期刊
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE METHODS
卷 140, 期 1-2, 页码 81-92出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2004.03.026
关键词
BDNF knockout mice; serotonin transporter knockout mice; depression; anxiety disorders; antidepressant; aging; neurodegeneration; micro-dialysis; ELISA
资金
- NIMH NIH HHS [MH067713, MH064756] Funding Source: Medline
Serotonin (5-HT) has been proposed to promote neuronal plasticity during the treatment of mood and anxiety disorders and following neurodegenerative insult by altering the expression of critical genes including brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). In this study mice with constitutive reductions in the serotonin transporter (SERT) or BDNF were investigated to further assess the functional relationship between serotonin neurotransmission and BDNF expression. Using a modified extraction procedure and a commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay, 50% decreases in BDNF protein in hippocampus, frontal cortex and brain stem were confirmed in 4-month-old mice lacking one copy, of the BDNF gene (BDNF+/-). By contrast, 4-month-old male and female mice with partial (SERT+/-) or complete (SERT-/-) reductions in SERT expression showed no differences in BDNF protein levels compared to SERT+/+ mice. although male SERT knockout mice of all genotypes had higher BDNF levels in hippocampus, frontal cortex. and brain stern than female animals. Microdialysis also was performed in BDNF+/- mice. In addition to other phenotypic aspects suggestive of altered serotonin neurotransmission. BDNF+/- mice show, accelerated age-related degeneration of 5-HT forebrain innervation. Nevertheless. extracellular 5-HT levels determined by zero net flux microdialysis were similar between BDNF+/+ and BDNF+/- mice in striatum and frontal cortex at 8-12 months of age. These data illustrate that a 50%. decrease in BDNF does not appear to be sufficient to cause measurable changes in basal extracellular 5-HT concentrations and, furthermore. that constitutive reductions in SERT expression are not associated with altered BDNF protein levels at the ages and in the brain re-pons examined in this study. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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