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Effects of escitalopram on the regulation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and nerve growth factor protein levels in a rat model of chronic stress

✍ Scribed by Olaf Schulte-Herbrüggen; Eberhard Fuchs; Nashat Abumaria; Annerose Ziegler; Heidi Danker-Hopfe; Christoph Hiemke; Rainer Hellweg

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2009
Tongue
English
Weight
364 KB
Volume
87
Category
Article
ISSN
0360-4012

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Abstract

Escitalopram (ES‐CIT) is a widely used, highly specific antidepressant. Until now there has been very little evidence on how this drug under pathological conditions affects an important feature within the pathophysiology of stress‐related disorders such as depression: the endogenous neurotrophins. By using a well‐characterized rat model in which chronic stress induces depressive‐like behavior, the levels of neurotrophins brain‐derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and nerve growth factor (NGF) were determined in representative brain regions and serum using a highly sensitive improved fluorometric two‐site ELISA system. There was a significant increase of BDNF in the left and right cortices after stress treatment (twofold increase) that was reversed by application of ES‐CIT. An ES‐CIT‐dependent NGF reduction in stressed rats was detectable in the right cortex only (P = 0.027). The left hippocampus revealed significantly higher amounts of BDNF (2.5‐fold increase) protein than the right hippocampus. These interhemispheric differences were unrelated to stress or ES‐CIT treatment in all animals. BDNF and NGF of the frontal cortex, cerebellum, and serum did not change between the study groups. There was a negative correlation between body weight and serum BDNF, independent of stress or ES‐CIT treatment. In conclusion, BDNF and NGF show substantial changes in this rodent model of chronic social stress, which is susceptible to antidepressant treatment with ES‐CIT and therefore may constitute a neurobiological correlate for the disease. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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