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Involvement of the lateral septal nucleus and GABAa receptors in the antidepressant-like effects of allopregnanolone in wistar rats

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

J.F. Rodríguez-Landa ,
C.M. Contreras ,
B. Bernal-Morales ,
A.G. Gutiérrez-García  and
R.I. García-Ríos
J.F. Rodríguez-Landa
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Neurofarmacología, Instituto de Neuroetología, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico
C.M. Contreras
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Neurofarmacología, Instituto de Neuroetología, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Xalapa, Mexico
B. Bernal-Morales
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Neurofarmacología, Instituto de Neuroetología, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico
A.G. Gutiérrez-García
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Neurofarmacología, Instituto de Neuroetología, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico
R.I. García-Ríos
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Neurofarmacología, Instituto de Neuroetología, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico

Abstract

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Introduction

Pharmacological and non-pharmacological antidepressant therapies increase the firing rate of lateral septal nucleus neurons (a brain structure involved in mood state regulation) and reduce immobility in the forced swim test (FST), whereas the neurosteroid allopregnanolone appears to produce antidepressant-like effects through actions at GABAA receptors.

Objective

To explore the participation of the lateral septal nucleus and GABAA receptors in the antidepressant-like effects of allopregnanolone in Wistar rats.

Methods

First, the minimally effective dose of allopregnanolone that produces antidepressant-like effects in the FST was determined. Second, the effect of this minimally effective dose in the FST was evaluated on the firing rate of lateral septal neurons. Third, the antidepressant-like effects of microinjection of allopregnanolone (1.0 μg/rat) into the lateral septal nucleus was evaluated in the FST. Fourth, we explored whether the effects of allopregnanolone on the lateral septal neuron firing rate and FST are blocked by picrotoxin or bicuculline, two GABAA receptor antagonists.

Results

The minimally effective dose of allopregnanolone with antidepressant-like effects in the FST was 1.0 mg/kg (i.p.) and significantly increased the firing rate of lateral septal neurons. Microinjection of allopregnanolone into the lateral septal nucleus produced antidepressant-like effects in the FST. Pretreatment with picrotoxin and bicuculline blocked the increase in lateral septal neuron firing rate and the antidepressant-like effects of allopregnanolone in the FST.

Conclusion

The lateral septal nucleus participates in the antidepressant-like effects of allopregnanolone through actions on GABAA receptors in Wistar rats.

Type
P03-109
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 26 , Issue S2: Abstracts of the 19th European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2011 , pp. 1278
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2011
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