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Assoc. Prof. Behzat Cimen, Cihan Banu Gumus, Assist. Prof. Ihsan Cetin,
Assoc. Prof. Saliha Ozsoy, Murat Aydin & Leyla Cimen
To cite this article: Assoc. Prof. Behzat Cimen, Cihan Banu Gumus, Assist. Prof. Ihsan Cetin,
Assoc. Prof. Saliha Ozsoy, Murat Aydin & Leyla Cimen (2015) The Effects of Escitalopram
Treatment on Oxidative/ Antioxidative Parameters in Patients with Depression, Klinik
Psikofarmakoloji Bülteni-Bulletin of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 25:3, 272-279, DOI: 10.5455/
bcp.20150215102247
ABSTRACT:
The effects of escitalopram treatment on oxidative/antioxidative parameters in
patients with depression
1
Assoc. Prof., 2M.D., Erciyes University,
Objective: In this study, we aimed to investigate the effects of escitalopram, an antidepressant drug of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of
selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor group, on lipid peroxidation, nitric oxide (NO) level and superoxide Biochemistry, Kayseri - Turkey
3
Assist. Prof., Batman University, School of
dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) activities in patients with major Health, Department of Nutrition and
depressive disorder. Dietetics, Batman - Turkey
4
Assoc. Prof., Erciyes University, Faculty of
Method: Eighteen patients (11 women, 7 men) diagnosed with major depressive disorder (MDD) according Medicine, Department of Psychiatry,
Kayseri - Turkey
to DSM-IV criteria and eighteen healthy controls (10 women, 8 men) were included in the study. The relevant 5
M.D., Aydin State Hospital, Psychiatry Clinic,
parameters were measured before and after treatment with 20 mg/day escitalopram for 6 weeks in patients Aydin - Turkey
6
PhD, Erciyes University, Faculty of Medicine,
and only once in the controls. Department of Biochemistry,
Results: Plasma SOD, CAT, malondialdehyde (MDA) and NO levels were significantly higher before treatment Kayseri - Turkey
in patients with major depression compared to healthy controls; there was no significant differences in GPx Corresponding author:
Dr. İhsan Çetin,
levels. Treatment with 20 mg/day escitalopram for 6 weeks reduced plasma SOD, CAT, MDA and NO levels Batman Üniversitesi Merkez Kampüsü,
statistically significantly; it had no effect on GPx levels. Sağlık Yüksek Okulu Beslenme ve Diyetetik
Anabilim Dalı, 72060 Batman - Türkiye
Conclusion: The results provide evidence for the role of oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of MDD and
revealed that subchronic treatment with escitalopram significantly decreased the activity of antioxidant E-mail address:
cetiniihsan@gmail.com
enzymes and MDA values. It may be argued that antioxidant enzymes such as SOD, CAT and oxidative stress
Date of submission:
markers such as MDA and NO are state markers of MDD, because values came close to the results of healthy August 12, 2014
subjects after treatment.
Date of acceptance:
February 15, 2015
Keywords: escitalopram, major depression, lipid peroxidation, antioxidant
Declaration of interest:
B.C., C.B.G., I.C., S.O., M.A., L.C.: The authors
Klinik Psikofarmakoloji Bulteni - Bulletin of Clinical Psychopharmacology 2015;25(3):272-9 reported no conflict of interest related to
this article.
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Venous blood samples were collected from the left Statistical analyses were performed using statistics
forearm vein into 5-ml vacutainer tubes packages with SPSS software version 15.0 and
containing potassium EDTA after overnight fasting SigmaStat 3.5. Normality of data distribution was
between 7 and 8 AM. Blood specimens were assessed by Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. The mean
allowed to clot for 30 min. SOD activity levels were values for the groups were compared using
assayed by the method of Sun et al.18 This method independent-samples t-test. Non-parametric
is based on the reduction of superoxide, which is analysis of the continuous data that did not fit the
produced by the xanthine oxidase enzyme system, normal distribution was done with Mann-Whitney
by nitroblue tetrazolium. A unit of SOD was U test (for between-groups comparisons) and
determined as the amount that decreased Wilcoxon test (for within-group comparisons
nitroblue tetrazolium reduction by 50%. GSH-Px before and after treatment). Group mean
activity levels in the hemolysates of erythrocytes differences were examined by means of unpaired
were measured using the method of Paglia and (for between-groups comparisons) or paired (for
Valentine, in which GSH-Px activity was coupled within-group comparisons before and after
to the oxidation of NADPH by glutathione treatment) t-test. The difference in the distribution
reductase19. The oxidation of NADPH was followed of categorical variables was tested using the Chi-
spectrophotometrically at 340 nm at 37°C. The square test. The Pearson correlation test was
absorbance at 340 nm was recorded for 5 min. performed to investigate the relationship between
Activity was observed as the slope of the lines as oxidative stress parameters and MADRS scores
μmol of NADPH oxidized per min. CAT activity before and after treatment, respectively. Categorical
was determined by the method described by variables were expressed as number, and
Yasmineh et al. The principle of the assay is based continuous variables were expressed as mean±SD
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or median (25th-75th percentile), as appropriate. values of patients before and after treatment. The
Statistical significance was set at P value of 0.05. SOD, CAT, MDA and NO levels of the patients
before treatment were found to be significantly
RESULTS higher than those of the controls. The SOD, CAT,
MDA and NO levels in post-treatment were
The demographic and clinical data are significantly lower than those in pre-treatment.
summarized in Table 1. The mean age was After the treatment, SOD and CAT levels were
42.17±10.16 years for patients and 37.89±10.62 higher than those of the controls, and the MDA
years for the controls. There were no significant level was significantly lower than that of the
differences between the patients and controls controls. The NO level of the patients in pre-
(p>0.05) in terms of age, sex, body mass index treatment did not significantly differ from that of
(BMI), smoking, and the amount of time and the controls (Table 2).
smoking status (rate and duration). The duration When the SOD, CAT, MDA and NO levels of the
of education in the control group was significantly patients were compared with regard to gender
higher than in patients (Table 1). differences, there was no statistically significant
Data are expressed as numbers for categorical differences between women and men either
variables and mean±SD or median (25 th -75 th before or after treatment. The GPx levels of
percentile) for continuous variables. women after treatment were found to be
When the distribution of values of the control significantly higher than those of men after
group was analyzed, different variations were treatment (Table 2). There were no correlations
observed. For example, although SOD and MDA between severity of depressive symptoms and
levels of the control group showed more oxidative stress parameters before or after
variability, NO levels showed less variability than treatment.
Table 2: SOD, CAT, GPx, MDA, and NO levels of the patients and the controls
Patients Comparisons
Controls
Pre treatment Post treatment n=18 Pre treatment- Post treatment- Pre treatment-
n=18 n=18 Control Control Post treatment
MADRS score 36.70±7.93 15.00±5.95 - - - p<0.001
MDA (mmol/ml) 4.90±0.07a 3.70±0.04b,c 3.80±0.08 p<0.001 p<0.001 p<0.001
NO (µmol/L) 52.27±8.22a 43.66±7.89c 42.93±7.15 p<0.001 p=0.764 p<0.001
CAT (U/ml) 3.82±0.10a 3.23±0.11a,c 3.10±0.10 p<0.001 p<0.001 p<0.001
GPx (U/ml) 136.89±6.96 139.45±4.17 140.43±6.07 p=0.113 p=0.584 p=0.127
SOD (U/ml) 10.43 (10.12-10.51)a 8.27 (8.2-8.39)a,c 8.19 (8.15-8.23) p<0.001 p=0.005 p<0.001
Data are expressed as mean±SD or median (25th-75th percentile) for continuous variables. The significance of differences in continuous variables between groups was tested
using independent samples t test or the Mann-Whitney U test for SOD. Comparison of the values in pre-treatment and post-treatment was performed with paired samples t
test and Wilcoxon test for SOD.
a
Higher than those of the controls, bLower than those of the controls, cLower than those in pre-treatment
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treatment with escitalopram in the present study the present study may contribute to the literature
indicate increased oxidative stress in MDD. providing information on oxidative stress and
Sarandol et al. similarly reported significantly antioxidant activity in MDD patients with
increased antioxidant activity of SOD in MDD, but treatment. The treatment for 6 weeks with 20 mg/
they did not find a significant difference after day escitalopram significantly decreased plasma
treatment14. Galecki et al. indicated a statistically levels of SOD, CAT, NO and MDA; on the other
significant decrease in the activity of SOD and CAT hand, GPx levels were unaffected by treatment.
as well as in MDA concentration after combined Post-treatment plasma levels of SOD and CAT
therapy24. were significantly higher, while MDA levels were
Some speculations can be made regarding this significantly lower than those of the controls.
issue. It has been reported that antidepressant Levels of NO and GPx after treatment were not
treatment may suppress immune cells, including significantly different from the controls. After
natural killer cells32. Suppression of immune cells treatment; GPx, CAT, NO, SOD and MDA showed
by means of treatment with escitalopram may 1.8%, 15%, 16.5%, 19.5%, 24% variations,
cause a decrease in oxidative stress. Moreover, respectively. According to these findings, it may
SOD and CAT are two key antioxidant enzymes be speculated that MDA is superior to other
that protect against oxidative tissue damage. It is parameters for predicting treatment response.
therefore conceivable that down-regulation of Increased levels of MDA have been found in
these two enzymes (SOD and CAT) could lead to depression and antidepressant treatment has
further free radical-induced neurotoxicity/ been able to lower the concentrations of lipid
neurodegeneration in MDD. Based on our results, peroxidation 4,11,42. Abdel-Wahab et al. showed
we can say that an increased generation of oxygen that long-term venlafaxine treatment at effective
and nitrogen reactive species in MDD may lead to antidepressant dosages can protect against
an increase in antioxidants. These findings are stress-induced oxidative cellular and DNA
consistent with some recent studies that found damage in male mice43. They also showed that at
significantly increased levels of MDA, SOD and all doses tested, venlafaxine decreased MDA.
GPx activity in patients with MDD and Increased levels of MDA have also been found in
schizophrenia15,33-36. Atmaca et al. found increased our patient group, and escitalopram treatment
levels of MDA, SOD, CAT and GPx activity in has been able to lower the concentrations of
patients with social phobia 37. Moreover, some MDA. Of the many biological targets of oxidative
studies found reduced levels of plasma MDA and stress, lipids are the most susceptible class of
SOD in patients with MDD and biomolecules and MDA serves as a diagnostic
schizophrenia11,38-39, while others failed to find any indicator of lipid peroxidation in many diseases.
difference in SOD, CAT and GPx activity31,34,40,41 Therefore, when we compare them with other
between patients and normal controls. parameters, we may say that MDA is superior to
As can be seen from the literature, the results other parameters for predicting treatment
seem to conflict with one other. Several factors, response due to MDA being the most susceptible
such as differences in techniques of measuring classes of biomolecules.
SOD levels, sampling of patients in different There are several limitations in the present
stages of disease progression (acute or chronic), study. Therefore, it should be considered as a
differences in testing material (red blood cells or preliminary study from our group. The sample size
plasma), exposure to neuroleptic treatment was small and control group samples were not
(currently treated or ceased medication analyzed after treatment, since no differences
treatment), different illness courses of patients or were expected in terms of the control values.
different ethnic origin and lifestyle may be Furthermore, no placebo control group was used.
responsible for the discrepancy. The findings of Our results need to be confirmed by placebo-
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The effects of escitalopram treatment on oxidative/antioxidative parameters in patients with depression
controlled studies with a larger number of In conclusion, our results may provide
samples. Additionally, we were not able to perform encouraging evidence for the role of oxidative
Structured Clinical Interview for DSM Disorders stress in the pathogenesis of MDD and suggest
(SCID) for diagnosis and determination of that subchronic treatment with escitalopram may
specifiers such as melancholic depression. An decrease activity of SOD, CAT enzymes and levels
association between melancholic depression and of MDA and NO. Most importantly, the NO levels
antioxidative enzyme activities and lipid has been of patients after treatment were closer to the NO
reported4. It is a limitation of the present study levels of healthy individuals, which shows the
that we were not able to assess anxiety symptom success of antidepressant therapy in reducing
severity in depressive patients and define oxidative stress.
depression subtypes such as melancholic, atypical
etc. Recent studies suggested a relationship Acknowledgements
between anxiety and oxidative stress 44. Another
limitation of the study was the short duration of This research was supported by the scientific
medication washout. Finally, some confounding research project unit of Erciyes University (TSY-09-
factors that we were not able to notice might have 887). We are grateful to all participants and
influenced oxidative stress parameters. everyone who contributed to this research.
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