Journal
SAUDI PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL
Volume 28, Issue 5, Pages 621-629Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jsps.2020.04.001
Keywords
db/db mice; TNF-alpha; Etanercept; Inflammation; Obesity; Depression; Anxiety-like behavior; Depressive-like behavior
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- Research Initiative from the Prince Naif bin AbdulAziz Health Research Center, King Saud University Medical City
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Research studies have indicated that the comorbidity burden of mood disorders and obesity is reasonably high. Insulin signaling has been shown to modulate multiple physiological functions in the brain, indicating its association with neuropsychiatric diseases, including mood disorders. Leptin is a hormone responsible for regulating body weight and insulin homeostasis. Previous studies on db/db mice (a mouse model that carries a spontaneous genetic mutation in leptin receptor Lepr(db)) have shown that they exhibit inflammation as well as neurobehavioral traits associated with mood. Therefore, targeting inflammatory pathways such as TNF-alpha may be an effective strategy in the treatment of obesity-linked mood disorders. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of long-term administration of etanercept (a TNF-alpha blocker) on anxiety and depressive-like behaviors in db/db mice. This was performed using light/dark box, forced swim, and open field tests with lean littermate wild type (WT) mice serving as a control group. Using flow cytometry in peripheral blood, we further examined the molecular effects of etanercept on NF-kappa B p65, TNF-alpha, IL-17A, and TLR-4 expressing CD4+, CD8+, and CD14+ cells in the peripheral blood. Our data show that peripheral administration of etanercept decreased these cells in db/db mice. Furthermore, our results indicated that peripheral administration of etanercept reduced anxiety and depressive-like behaviors. Therefore, targeting TNF-alpha signaling might be an effective strategy for modulating obesity-associated depression and anxiety. (C) 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of King Saud University.
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