PROTEOMIC ANALYSIS OF LITHIUM-INDUCED GENE EXPRESSION IN THE RAT HYPOTHALAMUS

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The hypothalamic proteomes were analyzed 1 and 6 hr after an intraperitoneal injection of lithium chloride or sodium chloride (0.15M, 12ml/kg). Results showed that expression of 14 and 32 proteomes was increased consistently by 1 hr and 6 hr of lithium treatment, respectively. Among them, tentative implications of glial fibrillary acidic protein, receptor-type protein tyrosine phosphatase, spectrin, and glutamate dehydrogenase in the lithium-induced activation of the hypothalamicpituitary- adrenal axis, and conditioned taste aversion have been discussed. The proteomes listed in this study will provide, at least, a new insight to understand the molecular mechanism of lithium's action in the brain.

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