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. 2021 Mar 26;11:186. doi: 10.1038/s41398-021-01303-z

Fig. 5. Inhibition of PTEN with bpV has significant antidepressant effects.

Fig. 5

a Immobility time in tail suspension test (TST) is reduced 3 days after daily administration of bpV. b, c Immobility time in TST and force swimming test is reduced 3 weeks after daily administration of bpV. d, e. Time spent in the open arm is increased in the elevated plus-maze test (d) and latency to eating food is reduced in the novelty suppressed feeding test (e) 3 weeks after daily administration of bpV. f, g Three-week systemic administration of bpV upregulates pAkt, pmTOR1, PSD-95, synapsinI, Arc, and p4EBP1 levels with no changes in PTEN, Akt, or mTOR1 in midbrain tissue containing the dorsal raphe nucleus. h, i Double immunostaining of TPH2 and pAkt shows the elevation of pAkt in 5-HT neurons in the DRN of bpV-treated mice. All the data are presented as the mean ± s.e.m. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001. Numbers of animal used are indicated.