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Is Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3 a Central Modulator in Mood Regulation?

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Li, Xiaohua, Jope, Richard S·2010·Neuropsychopharmacology

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Little is known regarding the mechanisms underlying the complex etiology of mood disorders, represented mainly by major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder. The 1996 discovery that lithium inhibits glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK3) raised the possibility that impaired inhibition of GSK3 is associated with mood disorders. This is now supported by evidence from animal biochemical, pharmacological, molecular, and behavioral studies and from human post-mortem brain, peripheral tissue, and genetic studies that are reviewed here. Mood disorders may result in part from impairments in mechanisms controlling the activity of GSK3 or GSK3-regulated functions, and disruptions of these regulating systems at different signaling sites may contribute to the heterogeneity of mood disorders. This substantial evidence supports the conclusion that bolstering the inhibitory control of GSK3 is an important component of the therapeutic actions of drugs used to treat mood disorders and that GSK3 is a valid target for developing new therapeutic interventions.

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  • An excess of glycogen synthase kinase 3 deconsolidation could contribute to the reduction in spine synapses in response to stress and depression.

    “An excess of GSK3-deconsolidation could contribute to the reduction in spine synapses in response to stress and depression (Fig. 3) (39).”

    From Synaptic Dysfunction in Depression: Potential Therapeutic Targets (2012) · cites this paper as [39]

    The section “How Might Inhibition of GSK3 Promote Mood Stabilization?” (page unavailable) says GSK3 modulates synaptic and structural plasticity, including synaptogenesis. It does not describe GSK3-mediated deconsolidation or a resulting loss of spine synapses under stress or depression; it says the relevance of these plasticity processes to mood disorders remains to be established. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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Authors
Li, X., & Jope, R. S.
Affiliations
University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
Corresponding author
Li, Xiaohua
Venue
Neuropsychopharmacology
Published
2010-07-28
Volume
35
Issue
11
Pages
2143-2154
ISSN
  • 0893-133X (ISSN-L)
  • 1740-634X
OpenAlex
W2163224933
Cited by
294
References
185
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FWCI
3.49
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Neuropsychopharmacology (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (MH38752, MH73723)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH073723, MH38752, K02MH086622, R56MH038752, MH73723, R01MH038752, MH86622)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Treatment of Major Depression
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Keywords
glycogen synthase kinase-3, mood disorders, major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, lithium, GSK3 inhibition, mood regulation, postmortem brain, signaling pathways
MeSH terms
Affect, Animals, Brain, Humans, Signal Transduction, Mood Disorders, Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3, Protein Kinase Inhibitors

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