The Mechanisms of Electroconvulsive Stimuli in BrdU-Positive Cells of the Dentate Gyrus in ACTH-Treated Rats

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences

Hiromi Hayashi²  Ikuko Miyazaki¹  Masato Asanuma¹  Keiko Kuwatsuka²  Yuka Onoue²  Toshiaki Sendo²  Toshihiro Koyama²  Yoshihisa Kitamura² 

[1] Department of Brain Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Japan;Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Japan

关键词: adrenocorticotropic hormone;    electroconvulsive stimuli;    cell proliferation;    brain derived neurotrophic factor;    cAMP response element binding protein;   

DOI  :  10.1254/jphs.13015FP

学科分类：药学

来源: Nihon Yakuri Gakkai Henshuubu / Japanese Pharmacological Society

【 摘 要 】

References(35)Cited-By(7)In clinical studies, electroconvulsive stimuli have been associated with improvements in both depression and treatment-resistant depression. In a previous study, treatment with adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) for 14 days decreased adult hippocampal cell proliferation. Furthermore, electroconvulsive stimuli significantly decreased the duration of immobility following repeated administration of ACTH for 14 days in rats. The present study was undertaken to further characterize the mechanism of treatmentresistant antidepressant effects of electroconvulsive stimuli by measuring cell proliferation, brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) levels, and phosphorylated and total cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) response element–binding protein (pCREB/CREB) levels in the hippocampus of ACTH-treated rats. Electroconvulsive stimuli increased cell proliferation in both saline-treated and ACTH-treated rats. Mature-BDNF protein levels showed a tendency to decrease in ACTH-treated rats. Electroconvulsive stimuli treatment increased mature-BDNF protein levels in the hippocampus of both saline-treated and ACTH-treated rats. Furthermore, electroconvulsive stimuli increased phospho-Ser133-CREB (pCREB) levels and the ratio of pCREB/CREB in both saline-treated and ACTH-treated rats. These findings suggest that the treatment-resistant antidepressant effects of electroconvulsive stimuli may be attributed, at least in part, to an enhancement of hippocampal cell proliferation.

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