Dextromethorphan alters gene expression in rat brain hippocampus and cortex

  • Authors:
    • Ki-Hwan Lee
    • Joon-Ik Ahn
    • Dong-Hyun Yu
    • Hyun Chul Koh
    • Seok Hyeon Kim
    • Byung Hwan Yang
    • Young Seek Lee
    • Yong-Sung Lee
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  • Published online on: May 1, 2003     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.11.5.559
  • Pages: 559-568
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Abstract

Dextromethorphan is a widely used anti-tussive drug with non-competitive antagonistic effects on excitatory amino acid receptors of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) type. This study examined the effect of daily dextromethorphan administration on gene expression in rat brain hippocampus and cortex regions using Rat 5K cDNA microarrays. Triplicate microarray assays were performed at each time point (1, 3 and 10 days), and results were confirmed using semi-quantitative RT-PCR on a subset of differentially expressed cDNA. The microarray analysis proved able to detect changes in gene expression following dextromethorphan injection. Moreover, these changes were mostly mediated by an NMDA receptor. The hippocampus region showed more alterations in gene expression than cerebral cortex following dextromethorphan treatment. The expression of many glutamate-induced apoptosis-related genes, and NO-dependent apoptosis-associated genes, was down-regulated. Expression of anti-apoptotic genes, such as nucleophosmin/B23, Rab2, MAP kinase kinase and CREB binding protein, was up-regulated by dextromethorphan. Angiogenesis is likely to be inhibited in our system due to observed down-regulation of VEGF-associated genes. Expression of some SNARE genes was up-regulated in rat brain hippocampus and cortex regions after dextromethorphan injection.

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May 2003
Volume 11 Issue 5

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Lee K, Ahn J, Yu D, Koh HC, Kim SH, Yang BH, Lee YS and Lee Y: Dextromethorphan alters gene expression in rat brain hippocampus and cortex. Int J Mol Med 11: 559-568, 2003
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Lee, K., Ahn, J., Yu, D., Koh, H.C., Kim, S.H., Yang, B.H. ... Lee, Y. (2003). Dextromethorphan alters gene expression in rat brain hippocampus and cortex. International Journal of Molecular Medicine, 11, 559-568. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.11.5.559
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Lee, K., Ahn, J., Yu, D., Koh, H. C., Kim, S. H., Yang, B. H., Lee, Y. S., Lee, Y."Dextromethorphan alters gene expression in rat brain hippocampus and cortex". International Journal of Molecular Medicine 11.5 (2003): 559-568.
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Lee, K., Ahn, J., Yu, D., Koh, H. C., Kim, S. H., Yang, B. H., Lee, Y. S., Lee, Y."Dextromethorphan alters gene expression in rat brain hippocampus and cortex". International Journal of Molecular Medicine 11, no. 5 (2003): 559-568. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.11.5.559