Cited by 412Treatment of Major DepressionProtein Tyrosine PhosphatasesStress Responses and Cortisol

A negative regulator of MAP kinase causes depressive behavior

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Duric, Vanja, Banasr, Mounira, Licznerski, Pawel, Schmidt, Heath D, Stockmeier, Craig A, Simen, Arthur A, Newton, Samuel S, Duman, Ronald S·2010·Nature Medicine

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The lifetime prevalence (∼16%) and the economic burden ($100 billion annually) associated with major depressive disorder (MDD) make it one of the most common and debilitating neurobiological illnesses. To date, the exact cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the pathophysiology of MDD have not been identified. Here we use whole-genome expression profiling of postmortem tissue and show significantly increased expression of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) phosphatase-1 (MKP-1, encoded by DUSP1, but hereafter called MKP-1) in the hippocampal subfields of subjects with MDD compared to matched controls. MKP-1, also known as dual-specificity phosphatase-1 (DUSP1), is a member of a family of proteins that dephosphorylate both threonine and tyrosine residues and thereby serves as a key negative regulator of the MAPK cascade, a major signaling pathway involved in neuronal plasticity, function and survival. We tested the role of altered MKP-1 expression in rat and mouse models of depression and found that increased hippocampal MKP-1 expression, as a result of stress or viral-mediated gene transfer, causes depressive behaviors. Conversely, chronic antidepressant treatment normalizes stress-induced MKP-1 expression and behavior, and mice lacking MKP-1 are resilient to stress. These postmortem and preclinical studies identify MKP-1 as a key factor in MDD pathophysiology and as a new target for therapeutic interventions.

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  • Stress and depression disrupt brain-derived neurotrophic factor-tropomyosin-related kinase B receptor signaling, including reductions of the downstream extracellular signal-regulated kinase and Akt pathways in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex.

    “Stress and depression also disrupt BDNF–tropomyosinrelated kinase B (TrkB) receptor signaling, including reductions of the downstream extracellular signal–regulated kinase (ERK) and Akt pathways in the hippocampus and PFC (24, 34).”

    From Synaptic Dysfunction in Depression: Potential Therapeutic Targets (2012) · cites this paper as [34]

    The paper’s main-text discussion of MAP kinase signaling (page not provided) reports reduced ERK2 and BDNF expression in hippocampal subfields of subjects with major depressive disorder, supporting the hippocampal ERK portion of the claim. It does not report reduced Akt signaling or demonstrate disrupted BDNF–TrkB receptor signaling in both the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex; it says stress did not alter Mkp-1 expression in the cortex. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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Authors
Duric, V., Banasr, M., Licznerski, P., Schmidt, H. D., Stockmeier, C. A., Simen, A. A., Newton, S. S., & Duman, R. S.
Affiliations
  • Yale University (US)
  • University of Mississippi Medical Center (US)
Corresponding author
Duman, Ronald S
Venue
Nature Medicine
Published
2010-10-17
Volume
16
Issue
11
Pages
1328-1332
ISSN
  • 1078-8956 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-170X
OpenAlex
W2060035717
Cited by
412
References
41
Citations by year
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FWCI
22.41
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (5p20rr017701-10)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH067996, MH67996, 2P01 MH25642, MH-45481, R37MH045481, P01MH025642, R01MH045481)
  • National Center for Research Resources (P20-RR-017701, P20 RR 17701)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Treatment of Major Depression
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
Keywords
MKP-1, major depressive disorder, depression, MAPK signaling, hippocampus, stress resilience, chronic antidepressant treatment, viral gene delivery, neuroplasticity, therapeutic target
MeSH terms
Dependovirus, Animals, Antidepressive Agents, Behavior, Animal, Depression, Disease Models, Animal, Female, Humans, Male, Postmortem Changes, Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Mice, Knockout, Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, Mice, Rats, Dual Specificity Phosphatase 1

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