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NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
卷 37, 期 4, 页码 939-949出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2011.277
关键词
hippocampal stem cells; pro-inflammatory cytokines; indolamine-2,3-dioxygenase (IDO); inflammation; kynurenine 3-monooxygenase (KMO) inhibitor
资金
- NARSAD
- NIHR 'Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health', Institute of Psychiatry and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Commission of European Communities [22963]
- Research Councils UK
- MRC [G108/603] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [MR/J002739/1, G108/603] Funding Source: researchfish
Increased inflammation and reduced neurogenesis have been associated with the pathophysiology of major depression. Here, we show for the first time how IL-1 beta, a pro-inflammatory cytokine shown to be increased in depressed patients, decreases neurogenesis in human hippocampal progenitor cells. IL-1 beta was detrimental to neurogenesis, as shown by a decrease in the number of doublecortin-positive neuroblasts (-28%), and mature, microtubule-associated protein-2-positive neurons (-36%). Analysis of the enzymes that regulate the kynurenine pathway showed that IL-1 beta induced an upregulation of transcripts for indolamine-2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), kynurenine 3-monooxygenase (KMO), and kynureninase (42-, 12- and 30-fold increase, respectively, under differentiating conditions), the enzymes involved in the neurotoxic arm of the kynurenine pathway. Moreover, treatment with IL-1 beta resulted in an increase in kynurenine, the catabolic product of IDO-induced tryptophan metabolism. Interestingly, co-treatment with the KMO inhibitor Ro 61-8048 reversed the detrimental effects of IL-1 beta on neurogenesis. These observations indicate that IL-1 beta has a critical role in regulating neurogenesis whereas affecting the availability of tryptophan and the production of enzymes conducive to toxic metabolites. Our results suggest that inhibition of the kynurenine pathway may provide a new therapy to revert inflammatory-induced reduction in neurogenesis. Neuropsychopharmacology (2012) 37, 939-949; doi: 10.1038/npp.2011.277; published online 9 November 2011
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