期刊
PROGRESS IN NEURO-PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY
卷 45, 期 -, 页码 73-82出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2013.04.018
关键词
Bipolar disorder; Na-pump; p70S6K; Protein synthesis; S6
资金
- Korea Healthcare Technology R&D Project, Ministry for Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea [A101915]
Intracerebroventricular (ICV) injection of ouabain, a specific Na/K-ATPase inhibitor, induces behavioral changes in rats in a putative animal model of mania. The binding of ouabain to Na/K-ATPase affects signaling molecules in vitro, including ERK1/2 and Akt, which promote protein translation. We have also reported that ERK1/2 and Akt in the brain are involved in the ouabain-induced hyperactivity of rats. In this study, rats were given an ICV injection of ouabain, and then their frontal cortices were examined to determine the effects of ouabain on the mTOR/p70S6K/S6 signaling pathway and protein translation, which are important in modifications of neural circuits and behavior. Rats showed ouabain-induced hyperactivity up to 8 h following injection, and increased phosphorylation levels of mTOR, p70S6K, S6, elF4B, and 4E-BP at 1, 2, 4, and 8 h following ouabain injection. Immunohistochemical analyses revealed that increased p-S6 immunoreactivity in the cytoplasm of neurons by ouabain was evident in the prefrontal, cingulate, and orbital cortex. These findings suggested increased translation initiation in response to ouabain. The rate of protein synthesis was measured as the amount of [H-3]-leucine in-corporation in the cell-free extracts of frontal cortical tissues, and showed a significant increase at 8 h after ouabain injection. These results suggest that ICV injection of ouabain induced activation of the protein translation initiation pathway regulated by ERK1/2 and Akt, and prolonged hyperactivity in rats. In conclusion, protein translation pathway could play an important role in ouabain-induced hyperactivity in a rodent model of mania. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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