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Antidepressant effect and neural mechanism of Acer tegmentosum in repeated stress–induced ovariectomized female rats
Acer tegmentosum (ATM) has antioxidant and anti-adipogenic activity. However, few studies have investigated the pharmacological activity or mechanism of ATM as an antidepressant agent. We assessed the antidepressant effect of ATM in modulating menopausal depressive symptoms and its mechanisms in ova...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7473002/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33029297 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19768354.2020.1808063 |
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author | Park, Hyun-Jung Shim, Hyun Soo Park, SongYi Shim, Insop |
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description | Acer tegmentosum (ATM) has antioxidant and anti-adipogenic activity. However, few studies have investigated the pharmacological activity or mechanism of ATM as an antidepressant agent. We assessed the antidepressant effect of ATM in modulating menopausal depressive symptoms and its mechanisms in ovariectomized (OVX) and repeatedly stressed (RS) female rats. The female rats were randomly divided into four groups: (1) naïve normal (normal) group, (2) OVX + repeated stress + saline-treated (control) group, (3) OVX + repeated stress + ATM (100 mg•kg(−1))-treated (ATM100) group and (4) OVX + repeated stress + ATM (400 mg•kg(−1))-treated (ATM400) group. We performed a battery of tests, such as the forced swimming test (FST), the sucrose intake test, and social exploration. After behavior testing, serum corticosterone levels were examined, followed by immunohistochemical determination of c-Fos, tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), and interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β) expression in the brain. ATM administration was associated with significantly decreased immobility time in the FST. Also, the control group tended to have decreased sucrose intake and social exploration compared with the normal group. However, ATM treatment was associated with markedly increased sucrose intake and active social exploration. In the paraventricular nucleus, c-Fos and IL-1β expression were significantly decreased in the ATM400 group compared with the control group. Compared with the control group, high-dose ATM administration was also associated with markedly decreased expression of TH-immunoreactive neurons in the locus coeruleus. The study findings demonstrated that ATM treatment effectively decreased behavioral and pathophysiological depression-like responses. |
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spelling | pubmed-74730022020-10-06 Antidepressant effect and neural mechanism of Acer tegmentosum in repeated stress–induced ovariectomized female rats Park, Hyun-Jung Shim, Hyun Soo Park, SongYi Shim, Insop Anim Cells Syst (Seoul) Neurobiology & Physiology Acer tegmentosum (ATM) has antioxidant and anti-adipogenic activity. However, few studies have investigated the pharmacological activity or mechanism of ATM as an antidepressant agent. We assessed the antidepressant effect of ATM in modulating menopausal depressive symptoms and its mechanisms in ovariectomized (OVX) and repeatedly stressed (RS) female rats. The female rats were randomly divided into four groups: (1) naïve normal (normal) group, (2) OVX + repeated stress + saline-treated (control) group, (3) OVX + repeated stress + ATM (100 mg•kg(−1))-treated (ATM100) group and (4) OVX + repeated stress + ATM (400 mg•kg(−1))-treated (ATM400) group. We performed a battery of tests, such as the forced swimming test (FST), the sucrose intake test, and social exploration. After behavior testing, serum corticosterone levels were examined, followed by immunohistochemical determination of c-Fos, tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), and interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β) expression in the brain. ATM administration was associated with significantly decreased immobility time in the FST. Also, the control group tended to have decreased sucrose intake and social exploration compared with the normal group. However, ATM treatment was associated with markedly increased sucrose intake and active social exploration. In the paraventricular nucleus, c-Fos and IL-1β expression were significantly decreased in the ATM400 group compared with the control group. Compared with the control group, high-dose ATM administration was also associated with markedly decreased expression of TH-immunoreactive neurons in the locus coeruleus. The study findings demonstrated that ATM treatment effectively decreased behavioral and pathophysiological depression-like responses. Taylor & Francis 2020-08-18 /pmc/articles/PMC7473002/ /pubmed/33029297 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19768354.2020.1808063 Text en © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Neurobiology & Physiology Park, Hyun-Jung Shim, Hyun Soo Park, SongYi Shim, Insop Antidepressant effect and neural mechanism of Acer tegmentosum in repeated stress–induced ovariectomized female rats |
title | Antidepressant effect and neural mechanism of Acer tegmentosum in repeated stress–induced ovariectomized female rats |
title_full | Antidepressant effect and neural mechanism of Acer tegmentosum in repeated stress–induced ovariectomized female rats |
title_fullStr | Antidepressant effect and neural mechanism of Acer tegmentosum in repeated stress–induced ovariectomized female rats |
title_full_unstemmed | Antidepressant effect and neural mechanism of Acer tegmentosum in repeated stress–induced ovariectomized female rats |
title_short | Antidepressant effect and neural mechanism of Acer tegmentosum in repeated stress–induced ovariectomized female rats |
title_sort | antidepressant effect and neural mechanism of acer tegmentosum in repeated stress–induced ovariectomized female rats |
topic | Neurobiology & Physiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7473002/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33029297 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19768354.2020.1808063 |
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