PMID- 16903871 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20061220 LR - 20141120 IS - 0022-3042 (Print) IS - 0022-3042 (Linking) VI - 99 IP - 3 DP - 2006 Nov TI - Sustained brain-derived neurotrophic factor up-regulation and sensorimotor gating abnormality induced by postnatal exposure to phencyclidine: comparison with adult treatment. PG - 770-80 AB - Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is involved in synaptic development and plasticity, and alterations in BDNF expression or signaling are implicated in drug addiction and psychiatric diseases, such as depression and schizophrenia. In this study, we administered phencyclidine to postnatal and adult rats with different time schedules, and determined the correlations between BDNF expression and the behavioral effects. Both single and repeated phencyclidine injections into adult rats induced BDNF up-regulation in the corticolimbic system and a decrease in prepulse inhibition, both of which were transient. In contrast, subchronic postnatal administration increased BDNF protein and mRNA levels in the hippocampus and entorhinal cortex, which were sustained until 8 weeks of age. In parallel, the postnatal rats treated with phencyclidine developed a persistent decrease in prepulse inhibition at the adult stage. The chronic BDNF increase appeared to contribute to the prepulse inhibition abnormality, as subchronic BDNF infusion into the hippocampus of normal rats mimicked the prepulse inhibition deficits. This study suggests that phencyclidine exposure during brain development induces sustained BDNF up-regulation in the limbic system with a biological link to sensorimotor gating deficits. FAU - Takahashi, Makoto AU - Takahashi M AD - Department of Psychiatry, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan. FAU - Kakita, Akiyoshi AU - Kakita A FAU - Futamura, Takashi AU - Futamura T FAU - Watanabe, Yuichiro AU - Watanabe Y FAU - Mizuno, Makoto AU - Mizuno M FAU - Sakimura, Kenji AU - Sakimura K FAU - Castren, Eero AU - Castren E FAU - Nabeshima, Toshitaka AU - Nabeshima T FAU - Someya, Toshiyuki AU - Someya T FAU - Nawa, Hiroyuki AU - Nawa H LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20060811 PL - England TA - J Neurochem JT - Journal of neurochemistry JID - 2985190R RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Hallucinogens) RN - 0 (NR1 NMDA receptor) RN - 0 (Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate) RN - J1DOI7UV76 (Phencyclidine) SB - IM MH - Aging/physiology MH - Animals MH - Animals, Newborn/physiology MH - Blotting, Northern MH - Blotting, Western MH - Brain/pathology MH - Brain Chemistry/drug effects MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/*biosynthesis/pharmacology/*physiology MH - Hallucinogens/*pharmacology MH - Hippocampus MH - Immunoenzyme Techniques MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Microinjections MH - Phencyclidine/*pharmacology MH - Rats MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/biosynthesis/drug effects/genetics MH - Reflex, Startle/*drug effects MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects MH - Up-Regulation/drug effects/physiology EDAT- 2006/08/15 09:00 MHDA- 2006/12/21 09:00 CRDT- 2006/08/15 09:00 PHST- 2006/08/15 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2006/12/21 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2006/08/15 09:00 [entrez] AID - JNC4106 [pii] AID - 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2006.04106.x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Neurochem. 2006 Nov;99(3):770-80. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2006.04106.x. Epub 2006 Aug 11.