Various effects of antidepressant drugs on gene transcription have been described and altered gene expression has been proposed as being a common biological basis underlying depressive illness. One target for the common action of antidepressants is a modifying effect on the regulation of postreceptor pathways and genes related to the cAMP cascade. Recent studies have demonstrated that long-term antidepressant treatment resulted in sustained activation of the cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate system and in increased expression of the transcription factor cAMP response element binding protein (CREB). A transgenic animal model of depression with impaired glucocorticoid receptor function was used to investigate the effect of chronic antidepressant treatments on CREB expression in different brain areas. Wild-type and transgenic mice received one administration of saline, desipramine, or fluoxetine, daily for 21 days. The effects of antidepressants on CREB mRNA were analyzed using a sensitive RNase protection assay. Antidepressant treatment resulted in a neuroanatomically and animal specific expression pattern of CREB. Our findings suggest that life-long central glucocorticoid receptor dysfunction results in an altered sensitivity with respect to the effects of antidepressants on the expression of CREB.

Altered regulation of CREB by chronic antidepressant administration in the brain of transgenic mice with impaired glucocorticoid receptor function / Blom, Johanna Maria Catharina; Tascedda, Fabio; Carra, Serena; Ferraguti, Chiara; Barden, N; Brunello, Nicoletta. - In: NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. - ISSN 0893-133X. - ELETTRONICO. - 26:5(2002), pp. 605-614. [10.1016/S0893-133X(01)00401-8]

Altered regulation of CREB by chronic antidepressant administration in the brain of transgenic mice with impaired glucocorticoid receptor function.

BLOM, Johanna Maria Catharina;TASCEDDA, Fabio;CARRA, Serena;FERRAGUTI, Chiara;BRUNELLO, Nicoletta
2002

Abstract

Various effects of antidepressant drugs on gene transcription have been described and altered gene expression has been proposed as being a common biological basis underlying depressive illness. One target for the common action of antidepressants is a modifying effect on the regulation of postreceptor pathways and genes related to the cAMP cascade. Recent studies have demonstrated that long-term antidepressant treatment resulted in sustained activation of the cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate system and in increased expression of the transcription factor cAMP response element binding protein (CREB). A transgenic animal model of depression with impaired glucocorticoid receptor function was used to investigate the effect of chronic antidepressant treatments on CREB expression in different brain areas. Wild-type and transgenic mice received one administration of saline, desipramine, or fluoxetine, daily for 21 days. The effects of antidepressants on CREB mRNA were analyzed using a sensitive RNase protection assay. Antidepressant treatment resulted in a neuroanatomically and animal specific expression pattern of CREB. Our findings suggest that life-long central glucocorticoid receptor dysfunction results in an altered sensitivity with respect to the effects of antidepressants on the expression of CREB.
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Altered regulation of CREB by chronic antidepressant administration in the brain of transgenic mice with impaired glucocorticoid receptor function / Blom, Johanna Maria Catharina; Tascedda, Fabio; Carra, Serena; Ferraguti, Chiara; Barden, N; Brunello, Nicoletta. - In: NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. - ISSN 0893-133X. - ELETTRONICO. - 26:5(2002), pp. 605-614. [10.1016/S0893-133X(01)00401-8]
Blom, Johanna Maria Catharina; Tascedda, Fabio; Carra, Serena; Ferraguti, Chiara; Barden, N; Brunello, Nicoletta
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