PMID- 23164454 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140103 LR - 20211021 IS - 1469-5111 (Electronic) IS - 1461-1457 (Print) IS - 1461-1457 (Linking) VI - 16 IP - 5 DP - 2013 Jun TI - Chronic valproate attenuates some, but not all, facets of mania-like behaviour in mice. PG - 1021-31 LID - 10.1017/S1461145712001198 [doi] AB - Bipolar disorder (BD) mania is a psychiatric disorder with multifaceted symptoms. Development of targeted treatments for BD mania may benefit from animal models that mimic multiple symptoms, as opposed to hyperactivity alone. Using the reverse-translated multivariate exploratory paradigm, the behavioural pattern monitor (BPM), we reported that patients with BD mania exhibit hyperactivity as well as increased specific exploration and more linear movements through space. This abnormal profile is also observed in mice with reduced function of the dopamine transporter (DAT) through either constitutive genetic [knockdown (KD)] or acute pharmacological (GBR12909) means. Here, we assessed the pharmacological predictive validity of these models by administering the BD-treatment valproic acid (VPA) for 28 d. After 1.5% VPA- or regular-chow treatment for 28 d, C57BL/6J mice received GBR12909 (9 mg/kg) or saline and were tested in the BPM. Similarly, DAT KD and wild type (WT) littermates were treated with VPA-chow and tested in the BPM. GBR12909-treated and DAT KD mice on regular chow were hyperactive, exhibited increased specific exploration and moved in straighter patterns compared to saline-treated and WT mice respectively. Chronic 1.5% VPA-chow treatment resulted in therapeutic concentrations of VPA and ameliorated hyperactivity in both models, while specific exploration and behavioural organization remained unaffected. Hence, the mania-like profile of mice with reduced functional DAT was partially attenuated by chronic VPA treatment, consistent with the incomplete symptomatic effect of VPA treatment in BD patients. Both DAT models may help to identify therapeutics that impact the full spectrum of BD mania. FAU - van Enkhuizen, Jordy AU - van Enkhuizen J AD - Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, CA 92093-0804, USA. FAU - Geyer, Mark A AU - Geyer MA FAU - Kooistra, Klaas AU - Kooistra K FAU - Young, Jared W AU - Young JW LA - eng GR - R01 MH071916/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - R21 MH091571/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - R21-MH091571/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - R01-MH071916/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. DEP - 20121120 PL - England TA - Int J Neuropsychopharmacol JT - The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology JID - 9815893 RN - 0 (Antimanic Agents) RN - 0 (Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins) RN - 0 (Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Piperazines) RN - 614OI1Z5WI (Valproic Acid) RN - 90X28IKH43 (vanoxerine) SB - IM MH - Analysis of Variance MH - Animals MH - Antimanic Agents/*therapeutic use MH - Bipolar Disorder/blood/*drug therapy/genetics MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins/deficiency MH - Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors/therapeutic use MH - Exploratory Behavior/drug effects MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Motor Activity/drug effects MH - Piperazines/therapeutic use MH - Time Factors MH - Valproic Acid/blood/*therapeutic use PMC - PMC3920978 MID - NIHMS551413 COIS- Statement of Interest Mr. van Enkhuizen and Kooistra report no conflict of interest. Dr. Geyer has received consulting compensation from Abbott, Cerca, Merck, Omeros, Takeda, and Teva, and holds an equity interest in San Diego Instruments. Dr. Geyer also has research grant support from Intracellular Therapeutics, Johnson & Johnson, NIDA, NIMH, and the U.S. Veteran's Administration VISN 22 Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center. Dr. Young has received research grant support from Cerca Insights and Lundbeck Ltd. The aforementioned support did not direct any of the research presented here. EDAT- 2012/11/21 06:00 MHDA- 2014/01/05 06:00 PMCR- 2014/02/11 CRDT- 2012/11/21 06:00 PHST- 2012/11/21 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/11/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/01/05 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/02/11 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S1461145712001198 [pii] AID - 10.1017/S1461145712001198 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int J Neuropsychopharmacol. 2013 Jun;16(5):1021-31. doi: 10.1017/S1461145712001198. Epub 2012 Nov 20.