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題名 Betaine enhances antidepressant-like, but blocks psychotomimetic effects of ketamine in mice
作者 詹銘煥
Lin, Jen-Cheng;Lee, Mei-Yi;Chan, Ming-Huan;Chen, Yi-Chyan;Chen, Hwei-Hsien
貢獻者 神科所
關鍵詞 Behavior ; NMDA receptor ; Depression ; Schizophrenia ; Prepulse inhibition
日期 2016-09
上傳時間 5-Jun-2017 14:45:04 (UTC+8)
摘要 Ketamine is emerging as a new hope against depression, but ketamine-associated psychotomimetic effects limit its clinical use. An adjunct therapy along with ketamine to alleviate its adverse effects and even potentiate the antidepressant effects might be an alternative strategy. Betaine, a methyl derivative of glycine and a dietary supplement, has been shown to have antidepressant-like effects and to act like a partial agonist at the glycine site of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs). Accordingly, betaine might have potential to be an adjunct to ketamine treatment for depression. The antidepressant-like effects of ketamine and betaine were evaluated by forced swimming test and novelty suppressed feeding test in mice. Both betaine and ketamine produced antidepressant-like effects. Furthermore, we determined the effects of betaine on ketamine-induced antidepressant-like and psychotomimetic behaviors, motor incoordination, hyperlocomotor activity, and anesthesia. The antidepressant-like responses to betaine combined with ketamine were stronger than their individual effects. In contrast, ketamine-induced impairments in prepulse inhibition, novel object recognition test, social interaction, and rotarod test were remarkably attenuated, whereas ketamine-induced hyperlocomotion and loss of righting reflex were not affected by betaine. These findings revealed that betaine could enhance the antidepressant-like effects, yet block the psychotomimetic effects of ketamine, suggesting that betaine can be considered as an add-on therapy to ketamine for treatment-resistant depression and suitable for the treatment of depressive symptoms in patients with schizophrenia.
關聯 Psychopharmacology, Vol.233, Issue 17, pp.3223-35
資料類型 article
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00213-016-4359-x
dc.contributor 神科所
dc.creator (作者) 詹銘煥zh_TW
dc.creator (作者) Lin, Jen-Cheng;Lee, Mei-Yi;Chan, Ming-Huan;Chen, Yi-Chyan;Chen, Hwei-Hsien
dc.date (日期) 2016-09
dc.date.accessioned 5-Jun-2017 14:45:04 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 5-Jun-2017 14:45:04 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 5-Jun-2017 14:45:04 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/110181-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) Ketamine is emerging as a new hope against depression, but ketamine-associated psychotomimetic effects limit its clinical use. An adjunct therapy along with ketamine to alleviate its adverse effects and even potentiate the antidepressant effects might be an alternative strategy. Betaine, a methyl derivative of glycine and a dietary supplement, has been shown to have antidepressant-like effects and to act like a partial agonist at the glycine site of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs). Accordingly, betaine might have potential to be an adjunct to ketamine treatment for depression. The antidepressant-like effects of ketamine and betaine were evaluated by forced swimming test and novelty suppressed feeding test in mice. Both betaine and ketamine produced antidepressant-like effects. Furthermore, we determined the effects of betaine on ketamine-induced antidepressant-like and psychotomimetic behaviors, motor incoordination, hyperlocomotor activity, and anesthesia. The antidepressant-like responses to betaine combined with ketamine were stronger than their individual effects. In contrast, ketamine-induced impairments in prepulse inhibition, novel object recognition test, social interaction, and rotarod test were remarkably attenuated, whereas ketamine-induced hyperlocomotion and loss of righting reflex were not affected by betaine. These findings revealed that betaine could enhance the antidepressant-like effects, yet block the psychotomimetic effects of ketamine, suggesting that betaine can be considered as an add-on therapy to ketamine for treatment-resistant depression and suitable for the treatment of depressive symptoms in patients with schizophrenia.
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dc.relation (關聯) Psychopharmacology, Vol.233, Issue 17, pp.3223-35
dc.subject (關鍵詞) Behavior ; NMDA receptor ; Depression ; Schizophrenia ; Prepulse inhibition
dc.title (題名) Betaine enhances antidepressant-like, but blocks psychotomimetic effects of ketamine in mice
dc.type (資料類型) article
dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.1007/s00213-016-4359-x
dc.doi.uri (DOI) http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00213-016-4359-x