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cAMP Response Element-Mediated Gene Transcription Is Upregulated
by Chronic Antidepressant Treatment
J.
Thome1,
N.
Sakai1,
K.-H.
Shin1,
C.
Steffen1,
Y.-J.
Zhang1,
S.
Impey2,
D.
Storm2, and
R. S.
Duman1
1 Division of Molecular Psychiatry, Yale University
School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06508, and
2 Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington,
Seattle, Washington 98195
Regulation of gene transcription via the cAMP-mediated second
messenger pathway has been implicated in the actions of antidepressant drugs, but studies to date have not demonstrated such an effect in vivo. To directly study the regulation of cAMP
response element (CRE)-mediated gene transcription by antidepressants,
transgenic mice with a CRE-LacZ reporter gene construct were
administered one of three different classes of antidepressants: a
norepinephrine selective reuptake inhibitor (desipramine), a serotonin
selective reuptake inhibitor (fluoxetine), or a monoamine oxidase
inhibitor (tranylcypromine). Chronic, but not acute, administration of
these antidepressants significantly increased CRE-mediated gene
transcription, as well as the phosphorylation of CRE binding protein
(CREB), in several limbic brain regions thought to mediate the action of antidepressants, including the cerebral cortex, hippocampus, amygdala, and hypothalamus. These results demonstrate that chronic antidepressant treatment induces CRE-mediated gene expression in a
neuroanatomically differentiated pattern and further elucidate the
molecular mechanisms underlying the actions of these widely used
therapeutic agents.
Key words:
CRE enhancer; -galactosidase; gene transcription; phosphorylation; fluoxetine; desipramine; tranylcypromine
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