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Liu Y, Jiao D, Yang M, Cui M, Li X, Zhu Z, Sawada Y, Watanabe Miura K, Watanabe T, Tanaka E, Anme T. Role of Multifaceted Social Relationships on the Association of Loneliness with Depression Symptoms: A Moderated Mediation Analysis. Healthcare (Basel) 2022; 11:healthcare11010124. [PMID: 36611584 PMCID: PMC9819800 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare11010124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2022] [Revised: 12/28/2022] [Accepted: 12/29/2022] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Strong relationship exists between loneliness and depression in older adults. However, the effect of multifaceted social relationships on the relationship between loneliness and depression has not been explored. The purpose of the current study was to find out how multifaceted social relationships affect the aforementioned processes. We investigated and evaluated the loneliness status, depression symptoms, social relationships, and demographic information of 1116 older adults aged ≥65 years living in rural Japan. The final 555 participants were included in the analysis. Statistical evidence showed a direct effect between loneliness and depression symptoms. Additionally, the mediation model found that social curiosity and participation acted as mediators between loneliness and depression symptoms. Further, independence and participation, independence, and feeling safe played a conditional moderating role in the model of loneliness-social curiosity-depression symptoms and loneliness-participation-depression symptoms, respectively. Interaction can be an individual moderator in the link between loneliness and depression symptoms without any mediator. The moderated mediation model suggests that social curiosity and participation could mediate the association between loneliness and depression symptoms. In this process, independence, participation, and feeling safe may act as moderators.
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- Yang Liu
- School of Comprehensive Human Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 3058577, Japan
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- School of Comprehensive Human Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 3058577, Japan
- Department of Nursing, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Clinical Medicine of Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471003, China
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- School of Comprehensive Human Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 3058577, Japan
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong 637000, China
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- School of Comprehensive Human Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 3058577, Japan
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- School of Comprehensive Human Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 3058577, Japan
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- School of Comprehensive Human Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 3058577, Japan
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Morinomiya University of Medical Sciences, Osaka 5598611, Japan
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- Faculty of Nursing, Shukutoku University, Chiba 2608701, Japan
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- Faculty of Nursing, Musashino University, Tokyo 1358181, Japan
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058577, Japan
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-029-853-3436
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Xu H, Niu Y, Sun Y, Xia M, Lin D, Qiao W. Separation and purification of magnoflorine, spinosin, and 6‴-feruloyspinosin from Ziziphi Spinosae Semen by high-speed counter-current chromatography. J Sep Sci 2021; 44:2391-2398. [PMID: 33848379 DOI: 10.1002/jssc.202100122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2021] [Revised: 04/01/2021] [Accepted: 04/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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In the study, high-speed counter-current chromatography was used for separation and purification of magnoflorine, spinosin, and 6‴-feruloyspinosin from Ziziphi Spinosae Semen. With n-butanol-ethyl acetate-water (2:3:5, v/v) as the optimum solvent system, about 75 mg of magnoflorine, 110 mg of spinosin, and 40 mg of 6‴-feruloyspinosin were isolated from 0.5 g of crude extract of Z. Spinosae Semen, with the purity of 95.7, 97.2, and 96.4%, respectively. The chemical structures were identified by MS and NMR spectroscopy. In addition, the antidepressant activity of the isolated components was evaluated by PC12 cells injury model and chronic unpredictable mild stress depression mouse model. The results showed that high-speed counter-current chromatography could be used to realize the one-time rapid preparation and separation of magnoflorine, spinosin, and 6‴-feruloyspinosin from Z. Spinosae Semen and compatibility of these isolated components has certain antidepressant activity.
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- Hao Xu
- Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, P. R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, P. R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, P. R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, P. R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, P. R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, P. R. China
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Khan MI, Nikoui V, Naveed A, Mumtaz F, Zaman H, Haider A, Aman W, Wahab A, Khan SN, Ullah N, Dehpour AR. Antidepressant-like effect of ethanol in mice forced swimming test is mediated via inhibition of NMDA/nitric oxide/cGMP signaling pathway. Alcohol 2021; 92:53-63. [PMID: 33581263 DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2021.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2019] [Revised: 01/04/2021] [Accepted: 01/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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There is evidence for a dramatic relationship between depression and alcohol consumption. Depressed patients may abuse ethanol because this agent reduces the symptoms of depression. In the current study, we aimed to investigate the NMDA/nitric oxide/cGMP pathway in the antidepressant-like effect of ethanol in an animal model of behavioral despair. Animals were subjected to locomotor activity in an open-field test separately, followed by a forced swimming test. During the forced swimming test (FST), ethanol (2 and 2.5 g/kg) significantly decreased the immobility time without altering the locomotor activity of animals. The antidepressant-like effect of ethanol (2.5 g/kg) was reversed by co-administration of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA, 75 mg/kg), L-arginine (750 mg/kg), or sildenafil (5 mg/kg). In contrast, co-administration of MK-801 (0.05 mg/kg), ketamine (1 mg/kg), and ifenprodil (0.5 mg/kg) as antagonists of NMDAR, and NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME, 10 mg/kg), 7-nitroindazole (7-NI, 30 mg/kg), and methylene blue (10 mg/kg) as inhibitors of nitric oxide synthase (NOS), or 1H-[1,2,4]oxadiazole[4,3-a]quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ) (20 mg/kg), a nitric oxide/cyclic-guanosine monophosphate (NO-cGMP) inhibitor, with a subeffective dose of ethanol (1.5 g/kg), significantly decreased the immobility time in the FST. Furthermore, injection of ethanol 2.5 g/kg alone or 1.5 g/kg with a 7-NI subeffective dose, significantly decreased the nitrite levels in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex. Hence, it is concluded that blockade of NMDA receptors and the nitric oxide/cyclic-guanosine monophosphate (NO-cGMP) pathway might be involved in the antidepressant-like effect of ethanol in mice.
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- Muhammad Imran Khan
- Riphah Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Riphah International University, G7-Islamabad, Pakistan; Department of Pharmacy, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat, 26000, KPK, Pakistan.
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- Razi Drug Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Psychiatry, PIMS, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Pharmacy, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat, 26000, KPK, Pakistan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Medical Sciences, Rawalpindi, Punjab, 46000, Pakistan
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Central Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Department of Pharmacy, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat, 26000, KPK, Pakistan
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- Department of Zoology, Kohat University of Science & Technology, Kohat, Pakistan
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Khyber Medical University, Peshawar, KPK, Pakistan
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Wu Z, Wang P, Pan D, Zeng X, Guo Y, Zhao G. Effect of adzuki bean sprout fermented milk enriched in γ-aminobutyric acid on mild depression in a mouse model. J Dairy Sci 2020; 104:78-91. [PMID: 33162095 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2020-19154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2020] [Accepted: 08/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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This study focused on the ability of adzuki bean (Vigna angularis) sprout fermented milk, which is rich in γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA), to relieve anxiety and mild depression. A high-yield GABA-producing strain, Lactobacillus brevis J1, from a healthy cow was screened, and its physiological and probiotic properties were evaluated. The effect of adzuki bean sprout fermented milk was investigated in vivo in a chronic depression mouse model. The results showed that Lb. brevis J1 had excellent probiotic properties, grew well at low pH and 3% NaCl, and adhered to the surface of HT-29 cells. The GABA-enriched (241.30 ± 1.62 µg/mL) adzuki bean sprout fermented milk prepared with Streptococcus thermophilus, Lactobacillus bulgaricus, and Lactobacillus plantarum, and Lb. brevis J1 can reduce and possibly prevent mild depression-like symptoms in mice (C57/B6) by increasing social interaction and enhancing the pleasure derived from movement. The research revealed that the GABAB-cyclic AMP-protein kinase A-cAMP-response element binding protein (GABAB-cAMP-PKA-CREB) signaling pathway was related to the depression-like symptoms and that levels of 5-hydroxytryptamine, norepinephrine, and dopamine in the hippocampus of mice increased after treatment with the adzuki bean sprout fermented milk. Our results suggest that GABA-enriched dairy products have the potential to prevent or treat mild depression-like symptoms in mice, which suggests a new approach for a dietary therapy to treat chronic social stress.
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- Zhen Wu
- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Key Laboratory of Animal Protein Deep Processing Technology of Zhejiang, School of Food and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315211, P. R. China.
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- School of Food Science & Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Key Laboratory of Animal Protein Deep Processing Technology of Zhejiang, School of Food and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315211, P. R. China; School of Food Science & Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, P. R. China; National R&D Center for Freshwater Fish Processing, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330022, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Key Laboratory of Animal Protein Deep Processing Technology of Zhejiang, School of Food and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315211, P. R. China
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- School of Food Science & Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, P. R. China
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- Hangzhou New Hope Shuangfeng Dairy Co., Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310000, P. R. China
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Kasabov KA, Kudryashov NV, Volkova AV, Shimshirt AA, Kalinina TS, Zhmurenko LA, Voronina TA. Psychotropic Effects of a New Pyrazolo[C]Pyridine Derivate GIZh-72 are Related to Functional Activity of Atp-Sensitive Potassium Channels. Bull Exp Biol Med 2020; 168:449-452. [PMID: 32146634 DOI: 10.1007/s10517-020-04729-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2019] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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We studied the influence of intraperitoneal injection of ATP-sensitive potassium channels inhibitor glibenclamide in doses of 0.01, 0.1, 1, and 10 mg/kg on the effects of a new pyrazolo[C]pyridine derivative GIZh-72 (4,6-dimethyl-2-(4-chlorphenyl)-2,3-dihydro-1Hpyrazolo[ 4,3-C]pyridine-3-on, chloral hydrate; 20 mg/kg, intraperitoneally) in the marble burying and open-field tests in mice. It was found that glibenclamide produced an anxiolytic effect in the open-field test (in a dose of 0.01 mg/kg) and anticompulsive effect in the marble burying test (in doses of 1 and 10 mg/kg). The observed behavioral effects of glibenclamide did not depend on blood glucose level. At the same time, glibenclamide in subeffective (0.01 and 0.1 mg/kg) and effective (1 and 10 mg/kg) doses potentiated the psychotropic effects of GIZh-72 in these tests. It can be assumed that the psychotropic effects of GIZh-72 depend on functional activity of ATP-sensitive potassium channels.
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- K A Kasabov
- V. V. Zakusov Research Institute of Pharmacology, Moscow, Russia.
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- V. V. Zakusov Research Institute of Pharmacology, Moscow, Russia
- I. M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russia
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- V. V. Zakusov Research Institute of Pharmacology, Moscow, Russia
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- V. V. Zakusov Research Institute of Pharmacology, Moscow, Russia
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- V. V. Zakusov Research Institute of Pharmacology, Moscow, Russia
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- V. V. Zakusov Research Institute of Pharmacology, Moscow, Russia
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- V. V. Zakusov Research Institute of Pharmacology, Moscow, Russia
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Natarajan P, Chaudhary R, Rani N, Sakshi, Venugopalan P. 3-(Ethoxycarbonyl)-1-(5-methyl-5-(nitrosooxy)hexyl)pyridin-1-ium cation: A green alternative to tert-butyl nitrite for synthesis of nitro-group-containing arenes and drugs at room temperature. Tetrahedron Lett 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2019.151529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Stukalin Y, Lan A, Einat H. Revisiting the validity of the mouse tail suspension test: Systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of prototypic antidepressants. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2020; 112:39-47. [PMID: 32006552 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.01.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2019] [Revised: 12/26/2019] [Accepted: 01/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Animal models in neuropsychiatric research need validation. One way to address external validity is systematic reviews and meta-analyses. The present study presents a meta-analysis of the effects of antidepressants in the mouse tail suspension test (TST). A PubMed search identified studies that examined imipramine and fluoxetine effects in the TST. Inclusion criteria were testing in the light phase; trial duration was six minutes; immobility time scored 6 or (last) 4 min; adult mice; acute intraperitoneal (IP) administration. Effect sizes (ES) were estimated using Cohen's d, heterogeneity of ES with Cochran's Q test, correlations between dose and ES with Pearson's correlation and differences between strains with Analysis of variance. Results show that antidepressants decrease immobility time in the TST and a correlation between drug dose and ES but no effects of strain. We suggest that the TST is a valid tool to quantitatively, consistently and reproducibly capture the immobility-reducing aspects of fluoxetine and imipramine and that the lack of strain effects is due to small number of experiments in many of the strains.
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- Yelena Stukalin
- School of Behavioral Sciences, Tel Aviv-Yaffo Academic College, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- School of Behavioral Sciences, Tel Aviv-Yaffo Academic College, Tel-Aviv, Israel; The open University, Israel
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- School of Behavioral Sciences, Tel Aviv-Yaffo Academic College, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
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Li B, Han L, Cao B, Yang X, Zhu X, Yang B, Zhao H, Qiao W. Use of magnoflorine-phospholipid complex to permeate blood-brain barrier and treat depression in the CUMS animal model. Drug Deliv 2019; 26:566-574. [PMID: 31104521 PMCID: PMC6534223 DOI: 10.1080/10717544.2019.1616236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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To improve the liposolubility and blood-brain barrier permeability of magnoflorine, a new formulation of magnoflorine-phospholipid complex was prepared, characterized, and pharmacologically evaluated in the chronic unpredictable mild stress animal model. In this paper, the magnoflorine-phospholipid complex was synthesized and its characterization was determined. The antidepressant-like and antioxidant activity of magnoflorine-phospholipid complex was investigated by behavioral tests and western blotting analysis. As a result, the magnoflorine-phospholipid complex displayed high encapsulation efficiency and significantly improved the oil-water participate coefficient. In vivo blood-brain distribution study, the magnoflorine-phospholipid complex extended the duration of magnoflorine in blood and help magnoflorine to permeate the blood-brain barrier into brain. In behavioral tests, the magnoflorine-phospholipid complex significantly decreased immobility time compared to model control group in both FST and TST. Furthermore, the magnoflorine-phospholipid complex increased the expression of antioxidative stress-related proteins by the western blotting analysis. These findings strongly suggest that the phospholipid complex could significantly improve liposolubility, drug properties of magnoflorine and help magnoflorine permeate blood-brain barrier and exert the antidepressant effect.
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- Bingjie Li
- a Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy , Tianjin Medical University , Tianjin , China
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- a Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy , Tianjin Medical University , Tianjin , China
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- a Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy , Tianjin Medical University , Tianjin , China
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- a Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy , Tianjin Medical University , Tianjin , China
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- a Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy , Tianjin Medical University , Tianjin , China
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- b Department of Cell Biology , School of Basic Medical Science, Tianjin Medical University , Tianjin , China
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- a Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy , Tianjin Medical University , Tianjin , China
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- a Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy , Tianjin Medical University , Tianjin , China
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Evaluation of the pharmacological involvement of ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channels in the antidepressant-like effects of topiramate on mice. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 2019; 392:833-842. [DOI: 10.1007/s00210-019-01636-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2018] [Accepted: 02/22/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Shahraki S, Ahmar H, Nejati-Yazdinejad M. Electrochemical determination of nitrazepam by switchable solvent based liquid-liquid microextraction combined with differential pulse voltammetry. Microchem J 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2018.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Ostadhadi S, Norouzi-Javidan A, Nikoui V, Zolfaghari S, Moradi A, Dehpour AR. Nitric oxide involvement in additive antidepressant-like effect of agmatine and lithium in mice forced swim test. Psychiatry Res 2018; 266:262-268. [PMID: 29573854 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2018.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2017] [Revised: 01/23/2018] [Accepted: 03/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Lithium is still the main agent in the management of mood disorders such as depression. Likewise, agmatine protects the central nervous system (CNS) against depression. The aim of the present study was to examine the possible additive antidepressant-like effect of agmatine and lithium in mice forced swim test (FST) as well as exploration of the probable involvement of nitric oxide (NO) pathway in this response. Results showed that pretreatment with a subeffective dose of agmatine (0.01 mg/kg) augmented the antidepressant-like effect of lithium subeffective dose (3 mg/kg) (P < 0.001). L-NG-nitroarginine methyl ester (L-NAME, nonspecific nitric oxide synthase [NOS] inhibitor) at doses of 10 and 30 mg/kg, and 7-nitroindazole (7-NI, neuronal NOS inhibitor) at doses of 15 and 30 mg/kg potentiated the antidepressant-like effect of the subeffective combination of lithium (3 mg/kg) and agmatine (0.001 mg/kg) (P < 0.001, P < 0.01, respectively). However, various doses of aminoguanidine (25 and 50 mg/kg, inducible NOS inhibitor) failed to alter the immobility time of the same combination (P > 0.05). Moreover, pretreatment with subeffective doses of L-arginine (substrate for NOS, 300 and 750 mg/kg) reversed the augmenting antidepressant-like effect of agmatine (0.01 mg/kg) on lithium (3 mg/kg) (P < 0.001). Our results revealed that agmatine enhances the antidepressant-like effects of lithium and the NO pathway might mediate this phenomenon. In addition, constitutive NOS plays a dramatic role in this response.
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- Sattar Ostadhadi
- Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Razi Drug Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Tissue Engineering and Applied Cell Sciences, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Periodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Experimental Medicine Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Ostadhadi S, Shakiba S, Norouzi-Javidan A, Nikoui V, Zolfaghari S, Chamanara M, Dehpour AR. The role of nitric oxide-cGMP pathway in selegiline antidepressant-like effect in the mice forced swim test. Pharmacol Rep 2018; 70:1015-1022. [PMID: 32002950 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharep.2018.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2017] [Revised: 04/03/2018] [Accepted: 05/11/2018] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Considering the pivotal role of nitric oxide (NO) pathway in depressive disorders, the aim of the present study was to investigate the antidepressant-like effect of selegiline in mice forced swimming test (FST), and possible involvement of NO-cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) pathway in this action. METHODS After assessment of locomotor activity in open-field test, mice were forced to swim individually and the immobility time of the last 4 min was evaluated. All drugs were given intraperitoneally (ip). RESULTS Selegiline (10 mg/kg) decreased the immobility time in the FST similar to fluoxetine (20 mg/kg). Pretreatment with l-arginine (NO precursor, 750 mg/kg) or sildenafil (a phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitor, 5 mg/kg) significantly reversed the selegiline anti-immobility effect. Sub-effective dose of selegiline (1 mg/kg) showed a synergistic antidepressant effect with NG-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME, inhibitor of NO synthase, 10 mg/kg) or 7-nitroindazole (specific neuronal NO synthase inhibitor, 30 mg/kg), but not with aminoguanidine (specific inducible NO synthase inhibitor, 50 mg/kg). Pretreatment of mice with methylene blue (an inhibitor of NO synthase and soluble guanylyl cyclase, 10 mg/kg) significantly produced a synergistic response with the sub-effective dose of selegiline. Neither of the drugs changed the locomotor activity. Also, hippocampal and prefrontal cortex (PFC) nitrite content was significantly lower in selegiline-injected mice compared to saline-administrated mice. Also, co-injection of 7-nitroindazole with selegiline produced a significant reduction in hippocampal or PFC nitrite contents. CONCLUSIONS It is concluded that selegiline possesses antidepressant-like effect in mice FST through inhibition of l-arginine-NO-cyclic guanosine monophosphate pathway.
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- Sattar Ostadhadi
- Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Experimental Medicine Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Experimental Medicine Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Razi Drug Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Tissue Engineering and Applied Cell Sciences, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. .,Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. .,Experimental Medicine Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Kara NZ, Stukalin Y, Einat H. Revisiting the validity of the mouse forced swim test: Systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of prototypic antidepressants. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2017; 84:1-11. [PMID: 29128579 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2017] [Revised: 11/01/2017] [Accepted: 11/01/2017] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
One problem area regarding animal models for affective disorders is unclear reproducibility, including external validity or generalizability. One way to evaluate external validity is with systematic reviews and meta-analyses. The current study presents a meta-analysis of the effects of prototypic antidepressants in the mouse forced swim test (FST). We identified studies that examined effects of antidepressants in the FST in mice and used standard protocol, male mice and acute drug administration. We calculated Effect sizes using Cohen's d, homogeneity using Q statistic and correlations using Pearson's correlation. Results indicate that all drugs reduce immobility in the FST. However, effect sizes for most drugs are heterogeneous and do not show a consistent dose/response relationship across variability factors. Reducing variability by examining only one strain or data from individual laboratories partially increases dose response relationship. These findings suggest that whereas the FST is a valid tool to qualitatively screen antidepressant effects its validity in the context of hierarchical comparison between doses or compounds might be relevant only to single experiments.
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Affiliation(s)
- N Z Kara
- School of Behavioral Sciences, Tel Aviv-Yaffo Academic College, Israel; Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
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- School of Behavioral Sciences, Tel Aviv-Yaffo Academic College, Israel
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- School of Behavioral Sciences, Tel Aviv-Yaffo Academic College, Israel; Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel; College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, United States.
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Agmatine enhances the antidepressant-like effect of lithium in mouse forced swimming test through NMDA pathway. Biomed Pharmacother 2017; 88:931-938. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2017.01.119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2016] [Revised: 01/12/2017] [Accepted: 01/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The role of NMDA receptor and nitric oxide/cyclic guanosine monophosphate pathway in the antidepressant-like effect of dextromethorphan in mice forced swimming test and tail suspension test. Biomed Pharmacother 2016; 85:627-634. [PMID: 27908707 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2016.11.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2016] [Revised: 10/29/2016] [Accepted: 11/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Depression is a devastating disorder which has a high impact on the wellbeing of overall society. As such, need for innovative therapeutic agents are always there. Most of the researchers focused on N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor to explore the antidepressant like activity of new therapeutic agents. Dextromethorphan is a cough suppressant agent with potential antidepressant activity reported in mouse force swimming test. Considering N-methyl-d-aspartate as a forefront in exploring antidepressant agents, here we focused to unpin the antidepressant mechanism of dextromethorphan targeting N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor induced nitric oxide-cyclic guanosine monophosphate signaling. Dextromethorphan administered at a dose of 10 and 30mg/kg i.p significantly reduced the immobility time. Interestingly, this effect of drug (30mg/kg) was inhibited when the animals were pretreated either with N-methyl-d-aspartate (75mg/kg), or l-arginine (750mg/kg) as a nitric oxide precursor and/or sildenafil (5mg/kg) as a phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitor. However, the antidepressant effect of Dextromethorphan subeffective dose (3mg/kg) was augmented when the animals were administered with either L-NG-Nitroarginine methyl ester (10mg/kg) non-specific nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, 7-Nitroindazole (30mg/kg) specific neural nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, MK-801 (0.05mg/kg) an N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor antagonist but not aminoguanidine (50mg/kg) which is specific inducible nitric oxide synthase inhibitor as compared to the drugs when administered alone. No remarkable effect on locomotor activity was observed during open field test when the drugs were administered at the above mentioned doses. Therefore, it is evident that the antidepressant like effect of Dextromethorphan is owed due to its inhibitory effect on N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor and NO- Cyclic guanosine monophosphate pathway.
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