PMID- 29023414 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180530 LR - 20181113 IS - 1422-0067 (Electronic) IS - 1422-0067 (Linking) VI - 18 IP - 10 DP - 2017 Oct 12 TI - 3,5,6,7,8,3',4'-Heptamethoxyflavone Ameliorates Depressive-Like Behavior and Hippocampal Neurochemical Changes in Chronic Unpredictable Mild Stressed Mice by Regulating the Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor: Requirement for ERK Activation. LID - 10.3390/ijms18102133 [doi] LID - 2133 AB - We previously reported that the subcutaneous administration of 3,5,6,7,8,3',4'-heptamethoxyflavone (HMF), a citrus polymethoxyflavone, attenuated depressive-like behavior and increased the expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the hippocampus of a corticosterone-induced depression-like mouse model. We herein demonstrated that (1) HMF was detectable in the brain 10 and 30 min after its oral administration, (2) orally administered HMF improved chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS)-induced pathological conditions, including body weight loss and depressive-like behavior, and CUMS-induced neurochemical changes, such as reduction in BDNF expression, decrease in neurogenesis, and decreased level of phosphorylated calcium-calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II in the hippocampus, and (3) these effects of HMF were inhibited by the pre-administration of U0126, a mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase inhibitor. These results suggest that orally administered HMF is beneficial for the upregulation of BDNF in the hippocampus via the extracellular signal-regulated kinase1/2 (ERK1/2)/MAP system, which may account for its antidepression effects. FAU - Sawamoto, Atsushi AU - Sawamoto A AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Pharmacology, Graduate school of Clinical Pharmacy, Matsuyama University, 4-2 Bunkyo-cho, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8578, Japan. 46140018@g.matsuyama-u.ac.jp. FAU - Okuyama, Satoshi AU - Okuyama S AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Pharmacology, Graduate school of Clinical Pharmacy, Matsuyama University, 4-2 Bunkyo-cho, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8578, Japan. sokuyama@g.matsuyama-u.ac.jp. FAU - Amakura, Yoshiaki AU - Amakura Y AD - Department of Pharmacognosy, Graduate school of Clinical Pharmacy, Matsuyama University, 4-2 Bunkyo-cho, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8578, Japan. amakura@g.matsuyama-u.ac.jp. FAU - Yoshimura, Morio AU - Yoshimura M AD - Department of Pharmacognosy, Graduate school of Clinical Pharmacy, Matsuyama University, 4-2 Bunkyo-cho, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8578, Japan. myoshimu@g.matsuyama-u.ac.jp. FAU - Yamada, Takashi AU - Yamada T AD - Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chubu University, 1200 Matsumoto-cho, Kasugai, Aichi 487-8501, Japan. yamadat@nagoya-ku.ac.jp. FAU - Yokogoshi, Hidehiko AU - Yokogoshi H AD - Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chubu University, 1200 Matsumoto-cho, Kasugai, Aichi 487-8501, Japan. yokogoshi@isc.chubu.ac.jp. FAU - Nakajima, Mitsunari AU - Nakajima M AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Pharmacology, Graduate school of Clinical Pharmacy, Matsuyama University, 4-2 Bunkyo-cho, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8578, Japan. mnakajim@g.matsuyama-u.ac.jp. FAU - Furukawa, Yoshiko AU - Furukawa Y AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1233-3526 AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Pharmacology, Graduate school of Clinical Pharmacy, Matsuyama University, 4-2 Bunkyo-cho, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8578, Japan. furukawa@g.matsuyama-u.ac.jp. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20171012 PL - Switzerland TA - Int J Mol Sci JT - International journal of molecular sciences JID - 101092791 RN - 0 (Biomarkers) RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Flavonoids) RN - 0 (Glucocorticoids) RN - 1178-24-1 (3,3',4',5,6,7,8-heptamethoxyflavone) RN - EC 2.7.11.17 (Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases) SB - IM MH - Administration, Oral MH - Animals MH - *Behavior, Animal MH - Biomarkers MH - Brain/drug effects/metabolism MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/genetics/*metabolism MH - Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2/metabolism MH - Depression/drug therapy/etiology/*metabolism/*psychology MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases/metabolism MH - Flavonoids/administration & dosage/pharmacokinetics/*pharmacology MH - Gene Expression MH - Glucocorticoids/blood MH - Hippocampus/*drug effects/*metabolism/physiopathology MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Neurogenesis MH - Phosphorylation MH - *Stress, Psychological MH - Tissue Distribution PMC - PMC5666815 OTO - NOTNLM OT - 3,5,6,7,8,3',4'-heptamethoxyflavone OT - HMF OT - astrocyte OT - brain-derived neurotrophic factor OT - depression OT - neurogenesis OT - neuroplasticity COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2017/10/13 06:00 MHDA- 2018/05/31 06:00 PMCR- 2017/10/01 CRDT- 2017/10/13 06:00 PHST- 2017/08/29 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/10/06 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/10/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/10/13 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/10/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/05/31 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/10/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ijms18102133 [pii] AID - ijms-18-02133 [pii] AID - 10.3390/ijms18102133 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Int J Mol Sci. 2017 Oct 12;18(10):2133. doi: 10.3390/ijms18102133.