Stress alters asenapine-induced Fos expression in the Meynert's nucleus: response of adjacent hypocretin and melanin-concentrating hormone neurons in rat.

Neurological Research
Z Majercikova, Alexander Kiss

Abstract

Asenapine (ASE), an atypical antipsychotic drug used in the treatment of schizophrenia, induces Fos expression in forebrain. Effect of ASE on activity of basal nucleus of Meynert (NBM) cells, a part of the striatal-cortical circuits, was studied. We were also interested to reveal whether a chronic unpredictable variable mild stress (CMS) preconditioning might affect the ASE impact. Rats were divided into as follows: controls-vehicle, controls-ASE, stressed-vehicle and stressed-ASE groups. CMS included restrain, social isolation, crowding, swimming and cold applied for 21 days. On the 22nd day, rats were subcutaneously injected with ASE (0.3 mg/kg) or vehicle (saline 300 μl/rat), 90 min prior euthanizing. After transcardial fixation, brains were cut into 30 μm thick coronal sections. Fos protein presence, as indicator of cell activity, was detected by ABC immunohistochemistry. Hypocretin (Hcrt) and melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) containing cells were visualized with fluorescent dyes. ASE induced significant increase in Fos expression in NBM in both controls and CMS preconditioned rats in comparison with the related vehicle-treated controls. CMS preconditioning, however, significantly lowered the Fos response to ASE in NBM. ...Continue Reading

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