Long-Term Impact of Early-Life Stress on Serotonin Connectivity
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BACKGROUND: Chronic childhood stress is a prominent risk factor for developing affective disorders, yet mechanisms underlying this association remain unclear. Maintenance of optimal serotonin (5-HT) levels during early postnatal development is critical for the maturation of brain circuits. Understanding the long-lasting effects of early-life stress (ELS) on serotonin-modulated brain connectivity is crucial to develop treatments for affective disorders arising from childhood stress. METHODS: Using a mouse model of chronic developmental stress, we determined the long-lasting consequences of ELS on 5-HT circuits and behavior in females and males. Using FosTRAP mice, we cross-correlated regional c-Fos density to determine brain-wide functional connectivity of the raphe nucleus. We next performed in vivo fiber photometry to establish ELS-induced deficits in 5-HT dynamics and optogenetics to stimulate 5-HT release to improve behavior. RESULTS: Adult female and male mice exposed to ELS showed heightened anxiety-like behavior. ELS further enhanced susceptibility to acute stress by disrupting the brain-wide functional connectivity of the raphe nucleus and the activity of 5-HT neuron population, in conjunction with increased orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) activity and disrupted 5-HT release in medial OFC. Optogenetic stimulation of 5-HT terminals in the medial OFC elicited an anxiolytic effect in ELS mice in a sex-dependent manner. CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest a significant disruption in 5-HT-modulated brain connectivity in response to ELS, with implications for sex-dependent vulnerability. The anxiolytic effect of the raphe-medial OFC circuit stimulation has potential implications for developing targeted stimulation-based treatments for affective disorders that arise from early life adversities.
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- Authors
- Ramkumar, R., Edge-Partington, M., Terstege, D. J., Adigun, K., Ren, Y., Khan, N. S., Rouhi, N., Jamani, N. F., Tsutsui, M., Epp, J. R., & Sargin, D.
- Affiliations
- University of Calgary (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Sargin, Derya
- Venue
- Biological Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2024-08
- Volume
- 96
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 287-299
- ISSN
- 0006-3223 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4391508905
- Cited by
- 30
- References
- 101
- Citations by year
- 2026: 10 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 9
- FWCI
- 5.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Biological Psychiatry (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (acceptedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Keywords
- early life stress, serotonin, raphe nuclei, brain connectivity, anxiety-like behavior, orbitofrontal cortex, sex differences, mood disorders, c-fos
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Anxiety, Behavior, Animal, Disease Models, Animal, Female, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Neural Pathways, Raphe Nuclei, Serotonin, Stress, Psychological, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos, Prefrontal Cortex, Mice, Optogenetics
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