PMID- 28651788 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180709 LR - 20220408 IS - 1873-2402 (Electronic) IS - 0006-3223 (Linking) VI - 83 IP - 1 DP - 2018 Jan 1 TI - Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin-Independent Antidepressant Effects of (R)-Ketamine in a Social Defeat Stress Model. PG - 18-28 LID - S0006-3223(17)31618-9 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.05.016 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: The role of the mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling in the antidepressant effects of ketamine is controversial. In addition to mTOR, extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) is a key signaling molecule in prominent pathways that regulate protein synthesis. (R)-Ketamine has a greater potency and longer-lasting antidepressant effects than (S)-ketamine. Here we investigated whether mTOR signaling and ERK signaling play a role in the antidepressant effects of two enantiomers. METHODS: The effects of mTOR inhibitors (rapamycin and AZD8055) and an ERK inhibitor (SL327) on the antidepressant effects of ketamine enantiomers in the chronic social defeat stress (CSDS) model (n = 7 or 8) and on those of ketamine enantiomers in these signaling pathways in mouse brain regions were examined. RESULTS: The intracerebroventricular infusion of rapamycin or AZD8055 blocked the antidepressant effects of (S)-ketamine, but not (R)-ketamine, in the CSDS model. Furthermore, (S)-ketamine, but not (R)-ketamine, significantly attenuated the decreased phosphorylation of mTOR and its downstream effector, ribosomal protein S6 kinase, in the prefrontal cortex of susceptible mice after CSDS. Pretreatment with SL327 blocked the antidepressant effects of (R)-ketamine but not (S)-ketamine. Moreover, (R)-ketamine, but not (S)-ketamine, significantly attenuated the decreased phosphorylation of ERK and its upstream effector, mitogen-activated protein kinase/ERK kinase, in the prefrontal cortex and hippocampal dentate gyrus of susceptible mice after CSDS. CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests that mTOR plays a role in the antidepressant effects of (S)-ketamine, but not (R)-ketamine, and that ERK plays a role in (R)-ketamine's antidepressant effects. Thus, it is unlikely that the activation of mTOR signaling is necessary for antidepressant actions of (R)-ketamine. CI - Copyright (c) 2017 Society of Biological Psychiatry. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Yang, Chun AU - Yang C AD - Division of Clinical Neuroscience, Chiba University Center for Forensic Mental Health, Chiba, Japan. FAU - Ren, Qian AU - Ren Q AD - Division of Clinical Neuroscience, Chiba University Center for Forensic Mental Health, Chiba, Japan. FAU - Qu, Youge AU - Qu Y AD - Division of Clinical Neuroscience, Chiba University Center for Forensic Mental Health, Chiba, Japan. FAU - Zhang, Ji-Chun AU - Zhang JC AD - Division of Clinical Neuroscience, Chiba University Center for Forensic Mental Health, Chiba, Japan. FAU - Ma, Min AU - Ma M AD - Division of Clinical Neuroscience, Chiba University Center for Forensic Mental Health, Chiba, Japan. FAU - Dong, Chao AU - Dong C AD - Division of Clinical Neuroscience, Chiba University Center for Forensic Mental Health, Chiba, Japan. FAU - Hashimoto, Kenji AU - Hashimoto K AD - Division of Clinical Neuroscience, Chiba University Center for Forensic Mental Health, Chiba, Japan. Electronic address: hashimoto@faculty.chiba-u.jp. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170531 PL - United States TA - Biol Psychiatry JT - Biological psychiatry JID - 0213264 RN - 0 (Antidepressive Agents) RN - 0 (Enzyme Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Morpholines) RN - 0 (SL 327) RN - 3739OQ10IJ (Aminoacetonitrile) RN - 690G0D6V8H (Ketamine) RN - 970JJ37FPW ((5-(2,4-bis((3S)-3-methylmorpholin-4-yl)pyrido(2,3-d)pyrimidin-7-yl)-2-methoxyphenyl)methanol) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (mTOR protein, mouse) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 70-kDa) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases) RN - W36ZG6FT64 (Sirolimus) SB - IM CIN - Biol Psychiatry. 2018 Jan 1;83(1):2-4. PMID: 29173705 EIN - Biol Psychiatry. 2020 Apr 1;87(7):686-687. PMID: 32164916 MH - Aminoacetonitrile/analogs & derivatives/pharmacology MH - Animals MH - Antidepressive Agents/chemistry/*pharmacology MH - Brain/*drug effects/metabolism MH - Chronic Disease MH - Depressive Disorder/*drug therapy/metabolism MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - *Dominance-Subordination MH - Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism MH - Ketamine/chemistry/*pharmacology MH - Male MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Morpholines/pharmacology MH - Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 70-kDa/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects MH - Sirolimus/pharmacology MH - Stress, Psychological/*drug therapy/metabolism MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - (R)-Ketamine OT - (S)-Ketamine OT - Antidepressant OT - ERK OT - Enantiomer OT - mTOR EDAT- 2017/06/28 06:00 MHDA- 2018/07/10 06:00 CRDT- 2017/06/28 06:00 PHST- 2017/03/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/05/16 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/05/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/06/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/07/10 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/06/28 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0006-3223(17)31618-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.05.016 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biol Psychiatry. 2018 Jan 1;83(1):18-28. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.05.016. Epub 2017 May 31.