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Reverse translational strategies for developing animal models of bipolar disorder

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Malkesman, Oz, Austin, Daniel R., Chen, Guang, Manji, Husseini K.·2009·Disease Models & Mechanisms

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Bipolar disorder (BD) affects a significant portion of the population of the world, yet there has been limited success in developing novel treatments for the disorder. One of the major reasons for this dearth is the absence of suitable animal models for BD. Traditionally, animal models of human phenomena have been evaluated based on similarity to the human syndrome, response to appropriately corresponding medications, and the degree to which a model supports a common mechanistic theory between the human disorder and the model itself. The following review emphasizes the use of ‘reverse translation’, drawing on patient-based findings to develop suitable animal models for BD. We highlight some examples of this strategy, emphasizing their construct validity as a starting point. These studies have produced informative models that have altered the expression of genes/pathways implicated in BD, including the point mutation D181A of mouse mitochondrial DNA polymerase (POLG), glutamate receptor 6 (GluR6), Clock, extracellular regulated kinase 1 (ERK1), glycogen synthase kinase-3β (GSK-3β), B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2) and Bcl-2-associated athanogene (BAG-1). These studies demonstrate that this method is useful, viable and deserves attention in new efforts to generate animal models of BD.

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  • There is a paucity of animal studies of bipolar disorder mainly because there are no animal models that satisfy the validity criteria for modeling this complex multifactorial disorder.

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    The Introduction says that no proposed bipolar-disorder animal model completely satisfies all three validity criteria and that limitations of existing models have constrained research. It does not say animal studies are scarce or that a scarcity of studies is mainly caused by those limitations; it instead describes many attempts to develop models. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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Authors
Malkesman, O., Austin, D. R., Chen, G., & Manji, H. K.
Affiliations
National Institutes of Health (US)
Venue
Disease Models & Mechanisms
Published
2009-04-30
Volume
2
Issue
5-6
Pages
238-245
ISSN
  • 1754-8403 (ISSN-L)
  • 1754-8411
OpenAlex
W2020415498
Cited by
70
References
108
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 13 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 5
FWCI
1.05
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Disease Models & Mechanisms (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Institutes of Health
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Treatment of Major Depression
  • Health Sciences › Veterinary › Small Animals › Animal testing and alternatives
Keywords
bipolar disorder, animal models, reverse translation, construct validity, GluR6, clock genes, ERK1, glycogen synthase kinase-3β, Bcl-2, BAG-1, gene expression
MeSH terms
Animals, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Disease Models, Animal, Disease Susceptibility, Humans, Mutation

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