title: Influence of chronic treatment with imipramine on mRNA levels in rat brain: elevation of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase levels.
abstract: The differential display method was used to identify the intrinsic factor that changes its mRNA expression level in rat brain after a 14-day oral administration of 20 mg/kg imipramine. The expression of a 180-bp band was markedly enhanced by imipramine. The results of sequencing and a data base search revealed that the isolated clone was glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) with a one-base difference. Enhancement of the expression by imipramine was observed in the amygdala. Quantitative PCR showed that imipramine treatment significantly elevated the GAPDH/beta-actin ratio in the cortex. These findings suggest that long-term treatment with imipramine stimulates GAPDH mRNA expression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Institute for Wakan-yaku, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sugitani, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tohda
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D018759:Adrenergic Uptake Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D001923:Brain Chemistry / Q000187:drug effects*; D005987:Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D007099:Imipramine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015347:RNA Probes; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D018759:Adrenergic Uptake Inhibitors; D015347:RNA Probes; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D005987:Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases; D007099:Imipramine