期刊
NEUROSCIENCE
卷 199, 期 -, 页码 116-124出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.09.056
关键词
antipsychotic; mood stabilizer; antidepressant; GSK-3; signal transduction; Akt
资金
- Ontario Mental Health Foundation (OMHF)
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3) has been implicated in the action of antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, and antidepressants. Given that only antipsychotics are able to alleviate the positive symptoms of schizophrenia, the regulation of GSK-3 by antipsychotics would be expected to differ from other neuropsychiatric drugs if GSK-3 is involved in the alleviation of psychosis. Consequently, the current study examined the effects of antipsychotics (haloperidol and clozapine), mood stabilizers (lithium and valproic acid), and antidepressants (imipramine and fluoxetine) on GSK-3, as well as Akt and Wnt in the prefrontal cortex and striatum. Western blotting and co-immunoprecipitation experiments showed that only antipsychotic treatment increased DvI-3, GSK-3, and beta-catenin levels and enhanced the association of GSK-3 at the dopamine D2 receptor (D(2)DR) complex in the rat prefrontal cortex. In the striatum, haloperidol had the same effect on Wnt signaling as observed in the prefrontal cortex, whereas clozapine did not affect DvI-3, GSK-3 or beta-catenin levels. All three classes of drugs were able to activate Akt signaling as shown by the increased phosphorylated Akt and phosphorylated GSK-3 protein levels in the prefrontal cortex and/or striatum. In conclusion, regulation of the Wnt pathway is specific to antipsychotics, whereas antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, and antidepressants all affect Akt. (C) 2011 IBRO. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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