[Effect of antiasthenic drug ladasten on the level of cytokines and behavior in experimental model of anxious depression in C57BL/6 male mice]

Eksp Klin Farmakol. 2011;74(11):3-5.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

Effects of the antiasthenic drug ladasten [N-(2-adamantyl)-N-(para-bromophenyl)amine] on the profile of cytokines, behavior, and indexes of immunity organs was studied on zoosocial stress model in depressed C57BL/6 male mice. The anxious depression state in male mice was formed by repeated agonistic interactions according to the sensory contact model. Ladasten (30 mg/kg, i.p.) and reference drug imipramine (10 mg/kg, i.p.) were administered either once after 3-day stressor interaction or for 5 days after 10-day interaction. The concentration of cytokines in blood serum was determined by flow cytometry method. The behavioral changes were studied using an actometer and the elevated plus-maze test. The parameters were studied 24 h after last drug injection. Different stages of depression were manifested by behavioral impairments, increased concentration of pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-6, IL-17, and IL-4, and decreased indexes of immunity organs. Ladasten induced (more significantly than imipramine) a decrease in the level of pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-6, IL-17 and IL-4, removed behavioral changes, and restored indexes of immunity organs. Thus, the antiasthenic drug ladasten limits development of the anxious depressive state and suppresses the level ofproinflammatory cytokines IL-6, IL-17 and IL-4. These findings suggest that ladasten is a possible candidate drug for adjuvant therapy of depressive disorders.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adamantane / administration & dosage
  • Adamantane / analogs & derivatives*
  • Adamantane / therapeutic use
  • Animals
  • Antidepressive Agents / administration & dosage
  • Antidepressive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Anxiety Disorders / drug therapy*
  • Anxiety Disorders / immunology
  • Anxiety Disorders / metabolism
  • Anxiety Disorders / physiopathology
  • Behavior, Animal / drug effects*
  • Depression / drug therapy*
  • Depression / immunology
  • Depression / metabolism
  • Depression / physiopathology
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Imipramine / administration & dosage
  • Imipramine / therapeutic use
  • Inflammation / drug therapy*
  • Inflammation / immunology
  • Inflammation / metabolism
  • Inflammation / physiopathology
  • Injections, Intraperitoneal
  • Interleukin-17 / biosynthesis
  • Interleukin-17 / immunology
  • Interleukin-4 / biosynthesis
  • Interleukin-4 / immunology
  • Interleukin-6 / biosynthesis
  • Interleukin-6 / immunology
  • Male
  • Maze Learning / drug effects
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Motor Activity / drug effects
  • Organ Size
  • Spleen / drug effects
  • Spleen / immunology
  • Stress, Psychological / drug therapy*
  • Stress, Psychological / immunology
  • Stress, Psychological / metabolism
  • Stress, Psychological / physiopathology
  • Thymus Gland / drug effects
  • Thymus Gland / immunology

Substances

  • Antidepressive Agents
  • Interleukin-17
  • Interleukin-6
  • N-(2-adamantyl)-N-p-bromophenylamine
  • Interleukin-4
  • Imipramine
  • Adamantane