the forced swim test and tail suspension test. In conclusion, RG decreased hypothalamic inflammation-related signals, such as TNF-α, IL-6, M1 polarization, NF-κB, NLRP3 inflammasome complex, caspase-1, IL-1β, and IL-18, to diminish depressive-like behavior.
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Salvianolic acid B alleviates comorbid pain in depression induced by chronic restraint stress through inhibiting GABAergic neuron excitation via an ERK-CREB-BDNF axis-dependent mechanism. J Psychiatr Res 2022; 151:205-216. [PMID: 35500448 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2021] [Revised: 02/21/2022] [Accepted: 04/18/2022] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Pain comorbid with depression occurred frequently in clinical settings. This study aims to explore the molecular mechanism underlying antidepressant and analgetic effect of salvianolic acid B (SalB) in comorbid pain in depression induced by chronic restraint stress (CRS), which associates with GABAergic neuron activation in the amygdala and the ERK-CREB-BDNF signaling pathway. The differentially expressed genes related to comorbid pain in CRS-induced depression were screened through bioinformatics analysis. After CRS treatment for 3 weeks, depression-like behaviors were developed in GAD2-tdT mice. The retrograde tracer cholera toxin B subunit combined with retrograde tracer CTB-488 was injected into the parafascicular nucleus of thalamus to project GABAergic neurons to observe the labeling of neurons in the whole brain. After treatment with SalB and ERK-CREB-BDNF signaling pathway inhibitor, CRS mice showed a variety of depression-like behaviors, accompanied by enhanced activity of GABAergic neurons in the amygdala projecting to parafascicular nucleus of thalamus. BDNF underexpression occurred in the CRS mice. Overexpressed BDNF activated ERK-CREB-BDNF signaling pathway to alleviate comorbid pain in CRS-induced depression. After intraperitoneal injection of SalB, the depression-like behaviors and pain threshold in CRS mice were alleviated, the effects of which could be eliminated by ERK-CREB-BDNF signaling pathway antagonist. Collectively, SalB inhibits the excitation of GABAergic neurons in the amygdala and activates the ERK-CREB-BDNF signaling pathway through the parafascicular nucleus of thalamus, whereby alleviating comorbid pain in CRS-induced depression in mice.
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Sambolín-Escobales L, Tirado-Castro L, Suarez C, Pacheco-Cruz D, Fonseca-Ferrer W, Deme P, Haughey N, Chompre G, Porter JT. High-Fat Diet and Short-Term Unpredictable Stress Increase Long-Chain Ceramides Without Enhancing Behavioral Despair. Front Mol Biosci 2022; 9:859760. [PMID: 35601829 PMCID: PMC9114865 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2022.859760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2022] [Accepted: 04/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Clinical and preclinical studies suggest that increases in long-chain ceramides in blood may contribute to the development of depressive-like behavior. However, which factors contribute to these increases and whether the increases are sufficient to induce depressive-like behaviors is unclear. To begin to address this issue, we examined the effects of high fat diet (HFD) and short-term unpredictable (STU) stress on long-chain ceramides in the serum of male and female rats. We found that brief exposure to HFD or unpredictable stress was sufficient to induce selective increases in the serum concentrations of long-chain ceramides, associated with depression in people. Furthermore, combined exposure to HFD and unpredictable stress caused a synergistic increase in C16:0, C16:1, and C18:0 ceramides in both sexes and C18:1 and C24:1 in males. However, the increased peripheral long-chain ceramides were not associated with increases in depressive-like behaviors suggesting that increases in serum long-chain ceramides may not be associated with the development of depressive-like behaviors in rodents.
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- Lubriel Sambolín-Escobales
- Division of Pharmacology, Basic Sciences Department, Ponce Research Institute, Ponce Health Sciences University, Ponce, Puerto Rico
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- Division of Pharmacology, Basic Sciences Department, Ponce Research Institute, Ponce Health Sciences University, Ponce, Puerto Rico
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- Division of Pharmacology, Basic Sciences Department, Ponce Research Institute, Ponce Health Sciences University, Ponce, Puerto Rico
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- Biology and Biotechnology Department, Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, Ponce, Puerto Rico
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- Department of Neurology, John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Neurology, John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Biology and Biotechnology Department, Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, Ponce, Puerto Rico
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- Division of Pharmacology, Basic Sciences Department, Ponce Research Institute, Ponce Health Sciences University, Ponce, Puerto Rico
- *Correspondence: James T. Porter,
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Pereira M, Siba IP, Acco A, Correia D, Lapa FR, Santos ARS, Ruani AP, Pizzolatti MG, Andreatini R. Myricitrin exhibits antidepressant-like effects and reduces IL-6 hippocampal levels in the chronic mild stress model. Behav Brain Res 2022; 429:113905. [PMID: 35490774 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2022.113905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2022] [Revised: 04/14/2022] [Accepted: 04/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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The flavonoid myricitrin showed an antidepressant-like effect in the tail suspension test and increased hippocampal neurogenesis, as well as demonstrating anti-inflammatory effects. Interestingly, inflammation has been linked to depression, and anti-inflammatory drugs showed promising results as antidepressant-like drugs. Thus, the present study evaluated the effects of myricitrin in the chronic mild stress (CMS) model, a translational and valid animal model of depression, using the mini-experiment design to improve the reproducibility of the findings. The sucrose preference test (SPT), forced swim test (FST), and tail suspension test (TST) were the readouts of depressive-like phenotypes induced by CMS. Relative adrenal weight was employed as an index of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activation. Interleukin (IL)-6 and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha levels were measured in the hippocampus. Myricitrin (10 mg/kg, intraperitoneally, for 14 days) reversed depressive-like behaviors induced by CMS (increased immobility in the FST, the TST and anhedonia), as well as decreased adrenal hypertrophy and hippocampal levels of IL-6 in stressed mice. Similar results were observed by imipramine (20 mg/kg, intraperitoneally, for 14 days), a serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (positive control). A significant correlation was observed between immobility time in the TST, and hippocampal IL-6 levels. Hippocampal TNF-α levels were not affected by CMS or drug treatment. In conclusion, myricitrin exhibited an antidepressant-like profile in CMS, and this effect may be associated with its anti-inflammatory activity.
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- Marcela Pereira
- Federal University of Paraná, Pharmacology Department, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Federal University of Paraná, Pharmacology Department, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Federal University of Paraná, Pharmacology Department, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Federal University of Paraná, Pharmacology Department, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Federal University of Santa Catarina, Laboratory of Neurobiology of Pain and Inflammation, Physiological Sciences Department, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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- Federal University of Santa Catarina, Laboratory of Neurobiology of Pain and Inflammation, Physiological Sciences Department, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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- Federal University of Santa Catarina, Chemistry Department, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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- Federal University of Santa Catarina, Chemistry Department, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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- Federal University of Paraná, Pharmacology Department, Curitiba, Brazil.
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Yang HL, Li MM, Zhou MF, Xu HS, Huan F, Liu N, Gao R, Wang J, Zhang N, Jiang L. Links Between Gut Dysbiosis and Neurotransmitter Disturbance in Chronic Restraint Stress-Induced Depressive Behaviours: the Role of Inflammation. Inflammation 2021; 44:2448-2462. [PMID: 34657991 DOI: 10.1007/s10753-021-01514-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2021] [Revised: 07/02/2021] [Accepted: 07/06/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Accumulating evidence has shown that inflammation, the gut microbiota, and neurotransmitters are closely associated with the pathophysiology of depression. However, the links between the gut microbiota and neurotransmitter metabolism remain poorly understood. The present study aimed to investigate the neuroinflammatory reactions in chronic restraint stress (CRS)-induced depression and to delineate the potential links between the gut microbiota and neurotransmitter metabolism. C57BL/6 mice were subjected to chronic restraint stress for 5 weeks, followed by behavioural tests (the sucrose preference test, forced swim test, open field test, and elevated plus maze) and analysis. The results showed that CRS significantly increased interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β), interleukin-2 (IL-2), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and tumour necrosis factor α (TNFα) levels and decreased brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) expression, accompanied by the activation of IkappaB-alpha-phosphorylation-nuclear factor kappa-B (IκBα-p-NF-κB) signalling in the mouse hippocampus. In addition, the neurotransmitter metabolomics results showed that CRS resulted in decreased levels of plasma 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), dopamine (DA), and noradrenaline (NE) and their corresponding metabolites, and gut microbiota faecal metabolites with the 16S rRNA gene sequencing indicated that CRS caused marked microbiota dysbiosis in mice, with a significant increase in Helicobacter, Lactobacillus, and Oscillibacter and a decrease in Parabacteroides, Ruminococcus, and Prevotella. Notably, CRS-induced depressive behaviours and the disturbance of neurotransmitter metabolism and microbiota dysbiosis can be substantially restored by dexamethasone (DXMS) administration. Furthermore, a Pearson heatmap focusing on correlations between the microbiota, behaviours, and neurotransmitters showed that Helicobacter, Lactobacillus, and Oscillibacter were positively correlated with depressive behaviours but were negatively correlated with neurotransmitter metabolism, and Parabacteroides and Ruminococcus were negatively correlated with depressive behaviours but were positively correlated with neurotransmitter metabolism. Taken together, the results suggest that inflammation is involved in microbiota dysbiosis and the disturbance of neurotransmitter metabolism in CRS-induced depressive changes, and the delineation of the potential links between the microbiota and neurotransmitter metabolism will provide novel strategies for depression treatment.
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- Hai-Long Yang
- Department of Psychiatry, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, 210008, China
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- Suzhou Psychiatric Hospital, The Affiliated Guangji Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215008, China
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- Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, 210008, China
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- Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China
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- Department of Medical Psychology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Brain Hospital, 210029, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China
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- Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China
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- Department of Medical Psychology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Brain Hospital, 210029, Nanjing, China.
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- Department of Emergency, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 300 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, 210029, China.
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Chronic Inhibition of FAAH Reduces Depressive-Like Behavior and Improves Dentate Gyrus Proliferation after Chronic Unpredictable Stress Exposure. Behav Neurol 2021; 2021:6651492. [PMID: 33833828 PMCID: PMC8016565 DOI: 10.1155/2021/6651492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2020] [Revised: 02/24/2021] [Accepted: 03/18/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Symptoms of depressive disorders such as anhedonia and despair can be a product of an aberrant adaptation to stress conditions. Chronic unpredictable stress model (CUS) can generate an increase in the activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA) and induce a reduction of neurotrophin signaling and the proliferation of neural progenitors in the adult dentate gyrus, together with increased oxidative stress. Levels of the endocannabinoid anandamide (AEA) seem to affect these depression-by-stress-related features and could be modulated by fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH). We aimed to evaluate the effects of FAAH inhibitor, URB597, on depressive-like behavior and neural proliferation of mice subjected to a model of CUS. URB597 was administered intraperitoneally at a dose of 0.2 mg/kg for 14 days after CUS. Depressive-like behaviors, anhedonia, and despair were evaluated in the splash and forced swimming tests, respectively. Alterations at the HPA axis level were analyzed using the relative weight of adrenal glands and serum corticosterone levels. Oxidative stress and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) were also evaluated. Fluorescence immunohistochemistry tests were performed for the immunoreactivity of BrdU and Sox2 colabeling for comparison of neural precursors. The administration of URB597 was able to reverse the depressive-like behavior generated in mice after the model. Likewise, other physiological responses associated with CUS were reduced in the treated group, among them, increase in the relative weight of the adrenal glands, increased oxidative stress, and decreased BDNF and number of neural precursors. Most of these auspicious responses to enzyme inhibitor administration were blocked by employing a cannabinoid receptor antagonist. In conclusion, the chronic inhibition of FAAH generated an antidepressant effect, promoting neural progenitor proliferation and BDNF expression, while reducing adrenal gland weight and oxidative stress in mice under the CUS model.
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Pesarico AP, Chagas PM, Nacher J. Editorial: Animal Models of Stress - Current Knowledge and Potential Directions. Front Behav Neurosci 2021; 15:655214. [PMID: 33664658 PMCID: PMC7920965 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2021.655214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2021] [Accepted: 01/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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- Neurobiology Unit, Program in Neurosciences and Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedicine (BIOTECMED), Universitat de València, Burjassot, Spain.,Spanish National Network for Research in Mental Health (CIBERSAM), Madrid, Spain.,Fundación Investigación Hospital Clínico de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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Gu Y, Zhu D. nNOS-mediated protein-protein interactions: promising targets for treating neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders. J Biomed Res 2020; 35:1-10. [PMID: 33402546 PMCID: PMC7874267 DOI: 10.7555/jbr.34.20200108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders are one of the leading causes of disability worldwide and affect the health of billions of people. Nitric oxide (NO), a free gas with multitudinous bioactivities, is mainly produced from the oxidation of L-arginine by neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) in the brain. Inhibiting nNOS benefits a variety of neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders, including stroke, depression and anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, chronic pain, and drug addiction. Due to critical roles of nNOS in learning and memory and synaptic plasticity, direct inhibition of nNOS may cause severe side effects. Importantly, interactions of several proteins, including post-synaptic density 95 (PSD-95), carboxy-terminal PDZ ligand of nNOS (CAPON) and serotonin transporter (SERT), with the PSD/Disc-large/ZO-1 homologous (PDZ) domain of nNOS have been demonstrated to influence the subcellular distribution and activity of the enzyme in the brain. Therefore, it will be a preferable means to interfere with nNOS-mediated protein-protein interactions (PPIs), which do not lead to undesirable effects. Herein, we summarize the current literatures on nNOS-mediated PPIs involved in neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders, and the discovery of drugs targeting the PPIs, which is expected to provide potential targets for developing novel drugs and new strategy for the treatment of neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders.
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- Yuanyuan Gu
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211166, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211166, China.,Institution of Stem Cell and Neuroregeneration, School of Pharmacy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211166, China
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Pesarico AP, Birmann PT, Pinto R, Padilha NB, Lenardão EJ, Savegnago L. Short- and Long-Term Repeated Forced Swim Stress Induce Depressive-Like Phenotype in Mice: Effectiveness of 3-[(4-Chlorophenyl)Selanyl]-1-Methyl-1H-Indole. Front Behav Neurosci 2020; 14:140. [PMID: 33192355 PMCID: PMC7481394 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2020.00140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2020] [Accepted: 07/21/2020] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Exposure to stress highly correlates with the emergence of mood-related illnesses. Therefore, the present study was designed to characterize the acute and chronic effects of 3-((4-chlorophenyl)selanyl)-1-methyl-1H-indole (CMI) on depressive-like behavior induced by repeated forced swim stress (FSS) in male adult Swiss mice. In the repeated FSS, mice were placed in water to swim for a single trial during a 15-min period. Twenty-four hours after the first FSS, the animals were placed in water to swim through a series of four trials, and each of them swam for 6 min long; between each trial, mice were towel dried and returned to their home cage for 6 min. In addition, the oxidative stress in the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus and corticosterone levels of plasma of mice were investigated. The animals exposed to FSS were treated with CM in two different protocols. In protocol 1, CMI [1 and 10 mg/kg, intragastric (i.g.) route] or fluoxetine, a positive control (10 mg/kg, i.g. route), were administered 30 min before of sections of repeated FSS in both days of stress. After the last section of repeated FSS, the mice performed first the spontaneous locomotor activity and after the tail suspension test. In protocol 2, CMI or fluoxetine (1 mg/kg, i.g. route) was administered for 20 days after the exposition of repeated FSS. The spontaneous locomotor activity, tail suspension, and forced swimming tests were performed in this order after 24 h of last administration of CMI or fluoxetine. The euthanasia of animals was performed after the behavioral tests. CMI and fluoxetine abolished the depressive-like behavior induced by repeated FSS in mice in the two different treatments. CMI modulated the oxidative stress in the prefrontal cortices and hippocampi of mice subjected to repeated FSS. Mice subjected to repeated FSS had an increase in the corticosterone levels and CMI regulated the levels of this glucocorticoid. These findings demonstrate that CMI was effective to abolish the depressive-like behavior induced by repeated FSS, which was accompanied by changes in the corticosterone levels and oxidative stress of prefrontal cortices and hippocampi of mice.
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- Ana Paula Pesarico
- Research Group on Neurobiotechnology-GPN, CDTec, Federal University of Pelotas, UFPel, Pelotas, Brazil
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- Research Group on Neurobiotechnology-GPN, CDTec, Federal University of Pelotas, UFPel, Pelotas, Brazil
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- Research Group on Neurobiotechnology-GPN, CDTec, Federal University of Pelotas, UFPel, Pelotas, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Clean Organic Synthesis-LASOL, CCQFA, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Clean Organic Synthesis-LASOL, CCQFA, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
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- Research Group on Neurobiotechnology-GPN, CDTec, Federal University of Pelotas, UFPel, Pelotas, Brazil
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Montagud-Romero S, Montesinos J, Pavón FJ, Blanco-Gandia MC, Ballestín R, Rodríguez de Fonseca F, Miñarro J, Guerri C, Rodríguez-Arias M. Social defeat-induced increase in the conditioned rewarding effects of cocaine: Role of CX3CL1. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2020; 96:109753. [PMID: 31446159 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2019.109753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2019] [Revised: 06/27/2019] [Accepted: 08/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Social stress is associated with higher vulnerability to drug use, as it enhances the reinforcing effects of psychostimulants in rodents. Furthermore, continued or severe stress induces a proinflammatory state of microglial activation and augmented cytokine production. The aim of the present work was to evaluate the role of fractalkine [C-X3-C motif ligand 1 (CX3CL1)], an inflammatory chemokine, in the increased conditioned rewarding effects of cocaine in animals exposed to social defeat stress. In addition, we measured the signaling cascade pathway of CX3CL1 in the hippocampus (HPC) (including p-ERK/ERK, p-p38/p38 MAPK, p-p65/p65 NFκB and p-CREB/CREB ratios). The glutamate receptor subunits NR1, NR2B and GluA1 were also assessed. A total of 102 adult male C57BL/6 J wild-type (WT) and Cx3cr1 knockout (KO) mice were divided into different experimental groups according to stress condition (exploration or social defeat). Three weeks after the last social defeat, conditioned place preference (CPP) was induced by a subthreshold dose of cocaine (1 mg/kg). Brain tissue samples were taken 24 h after the CPP procedure to determine the levels of the proteins and transcription factors. Our results showed that, in WT animals, repeated social defeat (RSD) decreased CX3CL1 striatal levels without producing changes in the HPC. In addition, RSD induced an increase in the conditioned rewarding effects of cocaine, regardless of the genotype. After CPP induced by cocaine, defeated Cx3cr1-deficient mice showed a decrease in the p-p65/p65 NFκB and pCREB/CREB ratio in the HPC, and an increase in the hippocampal levels of CX3CL1 and p-p38/p38 MAPK relation. In all defeated mice, there was a decrease in the ionotropic glutamate receptor subunit NR1. In conclusion, these results suggest that the lack of CX3CL1/Cx3cr1 signaling under stress conditions induces changes in protein and transcription factors, indicating that CX3CL1 is needed to shield the response to social defeat.
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- Sandra Montagud-Romero
- Department of Psychobiology, Facultad de Psicología, Universitat de Valencia, Avda. Blasco Ibáñez, 21, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Pathology of Alcohol, Príncipe Felipe Research Center, Valencia 46012, Spain; Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, USA
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- Red Temática de Investigación Cooperativa en Salud (RETICS-Trastornos Adictivos), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, MICINN and FEDER, Madrid, Spain; Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Salud Mental, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA), Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga/Universidad de Málaga, Málaga 29010, Spain
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- Department of Psychobiology, Facultad de Psicología, Universitat de Valencia, Avda. Blasco Ibáñez, 21, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Psychobiology, Facultad de Psicología, Universitat de Valencia, Avda. Blasco Ibáñez, 21, 46010 Valencia, Spain; Red Temática de Investigación Cooperativa en Salud (RETICS-Trastornos Adictivos), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, MICINN and FEDER, Madrid, Spain
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- Red Temática de Investigación Cooperativa en Salud (RETICS-Trastornos Adictivos), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, MICINN and FEDER, Madrid, Spain; Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Salud Mental, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA), Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga/Universidad de Málaga, Málaga 29010, Spain
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- Department of Psychobiology, Facultad de Psicología, Universitat de Valencia, Avda. Blasco Ibáñez, 21, 46010 Valencia, Spain; Red Temática de Investigación Cooperativa en Salud (RETICS-Trastornos Adictivos), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, MICINN and FEDER, Madrid, Spain
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- Red Temática de Investigación Cooperativa en Salud (RETICS-Trastornos Adictivos), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, MICINN and FEDER, Madrid, Spain; Department of Molecular and Cellular Pathology of Alcohol, Príncipe Felipe Research Center, Valencia 46012, Spain
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- Department of Psychobiology, Facultad de Psicología, Universitat de Valencia, Avda. Blasco Ibáñez, 21, 46010 Valencia, Spain; Red Temática de Investigación Cooperativa en Salud (RETICS-Trastornos Adictivos), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, MICINN and FEDER, Madrid, Spain.
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Fu S, Wang J, Hao C, Dang H, Jiang S. Tetramethylpyrazine ameliorates depression by inhibiting TLR4-NLRP3 inflammasome signal pathway in mice. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2019; 236:2173-2185. [PMID: 30847567 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-019-05210-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2018] [Accepted: 02/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Depression is a common but serious mental illness; meanwhile, it is also an inflammatory disorder. Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), as the pattern recognition receptor, has been shown to play a vital role in neuroinflammation. The nucleotide binding and oligomerization domain-like receptor family pyrin domain-containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome acts as an important signaling molecule downstream of TLR4 and can promote the maturation of inflammatory cytokines, such as interleukin-1β (IL-1β). Tetramethylpyrazine (TMP) is a natural compound with neuroprotective effects but with unknown mechanisms on its antidepressant-like effect. In this study, we hypothesized that TMP ameliorates depression may be through the inhibition of the TLR4-NF-κB-NLRP3 signal pathway. Our results have shown that chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS) that induced the decreased sucrose preference and increased immobile time was prominently reversed by TMP and fluoxetine. Additionally, we also found that CUMS induced the upregulation of proinflammatory cytokines; TLR4 and NLRP3-associated proteins were significantly suppressed by TMP in the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus. TMP also exhibited potent antioxidant effects and increased the monoamine levels in the serum and brain, such as increasing the activity of SOD and GSH-Px, and reducing the activity of MDA in the serum, and elevating the 5-HT and NE concentration in the serum and brain. Moreover, treatment with Cli-095 (TLR4 inhibitor) also markedly inhibited CUMS-induced depression-like behaviors. Taken together, our findings suggested that TMP exerted a potential antidepressant-like effect in CUMS mice, and the molecular mechanisms may relate to inhibit the TLR4-NF-κB-NLRP3 signaling pathway in the brain.
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- Songnian Fu
- Psychological Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
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- Psychological Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang Province, China
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- Psychological Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Li Yu Shan South Road, No. 137, Urumqi, 830054, Xinjiang, People's Republic of China.
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Bampi SR, Casaril AM, Sabedra Sousa FS, Pesarico AP, Vieira B, Lenardão EJ, Savegnago L. Repeated administration of a selenium-containing indolyl compound attenuates behavioural alterations by streptozotocin through modulation of oxidative stress in mice. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2019; 183:46-55. [PMID: 31207269 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2019.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2019] [Revised: 06/13/2019] [Accepted: 06/13/2019] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Although the pathophysiology of major depression disorder (MDD) is still poorly understood, mounting evidence suggests that the brains of depressed patients are under oxidative stress, leading to depressive symptoms that may include anxiety and cognitive impairment. This study aimed to investigate if the seleno-organic compound 1-methyl-3-(phenylselanyl)-1H-indole (MFSeI) reverses the depression- and anxiogenic-like behaviour, cognitive impairment and oxidative stress induced by the intra-cerebroventricular injection of streptozotocin (STZ; 0.2 mg/4 μl/per mouse) in Swiss male mice. Twenty-four hours after the STZ injection, mice were treated with MFSeI (10 mg/kg, intra-gastrically), or vehicle solution, once daily for seven days. The behavioural tests were performed 30 min after the final MFSeI administration, followed by euthanasia and collection of the cerebral cortex and hippocampus. Administration of MFSeI reversed the depression- and anxiogenic-like behaviour and cognitive impairment induced by STZ, in mice. Neurochemical analyses demonstrated that MFSeI reversed the STZ-increased levels of reactive species, nitrite, lipid peroxidation and acetylcholinesterase activity in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus of mice. Moreover, a single administration of MFSeI (300 mg/kg, intra-gastrically) did not cause acute toxicity in Swiss male mice. Altogether, our data suggest that MFSeI exhibits antidepressant- and anxiolytic-like effects and improves the cognition of STZ-treated mice, without any toxicity.
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- Suely Ribeiro Bampi
- Postgraduate Program in Biotechnology, Neurobiotechnology Research Group, Center of Biotechnology, Federal University of Pelotas, RS, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Biotechnology, Neurobiotechnology Research Group, Center of Biotechnology, Federal University of Pelotas, RS, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Biotechnology, Neurobiotechnology Research Group, Center of Biotechnology, Federal University of Pelotas, RS, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Biotechnology, Neurobiotechnology Research Group, Center of Biotechnology, Federal University of Pelotas, RS, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Chemistry, Laboratory of Clean Organic Synthesis, Center of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Food Sciences, Federal University of Pelotas, RS, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Chemistry, Laboratory of Clean Organic Synthesis, Center of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Food Sciences, Federal University of Pelotas, RS, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Biotechnology, Neurobiotechnology Research Group, Center of Biotechnology, Federal University of Pelotas, RS, Brazil.
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Lin P, Ding B, Wu Y, Dong K, Li Q. Mitogen-stimulated cell proliferation and cytokine production in major depressive disorder patients. BMC Psychiatry 2018; 18:330. [PMID: 30314474 PMCID: PMC6186084 DOI: 10.1186/s12888-018-1906-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2018] [Accepted: 09/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Major depressive disorder (MDD) is related to human's immune status, and immunological indicators such as mitogen stimulated cell proliferation and cytokines may become candidate biomarkers for disease diagnosis. METHODS One hundred diagnosed major depressive disorder subjects and 100 health controls were enrolled in this study. Phytohaemagglutinin and lipopolysaccharide stimulated cell proliferations and cytokine concentrations were detected in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from both groups. The corresponding stimulated responses were conducted and confirmed in chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS) mice. RESULTS Compared to the people in control group, there were lower cell proliferations and lower TNF-α produced in lipopolysaccharide stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells in depression patients, lower IL-2 and IL-10 produced in phytohaemagglutinin stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells in depression patients, higher IL-6, IL-10 and lower IL-2 secretions were detected in peripheral plasma in depression patients. In CUMS mice we found lower splenocyte proliferations, lower IL-1α productions and higher IL-6 secretions in lipopolysaccharide stimulated splenocytes. It seems lipopolysaccharide stimulated cell proliferation activities were inhibited in depressive states. CONCLUSIONS Lower lipopolysaccharide stimulated cell proliferation and phytohaemagglutinin stimulated or plasma cytokine IL-2 decreases should be potential monitoring indices in the depressive state assessment for major depressive disorder patients.
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- Ping Lin
- 0000 0004 0368 8293grid.16821.3cDepartment of Medical Laboratory, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200030 China ,0000 0004 0368 8293grid.16821.3cDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200025 China
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- 0000 0004 0368 8293grid.16821.3cDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200025 China
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- 0000 0004 0368 8293grid.16821.3cDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200025 China
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- 0000 0004 0368 8293grid.16821.3cDepartment of Immunology and Microbiology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200025 China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200025, China.
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Zhu LJ, Ni HY, Chen R, Chang L, Shi HJ, Qiu D, Zhang Z, Wu DL, Jiang ZC, Xin HL, Zhou QG, Zhu DY. Hippocampal nuclear factor kappa B accounts for stress-induced anxiety behaviors via enhancing neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS)-carboxy-terminal PDZ ligand of nNOS-Dexras1 coupling. J Neurochem 2018; 146:598-612. [PMID: 29858554 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.14478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2017] [Revised: 04/26/2018] [Accepted: 05/29/2018] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Anxiety disorders are associated with a high social burden worldwide. Recently, increasing evidence suggests that nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) has significant implications for psychiatric diseases, including anxiety and depressive disorders. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the role of NF-κB in stress-induced anxiety behaviors are poorly understood. In this study, we show that chronic mild stress (CMS) and glucocorticoids dramatically increased the expression of NF-κB subunits p50 and p65, phosphorylation and acetylation of p65, and the level of nuclear p65 in vivo and in vitro, implicating activation of NF-κB signaling in chronic stress-induced pathological processes. Using the novelty-suppressed feeding (NSF) and elevated-plus maze (EPM) tests, we found that treatment with pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDTC; intra-hippocampal infusion), an inhibitor of NF-κB, rescued the CMS- or glucocorticoid-induced anxiogenic behaviors in mice. Microinjection of PDTC into the hippocampus reversed CMS-induced up-regulation of neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS), carboxy-terminal PDZ ligand of nNOS (CAPON), and dexamethasone-induced ras protein 1 (Dexras1) and dendritic spine loss of dentate gyrus (DG) granule cells. Moreover, over-expression of CAPON by infusing LV-CAPON-L-GFP into the hippocampus induced nNOS-Dexras1 interaction and anxiety-like behaviors, and inhibition of NF-κB by PDTC reduced the LV-CAPON-L-GFP-induced increases in nNOS-Dexras1 complex and anxiogenic-like effects in mice. These findings indicate that hippocampal NF-κB mediates anxiogenic behaviors, probably via regulating the association of nNOS-CAPON-Dexras1, and uncover a novel approach to the treatment of anxiety disorders.
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- Li-Juan Zhu
- Key Laboratory of Developmental Genes and Human Diseases, MOE, Department of Histology and Embryology, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.,Institute of Neuroscience, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Developmental Genes and Human Diseases, MOE, Department of Histology and Embryology, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Developmental Genes and Human Diseases, MOE, Department of Histology and Embryology, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Developmental Genes and Human Diseases, MOE, Department of Histology and Embryology, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Hygiene Analysis and Detection, school of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The Affiliated Jiangyin Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Jiangyin, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Wang XD, Yang G, Bai Y, Feng YP, Li H. The behavioral study on the interactive aggravation between pruritus and depression. Brain Behav 2018; 8:e00964. [PMID: 30106230 PMCID: PMC5991569 DOI: 10.1002/brb3.964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2017] [Revised: 02/12/2018] [Accepted: 03/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The interactive aggravation of pruritus and depression is well-known, but an appropriate experimental model that could mimic this behavioral phenomenon is still lacking. Thus, a systematic animal behavioral investigation was carried out in this study. This will promote the research and treatment of pruritus and depression. METHODS The 2,4-dinitrofluorobenzene (DNFB)-induced chronic itch model was established to measure the depression index by forced swimming test (FST), tail suspension test (TST), and splash test (ST). The chronic unpredicted mild stress (CUMS)-induced depression model was established to measure spontaneous itch and acute histamine or chloroquine-induced itch behaviors. A depression and itch combining model was also established to measure the scratching and depression behaviors. The motor function of DNFB mice was analyzed by the rotarod test. RESULTS The scratching number, the immobility time in the FST and TST, and the grooming number in the ST test were all significantly increased in the chronic itch model. Mice receiving CUMS treatment showed significantly increased spontaneous scratching number, immobility time in the FST and TST tests, and grooming number in the ST. The combined model showed increased immobility time in FST and TST tests and increased grooming number in ST comparing to the depression model, and showed increased scratching number comparing to the chronic itch model. After histamine (His) or chloroquine (CQ) injection, the scratching numbers of CUMS mice were all significantly increased compared to those of His- and CQ-control, respectively. Anti-depression drug ketamine could significantly inhibit the depression-like behaviors of CUMS mice, and simultaneously stopped the promoting effect on His-induced acute itch. CONCLUSIONS This study established an appropriate cross aggravation experimental mode and demonstrated that there is cross aggravation between pruritus and depression. The illumination of related mechanisms underlying this cross aggravation effect will provide theoretical basis for the prevention and treatment of depression and pruritus.
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- Xiao-Dong Wang
- Department of Anatomy and K.K. Leung Brain Research Centre, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Anatomy and K.K. Leung Brain Research Centre, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Anatomy and K.K. Leung Brain Research Centre, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Anatomy and K.K. Leung Brain Research Centre, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Anatomy and K.K. Leung Brain Research Centre, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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Deslauriers J, Toth M, Der-Avakian A, Risbrough VB. Current Status of Animal Models of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Behavioral and Biological Phenotypes, and Future Challenges in Improving Translation. Biol Psychiatry 2018; 83:895-907. [PMID: 29338843 PMCID: PMC6085893 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.11.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2017] [Revised: 10/05/2017] [Accepted: 11/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Increasing predictability of animal models of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has required active collaboration between clinical and preclinical scientists. Modeling PTSD is challenging, as it is a heterogeneous disorder with ≥20 symptoms. Clinical research increasingly utilizes objective biological measures (e.g., imaging, peripheral biomarkers) or nonverbal behaviors and/or physiological responses to complement verbally reported symptoms. This shift toward more-objectively measurable phenotypes enables refinement of current animal models of PTSD, and it supports the incorporation of homologous measures across species. We reviewed >600 articles to examine the ability of current rodent models to probe biological phenotypes of PTSD (e.g., sleep disturbances, hippocampal and fear-circuit dysfunction, inflammation, glucocorticoid receptor hypersensitivity) in addition to behavioral phenotypes. Most models reliably produced enduring generalized anxiety-like or depression-like behaviors, as well as hyperactive fear circuits, glucocorticoid receptor hypersensitivity, and response to long-term selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. Although a few paradigms probed fear conditioning/extinction or utilized peripheral immune, sleep, and noninvasive imaging measures, we argue that these should be incorporated more to enhance translation. Data on female subjects, on subjects at different ages across the life span, or on temporal trajectories of phenotypes after stress that can inform model validity and treatment study design are needed. Overall, preclinical (and clinical) PTSD researchers are increasingly incorporating homologous biological measures to assess markers of risk, response, and treatment outcome. This shift is exciting, as we and many others hope it not only will support translation of drug efficacy from animal models to clinical trials but also will potentially improve predictability of stage II for stage III clinical trials.
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- Jessica Deslauriers
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California; Center of Excellence for Stress and Mental Health, Veterans Affairs Hospital, La Jolla, California
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- Department of Behavioural Neurobiology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California; Center of Excellence for Stress and Mental Health, Veterans Affairs Hospital, La Jolla, California.
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Stepanichev MY, Peregud DI, Manolova AO, Lazareva NA, Onufriev MV, Gulyaeva NV. Chronic Mild Stress Increases the Expression of Genes Encoding Proinflammatory Cytokines in the Rat Brain. BIOL BULL+ 2018. [DOI: 10.1134/s1062359018010107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Dihydromyricetin exerts a rapid antidepressant-like effect in association with enhancement of BDNF expression and inhibition of neuroinflammation. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2018; 235:233-244. [PMID: 29058041 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-017-4761-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2017] [Accepted: 10/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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RATIONALE Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a highly prevalent illness that affects large populations across the world, and increasing evidence suggests that neuroinflammation and levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) are closely related to depression. Dihydromyricetin (DHM) is a kind of flavonoid natural product that has been reported to display multiple pharmacological effects, including anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative properties, and these may contribute to ameliorate MDD. OBJECTIVE This study investigated the effect of DHM on depression-related phenotypes in various experimental animal models. METHODS The antidepressant-like effect of DHM was validated via depression-related behavioral tests in naïve male C57BL/6 mice, as well as in the acute lipopolysaccharide-induced mouse model of depression. The chronic unpredicted mild stress (CUMS) mouse model of depression was also used to assess the rapid antidepressant-like effect of DHM by tail suspension test (TST), forced swimming test (FST), locomotor activity, and sucrose preference test (SPT). The expression of BDNF and inflammatory factors were determined through Western blotting and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, respectively. RESULTS DHM reduced immobility time in the TST and FST both in mice and the acute LPS-induced mouse model of depression. Seven days of DHM treatment ameliorated depression-related behaviors induced by CUMS, whereas similar treatment with the typical antidepressant venlafaxine did not. DHM activated the ERK1/2-CREB pathway and increased glycogen synthase kinase-3 beta (GSK-3β) phosphorylation at ser-9, with upregulation of BDNF expression, in both hippocampal tissues and cultured hippocampal cells. CONCLUSION The present data indicate that DHM exerts a more rapid antidepressant-like effect than does a typical antidepressant, in association with enhancement of BDNF expression and inhibition of neuroinflammation.
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7-Fluoro-1,3-diphenylisoquinoline reverses motor and non-motor symptoms induced by MPTP in mice: Role of striatal neuroinflammation. Eur J Pharmacol 2017; 819:129-135. [PMID: 29217173 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2017.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2017] [Revised: 11/23/2017] [Accepted: 12/01/2017] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is a dopaminergic neurodegenerative disorder, which presents motor and non-motor symptoms. 7-Fluoro-1,3-diphenylisoquinoline (FDPI) is an isoquinoline compound with antioxidant and antidepressant properties. This study investigated whether FDPI reverses motor and non-motor symptoms in an acute mouse model of PD induced by 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP). It was also assessed the anti-inflammatory mechanisms in FDPI pharmacological action. C57Bl/6 male adult mice received four MPTP (20mg/kg, intraperitoneal) or saline (vehicle) injections to induce an acute PD model. FDPI (10mg/kg, intragastric) was daily administered to mice from the 2nd to 9th day after the induction and mice performed the behavioral tests on the 8th and 9th days. Striatum samples were collected for biochemical and molecular analyses. The results of the rotarod and challenging beam tests demonstrated that the administration of FDPI attenuated the impairments in balance and coordination of mice induced by MPTP. The FDPI reversed the short-term memory deficit and depressive-like behavior induced by MPTP in mice. FDPI attenuated the reduction in the striatal tyrosine hydroxylase levels, and it reversed the increase in the cyclooxygenase-2 levels and myeloperoxidase activity caused by MPTP in mice. Therefore, FDPI reversed motor and non-motor symptoms induced by an acute PD model and its restorative effects seem to be mediated by an anti-inflammatory action associated with a modulation of the striatal cyclooxygenase-2 levels and myeloperoxidase activity.
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Brain-derived neurotrophic factor signaling plays a role in resilience to stress promoted by isoquinoline in defeated mice. J Psychiatr Res 2017; 94:78-87. [PMID: 28688339 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2017.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2017] [Revised: 06/24/2017] [Accepted: 06/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Certain stressful life events have been associated with the onset of depression. This study aims to investigate if 7-fluoro-1,3-diphenylisoquinoline-1-amine (FDPI) is effective against social avoidance induced by social defeat stress model in mice. Furthermore, it was investigated the effects of FDPI in the mouse prefrontal cortical plasticity-related proteins and some parameters of toxicity. Adult Swiss mice were subjected to social defeat stress for 10 days. Two protocols with FDPI were carried out: 1- FDPI (25 mg/kg, intragastric) was administered to mice 24 h after the last social defeat stress episode; 2- FDPI (1-25 mg/kg, intragastric) was administered to mice once a day for 10 days concomitant with the social defeat stress. The mice performed social avoidance and locomotor tests. The prefrontal cortical protein contents of kinase B (Akt), extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), cAMP-response element binding protein (CREB), pro-brain-derived neurotrophic factor (proBDNF), p75NTR, neuronal nuclear protein (NeuN) and nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) were determined in mice. A single administration of FDPI (25 mg/kg) partially protected against social avoidance induced by stress in mice. Repeated administration of FDPI (25 mg/kg) protected against social avoidance induced by stress in mice. Social defeat stress decreased the protein contents of p75NTR, NeuN and the pERK/ERK ratio but increased those of proBDNF and the pCREB/CREB ratio, without changing that of NF-κB. Repeated administration of FDPI modulated signaling pathways altered by social defeat stress in mice. The present findings demonstrate that FDPI promoted resilience to stress in mice.
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HBK-15 protects mice from stress-induced behavioral disturbances and changes in corticosterone, BDNF, and NGF levels. Behav Brain Res 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2017.06.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Pesarico AP, Rosa SG, Stangherlin EC, Mantovani AC, Zeni G, Nogueira CW. 7-Fluoro-1,3-diphenylisoquinoline-1-amine reverses the reduction in self-care behavior induced by maternal separation stress in rats by modulating glutamatergic/GABAergic systems. J Psychiatr Res 2017; 89:28-37. [PMID: 28153643 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2017.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2016] [Revised: 01/12/2017] [Accepted: 01/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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7-Fluoro-1,3-diphenylisoquinoline-1-amine (FDPI) is a promising isoquinoline that elicits an antidepressant-like action in rodents. In this study, an animal model of stress induced by maternal separation was used to investigate the effects of FDPI in Wistar rats of 30 and 90 days of age. It was investigated the effects of maternal separation in the self-care behavior and the contribution of glutamatergic and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)ergic systems in the FDPI action. Male Wistar rats were separated from their mothers for 3 h/day from postnatal day (PND) 1-10. The rats were treated at different ages (PND-30 and PND-90) with FDPI (5 mg/kg, intragastrically/7 days) and performed the splash test. Maternal separation reduced total grooming time in the splash test, an index of motivational and self-care behavior, and FDPI treatment was effective in reversing this behavior in rats at both ages. The neurochemical parameters were differently affected, dependent on the age of rats, by maternal separation and FDPI. Maternal separation increased the GABA uptake and the excitatory amino acid transporter 1 levels in the prefrontal cortices of rats at PND-30 and FDPI was effective against these alterations. At PND-90, maternal separation decreased the glutamate uptake and increased the GABA uptake and the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor 2B levels in the prefrontal cortices of rats. FDPI reversed the neurochemical alterations caused by maternal separation in the prefrontal cortices of rats at PND-90. The results of this study demonstrated that FDPI reversed the reduction in self-care behavior induced by maternal separation stress in rats by modulating the glutamatergic/GABAergic systems in rats.
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- Ana Paula Pesarico
- Laboratório de Síntese, Reatividade e Avaliação Farmacológica e Toxicológica de Organocalcogênios, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, CEP 97105-900, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Síntese, Reatividade e Avaliação Farmacológica e Toxicológica de Organocalcogênios, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, CEP 97105-900, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Síntese, Reatividade e Avaliação Farmacológica e Toxicológica de Organocalcogênios, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, CEP 97105-900, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Síntese, Reatividade e Avaliação Farmacológica e Toxicológica de Organocalcogênios, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, CEP 97105-900, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Síntese, Reatividade e Avaliação Farmacológica e Toxicológica de Organocalcogênios, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, CEP 97105-900, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Síntese, Reatividade e Avaliação Farmacológica e Toxicológica de Organocalcogênios, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, CEP 97105-900, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
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Li CF, Chen XQ, Chen SM, Chen XM, Geng D, Liu Q, Yi LT. Evaluation of the toxicological properties and anti-inflammatory mechanism of Hemerocallis citrina in LPS-induced depressive-like mice. Biomed Pharmacother 2017; 91:167-173. [PMID: 28460225 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2017.04.089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2017] [Revised: 04/16/2017] [Accepted: 04/19/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Hemerocallis citrina Baroni (Liliaceae), a Liliaceae plant, has been widely used in food and traditional medicine. This study investigated the safety of ethanol extracts from Hemerocallis citrina (HCE) after oral treatment (p.o.) and evaluating the anti-inflammatory mechanism of HCE in a lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced depressive-like model. First, in an 8-week experimental procedure, blood and tissue samples collected from mice were used for biochemical and histopathological analysis every two weeks. Neither the body weight nor relative organ weights were affected by HCE administration. Only the total cholesterol levels were decreased by HCE administration. Histopathological analysis showed no significant liver and kidney changes caused by HCE. In addition, in an LPS-induced mouse depressive-like model, HCE significantly reversed the reduction of sucrose preference with LPS. The results also indicated that LPS activated the nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB), inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) expression in the prefrontal cortex. In contrast, these activations were normalized by HCE pretreatment. In summary, our study provided essential evidence for the safety of Hemerocallis citrina in both food and medicine. The results also demonstrated that HCE exhibited antidepressant-like effects that might be related to inhibition of the NF-κB signaling pathway.
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- Cheng-Fu Li
- Xiamen Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine affiliated to Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xiamen 361009, Fujian Province, PR China.
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- Xiamen Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine affiliated to Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xiamen 361009, Fujian Province, PR China
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- Xiamen Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine affiliated to Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xiamen 361009, Fujian Province, PR China
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- Xiamen Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine affiliated to Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xiamen 361009, Fujian Province, PR China
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- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361021, Fujian Province, PR China; Institute of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361021, Fujian Province, PR China
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- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361021, Fujian Province, PR China; Institute of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361021, Fujian Province, PR China
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- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361021, Fujian Province, PR China; Institute of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361021, Fujian Province, PR China
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Qiao H, An SC, Xu C, Ma XM. Role of proBDNF and BDNF in dendritic spine plasticity and depressive-like behaviors induced by an animal model of depression. Brain Res 2017; 1663:29-37. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2017.02.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2016] [Revised: 02/14/2017] [Accepted: 02/20/2017] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Oliveira CES, Sari MHM, Zborowski VA, Araujo PCO, Nogueira CW, Zeni G. p,p'-Methoxyl-diphenyl diselenide elicits an antidepressant-like effect in mice without discontinuation anxiety phenotype. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2017; 154:31-38. [PMID: 28174136 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2017.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2016] [Revised: 01/31/2017] [Accepted: 02/03/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Major depressive disorder is the most severe and debilitating disease among psychiatric illnesses. The abrupt interruption of antidepressant treatment may lead to a complex physiological and neuropsychiatric syndrome. The organoselenium compound (MeOPhSe)2 has been reported to have neuroprotective properties in animal models. The study aimed to investigate the effects of single or repeated administration of (MeOPhSe)2 on depressive-like behavior and if the compound administration, and its discontinuation, may affect the anxiolytic-like phenotype in Swiss mice. The results showed that repeated intragastric administration of (MeOPhSe)2 (dose range: 0.1-5mg/kg), different from a single administration, reduced the immobility time in the mouse tail suspension test. A single administration of (MeOPhSe)2 at a dose of 5mg/kg decreased the immobility time, increased the swimming time and did not alter the climbing behavior in the modified forced swimming test (mFST). Repeated administration of (MeOPhSe)2 decreased the immobility time, did not alter the swimming time and increased the climbing behavior in the mouse mFST. Repeated administration of (MeOPhSe)2 at a dose of 5mg/kg elicited a mouse anxiolytic-like phenotype in the elevated plus maze and light-dark tests. Markers of hepatic and renal function tests were not altered by repeated administration of (MeOPhSe)2 to mice. The findings indicate that a single or repeated administration of (MeOPhSe)2 elicited an antidepressant-like action in mice. Moreover, repeated treatment with (MeOPhSe)2 produced an anxiolytic-like action in mice and its profile remained stable after discontinuation.
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Affiliation(s)
- Carla Elena Sartori Oliveira
- Laboratório de Síntese, Reatividade e Avaliação Farmacológica e Toxicológica de Organocalcogênios, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria CEP 97105-900, RS, Brazil
| | - Marcel Henrique Marcondes Sari
- Laboratório de Síntese, Reatividade e Avaliação Farmacológica e Toxicológica de Organocalcogênios, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria CEP 97105-900, RS, Brazil
| | - Vanessa Angonesi Zborowski
- Laboratório de Síntese, Reatividade e Avaliação Farmacológica e Toxicológica de Organocalcogênios, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria CEP 97105-900, RS, Brazil
| | - Paulo Cesar Oliveira Araujo
- Laboratório de Síntese, Reatividade e Avaliação Farmacológica e Toxicológica de Organocalcogênios, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria CEP 97105-900, RS, Brazil
| | - Cristina Wayne Nogueira
- Laboratório de Síntese, Reatividade e Avaliação Farmacológica e Toxicológica de Organocalcogênios, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria CEP 97105-900, RS, Brazil
| | - Gilson Zeni
- Laboratório de Síntese, Reatividade e Avaliação Farmacológica e Toxicológica de Organocalcogênios, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria CEP 97105-900, RS, Brazil.
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