Effect of vasopressin V1b receptor antagonist, SSR149415, on anxiety-like behavior and lewis lung carcinoma metastasis in mice

Aim: To study the effect of new vasopressin V1b receptor antagonist, SSR149415, on anxiety-like behavior and Lewis lung carcinoma metastasis in the anxious adult male mice of C57Bl/6J strain. This type of receptors was thought to act as potential targets mediating the effect of negative psychoemotional state on tumor progression. Methods: Anxiety-like psychoemotional state of the animals was produced using chronic social conflict model. Used behavioral tests were elevated plus-maze, social interaction test and open field test. Tumor cells were administrated on background of double or sixfold SSR149415 injections and the number of metastases in the lung were calculated 17 days later. Results: SSR149415 reduced the anxiety-like behavior measured in the elevated plus-maze and social interaction tests and did not affect locomotor activity in the open field test. Double and sixfold administration of the compound to such mice before and after inoculation of the tumor cells produced no effect on the metastasis rate. Conclusion: vasopressin V1b receptor is involved in the mediation of anxious behavior of animals but is not involved in the mechanism underlying the influence of negative psychoemotional state on Lewis lung carcinoma metastasis

Depressive-like psychoemotional state versus acute stresses enhances Lewis lung carcinoma metastasis in C57BL/6J mice

Aim: The effect of a depression-like status formed by chronic stress on the development of Lewis lung carcinoma metastases in C57Bl/6J mice was investigated. Two types of acute stress (restraint and social stress) were used for comparison. Methods: The depression-like status was induced by eight-week exposure to repeated but unpredictable stressors (chronic mild stress model) and was assessed in the forced swim test. Tumor cells were inoculated an hour after the onset of social stressor or immediately after physical or chronic stressor impacts. The number of metastases was counted 17 days after the inoculation. Results: Chronic mild stress provokes the development of a depression-like state in mice and causes a twofold increase in the number of metastases in the lungs, while both types of acute stress have no such effects. Conclusion: Depressive-like psychoemotional state of animals enhances the metastasis of Lewis lung carcinoma