PMID- 24076087 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150223 LR - 20211203 IS - 1873-7544 (Electronic) IS - 0306-4522 (Print) IS - 0306-4522 (Linking) VI - 254 DP - 2013 Dec 19 TI - Chronic binge-like alcohol consumption in adolescence causes depression-like symptoms possibly mediated by the effects of BDNF on neurogenesis. PG - 324-34 LID - S0306-4522(13)00803-8 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.09.031 [doi] AB - Here we investigated whether changes in neurogenesis and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) expression are possible mechanisms involved in the depression-like symptom during the withdrawal/abstinence period after chronic binge-pattern alcohol consumption given the limited number of studies addressing the link between these factors in the adolescent brain. Forty-seven male Sprague-Dawley rats were used in the study and the experimental protocol started when rats were 25-days old. Rats were assigned to either: (a) ethanol or (b) control group. Animals in each group were further randomized to receive either: BDNF receptor agonist or vehicle. Rats were trained to self-administer ethanol and the binge protocol consisted of daily 30-min experimental sessions 4h into the dark period for 12days. Two days after the last drinking session, rats were tested in the sucrose preference test to evaluate anhedonia and the open field test after habituation to evaluate behavioral despair. Our data showed that: (1) self-administration of alcohol in a binge-like pattern causes inebriation as defined by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and this pattern of alcohol exposure is associated with the development of a depression-like symptom; (2) no significant difference in blood alcohol levels between the two ethanol groups; and (3) chronic binge drinking resulted in the development of a depressive phenotype, decreased survival and neuronal differentiation of neural progenitor cells in the hippocampus, and decreased BDNF effect during the withdrawal period. But the most important finding in our study is that augmenting BDNF actions through the use of tyrosine kinase B (TrkB, a BDNF receptor) agonist restored neurogenesis and abolished the alcohol-induced anhedonia and despair behaviors seen during the withdrawal/abstinence period. Our results suggest that BDNF might be a molecule that can be targeted for interventions in alcoholism-depression co-incidence. CI - Copyright (c) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved. FAU - Briones, T L AU - Briones TL AD - Department of Adult Health, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA. Electronic address: tbriones@wayne.edu. FAU - Woods, J AU - Woods J LA - eng GR - R01 NR007666/NR/NINR NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20130925 PL - United States TA - Neuroscience JT - Neuroscience JID - 7605074 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Dcx protein, rat) RN - 0 (Doublecortin Protein) RN - 3K9958V90M (Ethanol) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor, trkB) SB - IM MH - Age Factors MH - Alcohol Drinking/metabolism/psychology MH - Animals MH - Binge Drinking/*metabolism/psychology MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/biosynthesis/*physiology MH - Depression/*metabolism/psychology MH - Doublecortin Protein MH - Ethanol/administration & dosage MH - Male MH - Neurogenesis/drug effects/*physiology MH - Random Allocation MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Receptor, trkB/agonists/biosynthesis/physiology MH - Self Administration PMC - PMC3983287 MID - NIHMS527829 OTO - NOTNLM OT - 7,8-DHF OT - 7,8-dihydroflavone OT - ANOVA OT - BCA OT - BDNF OT - BrdU OT - Bromodeoxyuridine OT - DCX OT - DMSO OT - EDTA OT - ELISA OT - IgG OT - NIAAA OT - NPC OT - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism OT - SSC OT - TBS OT - TBS-TS OT - TBS/0.1% Triton X-100/3% donkey serum OT - Tris-buffered saline OT - TrkB OT - analysis of variance OT - bicinchoninic acid OT - brain-derived neurotrophic factor OT - dimethyl sulfoxide OT - doublecortin OT - enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay OT - ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid OT - hippocampus OT - i.p. OT - immunoglobulin G OT - immunohistochemistry OT - intraperitoneally OT - neural progenitor cell OT - open field test OT - saline-sodium citrate buffer OT - sucrose preference test OT - tyrosine kinase B EDAT- 2013/10/01 06:00 MHDA- 2015/02/24 06:00 PMCR- 2014/12/19 CRDT- 2013/10/01 06:00 PHST- 2013/06/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/09/16 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2013/09/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/10/01 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/10/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/02/24 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/12/19 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0306-4522(13)00803-8 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.09.031 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neuroscience. 2013 Dec 19;254:324-34. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.09.031. Epub 2013 Sep 25.