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Sex‐specific peripheral and central responses to stress‐induced depression and treatment in a mouse model

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Deonaraine, Kristina K., Wang, Qian, Cheng, Haoxiang, Chan, Kenny L., Lin, Hsiao‐Yun, Liu, Kalena, Parise, Lyonna F., Cathomas, Flurin +9 more·2020·Journal of Neuroscience Research

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Major depressive disorder affects ~20% of the world population and is characterized by strong sexual dimorphism with females being two to three times more likely to develop this disorder. Previously, we demonstrated that a combination therapy with dihydrocaffeic acid and malvidin‐glucoside to synergistically target peripheral inflammation and stress‐induced synaptic maladaptation in the brain was effective in alleviating chronic social defeat stress (CSDS)‐induced depression‐like phenotype in male mice. Here, we test the combination therapy in a female CSDS model for depression and compared sex‐specific responses to stress in the periphery and the central nervous system. Similar to male mice, the combination treatment is also effective in promoting resilience against the CSDS‐induced depression‐like behavior in female mice. However, there are sex‐specific differences in peripheral immune responses and differential gene regulation in the prefrontal cortex to chronic stress and to the treatment. These data indicate that while therapeutic approaches to combat stress‐related disorders may be effective in both sexes, the mechanisms underlying these effects differ, emphasizing the need for inclusion of both sexes in preclinical studies using animal models.

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  • Some rodents exposed to CVS or CSDS have higher blood levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines than unstressed controls and stress-resilient mice.

    “Similar to people with MDD, a subset of rodents exposed to CVS or CSDS also have higher levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines, such as IL1A, IL1B, IL6, IL12, TNF, CCL2, and CCL5, in the bloodstream compared to unstressed control mice and stress-resilient mice”

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    The Results section (page not supplied) reports higher plasma levels of the listed cytokines and chemokines in female mice exposed to CSDS than in non-CSDS controls. It does not report findings for CVS or a direct comparison of those levels with stress-resilient mice; it reports correlations between some plasma markers and stress-related behavior instead. (LLM, conf=0.89)

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Deonaraine, K. K., Wang, Q., Cheng, H., Chan, K. L., Lin, H., Liu, K., Parise, L. F., Cathomas, F., Leclair, K. B., Flanigan, M. E., Li, L., Aleyasin, H., Guevara, C., Hao, K., Zhang, B., Russo, S. J., & Wang, J.
Affiliations
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
  • James J. Peters VA Medical Center (US)
Corresponding author
Wang, Jun
Venue
Journal of Neuroscience Research
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2020-09-11
Volume
98
Issue
12
Pages
2541-2553
ISSN
  • 0360-4012 (ISSN-L)
  • 1097-4547
OpenAlex
W3084721587
Cited by
21
References
65
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 3
FWCI
0.89
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Neuroscience Research (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
  • National Institute of Mental Health
  • Office of Dietary Supplements
  • U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
  • National Institutes of Health
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Biological Psychiatry › Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Treatment of Major Depression
Keywords
sex differences, major depressive disorder, chronic social defeat stress, stress-induced depression, dihydrocaffeic acid, combination therapy, peripheral inflammation, depression resilience, female mice
MeSH terms
Social Defeat, Animals, Major Depressive Disorder, Disease Models, Animal, Female, Immunity, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Transgenic, Sex Characteristics, Stress, Psychological, Prefrontal Cortex, Mice

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