Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4311999 Behavioural Brain Research 2017 7 Pages PDF
Abstract

•Myricitrin repeated treatment results in antidepressant-like effects in mice.•Myricitrin increases cell proliferation and the number of newborn neurons in the hippocampal dentate gyrus.•Myricitrin facilitates differentiation of progenitor cells in neurons in the hippocampus.

Myricitrin (MYR) is a natural flavonoid that inhibits nitric oxide (NO) transmission and has an atypical antipsychotic-like profile in animal models. Considering that several NO inhibitors exert antidepressant-like effects, the present study evaluated the antidepressant-like effect of MYR (3–30 mg/kg) in the tail suspension test (TST). Because of the putative relationship between adult neurogenesis and antidepressant activity, we also assessed cell proliferation, survival, and differentiation in adult neurogenic niches, including the subgranular zone (SGZ) and subventricular zone (SVZ). Similar to the positive control imipramine (IMI; 10 mg/kg), repeated treatment with 10 mg/kg MIR but not acute treatment reduced immobility time in the TST, indicating an antidepressant-like effect. No effect on general motor activity was observed. Myricitrin also facilitated cell proliferation in the SGZ of the hippocampal dentate gyrus and SVZ. In the SGZ, MYR increased the number of doublecortin- and 5-bromo-2′-deoxyuridine/neuronal nuclei-positive cells. Our results suggest that MYR facilitates hippocampal neurogenesis, which might contribute to its antidepressant-like effect and atypical antipsychotic-like profile.

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