PMID- 17891380 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20080331 LR - 20181113 IS - 0033-3158 (Print) IS - 0033-3158 (Linking) VI - 195 IP - 4 DP - 2008 Jan TI - The neuropeptide Y Y1 receptor subtype is necessary for the anxiolytic-like effects of neuropeptide Y, but not the antidepressant-like effects of fluoxetine, in mice. PG - 547-57 AB - RATIONALE: Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is implicated in the pathophysiology of affective illness. Multiple receptor subtypes (Y1R, Y2R, and Y5R) have been suggested to contribute to NPY's effects on rodent anxiety and depression-related behaviors. OBJECTIVES: To further elucidate the role of Y1R in (1) NPY's anxiolytic-like effects and (2) fluoxetine's antidepressant-like and neurogenesis-inducing effects. METHODS: Mice lacking Y1R were assessed for spontaneous anxiety-like behavior (open field, elevated plus-maze, and light/dark exploration test) and Pavlovian fear conditioning, and for the anxiolytic-like effects of intracerebroventricularly (icv)-administrated NPY (elevated plus-maze). Next, Y1R -/- were assessed for the antidepressant-like effects of acute fluoxetine in the forced swim test and chronic fluoxetine in the novelty-induced hypophagia test, as well as for chronic fluoxetine-induced hippocampal neurogenesis. RESULTS: Y1R -/- exhibited largely normal baseline behavior as compared to +/+ littermate controls. Intraventricular administration of NPY in Y1R -/- mice failed to produce the normal anxiolytic-like effect in the elevated plus-maze test seen in +/+ mice. Y1R mutant mice showed higher immobility in the forced swim test and longer latencies in the novelty-induced hypophagia test. In addition, Y1R -/- mice responded normally to the acute and chronic effects of fluoxetine treatment in the forced swim test and the novelty-induced hypophagia test, respectively, as well as increased neuronal precursor cell proliferation in the hippocampus. CONCLUSIONS: These data demonstrate that Y1R is necessary for the anxiolytic-like effects of icv NPY, but not for the antidepressant-like or neurogenesis-inducing effects of fluoxetine. The present study supports targeting Y1R as a novel therapeutic target for anxiety disorders. FAU - Karlsson, Rose-Marie AU - Karlsson RM AD - Laboratory of Clinical and Translational Studies, NIH, National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH, 10 Center Drive, 1-15330, Bethesda, MD 20892-1375, USA. karlssonr@mail.nih.gov FAU - Choe, Jessica S AU - Choe JS FAU - Cameron, Heather A AU - Cameron HA FAU - Thorsell, Annika AU - Thorsell A FAU - Crawley, Jacqueline N AU - Crawley JN FAU - Holmes, Andrew AU - Holmes A FAU - Heilig, Markus AU - Heilig M LA - eng GR - NH002784/NH/NIH HHS/United States GR - NH02177/NH/NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20070922 PL - Germany TA - Psychopharmacology (Berl) JT - Psychopharmacology JID - 7608025 RN - 0 (Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation) RN - 0 (Neuropeptide Y) RN - 0 (Receptors, Neuropeptide Y) RN - 0 (neuropeptide Y-Y1 receptor) RN - 01K63SUP8D (Fluoxetine) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation/*pharmacology MH - Anxiety/*physiopathology MH - Arousal/drug effects/physiology MH - Cell Count MH - Cell Division/drug effects/physiology MH - Conditioning, Classical/drug effects/physiology MH - Depression/*physiopathology MH - Fear/drug effects/physiology MH - Female MH - Fluoxetine/*pharmacology MH - Hippocampus/drug effects/physiopathology MH - Injections, Intraventricular MH - Male MH - Maze Learning/drug effects/physiology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred BALB C MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Neurons/drug effects/physiology MH - Neuropeptide Y/pharmacology/*physiology MH - Receptors, Neuropeptide Y/*drug effects/genetics/physiology EDAT- 2007/09/25 09:00 MHDA- 2008/04/01 09:00 CRDT- 2007/09/25 09:00 PHST- 2007/07/04 00:00 [received] PHST- 2007/09/05 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2007/09/25 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2008/04/01 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2007/09/25 09:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s00213-007-0945-2 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2008 Jan;195(4):547-57. doi: 10.1007/s00213-007-0945-2. Epub 2007 Sep 22.