A complex relation between levels of adult hippocampal neurogenesis and expression of the immature neuron marker doublecortin.
Hippocampus
; 33(10): 1075-1093, 2023 10.
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ABSTRACT
We investigated the mechanisms underlying the effects of the antidepressant fluoxetine on behavior and adult hippocampal neurogenesis (AHN). After confirming our earlier report that the signaling molecule ß-arrestin-2 (ß-Arr2) is required for the antidepressant-like effects of fluoxetine, we found that the effects of fluoxetine on proliferation of neural progenitors and survival of adult-born granule cells are absent in the ß-Arr2 knockout (KO) mice. To our surprise, fluoxetine induced a dramatic upregulation of the number of doublecortin (DCX)-expressing cells in the ß-Arr2 KO mice, indicating that this marker can be increased even though AHN is not. We discovered two other conditions where a complex relationship occurs between the number of DCX-expressing cells compared to levels of AHN a chronic antidepressant model where DCX is upregulated and an inflammation model where DCX is downregulated. We concluded that assessing the number of DCX-expressing cells alone to quantify levels of AHN can be complex and that caution should be applied when label retention techniques are unavailable.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Fluoxetine
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Doublecortin Protein
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Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
Hippocampus
Journal subject:
CEREBRO
Year:
2023
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Article
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