PMID- 28769008 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180502 LR - 20180502 IS - 1347-5215 (Electronic) IS - 0918-6158 (Linking) VI - 40 IP - 8 DP - 2017 TI - Ketamine Alleviates Depressive-Like Behaviors via Down-Regulating Inflammatory Cytokines Induced by Chronic Restraint Stress in Mice. PG - 1260-1267 LID - 10.1248/bpb.b17-00131 [doi] AB - The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether ketamine's rapid antidepressant effects were associated with its anti-inflammatory actions and to explore the underlying molecular mechanism. Depressive-like behaviors was induced in mice using chronic restraint stress (CRS) method. Anti-depressive effects of ketamine were evaluated by forced swimming tests (FST) and sucrose preference test (SPT). Subsequently, brain tissue was harvested to investigate inflammatory response in the hippocampus via investigating reactive microglia numbers, serum cytokines levels and the toll-like receptor type 4 (TLR4)/p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway. CRS exposure caused depressive-like behaviors in mice, which was associated with increased pre-inflammatory cytokines (interleukin (IL)-1beta, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha and IL-6) levels, reactive microglia numbers and up-regulated regulatory molecules such as TLR4/p38 and P2X7 receptor in hippocampus. Such neurobehavioral and biochemical abnormalities were normalized by ketamine treatment. CRS-induced depression-like behaviours are associated with activation of hippocampal inflammatory response, whereas down-regulation of pro-inflammatory cytokines may contribute to ketamine's antidepressant effects in mice. FAU - Tan, Sijie AU - Tan S AD - Department of Histology and Embryology, School of Medicine, University of South China. FAU - Wang, Yan AU - Wang Y AD - Department of Histology and Embryology, School of Medicine, University of South China. FAU - Chen, Ke AU - Chen K AD - Department of Ultrasound Diagnosis, Affiliated Nanhua Hospital, University of South China. FAU - Long, Zhifeng AU - Long Z AD - Department of Histology and Embryology, School of Medicine, University of South China. FAU - Zou, Ju AU - Zou J AD - Department of Parasitology, School of Medicine, University of South China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Japan TA - Biol Pharm Bull JT - Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin JID - 9311984 RN - 0 (Antidepressive Agents) RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists) RN - 0 (Receptors, Purinergic P2X7) RN - 0 (Tlr4 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Toll-Like Receptor 4) RN - 57-50-1 (Sucrose) RN - 690G0D6V8H (Ketamine) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - W980KJ009P (Corticosterone) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antidepressive Agents/*pharmacology MH - Behavior, Animal/drug effects MH - Corticosterone/blood MH - Cytokines/metabolism MH - Down-Regulation/drug effects MH - Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists/*pharmacology MH - Food Preferences MH - Hippocampus/drug effects/metabolism MH - Ketamine/*pharmacology MH - Mice MH - Receptors, Purinergic P2X7/metabolism MH - Restraint, Physical/adverse effects MH - Stress, Psychological/blood/*metabolism MH - Sucrose MH - Swimming MH - Toll-Like Receptor 4/metabolism MH - p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - P2X7 OT - depression OT - inflammation OT - ketamine OT - toll-like receptor type 4 (TLR4) EDAT- 2017/08/05 06:00 MHDA- 2018/05/03 06:00 CRDT- 2017/08/04 06:00 PHST- 2017/08/04 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/08/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/05/03 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1248/bpb.b17-00131 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biol Pharm Bull. 2017;40(8):1260-1267. doi: 10.1248/bpb.b17-00131.