PMID- 31753725 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200430 LR - 20211204 IS - 2352-3964 (Electronic) IS - 2352-3964 (Linking) VI - 50 DP - 2019 Dec TI - Pro-inflammatory monocyte profile in patients with major depressive disorder and suicide behaviour and how ketamine induces anti-inflammatory M2 macrophages by NMDAR and mTOR. PG - 290-305 LID - S2352-3964(19)30740-6 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.ebiom.2019.10.063 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Depression is a highly prevalent disorder that is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide. Despite an unknown aetiology, evidence suggests that the innate and adaptive immune systems play a significant role in the development and maintenance of major depressive disorder (MDD). The non-competitive glutamatergic N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) antagonist, (R,S)-ketamine (ketamine), has demonstrated rapid and robust efficacy as an antidepressant when administered at sub-anaesthetic doses. METHODS: Our goal was to characterize the pro-inflammatory profile of patients with MDD by measuring pro-inflammatory cytokines in plasma and circulating monocyte subsets and to understand how ketamine induces an anti-inflammatory program in monocyte and macrophages in vitro and vivo. FINDING: Our results show that patients with MDD without other comorbidities (N = 33) exhibited significantly higher levels of pro-inflammatory IL-12 and IL-6 in plasma and that these cytokines were associated with increased numbers of non-classical (CD11b(+)CD16(bright)CD14(neg)) monocytes and increased activation state (CD40(+)CD86(+)) of classical monocytes in circulation. Remarkably, we have demonstrated that sub-anaesthetic doses of ketamine programs human monocytes into M2c-like macrophages by inducing high levels of CD163 and MERTK with intermediate levels of CD64 and stimulating mTOR-associated gene expression in vitro. The NMDAR antagonist MK-801, but not the alpha-amino-3‑hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptor (AMPAR) antagonist, NBQX, also polarizes macrophages to an M2c-like phenotype, but this phenotype disappears upon mTOR pathway inhibition. Sub-anaesthetic doses (10 mg/kg) of ketamine administration in mice both promote reduction of circulating classical pro-inflammatory monocytes and increase of alternative M2 macrophage subtypes in the spleen and CNS. INTERPRETATION: Our results suggest an anti-inflammatory property of ketamine that can skew macrophages to an M2-like phenotype, highlighting potential therapeutic implications not only for patients with MDD but also other inflammatory-based diseases. FUNDING: This study was supported by grants from the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (CONICET) and Agencia Nacional de Promocion Cientifica y Tecnologica (ANPCyT-FONCYT). CI - Copyright (c) 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Nowak, Wanda AU - Nowak W AD - Instituto de Farmacologia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Paraguay 2155, 9th floor, Buenos Aires 1121, Argentina. FAU - Grendas, Leandro Nicolas AU - Grendas LN AD - Instituto de Farmacologia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Paraguay 2155, 9th floor, Buenos Aires 1121, Argentina. FAU - Sanmarco, Liliana Maria AU - Sanmarco LM AD - Centro de Investigaciones en Bioquimica Clinica e Inmunologia (CIBICI), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnologicas (CONICET), Departamento de Bioquimica Clinica, Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina. FAU - Estecho, Ivana Gisele AU - Estecho IG AD - Instituto de Farmacologia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Paraguay 2155, 9th floor, Buenos Aires 1121, Argentina. FAU - Arena, Angeles Romina AU - Arena AR AD - Instituto de Farmacologia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Paraguay 2155, 9th floor, Buenos Aires 1121, Argentina. FAU - Eberhardt, Natalia AU - Eberhardt N AD - Centro de Investigaciones en Bioquimica Clinica e Inmunologia (CIBICI), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnologicas (CONICET), Departamento de Bioquimica Clinica, Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina. FAU - Rodante, Demian Emanuel AU - Rodante DE AD - Instituto de Farmacologia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Paraguay 2155, 9th floor, Buenos Aires 1121, Argentina. FAU - Aoki, Maria Pilar AU - Aoki MP AD - Centro de Investigaciones en Bioquimica Clinica e Inmunologia (CIBICI), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnologicas (CONICET), Departamento de Bioquimica Clinica, Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina. FAU - Daray, Federico Manuel AU - Daray FM AD - Instituto de Farmacologia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Paraguay 2155, 9th floor, Buenos Aires 1121, Argentina; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina. Electronic address: fdaray@hotmail.com. FAU - Carrera Silva, Eugenio Antonio AU - Carrera Silva EA AD - Instituto de Medicina Experimental (IMEX), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (CONICET), Academia Nacional de Medicina, Pacheco de Melo 3081, Buenos Aires 1425, Argentina. Electronic address: carrerasilva@yahoo.com.ar. FAU - Errasti, Andrea Emilse AU - Errasti AE AD - Instituto de Farmacologia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Paraguay 2155, 9th floor, Buenos Aires 1121, Argentina; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina. Electronic address: andreaerrasti@gmail.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20191118 PL - Netherlands TA - EBioMedicine JT - EBioMedicine JID - 101647039 RN - 0 (Biomarkers) RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Inflammation Mediators) RN - 0 (Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate) RN - 690G0D6V8H (Ketamine) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (MTOR protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Animals MH - Biomarkers MH - Cytokines/blood/*metabolism MH - Depressive Disorder, Major/*etiology/*metabolism/psychology MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Female MH - Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects MH - Humans MH - Immunophenotyping MH - Inflammation Mediators/blood/*metabolism MH - Ketamine/metabolism/pharmacology MH - Macrophages/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Middle Aged MH - Monocytes/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/*metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects MH - Suicide MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/*metabolism MH - Young Adult PMC - PMC6921226 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Anti-inflammatory M2 macrophages OT - Depression OT - IL-12 OT - Ketamine OT - NMDAR OT - Non-classical monocytes OT - mTOR pathway COIS- The authors have declared no potential conflicts of interest EDAT- 2019/11/23 06:00 MHDA- 2020/05/01 06:00 PMCR- 2019/11/18 CRDT- 2019/11/23 06:00 PHST- 2019/05/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/09/17 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/10/31 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/11/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/05/01 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/11/23 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/11/18 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S2352-3964(19)30740-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.ebiom.2019.10.063 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - EBioMedicine. 2019 Dec;50:290-305. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2019.10.063. Epub 2019 Nov 18.