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Abstract Title:

Lentinan produces a robust antidepressant-like effect via enhancing the prefrontal Dectin-1/AMPA receptor signaling pathway.

Abstract Source:

Behav Brain Res. 2017 01 15 ;317:263-271. Epub 2016 Sep 28. PMID: 27693847

Abstract Author(s):

Hongkun Bao, Lijuan Sun, Ying Zhu, Pengzhan Ran, Weihong Hu, Keming Zhu, Bai Li, Yangyang Hou, Jun Nie, Tangxin Gao, Liping Shan, Kai Du, Shangyong Zheng, Bingrong Zheng, Chunjie Xiao, Jing Du

Article Affiliation:

Hongkun Bao

Abstract:

Lentinan (LNT) is an immune regulator and its potential and mechanism for the treatment of mood disorder is of our interest. Dectin-1 is aβ-glucan (including LNT) receptor that regulates immune functions in many immune cell types. Cumulative evidence has suggested that the glutamatergic system seems to play an important role in the treatment of depression. Here, we studied the antidepressant-like effects of LNT and its therapeuticaltarget in regulating the functions of AMPA receptors. We found that 60min treatment with LNT leads to a significant antidepressant-like effect in the tail suspension test (TST) and the forced swim test (FST) in mice. The antidepressant-like effects of LNT in TST and FST remained after 1day or 5daysof injections. Additionally, LNT did not show a hyperactive effect in the open field test. Dectin-1 receptor levels were increased after LNT treatment for 5days and the specific Dectin-1 inhibitor laminarin was able to block the antidepressant-like effects of LNT. After 5days of treatment, LNT enhanced p-GluR1 (S845) in the prefrontal cortex (PFC); however, the total GluR1, GluR2, and GluR3 expression levels remained unchanged. We also found that the AMPA-specific blocker GYKI 52466 was able to block the antidepressant-like effects of LNT. This study identified LNT as a novel antidepressant with clinical potential and a new antidepressant mechanism for regulating prefrontal Dectin-1/AMPA receptor signaling.

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