Antidepressant-Like Effects of Cordycepin in a Mice Model of Chronic   Unpredictable Mild Stress

doi:10.1155/2014/438506

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	Antidepressant-Like Effects of Cordycepin in a Mice Model of Chronic Unpredictable Mild Stress
	Zhang Tianzhu ; Yang Shihai ; Du Juan
刊名	evidence based complementary and alternative medicine
	2014
关键词	MEDIATED IMMUNE ACTIVATION MAJOR DEPRESSION NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR INFLAMMATION BRAIN PATHOPHYSIOLOGY INVOLVEMENT CYTOKINES DISORDER SYSTEM
DOI	10.1155/2014/438506
英文摘要	Cordycepin (3'-deoxyadenosine), a major bioactive component isolated from Cordyceps militaris, has multiple pharmacological activities. This study is attempted to investigate whether cordycepin (COR) possesses beneficial effects on chronic unpredictable mild stress- (CUMS-) induced behavioral deficits (depression-like behaviors) and explore the possible mechanisms. ICR mice were subjected to chronic unpredictable mild stress for 42 consecutive days. Then, COR and ifluoxetine (FLU, positive control drug) were administered for 21 consecutive days at the last three weeks of CUMS procedure. The classical behavioral tests, open field test (OFT), sucrose preference test (SPT), tail suspension test (TST), and forced swimming test (FST), were applied to evaluate the antidepressant effects of COR, Then the serotonin (5-HT) and noradrenaline (NE) concentrations in hippocampal were evaluated by HPLC; tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) in hippocampal were evaluated, and the proteins of TNF-alpha, IL-6, NF-kappa BP65 5- HT2A receptor (5-HT2AR), and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in hippocampal were evaluated by Western blot. Our results indicated that 6 weeks of CUMS exposure induced significant depression-like behavior, with low 5-HT and NE levels, high TNF-alpha and IL-6 in brain and high hippocampal TNF-alpha, IL-6, P-NF-kappa BP65, and 5-HT2AR levels, and low BDNF expression levels. Whereas, chronic COR (20, 40 mg/kg) treatments reversed the behavioral deficiency induced by CUMS exposure, treatment with COR normalized the change of TNF-alpha, 5-HT, and NE levels, which demonstrated that COR could partially restore CUMS-induced 5-HT receptor impairments and inflammation. Besides, hippocampal BDNF expressions were also upregulated after COR treatments. In conclusion, COR remarkably improved depression-like behavior in CUMS mice and its antidepressant activity is mediated, at least in part, by the upregulating BDNF and downregulating 5-HT2AR levels and inflammation in hippocampus.; Integrative & Complementary Medicine; SCI(E); PubMed; 0; ARTICLE; yangshihaibest@126.com; 438506; 2014
语种	英语
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.pku.edu.cn/handle/20.500.11897/188605]
专题	生命科学学院
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhang Tianzhu,Yang Shihai,Du Juan. Antidepressant-Like Effects of Cordycepin in a Mice Model of Chronic Unpredictable Mild Stress[J]. evidence based complementary and alternative medicine,2014.
APA	Zhang Tianzhu,Yang Shihai,&Du Juan.(2014).Antidepressant-Like Effects of Cordycepin in a Mice Model of Chronic Unpredictable Mild Stress.evidence based complementary and alternative medicine.
MLA	Zhang Tianzhu,et al."Antidepressant-Like Effects of Cordycepin in a Mice Model of Chronic Unpredictable Mild Stress".evidence based complementary and alternative medicine (2014).