title: Antidepressant-like effects of sodium butyrate in combination with estrogen in rat forced swimming test: involvement of 5-HT(1A) receptors.
abstract: Sodium butyrate (NaB), a histone deacetylase inhibitor, has been implicated in the antidepressant-like effects either injected as a single drug or in combination with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), such as fluoxetine. Estrogen is also demonstrated to have antidepressant effect especially together with fluoxetine. We investigated whether NaB administered in combination with estradiol benzoate (EB) exerted antidepressant-like effect in forced swimming test (FST) in ovariectomized female rats. Furthermore, we detected the mRNA expressions of serotonin receptors and neuropeptides in hypothalamus, both of which participate in the mood disorder. Ovariectomized female SD rats were treated with vehicle, NaB, EB or NaB combined with EB for 7 days and then subjected to FST. The expressions of serotonin receptors (5-hydroxytryptamine receptor), corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) and arginine vasopressin (AVP) mRNA in the hypothalamus were detected by real time PCR. We found that co-treated with NaB and EB resulted in a significant decrease in immobility behavior in FST, a measure for depression-like behavioral. 5-HT(1A) antagonist, WAY 100635, significantly block the antidepressant-like effects induced by NaB plus EB. The mRNA expression of the serotonin-1A [5-hydroxytryptamine 1A (5-HT(1A))] receptor was increased in the co-treated group in hypothalamus, while there was no difference in the mRNA expression of 5-HT(2A) or 5-HT(2C). The mRNA expression of CRH or AVP was not significantly altered either. In conclusion, NaB may exert antidepressant-like effects in combination with EB in ovariectomized female rats through 5-HT(1A) receptor, via altering the expression of 5-HT(1A) in the hypothalamus.
authors.affiliation: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, Department of Neurobiology, School of Life Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Niu
authors.forename: Jiang-Ning
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D002087:Butyrates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003863:Depression / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D004958:Estradiol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D007030:Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects; D010052:Ovariectomy; D010913:Pituitary-Adrenal System / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D044282:Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1A / Q000187:drug effects*; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012701:Serotonin / Q000502:physiology; D013550:Swimming / Q000523:psychology*
chemical_list: D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D002087:Butyrates; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D044282:Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1A; D012701:Serotonin; D004958:Estradiol