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Venlafaxine Modulates Depression-Induced Oxidative Stress in Brain and Medulla of Rat

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Venlafaxine is an approved antidepressant that is an inhibitor of both serotonin and norepinephrine transporters. Medical treatment with oral venlafaxine can be beneficial to depression due to reducing free radical production in the brain and medulla of depression- induced rats because oxidative stress may a play role in some depression. We investigated the effect of venlafaxine administration and experimental depression on lipid peroxidation and antioxidant levels in cortex brain, medulla and erythrocytes of rats. Thirty male wistar rats were used and were randomly divided into three groups. Venlafaxine (20 mg/kg) was orally supplemented to depression-induced rats constituting the first group for four week. Second group was depression-induced group although third group was used as control. Depressions in the first and second groups were induced on day zero of the study by chronic mild stress. Brain, medulla and erythrocytes samples were taken from all animals on day 28. Depression resulted in significant decrease in the glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) activity and vitamin C concentrations of cortex brain, glutathione (GSH) value of medulla although their levels were increased by venlafaxine administration to the animals of depression group. The lipid peroxidation levels in the three tissues and nitric oxide value in cortex brain elevated although their levels were decreased by venlafaxine administration. There were no significant changes in cortex brain vitamin A, erythrocytes vitamin C, GSH-Px and GSH, medulla vitamin A, GSH and GSH-Px values. In conclusion, cortex brain within the three tissues was most affected by oxidative stress although there was the beneficial effect of venlafaxine in the brain of depression-induced rats on investigated antioxidant defenses in the rat model. The treatment of depression by venlafaxine may also play a role in preventing oxidative stress.

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Abbreviations

GSH-Px:

glutathione peroxidase

GSH:

glutathione

Hb:

hemoglobin

LP:

lipid peroxidation

MAO:

monoaminooxidase

MDA:

malondialdehyde

NO:

nitric oxide

PUFAs:

polyunsaturated fatty acids

ROS:

reactive oxygen species

SOD:

superoxide dismutase

SSRIs:

Selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitors

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Medical Faculty, Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey

    İbrahim Eren & Arif Demirdaş

  2. Department of Biophysics, Medical Faculty, Suleyman Demirel University, Postakutusu 68 Cunur, 32260, Isparta, Turkey

    Mustafa Nazıroğlu, Ömer Çelik & A. Cihangir Uğuz

  3. Department of Medical Biology, Medical Faculty, Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey

    Ayşe Altunbaşak & Efkan Uz

  4. Department of Chemistry, Art and Science Faculty, Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey

    İsmail Özmen

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Abstract of the paper was submitted in 1st Ion Channels and Oxidative Stress Congress, 14–16 September 2006, Isparta, Turkey.

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Eren, İ., Nazıroğlu, M., Demirdaş, A. et al. Venlafaxine Modulates Depression-Induced Oxidative Stress in Brain and Medulla of Rat. Neurochem Res 32, 497–505 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11064-006-9258-9

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