Induction of IDO by Bacille Calmette-Guerin Is Responsible for Development of Murine Depressive-Like Behavior Export

@article{citeulike:4210128, abstract = {Chronic inflammation activates the tryptophan-degrading enzyme IDO, which is well known to impair T cell proliferation. We have previously established that bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG), an attenuated form of Mycobacterium bovis, is associated with persistent activation of IDO in the brain and chronic depressive-like behavior, but a causative role has not been established. In these experiments we used both pharmacologic and genetic approaches to test the hypothesis that IDO activation is responsible for the development of chronic depression that follows BCG infection. BCG induced TNF-{alpha}, IFN-{gamma}, and IDO mRNA steady-state transcripts in the brain as well as the enzyme 3-hydroxyanthranilic acid oxygenase (3-HAO) that lies downstream of IDO and generates the neuroactive metabolite, quinolinic acid. Behaviors characteristic of depression were apparent 1 wk after BCG infection. Pretreatment with the competitive IDO inhibitor 1-methyltryptophan fully blocked BCG-induced depressive-like behaviors. Importantly, IDO-deficient mice were completely resistant to BCG-induced depressive-like behavior but responded normally to BCG induction of proinflammatory cytokines. These results are the first to prove that the BCG-induced persistent activation of IDO is accompanied by the induction of 3-hydroxyanthranilic acid oxygenase and that IDO is required as an initial step for the subsequent development of chronic depressive-like behavior. 10.4049/jimmunol.0802722}, author = {O'Connor, Jason C. and Lawson, Marcus A. and Andre, Caroline and Briley, Eileen M. and Szegedi, Sandra S. and Lestage, Jacques and Castanon, Nathalie and Herkenham, Miles and Dantzer, Robert and Kelley, Keith W.}, citeulike-article-id = {4210128}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.0802722}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.jimmunol.org/cgi/content/abstract/182/5/3202}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19234218}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19234218}, day = {1}, doi = {10.4049/jimmunol.0802722}, journal = {J Immunol}, keywords = {depression, ido, inflammation, sickness\_behavior}, month = {March}, number = {5}, pages = {3202--3212}, posted-at = {2009-03-23 14:58:41}, priority = {2}, title = {Induction of IDO by Bacille Calmette-Guerin Is Responsible for Development of Murine Depressive-Like Behavior}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.0802722}, volume = {182}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4210128 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4210128 N2 - Chronic inflammation activates the tryptophan-degrading enzyme IDO, which is well known to impair T cell proliferation. We have previously established that bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG), an attenuated form of Mycobacterium bovis, is associated with persistent activation of IDO in the brain and chronic depressive-like behavior, but a causative role has not been established. In these experiments we used both pharmacologic and genetic approaches to test the hypothesis that IDO activation is responsible for the development of chronic depression that follows BCG infection. BCG induced TNF-{alpha}, IFN-{gamma}, and IDO mRNA steady-state transcripts in the brain as well as the enzyme 3-hydroxyanthranilic acid oxygenase (3-HAO) that lies downstream of IDO and generates the neuroactive metabolite, quinolinic acid. Behaviors characteristic of depression were apparent 1 wk after BCG infection. Pretreatment with the competitive IDO inhibitor 1-methyltryptophan fully blocked BCG-induced depressive-like behaviors. Importantly, IDO-deficient mice were completely resistant to BCG-induced depressive-like behavior but responded normally to BCG induction of proinflammatory cytokines. These results are the first to prove that the BCG-induced persistent activation of IDO is accompanied by the induction of 3-hydroxyanthranilic acid oxygenase and that IDO is required as an initial step for the subsequent development of chronic depressive-like behavior. 10.4049/jimmunol.0802722 IS - 5 JF - J Immunol EP - 3212 TI - Induction of IDO by Bacille Calmette-Guerin Is Responsible for Development of Murine Depressive-Like Behavior VL - 182 SP - 3202 KW - depression KW - ido KW - inflammation KW - sickness_behavior AU - O'Connor, Jason AU - Lawson, Marcus AU - Andre, Caroline AU - Briley, Eileen AU - Szegedi, Sandra AU - Lestage, Jacques AU - Castanon, Nathalie AU - Herkenham, Miles AU - Dantzer, Robert AU - Kelley, Keith PY - 2009/03/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.0802722 ER -