PMID- 33772293 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211108 LR - 20211108 IS - 2042-7158 (Electronic) IS - 0022-3573 (Linking) VI - 73 IP - 5 DP - 2021 Mar 27 TI - A selanylimidazopyridine (3-SePh-IP) reverses the prodepressant- and anxiogenic-like effects of a high-fat/high-fructose diet in mice. PG - 673-681 LID - 10.1093/jpp/rgaa070 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVE: While chronic feeding with high-fat or high-sugar diets is known related to obesity and type 2 diabetes, later data have indicated that it is also related to depression and anxiety appearance. In this regard, multi-target drugs raise considerable interest as promising therapeutic solutions to complex diseases. Considering the pharmacological effects of the imidazopyridine-derivative moiety imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine and the organoselenium molecules, the combination of both could be a feasible strategy to develop efficient drugs to handle obesity and related comorbidities, for example dyslipidemia and mood disorders. METHODS: The antidepressant- and anxiolytic-like properties of a selanylimidazopyridine compound, 2-Phenyl-3-(phenylselanyl)imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine (3-SePh-IP), were evaluated on high-fat/high-fructose diet (HFFD)-fed female Swiss mice. KEY FINDINGS: Our results showed that a short-term HFFD (16 days) could promote a significant body weight gain, hypercholesterolemia, glucose intolerance, and anxiety- and depressive-like behaviour in mice. Concomitant treatment with 3-SePh-IP (10 mg/kg; i.p.) attenuated the HFFD-induced increase in cholesterol levels and blunted the anxiety- and depressive-like behaviour in mice. CONCLUSIONS: 3-SePh-IP holds multimodal pharmacological properties, which provide a rationale for further studies, for example to assess the underlying mechanisms linked to its anxiolytic- and antidepressive-like activities. CI - (c) The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com. FAU - Veloso, Izolene Correa AU - Veloso IC AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Neurociencias, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, SC, Brazil. FAU - Delanogare, Eslen AU - Delanogare E AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Neurociencias, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, SC, Brazil. FAU - Machado, Adriano Emanuel AU - Machado AE AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Neurociencias, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, SC, Brazil. FAU - Braga, Sara Pereira AU - Braga SP AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao Multicentrico em Ciencias Fisiologicas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, SC, Brazil. FAU - Rosa, Giovana Karoline AU - Rosa GK AD - Departamento de Ciencias Fisiologicas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, SC, Brazil. FAU - De Bem, Andreza Fabro AU - De Bem AF AD - Departamento de Ciencias Fisiologicas, Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade de Brasilia, Brasilia, DF, Brazil. FAU - Rafique, Jamal AU - Rafique J AD - Instituto de Quimica, Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil. FAU - Saba, Sumbal AU - Saba S AD - Centro de Ciencias Naturais e Humanas - CCNH, Universidade Federal do ABC, Santo Andre, SP, Brazil. FAU - da Trindade, Roberth Nascimento AU - da Trindade RN AD - Departamento de Quimica, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, SC, Brazil. FAU - Galetto, Fabio Zazyki AU - Galetto FZ AD - Departamento de Quimica, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, SC, Brazil. FAU - Moreira, Eduardo Luiz Gasnhar AU - Moreira ELG AD - Departamento de Ciencias Fisiologicas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, SC, Brazil. AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Neurociencias, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, SC, Brazil. AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao Multicentrico em Ciencias Fisiologicas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, SC, Brazil. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - England TA - J Pharm Pharmacol JT - The Journal of pharmacy and pharmacology JID - 0376363 RN - 0 (Imidazoles) RN - 0 (Organoselenium Compounds) RN - 0 (Pyridines) RN - 0 (imidazopyridine) RN - 30237-26-4 (Fructose) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Anxiety/chemically induced/*drug therapy MH - Behavior, Animal/drug effects MH - Depression/chemically induced/*drug therapy MH - Diet, High-Fat/*adverse effects MH - Drug Therapy, Combination MH - Female MH - Fructose/*adverse effects MH - Hindlimb Suspension MH - Imidazoles/*pharmacology MH - Mice MH - Organoselenium Compounds/*pharmacology MH - Pyridines/*pharmacology MH - Weight Gain/drug effects OTO - NOTNLM OT - behavioural OT - imidazopyridine OT - obesity OT - selenium EDAT- 2021/03/28 06:00 MHDA- 2021/11/09 06:00 CRDT- 2021/03/27 06:23 PHST- 2020/06/17 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/12/23 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/03/27 06:23 [entrez] PHST- 2021/03/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/11/09 06:00 [medline] AID - 6156912 [pii] AID - 10.1093/jpp/rgaa070 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Pharm Pharmacol. 2021 Mar 27;73(5):673-681. doi: 10.1093/jpp/rgaa070.