Chronic unpredictable mild stress induces parallel reductions of 15-PGDH in the hypothalamus and lungs in rats

Behavioural Brain Research
Jianyou GuoYing Yao

Abstract

Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) is an important inflammatory mediator and considered to be involved in the pathophysiology of depression. Previous studies that investigated the role of PGE2 in depression solely concentrated on the cyclooxygenase-dependent synthesis of this bioactive lipid. However, enzymes that degrade PGE2, such as NAD(+)-dependent 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase (15-PGDH), have not yet been explored. The present study examined the expression of 15-PGDH in an animal model of depression. Depressive-like behaviors were measured after rats were exposed to chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS). 15 PGDH mRNA and protein expression and activity and PGE2 levels were detected in the brain and lungs in stressed animals. The stressed animals exhibited decreases in body weight gain, locomotor activity in the open field, and sucrose preference. The hypothalamus and lungs had high baseline 15-PGDH mRNA and protein expression, whereas the frontal cortex and hippocampus showed no detectable 15-PGDH mRNA or protein expression. 15 PGDH mRNA and protein expression was significantly downregulated in the hypothalamus and lungs in stressed rats compared with control rats, and the enzymatic activity of 15-PGDH was correlated with ...Continue Reading

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