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TrkB dependent adult hippocampal progenitor differentiation mediates sustained ketamine antidepressant response.


ABSTRACT: Adult neurogenesis persists in the rodent dentate gyrus and is stimulated by chronic treatment with conventional antidepressants through BDNF/TrkB signaling. Ketamine in low doses produces both rapid and sustained antidepressant effects in patients. Previous studies have shed light on post-transcriptional synaptic NMDAR mediated mechanisms underlying the acute effect, but how ketamine acts at the cellular level to sustain this anti-depressive function for prolonged periods remains unclear. Here we report that ketamine accelerates differentiation of doublecortin-positive adult hippocampal neural progenitors into functionally mature neurons. This process requires TrkB-dependent ERK pathway activation. Genetic ablation of TrkB in neural stem/progenitor cells, or pharmacologic disruption of ERK signaling, or inhibition of adult neurogenesis, each blocks the ketamine-induced behavioral responses. Conversely, enhanced ERK activity via Nf1 gene deletion extends the response and rescues both neurogenic and behavioral deficits in mice lacking TrkB. Thus, TrkB-dependent neuronal differentiation is involved in the sustained antidepressant effects of ketamine.

SUBMITTER: Ma Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5698402 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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TrkB dependent adult hippocampal progenitor differentiation mediates sustained ketamine antidepressant response.

Ma Zhenzhong Z   Zang Tong T   Birnbaum Shari G SG   Wang Zilai Z   Johnson Jane E JE   Zhang Chun-Li CL   Parada Luis F LF  

Nature communications 20171121 1


Adult neurogenesis persists in the rodent dentate gyrus and is stimulated by chronic treatment with conventional antidepressants through BDNF/TrkB signaling. Ketamine in low doses produces both rapid and sustained antidepressant effects in patients. Previous studies have shed light on post-transcriptional synaptic NMDAR mediated mechanisms underlying the acute effect, but how ketamine acts at the cellular level to sustain this anti-depressive function for prolonged periods remains unclear. Here  ...[more]

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