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Zhang F, Tan Y, Cai Z, An K, Liu Y, Su J. Two plants improve stress response of a subterranean herbivore by downregulating amphetamine addiction pathways. Front Vet Sci 2024; 10:1342630. [PMID: 38283372 PMCID: PMC10811048 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2023.1342630] [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: 11/22/2023] [Accepted: 12/29/2023] [Indexed: 01/30/2024] Open
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Introduction Captivity serves as the primary method for enhancing animal survival and productivity. However, the stress induced by confinement can hinder animal growth and reproduction. The administration of drugs to captive animals can effectively regulate their stress response and can also be used inartificial breeding, reproduction, and experimental animalization of wild species. The plateau zokor (Eospalax baileyi), a subterranean herbivore, experiences significant stress during the captive process owing to its unique habitat. Methods In our study, we utilized Radix astragali (RA) and Acanthopanax senticosus (AS) extracts to intervene in the stress response of plateau zokors. Results Our findings demonstrated that RA and AS treatment considerably improved food intake and reduced weight loss, stress-related behavior, and stress hormone levels in plateau zokors. Furthermore, the excitatory pathway of amphetamine addition in the hypothalamus was suppressed by RA and AS treatment, acting through the Grin and Prkc gene families. Notably, after RA treatment, the extracellular matrix-receptor interaction pathway, enriched by the Col1a1/3a1/1a2/6a1 gene, was significantly upregulated, potentially enhancing the immune function of captive plateau zokors. Discussion In conclusion, our research demonstrates that RA and AS treatment can effectively alleviate the stress response of plateau zokors in captive environments. The downregulation of the excitation pathway and upregulation of the immune pathway offer valuable insights into the response and potential mechanisms of plant-based drugs in mitigating animal stress.
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- Feiyu Zhang
- Southwest Survey and Planning Institute of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Kunming, China
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- College of Grassland Science, Key Laboratory of Grassland Ecosystem (Ministry of Education), Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
- Gansu Agricultural University-Massey University Research Centre for Grassland Biodiversity, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
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- Southwest Survey and Planning Institute of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Kunming, China
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- College of Grassland Science, Key Laboratory of Grassland Ecosystem (Ministry of Education), Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
- Gansu Agricultural University-Massey University Research Centre for Grassland Biodiversity, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
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- Southwest Survey and Planning Institute of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Kunming, China
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- College of Grassland Science, Key Laboratory of Grassland Ecosystem (Ministry of Education), Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
- Gansu Agricultural University-Massey University Research Centre for Grassland Biodiversity, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
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Zefferino R, Di Gioia S, Conese M. Molecular links between endocrine, nervous and immune system during chronic stress. Brain Behav 2021; 11:e01960. [PMID: 33295155 PMCID: PMC7882157 DOI: 10.1002/brb3.1960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2020] [Revised: 08/17/2020] [Accepted: 10/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION The stress response is different in various individuals, however, the mechanisms that could explain these distinct effects are not well known and the molecular correlates have been considered one at the time. Particular harmful conditions occur if the subject, instead to cope the stressful events, succumb to them, in this case, a cascade reaction happens that through different signaling causes a specific reaction named "sickness behaviour." The aim of this article is to review the complex relations among important molecules belonging to Central nervous system (CNS), immune system (IS), and endocrine system (ES) during the chronic stress response. METHODS After having verified the state of art concerning the function of cortisol, norepinephrine (NE), interleukin (IL)-1β and melatonin, we describe as they work together. RESULTS We propose a speculative hypothesis concerning the complex interplay of these signaling molecules during chronic stress, highlighting the role of IL-1β as main biomarker of this effects, indeed, during chronic stress its increment transforms this inflammatory signal into a nervous signal (NE), in turn, this uses the ES (melatonin and cortisol) to counterbalance again IL-1β. During cortisol resistance, a vicious loop occurs that increments all mediators, unbalancing IS, ES, and CNS networks. This IL-1β increase would occur above all when the individual succumbs to stressful events, showing the Sickness Behaviour Symptoms. IL-1β might, through melatonin and vice versa, determine sleep disorders too. CONCLUSION The molecular links here outlined could explain how stress plays a role in etiopathogenesis of several diseases through this complex interplay.
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- Roberto Zefferino
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
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Phillips TJ, Roy T, Aldrich SJ, Baba H, Erk J, Mootz JRK, Reed C, Chesler EJ. Confirmation of a Causal Taar1 Allelic Variant in Addiction-Relevant Methamphetamine Behaviors. Front Psychiatry 2021; 12:725839. [PMID: 34512422 PMCID: PMC8428522 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.725839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Accepted: 08/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Sensitivity to rewarding and reinforcing drug effects has a critical role in initial use, but the role of initial aversive drug effects has received less attention. Methamphetamine effects on dopamine re-uptake and efflux are associated with its addiction potential. However, methamphetamine also serves as a substrate for the trace amine-associated receptor 1 (TAAR1). Growing evidence in animal models indicates that increasing TAAR1 function reduces drug self-administration and intake. We previously determined that a non-synonymous single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in Taar1 predicts a conformational change in the receptor that has functional consequences. A Taar1 m1J mutant allele existing in DBA/2J mice expresses a non-functional receptor. In comparison to mice that possess one or more copies of the reference Taar1 allele (Taar1 +/+ or Taar1 +/m1J ), mice with the Taar1 m1J/m1J genotype readily consume methamphetamine, express low sensitivity to aversive effects of methamphetamine, and lack sensitivity to acute methamphetamine-induced hypothermia. We used three sets of knock-in and control mice in which one Taar1 allele was exchanged with the alternative allele to determine if other methamphetamine-related traits and an opioid trait are impacted by the same Taar1 SNP proven to affect MA consumption and hypothermia. First, we measured sensitivity to conditioned rewarding and aversive effects of methamphetamine to determine if an impact of the Taar1 SNP on these traits could be proven. Next, we used multiple genetic backgrounds to study the consistency of Taar1 allelic effects on methamphetamine intake and hypothermia. Finally, we studied morphine-induced hypothermia to confirm prior data suggesting that a gene in linkage disequilibrium with Taar1, rather than Taar1, accounts for prior observed differences in sensitivity. We found that a single SNP exchange reduced sensitivity to methamphetamine conditioned reward and increased sensitivity to conditioned aversion. Profound differences in methamphetamine intake and hypothermia consistently corresponded with genotype at the SNP location, with only slight variation in magnitude across genetic backgrounds. Morphine-induced hypothermia was not dependent on Taar1 genotype. Thus, Taar1 genotype and TAAR1 function impact multiple methamphetamine-related effects that likely predict the potential for methamphetamine use. These data support further investigation of their potential roles in risk for methamphetamine addiction and therapeutic development.
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- Tamara J Phillips
- Department of Behavioral Neuroscience and Methamphetamine Abuse Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States.,Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR, United States
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- The Jackson Laboratory and Center for Systems Neurogenetics of Addiction, Bar Harbor, ME, United States
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- Department of Behavioral Neuroscience and Methamphetamine Abuse Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States
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- Department of Behavioral Neuroscience and Methamphetamine Abuse Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States
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- Department of Behavioral Neuroscience and Methamphetamine Abuse Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States
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- Department of Behavioral Neuroscience and Methamphetamine Abuse Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States
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- Department of Behavioral Neuroscience and Methamphetamine Abuse Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States
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- The Jackson Laboratory and Center for Systems Neurogenetics of Addiction, Bar Harbor, ME, United States
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Blood‒Brain Barrier Pathology and CNS Outcomes in Streptococcus pneumoniae Meningitis. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19113555. [PMID: 30423890 PMCID: PMC6275034 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19113555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2018] [Revised: 11/05/2018] [Accepted: 11/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major meningitis-causing pathogen globally, bringing about significant morbidity and mortality, as well as long-term neurological sequelae in almost half of the survivors. Subsequent to nasopharyngeal colonisation and systemic invasion, translocation across the blood‒brain barrier (BBB) by S. pneumoniae is a crucial early step in the pathogenesis of meningitis. The BBB, which normally protects the central nervous system (CNS) from deleterious molecules within the circulation, becomes dysfunctional in S. pneumoniae invasion due to the effects of pneumococcal toxins and a heightened host inflammatory environment of cytokines, chemokines and reactive oxygen species intracranially. The bacteria‒host interplay within the CNS likely determines not only the degree of BBB pathological changes, but also host survival and the extent of neurological damage. This review explores the relationship between S. pneumoniae bacteria and the host inflammatory response, with an emphasis on the BBB and its roles in CNS protection, as well as both the acute and long-term pathogenesis of meningitis.
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Psychostimulants and forced swim stress interaction: how activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and stress-induced hyperglycemia are affected. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2017; 234:2859-2869. [PMID: 28710520 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-017-4675-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2016] [Accepted: 06/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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RATIONALE We recently reported that simultaneous exposure to amphetamine and various stressors resulted in reduced hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) and glycemic responses to the stressors. Since this is a new and relevant phenomenon, we wanted to further explore this interaction. OBJECTIVES This study aims (i) to characterize the effect of various doses of amphetamine on the physiological response to a predominantly emotional stressor (forced swim) when the drug was given immediately before stress; (ii) to study if an interaction appears when the drug was given 30 min or 7 days before swim; and (iii) to know whether cocaine causes similar effects when given just before stress. Adult male rats were used and plasma levels of ACTH, corticosterone, and glucose were the outcomes. RESULTS Amphetamine caused a dose-dependent activation of the HPA axis, but all doses reduced HPA and glycemic responses to swim when given just before the stressor. Importantly, during the post-swim period, the stressor potently inhibited the ACTH response to amphetamine, demonstrating mutual inhibition between the two stimuli. The highest dose of amphetamine also reduced the response to swim when given 30 min before stress, whereas it caused HPA sensitization when given 7 days before. Cocaine also reduced stress-induced HPA activation when given just before swim. CONCLUSIONS The present results demonstrate a negative synergy between psychostimulants (amphetamine and cocaine) and stress regarding HPA and glucose responses when rats were exposed simultaneously to both stimuli. The inhibitory effect of amphetamine is also observed when given shortly before stress, but not some days before.
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Psychostimulant drugs alter the salience of stimuli in both laboratory animals and humans. In animals, stimulants increase rates of responding to conditioned incentive stimuli, and in humans, amphetamine increases positive ratings of emotional images. However, the effects of stimulants on real-life emotional events have not been studied in humans. In this study, we examined the effect of d-amphetamine on responses to acute psychosocial stress using a public speaking task. Healthy volunteers (N=56) participated in two experimental sessions, one with a psychosocial stressor (the Trier Social Stress Test) and one with a non-stressful control task. They were randomly assigned to receive d-amphetamine (5 mg n=18, 10 mg n=20) or placebo (n=18) on both sessions under double blind conditions. Salivary cortisol, subjective mood, and vital signs were measured at regular intervals during the session. Subjects also provided cognitive appraisals of the tasks before and after their performances. Amphetamine produced its expected mood and physiological effects, and the Trier Social Stress Test produced its expected effects on cortisol and mood. Although neither dose of amphetamine altered cardiovascular or hormonal responses to stress, amphetamine (10 mg) increased participants' pre-task appraisals of how challenging the task would be, and it increased post-task ratings of self-efficacy. Paradoxically, it also increased ratings of how stressful the task was, and prolonged aversive emotional responses. These findings suggest that amphetamine differentially affects stress response components: it may increase participants' appraisals of self-efficacy without dampening the direct emotional or physiological responses to the stress.
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- Emma Childs
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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Belda X, Fuentes S, Daviu N, Nadal R, Armario A. Stress-induced sensitization: the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and beyond. Stress 2015; 18:269-79. [PMID: 26300109 DOI: 10.3109/10253890.2015.1067678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Exposure to certain acute and chronic stressors results in an immediate behavioral and physiological response to the situation followed by a period of days when cross-sensitization to further novel stressors is observed. Cross-sensitization affects to different behavioral and physiological systems, more particularly to the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. It appears that the nature of the initial (triggering) stressor plays a major role, HPA cross-sensitization being more widely observed with systemic or high-intensity emotional stressors. Less important appears to be the nature of the novel (challenging) stressor, although HPA cross-sensitization is better observed with short duration (5-15 min) challenging stressors. In some studies with acute immune stressors, HPA sensitization appears to develop over time (incubation), but most results indicate a strong initial sensitization that progressively declines over the days. Sensitization can affect other physiological system (i.e. plasma catecholamines, brain monoamines), but it is not a general phenomenon. When studied concurrently, behavioral sensitization appears to persist longer than that of the HPA axis, a finding of interest regarding long-term consequences of traumatic stress. In many cases, behavioral and physiological consequences of prior stress can only be observed following imposition of a new stressor, suggesting long-term latent effects of the initial exposure.
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- Xavier Belda
- a Institut de Neurociències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona , Bellaterra , Barcelona , Spain
- b Unitat de Fisiologia Animal (Facultat de Biociències), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona , Bellaterra , Barcelona , Spain
- c Red de Trastornos Adictivos (RTA), Instituto de Salud Carlos III , Bellaterra , Barcelona , Spain , and
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- a Institut de Neurociències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona , Bellaterra , Barcelona , Spain
- c Red de Trastornos Adictivos (RTA), Instituto de Salud Carlos III , Bellaterra , Barcelona , Spain , and
- d Unitat de Psicobiologia (Facultat de Psicologia), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona , Bellaterra , Barcelona , Spain
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- a Institut de Neurociències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona , Bellaterra , Barcelona , Spain
- b Unitat de Fisiologia Animal (Facultat de Biociències), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona , Bellaterra , Barcelona , Spain
- c Red de Trastornos Adictivos (RTA), Instituto de Salud Carlos III , Bellaterra , Barcelona , Spain , and
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- a Institut de Neurociències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona , Bellaterra , Barcelona , Spain
- c Red de Trastornos Adictivos (RTA), Instituto de Salud Carlos III , Bellaterra , Barcelona , Spain , and
- d Unitat de Psicobiologia (Facultat de Psicologia), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona , Bellaterra , Barcelona , Spain
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- a Institut de Neurociències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona , Bellaterra , Barcelona , Spain
- b Unitat de Fisiologia Animal (Facultat de Biociències), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona , Bellaterra , Barcelona , Spain
- c Red de Trastornos Adictivos (RTA), Instituto de Salud Carlos III , Bellaterra , Barcelona , Spain , and
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Sirivelu MP, MohanKumar P, MohanKumar SM. Interleukin-1 beta simultaneously affects the stress and reproductive axes by modulating norepinephrine levels in different brain areas. Life Sci 2012; 91:878-84. [PMID: 23000030 PMCID: PMC3517711 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2012.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2012] [Revised: 08/16/2012] [Accepted: 09/04/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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AIMS Interleukin-1β (IL-1β) is a cytokine that is known to activate the stress axis and suppress the reproductive axis. Different brain areas are involved in the regulation of these two axes. However, they are both under the stimulatory control of the catecholamine, norepinephrine (NE). Here, we hypothesized that IL-1β differentially affects these two axes by modulating NE levels in specific brain regions. MAIN METHODS Female Sprague-Dawley rats in proestrus were injected intraperitoneally with either PBS-1.0% BSA (control) or 5μg of IL-1β at 1pm. Groups of rats were sacrificed at 1, 3, and 5pm and their brains were collected. Brain areas associated with reproduction as well as areas associated with stress axis activity were isolated and analyzed for NE concentrations using HPLC-EC. Trunk blood was analyzed for IL-1β, corticosterone and luteinizing hormone levels. KEY FINDINGS As a general trend, treatment with IL-1β significantly decreased NE levels (p<0.05) in the areas controlling reproductive functions when compared to the control group. In contrast, NE levels increased significantly (p<0.05) in the stress associated areas. LH levels were markedly decreased with IL-1β treatment while corticosterone levels increased dramatically. SIGNIFICANCE The ability of IL-1β to produce differential effects on the stress and reproductive axis could be explained by modulation of NE levels in specific brain areas that are associated with these functions. This differential regulation of NE may be an adaptive phenomenon in response to a systemic immune challenge.
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- Madhu P. Sirivelu
- Comparative Medicine and Integrative Biology Program, Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI 48824
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- Comparative Medicine and Integrative Biology Program, Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI 48824
- Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation, Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI 48824
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- Comparative Medicine and Integrative Biology Program, Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI 48824
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI 48824
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Baker DG, Nievergelt CM, O'Connor DT. Biomarkers of PTSD: Neuropeptides and immune signaling. Neuropharmacology 2012; 62:663-73. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2011.02.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2011] [Revised: 02/23/2011] [Accepted: 02/27/2011] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Sirivelu MP, MohanKumar PS, MohanKumar SMJ. Differential effects of systemic interleukin-1β on gene expression in brainstem noradrenergic nuclei. Life Sci 2012; 90:77-81. [PMID: 22036618 PMCID: PMC3268688 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2011.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2011] [Revised: 08/18/2011] [Accepted: 10/10/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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AIMS The cytokine, interleukin-1β (IL-1β), is known to produce specific effects on the neuroendocrine system such as suppression of the reproductive axis and stimulation of the stress axis. The mechanism by which IL-1β produces these differential effects is not clear. Since norepinephrine (NE) is involved in these effects, we hypothesized that IL-1β acts on brainstem noradrenergic nuclei to affect gene transcription of NE synthesizing enzymes, cytokines and associated transcription factors. MAIN METHODS Adult female Sprague Dawley rats in proestrus were divided into two groups. Control animals received PBS-BSA and the treatment group received 5 μg of rat recombinant IL-1β i.p. at noon. They were sacrificed in groups at 1, 3 and 5 pm (n=6/group) for measurement of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) mRNA by qPCR or at 3 pm for mRNA analysis by qPCR array. KEY FINDINGS TH mRNA levels decreased gradually with time in both control and IL-1β-treated rats in the ventrolateral medulla. In the nucleus of solitary tract, TH mRNA levels were significantly reduced by IL-1β treatment at 5 pm. In the locus coeruleus, TH mRNA levels increased significantly at 5 pm with IL-1β treatment compared to controls. In the second set of animals analyzed by qPCR array, there were several fold increases in the expression of certain cytokines, chemokines, and transcription factors in specific noradrenergic nuclei. SIGNIFICANCE Systemic administration of IL-1β causes significant changes in the expression of tyrosine hydroxylase and several chemokines in brain stem noradrenergic nuclei, thereby mediating its neuroendocrine effects.
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- Madhu P. Sirivelu
- Neuroendocrine Research Laboratory, Comparative Medicine & Integrative Biology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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- Neuroendocrine Research Laboratory, Comparative Medicine & Integrative Biology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
- Neuroendocrine Research Laboratory, Department of Pathobiology & Diagnostic Investigation, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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- Neuroendocrine Research Laboratory, Comparative Medicine & Integrative Biology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
- Neuroendocrine Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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Febo M, Pira AS. Increased BOLD activation to predator stressor in subiculum and midbrain of amphetamine-sensitized maternal rats. Brain Res 2010; 1382:118-27. [PMID: 21134359 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.11.092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2010] [Revised: 11/20/2010] [Accepted: 11/27/2010] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Amphetamine, which is known to cause sensitization, potentiates the hormonal and neurobiological signatures of stress and may also increase sensitivity to stress-inducing stimuli in limbic areas. Trimethylthiazoline (5μL TMT) is a chemical constituent of fox feces that evokes innate fear and activates the neuronal and hormonal signatures of stress in rats. We used blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) MRI to test whether amphetamine sensitization (1mg/kg, i.p. ×3days) in female rats has a lasting effect on the neural response to a stress-evoking stimulus, the scent of a predator, during the postpartum period. The subiculum and dopamine-enriched midbrain VTA/SN of amphetamine-sensitized but not control mothers showed a greater BOLD signal response to predator odor than a control putrid scent. The greater responsiveness of these two brain regions following stimulant sensitization might impact neural processing in response to stressors in the maternal brain.
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- Marcelo Febo
- Department of Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Different stress-related phenotypes of BALB/c mice from in-house or vendor: alterations of the sympathetic and HPA axis responsiveness. BMC PHYSIOLOGY 2010; 10:2. [PMID: 20214799 PMCID: PMC2845127 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6793-10-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2009] [Accepted: 03/09/2010] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Background Laboratory routine procedures such as handling, injection, gavage or transportation are stressful events which may influence physiological parameters of laboratory animals and may interfere with the interpretation of the experimental results. Here, we investigated if female BALB/c mice derived from in-house breeding and BALB/c mice from a vendor which were shipped during their juvenile life differ in their HPA axis activity and stress responsiveness in adulthood. Results We show that already transferring the home cage to another room is a stressful event which causes an increased HPA axis activation for at least 24 hours as well as a loss of circulating lymphocytes which normalizes during a few days after transportation. However and important for the interpretation of experimental data, commercially available strain-, age- and gender-matched animals that were shipped over-night showed elevated glucocorticoid levels for up to three weeks after shipment, indicating a heightened HPA axis activation and they gained less body weight during adolescence. Four weeks after shipment, these vendor-derived mice showed increased corticosterone levels at 45-min after intraperitoneal ACTH challenge but, unexpectedly, no acute stress-induced glucocorticoid release. Surprisingly, activation of monoaminergic pathways were identified to inhibit the central nervous HPA axis activation in the vendor-derived, shipped animals since depletion of monoamines by reserpine treatment could restore the stress-induced HPA axis response during acute stress. Conclusions In-house bred and vendor-derived BALB/c mice show a different stress-induced HPA axis response in adulthood which seems to be associated with different central monoaminergic pathway activity. The stress of shipment itself and/or differences in raising conditions, therefore, can cause the development of different stress response phenotypes which needs to be taken into account when interpreting experimental data.
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Repeated amphetamine administration in rats revealed consistency across days and a complete dissociation between locomotor and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis effects of the drug. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2009; 207:447-59. [PMID: 19809808 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-009-1676-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2009] [Accepted: 09/11/2009] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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RATIONALE Most drugs of abuse stimulate both locomotor activity and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, but the relationship between the two responses within the same subjects and their reliabilities has been scarcely studied. Our objectives were to study: (1) the consistency and stability across time of locomotor and HPA activation induced by repeated d-amphetamine (AMPH); (2) the relationship between locomotor and hormonal responses to AMPH; and (3) the relationship between novelty-induced activity and both types of responses to the drug. METHODS Male adult rats were exposed to a novel environment to study the locomotor response. Later, they were injected with AMPH (2 mg/kg, sc) for 5 days. In Experiment 1, Plasma adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) and corticosterone levels in response to AMPH were studied on days 1, 3, and 5, and locomotor response on days 2 and 4. In Experiment 2, ACTH and corticosterone responses were studied on days 2 and 4, and locomotor response on days 1, 3, and 5. RESULTS Across days, both locomotor and HPA responses to the drug were consistent, but independent measures, unrelated to the reactivity to novelty. As measured by the area under the curve, the HPA response to AMPH desensitized with the repeated injection, whereas the initial locomotor response to the drug increased. CONCLUSIONS Dissociation exists between HPA and locomotor activation induced by AMPH, which seemed to be both reliable individual traits. Locomotor reactivity to novelty was related neither to HPA nor to locomotor responses to AMPH.
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Rey AD, Randolf A, Wildmann J, Besedovsky HO, Jessop DS. Re-exposure to endotoxin induces differential cytokine gene expression in the rat hypothalamus and spleen. Brain Behav Immun 2009; 23:776-83. [PMID: 19254758 PMCID: PMC2715886 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2009.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2008] [Revised: 02/12/2009] [Accepted: 02/19/2009] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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This study was designed to investigate whether the pattern of hypothalamic and splenic cytokine expression induced by peripheral administration of a bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is affected by prior exposure to LPS derived from another bacterial strain. Injection of LPS from Salmonella enteritidis (LPS(2)) alone resulted in increased hypothalamic gene expression of IL-1beta, IL-6, TNFalpha, IL-1ra and IL-10. However, pre-exposure to LPS derived from Escherichia coli (LPS(1)) 3 weeks before, significantly attenuated hypothalamic IL-1ra, IL-6 and IL-10 expression. IL-1beta expression also tended to be lower. This pattern contrasted with the robust cytokine expression in the spleen of LPS(2)-treated rats previously exposed to LPS(1), since pre-treatment with endotoxin resulted in a significantly greater response of IL-1beta and IL-1ra to LPS(2). Expression of TNFalpha and IL-10 also tended to be higher. Pre-treatment with LPS(1) did not significantly affect the marked increase in corticosterone and adrenaline blood levels induced by LPS(2). Thus, while endotoxin pre-exposure seemed not to induce a "tolerant" state in the periphery as judged by the immune and endocrine parameters evaluated upon re-stimulation, expression of four of the six cytokines measured was decreased in the hypothalamus. This is the first demonstration that endotoxin priming can differentially affect cytokine expression in the central nervous system and peripheral tissues when a host is confronted with a second, acute, pro-inflammatory stimulus. These results may provide new evidence for the involvement of cytokine pathways in the central nervous system in modulating peripheral inflammation and mediating cognitive and behavioural alterations during inflammatory diseases.
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- Adriana del Rey
- Dept. Immunophysiology, Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Medical Faculty, Philipps University of Marburg, 35037 Marburg, Germany
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- Dept. Immunophysiology, Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Medical Faculty, Philipps University of Marburg, 35037 Marburg, Germany
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- Dept. Immunophysiology, Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Medical Faculty, Philipps University of Marburg, 35037 Marburg, Germany
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- Dept. Immunophysiology, Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Medical Faculty, Philipps University of Marburg, 35037 Marburg, Germany
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- Henry Wellcome Laboratories for Integrative Neuroscience and Endocrinology (LINE), University of Bristol, Dorothy Hodgkin Building, Whitson Street, Bristol BS1 3NY, United Kingdom
- Corresponding author. Tel.: +44 117 3313050; fax: +44 117 3313029.
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de Jong IEM, Steenbergen PJ, de Kloet ER. Behavioral sensitization to cocaine: cooperation between glucocorticoids and epinephrine. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2009; 204:693-703. [PMID: 19266184 PMCID: PMC2687516 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-009-1498-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2008] [Accepted: 02/19/2009] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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RATIONALE Stressful life experiences facilitate responsiveness to psychostimulant drugs. While there is ample evidence that adrenal glucocorticoids mediate these effects of stress, the role of the sympatho-adrenal system in the effects of psychostimulants is poorly understood. OBJECTIVES The present study investigated the role of the two adrenal stress hormones, corticosterone and epinephrine, in sensitization to the locomotor stimulant effects of cocaine. MATERIALS AND METHODS The DBA/2 mouse strain was used, as behavioral sensitization in this strain critically depends on adrenal hormones. Animals were subjected to adrenalectomy ("ADX", surgical removal of the adrenals) or SHAM surgery, and ADX mice were given replacement of epinephrine (5 x 10(-3) mg/kg subcutaneously (s.c.) just prior to each drug administration), corticosterone (20%, s.c., pellet), or both. Mice were subjected to a cocaine sensitization regimen (15.0 mg/kg cocaine on nine consecutive days followed by a 7.5 mg/kg cocaine challenge after a 5-day withdrawal). RESULTS In agreement with our previous observations, ADX prevented initiation and expression of cocaine-induced locomotor sensitization. Whereas neither corticosterone nor epinephrine alone were sufficient to reverse the ADX effect, both hormones were necessary to fully restore initiation and retention of sensitization to levels observed in SHAM animals. CONCLUSIONS The present findings indicate that corticosterone and epinephrine cooperate to facilitate behavioral responsiveness to cocaine. These data emphasize that in addition to the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, the sympathetic nervous system plays a critical role in psychostimulant sensitivity.
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- Inge E M de Jong
- Medical Pharmacology, Leiden/Amsterdam Center for Drug Research and Leiden University Medical Center, Gorlaeus Laboratories, Einsteinweg 55, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Nunez C, Földes A, Laorden ML, Milanes MV, Kovács KJ. Activation of stress‐related hypothalamic neuropeptide gene expression during morphine withdrawal. J Neurochem 2007; 101:1060-71. [PMID: 17286593 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2006.04421.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Morphine withdrawal results in serious affective and somatic symptoms including activation of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis. To reveal secretory, activational and transcriptional changes in the hypothalamus of morphine-dependent rats during naloxone precipitated opioid withdrawal, we measured corticosterone secretion, c-Fos induction and heteronuclear (hn)RNA levels of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) and arginine vasopressin (AVP) in naïve and morphine dependent animals injected with saline or 5 mg/kg naloxone. Naloxone precipitated morphine withdrawal resulted in a significant increase in corticosterone secretion and induction of neuronal activation in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVH) 2 h after challenge. Using probes complementary to intronic sequences of genes encoding neuropeptides in parvocellular neurosecretory neurons of the PVH, we found robust increases in CRH and AVP hnRNAs in morphine dependent rats during naloxone precipitated withdrawal. Naïve rats and animals that were implanted with morphine pellets for 8 days did not display significant up-regulation of ongoing neuropeptide expression in the parvocellular compartment of the PVH. In addition to hypophyseotropic neurons, naloxone precipitated withdrawal resulted in a marked activation in autonomic-related projection neurons in PVH and in the magnocellular neurons in the PVH and supraoptic nuclei. These activations however were not associated with induction of CRH or AVP hnRNAs.
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- Cristina Nunez
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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Herman M, Kang SS, Lee S, James P, Rivier C. Systemic Administration of Alcohol to Adult Rats Inhibits Leydig Cell Activity: Time Course of Effect and Role of Nitric Oxide. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2006; 30:1479-91. [PMID: 16930210 DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2006.00179.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Alcohol has been shown to interfere with testosterone (T) release from Leydig cells. However, the mechanisms responsible for this phenomenon, which may include decreased activity of the luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH)-LH axis, as well as a direct influence of the drug on the testes, are not fully understood. In this work, we investigated the influence of alcohol, administered intragastrically (i.g.) or delivered via vapors, on Leydig cell activity and T release. Leydig cell function was studied by measuring changes in the levels of the steroidogenic proteins steroidogenic acute regulatory (StAR), the peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor (PBR), and the cytochrome P450 side-chain cleavage enzyme (P450scc). Testosterone release was studied under basal conditions or in response to human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG). Finally, to identify potential factors mediating the influence of alcohol, we measured the testicular variant of the neuronal nitric oxide (NO) synthase (NOS), TnNOS, in semipurified Leydig cells. METHODS Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were either injected with alcohol i.g. once or exposed to alcohol vapors (4 h/d) for 1 or 5 days. Controls received the vehicle (i.g. model) or were kept in boxes through which no vapors were circulated. Following these treatments, one series of experiments was devoted to investigate Leydig cell responsiveness by measuring plasma T levels before or after the intravenous injection of hCG (1 U/kg). In another series of experiments, we used semipurified Leydig cell preparations to measure StAR, PBR, P450scc, and TnNOS by Western blot analysis. RESULTS In the i.g. model, the T response to hCG was blunted for 12 hours following alcohol injection, but showed a rebound at 48 hours. Levels of StAR protein and of PBR, but not of P450scc, were significantly decreased within 10 minutes of drug administration. While StAR then remained depressed for 24 hours, PBR values were variable over this time course. By 48 hours, StAR, PBR, and P450scc levels had increased above control values. Both StAR and PBR levels showed correlations with plasma T levels. In the alcohol vapor models, both regimens of the drug also significantly depressed StAR and PBR protein concentrations, blunted the T response to hCG, and did not alter P450scc. Finally, we observed that alcohol delivered i.g. or via vapors up-regulated TnNOS levels in Leydig cells, but that blockade of NO formation failed to restore a normal T response to hCG. CONCLUSIONS Collectively, these results suggest that (a) the ability of Leydig cells to release T does not show a simple correlation with changes in StAR, PBR, and P450scc levels; (b) the time course of the alcohol-induced changes were protein-specific; and (c) despite the ability of alcohol to stimulate TnNOS expression, NO does not appear to mediate the inhibitory influence of this drug on testicular steroidogenesis in the models that we studied.
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- Melissa Herman
- Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide Biology, The Salk Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Harbuz MS, Richards LJ, Chover-Gonzalez AJ, Marti-Sistac O, Jessop DS. Stress in Autoimmune Disease Models. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2006; 1069:51-61. [PMID: 16855134 DOI: 10.1196/annals.1351.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The release of endogenous glucocorticoids is critical in regulating the severity of disease activity in patients with inflammatory conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Blocking cortisol production results in a flare-up in disease activity in RA patients, and surgical removal of the adrenals in patients with Cushing's disease has been reported to exacerbate autoimmune disease. In adjuvant-induced arthritis (AA; a rat model of RA), there is an activation of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis associated with the development of inflammation. In addition, there are profound changes in peptides within the paraventricular nucleus, which are responsible for regulating the HPA axis. These changes have profound implications on the ability of AA rats to respond to acute stress. Understanding the regulation of the HPA axis in health and disease holds out the promise of targeted therapy to alleviate inflammatory conditions. This article will consider the impact of stress on an individual and his or her susceptibility to inflammation. We wish to question the idea that stress is "all bad." As we shall see, exposure to a single acute stressor can alter the phenotype of the rat to change it from being susceptible to resistant in autoimmune disease models. This alteration in susceptibility takes days to manifest itself, but can last for weeks, suggesting beneficial effects of exposure to an acute stressor.
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- M S Harbuz
- HW LINE, Dorothy Hodgkin Building, Whitson Street, Bristol BS1 3NY, United Kingdom
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Russig H, Pryce CR, Feldon J. Amphetamine withdrawal leads to behavioral sensitization and reduced HPA axis response following amphetamine challenge. Brain Res 2006; 1084:185-95. [PMID: 16563358 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2005] [Revised: 02/01/2006] [Accepted: 02/07/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Withdrawal from repeated amphetamine (AMPH) administration leads to behavioral sensitization following a drug or a stress challenge and is commonly used to model anhedonia in rats, a core symptom of depression in humans. It is proposed that corticosteroids are involved in the mediation of sensitization and depression. The aim of the present study was to investigate stress and AMPH- induced release of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and corticosterone (CORT) during withdrawal from an escalating dosage schedule of AMPH known to produce depression-like effects in rats. Wistar rats were given 3 injections (i.p.) per day over 3 days, escalating from 1 mg/kg to 9 mg/kg and a final injection of 10 mg/kg AMPH or saline on day 4. On day 2 of withdrawal, the animals were tested in the Porsolt swim test. HPA axis activity in response to restraint stress was tested on withdrawal day 14 and in response to AMPH challenge on withdrawal day 30. We found no effect of AMPH withdrawal in the Porsolt swim test and on the ACTH or CORT response following restraint stress. AMPH withdrawn animals expressed behavioral sensitization in terms of locomotion and reduced ACTH and CORT plasma levels following a 1 mg/kg AMPH challenge in comparison to the controls. We conclude that there is no critical involvement of a sensitized HPA axis stress response in the long-term expression of behavioral sensitization.
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- Holger Russig
- Laboratory of Behavioral Neurobiology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), Schorenstrasse 16, CH-8603 Schwerzenbach, Switzerland
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Seto SW, Kwan YW, Ngai SM. Modulatory effect of interleukin-1β on rat isolated basilar artery contraction. Eur J Pharmacol 2006; 531:238-45. [PMID: 16438962 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2005.12.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2005] [Revised: 12/16/2005] [Accepted: 12/19/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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An increased level of cytokine interleukin-1 (IL-1) has been detected around the site of stroke. However, the effect of IL-1beta on the basilar artery has received little attention. We evaluated the effects of IL-1beta on the contractile response of rat isolated basilar artery by measuring isometric tension change. IL-1beta (10 ng/ml) and phenylephrine (0.1 nM) markedly enhanced U46619 (30 and 100 nM)-induced basilar artery contraction. The IL-1beta-mediated potentiation was partly suppressed by zinc protoporphyrin (3 microM) and was abolished by tetrodotoxin (TTX, 100 nM), (-)-perillic acid (1 microM), PD98059 (0.3 microM), SB203580 (1 microM) and prazosin (1 microM). Our data suggest that IL-1beta (10 ng/ml) causes an enhancement of U46619-mediated basilar artery contraction that probably involves TTX-sensitive neuronal release of an alpha1-adrenoceptor agonist and activation of p42/p44 and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinases/p21(ras) pathways.
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- Sai Wang Seto
- Room 409B, Basic Medical Sciences Building, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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Boissé L, Mouihate A, Ellis S, Pittman QJ. Long-term alterations in neuroimmune responses after neonatal exposure to lipopolysaccharide. J Neurosci 2005; 24:4928-34. [PMID: 15163684 PMCID: PMC6729381 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1077-04.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Fever is an integral part of the host's defense to infection that is orchestrated by the brain. A reduced febrile response is associated with reduced survival. Consequently, we have asked if early life immune exposure will alter febrile and neurochemical responses to immune stress in adulthood. Fourteen-day-old neonatal male rats were given Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide (LPS) that caused either fever or hypothermia depending on ambient temperature. Control rats were given pyrogen-free saline. Regardless of the presence of neonatal fever, adult animals that had been neonatally exposed to LPS displayed attenuated fevers in response to intraperitoneal LPS but unaltered responses to intraperitoneal interleukin 1beta or intracerebroventricular prostaglandin E(2). The characteristic reduction in activity that accompanies fever was unaltered, however, as a function of neonatal LPS exposure. Treatment of neonates with an antigenically dissimilar LPS (Salmonella enteritidis) was equally effective in reducing adult responses to E. coli LPS, indicating an alteration in the innate immune response. In adults treated as neonates with LPS, basal levels of hypothalamic cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2), determined by semiquantitative Western blot analysis, were significantly elevated compared with controls. In addition, whereas adult controls responded to LPS with the expected induction of COX-2, adults pretreated neonatally with LPS responded to LPS with a reduction in COX-2. Thus, neonatal LPS can alter CNS-mediated inflammatory responses in adult rats.
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- Lysa Boissé
- Calgary Brain Institute, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada
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Rotllant D, Armario A. A single dose of metyrapone caused long-term dysregulation of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis in the rat. Neuroscience 2005; 130:427-34. [PMID: 15664699 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2004.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/04/2004] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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There is evidence that metyrapone (MET), apart from its inhibition of 11-beta steroid hydroxylation, may exert some stress-like effects in the brain, including the activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and the induction of c-fos. Since a single exposure to some stressors has been found to exert long-term effects on the HPA axis, we hypothesized that a single dose of MET (200 mg/kg, s.c.) could exert even stronger effects, due to the combination of its stressful properties with the lack of constrain of the HPA axis by glucocorticoids. Whereas the inhibitory effect of the drug on corticosterone secretion lasted less than 24 h, its stimulatory effect on the HPA axis could be seen for at least 2 days after the injection. Surprisingly, on day 8, an exacerbated HPA response to immobilization stress was observed in MET rats, despite complete normalization of resting levels of HPA hormones. At this time it was also observed, under basal conditions, increased levels of mRNA for CRH and arginin-vasopressin in the parvocellular region of the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (pPVN), along with reduced mRNA for glucocorticoid receptors in dentate gyrus and hippocampus CA1, but not in pPVN or medial prefrontal cortex. These data suggest that a single MET administration can exert a marked and long-lasting dysregulation of both resting and stress-induced activity of the HPA axis. Thus, attention should be paid to these properties when using the drug to study the functional role of glucocorticoids.
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- D Rotllant
- Institut Neurociències and Unitat de Fisiologia Animal, Facultat de Ciències, Departament de Biologia Cellular, de Fisiologia i d'Immunologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08290 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
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Psychological and physiological stressors. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/s0921-0709(05)80041-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Dal-Zotto S, Martí O, Delgado R, Armario A. Potentiation of glucocorticoid release does not modify the long-term effects of a single exposure to immobilization stress. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2004; 177:230-7. [PMID: 15205873 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-004-1939-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2004] [Accepted: 05/17/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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RATIONALE Previous work has shown that a single exposure of rats to a severe stressor (immobilization, IMO) results, days to weeks later, in a reduced response (desensitization) of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis to a second exposure to the same stressor. OBJECTIVES In the present work, we studied the influence of both length of exposure to IMO and circulating levels of corticosterone on the first day on the degree of desensitization of two sets of physiological variables: HPA hormones and food intake. METHODS Rats were given SC saline or ACTH administration and then exposed to IMO for 0, 1 or 20 min. Seven days later, all rats were exposed to 20 min IMO. HPA response was followed on both experimental days by repeated blood sampling and food intake was measured on a 24-h basis. RESULTS Both ACTH administration and IMO activates the HPA axis and IMO reduced food intake for several days. A single previous experience with IMO enhanced the post-IMO return of HPA hormones to basal levels on day 8 and reduced the degree of anorexia. The protective effect of previous IMO on food intake was independent of, whereas that on HPA activation was positively related to, the length of exposure on day 1. Concomitant ACTH administration on day 1 did not modify the observed effects. CONCLUSIONS Long-term protective effects of a single exposure to IMO are observed even with a brief exposure, but they are not potentiated by increasing corticosterone levels during the first exposure.
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- Silvina Dal-Zotto
- Departament de Biologia Cellular, Fisiologia i Inmunologia, Unitat de Fisiologia Animal, Facultat de Ciències, Institut de Neurociències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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Belda X, Márquez C, Armario A. Long-term effects of a single exposure to stress in adult rats on behavior and hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal responsiveness: comparison of two outbred rat strains. Behav Brain Res 2004; 154:399-408. [PMID: 15313027 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2004.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2003] [Revised: 03/08/2004] [Accepted: 03/09/2004] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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We have previously observed that a single exposure to immobilization (IMO), a severe stressor, caused long-term (days to weeks) desensitization of the response of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis to the homotypic stressor, with no changes in behavioral reactivity to novel environments. In contrast, other laboratories have reported that a single exposure to footshock induced a long-term sensitization of both HPA and behavioral responses to novel environments. To test whether these apparent discrepancies can be explained by the use of different stressors or different strains of rats, we studied in the present work the long-term effects of a single exposure to two different stressors (footshock or IMO) in two different strains of rats (Sprague-Dawley from Iffa-Credo and Wistar rats from Harlan). We found that both strains showed desensitization of the HPA response to the same (homotypic) stressor after a previous exposure to either shock or IMO. The long-term effects were higher after IMO than shock. No major changes in behavior in two novel environments (circular corridor, CC and elevated plus-maze, EPM) were observed after a single exposure to shock or IMO in neither strain, despite the fact that shocked rats showed a conditioned freezing response to the shock boxes. The present results demonstrate that long-term stress-induced desensitization of the HPA axis is a reliable phenomenon that can be observed with different stressors and strains. However, only behavioral changes related to shock-induced conditioned fear were found, which suggests that so far poorly characterized factors are determining the long-term behavioral consequences of a single exposure to stress.
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- Xavier Belda
- Institut de Neurociències and Unitat de Fisiologia Animal (Facultat de Ciències), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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Armario A, Martí O, Vallès A, Dal-Zotto S, Ons S. Long-Term Effects of a Single Exposure to Immobilization on the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis: Neurobiologic Mechanisms. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2004; 1018:162-72. [PMID: 15240365 DOI: 10.1196/annals.1296.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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In apparent contrast to previous results from other labs, we have found that a single exposure to a severe stressor such as immobilization (IMO) caused a long-term desensitization of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) response to the homotypic stressor. Because such HPA desensitization was not found in response to heterotypic stressors, it seemed at first that we were describing a habituation process already observed after a single experience with the stressor. However, a more detailed analysis revealed two main properties incompatible with the interpretation of the results in terms of habituation: (1) The intensity of desensitization increases over the course of days to weeks with no additional exposures to the stressor, and (2) the degree of desensitization was greater with more severe stressors. The long-term effects were also observed after a single exposure to a high dose of a systemic stressor such as endotoxin but not after insulin-induced hypoglycemia, suggesting that not all severe systemic stressors can induce such long-term desensitization. Because systemic stressors are known to be processed in specific brain areas and because we have found changes in c-fos mRNA response to the homotypic stressor in some brain areas as a consequence of previous experience with IMO, we hypothesize that some severe stressors do not induce long-term desensitization because they are not processed in brain areas sensitive to previous experience with the stressor. The neurochemical mechanisms involved in the induction of long-term effects on the HPA axis are in process, but our results suggest only a partial role of glucocorticoids and NMDA receptors.
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- A Armario
- Institut de Neurosciències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.
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Lee S, Rivier C. Long-term influence of an initial exposure to alcohol on the rat hypothalamic-pituitary axis. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2004; 27:1463-70. [PMID: 14506408 DOI: 10.1097/01.alc.0000086065.06203.dd] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE We have previously shown that adult male rats injected with alcohol daily for 3 consecutive days displayed a significantly blunted ACTH to a second alcohol injection, given 3 to 7 days later. The purpose of the present work was to determine the maximum duration over which the ACTH response remained blunted after an initial alcohol treatment. METHODS Male rats were exposed to alcohol (intragastrically or via vapors for 4 hr) on three consecutive days, starting when they were 22 (group A), 34 (group B), or 50 days old (group C). Control animals were injected with the vehicle intragastrically or kept in chambers through which normal air was circulated. At 60 days of age, the animals were injected with the vehicle or alcohol (4.5 g/kg intragastrically) to determine whether the initial treatment had long-term consequences on the ACTH response to a second alcohol challenge. RESULTS Rats of group C, pretreated with alcohol via intragastric injections or vapors, all exhibited a blunted ACTH response to the second acute alcohol challenge. In contrast, the second alcohol challenge only attenuated ACTH responses in rats of group B that had received intragastric injections, but not vapors. Group A showed a comparable response to acute intragastric alcohol injection at 60 days of age regardless of whether they had been preexposed to the drug. This was not due to a lack of neuroendocrine response because alcohol vapors significantly increased plasma ACTH levels and up-regulated paraventricular nucleus neuronal activity regardless of the age at which it was initially administered. CONCLUSIONS Repeated (daily for 3 consecutive days) administration of alcohol by the gastric route induces a long-lasting (up to 24 days) but not permanent blunting of the ACTH response to a second (acute) alcohol challenge. The fact that alcohol delivered by inhalation only caused a relatively brief (</=8 days) decrease in the ability of a second intragastric alcohol challenge to release ACTH suggests that the mode of alcohol delivery influences its long-term consequences.
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MESH Headings
- Administration, Inhalation
- Adrenocorticotropic Hormone/blood
- Age Factors
- Alcohol Drinking/pathology
- Alcohol Drinking/physiopathology
- Alcoholic Intoxication/pathology
- Alcoholic Intoxication/physiopathology
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Autoradiography
- DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- Drug Administration Schedule
- Ethanol/administration & dosage
- Ethanol/blood
- Ethanol/toxicity
- Gene Expression/drug effects
- Genes, Immediate-Early/genetics
- Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System/drug effects
- Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System/pathology
- Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System/physiopathology
- In Situ Hybridization
- Injections, Intraperitoneal
- Male
- Neurons/drug effects
- Neurons/pathology
- Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 4, Group A, Member 1
- Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus/drug effects
- Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus/pathology
- Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus/physiopathology
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear
- Receptors, Steroid
- Sexual Maturation/drug effects
- Transcription Factors/genetics
- Weaning
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Affiliation(s)
- Soon Lee
- Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide Biology, The Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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O'Connor KA, Ginsberg AB, Maksimova E, Wieseler Frank JL, Johnson JD, Spencer RL, Campeau S, Watkins LR, Maier SF. Stress-induced sensitization of the hypothalamic-pituitary adrenal axis is associated with alterations of hypothalamic and pituitary gene expression. Neuroendocrinology 2004; 80:252-63. [PMID: 15627803 DOI: 10.1159/000082876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2004] [Accepted: 10/25/2004] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
We have previously reported that inescapable tail shock (IS) produces persistent changes in hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis function. These changes are manifest as an elevation in basal corticosterone (CORT) levels, a sensitization of adrenocorticotropin hormone (ACTH) and CORT responses to subsequent challenge, and a failure of dexamethasone to suppress both the ACTH and CORT responses to a subsequent challenge. The experiments presented here examine IS-induced alterations in the responsiveness of the HPA axis, particularly at the level of the anterior pituitary. The data presented show that adrenalectomy does not abolish the IS-induced sensitization of the HPA axis, suggesting that the sensitization is not solely caused by a defect in glucocorticoid negative feedback. Analysis of gene expression in the anterior pituitary revealed that IS exposure persistently elevated basal levels of proopiomelanocortin (POMC; the precursor to ACTH) mRNA and sensitized the POMC hnRNA and c-fos mRNA response to a subsequent challenge. Analysis of gene expression in the parvocellular division of the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (pPVN) after IS exposure revealed that basal levels of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) mature mRNA are elevated and the c-fos mRNA response to a subsequent challenge is enhanced. Finally, a blunted in vitro ACTH response to CRH challenge is observed after IS exposure. These data suggest that the ultimate source of the IS-induced sensitization is not the anterior pituitary and implicate an increased drive on the anterior pituitary from the pPVN.
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Affiliation(s)
- Kevin A O'Connor
- Center for Neuroscience and Department of Psychology, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309-0345, USA
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Johnson JD, O'Connor KA, Watkins LR, Maier SF. The role of IL-1β in stress-induced sensitization of proinflammatory cytokine and corticosterone responses. Neuroscience 2004; 127:569-77. [PMID: 15283957 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2004.05.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/05/2004] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Proinflammatory cytokines often sensitize neuronal, hormonal, and behavioral responses to subsequent challenge. Recently, it was observed that exposure to inescapable tailshock enhances peripheral and central proinflammatory cytokine and corticosterone (CORT) responses to subsequent immune challenge up to 4 days later. Thus, we examined the role of central interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) in stress-induced sensitization of proinflammatory cytokine and CORT responses to a subsequent immune challenge. Rats were administered IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1ra) or vehicle into the intra-cisterna magna 1 h prior to tailshock (100, 1.6 mA 5 s shocks) exposure. Twenty-four hours later, rats were challenged i.p. with 10 microg/kg lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and killed 1 h later. IL-1ra had no effect on basal proinflammatory cytokines, but completely blocked the stress-induced enhancement in central and pituitary IL-1beta and plasma IL-6 release following LPS challenge. IL-1ra had no effect on stress-induced enhancement in CORT responses following LPS challenge. Additional rats were administered i.c.v. hrIL-1beta or vehicle and returned to their home cage. Twenty-four hours later, rats were challenged i.p. with either saline or 10 microg/kg LPS and killed 1 h later. Central hrIL-1beta administration significantly elevated central IL-1beta levels and plasma CORT following LPS challenge compared with vehicle-injected controls. These data demonstrate that elevations in central IL-1beta, whether stress-induced or exogenously administered, are sufficient for sensitizing central IL-1beta and CORT responses to subsequent immune challenge. However, during times of stress, exogenous central IL-1ra administration only blocked sensitization of subsequent central IL-1beta responses, not CORT responses, suggesting other factors during the stress response can sensitize CORT responses.
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Affiliation(s)
- J D Johnson
- Department of Psychology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.
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Schmidt ED, Aguilera G, Binnekade R, Tilders FJH. Single administration of interleukin-1 increased corticotropin releasing hormone and corticotropin releasing hormone-receptor mRNA in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus which paralleled long-lasting (weeks) sensitization to emotional stressors. Neuroscience 2003; 116:275-83. [PMID: 12535959 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(02)00555-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Single exposure to the proinflammatory cytokine interleukin-1 induces sensitization of the adrenocorticotropin hormone and corticosterone responses to stressors weeks later (hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal sensitization). Hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal responses are controlled by corticotropin-releasing hormone and arginine-vasopressin secreted from parvocellular corticotropin-releasing hormone neurons of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus and may involve autoexcitatory feedback mechanisms. Therefore, we studied the temporal relationship between resting levels of corticotropin-releasing hormone, corticotropin-releasing hormone-R1 and arginine-vasopressin receptor (V1a, V1b) mRNAs in the paraventricular nucleus and the development of hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal sensitization to an emotional stressor (novelty). The adrenocorticotropin hormone precursor molecule proopiomelanocortin hnRNA in the pituitary gland served as an index for acute activation. Single administration of interleukin-1 induced sensitization of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal to novelty from 3 to 22 days later, but not after 42 days. Single administration of interleukin-1 induced biphasic increases in corticotropin-releasing hormone and corticotropin-releasing hormone-R1 mRNAs in the paraventricular nucleus: an early peak within 24 h, followed by a delayed (>7 days) increase that peaked after 22 days. Hypothalamic V1a and V1b mRNA levels were unaffected. In contrast, in the pituitary gland, there was an early decrease in corticotropin-releasing hormone-R1 mRNA (from 10.5 to 3 h after interleukin-1) and V1b receptor mRNA (3 to 6 h), which returned to control levels from 24 h onwards. Thus, interleukin-1-induced long-lasting hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal sensitizations associated with prolonged activation of corticotropin-releasing hormone and corticotropin-releasing hormone-R1 mRNA expression in the paraventricular nucleus, but not with changes in the expression of proopiomelanocortin hnRNA or V1b receptor or corticotropin-releasing hormone R1 mRNAs in the pituitary gland. We propose that transient exposure to immune events can induce long-lasting hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal sensitization, which at least in part involves long-term hypothalamic adaptations that enhance central corticotropin-releasing hormone signaling.
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- E D Schmidt
- Graduate School Neurosciences Amsterdam, Research Institute Neurosciences Vrije Universiteit, Medical Pharmacology, VUmc, Van der Boechorststraat 7, Amsterdam 10 81 BT, The Netherlands.
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Selvage DJ, Rivier C. Importance of the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus as a component of a neural pathway between the brain and the testes that modulates testosterone secretion independently of the pituitary. Endocrinology 2003; 144:594-8. [PMID: 12538621 DOI: 10.1210/en.2002-220781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We previously reported that in adult male rats, the intracerebroventricular (icv) injection of corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) or the beta-adrenergic agonist isoproterenol (ISO) significantly inhibited the ability of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) to stimulate testosterone (T) secretion. The finding that this phenomenon also took place when LH release had been blocked with an LHRH antagonist suggested that icv CRF and ISO did not alter Leydig cell function by influencing the activity of pituitary gonadotrophs. We therefore proposed the existence of a neural pathway connecting the brain to the testes, whose activation by icv CRF or ISO interfered with T secretion. Based on the intratesticular injection of the transganglionic tracer pseudorabies virus, we recently identified the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of the hypothalamus as a component of this neural link. The aim of the present work was to investigate the functional role of this brain area in mediating the ability of CRF and ISO to inhibit the ability of hCG to stimulate T secretion. We first demonstrated that local microinfusion of CRF or ISO directly into the PVN mimicked the effect of their icv injection, suggesting that the PVN does indeed represent a site of action of ISO and CRF in altering Leydig cell responsiveness to gonadotropin. In contrast, neither CRF nor ISO microinfusion into the central amygdala or the frontal cortex influenced hCG-stimulated T secretion. To further investigate the role of the PVN in ISO- and CRF-induced blunting of hCG stimulation of T, we determined the effect of icv CRF or ISO on testicular activity of rats with electrolytic lesions of the PVN. These lesions, which did not in themselves influence Leydig cell responsiveness to hCG, blocked the effect of both icv ISO and CRF on hCG-induced T release. Collectively, these results support the hypothesis that CRF- and ISO-induced activation of cells in the area of the PVN decreases the ability of gonadotropin to release T and suggests that this nucleus represents an important site of the proposed neural connection between the brain and the testes.
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Affiliation(s)
- Daniel J Selvage
- The Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide Biology, The Salk Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Considerable clinical and experimental data support the existence of a relationship between cytokines and depression. At the experimental level, proinflammatory cytokines have been found to induce alterations in brain function analogous to the behavioral and biological abnormalities occurring in depressed patients, including social withdrawal, cognitive impairment, anhedonia, increased activity of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis, altered neurotransmission, and cross-sensitization with stressors. At the clinical level, the evidence in favor of innate immune system activation in depressed patients is still controversial, despite accumulating evidence for an increased risk of depressive disorders in patients receiving recombinant cytokines for the treatment of cancer and viral infection. This last issue has received significant attention recently, given that the administration of therapeutic cytokines provides a quasi-experimental model for studying the mechanisms which underlie the effects of cytokines on mood, cognition, and neurovegetative functions. Although the vulnerability factors that account for the risk of depression have yet to be identified, tryptophan depletion, likely related to the induction of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase enzyme, may represent an important mediator for the development of depressed mood in cytokine-treated patients. This paper discusses ways in which these emerging data may lead to advances in the recognition and management of non-specific neurobehavioral symptoms associated with the development and progression of cancer.
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- Lucile Capuron
- Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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Jansen ASP, Schmidt ED, Voorn P, Tilders FJH. Substance induced plasticity in noradrenergic innervation of the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus. Eur J Neurosci 2003; 17:298-306. [PMID: 12542666 DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02453.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Single administration of the cytokine interleukin-1 alpha (IL-1), or the psychostimulant amphetamine, enhanced adrenocorticotropin hormone and corticosterone responses to a stress challenge weeks later. This long-lasting hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA)-sensitization is paralleled by an increase in electrically evoked release of noradrenaline in the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus (PVN). We hypothesized that these functional changes may be associated with morphological plasticity of noradrenergic projections to the PVN, a parameter that shows high reproducibility. Specific alterations in relative (nor)adrenergic innervation density were studied by using dopamine-alpha-hydroxylase (DBH) as a marker. An image analysis system was used to detect changes in the relative DBH innervation density of the PVN. Groups of adult male rats were given IL-1 (10 microg/kg i.p.), amphetamine (5 mg/kg i.p.), or saline. Three weeks later, IL-1 and amphetamine primed rats showed enhanced adrenocorticotropin hormone and corticosterone responses to an amphetamine challenge. In another set of experiments, the relative DBH innervation density was measured in different PVN subnuclei at four rostro-caudal levels. Single administration of either IL-1 or amphetamine causes three weeks later a selective decrease in relative DBH innervation density in those subnuclei of the PVN that contain high numbers of corticotrophin-releasing hormone (CRH) producing neurons: the dorsal parvocellular and medial parvocellular PVN. We conclude that (1) long-lasting sensitization induced by single exposure to IL-1 and amphetamine induces specific pattern of neuroplastic changes in (nor)adrenergic innervation in the PVN and (2) reduction of relative DBH innervation density in CRH-rich areas is associated with paradoxical increase of electrically evoked release of (nor)adrenaline.
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- Arthur S P Jansen
- Department of Medical Pharmacology, VU University Medical Center, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Kovács KJ. Neurohypophyseal hormones in the integration of physiological responses to immune challenges. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 2002; 139:127-46. [PMID: 12436932 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(02)39013-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/27/2023]
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- Krisztina J Kovács
- Laboratory of Molecular Neuroendocrinology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Szigony u. 43. H-1083, Budapest, Hungary.
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Homberg JR, van den Akker M, Raasø HS, Wardeh G, Binnekade R, Schoffelmeer ANM, de Vries TJ. Enhanced motivation to self-administer cocaine is predicted by self-grooming behaviour and relates to dopamine release in the rat medial prefrontal cortex and amygdala. Eur J Neurosci 2002; 15:1542-50. [PMID: 12028365 DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.01976.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Rats, like humans, show strong individual differences in their response to anxiogenic and stressful stimuli. In the present study we evaluated whether differences in stress-induced self-grooming behaviour may predict an individual's vulnerability to engage in drug self-administration behaviour. From a population of Wistar rats, the lower and upper quartile with respect to time spent self-grooming on an elevated plus maze (EPM) were selected and trained to intravenously self-administer cocaine under fixed and progressive ratio schedules of reinforcement. High grooming (HG) rats reached considerably higher breakpoints than low grooming (LG) rats but showed no differences in acquisition rate and dose-response relationships. Further, EPM exposure elicited higher anxiety levels and enhanced plasma corticosterone secretion in HG rats. In addition, HG rats did not display enhanced novelty-seeking and still spent more time self-grooming during an EPM re-test following the cocaine self-administration procedure, indicating that stress-induced self-grooming is a stable behavioural trait marker. Neurochemically, electrically evoked [(3)H]dopamine release in vitro was profoundly lower in brain slices from the substantia nigra, medial prefrontal cortex and amygdala of naive HG rats as compared to LG rats, whereas no differences were found in the nucleus accumbens shell and core, the ventral tegmental area and caudate putamen. In conclusion, stress-induced self-grooming specifically predicts enhanced motivation to self-administer cocaine rather than sensitivity to its reinforcing effects. Responsiveness of dopaminergic nerve terminals in the medial prefrontal cortex and amygdala may represent pre-existing underlying factors.
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- Judith R Homberg
- Graduate School Neuroscience Amsterdam, Research Institute Neurosciences Vrije Universiteit, Drug Abuse Program, Department of Medical Pharmacology, VU Medical Center, Van Der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Animal studies have shown that nicotine and psychostimulant drugs (amphetamine and cocaine) share the property of inducing long-lasting behavioral and neurochemical sensitization, which is thought to contribute to their addictive properties. Neuroplasticity subserving learning and memory mechanisms is considered to be involved in psychostimulant-induced sensitization and addiction behavior. Because nicotinic receptors in the brain play a role in the storage of drug-related information underlying reinforcement learning, we evaluated the possibility that activation of central nicotinic receptors may underlie psychostimulant-induced sensitization. Repeated exposure of rats to nicotine profoundly enhanced the psychomotor effects of nicotine and amphetamine 3 weeks after nicotine pretreatment. Moreover, the nicotinic receptor antagonist mecamylamine completely blocked the induction, but not the long-term expression, of behavioral sensitization to amphetamine in amphetamine-pretreated rats. Mecamylamine also prevented the development of cocaine-induced behavioral sensitization. Behavioral sensitization induced by nicotine, amphetamine, or cocaine was associated with an increase in the electrically evoked release of [(3)H]dopamine from nucleus accumbens slices. Coadministration of mecamylamine during pretreatment with nicotine, amphetamine, or cocaine prevented the development of this long-term hyperreactivity of nucleus accumbens dopamine neurons. Similarly, the high-affinity non-alpha7 subtype nicotinic receptor antagonist dihydro-beta-erythroidine prevented the development of amphetamine-induced behavioral and neurochemical sensitization. These data indicate that nicotinic receptor activation (by endogenously released acetylcholine) is a common denominator initiating neuroplasticity involved in the development of amphetamine, as well as cocaine-induced sensitization.
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