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Posted by Netch on October 13, 2009, at 8:15:01
Antidepressive-like effects of rapamycin in animal models: Implications for mTOR inhibition as a new target for treatment of affective disorders
Lithium, the prototypic mood stabilizer, was recently demonstrated to enhance autophagy in cells. Recent hypotheses regarding the source of therapeutic effects of lithium as well as other mood stabilizers and antidepressants suggest that they may stem from increased neuroprotection, cellular plasticity and resilience. Hence it is clearly a possibility that enhanced autophagy may be involved in the therapeutic action by contributing to increased cellular resilience. A well-documented mechanism to induce autophagy is by inhibition of mTOR, a negative modulator of autophagy and rapamycin (sirolimus) is a commonly used inhibitor of mTOR. Accordingly, the present study was designed to evaluate the effects of rapamycin in animal models of antidepressant activity.
A dose-response experiment in the mice forced swim test was performed and followed by additional testing of mice and rats in an open field, the forced swim test and the tail suspension test.
Results show that sub-chronic, but not acute, administration of rapamycin doses of 10 mg/kg and above, have an antidepressant-like effect in both mice and rats and in both the forced swim and the tail suspension tests with no effects on the amount or distribution of activity in the open field.
Whereas it is tempting to conclude that the antidepressant-like effects are related to mTOR inhibition, they may also be the consequences of interactions with other intracellular pathways. Additional studies are now planned to further explore the behavioral range of rapamycin's effects as well as the biological mechanisms underlying these effects.
/Netch
Posted by morganator on October 15, 2009, at 1:37:32
In reply to Rapamycin - treatment of affective disorders?, posted by Netch on October 13, 2009, at 8:15:01
Im more interested in rapamycin for it's promise in life extension.
Lithium may also increase life span, most likely due to the increase in autophagy
Posted by desolationrower on October 17, 2009, at 5:03:40
In reply to Rapamycin - treatment of affective disorders?, posted by Netch on October 13, 2009, at 8:15:01
hm. green tea blocks mtor via ampk i think
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