Antidepressants act by inducing autophagy controlled by sphingomyelin–ceramide

A Gulbins, F Schumacher, KA Becker, B Wilker… - Molecular …, 2018 - nature.com
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common and severe disease characterized by mood
changes, somatic alterations, and often suicide. MDD is treated with antidepressants, but the …

Acid sphingomyelinase–ceramide system mediates effects of antidepressant drugs

E Gulbins, M Palmada, M Reichel, A Lüth, C Böhmer… - Nature medicine, 2013 - nature.com
Major depression is a highly prevalent severe mood disorder that is treated with
antidepressants. The molecular targets of antidepressants require definition. We …

Molecular network of neuronal autophagy in the pathophysiology and treatment of depression

J Jia, W Le - Neuroscience bulletin, 2015 - Springer
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a complicated multifactorial induced disease,
characterized by depressed mood, anhedonia, fatigue, and altered cognitive function …

The effect of fluoxetine on astrocyte autophagy flux and injured mitochondria clearance in a mouse model of depression

X Shu, Y Sun, X Sun, Y Zhou, Y Bian, Z Shu… - Cell death & …, 2019 - nature.com
Although multiple hypotheses had been proposed to clarify the causes of depression, the
accurate pathogenesis and effective treatment of depression still need to be solved …

Inhibition of acid sphingomyelinase by tricyclic antidepressants and analogons

N Beckmann, D Sharma, E Gulbins, KA Becker… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Amitriptyline, a tricyclic antidepressant, has been used in the clinic to treat a number of
disorders, in particular major depression and neuropathic pain. In the 1970s the ability of …

Ceramide and its related neurochemical networks as targets for some brain disorder therapies

J Brodowicz, E Przegaliński, CP Müller, M Filip - Neurotoxicity research, 2018 - Springer
Correlational and causal comparative research link ceramide (Cer), the precursor of
complex sphingolipids, to some psychiatric (eg, depression, schizophrenia (SZ), alcohol use …

Ceramides and depression: A systematic review

A Dinoff, N Herrmann, KL Lanctôt - Journal of affective disorders, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Major depressive disorder is a significant contributor to global disability and
mortality. The mechanisms of depression are vast and not fully understood, and as a result …

Is there a role of autophagy in depression and antidepressant action?

NC Gassen, T Rein - Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Autophagy has been recognized as evolutionary conserved intracellular pathway that
ensures energy, organelle, and protein homeostasis through lysosomal degradation of …

The ceramide system as a novel antidepressant target

J Kornhuber, CP Müller, KA Becker, M Reichel… - Trends in …, 2014 - cell.com
Major depression is a systems disorder which impairs not only central nervous system
aspects of mood and behavior but also peripheral organ systems. Current views on the …

Antidepressant drugs diversely affect autophagy pathways in astrocytes and neurons—dissociation from cholesterol homeostasis

J Zschocke, N Zimmermann, B Berning… - …, 2011 - nature.com
In the search for antidepressants'(ADs') mechanisms of action beyond their influence on
monoaminergic neurotransmission, we analyzed the effects of three structurally and …