PMID- 24607816 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20141215 LR - 20140418 IS - 1873-7064 (Electronic) IS - 0028-3908 (Linking) VI - 81 DP - 2014 Jun TI - Possible additional antidepressant-like mechanism of sodium butyrate: targeting the hippocampus. PG - 292-302 LID - S0028-3908(14)00081-1 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2014.02.017 [doi] AB - Chromatin remodeling mediated by histone acetylation might be involved in the pathophysiology and the treatment of depression. Recently, it has been reported that the histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors, such as sodium butyrate (SB), could be a potential therapeutic agent for depression treatment. In the present study, we aimed to clarify the antidepressant mechanism of SB in the hippocampus. The mice were exposed to chronic restraint stress (CRS) for 14 consecutive days (2 h/day) to induce depression-like behaviors. To assess depression-like behaviors, sucrose preference test, light dark test (LD), tail suspension test (TST), and forced swim test (FST) were performed after CRS. We observed that CRS decreased HDAC2 and 5 mRNA and protein levels in the hippocampus. In addition, SB co-treatment decreased the depression-like behaviors that are induced by CRS. SB prevented and normalized the phosphorylation of cAMP response element binding protein (pCREB), acetylation of histone H3 (AceH3), HDAC2, and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) expression level that were decreased by CRS in the hippocampus. These results suggest that the decreased HDAC2 and 5 expressions in the hippocampus of CRS may be a type of spontaneous coping response against CRS. However, it seems to be unsuccessful to prevent depression induction since reduction of pCREB, AceH3 and BDNF were accompanied by CRS in the hippocampus. Moreover, the reduced AceH3 level may be associated with the decreased pCREB, which appears to lead to the decreased BDNF. CI - Copyright (c) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Han, Arum AU - Han A AD - Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, CHA University, 222 Yatap-dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do 463-836, South Korea. FAU - Sung, Yu-Bin AU - Sung YB AD - Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, CHA University, 222 Yatap-dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do 463-836, South Korea. FAU - Chung, Soo-Young AU - Chung SY AD - Department of Pathology, DIRAMS, 40 Jwadong-gil, Jangan-eup, Gijang-gun, Busan 619-953, South Korea. FAU - Kwon, Min-Soo AU - Kwon MS AD - Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, CHA University, 222 Yatap-dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do 463-836, South Korea. Electronic address: minsoo100@cha.ac.kr. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140305 PL - England TA - Neuropharmacology JT - Neuropharmacology JID - 0236217 RN - 0 (Antidepressive Agents) RN - 0 (Sweetening Agents) RN - 107-92-6 (Butyric Acid) RN - 57-50-1 (Sucrose) RN - EC 2.3.1.48 (CREB-Binding Protein) RN - EC 3.5.1.98 (Histone Deacetylases) SB - IM MH - Adaptation, Ocular/drug effects MH - Animals MH - Antidepressive Agents/*pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - Butyric Acid/*pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - CREB-Binding Protein/genetics/metabolism MH - Depression/drug therapy/etiology/*pathology MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Food Preferences/drug effects MH - Gene Expression Regulation/*drug effects/physiology MH - Hindlimb Suspension/methods MH - Hippocampus/drug effects/*physiology MH - Histone Deacetylases/genetics/metabolism MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred ICR MH - Stress, Psychological/complications MH - Sucrose/administration & dosage MH - Sweetening Agents/administration & dosage MH - Swimming/psychology OTO - NOTNLM OT - BDNF OT - CREB OT - Depression OT - Hippocampus OT - Histone acetylation OT - Sodium butyrate EDAT- 2014/03/13 06:00 MHDA- 2014/12/17 06:00 CRDT- 2014/03/11 06:00 PHST- 2013/08/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/02/20 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2014/02/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/03/11 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/03/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/12/17 06:00 [medline] AID - S0028-3908(14)00081-1 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2014.02.017 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neuropharmacology. 2014 Jun;81:292-302. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2014.02.017. Epub 2014 Mar 5.