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    Anti-inflammatory properties of brilliant blue G on chronic unpredictable mild stress-induced changes in rat hippocampus
    (ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER, 2017) ARICIOĞLU, FEYZA; Aricioglu, F.; Bastaskin, T.; Kandemir, C.; Sirvanci, S.; Ozkartal, C.; Utkan, T.
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    Harmane suppresses microglial neuroinflammatory response and induce antidepressant-like effect in rats
    (ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER, 2017) ARICIOĞLU, FEYZA; Aricioglu, F.; Arkan, G.; Kandemir, C.; Sirvanci, S.; Ozkartal, C.; Utkan, T.
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    Antidepressant-like Effects Induced by Chronic Blockade of the Purinergic 2X7 Receptor through Inhibition of Non-like Receptor Protein 1 Inflammasome in Chronic Unpredictable Mild Stress Model of Depression in Rats
    (KOREAN COLL NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, 2019-05-31) ARICIOĞLU, FEYZA; Aricioglu, Feyza; Ozkartal, Ceren Sahin; Bastaskin, Tugce; Tuzun, Erdem; Kandemir, Cansu; Sirvanci, Serap; Kucukali, Cem Ismail; Utkan, Tijen
    Objective: Purinergic 2X7 receptor (P2X7R) activation is known to be involved in pathogenesis of depression. Our aims were to investigate P2X7R-activated inflammasome pathways in parallel with induction of depression and to test the antidepressant-like effects of the selective P2X7R antagonist Brilliant Blue G (BBG) in a rat model of chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS). Methods: Male Wistar albino rats were divided into control, CUMS, CUMS+BBG25 (25 mg/kg/day) and CUMS+BBG50 (50 mg/kg/day) groups (n=10 for each group). Various stressors were applied to rats for 6 weeks to establish the CUMS model and daily BBG treatment was started at the end of 3rd week. Sucrose preference test and forced swim test (FST) were performed to assess antidepressant-like effects. Brain samples were obtained for real-time polymerase chain reaction and immunohistochemistry analysis. Results: In FST, duration of immobility was reduced in the CUMS+BBG50 group. Also, BBG treatment significantly enhanced sucrose preference. While NLRP3 gene expression levels were unchanged in rats exposed to the CUMS protocol, expression levels of other inflammasome pathway factors NLRP1, caspase-1, ASC, NF-kappa B, IL-1 beta, IL-6 and P2X7R were increased. BBG treatment reduced expression levels of these factors. Likewise, Iba-1 and GFAP immunoreactivities were enhanced by the CUMS protocol and this action was reversed by BBG treatment. Conclusion: Chronic administration of BBG in CUMS model results in antidepressant-like activity in a dose dependent manner. Molecular and histological results show that these effects might be at least partially related to the suppression of inflammasome-related neuroinflammatory responses and suggest involvement of NLRP1 in depression.
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    alpha 7 nicotinic receptor agonist and positive allosteric modulators differently improved schizophrenia-like cognitive deficits in male rats
    (ELSEVIER, 2021) ARICIOĞLU, FEYZA; Unal, Gokhan; Sirvanci, Serap; Aricioglu, Feyza
    The majority of schizophrenia patients have cognitive deficits as a separate symptom cluster independent of positive or negative symptoms. Current medicines, unfortunately, cannot provide clear benefits for cognitive symptoms in patients. Recent findings showed decreased alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) expressions in subjects with schizophrenia. alpha 7 nAChR full/partial agonists and positive allosteric modulators (PAMs) may be valuable drug candidates to treat cognitive deficits of disease. This study comparatively investigated the effect of alpha 7 nAChR agonist (A-582941), type I PAM (CCMI), type II PAM (PNU-120596), and the antipsychotic drug (clozapine) on behavioral, molecular, and immunohistochemical parameters in a subchronic MK-801 model of schizophrenia in male rats. Novel object recognition (NOR) and Morris water maze (MWM) tests were performed to evaluate recognition and spatial memories, respectively. Gene and protein expressions of parvalbumin, glutamic acid decarboxylase-67 (GAD67), and alpha 7 nAChR were examined in the rats' hippocampal tissue. The subchronic MK-801 administration produced cognitive deficits in the NOR and MWM tests. It also decreased the protein and gene expressions of parvalbumin, GAD67, and alpha 7 nAChR in the hippocampus. Clozapine, A-582941, and PNU-120596 but not CCMI increased the parvalbumin and alpha 7 nAChR expressions and provided benefits in recognition memory. Interestingly, clozapine and CCMI restored the MK-801 induced deficits on GAD1 expression and spatial memory while A-582941 and PNU-1 20 596 were ineffective. These results indicated that alpha 7 nAChR agonist, type I and type II PAMs may provide benefits in different types of cognitive deficits rather than a complete treatment in schizophrenia.
  • PublicationOpen Access
    NLRP1-Mediated Antidepressant Effect of Ketamine in Chronic Unpredictable Mild Stress Model in Rats
    (KOREAN NEUROPSYCHIATRIC ASSOC, 2020-04-15) ARICIOĞLU, FEYZA; Aricioglu, Feyza; Yalcinkaya, Canan; Ozkartal, Ceren Sahin; Tuzun, Erdem; Sirvanci, Serap; Kucukali, Cem Ismail; Utkan, Tijen
    Objective NOD-like receptor protein 1 (NLRP1) inflammasome complex has been recently associated with chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS) model of depression. Our aim was to investigate whether ketamine-induced antidepressant effect is associated with suppression of NLRP1. Methods Wistar albino rats were divided into control, CUMS, CUMS+acute ketamine (a single 10 mg/kg dose) and CUMS+chronic ketamine (daily 10 mg/kg injections for 3 weeks) groups (n=10 for each group). Sucrose preference test and forced swimming test were performed to assess anhedonia and immobility time respectively for the severety of depression symptoms. Brain tissues were dissected and prefrontal cortex and hippocampus regions were used for real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and immunohistochemical analysis. Results CUMS procedure significantly induced depressive-like symptoms whereas both acute and chronic ketamine treatment ameliorated them. mRNA expression levels of NLRP1, caspase 1, apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a CARD (ASC), NF-kappa B, endothelial nitric oxide synthase, IL-1 beta, IL-6, toll-like receptor 4 (TLR-4) and purinergic 2x7 receptor (P2X7R) and numbers of Iba-1+and GFAP+glial cells were reduced by acute and/or chronic ketamine treatment. Conclusion In the present study for the first time upstream and downstream elements of the NLRP1 inflammasome complex are shown to be suppressed by ketamine thus reinforcing the involvement of NLRP1 in the physiopathology of depression.
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    Antidepressant effect of ketamine in chronic unpredictable mild stress model: Involvement of nod-like protein inflammasome driven pathway
    (ELSEVIER, 2019) ARICIOĞLU, FEYZA; Aricioglu, F.; Yalcinkaya, C.; Ozkartal, C. Sahin; Tuzun, E.; Kucukali, C.; Kandemir, C.; Sirvanci, S.; Utkan, T.