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Bramlett SN, Foster SL, Weinshenker D, Hepler JR. Endogenous Regulator of G protein Signaling 14 (RGS14) suppresses cocaine-induced emotionally motivated behaviors in female mice. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.09.12.612719. [PMID: 39314405 PMCID: PMC11419016 DOI: 10.1101/2024.09.12.612719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/25/2024]
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Addictive drugs hijack the neuronal mechanisms of learning and memory in motivation and emotion processing circuits to reinforce their own use. Regulator of G-protein Signaling 14 (RGS14) is a natural suppressor of post-synaptic plasticity underlying learning and memory in the hippocampus. The present study used immunofluorescence and RGS14 knockout mice to assess the role of RGS14 in behavioral plasticity and reward learning induced by chronic cocaine in emotional-motivational circuits. We report that RGS14 is strongly expressed in discrete regions of the ventral striatum and extended amygdala in wild-type mice, and is co-expressed with D1 and D2 dopamine receptors in neurons of the nucleus accumbens (NAc). Of note, we found that RGS14 is upregulated in the NAc in mice with chronic cocaine history following acute cocaine treatment. We found significantly increased cocaine-induced locomotor sensitization, as well as enhanced conditioned place preference and conditioned locomotor activity in RGS14-deficient mice compared to wild-type littermates. Together, these findings suggest that endogenous RGS14 suppresses cocaine-induced plasticity in emotional-motivational circuits, implicating RGS14 as a protective agent against the maladaptive neuroplastic changes that occur during addiction.
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- Sara N. Bramlett
- Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Bramlett SN, Fitzmaurice SM, Harbin NH, Yan W, Bandlamudi C, Van Doorn GE, Smith Y, Hepler JR. Regulator of G Protein Signaling 14 protein expression profile in the adult mouse brain. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.06.22.600169. [PMID: 38979272 PMCID: PMC11230234 DOI: 10.1101/2024.06.22.600169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/10/2024]
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Regulator of G protein signaling 14 (RGS14) is a multifunctional signaling protein that serves as a natural suppressor of synaptic plasticity in the mouse brain. Our previous studies showed that RGS14 is highly expressed in postsynaptic dendrites and spines of pyramidal neurons in hippocampal area CA2 of the developing mouse brain. However, our more recent work with adult rhesus macaque brain shows that RGS14 is found in multiple neuron populations throughout hippocampal area CA1 and CA2, caudate nucleus, putamen, globus pallidus, substantia nigra, and amygdala in the adult rhesus monkey brain. In the mouse brain, we also have observed RGS14 protein in discrete limbic regions linked to reward behavior and addiction, including the central amygdala and the nucleus accumbens, but a comprehensive mapping of RGS14 protein expression in the adult mouse brain is lacking. Here, we report that RGS14 is more broadly expressed in mouse brain than previously known. Intense RGS14 staining is observed in specific neuron populations of the hippocampal formation, amygdala, septum, bed nucleus of stria terminalis and ventral striatum/nucleus accumbens. RGS14 is also observed in axon fiber tracts including the dorsal fornix, fimbria, stria terminalis, and the ventrohippocampal commissure. Moderate RGS14 staining is observed in various other adjacent regions not previously reported. These findings show that RGS14 is expressed in brain regions that govern aspects of core cognitive functions such as sensory perception, emotion, memory, motivation, and execution of actions, and suggests that RGS14 may serve to suppress plasticity and filter inputs in these brain regions to set the overall tone on experience-to-action processes.
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Zhang Y, Lv J, Zeng Z. The Framework and Memristive Circuit Design for Multisensory Mutual Associative Memory Networks. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CYBERNETICS 2023; 53:7844-7857. [PMID: 37015462 DOI: 10.1109/tcyb.2022.3227161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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In this work, we propose a multisensory mutual associative memory networks framework and memristive circuit to mimic the ability of the biological brain to make associations of information received simultaneously. The circuit inspired by neural mechanisms of associative memory cells mainly consists of three modules: 1) the storage neurons module, which encodes external multimodal information into the firing rate of spikes; 2) the synapse module, which uses the nonvolatility memristor to achieve weight adjustment and associative learning; and 3) the retrieval neuron module, which feeds the retrieval signal output from each sensory pathway to other sensory pathways, so that achieve mutual association and retrieval between multiple modalities. Different from other one-to-one or many-to-one unidirectional associative memory work, this circuit achieves bidirectional association from multiple modalities to multiple modalities. In addition, we simulate the acquisition, extinction, recovery, transmission, and consolidation properties of associative memory. The circuit is applied to cross-modal association of image and audio recognition results, and episodic memory is simulated, where multiple images in a scene are intramodal associated. With power and area analysis, the circuit is validated as hardware-friendly. Further research to extend this work into large-scale associative memory networks, combined with visual-auditory-tactile-gustatory sensory sensors, is promising for application in intelligent robotic platforms to facilitate the development of neuromorphic systems and brain-like intelligence.
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Rolon-Mérette D, Rolon-Mérette T, Chartier S. A multilayered bidirectional associative memory model for learning nonlinear tasks. Neural Netw 2023; 167:244-265. [PMID: 37660673 DOI: 10.1016/j.neunet.2023.08.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2022] [Revised: 06/14/2023] [Accepted: 08/12/2023] [Indexed: 09/05/2023]
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A multilayered bidirectional associative memory neural network is proposed to account for learning nonlinear types of association. The model (denoted as the MF-BAM) is composed of two modules, the Multi-Feature extracting bidirectional associative memory (MF), which contains various unsupervised network layers, and a modified Bidirectional Associative Memory (BAM), which consists of a single supervised network layer. The MF generates successive feature patterns from the original inputs. These patterns change the relationship between the inputs and targets in a way that the BAM can learn. The model was tested on different nonlinear tasks, such as the N-bit, Double Moon and its variants, and the 3-class spiral task. Behaviors were reported through learning errors, decision zones, and recall performances. Results showed that it was possible to learn all tasks consistently. By manipulating the number of units per layer and the number of unsupervised network layers in the MF, it was possible to change the level of nonlinearity observed in the decision boundaries. Furthermore, results indicated that different behaviors were achieved from the same set of inputs by using the different generated patterns. These findings are significant as they showed how a BAM-inspired model could solve nonlinear tasks in a more cognitively plausible fashion.
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Sridhar S, Khamaj A, Asthana MK. Cognitive neuroscience perspective on memory: overview and summary. Front Hum Neurosci 2023; 17:1217093. [PMID: 37565054 PMCID: PMC10410470 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2023.1217093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2023] [Accepted: 07/10/2023] [Indexed: 08/12/2023] Open
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This paper explores memory from a cognitive neuroscience perspective and examines associated neural mechanisms. It examines the different types of memory: working, declarative, and non-declarative, and the brain regions involved in each type. The paper highlights the role of different brain regions, such as the prefrontal cortex in working memory and the hippocampus in declarative memory. The paper also examines the mechanisms that underlie the formation and consolidation of memory, including the importance of sleep in the consolidation of memory and the role of the hippocampus in linking new memories to existing cognitive schemata. The paper highlights two types of memory consolidation processes: cellular consolidation and system consolidation. Cellular consolidation is the process of stabilizing information by strengthening synaptic connections. System consolidation models suggest that memories are initially stored in the hippocampus and are gradually consolidated into the neocortex over time. The consolidation process involves a hippocampal-neocortical binding process incorporating newly acquired information into existing cognitive schemata. The paper highlights the role of the medial temporal lobe and its involvement in autobiographical memory. Further, the paper discusses the relationship between episodic and semantic memory and the role of the hippocampus. Finally, the paper underscores the need for further research into the neurobiological mechanisms underlying non-declarative memory, particularly conditioning. Overall, the paper provides a comprehensive overview from a cognitive neuroscience perspective of the different processes involved in memory consolidation of different types of memory.
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- Sruthi Sridhar
- Department of Psychology, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada
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- Department of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India
- Department of Design, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India
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Zou Y, Guo Q, Chang Y, Zhong Y, Cheng L, Wei W. Alternative splicing affects synapses in the hippocampus of offspring after maternal fructose exposure during gestation and lactation. Chem Biol Interact 2023; 379:110518. [PMID: 37121297 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2023.110518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2023] [Revised: 04/15/2023] [Accepted: 04/27/2023] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Increased fructose over-intake is a global issue. Maternal fructose exposure during gestation and lactation can impair brain development in offspring. However, the effect on synapses is still unknown. For the diversification of RNA and biological functions, alternative splicing (AS) and alternative polyadenylation (APA) are essential. We constructed a maternal high-fructose diet model by administering 13% and 40% fructose water. The student's t-test analyzed the results of RT-qPCR. All other results were analyzed by one-way analysis of variance. The animal behavior experiment results revealed that conditioning and associative memory had been damaged. The proteins that form synapses were consistently low-expressed. In addition, compared with the control group, the Oxford Nanopore Technologies platform's full-length RNA-sequencing identified 298 different spliced genes (DSGs) and 51 differentially expressed alternative splicing (DEAS) genes in the 13% fructose group. 313 DSGs and 74 DEAS genes were in the 40% fructose group. Enrichment analysis based on these altered genes revealed some enlightening items and pathways. Our findings demonstrated the transcriptome mechanism underlying maternal fructose exposure during gestation and lactation and impaired synapse function during the transcripts' editing.
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- Yuchen Zou
- Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, China Medical University, No.77 Puhe Road, Shenyang North New Area, Shenyang, 110122, PR China
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- Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, China Medical University, No.77 Puhe Road, Shenyang North New Area, Shenyang, 110122, PR China
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- Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, China Medical University, No.77 Puhe Road, Shenyang North New Area, Shenyang, 110122, PR China
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- Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, China Medical University, No.77 Puhe Road, Shenyang North New Area, Shenyang, 110122, PR China
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- Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, China Medical University, No.77 Puhe Road, Shenyang North New Area, Shenyang, 110122, PR China
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- Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, China Medical University, No.77 Puhe Road, Shenyang North New Area, Shenyang, 110122, PR China.
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Papageorgiou C, Stachtea X, Papageorgiou P, Alexandridis AT, Makris G, Chrousos G, Kosteletos G. Gender-dependent variations in optical illusions: evidence from N400 waveforms. Physiol Meas 2020; 41:095006. [PMID: 33021228 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6579/abb2eb] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The cognitive mechanisms (especially the gender-related ones) underlying optical illusion processing remain elusive. Since the N400 component of event-related potentials (ERPs) is an index of the semantic integration of information processing tasks, the present study focuses on gender-related differences in N400 waveforms elicited during the reasoning process applied to reach a valid conclusion of optical illusions engaging working memory (WM). APPROACH Fifty-one healthy participants (28 males, age = 34.25 years ± 10.25, years of education = 16.00 years ± 1.78; and 23 females, age = 33.43 ± 7.93, years of education = 15.56 ± 1.82) were measured. The N400 ERP component was evoked by 39 optical illusions adjusted to induce WM. We compared brain activation patterns while participants maintained conclusions of the optical illusions in WM. The N400 of ERPs was recorded during the WM phase, during which participants were required to draw a logical conclusion regarding the correctness of the optical illusions. MAIN RESULTS Analysis revealed that females compared to males exhibited significantly increased N400 amplitudes located at parietal and occipital sites, whereas males exhibited significantly higher N400 amplitudes located at frontal areas. Furthermore, females compared to males demonstrated significantly prolonged latencies of the N400 component located at right frontotemporal abductions. SIGNIFICANCE These results suggest that coupling of optical illusions with WM engages distinct gender-related variations of brain semantic processing as reflected by the N400 ERP component. Based on the dual process account, our study gives support to the notion that women tend to employ a more deliberate and slower semantic reasoning than the men who tend to employ an automatic and fast one. Topographically, within the network sub-serving the semantic operation, the posterior brain areas responsible for sensorimotor integration-related processes elicit a greater brain activation among females while the anterior brain areas responsible for control and storage/retrieval operation elicit a greater brain activation among males.
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- Charalabos Papageorgiou
- 1st Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece. University Mental Health Research Institute (UMHRI), Athens, Greece
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Rhein C, Mühle C, Lenz B, Richter-Schmidinger T, Kogias G, Boix F, Lourdusamy A, Dörfler A, Peters O, Ramirez A, Jessen F, Maier W, Hüll M, Frölich L, Teipel S, Wiltfang J, Kornhuber J, Müller CP. Association of a CAMK2A genetic variant with logical memory performance and hippocampal volume in the elderly. Brain Res Bull 2020; 161:13-20. [PMID: 32418901 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2020.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2020] [Revised: 03/31/2020] [Accepted: 05/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Calcium/Calmodulin-dependent kinase alpha (αCaMKII) has been shown to play an essential role in synaptic plasticity and in learning and memory in animal models. However, there is little evidence for an involvement in specific memories in humans. Here we tested the potential involvement of the αCaMKII coding gene CAMK2A in verbal logical memory in two Caucasian populations from Germany, in a sample of 209 elderly people with cognitive impairments and a sample of 142 healthy adults. The association of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) located within the genomic region of CAMK2A with verbal logical memory learning and retrieval from the Wechsler Memory Scale was measured and hippocampal volume was assessed by structural MRI. In the elderly people, we found the minor allele of CAMK2A intronic SNP rs919741 to predict a higher hippocampal volume and better logical memory retrieval. This association was not found in healthy adults. The present study may provide evidence for an association of a genetic variant of the CAMK2A gene specifically with retrieval of logical memory in elderly humans. This effect is possibly mediated by a higher hippocampal volume.
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- Cosima Rhein
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Clinic, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schwabachanlage 6, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Clinic, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schwabachanlage 6, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Clinic, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schwabachanlage 6, 91054 Erlangen, Germany; Department of Addictive Behavior and Addiction Medicine, Central Institute of Mental Health (CIMH), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Clinic, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schwabachanlage 6, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Clinic, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schwabachanlage 6, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- Section for Drug Abuse Research, Department of Forensic Sciences, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Division of Child Health, Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK
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- Department of Neuroradiology, University Clinic, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Charité-Campus Benjamin Franklin, Eschenallee 3, DE-14050 Berlin, Germany
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- Division of Neurogenetics and Molecular Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Medical Faculty, 50937 Cologne, Germany; Department of Neurodegeneration and Geriatric Psychiatry, University of Bonn, 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Strasse 25, 53105 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Strasse 25, 53105 Bonn, Germany
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- Emmendingen Center for Psychiatry, Clinic for Geriatric Psychiatry and Psychotherapy and University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, University of Rostock, 18147 Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen 37075, Germany; German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Von-Siebold-Str. 3a, 37075 Goettingen, Germany; Neurosciences and Signalling Group, Institute of Biomedicine (iBiMED), Department of Medical Sciences, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Clinic, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schwabachanlage 6, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Clinic, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schwabachanlage 6, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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Wu R, Cui S, Wang JH. miRNA-324/-133a essential for recruiting new synapse innervations and associative memory cells in coactivated sensory cortices. Neurobiol Learn Mem 2020; 172:107246. [PMID: 32387677 DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2020.107246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2019] [Revised: 03/28/2020] [Accepted: 05/04/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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After the integrative storage of associated signals, a signal induces the recollection of its associated signal, or the other way around. This associative memory is essential to associative thinking, logical reasoning, imagination and computation. In terms of cellular mechanisms underlying associative memory, new mutual synapse innervations are formed among those coactivated neurons, so that they are recruited to be associative memory cells or associative memory neurons. These associative memory cells receive new synapse innervations alongside innate synapse inputs and encode signals carried by these inputs. We proposed to examine microRNAs as initiative factors for recruiting new synapse innervations and associative memory cells. In a mouse model of associative memory characterized as the reciprocal retrieval of associated whisker and odor signals, barrel and piriform cortical neurons gain their ability to encode whisker and odorant signals based on the newly formed synapse innervations between these coactivated cortices besides innate synapse inputs. miRNA-324 and miRNA-133a are required for recruiting these new synapse innervations and associative memory cells as well as sufficient for facilitating their recruitments, but not for innate synapse inputs. Therefore, the coactivation of sensory cortices through microRNA as initiative factor to recruit new mutual synapse innervations and associative memory cells for associative memory.
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- Ruixiang Wu
- Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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Zhang T, Zhang W, Sun Y, Huo Q. [Fluoxetine enhances combined learning and memory abilities of mice by promoting neural cell functions in the barrel cortex]. NAN FANG YI KE DA XUE XUE BAO = JOURNAL OF SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY 2020; 40:413-417. [PMID: 32376570 DOI: 10.12122/j.issn.1673-4254.2020.03.21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To study the behavioral characteristics of memory maintenance and regression in a mouse model of combined learning and memory training with fluoxetine treatment and explore the neural basis for learning and memory in the barrel area of the brain. METHODS Twenty-six 16-day-old C57 mice were randomized into two equal groups and were given daily intraperitoneal injection of saline (control) or fluoxetine. The mice were subjected to stimulation of the right whiskers using a multi-sensory stimulation simulator and were given simultaneously olfactory stimulation with butyl acetate. In the initial 10 days of the experiment, the mice were given corresponding drug treatment followed by whisker and olfactory stimulations on a daily basis; from day 11 to day 17, only the drugs were administered without the stimulations; on day 18, both the drugs and stimulations were administered. The daily performance of the mice was recorded and analyzed. In the field potential experiment, the left barrel cortex of the mouse brain was selected to record the frequency of field potential signals in response to whisker stimulation. RESULTS In the behavioral test, the mice treated with fluoxetine showed greater increments of the frequency and angle of whisker deflection than the control mice (P < 0.01). Compared with the peak levels that occurred on the 10th day, the swing angle and frequency of the whisker deflection decreased on the 17th day decreased in both groups, and the reduction was more obvious in the control group (P < 0.05). During the training on the 18th day, the whisker movement of the mice increased rapidly to the peak level and showed significant differences between the two groups (P < 0.05). In the field potential experiment on the 10th and 17th day, the frequencies of field potential signal in response to whisker stimulation was significantly higher in fluoxetine group than in the control group (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Combined training of the mice results in the formation of combined memory. Fluoxetine can enhance combined learning and memory abilities and prolong such memories in mice by promoting the function of the barrel cortex cells.
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- Tairan Zhang
- School of Pharmacy, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu 233030, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu 233030, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu 233030, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu 233030, China
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Guo L, Zhu Z, Wang G, Cui S, Shen M, Song Z, Wang JH. microRNA-15b contributes to depression-like behavior in mice by affecting synaptic protein levels and function in the nucleus accumbens. J Biol Chem 2020; 295:6831-6848. [PMID: 32209659 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.012047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2019] [Revised: 03/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Major depression is a prevalent affective disorder characterized by recurrent low mood. It presumably results from stress-induced deteriorations of molecular networks and synaptic functions in brain reward circuits of genetically-susceptible individuals through epigenetic processes. Epigenetic regulator microRNA-15b inhibits neuronal progenitor proliferation and is up-regulated in the medial prefrontal cortex of mice that demonstrate depression-like behavior, indicating the contribution of microRNA-15 to major depression. Using a mouse model of major depression induced by chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS), here we examined the effects of microRNA-15b on synapses and synaptic proteins in the nucleus accumbens of these mice. The application of a microRNA-15b antagomir into the nucleus accumbens significantly reduced the incidence of CUMS-induced depression and reversed the attenuations of excitatory synapse and syntaxin-binding protein 3 (STXBP3A)/vesicle-associated protein 1 (VAMP1) expression. In contrast, the injection of a microRNA-15b analog into the nucleus accumbens induced depression-like behavior as well as attenuated excitatory synapses and STXBP3A/VAMP1 expression similar to the down-regulation of these processes induced by the CUMS. We conclude that microRNA-15b-5p may play a critical role in chronic stress-induced depression by decreasing synaptic proteins, innervations, and activities in the nucleus accumbens. We propose that the treatment of anti-microRNA-15b-5p may convert stress-induced depression into resilience.
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- Li Guo
- Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao Shandong 266021, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao Shandong 266021, China
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- Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao Shandong 266021, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao Shandong 266021, China
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- Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China .,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Du K, Lu W, Sun Y, Feng J, Wang JH. mRNA and miRNA profiles in the nucleus accumbens are related to fear memory and anxiety induced by physical or psychological stress. J Psychiatr Res 2019; 118:44-65. [PMID: 31493709 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2019.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2019] [Revised: 08/07/2019] [Accepted: 08/26/2019] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Anxiety is presumably driven by fear memory. The nucleus accumbens involves emotional regulation. Molecular profiles in the nucleus accumbens related to stress-induced fear memory remain elucidated. Fear memory in mice was induced by a paradigm of social defeat. Physical and psychological stress was delivered to an intruder that was attacked by an aggressive resident. Meanwhile, an observer experienced psychological stress by seeing aggressor attacks. The nucleus accumbens tissues from intruder and observer mice that appear fear memory and anxiety as well as control mice were harvested for analyses of mRNA and miRNA profiles by high throughput sequencing. In the nucleus accumbens of intruders and observers with fear memory and anxiety, genes encoding AdrRα, AChRM2/3, GluRM2/8, HrR1, SSR, BDNF and AC are upregulated, while genes encoding DR3/5, PR2, GPγ8 and P450 are downregulated. Physical and/or psychological stress leads to fear memory and anxiety likely by molecules relevant to certain synapses. Moreover, there are differential expressions in genes that encode GABARA, 5-HTR1/5, CREB3, AChRM2, RyR, Wnt and GPγ13 in the nucleus accumbens from intruders versus observers. GABAergic, serotonergic and cholinergic synapses as well as calcium, Wnt and CREB signaling molecules may be involved in fear memory differently induced by psychological stress and physical/psychological stress. The data from analyzing mRNA and miRNA profiles are consistent. Some molecules are validated by qRT-PCR and dual luciferase reporter assay. Fear memory and anxiety induced by the mixture of physical and psychological stress or psychological stress appear influenced by complicated molecular mechanisms in the nucleus accumbens.
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- Kaixin Du
- Qingdao University, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao, Shandong, 266021, China
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- Qingdao University, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao, Shandong, 266021, China.
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- Qingdao University, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao, Shandong, 266021, China
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- Qingdao University, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao, Shandong, 266021, China
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- Qingdao University, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao, Shandong, 266021, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China; Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
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Gao Z, Wu R, Chen C, Wen B, Liu Y, Lu W, Chen N, Feng J, Fan R, Wang D, Cui S, Wang JH. Coactivations of barrel and piriform cortices induce their mutual synapse innervations and recruit associative memory cells. Brain Res 2019; 1721:146333. [PMID: 31302097 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2019.146333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2019] [Revised: 06/19/2019] [Accepted: 07/10/2019] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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After associative learning, a signal induces the recall of its associated signal, or the other way around. This reciprocal retrieval of associated signals is essential for associative thinking and logical reasoning. For the cellular mechanism underlying this associative memory, we hypothesized that the formation of synapse innervations among coactivated sensory cortices and the recruitment of associative memory cells were involved in the integrative storage and reciprocal retrieval of associated signals. Our study indicated that the paired whisker and olfaction stimulations led to an odorant-induced whisker motion and a whisker-induced olfaction response, a reciprocal form of associative memory retrieval. In mice that showed the reciprocal retrieval of associated signals, their barrel and piriform cortical neurons became mutually innervated through their axon projection and new synapse formation. These piriform and barrel cortical neurons gained the ability to encode both whisker and olfaction signals based on synapse innervations from the innate input and the newly formed input. Therefore, the associated activation of sensory cortices by pairing input signals initiates their mutual synapse innervations, and the neurons innervated by new and innate synapses are recruited to be associative memory cells that encode these associated signals. Mutual synapse innervations among sensory cortices to recruit associative memory cells may compose the primary foundation for the integrative storage and reciprocal retrieval of associated signals. Our study also reveals that new synapses onto the neurons enable these neurons to encode memories to new specific signals.
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- Zilong Gao
- College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, Anhui 233000, China
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- College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, Anhui 233000, China
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- College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, Anhui 233000, China
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- College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
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Sun Y, Lu W, Du K, Wang JH. microRNA and mRNA profiles in the amygdala are relevant to fear memory induced by physical or psychological stress. J Neurophysiol 2019; 122:1002-1022. [PMID: 31268807 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00215.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Anxiety is presumably driven by fear memory. Molecular profiles in the amygdala of mice with fear memory induced by psychological and physical stresses remain to be elucidated. Fear memory in mice was induced by a paradigm of social defeat. Physical and psychological stresses (PPS) to an intruder were given by attacks from an aggressive resident. Psychological stress (PS) to an observer was given by the witnessing of aggressor attacks. Amygdala tissues from these mice showing fear memory and anxiety vs. tissues from control mice were harvested to analyze mRNA and microRNA profiles by high-throughput sequencing. In the amygdala of intruders and observers with fear memory, the genes encoding 5-HTR1b, 5-HTR2a, DAR2, AChRM3, and IP3R1 are upregulated, whereas genes encoding GPγ11, GPγ13, GPγT2, RasC3, and P450 are downregulated, indicating that these molecules are involved in fear memory induced by physical/psychological stresses. In the comparison of intruders with observers, the upregulation of genes encoding 5-HTR6, GPγ8, P2R7, NFκ2, CREB3/1, and Itgα9 as well as the downregulation of genes encoding DAR5, 5-HTR1a, and HSP1a are involved in fear memory induced by physical stress. The upregulation of genes encoding DAR1, 5-HTR5a and SSR2/3 as well as the downregulation of AdRα1, CREB3/1, GPγ13 and GPγ8 are involved in fear memory induced by psychological stress. Results obtained by sequencing mRNA and microRNA profiles are consistent with results of quantitative RT-PCR analysis and dual-luciferase reporter assays performed for validation. In conclusion, fear memories and anxiety induced by PPS vs. PS are caused by the imbalanced regulation of different synapses and signaling pathways in the amygdala.NEW & NOTEWORTHY The current study identifies the molecular mechanism underlying fear memory and anxiety induced by psychological stress vs. physical stress, in which the imbalanced expression of microRNA-regulated mRNAs relevant to dopaminergic, adrenergic, and serotonergic synapses in the amygdala plays an important role. This result reveals different molecular profiles for psychological and physical stresses.
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- Yan Sun
- Qingdao University, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao Shandong, China
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- Qingdao University, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao Shandong, China
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- Qingdao University, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao Shandong, China
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- Qingdao University, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao Shandong, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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microRNA and mRNA profiles in the amygdala are associated with stress-induced depression and resilience in juvenile mice. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2019; 236:2119-2142. [PMID: 30900007 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-019-05209-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2018] [Accepted: 02/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Major depressive disorder characterized as recurrent negative mood is one of the prevalent psychiatric diseases. Chronic stress plus lack of reward may induce long-term imbalance between reward and penalty circuits in the brain, leading to persistent negative mood. Numerous individuals demonstrate resilience to chronic mild stress. Molecular mechanisms for major depression and resilience in the brain remain unclear. METHODS After juvenile mice were treated by the chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS) for 4 weeks, they were screened by sucrose preference, Y-maze and forced swimming tests to examine whether their behaviors were depression-like or not. mRNA and miRNA profiles were quantified by high-throughput sequencing in amygdala tissues harvested from control, CUMS-susceptible, and CUMS-resilience mice. RESULTS 1.5-fold ratio in reads per kilo-base per million reads was set to be the threshold to judge the involvement of mRNAs and miRNAs in the CUMS, major depression, or resilience. In the amygdala from CUMS-susceptible mice, the expression of genes relevant to GABAergic, cholinergic, glutamatergic, dopaminergic, and serotonergic synapses was changed, as well as the expression of genes that encoded signal pathways of PI3K-Akt, calcium, cAMP, MAPK, and drug addiction was imbalanced. The expression of these genes in the amygdala form CUMS-resilience mice was less changed. CONCLUSIONS The downregulation of genes relevant to synaptic functions and the imbalance of intra-signaling pathway in the amygdala are associated with major depression. Consistent results through sequencing mRNA and miRNA and using different methods validate our finding and conclusion.
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The acquisition of associated signals is commonly seen in life. The integrative storage of these exogenous and endogenous signals is essential for cognition, emotion and behaviors. In terms of basic units of memory traces or engrams, associative memory cells are recruited in the brain during learning, cognition and emotional reactions. The recruitment and refinement of associative memory cells facilitate the retrieval of memory-relevant events and the learning of reorganized unitary signals that have been acquired. The recruitment of associative memory cells is fulfilled by generating mutual synapse innervations among them in coactivated brain regions. Their axons innervate downstream neurons convergently and divergently to recruit secondary associative memory cells. Mutual synapse innervations among associative memory cells confer the integrative storage and reciprocal retrieval of associated signals. Their convergent synapse innervations to secondary associative memory cells endorse integrative cognition. Their divergent innervations to secondary associative memory cells grant multiple applications of associated signals. Associative memory cells in memory traces are defined to be nerve cells that are able to encode multiple learned signals and receive synapse innervations carrying these signals. An impairment in the recruitment and refinement of associative memory cells will lead to the memory deficit associated with neurological diseases and psychological disorders. This review presents a comprehensive diagram for the recruitment and refinement of associative memory cells for memory-relevant events in a lifetime.
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- Jin-Hui Wang
- College of Life Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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Intrahippocampal administration of 5-HT6 receptor drugs on memory consolidation and amnesia protocols. Behav Brain Res 2019; 359:378-385. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2018.11.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2018] [Revised: 11/14/2018] [Accepted: 11/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Si Y, Song Z, Sun X, Wang J. microRNA and mRNA profiles in nucleus accumbens underlying depression versus resilience in response to chronic stress. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2018; 177:563-579. [PMID: 30105773 PMCID: PMC6175222 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2018] [Revised: 05/09/2018] [Accepted: 05/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Major depression in negative mood is presumably induced by chronic stress with lack of reward. However, most individuals who experience chronic stress demonstrate resilience. Molecular mechanisms underlying stress- induced depression versus resilience remain unknown, which are investigated in brain reward circuits. Mice were treated by chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS) for 4 weeks. The tests of sucrose preference, Y-maze, and forced swimming were used to identify depression-like emotion behavior or resilience. High-throughput sequencing was used to analyze mRNA and miRNA quantity in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) harvested from the mice in the groups of control, CUMS-induced depression (CUMS-MDD), and CUMS-resistance to identify molecular profiles of CUMS-MDD versus CUMS-resilience. In data analyses and comparison among three groups, 1.5-fold ratio in reads per kilo-base per million reads (RPKM) was set to judge involvements of mRNA and miRNA in CUMS, MDD, or resilience. The downregulations of serotonergic/dopaminergic synapses, MAPK/calcium signaling pathways, and morphine addiction as well as the upregulations of cAMP/PI3K-Akt signaling pathways and amino acid metabolism are associated with CUMS-MDD. The downregulations of chemokine signaling pathway, synaptic vesicle cycle, and nicotine addiction as well as the upregulations of calcium signaling pathway and tyrosine metabolism are associated with CUMS-resilience. The impairments of serotonergic/dopaminergic synapses and PI3K-Akt/MAPK signaling pathways in the NAc are associated with depression. The upregulation of these entities is associated with resilience. Consistent results from analyzing mRNA/miRNA and using different methods validate our finding and conclusion.
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- Yawei Si
- Department of PharmacologyQingdao University School of PharmacyQingdao, Shandong266021China
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- Department of PharmacologyQingdao University School of PharmacyQingdao, Shandong266021China
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- Department of PharmacologyQingdao University School of PharmacyQingdao, Shandong266021China,College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100049China,Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100101China
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- Department of PharmacologyQingdao University School of PharmacyQingdao, Shandong266021China,College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100049China,Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100101China
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