Markers of HPA-axis activity and nucleic acid damage from oxidation after electroconvulsive stimulations in rats

Anders Jørgensen*, Katrine Breitenstein, Otto Kalliokoski, Allan Weimann, Trine Henriksen, Henrik Enghusen Poulsen, Martin Balslev Jørgensen, Gitta Wörtwein

*Corresponding author af dette arbejde
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Abstract

Objective: Oxidative stress has been suggested to increase after electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), a treatment which continues to be the most effective for severe depression. Oxidative stress could potentially be mechanistically involved in both the therapeutic effects and side effects of ECT.Methods: We measured sensitive markers of systemic and central nervous system (CNS) oxidative stress on DNA and RNA (urinary 8-oxodG/8-oxoGuo, cerebrospinal fluid 8-oxoGuo, and brain oxoguanine glycosylase mRNA expression) in male rats subjected to electroconvulsive stimulations (ECS), an animal model of ECT. Due to the previous observations that link hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA)-axis activity and age to DNA/RNA damage from oxidation, groups of young and middle-aged male animals were included, and markers of HPA-axis activity were measured.Results: ECS induced weight loss, increased corticosterone (only in middle-aged animals), and decreased cerebral glucocorticoid receptor mRNA expression, while largely leaving the markers of systemic and CNS DNA/RNA damage from oxidation unaltered.Conclusion: These results suggest that ECS is not associated with any lasting effects on oxidative stress on nucleic acids neither in young nor middle-aged rats.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftActa Neuropsychiatrica
Vol/bind31
Udgave nummer6
Sider (fra-til)287-293
Antal sider7
ISSN0924-2708
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 14 dec. 2019

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