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Liu Y, Yao Y, Fang W, Wang X, Lu W. Combinatorial therapy with sub-effective Ro25-6981 and ZL006 ameliorates depressive-like behavior in single or combined stressed male mice. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2024; 730:150385. [PMID: 39002200 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2024.150385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2024] [Revised: 07/05/2024] [Accepted: 07/09/2024] [Indexed: 07/15/2024]
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Major depression is a severe neuropsychiatric disorder that poses a significant challenge to health. However, development of an effective therapy for the disease has long been difficult. Here, we investigate the efficacy of a novel combinatorial treatment employing sub-effective doses of Ro25-6981, an antagonist targeting GluN2B-containing NMDA receptors, in conjunction with ZL006, an inhibitor of the PSD95/nNOS, on mouse models of depression. We employed social isolation, chronic restraint stress, or a combination of both to establish a depressed mouse model. Treatment with the drug combination reduced depressive-like behaviors without affecting locomotor activity in mice subjected to social isolation or chronic restraint stress. Furthermore, the combination therapy ameliorated depressive-like behaviors induced by combined stress of chronic restraint followed by social isolation. Mechanistic studies revealed that the combined treatment downregulated the hippocampal nitric oxide level. However, the therapeutic benefits of this combination were negated by the activation of NMDA receptors with a low dose of NMDA or by increasing nitric oxide levels with l-arginine. Moreover, the combinatorial treatment had negligible effects on object memory and contextual fear memory. Our data establish a combined therapy paradigm, providing a potential strategy targeting major depression.
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- Yixiu Liu
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, School of Medicine, Women's Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
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- Department of the First Clinical Medicine, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medicine and Life Sciences, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan, China.
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Doyle MA, Salimando GJ, Altemus ME, Badt JK, Bedenbaugh MN, Vardy AS, Adank DN, Park AS, Winder DG. BNST GluN2D-containing NMDARs contribute to ethanol intake but not negative affective behaviors in female mice. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.04.19.590258. [PMID: 38659775 PMCID: PMC11042366 DOI: 10.1101/2024.04.19.590258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a chronic, relapsing disease, highly comorbid with anxiety and depression. The bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST), and Crh + neurons in this region are thought to play a key role in chronic ethanol-induced increases in volitional ethanol intake. This role has been hypothesized to be driven by emergent BNST-dependent negative affective behaviors. Indeed, we report here that in female mice undergoing a home cage chronic drinking forced abstinence model (CDFA), excitatory transmission undergoes time-dependent upregulation in BNST Crh + cells. Excitatory NMDA receptors (NMDARs) are a major target of ethanol, and chronic ethanol exposure has been shown to regulate NMDAR function and expression. GluN2D subunit-containing NMDARs have emerged as a target of interest due to their limited distribution and potential roles in affective behavior. We find that knockdown of dorsal BNST (dBNST) GluN2D expression significantly decreases ethanol intake in female, but not male, mice. While BNST Grin2b expression was significantly increased in protracted abstinence following CDFA, no differences in Grin2d expression were observed in dBNST or specifically in dBNST Crh + neurons. Finally, to determine the impact of GluN2D expression on negative affective behaviors, open field, elevated zero maze, and forced swim tasks were used to measure anxiety- and depressive-like behaviors in constitutive and conditional BNST GluN2D knockout mice. Surprisingly, we find that deletion of GluN2D fails to alter negative affect in ethanol-naïve female mice. Together, these data suggest a role for BNST GluN2D-containing NMDARs in ethanol drinking behaviors but not abstinence from ethanol, highlighting potential sex differences and behavioral specificity in the context of AUD behaviors. Overall, these data further suggest roles for BNST synaptic signaling in volitional ethanol intake that are partially independent of actions on affective behavior.
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Ai H, Li M, Fang W, Wang X, Liu X, Wu L, Zhang B, Lu W. Disruption of Cdk5-GluN2B complex by a small interfering peptide attenuates social isolation-induced escalated intermale attack behavior and hippocampal oxidative stress in mice. Free Radic Biol Med 2024; 210:54-64. [PMID: 37979890 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2023.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2023] [Revised: 09/04/2023] [Accepted: 11/11/2023] [Indexed: 11/20/2023]
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Social isolation has emerged as a significant issue during the COVID-19 pandemic that can adversely impact human mental health and potentially lead to pathological aggression. Given the lack of effective therapeutic interventions for aggressive behavior, alternative approaches are necessary. In this study, we utilized a genetic method combined with a pharmacological approach to identify and demonstrate the crucial role of Cdk5 in escalated intermale attack behavior induced by 2-week social isolation. Moreover, we developed a small peptide that effectively disrupts the interaction between Cdk5 and GluN2B, given the known involvement of this complex in various neuropsychiatric disorders. Administration of the peptide, either systemically or via intrahippocampal injection, significantly reduced oxidative stress in the hippocampus and attenuated intermale attack behavior induced by 2-week social isolation. These findings highlight the previously unknown role of the hippocampal Cdk5-GluN2B complex in social isolation-induced aggressive behavior in mice and propose the peptide as a promising therapeutic strategy for regulating attack behavior and oxidative stress.
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- Heng Ai
- School of Basic Medical Sciences and Forensic Medicine, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences and Forensic Medicine, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Women's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of the First Clinical Medicine, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China; Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medicine and Life Sciences, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan, China
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- Department of the First Clinical Medicine, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China; Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medicine and Life Sciences, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan, China
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences and Forensic Medicine, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Novel Targets and Drug Study for Neural Repair of Zhejiang Province, School of Medicine, Hangzhou City University, China.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medicine and Life Sciences, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan, China; Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medicine and Life Sciences, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan, China.
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Salek AB, Claeboe ET, Bansal R, Berbari NF, Baucum AJ. Spinophilin-dependent regulation of GluN2B-containing NMDAR-dependent calcium influx, GluN2B surface expression, and cleaved caspase expression. Synapse 2023; 77:e22264. [PMID: 36738175 DOI: 10.1002/syn.22264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2022] [Revised: 01/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/29/2023] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
Abstract
N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) are calcium-permeable ion channels that are ubiquitously expressed within the glutamatergic postsynaptic density. Phosphorylation of NMDAR subunits defines receptor conductance and surface localization, two alterations that can modulate overall channel activity. Modulation of NMDAR phosphorylation by kinases and phosphatases regulates the amount of calcium entering the cell and subsequent activation of calcium-dependent processes. The dendritic spine enriched protein, spinophilin, is the major synaptic protein phosphatase 1 (PP1) targeting protein. Depending on the substrate, spinophilin can act as either a PP1 targeting protein, to permit substrate dephosphorylation, or a PP1 inhibitory protein, to enhance substrate phosphorylation. Spinophilin limits NMDAR function in a PP1-dependent manner. Specifically, we have previously shown that spinophilin sequesters PP1 away from the GluN2B subunit of the NMDAR, which results in increased phosphorylation of Ser-1284 on GluN2B. However, how spinophilin modifies NMDAR function is unclear. Herein, we utilize a Neuro2A cell line to detail that Ser-1284 phosphorylation increases calcium influx via GluN2B-containing NMDARs. Moreover, overexpression of spinophilin decreases GluN2B-containing NMDAR activity by decreasing its surface expression, an effect that is independent of Ser-1284 phosphorylation. In hippocampal neurons isolated from spinophilin knockout animals, there is an increase in cleaved caspase-3 levels, a marker of calcium-associated apoptosis, compared with wildtype mice. Taken together, our data demonstrate that spinophilin regulates GluN2B containing NMDAR phosphorylation, channel function, and trafficking and that loss of spinophilin enhances neuronal cleaved caspase-3 expression.
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- Asma B Salek
- Department of Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
- Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
- Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
- Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
- Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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Doyle MA, Brown JA, Winder DG. GluN2D expression is regulated by restraint stress and supports active stress coping bouts. Neuropharmacology 2023; 225:109377. [PMID: 36528117 PMCID: PMC9839594 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2022.109377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2022] [Revised: 11/22/2022] [Accepted: 12/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Stress coping strategies represent critical responses to environmental challenges, and active coping has been linked to stress resilience in humans. Understanding the neuroadaptations that support these strategies may provide insights into adaptive and maladaptive stress responses. NMDA receptors (NMDARs) play key roles in neuroadaptation, and NMDARs have been specifically implicated in stress responsiveness. Constitutive knockout mice have been used to implicate the GluN2D NMDAR subunit in regulation of stress-sensitive and affective behavior, but the brain regions in which GluN2D expression changes drive these effects remain unknown. Here we report that following an acute restraint stressor, GluN2D subunit expression is specifically decreased in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST), a key region involved in stress processing, in male but not female mice, with no differences found in the thalamus or ventral hippocampus in either sex. Rodents engage in active struggling events during restraint stress that may represent active coping strategies to stress. Thus, we assessed active coping bouts during acute and chronic restraint stress sessions in GluN2D knockout mice. During the first restraint session, GluN2D knockout mice exhibited a pronounced decrease in struggling bouts during restraint stress relative to wild-type littermates, consistent with a role of GluN2D in active coping responses to stress. Repeated, daily restraint sessions revealed a sex-specific role of GluN2D expression on certain aspects of active coping behaviors, with male GluN2D KO mice exhibiting a decrease in total coping bouts measured across five sessions. However, BNST-specific knockdown of GluN2D in male mice did not alter active coping bouts, suggesting either a multi-synaptic role of GluN2D and/or a developmental role of GluN2D in this behavior. Altogether, these data are consistent with a growing literature suggesting that exploration of GluN2D control of stress circuit actions may lead to a novel therapeutic target to consider for stress-related mood disorders.
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- Marie A Doyle
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, USA; Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research, Vanderbilt University, USA
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- Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research, Vanderbilt University, USA; Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, USA; Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research, Vanderbilt University, USA; Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, USA.
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von Ziegler LM, Floriou-Servou A, Waag R, Das Gupta RR, Sturman O, Gapp K, Maat CA, Kockmann T, Lin HY, Duss SN, Privitera M, Hinte L, von Meyenn F, Zeilhofer HU, Germain PL, Bohacek J. Multiomic profiling of the acute stress response in the mouse hippocampus. Nat Commun 2022; 13:1824. [PMID: 35383160 PMCID: PMC8983670 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-29367-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2021] [Accepted: 03/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The acute stress response mobilizes energy to meet situational demands and re-establish homeostasis. However, the underlying molecular cascades are unclear. Here, we use a brief swim exposure to trigger an acute stress response in mice, which transiently increases anxiety, without leading to lasting maladaptive changes. Using multiomic profiling, such as proteomics, phospho-proteomics, bulk mRNA-, single-nuclei mRNA-, small RNA-, and TRAP-sequencing, we characterize the acute stress-induced molecular events in the mouse hippocampus over time. Our results show the complexity and specificity of the response to acute stress, highlighting both the widespread changes in protein phosphorylation and gene transcription, and tightly regulated protein translation. The observed molecular events resolve efficiently within four hours after initiation of stress. We include an interactive app to explore the data, providing a molecular resource that can help us understand how acute stress impacts brain function in response to stress. Acute stress can help individuals to respond to challenging events, although chronic stress leads to maladaptive changes. Here, the authors present a multi omic analysis profiling acute stress-induced changes in the mouse hippocampus, providing a resource for the scientific community.
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- Lukas M von Ziegler
- Laboratory of Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Institute for Neuroscience, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,Neuroscience Center Zurich, ETH Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Institute for Neuroscience, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,Neuroscience Center Zurich, ETH Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Institute for Neuroscience, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,Neuroscience Center Zurich, ETH Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Institute for Neuroscience, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,Neuroscience Center Zurich, ETH Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Institute for Neuroscience, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,Neuroscience Center Zurich, ETH Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Institute for Neuroscience, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,Neuroscience Center Zurich, ETH Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Functional Genomics Center Zurich, ETH Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Institute for Neuroscience, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,Neuroscience Center Zurich, ETH Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich-Vetsuisse, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Institute for Neuroscience, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,Neuroscience Center Zurich, ETH Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Institute for Neuroscience, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,Neuroscience Center Zurich, ETH Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Nutrition and Metabolic Epigenetics, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Nutrition and Metabolic Epigenetics, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Neuroscience Center Zurich, ETH Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Neuroscience Center Zurich, ETH Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,Computational Neurogenomics, Institute for Neuroscience, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland.,Laboratory of Statistical Bioinformatics, Department for Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Institute for Neuroscience, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. .,Neuroscience Center Zurich, ETH Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Targeting PSD95/nNOS by ZL006 alleviates social isolation-induced heightened attack behavior in mice. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2022; 239:267-276. [PMID: 34661719 PMCID: PMC8521491 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-021-06000-9] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2021] [Accepted: 10/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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RATIONALE Deregulated attack behaviors have devastating social consequences; however, satisfactory clinical management for the behavior is still an unmet need so far. Social isolation (SI) has been common during the COVID-19 pandemic and may have detrimental effects on mental health, including eliciting heightened attack behavior. OBJECTIVES This study aims to explore whether injection of ZL006 can alleviate SI-induced escalation of attack behavior in mice. METHODS Pharmacological tools, biochemical methods, and behavioral tests were used to explore the potential therapeutic effects of ZL006 targeting postsynaptic density 95 (PSD95)/neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) pathway on escalation of attack behavior induced by SI in mice. RESULTS ZL006 mitigated SI-induced escalated attack behaviors and elevated nitric oxide (NO) level in the cortex of the SI mice. The beneficial effects of ZL006 lasted for at least 72 h after a single injection of ZL006. Potentiation of NO levels by L-arginine blocked the effects of ZL006. Moreover, a sub-effective dose of 7-NI in combination with a sub-effective dose of ZL006 decreased both SI-induced escalated attack behaviors and NO levels in mice subjected to SI. CONCLUSIONS Our study highlights the importance of the PSD95/nNOS pathway in mediating SI-induced escalation of attack behavior. ZL006 may be a promising therapeutic strategy for treating aggressive behaviors.
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Zhu D, Sun M, Liu Q, Yue Y, Lu J, Lin X, Shi J. Angiotensin (1-7) through modulation of the NMDAR-nNOS-NO pathway and serotonergic metabolism exerts an anxiolytic-like effect in rats. Behav Brain Res 2020; 390:112671. [PMID: 32437889 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2020.112671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2020] [Revised: 04/05/2020] [Accepted: 04/21/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Although recent studies have shown that angiotensin (1-7) (Ang [1-7]) exerts anti-stress and anxiolytic-like effects, the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. The ventral hippocampus (VH) is proposed to be a critical brain region for mood and stress management through the N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) signaling pathway. However, the role of VH NMDAR signaling in the effects of Ang (1-7) remains unclear. In the present study, Ang (1-7) was injected into the bilateral VH of stressed rats, or in combination with a Fyn kinase inhibitor, NMDAR antagonist, neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) inhibitor, or nitric oxide (NO) scavenger. Anxiety-like behaviors were assessed using the open field test and elevated plus maze test, while alterations in NMDAR-nNOS-NO signaling and serotonergic metabolism were examined in the VH. After 21 days of chronic restraint stress, anxiety-like behaviors were evident. Levels of phosphorylated NR2B (a key NMDAR subunit), its upstream kinase Fyn, as well as activity of nNOS and monoamine oxidase (MAO) were markedly reduced. In contrast, levels of serotonin were increased. Bilateral VH infusion of Ang (1-7) recovered NMDAR-nNOS-NO signaling and MAO-mediated serotonin metabolism, as well as reducing anxiety-like behaviors in stressed rats. These effects were diminished by blockade of MasR (Ang [1-7]-specific receptor), Fyn kinase, NMDAR, nNOS, or NO production. Altogether, these findings indicate that Ang (1-7) exerts anxiolytic effects through modulation of the NMDAR-nNOS-NO pathway and serotonergic metabolism. Future translational research should focus on the relationship between Ang (1-7), glutamatergic neurotransmission, and serotonergic neurotransmission in the VH.
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- Donglin Zhu
- Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, PR China
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- Emergency Department, The Affiliated Suqian Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Suqian, PR China
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- Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Suqian Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Suqian, PR China
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- Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, PR China
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- Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, PR China
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- Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, PR China
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- Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, PR China.
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Ai H, Fang W, Hu H, Hu X, Lu W. Antidiabetic Drug Metformin Ameliorates Depressive-Like Behavior in Mice with Chronic Restraint Stress via Activation of AMP-Activated Protein Kinase. Aging Dis 2020; 11:31-43. [PMID: 32010479 PMCID: PMC6961762 DOI: 10.14336/ad.2019.0403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2019] [Accepted: 04/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Depression is one of the most prevalent neuropsychiatric disorders in modern society. However, traditional drugs, such as monoaminergic agents, have defect showing lag response requiring several weeks to months. Additionally, these drugs have limited efficacy and high resistance rates in patients with depression. Thus, there is an urgent need to develop novel drugs or approaches for the treatment of depression. Here, using biochemical, pharmacological, genetic and behavioral methods, we demonstrate that metformin imparts a fast-acting antidepressant-like effect in naïve mice as well as stressed mice subjected to chronic restraint stress model. Moreover, inhibition of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activity by compound C or knock down of hippocampal AMPKα occluded the antidepressant-like effect induced by metformin. Our results suggest that metformin may be a viable therapeutic drug for the treatment of stress-induced depression via activation of AMPK.
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- Heng Ai
- 1Department of Physiology, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- 2Department of Pharmacy, Women's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, China
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- 3Department of Ophthalmology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- 4Department of Neurobiology, Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology of Ministry of Health of China, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang, China
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- 5Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan, China
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Torabi M, Kesmati M, Galehdari H, Varzi HN, Pourreza N. MgO and ZnO nanoparticles anti-nociceptive effect modulated by glutamate level and NMDA receptor expression in the hippocampus of stressed and non-stressed rats. Physiol Behav 2019; 214:112727. [PMID: 31676262 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2019.112727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2019] [Revised: 10/01/2019] [Accepted: 10/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
The anti-nociceptive mechanisms of MgO and ZnO nanoparticles have not been thoroughly investigated; in this study, we evaluated the effects of anti-nociceptive dose of MgO and ZnO NPs on glutamate level and NMDA receptor subunits expression (NR1, NR2 and NR2B) in the rat whole hippocampus with and without acute restraint stress. Adult rats were divided into control, MgO and ZnO NPs 5 mg/kg, the stress of 90 min alone and with MgO or ZnO NPs 5 mg/kg groups. All components injected intraperitoneally and the nociceptive response was measured with hot plate apparatus 90 min after injections or stress induction. Magnesium, zinc, glutamate levels and NMDA receptor subunits expression were measured in the animal hippocampus. MgO NPs, ZnO NPs and acute stress induced anti-nociceptive effect. MgO NPs observably decreased glutamate and increased magnesium levels and NR2B subunit expression. ZnO NPs decreased glutamate level. Stress elevated endogenous magnesium and zinc levels and also the NR2B expression, but did not change glutamate level. MgO and ZnO NPs in the presence of stress increased the glutamate level and ZnO NPs increased the zinc and the NR2A expression. Stress decreased endogenous magnesium in the hippocampus. MgO and ZnO NPs could affect pain perception by changing glutamate level in the whole hippocampus tissue, while ion level changes followed by injection could probably affect the gene expression in the presence and the absence of stress. It seems that stress indirectly could adverse nanoparticles effects on glutamate level and increase zinc ion releasing from ZnO NPs by activating the gene expression without affecting pain perception.
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- Mozhgan Torabi
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran.
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran; Biotechnology and Bioscience Research Center, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
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- Cellular, and Molecular Biology Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran; Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
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The selenium-containing compound 3-((4-chlorophenyl)selanyl)-1-methyl-1H-indole reverses depressive-like behavior induced by acute restraint stress in mice: modulation of oxido-nitrosative stress and inflammatory pathway. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2019; 236:2867-2880. [PMID: 30610349 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-018-5151-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2018] [Accepted: 12/11/2018] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES Stress-induced alterations in oxidative and inflammatory parameters have been implicated in the pathophysiology of mood disorders. Based on the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of the selenium-containing compound 3-((4-chlorophenyl)selanyl)-1-methyl-1H-indole (CMI), we assessed its ability to reverse depression-like behavioral alterations, neuroinflammation, and oxidative imbalance induced by acute restraint stress. METHODS Mice submitted to restraint for 240 min received CMI (1 or 10 mg/kg, orally) 10 min after the end of the stress induction. Behavioral and biochemical tests were carried out after further 30 min. RESULTS Restraint-induced depression-like behavior in the tail suspension test (TST), splash test, and new object exploration test was reversed by CMI. None of the treatments evoked locomotor alteration. In addition, CMI abrogated restraint-induced increases in plasma levels of corticosterone and in markers of oxidative stress and impaired superoxide dismutase and catalase activity in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and hippocampus (HC). CMI also blocked stress-induced downregulation of mRNA levels of glucocorticoid receptor and brain-derived neurotrophic factor and upregulation of nuclear factor kappa B, inducible nitric oxide synthase, tumor necrosis alpha, indoelamine-2,3-dioxygenase, and glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta in PFC and HC. CONCLUSIONS These preclinical results indicate that administration of selenium-containing compounds might help to treat depression associated with inflammation and oxidative stress. Graphical abstract ᅟ.
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Quantitative analysis of Gria1, Gria2, Dlg1 and Dlg4 expression levels in hippocampus following forced swim stress in mice. Sci Rep 2019; 9:14060. [PMID: 31575955 PMCID: PMC6773768 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-50689-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2019] [Accepted: 09/18/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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AMPA receptors and interacting proteins are importantly involved in mediating stress-dependent plasticity. Previously we reported that GluA1-containing AMPA receptors and their interaction with PDZ-proteins are required for the experience-dependent expression of behavioral despair in the forced swim test. However, it is unclear if the expression of GluA1-containing AMPA receptors is affected by this type of behavior. Here we investigated in wild type mice, whether hippocampal gene or protein levels of GluA1 or associated PDZ proteins is altered following forced swim stress. We show that expression of Dlg4 (the gene coding for PSD-95) was strongly reduced after two days of forced swimming. In contrast, levels of Dlg1, Gria1, and Gria2 (coding for SAP97, GluA1, and GluA2 respectively) were not affected after one or two days of forced swimming. The changes in gene expression largely did not translate to the protein level. These findings indicate a limited acute effect of forced swim stress on the expression of the investigated targets and suggest that the acute involvement of GluA1-containing AMPA receptors tor forced swim behavior is a result of non-genomic mechanisms.
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Salek AB, Edler MC, McBride JP, Baucum AJ. Spinophilin regulates phosphorylation and interactions of the GluN2B subunit of the N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor. J Neurochem 2019; 151:185-203. [PMID: 31325175 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.14831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2019] [Revised: 06/21/2019] [Accepted: 07/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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N-methyl-d-Aspartate receptors (NMDARs) are abundant postsynaptic proteins that are critical for normal synaptic communication. NMDAR channel function is regulated by multiple properties, including phosphorylation. Inhibition of protein phosphatase 1 (PP1) in hippocampal neurons increases NMDAR activity, an effect abrogated by loss of spinophilin, the major PP1-targeting protein in the postsynaptic density. However, how spinophilin regulates PP1-dependent NMDAR function is unclear. We hypothesize that spinophilin regulates PP1 binding to the NMDAR to alter NMDAR phosphorylation. Our data demonstrate that spinophilin interacts with the GluN2B subunit of the NMDAR. In human embryonic kidney 293 FT cells, activation and/or overexpression of protein kinase A increased the association between spinophilin and the GluN2B subunit of the NMDAR. Functionally, we found that spinophilin overexpression decreased PP1 binding to the GluN2B subunit of the NMDAR and attenuated the PP1-dependent dephosphorylation of GluN2B at Ser-1284. Moreover, in P28 hippocampal lysates isolated from spinophilin KO compared to WT mice, there was increased binding of GluN2B to PP1, decreased phosphorylation of GluN2B at Ser-1284, and altered GluN2B protein interactions with postsynaptic density-enriched proteins. Together, our data demonstrate that spinophilin decreases PP1 binding to GluN2B and concomitantly enhances the phosphorylation of GluN2B at Ser-1284. The putative consequences of these spinophilin-dependent alterations in GluN2B phosphorylation and interactions on synaptic GluN2B localization and function are discussed. Open Science: This manuscript was awarded with the Open Materials Badge For more information see: https://cos.io/our-services/open-science-badges/.
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- Asma B Salek
- Department of Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.,Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.,Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.,Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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Preso regulates NMDA receptor-mediated excitotoxicity via modulating nitric oxide and calcium responses after traumatic brain injury. Cell Death Dis 2019; 10:496. [PMID: 31235685 PMCID: PMC6591282 DOI: 10.1038/s41419-019-1731-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2019] [Revised: 05/25/2019] [Accepted: 06/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has become a major health concern worldwide, and the poor outcome of TBI increases the need for therapeutic improvement. Secondary injuries following TBI, including excitotoxicity, lead to synaptic dysfunction and provide potential targets for intervention. Postsynaptic scaffold proteins, which are involved in the regulation of excitotoxicity after neuronal injury, play a crucial role in modulating synaptic function. Therefore, exploring the role of postsynaptic scaffold proteins in TBI might uncover new treatments. In this study, we demonstrated that downregulated expression of the postsynaptic scaffold protein Preso protects against neuronal injury after TBI in vitro and in vivo, and these effects are related to the inhibition of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) function. Further study showed that Preso facilitates signaling from NMDAR to nitric oxide (NO) and calcium (Ca2+) responses. First, the complex constituting NMDAR, postsynaptic density-95 (PSD-95), and neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) was shown to be involved in the Preso regulation of the NO response. Uncoupling the linkage between Preso and PSD-95 attenuated the stability of this complex and suppressed the regulatory effect of Preso on the NO response. In addition, phosphorylation of NMDAR by cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (CDK5) was shown to be responsible for the Preso-mediated Ca2+ response, which was dependent on the interaction between Preso and CDK5. These results suggested that the association of Preso with NMDAR signaling can serve as a target for neuroprotection against TBI.
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Sha J, Feng X, Chen Y, Zhang H, Li B, Hu X, Fan H. Dexmedetomidine improves acute stress‐induced liver injury in rats by regulating MKP‐1, inhibiting NF‐κB pathway and cell apoptosis. J Cell Physiol 2019; 234:14068-14078. [DOI: 10.1002/jcp.28096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2018] [Accepted: 12/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Jichen Sha
- Heilongjiang Key Laboratory for Laboratory Animals and Comparative Medicine College of Veterinary Medicine Northeast Agricultural University Harbin Heilongjiang China
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- Heilongjiang Key Laboratory for Laboratory Animals and Comparative Medicine College of Veterinary Medicine Northeast Agricultural University Harbin Heilongjiang China
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- Heilongjiang Key Laboratory for Laboratory Animals and Comparative Medicine College of Veterinary Medicine Northeast Agricultural University Harbin Heilongjiang China
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- Heilongjiang Key Laboratory for Laboratory Animals and Comparative Medicine College of Veterinary Medicine Northeast Agricultural University Harbin Heilongjiang China
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- Heilongjiang Key Laboratory for Laboratory Animals and Comparative Medicine College of Veterinary Medicine Northeast Agricultural University Harbin Heilongjiang China
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- Heilongjiang Key Laboratory for Laboratory Animals and Comparative Medicine College of Veterinary Medicine Northeast Agricultural University Harbin Heilongjiang China
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- Heilongjiang Key Laboratory for Laboratory Animals and Comparative Medicine College of Veterinary Medicine Northeast Agricultural University Harbin Heilongjiang China
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