重复给予氟西汀治疗可诱导正常成年大鼠内侧前额叶皮质出现短暂和长期的星形胶质细胞可塑性。
Repeated fluoxetine treatment induces transient and long-term astrocytic plasticity in the medial prefrontal cortex of normal adult rats.
作者信息
Song Tao, Chen Wei, Chen Xi, Zhang Hui, Zou Yijuan, Wu Hao, Lin Fuchun, Ren Liyi, Kang Yan, Lei Hao
机构信息
State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, PR China; McLean Imaging Center, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA 02478, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, PR China.
出版信息
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2021 Apr 20;107:110252. doi: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2021.110252. Epub 2021 Jan 20.
Fluoxetine (Flx)-induced neuronal plasticity plays an important role in the effective treatment of depression and mood disorders. It is less understood whether repeated Flx treatment induces astrocytic plasticity that outlasts the presence of the drug in the body. We showed previously that Flx-induced neuronal plasticity in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) persisted up to 20 days after the treatment. In this study, adult rats were subjected to a 15-day repeated Flx treatment at a daily dose of 20 mg/kg body weight. Astrocytic metabolites and markers were assessed in the mPFC at day 1 (d1) and day 20 (d20) after the treatment. Significant transient reductions in the concentrations of astrocytic metabolites taurine and myo-inositol and the expressions of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and aquaporin-4 (AQP4) were observed in the mPFC of Flx-treated rats at d1, which recovered to the control levels at d20. Further, Flx treatment resulted in long-lasting changes in Kir4.1 expression in the mPFC, which remained downregulated at d20. The expression of 5-HT receptor in the mPFC of Flx-treated rats was downregulated at d1 but became upregulated at d20. In summary, repeated Flx treatment induces both transient and long-term astrocytic plasticity in the mPFC of adult rats. The changes observed at d1 are consistent with disturbed water homeostasis and astrocytic de-maturation in the mPFC. The persistent changes in the expressions of Kir4.1 and 5-HT at d20, presumably of the astrocytic origin, might have contributed to the long-term neurotrophic effects of repeated Flx treatment in the mPFC.
氟西汀(Flx)诱导的神经元可塑性在抑郁症和情绪障碍的有效治疗中起着重要作用。对于重复给予Flx治疗是否会诱导出在药物从体内清除后仍持续存在的星形胶质细胞可塑性,人们了解较少。我们之前表明,Flx诱导的内侧前额叶皮质(mPFC)神经元可塑性在治疗后可持续长达20天。在本研究中,成年大鼠每天接受20mg/kg体重的Flx重复治疗15天。在治疗后的第1天(d1)和第20天(d20),对mPFC中的星形胶质细胞代谢物和标志物进行评估。在d1时,观察到Flx治疗的大鼠mPFC中星形胶质细胞代谢物牛磺酸和肌醇的浓度以及胶质纤维酸性蛋白(GFAP)和水通道蛋白4(AQP4)的表达显著短暂降低,在d20时恢复到对照水平。此外,Flx治疗导致mPFC中Kir4.1表达的长期变化,在d20时仍下调。Flx治疗的大鼠mPFC中5-HT受体的表达在d1时下调,但在d20时上调。总之,重复给予Flx治疗可诱导成年大鼠mPFC中短暂和长期的星形胶质细胞可塑性。在d1时观察到的变化与mPFC中水分稳态紊乱和星形胶质细胞去成熟一致。d20时Kir4.1和5-HT表达的持续变化,可能源于星形胶质细胞,可能促成了重复给予Flx治疗在mPFC中的长期神经营养作用。