PMID- 24396420 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20211021 IS - 1792-0981 (Print) IS - 1792-1015 (Electronic) IS - 1792-0981 (Linking) VI - 7 IP - 2 DP - 2014 Feb TI - Effects of BD1047, a sigma(1) receptor antagonist, on the expression of mTOR, Camk2gamma and GSK-3beta in fluvoxamine-treated N2a cells. PG - 435-438 AB - Fluvoxamine, a common antidepressant agent, is designed to exert its pharmacological effect by inhibiting synaptic serotonin reuptake. However, increasing evidence has demonstrated that sigma(1) receptors are likely to be involved in the mechanism of action of fluvoxamine. The present study aimed to observe the effects of fluvoxamine on the expression levels of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase 2gamma (Camk2gamma) and glycogen synthase kinase-3beta (GSK-3beta) in fluvoxamine-treated N2a cells and attempted to elucidate whether sigma(1) receptors mediate the pharmacological effects of fluvoxamine. The N2a cells were randomly divided into three groups (each n=6): DMEM group (D group), 0.5 mumol/l fluvoxamine group (F group) and 0.2 mumol/l BD1047 (a sigma(1) receptor antagonist) + 0.5 mumol/l fluvoxamine group (BF group). Western blotting was used to determine the expression levels of mTOR, Camk2gamma and GSK-3beta in the cultured N2a cells after two days of incubation. The F group exhibited significant increases in the expression levels of mTOR and Camk2gamma and a significant reduction in the expression levels of GSK-3beta compared with those in the D group (P<0.01). By contrast, the BF group demonstrated significant reductions in the expression levels of mTOR and Camk2gamma and a significant increase in the expression levels of GSK-3beta, compared with those in the F group (P<0.01). These results suggest that sigma(1) receptors mediate fluvoxamine-elicited changes in the expression levels of mTOR, Camk2gamma and GSK-3beta in N2a cells, which indicates that sigma(1) receptors are likely to be involved in the pharmacological effects of fluvoxamine. FAU - Su, Dong-An AU - Su DA AD - Department of Anesthesiology, The PLA 102 Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213003, P.R. China. FAU - Jiang, Ri-Yue AU - Jiang RY AD - Department of Radiation Oncology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213003, P.R. China. FAU - Liu, Ning AU - Liu N AD - Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213003, P.R. China. FAU - Ding, Liang-Cai AU - Ding LC AD - Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213003, P.R. China. FAU - Wang, DA-Ming AU - Wang DM AD - Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213003, P.R. China. FAU - Yu, Hai-Ying AU - Yu HY AD - Department of Psychiatry, The PLA 102 Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213003, P.R. China. FAU - Yan, En-Shi AU - Yan ES AD - Department of Anesthesiology, Brain Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, P.R. China. FAU - Zhu, Mei-Hua AU - Zhu MH AD - Department of Anesthesiology, Brain Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, P.R. China. FAU - Zhu, Bin AU - Zhu B AD - Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213003, P.R. China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20131205 PL - Greece TA - Exp Ther Med JT - Experimental and therapeutic medicine JID - 101531947 PMC - PMC3881039 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase 2gamma OT - fluvoxamine OT - glycogen synthase kinase-3beta OT - mammalian target of rapamycin OT - sigma1 receptor antagonist EDAT- 2014/01/08 06:00 MHDA- 2014/01/08 06:01 PMCR- 2013/12/05 CRDT- 2014/01/08 06:00 PHST- 2013/01/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/11/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/01/08 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/01/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/01/08 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2013/12/05 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - etm-07-02-0435 [pii] AID - 10.3892/etm.2013.1438 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Exp Ther Med. 2014 Feb;7(2):435-438. doi: 10.3892/etm.2013.1438. Epub 2013 Dec 5.