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Abdelaty AO, Tharwat EK, Abdelrahman AI, Elgohary A, Elsaeed H, El-Feky AS, Ebrahim YM, Habib A, Abd El Latif H, Khadrawy YA, Aboul Ezz HS, Noor NA, Fahmy HM, Mohammed FF, Radwan NM, Ahmed NA. Cerebrolysin potentiates the antidepressant effect of lithium in a rat model of depression. J Psychiatr Res 2024; 172:171-180. [PMID: 38394763 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.02.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2023] [Revised: 01/09/2024] [Accepted: 02/12/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024]
Abstract
RATIONALE Depression is the most prevalent psychiatric disorder worldwide. Although numerous antidepressant treatments are available, there is a serious clinical concern due to their severe side effects and the fact that some depressed patients are resistant to them. Lithium is the drug of choice for bipolar depression and has been used as adjunct therapy with other groups of antidepressants. OBJECTIVES The present study aims to investigate the effect of lithium augmentation with cerebrolysin on the neurochemical, behavioral and histopathological alterations induced in the reserpine model of depression. METHODS The animals were divided into control and reserpine-induced model of depression. The model animals were further divided into rat model of depression, rat model treated with lithium, rat model treated with cerebrolysin and rat model treated with a combination of lithium and cerebrolysin. RESULTS Treatment with lithium, cerebrolysin, or their combination alleviated most of the changes in behavior, oxidative stress parameters, acetylcholinesterase and monoamines in the cortex and hippocampus of the reserpine-induced model of depression. It also improved the alterations in brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and histopathology induced by reserpine. CONCLUSIONS The augmentation of lithium with cerebrolysin showed a clear beneficial effect in the present model of depression suggesting the use of cerebrolysin as an adjuvant in antidepressant treatment.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ahmed O Abdelaty
- Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Bioinformatics Group Center of Informatics Science, Nile University, Giza, Egypt
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- School of Biotechnology, Badr University in Cairo, Badr City, Cairo, Egypt
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- Biophysics Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Biophysics Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
| | | | - Yasser A Khadrawy
- Medical Physiology Department, Medical Division, National Research Center, Egypt
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- Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
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- Biophysics Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt; Department of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, King Faisal University, Al Ahsa, 31982, Saudi Arabia
| | - Nasr M Radwan
- Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
| | - Nawal A Ahmed
- Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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