Cyclooxygenase-2 Signalling Pathway in the Cortex is Involved in the Pathophysiological Mechanisms in the Rat Model of Depression.

ABSTRACT: This study was designed to investigate the effect of the cortical cyclooxygenase-2 (COX2) pathway on depressive behaviour in rats. Meloxicam, COX2 overexpressed lentivirus and COX2 RNAi lentivirus were administered to Sprague-Dawley rats subjected to chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS). Behaviour tests, biochemistry and immunohistochemistry methods, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays, western blotting and reverse transcription polymerase chain reactions were used to evaluate the changes in rat behaviour and the cortical COX2 pathway. CUMS rats showed depressive-like behaviours. The superoxide dismutase activity and cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) contents were significantly decreased, the contents of malondialdehyde, prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and inflammatory cytokines were signif

SUBMITTER: Chen Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5428817 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature