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EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
卷 17, 期 6-7, 页码 417-429出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2006.08.009
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antidepressant; gene expression; serotonin; social stress; synaptic plasticity; tryptophan hydroxylase
Using a model of depression in which chronic social stress induces depressive-like symptoms, we investigated effects of the selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) citalopram on gene expression in the dorsal raphe nucleus of mate rats. Expression of tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH) protein was found to be upregulated by the stress and normalized by citalopram, while mRNAs for genes TPH 1 and 2 were differentially affected. Citalopram had no effect on serotonin transporter mRNA but reduced serotonin-1A autoreceptor mRNA in stressed animals. The SSRI prevented the stress-induced upregulation of mRNA for CREB binding protein, synaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2b and the glial N-myc downstream-regulated gene 2, but increased mRNA for neuron-specific enolase (NSE) in both stressed and unstressed animals having no effect on stress-induced upregulation of NSE protein. These findings demonstrate that in the dorsal raphe nucleus of chronically stressed rats, citatopram normalizes TPH expression and blocks stress effects on distinct genes related to neurotransmitter release and neuroplasticity. (C) 2006 Elsevier B. V. and ECPN. All rights reserved.
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