The antidepressant drugs vortioxetine and duloxetine differentially and sex-dependently affect animal well-being, cognitive performance, cardiac redox status and histology in a model of osteoarthritis
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Nastić, Katarina
Pecikoza, Uroš

Labudović-Borović, Milica
Kotur-Stevuljević, Jelena

Micov, Ana

Jovanović, Aleksandar

Tomić, Maja

Stepanović-Petrović, Radica

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Osteoarthritis represents a leading cause of disability with limited treatment options. Furthermore, it is frequently accompanied by cardiovascular and cognitive disorders, which can be exacerbated by osteoarthritis or drugs used for its treatment. Here, we examined the behavioral and cardiac effects of the novel antidepressant vortioxetine in an osteoarthritis model, and compared them to duloxetine (an established osteoarthritis treatment). Osteoarthritis was induced in male and female rats with an intraarticular sodium-monoiodoacetate injection. Antidepressants were orally administered for 28 days following induction. During this period the acetone, burrowing and novel-object-recognition tests (NORT) were used to assess the effects of antidepressants on pain hypersensitivity (cold allodynia), animal well-being and cognitive performance, respectively. Following behavioral experiments, heart muscles were collected for assessment of redox status/histology. Antidepressant treatment dose-...dependently reduced cold allodynia in rats with osteoarthritis. Duloxetine (but not vortioxetine) depressed burrowing behavior in osteoarthritic rats in a dose-related manner. Osteoarthritis induction reduced cognitive performance in NORT, which was dose-dependently alleviated by vortioxetine (duloxetine improved performance only in female rats). Furthermore, duloxetine (but not vortioxetine) increased oxidative stress parameters in the heart muscles of female (but not male) rats and induced histological changes in cardiomyocytes indicative of oxidative damage. Vortioxetine displayed comparable efficacy to duloxetine in reducing pain hypersensitivity. Furthermore, vortioxetine (unlike duloxetine) dose-dependently improved cognitive performance and had no adverse effect on burrowing behavior (animal surrogate of well-being) and cardiac redox status/histology. Our results indicate that vortioxetine could be a potential osteoarthritis treatment (with better characteristics compared to duloxetine).
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Antidepressant drugs / Cardiovascular safety / Cognitive dysfunction / Duloxetine / VortioxetineSource:
Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy, 2023, 166Publisher:
- Elsevier Masson
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2023.115360
ISSN: 0753-3322
PubMed: 37657261
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85169818630
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PharmacyTY - JOUR AU - Nastić, Katarina AU - Pecikoza, Uroš AU - Labudović-Borović, Milica AU - Kotur-Stevuljević, Jelena AU - Micov, Ana AU - Jovanović, Aleksandar AU - Tomić, Maja AU - Stepanović-Petrović, Radica PY - 2023 UR - https://farfar.pharmacy.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5018 AB - Osteoarthritis represents a leading cause of disability with limited treatment options. Furthermore, it is frequently accompanied by cardiovascular and cognitive disorders, which can be exacerbated by osteoarthritis or drugs used for its treatment. Here, we examined the behavioral and cardiac effects of the novel antidepressant vortioxetine in an osteoarthritis model, and compared them to duloxetine (an established osteoarthritis treatment). Osteoarthritis was induced in male and female rats with an intraarticular sodium-monoiodoacetate injection. Antidepressants were orally administered for 28 days following induction. During this period the acetone, burrowing and novel-object-recognition tests (NORT) were used to assess the effects of antidepressants on pain hypersensitivity (cold allodynia), animal well-being and cognitive performance, respectively. Following behavioral experiments, heart muscles were collected for assessment of redox status/histology. Antidepressant treatment dose-dependently reduced cold allodynia in rats with osteoarthritis. Duloxetine (but not vortioxetine) depressed burrowing behavior in osteoarthritic rats in a dose-related manner. Osteoarthritis induction reduced cognitive performance in NORT, which was dose-dependently alleviated by vortioxetine (duloxetine improved performance only in female rats). Furthermore, duloxetine (but not vortioxetine) increased oxidative stress parameters in the heart muscles of female (but not male) rats and induced histological changes in cardiomyocytes indicative of oxidative damage. Vortioxetine displayed comparable efficacy to duloxetine in reducing pain hypersensitivity. Furthermore, vortioxetine (unlike duloxetine) dose-dependently improved cognitive performance and had no adverse effect on burrowing behavior (animal surrogate of well-being) and cardiac redox status/histology. Our results indicate that vortioxetine could be a potential osteoarthritis treatment (with better characteristics compared to duloxetine). PB - Elsevier Masson T2 - Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy T1 - The antidepressant drugs vortioxetine and duloxetine differentially and sex-dependently affect animal well-being, cognitive performance, cardiac redox status and histology in a model of osteoarthritis VL - 166 DO - 10.1016/j.biopha.2023.115360 ER -
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Nastić, K., Pecikoza, U., Labudović-Borović, M., Kotur-Stevuljević, J., Micov, A., Jovanović, A., Tomić, M.,& Stepanović-Petrović, R.. (2023). The antidepressant drugs vortioxetine and duloxetine differentially and sex-dependently affect animal well-being, cognitive performance, cardiac redox status and histology in a model of osteoarthritis. in Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy Elsevier Masson., 166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopha.2023.115360
Nastić K, Pecikoza U, Labudović-Borović M, Kotur-Stevuljević J, Micov A, Jovanović A, Tomić M, Stepanović-Petrović R. The antidepressant drugs vortioxetine and duloxetine differentially and sex-dependently affect animal well-being, cognitive performance, cardiac redox status and histology in a model of osteoarthritis. in Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy. 2023;166. doi:10.1016/j.biopha.2023.115360 .
Nastić, Katarina, Pecikoza, Uroš, Labudović-Borović, Milica, Kotur-Stevuljević, Jelena, Micov, Ana, Jovanović, Aleksandar, Tomić, Maja, Stepanović-Petrović, Radica, "The antidepressant drugs vortioxetine and duloxetine differentially and sex-dependently affect animal well-being, cognitive performance, cardiac redox status and histology in a model of osteoarthritis" in Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy, 166 (2023), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopha.2023.115360 . .