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Role of Nuclear Factor κB in Ovarian Hormone-Mediated Stress Hypersensitivity in Female Mice

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LaPlant, Quincey, Chakravarty, Sumana, Vialou, Vincent, Mukherjee, Shibani, Koo, Ja Wook, Kalahasti, Geetha, Bradbury, Kathryn R., Taylor, Shameeke V. +9 more·2009·Biological Psychiatry

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Background The molecular mechanisms of stress-induced depressive behaviors have been characterized extensively in male rodents; however, much less is known about female subjects, despite the fact that human depression is far more prevalent in women.Methods To gain insight into these mechanisms, we performed microarray analysis in nucleus accumbens (NAc), a key brain reward region implicated in depression, in ovariectomized (OVX) and gonadally intact female mice after chronic unpredictable stress and measured stress-induced depression-like behavior in the forced swim test (FST). Male mice were studied in the FST for comparison.Results We find that stress regulation of genes in NAc of gonadally intact female mice is blunted in OVX mice. This pattern of gene regulation is consistent with behavioral findings on the FST: the pro-depression-like effect of stress in intact female mice is absent in OVX female and gonadally intact male mice. We identified, among many genes regulated by stress, several nuclear factor kappaB (NFkappaB) subunits-a pro-survival transcription factor involved in cellular responses to stress-as being highly upregulated in NAc of OVX mice. Given the role of NFkappaB during stress, we hypothesized that upregulation of NFkappaB by OVX decreases susceptibility to stress. Indeed, we show that inhibition of NFkappaB in NAc of OVX animals increases susceptibility to stress-induced depressive behaviors, whereas activation of NFkappaB in NAc of intact female subjects blocks susceptibility.Conclusions These results suggest a hormonal mechanism of NFkappaB regulation that contributes to stress-induced depressive behaviors in female subjects and might represent a mechanism for gender differences in prevalence rates of these disorders in humans.

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  • Only one study has examined stress effects on the nucleus accumbens in female animals with medium spiny neuron subtype specificity.

    “Currently, only a handful of studies addressed how stress differentially affects the NAc of female animals (52, 94–97) and only one provides a MSN subtype specific examination.”
  • Only a small number of studies have examined how stress differentially affects the nucleus accumbens in female animals.

    “Currently, only a handful of studies addressed how stress differentially affects the NAc of female animals (52, 94–97) and only one provides a MSN subtype specific examination.”
  • Sub-chronic unpredictable stress induces anhedonia, increased immobility on the forced swim test, and increased anxiety in rodents.

    “sub–chronic unpredictable stress induces anhedonia (decreased sucrose preference), increased immobility on the forced swim test, and increased anxiety (greater latency to feed in a novel environment and decreased time grooming in the splash test).”

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  • Females are more sensitive than males to sub-chronic unpredictable stress in emotional domains.

    “The data clearly show that females are more sensitive than males in these domains85”

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  • Removal of ovarian hormones in rodents decreases the pro-depressant or anxiogenic effects of stress while simultaneously increasing the negative effects of stress on spatial and non-spatial memory.

    “removal of ovarian hormones decreases the pro–depressant or anxiogenic effects of stress, while simultaneously increasing the negative effects of stress on spatial and non–spatial memory85, 91, 92”

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LaPlant, Q., Chakravarty, S., Vialou, V., Mukherjee, S., Koo, J. W., Kalahasti, G., Bradbury, K. R., Taylor, S. V., Maze, I., Kumar, A., Graham, A., Birnbaum, S. G., Krishnan, V., Truong, H.-T., Neve, R. L., Nestler, E. J., & Russo, S. J.
Affiliations
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
  • The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
Corresponding author
Russo, Scott J.
Venue
Biological Psychiatry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2009-05
Volume
65
Issue
10
Pages
874-880
ISSN
0006-3223 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1973048800
Cited by
136
References
55
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FWCI
2.16
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Biological Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Mental Health (P50MH066172)
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01DA014133)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Treatment of Major Depression
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Biological Psychiatry › Tryptophan and brain disorders
Keywords
NF-κB, stress-induced depression, depression in women, ovariectomy, ovarian hormones, nucleus accumbens, chronic unpredictable mild stress, forced swim test, sex differences in depression, gene expression regulation, NF-κB inhibition
MeSH terms
Animals, Depression, Female, Gene Expression Regulation, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Transgenic, Nucleus Accumbens, Ovariectomy, RNA, Sex Factors, Gonadal Steroid Hormones, Stress, Physiological, Time Factors, Signal Transduction, Up-Regulation, NF-kappa B, Mice

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