PMID- 29742620 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190227 LR - 20220410 IS - 1473-558X (Electronic) IS - 0959-4965 (Print) IS - 0959-4965 (Linking) VI - 29 IP - 10 DP - 2018 Jul 4 TI - Ketamine differentially restores diverse alterations of neuroligins in brain regions in a rat model of neuropathic pain-induced depression. PG - 863-869 LID - 10.1097/WNR.0000000000001045 [doi] AB - Depression is present in a large proportion of patients suffering from chronic pain, and yet the underlying mechanisms remain to be elucidated. Neuroligins (NLs), as a family of cell-adhesion proteins, are involved in synaptic formation and have been linked to various neuropsychiatric disorders. Here, we studied the alterations in NL1 and NL2 in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), and the hippocampus in a rat model of neuropathic pain-induced depression, and whether ketamine, a rapid and robust antidepressant, could restore these abnormalities. In the present study, we found that spared nerve injury induced significant mechanical allodynia and subsequent depressive-like symptoms, along with decreased NL1 and increased NL2 in the mPFC, decreased NL1 in the ACC, and decreased NL2 in the hippocampus. In addition, brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) was reduced in these brain regions. It is noteworthy that ketamine (10 mg/kg) relieved neuropathic pain-induced depressive behaviors and restored alterations of BDNF and NLs in the mPFC and the hippocampus at 24 h and 72 h after the administration of ketamine, but only restored BDNF in the ACC. In conclusion, NLs showed diverse changes in different brain regions in the rat model of neuropathic pain-induced depression, which could be reversed differentially by the administration of ketamine. FAU - Pan, Wei AU - Pan W AD - Department of Anesthesiology, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University. FAU - Zhang, Guang-Fen AU - Zhang GF AD - Department of Anesthesiology, Zhongda Hospital, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing, China. FAU - Li, Hui-Hui AU - Li HH AD - Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Medical School of Nanjing University. FAU - Ji, Mu-Huo AU - Ji MH AD - Department of Anesthesiology, Zhongda Hospital, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing, China. FAU - Zhou, Zhi-Qiang AU - Zhou ZQ AD - Department of Anesthesiology, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University. FAU - Li, Kuan-Yu AU - Li KY AD - Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Medical School of Nanjing University. FAU - Yang, Jian-Jun AU - Yang JJ AD - Department of Anesthesiology, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University. AD - Department of Anesthesiology, Zhongda Hospital, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - Neuroreport JT - Neuroreport JID - 9100935 RN - 0 (Antidepressive Agents) RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 690G0D6V8H (Ketamine) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antidepressive Agents/*pharmacology MH - Behavior, Animal/*drug effects MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/metabolism MH - Depression/*drug therapy/metabolism MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Gyrus Cinguli/drug effects/metabolism MH - Hippocampus/drug effects/metabolism MH - Hyperalgesia/drug therapy/metabolism MH - Ketamine/*pharmacology MH - Male MH - Neuralgia/*drug therapy/metabolism MH - Prefrontal Cortex/drug effects/metabolism MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley PMC - PMC5999384 EDAT- 2018/05/10 06:00 MHDA- 2019/02/28 06:00 PMCR- 2018/06/13 CRDT- 2018/05/10 06:00 PHST- 2018/05/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/02/28 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/05/10 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/06/13 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1097/WNR.0000000000001045 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neuroreport. 2018 Jul 4;29(10):863-869. doi: 10.1097/WNR.0000000000001045.