期刊
JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY
卷 82, 期 1, 页码 146-153出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2002.00953.x
关键词
antidepressant; desipramine; locus coeruleus; norepinephrine transporter; rat brain; SK-N-BE(2)M17 cells
资金
- NIMH NIH HHS [MH 48866, MH 34006, MH 47370] Funding Source: Medline
The antidepressant desipramine (DMI) is a selective inhibitor of norepinephrine (NE) transport that down-regulates the norepinephrine transporter (NET) protein in a concentration- and time-dependent manner in vitro . In this study, possible regulatory effects of DMI on NET mRNA and protein levels were investigated with the NET-expressing SK-N-BE(2)M17 cell line and rat brain tissue. Northern blot analysis showed that incubation of the cultured cells with DMI (5-500 nm) for 3 days reduced levels of NET mRNA in both its 5.8-kb (by up to 58%) and 3.6-kb forms (to 68%), whereas incubation for 14 days increased both levels (to 40% and 100%) in a concentration-dependent manner. In contrast, NET protein levels decreased after 3-14 days of exposure of the cells to DMI, as determined by western blotting. The in vitro findings were supported by in vivo treatment of rats with DMI. Thus, in situ hybridization demonstrated initially decreased, and later increased, NET mRNA levels in locus coeruleus (LC) tissue of rats treated with DMI; whereas NET protein levels in the LC were reduced after 14 days, but unchanged after three daily DMI treatments. Thus, DMI had similar effects on NET expression in vitro and in vivo, with opposite changes in NET mRNA and protein levels, suggesting that the regulatory mechanisms involved are complex and non-congruent.
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