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Stereological Evidence of Non-Selective Hippocampal Neurodegeneration, IGF-1 Depletion, and Behavioral Deficit following Short Term Bilateral Adrenalectomy in Wistar Rats. Biomolecules 2022; 13:biom13010022. [PMID: 36671407 PMCID: PMC9855887 DOI: 10.3390/biom13010022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Revised: 12/12/2022] [Accepted: 12/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The development of animal models to study cell death in the brain is a delicate task. One of the models, that was discovered in the late eighties, is the induction of neurodegeneration through glucocorticoid withdrawal by adrenalectomy in albino rats. Such a model is one of the few noninvasive models for studying neurodegeneration. In the present study, using stereological technique and ultrastructural examination, we aimed to investigate the impact of short-term adrenalectomy (2 weeks) on different hippocampal neuronal populations in Wistar rats. In addition, the underlying mechanism(s) of degeneration in these neurons were investigated by measuring the levels of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and β-nerve growth factor (β-NGF). Moreover, we examined whether the biochemical and histological changes in the hippocampus, after short-term adrenalectomy, have an impact on the cognitive behavior of Wistar rats. Stereological counting in the hippocampus revealed significant neuronal deaths in the dentate gyrus and CA4/CA3, but not in the CA2 and CA1 areas, 7 and 14 days post adrenalectomy. The ultrastructural examinations revealed degenerated and degenerating neurons in the dentate, as well as CA4, and CA3 areas, over the course of 3, 7 and 14 days. The levels of IGF-1 were significantly decreased in the hippocampus of ADX rats 24 h post adrenalectomy, and lasted over the course of two weeks. However, β-NGF was not affected in rats. Using a passive avoidance task, we found a cognitive deficit in the ADX compared to the SHAM operated rats over time (3, 7, and 14 days). In conclusion, both granule and pyramidal cells were degenerated in the hippocampus following short-term adrenalectomy. The early depletion of IGF-1 might play a role in hippocampal neuronal degeneration. Consequently, the loss of the hippocampal neurons after adrenalectomy leads to cognitive deficits.
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Klimek A, Kletkiewicz H, Siejka A, Wyszkowska J, Maliszewska J, Klimiuk M, Jankowska M, Seckl J, Rogalska J. New View on the Impact of the Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Field (50 Hz) on Stress Responses: Hormesis Effect. Neuroendocrinology 2022; 113:423-441. [PMID: 36323227 PMCID: PMC10906478 DOI: 10.1159/000527878] [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: 04/04/2022] [Accepted: 10/26/2022] [Indexed: 03/24/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Low-frequency electromagnetic field (50 Hz) (EMF) can modify crucial neuronal processes. Existing data indicate that exposure to EMF may represent a mild stressor and contribute to disturbances of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. The important regulatory pathways controlling HPA axis activity include two types of corticosteroid receptors: mineralocorticoid receptors (MRs) and glucocorticoid receptors. They are particularly abundant in the hippocampus, a key locus of HPA axis feedback control. The research aimed at determining whether (1) EMF exhibits hormesis, it means bidirectional action depending on EMF intensity (1 or 7 mT) and (2) repeated EMF exposure changes stress response to subsequent stress factors. METHODS The exposure (7 days, 1 h/day) of adult rats to EMF (1 mT and 7 mT) was repeated 3 times. HPA axis hormones and their receptors were analysed after each following exposure. Moreover, the impact of EMF exposure on hormonal and behavioural responses to subsequent stress factor - open-field test was evaluated. RESULTS Our data suggest that exposure to EMF can establish a new "set-point" for HPA axis activity. The direction and dynamics of this process depend on the intensity of EMF and the number of exposures. EMF of 1 mT induced an adaptive stress response, but 7 mT EMF caused sensitization. Consequently, EMF changed the vulnerability of the organism to a subsequent stress factor. We have also shown the increase in MR mRNA abundance in the hippocampus of 1 mT EMF-exposed rats, which can represent the possible neuroprotective response and suggest therapeutic properties of EMFs.
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- Angelika Klimek
- Department of Animal Physiology and Neurobiology, Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Toruń, Poland
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- Department of Animal Physiology and Neurobiology, Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Toruń, Poland
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- Department of Animal Physiology and Neurobiology, Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Toruń, Poland
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- Department of Animal Physiology and Neurobiology, Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Toruń, Poland
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- Department of Animal Physiology and Neurobiology, Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Toruń, Poland
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- Department of Animal Physiology and Neurobiology, Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Toruń, Poland
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- Department of Animal Physiology and Neurobiology, Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Toruń, Poland
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Science, QMRI, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Animal Physiology and Neurobiology, Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Toruń, Poland
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Tseilikman V, Akulov A, Shevelev O, Khotskina A, Kontsevaya G, Moshkin M, Fedotova J, Pashkov A, Tseilikman O, Agletdinov E, Tseilikman D, Kondashevskaya M, Zavjalov E. Paradoxical Anxiety Level Reduction in Animal Chronic Stress: A Unique Role of Hippocampus Neurobiology. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23169151. [PMID: 36012411 PMCID: PMC9409467 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23169151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2022] [Revised: 08/08/2022] [Accepted: 08/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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A paradoxical reduction in anxiety levels in chronic predator stress paradigm (PS) in Sprague–Dawley rats has recently been shown in previous works. In this paper, we studied the possible neurobiological mechanism of this phenomenon. We segregated PS-exposed Sprague–Dawley rats into the high- and low-anxiety phenotypes. The long-lasting effects of PS on corticosterone levels, blood flow speed in the carotid arteries, diffusion coefficient, and 1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectra in the hippocampus were compared in the high-anxiety and low-anxiety rats. In addition, we evaluated the gene BDNF expression in the hippocampus which is considered to be a main factor of neuroplasticity. We demonstrated that in low-anxiety rats, the corticosterone level was decreased and carotid blood flow speed was increased. Moreover, in the hippocampus of low-anxiety rats compared to the control group and high-anxiety rats, the following changes were observed: (a) a decrease in N-acetyl aspartate levels with a simultaneous increase in phosphoryl ethanol amine levels; (b) an increase in lipid peroxidation levels; (c) a decrease in apparent diffusion coefficient value; (d) an increase in BDNF gene expression. Based on these findings, we proposed that stress-induced anxiety reduction is associated with the elevation of BDNF gene expression directly. Low corticosterone levels and a rise in carotid blood flow speed might facilitate BDNF gene expression. Meanwhile, the decrease in apparent diffusion coefficient value and decrease in N-acetyl aspartate levels, as well as an increase in the lipid peroxidation levels, in the hippocampus possibly reflected destructive changes in the hippocampus. We suggested that in Sprague–Dawley rats, these morphological alterations might be considered as an impetus for further increase in neuroplasticity in the hippocampus.
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- Vadim Tseilikman
- School of Medical Biology, South Ural State University, 454080 Chelyabinsk, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, Pavlov Institute of Physiology, RAS, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- School of Medical Biology, South Ural State University, 454080 Chelyabinsk, Russia
- FSBI “Federal Neurosurgical Center”, Nemirovich-Danchenko Str. 132/1, 630087 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- School of Medical Biology, South Ural State University, 454080 Chelyabinsk, Russia
- Department of Basic Medicine, Chelyabinsk State University, 454001 Chelyabinsk, Russia
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- AO Vector-Best, Koltsovo Village, Research and Production Zone, Building 36, Room 211, 630559 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Zelman Institute of Medicine and Psychology, Novosibirsk State University, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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Huang Y, Li D, Wang C, Sun N, Zhou WX. Stachyose Alleviates Corticosterone-Induced Long-Term Potentiation Impairment via the Gut–Brain Axis. Front Pharmacol 2022; 13:799244. [PMID: 35370743 PMCID: PMC8965576 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2022.799244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2021] [Accepted: 02/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Stress can induce learning and memory impairment; corticosterone is often used to study the effects and mechanisms of stress in animal models. Long-term potentiation (LTP) has been widely used for tackling the mechanisms of memory. Liuwei Dihuang decoction-active fraction combination (LW-AFC) can improve stress-induced LTP and cognition impairment; stachyose is an oligosaccharide in LW-AFC. The effects and mechanisms of stachyose on stress are unknown. In this study, stachyose showed protective effects against LTP impairment by corticosterone in vivo only via intragastric administration for 7 consecutive days, but there was little effect even after direct intracerebroventricular injection; the protective effect of stachyose could be canceled by non-absorbable antibiotics (ATB) which disturbed gut flora. 16S rRNA sequencing, alpha diversity, and principal coordinate analysis (PCoA) revealed that the gut flora in corticosterone-treated mice was disturbed and stachyose could improve corticosterone-induced gut flora disturbance. Bacteroidetes were decreased and Deferribacteres were increased significantly in corticosterone-treated mice, and stachyose restored Bacteroidetes and Deferribacteres to the normal level. D-serine, a coactivator of NMDA receptors, plays an important role in synaptic plasticity and cognition. Here, corticosterone had little effect on the content of D-serine and L-serine (the precursor of D-serine), but it reduced the D-serine release-related proteins, Na+-independent alanine–serine–cysteine transporter-1 (ASC-1), and vesicle-associated membrane protein 2 (VAMP2) significantly in hippocampus; stachyose significantly increased ASC-1 and VAMP2 in corticosterone-treated mice, and ATB blocked stachyose’s effects on ASC-1 and VAMP2. NMDA receptors co-agonists L-serine, D-serine, and glycine significantly improved LTP impairment by corticosterone. These results indicated that stachyose might indirectly increase D-serine release through the gut–brain axis to improve LTP impairment by corticosterone in the hippocampus in vivo.
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- Yan Huang
- *Correspondence: Yan Huang, ; Wen-Xia Zhou,
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Gehrand AL, Phillips J, Welhouse KD, Siddiqui H, Schulgit M, Hoffman J, Hunt H, Raff H. Glucocorticoid Receptor Antagonist Alters Corticosterone and Receptor-sensitive mRNAs in the Hypoxic Neonatal Rat. Endocrinology 2022; 163:6429713. [PMID: 34791109 DOI: 10.1210/endocr/bqab232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Hypoxia, a common stressor with preterm birth, increases morbidity and mortality associated with prematurity. Glucocorticoids (GCs) are administered to the preterm infant to improve oxygenation; prolonged use of GCs remains controversial. We evaluated a selective glucocorticoid receptor (GR) antagonist (CORT113176) in our neonatal rat model of human prematurity to assess how fasting and hypoxia-induced increases in neonatal corticosterone affects endogenous hormones and endocrine pancreas function. Neonatal rat pups at postnatal day (PD) 2, PD8, and PD15 were pretreated with CORT113176 and, after 60 minutes of separation and fasting, exposed to hypoxia (8% O2) or control (normoxia) for 30 or 60 minutes while fasting was continued. Plasma corticosterone, ACTH, glucose, and insulin were measured and fasting Homeostatic Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance was calculated. Glucocorticoid and insulin receptor-sensitive gene mRNAs were analyzed in liver, muscle, and adipose to evaluate target tissue biomarkers. CORT113176 pretreatment augmented baseline and hypoxia-induced increases in corticosterone and attenuated hypoxia-induced increases in insulin resistance at PD2. Normoxic and hypoxic stress increased the hepatic GR-sensitive gene mRNAs, Gilz and Per1; this was eliminated by pretreatment with CORT113176. CORT113176 pretreatment decreased baseline insulin receptor-sensitive gene mRNAs Akt2, Irs1, Pik3r1, and Srebp1c at PD2. We show that CORT113176 variably augments the stress-induced increases in corticosterone concentrations (attenuation of negative feedback) and that GR is critical for hepatic responses to stress in the hypoxic neonate. We also propose that measurement of Gilz and Per1 mRNA expression may be useful to evaluate the effectiveness of GR antagonism.
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- Ashley L Gehrand
- Endocrine Research Laboratory, Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, Advocate Aurora Research Institute, Milwaukee, WI 53215, USA
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- Endocrine Research Laboratory, Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, Advocate Aurora Research Institute, Milwaukee, WI 53215, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
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- Endocrine Research Laboratory, Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, Advocate Aurora Research Institute, Milwaukee, WI 53215, USA
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- Endocrine Research Laboratory, Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, Advocate Aurora Research Institute, Milwaukee, WI 53215, USA
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- Corcept Therapeutics, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Endocrine Research Laboratory, Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, Advocate Aurora Research Institute, Milwaukee, WI 53215, USA
- Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
- Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
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Wang C, Yu Q, Li D, Sun N, Huang Y, Zhang YX, Zhou WX. Reduced D-Serine Release May Contribute to Impairment of Long-Term Potentiation by Corticosterone in the Perforant Path-Dentate Gyrus. Neurochem Res 2021; 46:2359-2375. [PMID: 34146194 DOI: 10.1007/s11064-021-03380-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2020] [Revised: 05/17/2021] [Accepted: 06/15/2021] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Long-term potentiation (LTP) is a neurobiological mechanism of cognitive function, and the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors is fundamental for LTP. Previous studies showed that over activation of NMDA receptors may be a crucial cause of LTP and cognitive impairment induced by stress or corticosterone. However, other studies showed that the function of NMDA receptors is insufficient since the NMDA receptors co-agonist D-serine could improve stress-induced cognitive impairment. The purpose of this study is to clarify whether over activation of NMDA receptors or hypofunction of NMDA receptors is involved in hippocampal impairment of LTP by corticosterone and the underlying mechanisms. Results showed that hippocampal LTP and object location recognition memory were impaired in corticosterone-treated mice. Corticosterone increased the glutamate level in hippocampal tissues, neither NMDA receptors antagonist nor its subtype antagonists alleviated impairment of LTP, while enhancing the function of NMDA receptors by D-serine did alleviate impairment of LTP by corticosterone, suggesting that hypofunction of NMDA receptors might be one of the main reasons for impairment of LTP by corticosterone. Further results showed that the level of D-serine and its precursor L-serine did not change. D-serine release-related protein Na+-independent alanine-serine-cysteine transporter-1 (ASC-1) in the cell membrane was decreased and increasing D-serine release by the selective activator of ASC-1 antiporter activity alleviated impairment of LTP by corticosterone. Taken together, this study demonstrates that hypofunction of NMDA receptors may be involved in impairment of LTP by corticosterone and reduced D-serine release may be an important reason for its hypofunction, which is an important complement to existing mechanisms of corticosterone-induced LTP and cognitive impairment.
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- Chen Wang
- Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Tai Ping Road 27, Beijing, 100850, China
- State Key Laboratory of Toxicology and Medical Countermeasures, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Tai Ping Road 27, Beijing, 100850, China
- State Key Laboratory of Toxicology and Medical Countermeasures, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Tai Ping Road 27, Beijing, 100850, China
- State Key Laboratory of Toxicology and Medical Countermeasures, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Tai Ping Road 27, Beijing, 100850, China
- State Key Laboratory of Toxicology and Medical Countermeasures, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Tai Ping Road 27, Beijing, 100850, China.
- State Key Laboratory of Toxicology and Medical Countermeasures, Beijing, China.
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- Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Tai Ping Road 27, Beijing, 100850, China.
- State Key Laboratory of Toxicology and Medical Countermeasures, Beijing, China.
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- Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Tai Ping Road 27, Beijing, 100850, China.
- State Key Laboratory of Toxicology and Medical Countermeasures, Beijing, China.
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Khaspekov LG. Current Views on the Role of Stress in the Pathogenesis of Chronic Neurodegenerative Diseases. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2021; 86:737-745. [PMID: 34225596 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297921060110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The review summarizes the results of studies on the cellular and molecular mechanisms mediating the impact of stress on the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative brain pathologies (Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, etc.) and presents current information on the role of stress in the hyperphosphorylation of tau protein, aggregation of beta-amyloid, and hyperactivation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis involved in the hyperproduction of factors that contribute to the pathogenetic role of stress in neurodegeneration. The data on the participation of microglia in the effects of stress on the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases are presented.
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Extremely Low-Frequency Magnetic Field as a Stress Factor-Really Detrimental?-Insight into Literature from the Last Decade. Brain Sci 2021; 11:brainsci11020174. [PMID: 33572550 PMCID: PMC7912337 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci11020174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2020] [Revised: 01/23/2021] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Biological effects of extremely low-frequency magnetic field (ELF-MF) and its consequences on human health have become the subject of important and recurrent public debate. ELF-MF evokes cell/organism responses that are characteristic to a general stress reaction, thus it can be regarded as a stress factor. Exposure to ELF-MF "turns on" different intracellular mechanisms into both directions: compensatory or deleterious ones. ELF-MF can provoke morphological and physiological changes in stress-related systems, mainly nervous, hormonal, and immunological ones. This review summarizes the ELF-MF-mediated changes at various levels of the organism organization. Special attention is placed on the review of literature from the last decade. Most studies on ELF-MF effects concentrate on its negative influence, e.g., impairment of behavior towards depressive and anxiety disorders; however, in the last decade there was an increase in the number of research studies showing stimulating impact of ELF-MF on neuroplasticity and neurorehabilitation. In the face of numerous studies on the ELF-MF action, it is necessary to systematize the knowledge for a better understanding of the phenomenon, in order to reduce the risk associated with the exposure to this factor and to recognize the possibility of using it as a therapeutic agent.
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Mosili P, Mkhize BC, Ngubane P, Sibiya N, Khathi A. The dysregulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in diet-induced prediabetic male Sprague Dawley rats. Nutr Metab (Lond) 2020; 17:104. [PMID: 33308255 PMCID: PMC7731754 DOI: 10.1186/s12986-020-00532-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2020] [Accepted: 12/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Altered function of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis in type 2 diabetic patients, a condition preceded by pre-diabetes, has been shown to increase the risk of depression as well as cause downstream effects resulting in upregulation of gluconeogenesis and dyslipidemia. In addition, stress, either psychological from managing diabetes or lifestyle related, further activates the HPA axis causing an exaggerated stress response. This study investigated the activity of the HPA axis in selected markers of glucose handling, and the stress response relative to components of the HPA axis in a diet-induced pre-diabetic rat model. METHODS Sprague Dawley Rats were randomly divided into non-pre-diabetic group (NPD) and pre-diabetic group (PD) (n = 6, per group) over a 20-week induction period and a further 12-week experimental period to get 32 weeks. At the end of the 20 and 32-week periods, glucose handling using the Homeostasis Model Assessment indices, adrenocorticotropic (ACTH) and corticosterone (CORT) concentrations were measured. Stress was induced and the forced swim test were performed in the 12-week experimental week. At the end of 32 weeks glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid hippocampal receptors were also measured. RESULTS Impaired glucose handling in the PD group as well as increase in corticosterone was observed at the end of both 20 and 32-week periods by comparison to NPD groups. No changes were observed in ACTH concentration at week 20 while, at week 32, a decrease in plasma ACTH concentration was observed in the PD group by comparison to the NPD group. The stressed-induced animals were stressed using the forced swim test: the behaviour observed showed an increase in immobility time in the PD stressed group by comparison to the NPD group. This was followed by the observation of a decrease in ACTH and CORT concentration in the PD stressed group by comparison to the NPD stressed group. Mineralocorticoid and glucocorticoid receptors gene expression were elevated in the stressed PD group relative to the stressed NPD group. CONCLUSION These observations, together, suggest that diet-induced pre-diabetes is associated with impaired HPA axis activity and deteriorating response to stress.
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- Palesa Mosili
- Department of Human Physiology, School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Room E2-401, Westville, 4000, South Africa.
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- Department of Human Physiology, School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Room E2-401, Westville, 4000, South Africa
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- Department of Human Physiology, School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Room E2-401, Westville, 4000, South Africa
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- Pharmacology Division, Faculty of Pharmacy, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa
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- Department of Human Physiology, School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Room E2-401, Westville, 4000, South Africa
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Ávila-Villanueva M, Gómez-Ramírez J, Maestú F, Venero C, Ávila J, Fernández-Blázquez MA. The Role of Chronic Stress as a Trigger for the Alzheimer Disease Continuum. Front Aging Neurosci 2020; 12:561504. [PMID: 33192456 PMCID: PMC7642953 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2020.561504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2020] [Accepted: 09/04/2020] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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- Marina Ávila-Villanueva
- Alzheimer Disease Research Unit, CIEN Foundation, Carlos III Institute of Health, Queen Sofía Foundation Alzheimer Center, Madrid, Spain
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- Alzheimer Disease Research Unit, CIEN Foundation, Carlos III Institute of Health, Queen Sofía Foundation Alzheimer Center, Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratory of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience (UCM-UPM), Center for Biomedical Technology, Campus de Montegancedo, Madrid, Spain.,Department of Experimental Psychology, Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), Campus de Somosaguas, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Psychobiology, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Madrid, Spain
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- Center of Molecular Biology Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Campus de Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain.,Network Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Madrid, Spain
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- Alzheimer Disease Research Unit, CIEN Foundation, Carlos III Institute of Health, Queen Sofía Foundation Alzheimer Center, Madrid, Spain
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Mahmoudi E, Sahraei H, Bahari Z, Afarinesh MR, Jahromi GP, Hatef B, Meftahi GH. Prenatal Immobilization Stress-Induced Spatial Memory, Depression and Anxiety-Like Behavior Deficit on the F1 Generation in the Female Mice: Possible Involvement of the Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor. NEUROCHEM J+ 2019. [DOI: 10.1134/s1819712419020065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Tanaka H, Ehara A, Nakadate K, Yoshimoto K, Shimoda K, Ueda S. Behavioral, hormonal, and neurochemical outcomes of neonatal repeated shaking brain injury in male adult rats. Physiol Behav 2019; 199:118-126. [DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2018.11.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2018] [Revised: 11/03/2018] [Accepted: 11/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Wnuk A, Kajta M. Steroid and Xenobiotic Receptor Signalling in Apoptosis and Autophagy of the Nervous System. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 18:ijms18112394. [PMID: 29137141 PMCID: PMC5713362 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18112394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2017] [Revised: 11/06/2017] [Accepted: 11/09/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Apoptosis and autophagy are involved in neural development and in the response of the nervous system to a variety of insults. Apoptosis is responsible for cell elimination, whereas autophagy can eliminate the cells or keep them alive, even in conditions lacking trophic factors. Therefore, both processes may function synergistically or antagonistically. Steroid and xenobiotic receptors are regulators of apoptosis and autophagy; however, their actions in various pathologies are complex. In general, the estrogen (ER), progesterone (PR), and mineralocorticoid (MR) receptors mediate anti-apoptotic signalling, whereas the androgen (AR) and glucocorticoid (GR) receptors participate in pro-apoptotic pathways. ER-mediated neuroprotection is attributed to estrogen and selective ER modulators in apoptosis- and autophagy-related neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, stroke, multiple sclerosis, and retinopathies. PR activation appeared particularly effective in treating traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries and ischemic stroke. Except for in the retina, activated GR is engaged in neuronal cell death, whereas MR signalling appeared to be associated with neuroprotection. In addition to steroid receptors, the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) mediates the induction and propagation of apoptosis, whereas the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) inhibit this programmed cell death. Most of the retinoid X receptor-related xenobiotic receptors stimulate apoptotic processes that accompany neural pathologies. Among the possible therapeutic strategies based on targeting apoptosis via steroid and xenobiotic receptors, the most promising are the selective modulators of the ER, AR, AHR, PPARγ agonists, flavonoids, and miRNAs. The prospective therapies to overcome neuronal cell death by targeting autophagy via steroid and xenobiotic receptors are much less recognized.
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- Agnieszka Wnuk
- Institute of Pharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Department of Experimental Neuroendocrinology, Smetna Street 12, 31-343 Krakow, Poland.
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- Institute of Pharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Department of Experimental Neuroendocrinology, Smetna Street 12, 31-343 Krakow, Poland.
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An in vitro reproduction of stress-induced memory defects: Effects of corticoids on dendritic spine dynamics. Sci Rep 2016; 6:19287. [PMID: 26765339 PMCID: PMC4725889 DOI: 10.1038/srep19287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2015] [Accepted: 12/07/2015] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Previously, in organotypic slice culture of rodent hippocampus we found that three repeated inductions of LTP, but not a single induction, led to a slow-developing long-lasting enhancement of synaptic strength coupled with synapse formation. Naming this structural plasticity RISE (repetitive LTP-induced synaptic enhancement) and assuming it to be a potential in vitro reproduction of repetition-dependent memory consolidation, we are analyzing its cellular mechanisms. Here, we applied a glucocorticoid to the culture to mimic acute excess stress and demonstrated its blockade of RISE. Since excess stress interferes with behavioral memory consolidation, the parallelism between RISE in vitro and memory consolidation in vivo is supported. We recently reported that RISE developed after stochastic processes. Here we found that the glucocorticoid interfered with RISE by suppressing the increment of dendritic spine fluctuation that precedes a net increase in spine density. The present study provides clues for understanding the mechanism of stress-induced memory defects.
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Rybnikova E, Samoilov M. Current insights into the molecular mechanisms of hypoxic pre- and postconditioning using hypobaric hypoxia. Front Neurosci 2015; 9:388. [PMID: 26557049 PMCID: PMC4615940 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2015.00388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2015] [Accepted: 10/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Exposure of organisms to repetitive mild hypoxia results in development of brain hypoxic/ischemic tolerance and cross-tolerance to injurious factors of a psycho-emotional nature. Such preconditioning by mild hypobaric hypoxia functions as a “warning” signal which prepares an organism, and in particular the brain, to subsequent more harmful conditions. The endogenous defense processes which are mobilized by hypoxic preconditioning and result in development of brain tolerance are based on evolutionarily acquired gene-determined mechanisms of adaptation and neuroprotection. They involve an activation of intracellular cascades including kinases, transcription factors and changes in expression of multiple regulatory proteins in susceptible areas of the brain. On the other hand they lead to multilevel modifications of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal endocrine axis regulating various functions in the organism. All these components are engaged sequentially in the initiation, induction and expression of hypoxia-induced tolerance. A special role belongs to the epigenetic regulation of gene expression, in particular of histone acetylation leading to changes in chromatin structure which ensure access of pro-adaptive transcription factors activated by preconditioning to the promoters of target genes. Mechanisms of another, relatively novel, neuroprotective phenomenon termed hypoxic postconditioning (an application of mild hypoxic episodes after severe insults) are still largely unknown but according to recent data they involve apoptosis-related proteins, hypoxia-inducible factor and neurotrophins. The fundamental data accumulated to date and discussed in this review open new avenues for elaboration of the effective therapeutic applications of hypoxic pre- and postconditioning.
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- Elena Rybnikova
- Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, and Laboratory of Regulation of Brain Neuron Functions, Pavlov Institute of Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, and Laboratory of Regulation of Brain Neuron Functions, Pavlov Institute of Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences St. Petersburg, Russia
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Sasaki K, Yoshizaki F. Investigation into hippocampal nerve cell damage through the mineralocorticoid receptor in mice. Mol Med Rep 2015; 12:7211-20. [PMID: 26459855 PMCID: PMC4626142 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2015.4406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2014] [Accepted: 02/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Stress-associated neuropsychiatric disease is associated with glucocorticoid levels; however, the behavior of mineralocorticoid receptors (MR) under conditions of stress remain to be elucidated. Steroid receptors in the brain are classified into glucocorticoid receptors (GR) and/or MR, exhibiting a difference in affinity for corticosteroids. The hippocampus is one of the most stress-susceptible regions in the brain. In the present study, it was investigated whether the two steroid receptors affect hippocampal neuron damage. The effect of fludrocortisones (FD) on hippocampal neurons caused by FD-containing cholesterol pellets subcutaneously embedded in the backs of mice (FD pellet group, 80 mg cholesterol and 20 mg FD) was investigated. A significant extension of the tail length by ~2.22 fold was observed in the FD pellet group compared with that in the control group as elucidated via the comet assay. Cytotoxicity (pyknosis and degranulation) and DNA fragmentation due to the death of nerve cells were observed using Kluver-Barrera staining and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling. Compared with the sham group mice, hippocampal neuron damage was observed in the adrenalectomized mice and the damage was suppressed by the combinatorial use of spironolactone, which suggested MR-induced hippocampal neuron damage. In conclusion, the present study clearly indicated a regional difference in vulnerability and/or sensitivity to corticosteroids. MR sensitivity to corticosteroids was high in the CA3 region and pyramidal cells of the hippocampus, which may therefore be vulnerable to corticosteroids. Thus, it is clearly suggested that MR function is important in the stress response.
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- Kenroh Sasaki
- Department of Pharmacognosy, Tohoku Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Miyagi 981‑8558, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Tohoku Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Miyagi 981‑8558, Japan
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MENSHANOV PN, BANNOVA AV, BULYGINA VV, DYGALO NN. Acute Antiapoptotic Effects of Hydrocortisone in the Hippocampus of Neonatal Rats. Physiol Res 2013; 62:205-13. [DOI: 10.33549/physiolres.932339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Natural glucocorticoid hydrocortisone was suggested as a potent substitution for dexamethasone in the treatment of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in neonates. The aim of this study was to investigate whether hydrocortisone is able to affect the expression of apoptotic genes and the intensity of naturally occurring cell death in the developing rat hippocampus. Hormone treatment decreased procaspase-3 and active caspase-3 levels as well as DNA fragmentation intensity in the hippocampal formation of one-week-old rats in 6 h after injection. These changes were accompanied by an upregulation of antiapoptotic protein Bcl-XL, while expression of proapoptotic protein Bax remained unchanged. The action of hydrocortisone was glucocorticoid receptor-independent, as the selective glucocorticoid receptor agonist dexamethasone did not affect either apoptotic protein levels or DNA fragmentation intensity in the hippocampal region. The data are the first evidences for in vivo antiapoptotic effects of hydrocortisone in the developing hippocampus.
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- P. N. MENSHANOV
- Functional Neurogenomics Laboratory, Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Russian Academy of Science, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
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Baitharu I, Deep SN, Jain V, Prasad D, Ilavazhagan G. Inhibition of glucocorticoid receptors ameliorates hypobaric hypoxia induced memory impairment in rat. Behav Brain Res 2013; 240:76-86. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2012] [Revised: 11/05/2012] [Accepted: 11/07/2012] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Zhang Z, Sun Y, Cho YW, Chow CC, Simons SS. PA1 protein, a new competitive decelerator acting at more than one step to impede glucocorticoid receptor-mediated transactivation. J Biol Chem 2012; 288:42-58. [PMID: 23161582 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.427740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Numerous cofactors modulate the gene regulatory activity of glucocorticoid receptors (GRs) by affecting one or more of the following three major transcriptional properties: the maximal activity of agonists (A(max)), the potency of agonists (EC(50)), and the partial agonist activity of antisteroids (PAA). Here, we report that the recently described nuclear protein, Pax2 transactivation domain interaction protein (PTIP)-associated protein 1 (PA1), is a new inhibitor of GR transactivation. PA1 suppresses A(max), increases the EC(50), and reduces the PAA of an exogenous reporter gene in a manner that is independent of associated PTIP. PA1 is fully active with, and strongly binds to, the C-terminal half of GR. PA1 reverses the effects of the coactivator TIF2 on GR-mediated gene induction but is unable to augment the actions of the corepressor SMRT. Analysis of competition assays between PA1 and TIF2 with an exogenous reporter indicates that the kinetic definition of PA1 action is a competitive decelerator at two sites upstream from where TIF2 acts. With the endogenous genes IGFBP1 and IP6K3, PA1 also represses GR induction, increases the EC(50), and decreases the PAA. ChIP and re-ChIP experiments indicate that PA1 accomplishes this inhibition of the two genes via different mechanisms as follows: PA1 appears to increase GR dissociation from and reduce GR transactivation at the IGFBP1 promoter regions but blocks GR binding to the IP6K3 promoter. We conclude that PA1 is a new competitive decelerator of GR transactivation and can act at more than one molecularly defined step in a manner that depends upon the specific gene.
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- Zhenhuan Zhang
- Steroid Hormones Section, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Zhang JH, Han F, Shi YX. Single prolonged stress induces changes in the expression of mineralocorticoid receptor in the medial prefrontal cortex in a rat model of post-traumatic stress disorder. Mol Med Rep 2012; 6:330-4. [PMID: 22684778 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2012.937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2012] [Accepted: 05/28/2012] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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It is not clear whether or not the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) is involved in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The purpose of this study was to provide novel insights into the mechanism(s) through which the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) plays a role in PTSD by investigating MR expression in the mPFC of rats exposed to single prolonged stress (SPS), which is an established animal model for PTSD. A total of 90 healthy, male Wistar rats were selected for this study and randomly divided into normal control and SPS groups of 1, 7, 14 and 28 days. This study investigated the changes in MR expression in the mPFC of rats after SPS, which revealed pathogenetic mechanisms. The expression of MR in the mPFC was examined by immunofluorescence, western blotting and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). SPS exposure resulted in a significant change in MR expression in the SPS model groups compared with the normal control group. The MR protein was found to be localized in the cytoplasm and its expression levels were significantly increased in SPS rats, peaking at SPS 7 days, followed by a gradual decrease; however, a positive expression revealed a restoratory increase in the SPS-28 day group. The results suggest that MR plays an important role in the pathology of PTSD.
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- Jing-Hua Zhang
- Department of Histology and Embryology, Basic Medical Sciences College, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, PR China
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Zuloaga DG, Carbone DL, Quihuis A, Hiroi R, Chong DL, Handa RJ. Perinatal dexamethasone-induced alterations in apoptosis within the hippocampus and paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus are influenced by age and sex. J Neurosci Res 2012; 90:1403-12. [PMID: 22388926 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.23026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2011] [Revised: 12/06/2011] [Accepted: 12/08/2011] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Exposure to high levels of glucocorticoids (GCs) during development leads to long-term changes in hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis regulation, although little is known about the neural mechanisms that underlie these alterations. In this study, we investigated the effects of late gestational (days 18-22) or postnatal (days 4-6) administration of the GC receptor agonist dexamethasone (DEX) on an apoptosis marker in two brain regions critical to HPA axis regulation, the hippocampus and the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN). One day after the final DEX injection, male and female rats were sacrificed, and brains were processed for immunohistochemical detection of cleaved caspase-3, an apoptotic cell death indicator. DEX increased cleaved caspase-3 immunoreactivity in the CA1 hippocampal region of both sexes following prenatal but not postnatal treatment. Prenatal DEX also increased caspase-3 immunoreactivity in the CA3 region, an elevation that tended to be greater in females. In contrast, postnatal DEX resulted in a much smaller, albeit significant, induction in CA3 caspase-3 compared with prenatal treatment. Quantitative real-time PCR analysis revealed that prenatal but not postnatal DEX-induced hippocampal cleaved caspase-3 correlated with elevated mRNA of the proapoptotic gene Bad. Few caspase-3-ir cells were identified within the PVN regardless of treatment age, although postnatal but not prenatal DEX increased this number. However, the region immediately surrounding the PVN (peri-PVN) showed significant increases in caspase-3-ir cells following pre- and postnatal DEX. Together these findings indicate that developmental GC exposure increases apoptosis in HPAaxis-associated brain regions in an age- and sex-dependent manner.
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- Damian G Zuloaga
- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA.
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Ogita K, Sugiyama C, Acosta GB, Kuramoto N, Shuto M, Yoneyama M, Nakamura Y, Shiba T, Yamaguchi T. Opposing roles of glucocorticoid receptor and mineralocorticoid receptor in trimethyltin-induced cytotoxicity in the mouse hippocampus. Neurosci Lett 2012; 511:116-9. [PMID: 22309794 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.01.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2011] [Revised: 01/07/2012] [Accepted: 01/23/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The organotin trimethyltin (TMT) is known to cause neuronal degeneration in the murine brain. Earlier studies indicate that TMT-induced neuronal degeneration is enhanced by adrenalectomy and prevented by exogenous glucocorticoid. The aim of this study was to investigate the regulation of TMT neuroxicity by corticosterone receptors including type I (mineralocorticoid receptor, MR) and type II (glucocorticoid receptor, GR) in adult mice. The systemic injection of TMT at the dose of 2.0 or 2.8 mg/kg produced a marked elevation in the level of plasma corticosterone that was both dose and time dependent. The MR agonist aldosterone had the ability to exacerbate TMT cytotoxicity in the dentate granule cell layer, whereas its antagonist spironolactone protected neurons from TMT cytotoxicity there. In contrast, the GR antagonist mifepristone exacerbated the TMT cytotoxicity. Taken together, our data suggest TMT cytotoxicity is oppositely regulated by GR and MR signals, being exacerbated by MR activation in adult mice.
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- Kiyokazu Ogita
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Setsunan University, Hirakata, Osaka 573-0101, Japan.
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Expression of locus coeruleus mineralocorticoid receptor and glucocorticoid receptor in rats under single-prolonged stress. Neurol Sci 2011; 32:625-31. [DOI: 10.1007/s10072-011-0597-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2009] [Accepted: 04/13/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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