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Klein HC, Guest PC, Dobrowolny H, Steiner J. Inflammation and viral infection as disease modifiers in schizophrenia. Front Psychiatry 2023; 14:1231750. [PMID: 37850104 PMCID: PMC10577328 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1231750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 10/19/2023] Open
Abstract
Numerous studies have now implicated a role for inflammation in schizophrenia. However, many aspects surrounding this aspect of the disease are still controversial. This controversy has been driven by conflicting evidence on the role of both pro-and anti-inflammatory factors and by often contentious findings concerning cytokine and immune cell profiles in the central nervous system and periphery. Current evidence supports the point that interleukin-6 is elevated in CSF, but does not support activation of microglia, resident macrophage-like cells in the brain. Furthermore, the mechanisms involving transit of the peripheral immune system factors across the blood brain barrier to central parenchyma have still not been completely elucidated. This process appears to involve perivascular macrophages and accompanying dendritic cells retained in the parenchyma by the chemokine and cytokine composition of the surrounding milieu. In addition, a number of studies have shown that this can be modulated by infection with viruses such as herpes simplex virus type I which may disrupt antigen presentation in the perivascular space, with long-lasting consequences. In this review article, we discuss the role of inflammation and viral infection as potential disease modifiers in schizophrenia. The primary viral hit may occur in the fetus in utero, transforming the immune response regulatory T-cells or the virus may secondarily remain latent in immune cells or neurons and modify further immune responses in the developing individual. It is hoped that unraveling this pathway further and solidifying our understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms involved will pave the way for future studies aimed at identification and implementation of new biomarkers and drug targets. This may facilitate the development of more effective personalized therapies for individuals suffering with schizophrenia.
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- Hans C. Klein
- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
- Research and Education Department Addiction Care Northern Netherlands, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
- Laboratory of Translational Psychiatry, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
- Laboratory of Neuroproteomics, Department of Biochemistry and Tissue Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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- Department of Psychiatry, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
- Laboratory of Translational Psychiatry, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
- Laboratory of Translational Psychiatry, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
- Center for Health and Medical Prevention (CHaMP), Magdeburg, Germany
- German Center for Mental Health (DZPG), Center for Intervention and Research on Adaptive and Maladaptive Brain Circuits Underlying Mental Health (C-I-R-C), Halle-Jena-Magdeburg, Germany
- Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences (CBBS), Magdeburg, Germany
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Unno K, Taguchi K, Fujita M, Sutoh K, Nakamura Y. Stress Reduction Potential in Mice Ingesting DNA from Salmon Milt. BIOLOGY 2023; 12:978. [PMID: 37508408 PMCID: PMC10376392 DOI: 10.3390/biology12070978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2023] [Revised: 07/05/2023] [Accepted: 07/06/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023]
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The functionality of food-derived nucleotides is revealed when nucleotide components are ingested in emergency situations, such as during stress loading, though it is difficult to elucidate the physiological function of dietary nucleotide supplementation. Using a stress load experimental system utilizing territoriality among male mice, we evaluated whether DNA sodium salt derived from salmon milt (DNA-Na) has stress-relieving effects. It was found that stress was reduced in mice fed a diet containing a 1% concentration of DNA-Na, but this was insignificant for yeast-derived RNA. Next, we attempted to elucidate the anti-stress effects of DNA-Na using another experimental system, in which mice were subjected to chronic crowding stress associated with aging: six mice in a cage were kept until they were 7 months of age, resulting in overcrowding. We compared these older mice with 2-month-old mice that were kept in groups for only one month. The results show that the expression of genes associated with hippocampal inflammation was increased in the older mice, whereas the expression of these genes was suppressed in the DNA-Na-fed group. This suggests that dietary DNA intake may suppress inflammation in the brain caused by stress, which increases with age.
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- Keiko Unno
- Tea Science Center, University of Shizuoka, 52-1 Yada, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan
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- Tea Science Center, University of Shizuoka, 52-1 Yada, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan
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- Fordays Co., Ltd., Koami-cho, Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0016, Japan
- United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwai-cho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan
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- Fordays Co., Ltd., Koami-cho, Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0016, Japan
- United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwai-cho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan
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- Tea Science Center, University of Shizuoka, 52-1 Yada, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan
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Unno K, Taguchi K, Konishi T, Ozeki M, Nakamura Y. Theanine, a Tea-Leaf-Specific Amino Acid, Alleviates Stress through Modulation of Npas4 Expression in Group-Housed Older Mice. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24043983. [PMID: 36835393 PMCID: PMC9962395 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24043983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2022] [Revised: 02/03/2023] [Accepted: 02/14/2023] [Indexed: 02/18/2023] Open
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Group rearing is a common housing condition, but group-housed older mice show increased adrenal hypertrophy, a marker of stress. However, the ingestion of theanine, an amino acid unique to tea leaves, suppressed stress. We aimed to elucidate the mechanism of theanine's stress-reducing effects using group-reared older mice. The expression of repressor element 1 silencing transcription factor (REST), which represses excitability-related genes, was increased in the hippocampus of group-reared older mice, whereas the expression of neuronal PAS domain protein 4 (Npas4), which is involved in the regulation of excitation and inhibition in the brain, was lower in the hippocampus of older group-reared mice than in same-aged two-to-a-house mice. That is, the expression patterns of REST and Npas4 were found to be just inversely correlated. On the other hand, the expression levels of the glucocorticoid receptor and DNA methyltransferase, which suppress Npas4 transcription, were higher in the older group-housed mice. In mice fed theanine, the stress response was reduced and Npas4 expression tended to be increased. These results suggest that Npas4 expression was suppressed by the increased expression of REST and Npas4 downregulators in the group-fed older mice, but that theanine avoids the decrease in Npas4 expression by suppressing the expression of Npas4 transcriptional repressors.
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- Keiko Unno
- Tea Science Center, University of Shizuoka, 52-1 Yada, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan
- Correspondence:
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- Tea Science Center, University of Shizuoka, 52-1 Yada, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan
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- Faculty of Bioresources Sciences, Akita Prefectural University, Shimoshinjo Nakano, Akita 010-0195, Japan
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- Taiyo Kagaku Co., Ltd., 1-3 Takaramachi, Yokkaichi 510-0844, Japan
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- Tea Science Center, University of Shizuoka, 52-1 Yada, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan
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Unno K, Furushima D, Tanaka Y, Tominaga T, Nakamura H, Yamada H, Taguchi K, Goda T, Nakamura Y. Improvement of Depressed Mood with Green Tea Intake. Nutrients 2022; 14:nu14142949. [PMID: 35889906 PMCID: PMC9319139 DOI: 10.3390/nu14142949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2022] [Revised: 07/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/18/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Being in a prolonged depressed state increases the risk of developing depression. To investigate whether green tea intake is effective in improving depression-like moods, we used an experimental animal model of depression with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and clarified the effects of green tea on the biological stress response and inflammation in the brain. Regarding the stress reduction effect of green tea, we found that the sum of caffeine (C) and epigallocatechin gallate (E) relative to the sum of theanine (T) and arginine (A), the major components of green tea, or the CE/TA ratio, is important. The results showed that depression-like behavior, adrenal hypertrophy as a typical stress response, and brain inflammation were suppressed in mice fed green tea components with CE/TA ratios of 2 to 8. In addition, the expression of Npas4, which is reduced in anxiety and depression, was maintained at the same level as controls in mice that consumed green tea with a CE/TA ratio of 4. In clinical human trials, the consumption of green tea with CE/TA ratios of 3.9 and 4.7 reduced susceptibility to subjective depression. These results suggest that the daily consumption of green tea with a CE/TA ratio of 4–5 is beneficial to improving depressed mood.
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- Keiko Unno
- Tea Science Center, University of Shizuoka, 52-1 Yada, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan; (K.T.); (Y.N.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-54-264-5822
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- Department of Drug Evaluation & Informatics Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan; (D.F.); (Y.T.); (T.T.); (H.N.); (H.Y.)
- Faculty of Medicine School of Health Science, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890-8544, Japan
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- Department of Drug Evaluation & Informatics Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan; (D.F.); (Y.T.); (T.T.); (H.N.); (H.Y.)
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- Department of Drug Evaluation & Informatics Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan; (D.F.); (Y.T.); (T.T.); (H.N.); (H.Y.)
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- Department of Drug Evaluation & Informatics Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan; (D.F.); (Y.T.); (T.T.); (H.N.); (H.Y.)
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- Department of Drug Evaluation & Informatics Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan; (D.F.); (Y.T.); (T.T.); (H.N.); (H.Y.)
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- Tea Science Center, University of Shizuoka, 52-1 Yada, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan; (K.T.); (Y.N.)
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- Faculty of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan;
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- Tea Science Center, University of Shizuoka, 52-1 Yada, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan; (K.T.); (Y.N.)
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Coffee Polyphenol, Chlorogenic Acid, Suppresses Brain Aging and Its Effects Are Enhanced by Milk Fat Globule Membrane Components. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23105832. [PMID: 35628642 PMCID: PMC9145055 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23105832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2022] [Revised: 05/17/2022] [Accepted: 05/19/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Mice feed with coffee polyphenols (CPP, chlorogenic acid) and milk fat globule membrane (MFGM) has increased survival rates and helps retain long-term memory. In the cerebral cortex of aged mice, CPP intake decreased the expression of the proinflammatory cytokine TNF-α, and lysosomal enzyme cathepsin B. The suppression of inflammation in the brain during aging was thought to result in the suppression of the repressor element 1-silencing transcription factor (REST) and prevention of brain aging. In contrast, CPP increased the expression of REST, cAMP-responsive element binding (CREB) and transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1) in the young hippocampus. The increased expression of these factors may contribute to the induction of neuronal differentiation and the suppression of memory decline with aging. Taken together, these results suggest that CPP increases CREB in the young hippocampus and suppresses inflammation in the old brain, resulting in a preventive effect on brain aging. The endotoxin levels were not elevated in the serum of aged mice. Although the mechanism of action of MFGM has not yet been elucidated, the increase in survival rate with both CPP and MFGM intake suggests that adding milk to coffee may improve not only the taste, but also the function.
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Disturbed Yin-Yang balance: stress increases the susceptibility to primary and recurrent infections of herpes simplex virus type 1. Acta Pharm Sin B 2020; 10:383-398. [PMID: 32140387 PMCID: PMC7049575 DOI: 10.1016/j.apsb.2019.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2019] [Revised: 05/27/2019] [Accepted: 05/31/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), a neurotropic herpes virus, is able to establish a lifelong latent infection in the human host. Following primary replication in mucosal epithelial cells, the virus can enter sensory neurons innervating peripheral tissues via nerve termini. The viral genome is then transported to the nucleus where it can be maintained without producing infectious progeny, and thus latency is established in the cell. Yin–Yang balance is an essential concept in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) theory. Yin represents stable and inhibitory factors, and Yang represents the active and aggressive factors. When the organism is exposed to stress, especially psychological stress caused by emotional stimulation, the Yin–Yang balance is disturbed and the virus can re-engage in productive replication, resulting in recurrent diseases. Therefore, a better understanding of the stress-induced susceptibility to HSV-1 primary infection and reactivation is needed and will provide helpful insights into the effective control and treatment of HSV-1. Here we reviewed the recent advances in the studies of HSV-1 susceptibility, latency and reactivation. We included mechanisms involved in primary infection and the regulation of latency and described how stress-induced changes increase the susceptibility to primary and recurrent infections.
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Key Words
- 4E-BP, eIF4E-binding protein
- AD, Alzheimer's disease
- AKT, protein kinase B
- AMPK, AMP-dependent kinase
- BCL-2, B-cell lymphoma 2
- CNS, central nervous system
- CORT, corticosterone
- CPE, cytopathic effect
- CTCF, CCCTC-binding factor
- CTL, cytotoxic T lymphocyte
- CoREST, REST corepressor 1
- DAMPs, damage-associated molecular patterns
- DCs, dendritic cells
- DEX, dexamethasone
- GREs, GR response elements
- GRs, glucocorticoid receptors
- H3K9, histone H3 on lysines 9
- HCF-1, host cell factor 1
- HDACs, histone deacetylases
- HPA axis, hypothalamo–pituitary–adrenal axis
- HPK, herpetic simplex keratitis
- HPT axis, hypothalamic–pituitary–thyroid axis
- HSV-1
- HSV-1, herpes simplex virus type 1
- Herpes simplex virus type 1
- ICP, infected cell polypeptide
- IRF3, interferon regulatory factor 3
- KLF15, Krüppel-like transcription factor 15
- LAT, latency-associated transcripts
- LRF, Luman/CREB3 recruitment factor
- LSD1, lysine-specific demethylase 1
- Latency
- MAVS, mitochondrial antiviral-signaling protein
- MOI, multiplicity of infection
- ND10, nuclear domains 10
- NGF, nerve growth factor
- NK cells, natural killer cells
- OCT-1, octamer binding protein 1
- ORFs, open reading frames
- PAMPs, pathogen-associated molecular patterns
- PDK1, pyruvate dehydrogenase lipoamide kinase isozyme 1
- PI3K, phosphoinositide 3-kinases
- PML, promyelocytic leukemia protein
- PNS, peripheral nervous system
- PRC1, protein regulator of cytokinesis 1
- PRRs, pattern-recognition receptors
- PTMs, post-translational modifications
- RANKL, receptor activator of NF-κB ligands
- REST, RE1-silencing transcription factor
- ROS, reactive oxygen species
- Reactivation
- SGKs, serum and glucocorticoid-regulated protein kinases
- SIRT1, sirtuin 1
- Stress
- Susceptibility
- T3, thyroid hormone
- TCM, traditional Chinese medicine
- TG, trigeminal ganglia
- TK, thymidine kinase
- TRIM14, tripartite motif-containing 14
- TRKA, tropomyosin receptor kinase A
- TRM, tissue resident memory T cells
- cGAS, cyclic GMP-AMP synthase
- mTOR, mammalian target of rapamycin
- sncRNAs, small non-coding RNAs
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Pathogen-Host Defense in the Evolution of Depression: Insights into Epidemiology, Genetics, Bioregional Differences and Female Preponderance. Neuropsychopharmacology 2017; 42:5-27. [PMID: 27629366 PMCID: PMC5143499 DOI: 10.1038/npp.2016.194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2016] [Revised: 08/28/2016] [Accepted: 09/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Significant attention has been paid to the potential adaptive value of depression as it relates to interactions with people in the social world. However, in this review, we outline the rationale of why certain features of depression including its environmental and genetic risk factors, its association with the acute phase response and its age of onset and female preponderance appear to have evolved from human interactions with pathogens in the microbial world. Approaching the relationship between inflammation and depression from this evolutionary perspective yields a number of insights that may reveal important clues regarding the origin and epidemiology of the disorder as well as the persistence of its risk alleles in the modern human genome.
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Zhuang F, Zhou X, Gao X, Lou D, Bi X, Qin S, Sun C, Ye P, Wang Y, Ma T, Li M, Gu S. Cytokines and glucocorticoid receptors are associated with the antidepressant-like effect of alarin. Peptides 2016; 76:115-29. [PMID: 26779986 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2016.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2015] [Revised: 12/06/2015] [Accepted: 01/08/2016] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Little is known about the physiological or pharmacological properties of alarin, a new neuropeptide belonging to the galanin family. We previously showed that alarin has an antidepressant-like effect and is associated with a decrease in the hyperactivity of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis that is observed in patients with depression using unpredictable chronic mild stress (UCMS) mouse model of depression. However, the mechanisms underlying these effects have not been uncovered. Inflammatory cytokines are reportedly associated with depression. Animal studies and cytokine immune therapy in humans suggest that pro-inflammatory cytokines induce depressive symptomatology and potently activate the HPA axis, whereas anti-inflammatory cytokines may decrease activation. Thus, we first determined the levels of inflammatory cytokines in the blood and brain to evaluate whether the antidepressant-like effect of alarin in UCMS-treated mice is related to its regulation of these inflammatory cytokines. Pro-inflammatory cytokines disrupt the function and/or expression of glucocorticoid receptors (GRs), which mediate the negative feedback of glucocorticoids on the HPA axis to keep it from being overactivated. We next explored the expression level of GRs in the brains of mice subjected to UCMS and to the administration of alarin. We found that intracerebroventricular administration of alarin significantly ameliorated depression-like behaviors in the UCMS-treated mice. Alarin restored the UCMS-induced an increase in the levels of the pro-inflammatory cytokines interleukin (IL)-6 and tumor necrosis factor α and a decrease in the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 level in the blood, prefrontal cortex, hippocampus and hypothalamus. Alarin also reversed the UCMS-induced down-regulation of GR expression in these brain regions. Thus, the antidepressant-like effects of alarin may be mediated by restoring altered pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokine levels and GR expression to decrease HPA axis hyperactivity. Our findings provide additional knowledge to interpret the pathophysiology of depression.
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- Fuzhi Zhuang
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology, Xuzhou Medical College, Xuzhou 221004, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology, Xuzhou Medical College, Xuzhou 221004, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology, Xuzhou Medical College, Xuzhou 221004, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology, Xuzhou Medical College, Xuzhou 221004, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology, Xuzhou Medical College, Xuzhou 221004, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology, Xuzhou Medical College, Xuzhou 221004, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology, Xuzhou Medical College, Xuzhou 221004, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology, Xuzhou Medical College, Xuzhou 221004, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology, Xuzhou Medical College, Xuzhou 221004, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology, Xuzhou Medical College, Xuzhou 221004, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology, Xuzhou Medical College, Xuzhou 221004, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology, Xuzhou Medical College, Xuzhou 221004, China.
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Wohleb ES, McKim DB, Sheridan JF, Godbout JP. Monocyte trafficking to the brain with stress and inflammation: a novel axis of immune-to-brain communication that influences mood and behavior. Front Neurosci 2015; 8:447. [PMID: 25653581 PMCID: PMC4300916 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 231] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2014] [Accepted: 12/19/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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HIGHLIGHTSPsychological stress activates neuroendocrine pathways that alter immune responses.Stress-induced alterations in microglia phenotype and monocyte priming leads to aberrant peripheral and central inflammation.Elevated pro-inflammatory cytokine levels caused by microglia activation and recruitment of monocytes to the brain contribute to development and persistent anxiety-like behavior.Mechanisms that mediate interactions between microglia, endothelial cells, and macrophages and how these contribute to changes in behavior are discussed.Sensitization of microglia and re-distribution of primed monocytes are implicated in re-establishment of anxiety-like behavior. Psychological stress causes physiological, immunological, and behavioral alterations in humans and rodents that can be maladaptive and negatively affect quality of life. Several lines of evidence indicate that psychological stress disrupts key functional interactions between the immune system and brain that ultimately affects mood and behavior. For example, activation of microglia, the resident innate immune cells of the brain, has been implicated as a key regulator of mood and behavior in the context of prolonged exposure to psychological stress. Emerging evidence implicates a novel neuroimmune circuit involving microglia activation and sympathetic outflow to the peripheral immune system that further reinforces stress-related behaviors by facilitating the recruitment of inflammatory monocytes to the brain. Evidence from various rodent models, including repeated social defeat (RSD), revealed that trafficking of monocytes to the brain promoted the establishment of anxiety-like behaviors following prolonged stress exposure. In addition, new evidence implicates monocyte trafficking from the spleen to the brain as key regulator of recurring anxiety following exposure to prolonged stress. The purpose of this review is to discuss mechanisms that cause stress-induced monocyte re-distribution in the brain and how dynamic interactions between microglia, endothelial cells, and brain macrophages lead to maladaptive behavioral responses.
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- Eric S Wohleb
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT, USA
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- Division of Biosciences, The Ohio State University College of Dentistry Columbus, OH, USA ; Department of Neuroscience, The Ohio State University College of Medicine Columbus, OH, USA
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- Division of Biosciences, The Ohio State University College of Dentistry Columbus, OH, USA ; Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research, The Ohio State University College of Medicine Columbus, OH, USA ; Center for Brain and Spinal Cord Repair, The Ohio State University College of Medicine Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Ohio State University College of Medicine Columbus, OH, USA ; Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research, The Ohio State University College of Medicine Columbus, OH, USA ; Center for Brain and Spinal Cord Repair, The Ohio State University College of Medicine Columbus, OH, USA
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Galley JD, Yu Z, Kumar P, Dowd SE, Lyte M, Bailey MT. The structures of the colonic mucosa-associated and luminal microbial communities are distinct and differentially affected by a prolonged murine stressor. Gut Microbes 2014; 5:748-60. [PMID: 25536463 PMCID: PMC4615309 DOI: 10.4161/19490976.2014.972241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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The commensal microbiota of the human gastrointestinal tract live in a largely stable community structure, assisting in host physiological and immunological functions. Changes to this structure can be injurious to the health of the host, a concept termed dysbiosis. Psychological stress is a factor that has been implicated in causing dysbiosis, and studies performed by our lab have shown that restraint stress can indeed shift the cecal microbiota structure as well as increase the severity of a colonic infection caused by Citrobacter rodentium. However, this study, like many others, have focused on fecal contents when examining the effect of dysbiosis-causing stimuli (e.g. psychological stress) upon the microbiota. Since the mucosa-associated microbiota have unique properties and functions that can act upon the host, it is important to understand how stressor exposure might affect this niche of bacteria. To begin to understand whether chronic restraint stress changes the mucosa-associated and/or luminal microbiota mice underwent 7 16-hour cycles of restraint stress, and the microbiota of both colonic tissue and fecal contents were analyzed by sequencing using next-gen bacterial tag-encoded FLX amplicon technology (bTEFAP) pyrosequencing. Both control and stress groups had significantly different mucosa-associated and luminal microbiota communities, highlighting the importance of focusing gastrointestinal community structure analysis by microbial niche. Furthermore, restraint stress was able to disrupt both the mucosa-associated and luminally-associated colonic microbiota by shifting the relative abundances of multiple groups of bacteria. Among these changes, there was a significant reduction in the immunomodulatory commensal genus Lactobacillus associated with colonic mucosa. The relative abundance of Lactobacillus spp. was not affected in the lumen. These results indicate that stressor-exposure can have distinct effects upon the colonic microbiota situated at the mucosal epithelium in comparison to the luminal-associated microbiota.
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- Jeffrey D Galley
- Division of Oral Biolog; College of Dentistry; The Ohio State University; Columbus, OH USA
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- Department of Animal Sciences; College of Food; Agricultural and Environmental Sciences; The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH USA
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- Division of Periodontology; College of Dentistry; The Ohio State University; Columbus, OH USA
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- Research and Testing Laboratory; Lubbock, TX USA
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- Department of Immunotherapeutics and Biotechnology; School of Pharmacy; Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center; Abilene, TX USA
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- Division of Oral Biolog; College of Dentistry; The Ohio State University; Columbus, OH USA,Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research; College of Medicine; The Ohio State University; Columbus, OH USA,Department of Pediatrics; Wexner Medical Center; The Ohio State University; Columbus, OH USA,Correspondence to: Michael T Bailey;
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Xu K, Liu XN, Zhang HB, An N, Wang Y, Zhang ZC, Wang YN. Replication-defective HSV-1 effectively targets trigeminal ganglion and inhibits viral pathopoiesis by mediating interferon gamma expression in SH-SY5Y cells. J Mol Neurosci 2013; 53:78-86. [PMID: 24347277 DOI: 10.1007/s12031-013-0199-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2013] [Accepted: 11/28/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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It has been widely believed that recurrence of herpes simplex keratitis (HSK) is due to the reactivation of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) from latent sites in trigeminal ganglion (TG). However, there are also not effective vectors which could target TG for therapy. Replication-defective HSV-1 vector (rdHSV-IFNγ) was established by calcium phosphate co-transfection of complementing cells. We firstly infected rdHSV-IFNγ to SH-SY5Y, and detected IFNγ expression by western blot, evaluated 50 % cellular cytotoxicity (CC(50)) by ELISA. Antiviral activity of rdHSV-IFNγ was examined by immunofluorescence and antiviral concentration of 50 % effectiveness (EC(50)) assay. The rdHSV-IFNγ vector was immunized to Wistar rats to observe targeting function to TG. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis was utilized to assess security of rdHSV-IFNγ. RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry assay were employed to detect rdHSV-IFNγ localization in TG. Western blot was employed to detect IFNγ expression. rdHSV-IFNγ was successfully established, and performed an effective antiviral activity and higher security in SH-SY5Y. There were no significant differences of survival and corneal infection rate of rdHSV-IFNγ immunized rats among groups (P > 0.05). RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry indicated that expression of glycoprotein D (gD) in TG could target TG and decreased following with times post immunization. Furthermore, IFNγ was expressed effectively in TG tissues. Our findings indicated that established rdHSV-IFNγ vector effectively transported therapeutic gene into TG tissues. The administration of replication-defective vector carrying therapeutic genes may become a promising tool in inhibition or reoccurrence of HSK in clinical.
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- Kun Xu
- Department of Ophthalmology, No. 1 Hospital of Xi'an, Xi'an, 710002, China,
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Trammell RA, Verhulst S, Toth LA. Environmental perturbation, inflammation and behavior in healthy and virus-infected mice. Brain Behav Immun 2013; 33:139-52. [PMID: 23867134 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2013.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2013] [Revised: 07/06/2013] [Accepted: 07/07/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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The development of so-called "sickness behaviors" (e.g., anorexia, anhedonia, reduced social interaction, fatigue) during infectious and inflammatory disease has been linked to facets of the immune response. Such problems can be particularly troublesome during chronic latent infection, as the host immune system must employ continual vigilance to maintain viral latency. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a ubiquitous human gamma-herpesvirus that causes acute disease and establishes life-long latency in people. Murine gammaherpesvirus (MuGHV) is a natural pathogen of wild rodents that provides an experimental model for studying the pathophysiology of an EBV-like gamma-herpesvirus in mice. To evaluate this model with regard to sickness behavior and its exacerbation during a chronic latent viral disease, we exposed uninfected and MuGHV-infected C57BL/6J and BALB/cByJ mice to novel and potentially stressful environmental perturbations and measured the impact of these challenges on behavior and markers of inflammation. The data indicate that exposure of mice to environmental perturbations during the normal somnolent phase is associated with reduced activity during the subsequent active phase, despite an intervening rest period. Effects on inflammatory mediators were complex due to independent and interactive effects of infection status, mouse strain, and exposure to stressful environment. However, GCSF and MCP1 were consistently elevated in lung both immediately after and 12h after exposure to a "dirty" cage containing the resident mouse (DCR); this increase occurred in both C57BL/6J and BALB/cByJ mice and was independent of infection status. At 12h after DCR, IL1β and IP10 were also consistently elevated in lung. In response to DCR, BALB/cByJ mice showed a greater number of significant cytokine effects than did C57BL/6J mice. With regard to infection status, IP10 was consistently elevated in lung at both time points regardless of mouse strain or DCR exposure. Several analytes were affected by mouse strain in serum or lung at one or both time points, with most strain differences present in serum at E18. Taken together, the data show that exposure of mice to environmental perturbations is associated with systemic inflammation that is in part independent of genetic background or latent MuGHV infection and with reduced activity that could represent fatigue, depression, or other facets of sickness behavior.
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- Rita A Trammell
- Department of Internal Medicine, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, United States
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Social stress up-regulates inflammatory gene expression in the leukocyte transcriptome via β-adrenergic induction of myelopoiesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013; 110:16574-9. [PMID: 24062448 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1310655110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 421] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Across a variety of adverse life circumstances, such as social isolation and low socioeconomic status, mammalian immune cells have been found to show a conserved transcriptional response to adversity (CTRA) involving increased expression of proinflammatory genes. The present study examines whether such effects might stem in part from the selective up-regulation of a subpopulation of immature proinflammatory monocytes (Ly-6c(high) in mice, CD16(-) in humans) within the circulating leukocyte pool. Transcriptome representation analyses showed relative expansion of the immature proinflammatory monocyte transcriptome in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from people subject to chronic social stress (low socioeconomic status) and mice subject to repeated social defeat. Cellular dissection of the mouse peripheral blood mononuclear cell transcriptome confirmed these results, and promoter-based bioinformatic analyses indicated increased activity of transcription factors involved in early myeloid lineage differentiation and proinflammatory effector function (PU.1, NF-κB, EGR1, MZF1, NRF2). Analysis of bone marrow hematopoiesis confirmed increased myelopoietic output of Ly-6c(high) monocytes and Ly-6c(intermediate) granulocytes in mice subject to repeated social defeat, and these effects were blocked by pharmacologic antagonists of β-adrenoreceptors and the myelopoietic growth factor GM-CSF. These results suggest that sympathetic nervous system-induced up-regulation of myelopoiesis mediates the proinflammatory component of the leukocyte CTRA dynamic and may contribute to the increased risk of inflammation-related disease associated with adverse social conditions.
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Powell ND, Tarr AJ, Sheridan JF. Psychosocial stress and inflammation in cancer. Brain Behav Immun 2013; 30 Suppl:S41-7. [PMID: 22790082 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2012.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2012] [Revised: 06/25/2012] [Accepted: 06/29/2012] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Stress-induced immune dysregulation results in significant health consequences for immune related disorders including viral infections, chronic autoimmune disease, and tumor growth and metastasis. In this mini-review we discuss the sympathetic, neuroendocrine and immunologic mechanisms by which psychosocial stress can impact cancer biology. Both human and animal studies have shown the sympathetic and neuroendocrine responses to psychosocial stress significantly impacts cancer, in part, through regulation of inflammatory mediators. Psychosocial stressors stimulate neuroendocrine, sympathetic, and immune responses that result in the activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA)-axis, sympathetic nervous system (SNS), and the subsequent regulation of inflammatory responses by immune cells. Social disruption (SDR) stress, a murine model of psychosocial stress and repeated social defeat, provides a novel and powerful tool to probe the mechanisms leading to stress-induced alterations in inflammation, tumor growth, progression, and metastasis. In this review, we will focus on SDR as an important model of psychosocial stress in understanding neural-immune mechanisms in cancer.
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- N D Powell
- Division of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
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Gibb J, Al-Yawer F, Anisman H. Synergistic and antagonistic actions of acute or chronic social stressors and an endotoxin challenge vary over time following the challenge. Brain Behav Immun 2013; 28:149-58. [PMID: 23164949 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2012.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2012] [Revised: 10/31/2012] [Accepted: 11/08/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Acute stressor exposure and immunogenic challenges can synergistically increase behavioral, endocrine and neuroinflammatory responses, but much less is known about how chronic stressors influence the actions of immune challenges. In the present investigation we assessed the influence of bacterial endotoxin, lipopolysaccharide (LPS), administered on an acute chronic stressors backdrop, on sickness behavior, changes of circulating corticosterone and cytokine levels, and cytokine mRNA expression in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and hippocampus. In this regard, it was of particular interest to determine whether the stressors would alter the temporal biological effects (onset and normalization) of LPS. There was a leftward shift in the temporal curve, in that sickness behavior, corticosterone and plasma IL-6 elevations among stressed mice appeared sooner after LPS treatment, but 3h after treatment corticosterone and IL-6 were lower than in nonstressed mice. In contrast, the stressor, especially when applied chronically, diminished the effects of LPS on TNF-α over the course of measurement, whereas effects on IL-10 were enhanced. In contrast to these peripheral effects, central cytokine mRNA expression, especially IL-1β and TNF-α, were diminished 1.5h following stressor and LPS administration, but were then synergistically enhanced at 3h compared to non-stressed controls. Although acute and chronic stressors provoked similar behavioral and neuroendocrine responses when combined with LPS, the effects of chronic stressors and LPS on brain cytokines were generally diminished, particularly in the PFC. The implications of the temporal changes related to stressors and immune activation are discussed, and several possible mechanisms for these effects are suggested.
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- Julie Gibb
- Department of Neuroscience, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Tarr AJ, Powell ND, Reader BF, Bhave NS, Roloson A, Carson WE, Sheridan JF. β-Adrenergic receptor mediated increases in activation and function of natural killer cells following repeated social disruption. Brain Behav Immun 2012; 26:1226-38. [PMID: 22796551 PMCID: PMC3468689 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2012.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2012] [Revised: 06/15/2012] [Accepted: 07/05/2012] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Natural killer (NK) cells are specialized innate lymphocytes important in the early defense against tumor and virus bearing cells. Many factors influence the immune system's effectiveness against pathogens, including stress. Social disruption (SDR) "primes" macrophages/monocytes and dendritic cells thereby enhancing their anti-microbial function. What remains unclear is whether similar responses are evident in NK cells. Current studies investigated the cellular distribution and activation/inhibitory phenotypes of NK cells in the spleen, lung, and blood of C57BL/6 male mice following SDR. Furthermore, cytolytic activity and anti-viral cytokine production of splenic NK cells were determined. Lastly, β-adrenergic receptor (β-AR) signaling was investigated to determine possible mechanisms behind the SDR-induced NK cell alterations. Results indicated NK cells from SDR mice have increased expression of CD16 and CD69 and reduced NKG2a and Ly49a expression on splenic CD3-/DX5+ NK cells indicative of an activated phenotype, both immediately and 14h post-SDR. Administration of propranolol (10mg/kg; non-selective β-adrenergic receptor antagonist) was shown to block these "priming" effects at the 14h time-point. In the lung, SDR had similar effects on activation and inhibitory receptors 14h post-SDR, however no alterations were evident in the blood besides increased NK cells directly after SDR. Additionally, splenic NK cells from SDR mice had increased CD107a surface expression, cytolytic activity, and IFN-γ production was increased upon costimulation with IgG and IL-2 ex vivo. Collectively, these data suggest that social stress "primes" NK cells in the spleen and lung to be more proficient in their cytolytic and anti-viral/tumor effecter functions through β-adrenergic receptor dependent signaling.
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- Andrew J. Tarr
- Division of Oral Biology, The Ohio State University, 305 W. 12Ave Columbus, OH 43210, USA,Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research, The Ohio State University, 460 Medical Center Dr., Columbus, OH 43210, USA,Corresponding authors: Andrew J. Tarr and John F. Sheridan, Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research, The Ohio State University, 460 Medical Center Dr., Columbus, OH 43210, USA. Phone:614-293-3571; Fax: 614-366-2097; ;
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- Division of Oral Biology, The Ohio State University, 305 W. 12Ave Columbus, OH 43210, USA,Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research, The Ohio State University, 460 Medical Center Dr., Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Division of Oral Biology, The Ohio State University, 305 W. 12Ave Columbus, OH 43210, USA,Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research, The Ohio State University, 460 Medical Center Dr., Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210-1228, USA
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- Division of Oral Biology, The Ohio State University, 305 W. 12Ave Columbus, OH 43210, USA,Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research, The Ohio State University, 460 Medical Center Dr., Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210-1228, USA
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- Division of Oral Biology, The Ohio State University, 305 W. 12Ave Columbus, OH 43210, USA,Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research, The Ohio State University, 460 Medical Center Dr., Columbus, OH 43210, USA,Corresponding authors: Andrew J. Tarr and John F. Sheridan, Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research, The Ohio State University, 460 Medical Center Dr., Columbus, OH 43210, USA. Phone:614-293-3571; Fax: 614-366-2097; ;
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Peripheral innate immune challenge exaggerated microglia activation, increased the number of inflammatory CNS macrophages, and prolonged social withdrawal in socially defeated mice. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2012; 37:1491-505. [PMID: 22386198 PMCID: PMC3368999 DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 212] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2011] [Revised: 01/06/2012] [Accepted: 02/05/2012] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Repeated social defeat (RSD) activates neuroendocrine pathways that have a significant influence on immunity and behavior. Previous studies from our lab indicate that RSD enhances the inflammatory capacity of CD11b⁺ cells in the brain and promotes anxiety-like behavior in an interleukin (IL)-1 and β-adrenergic receptor-dependent manner. The purpose of this study was to determine the degree to which mice subjected to RSD were more responsive to a secondary immune challenge. Therefore, RSD or control (HCC) mice were injected with saline or lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and activation of brain CD11b⁺ cells and behavioral responses were determined. Peripheral LPS (0.5 mg/kg) injection caused an extended sickness response with exaggerated weight loss and prolonged social withdrawal in socially defeated mice. LPS injection also amplified mRNA expression of IL-1β, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), and CD14 in enriched CD11b⁺ cells isolated from socially defeated mice. In addition, IL-1β mRNA levels in enriched CD11b⁺ cells remained elevated in socially defeated mice 24 h and 72 h after LPS. Moreover, microglia and CNS macrophages isolated from socially defeated mice had the highest CD14 expression after LPS injection. Both social defeat and LPS injection increased the percentage of CD11b⁺/CD45(high) macrophages in the brain and the number of inflammatory macrophages (CD11b⁺/CD45(high)/CCR2⁺) was highest in RSD-LPS mice. Anxiety-like behavior was increased by social defeat, but was not exacerbated by the LPS challenge. Nonetheless, reduced locomotor activity and increased social withdrawal were still present in socially defeated mice 72 h after LPS. Last, LPS-induced microglia activation was most evident in the hippocampus of socially defeated mice. Taken together, these findings demonstrate that repeated social defeat enhanced the neuroinflammatory response and caused prolonged sickness following innate immune challenge.
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Vichaya EG, Young EE, Frazier MA, Cook JL, Welsh CJ, Meagher MW. Social disruption induced priming of CNS inflammatory response to Theiler's virus is dependent upon stress induced IL-6 release. J Neuroimmunol 2011; 239:44-52. [PMID: 22000153 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2011.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2011] [Revised: 07/17/2011] [Accepted: 08/10/2011] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Chronic social disruption stress (SDR) exacerbates acute and chronic phase Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV) infection, a mouse model of multiple sclerosis. However, the precise mechanism by which this occurs remains unknown. The present study suggests that SDR exacerbates TMEV disease course by priming virus-induced neuroinflammation. It was demonstrated that IL-1β mRNA expression increases following acute SDR; however, IL-6 mRNA expression, but not IL-1β, is upregulated in response to chronic SDR. Furthermore, this study demonstrated SDR prior to infection increases infection related central IL-6 and IL-1β mRNA expression, and administration of IL-6 neutralizing antibody during SDR reverses this increase in neuroinflammation.
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- E G Vichaya
- Dept. of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts, Texas A&M University, United States
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Song C, Wang H. Cytokines mediated inflammation and decreased neurogenesis in animal models of depression. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2011; 35:760-8. [PMID: 20600462 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2010.06.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 207] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2010] [Revised: 06/15/2010] [Accepted: 06/23/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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In patients with major depression or in animal models of depression, significantly increases in the concentrations of pro-inflammatory cytokines have been consistently reported. Proinflammatory cytokines can stimulate the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis to release stress hormone, glucocorticoids. As a consequence of excessive inflammatory response triggered by pro-inflammatory cytokines in the periphery, free radicals, oxidants and glucocorticoids are over-produced, which can affect glial cell functions and damage neurons in the brain. Indeed, decreased neurogenesis and the dysfunction of neurotrophic system (up- or down-regulations of neurotrophins and their receptors) have been recently found. Effective treatments for depressive symptoms, such as antidepressants and omega-3 fatty acids can increase or modulate neurotrophic system and enhance neurogenesis. However, the relationship between glial cells; microglia (mostly involved in neuroinflammation) and astrocytes (producing neurotrophins), and the contribution of inflammation to decreased neurogenesis and dysfunction of neurotrophic system are almost unknown. This review first introduces changes in behavior, neurotransmitter, cytokine and neurogenesis aspects in depressed patients and several animal models of depression, secondly explores the possible relationship between pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines and neurogenesis in these models, then discusses the effects of current treatments on inflammation, neurotrophic system and neurogenesis, and finally pointes out the limitations and future research directions.
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- Cai Song
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, AVC, University of Prince Edward Island, and Canada National Research Institute for Nutriscience and Health, Charlottetown, PE, Canada.
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Powell ND, Mays JW, Bailey MT, Hanke ML, Sheridan JF. Immunogenic dendritic cells primed by social defeat enhance adaptive immunity to influenza A virus. Brain Behav Immun 2011; 25:46-52. [PMID: 20656014 PMCID: PMC2991426 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2010.07.243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2010] [Revised: 07/12/2010] [Accepted: 07/17/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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Dendritic cells (DCs) sample their surrounding microenvironment and consequently send immunogenic or regulatory signals to T cells during DC/T cell interactions, shaping the primary adaptive immune response to infection. The microenvironment resulting from repeated social defeat increases DC co-stimulatory molecule expression and primes DCs for enhanced cytokine responses in vitro. In this study, we show that social disruption stress (SDR) results in the generation of immunogenic DCs, capable of conferring enhanced adaptive immunity to influenza A/PR/8/34 infection. Mice infected with influenza A/PR/8/34 virus 24 h after the adoptive transfer of DCs from SDR mice had significantly increased numbers of D(b)NP(366-74)CD8(+) T cells, increased IFN-γ and IFN-α mRNA, and decreased influenza M1 mRNA expression in the lung during the peak primary response (9 days post-infection), compared to mice that received DCs from naïve mice. These data demonstrate that repeated social defeat is a significant environmental influence on immunogenic DC activation and function.
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- Nicole D. Powell
- Section of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Section of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Section of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.,Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Section of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Section of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.,Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.,Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology, and Medical Genetics, College of Medicine. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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