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PLoS One ; 8(12): e83149, 2013.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24391741

ABSTRACT

We have previously identified 15 genes that are associated with the development of severe depressive side effects during the standard therapy with interferon alpha and ribavirin in the peripheral blood of hepatitis C virus infected patients. An enhanced expression of these genes was also found in the blood of psychiatric patients suffering severe depressive episode. Herein, we demonstrate that the same depression-related interferon-inducible genes (DRIIs) are also upregulated in post-mortem brains of suicidal individuals. Using cultured mouse hippocampal and prefrontal neurons we show that costimulation with murine IFN (mIFN) and the TLR3 agonist poly(I:C) promotes the expression of the described DRIIs, at the same time inducing pro-inflammatory cytokine expression through Stat1 and Stat3 activation, promoting neuronal apoptosis. Consequently, the upregulation of selective DRIIs, production of inflammatory cytokines and inhibition of neuronal plasticity may be involved in the pathogenesis of IFN-associated depression.


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Brain/drug effects , Brain/metabolism , Depression/etiology , Depression/genetics , Interferon-alpha/adverse effects , Suicide , Toll-Like Receptor 3/metabolism , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Animals , Apoptosis/drug effects , Cells, Cultured , Child , Cytokines/biosynthesis , Depression/metabolism , Female , Hepatitis C, Chronic/complications , Hepatitis C, Chronic/drug therapy , Hepatitis C, Chronic/psychology , Humans , MAP Kinase Signaling System/drug effects , Male , Mice , Middle Aged , Neuronal Plasticity/drug effects , Neurons/drug effects , Neurons/metabolism , Neurons/pathology , Poly I-C/pharmacology , STAT1 Transcription Factor/metabolism , STAT3 Transcription Factor/metabolism , Toll-Like Receptor 3/agonists , Up-Regulation/drug effects , Young Adult
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