Effects of antidepressants on the production of cytokines

The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology
G Kenis, M Maes

Abstract

There is now evidence that major depression is associated with an up-regulation of the inflammatory response system (IRS). One of the major factors in this IRS activation is the hyperproduction of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Recently, a number of studies examined whether there is a causative role of these inflammatory mediators in the aetiology of major depression. Studies with animal models and cytokine immune therapy in humans suggest that pro-inflammatory cytokines induce depressive symptomatology. Moreover, these depressive symptoms can be effectively reversed by antidepressant treatment. Thus, it may be suggested that antidepressants suppress pro-inflammatory cytokine production and/or action, resulting in improvement of depressive symptoms. The influence of antidepressants on cytokine production has been examined in culture systems in vitro, and in animal models of depression - in which cytokine production is induced by endotoxin administration. Results suggest that antidepressants of several classes decrease the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines such as interferon-gamma and tumour necrosis factor-alpha, and increase that of interleukin-10, an anti-inflammatory cytokine. Further, the effect of antidepressive treatm...Continue Reading

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