PMID- 26604903 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20151125 LR - 20200930 IS - 1673-5374 (Print) IS - 1876-7958 (Electronic) IS - 1673-5374 (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 9 DP - 2015 Sep TI - Overexpression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the hippocampus protects against post-stroke depression. PG - 1427-32 LID - 10.4103/1673-5374.165510 [doi] AB - Post-stroke depression is associated with reduced expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). In this study, we evaluated whether BDNF overexpression affects depression-like behavior in a rat model of post-stroke depression. The middle cerebral artery was occluded to produce a model of focal cerebral ischemia. These rats were then subjected to isolation-housing combined with chronic unpredictable mild stress to generate a model of post-stroke depression. A BDNF gene lentiviral vector was injected into the hippocampus. At 7 days after injection, western blot assay and real-time quantitative PCR revealed that BDNF expression in the hippocampus was increased in depressive rats injected with BDNF lentivirus compared with depressive rats injected with control vector. Furthermore, sucrose solution consumption was higher, and horizontal and vertical movement scores were increased in the open field test in these rats as well. These findings suggest that BDNF overexpression in the hippocampus of post-stroke depressive rats alleviates depression-like behaviors. FAU - Chen, Hao-Hao AU - Chen HH AD - Medical Molecular Biology Laboratory, School of Medicine, Jinhua Polytechnic, Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, China. FAU - Zhang, Ning AU - Zhang N AD - Medical Molecular Biology Laboratory, School of Medicine, Jinhua Polytechnic, Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, China. FAU - Li, Wei-Yun AU - Li WY AD - Institute of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. FAU - Fang, Ma-Rong AU - Fang MR AD - Institute of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. FAU - Zhang, Hui AU - Zhang H AD - Center of Experimental Animals, Jinhua Food and Drug Administration, Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, China. FAU - Fang, Yuan-Shu AU - Fang YS AD - Center of Experimental Animals, Jinhua Food and Drug Administration, Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, China. FAU - Ding, Ming-Xing AU - Ding MX AD - Medical Molecular Biology Laboratory, School of Medicine, Jinhua Polytechnic, Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, China. FAU - Fu, Xiao-Yan AU - Fu XY AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5496-7944 AD - Medical Molecular Biology Laboratory, School of Medicine, Jinhua Polytechnic, Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - India TA - Neural Regen Res JT - Neural regeneration research JID - 101316351 PMC - PMC4625508 OTO - NOTNLM OT - brain injury OT - brain-derived neurotrophic factor OT - cerebral ischemia OT - chronic unpredictable mild stress OT - depression-like behavior OT - hippocampus OT - lentivirus OT - nerve regeneration OT - neural regeneration OT - open field test OT - post-stroke depression OT - sucrose solution consumption OT - western blot assay COIS- Conflicts of interest: None declared. EDAT- 2015/11/26 06:00 MHDA- 2015/11/26 06:01 PMCR- 2015/09/01 CRDT- 2015/11/26 06:00 PHST- 2015/11/26 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/11/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/11/26 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2015/09/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - NRR-10-1427 [pii] AID - 10.4103/1673-5374.165510 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neural Regen Res. 2015 Sep;10(9):1427-32. doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.165510.