Vojvodic Jovana, Mihajlovic Goran, Vojvodic Petar, Radomirovic Dusan, Vojvodic Aleksandra, Vlaskovic-Jovicevic Tatjana, Peric-Hajzler Zorica, Matovic Dusica, Dimitrijevic Sanja, Sijan Goran, Roccia Maria Grazia, Fioranelli Massimo, Lotti Torello
Clinic for Psychiatric Disorders "Dr. Laza Lazarevic", Belgrade, Serbia.
Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Psychiatry, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia.
Open Access Maced J Med Sci. 2019 Sep 12;7(18):3064-3069. doi: 10.3889/oamjms.2019.779. eCollection 2019 Sep 30.
It is determined that 30% of patients with depression are resistant to antidepressant medication. The increased concentration of inflammation factors, such as C-reactive protein, and pro-inflammatory cytokines, have been detected in serum in these patients. It is necessary to establish new therapeutic possibilities and protocols that are created to overcome the difficulties caused by increased concentration of inflammatory biomarkers in depressive patients. The Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) are considered to be the most powerful antidepressants, increasing the level of serotonin in endogenous depression, as well as in that caused by immunological mechanisms. It is believed that agents that influence cytokines, immunological signal pathways and cytokine syntheses, like the inhibitors of cyclooxygenase enzyme and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), are very important in the potential treatment of residual symptoms of depression. Treatment with cytokine antagonists is one of the potential adjuvant therapies, along with antidepressants. Signal pathways blockers, such as the inhibitors of cyclooxygenase and other NSAIDs, are in the phase of research, in terms of their antidepressant effects. Also, it has been shown that the inhibition of indolamin-2,3 deoxygenase (IDO) and kynurenine (KYN) signal pathways in the synthesis of neurotransmitters, by application of IDO antagonists, are leading to suppression of pro-inflammatory cytokine effects. Antidepressants may have anti-inflammatory effects, depending on dose and type, and they achieve this effect through the decrease of pro-inflammatory cytokine production and increase of anti-inflammatory cytokines. Also, antidepressants modulate the humoral and cellular immune system. This work aims to summarise certain neurobiological and neuroimmunological specificities that have been observed in patients with depression, antidepressants and immunomodulation agents. The understanding of complex and heterogenic pathophysiology of depression through the prism of the altered immune system, is of major importance, in terms of better optimisation of pharmacotherapy, and options for a personalised approach in depressive disorder treatment.
已确定30%的抑郁症患者对抗抑郁药物有抗性。在这些患者的血清中已检测到炎症因子(如C反应蛋白)和促炎细胞因子浓度升高。有必要建立新的治疗方法和方案,以克服抑郁症患者炎症生物标志物浓度升高所带来的困难。选择性5-羟色胺再摄取抑制剂(SSRI)被认为是最有效的抗抑郁药,可提高内源性抑郁症以及由免疫机制引起的抑郁症患者体内的血清素水平。据信,影响细胞因子、免疫信号通路和细胞因子合成的药物,如环氧合酶抑制剂和其他非甾体抗炎药(NSAID),在抑郁症残留症状的潜在治疗中非常重要。细胞因子拮抗剂治疗是与抗抑郁药一起的潜在辅助治疗方法之一。信号通路阻滞剂,如环氧合酶抑制剂和其他NSAID,就其抗抑郁作用而言正处于研究阶段。此外,已表明通过应用吲哚胺-2,3-双加氧酶(IDO)拮抗剂抑制神经递质合成中的IDO和犬尿氨酸(KYN)信号通路,可导致促炎细胞因子作用的抑制。抗抑郁药可能具有抗炎作用,这取决于剂量和类型,并且它们通过减少促炎细胞因子的产生和增加抗炎细胞因子来实现这种作用。此外,抗抑郁药可调节体液和细胞免疫系统。这项工作旨在总结在抑郁症患者、抗抑郁药和免疫调节药物中观察到的某些神经生物学和神经免疫学特性。从改变的免疫系统角度理解抑郁症复杂而异质性的病理生理学,对于更好地优化药物治疗以及抑郁症个性化治疗方案的选择至关重要。