Cited by 18Treatment of Major DepressionStress Responses and CortisolNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Hippocampal synaptoproteomic changes of susceptibility and resilience of male rats to chronic social isolation

Perić, Ivana, Costina, Victor, Gass, Peter, Findeisen, Peter, Filipović, Dragana·2021·Brain Research Bulletin

Abstract

The susceptibility of an individual to chronic social isolation (CSIS) stress may cause major depression (MD) whereby some individuals are resistant to the stress. Recent studies relate MD with altered expression of synaptic proteins in specific brain regions. To explore the neurobiological underpinnings and identify candidate biomarkers of susceptibility or resilience to CSIS, a comparative proteomic approach was used to map hippocampal synaptic protein alterations of rats exposed to 6 weeks of CSIS, an animal model of depression. This model generates two stress-response phenotypes: CSIS-sensitive (depressive-like behaviour) and CSIS-resilience assessed by means of sucrose preference and forced swim tests. Our aim was to characterize the synaptoproteome changes representative of potential long-term changes in protein expression underlying susceptibility or resilience to stress. Proteomic data showed increased expression of glycolytic enzymes, the energy-related mitochondrial proteins, actin cytoskeleton, signalling transduction and synaptic transmission proteins in CSIS-sensitive rats. Protein levels of glutamate-related enzymes such as glutamate dehydrogenase and glutamine synthetase were also increased. CSIS-resilient rats showed similar proteome changes, however with a weaker increase compared to CSIS-sensitive rats. The main difference was observed in the level of protein expression of vesicle-mediated transport proteins. Nonetheless, only few proteins were uniquely up-regulated in the CSIS-resilient rats, whereby Cytochrome b-c1 complex subunit 2, mitochondrial (Uqcrc2) and Voltage-dependent anion-selective channel protein 1 (Vdac1) were uniquely down-regulated. Identified altered activated pathways and potential protein biomarkers may help us better understand the molecular mechanisms underlying synaptic neurotransmission in MD or resilience, crucial for development of new therapeutics.

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Authors
Perić, I., Costina, V., Gass, P., Findeisen, P., & Filipović, D.
Affiliations
  • University of Belgrade (RS)
  • Heidelberg University (DE)
Corresponding author
Filipović, Dragana
Venue
Brain Research Bulletin
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2021-01
Volume
166
Pages
128-141
ISSN
0361-9230 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3107135846
Cited by
18
References
64
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 1
FWCI
1.20
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
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  • Brain Research Bulletin (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • VinaR (Institute of Nuclear Sciences "Vinča") (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (GA 427/12-1)
  • Ministarstvo Prosvete, Nauke i Tehnološkog Razvoja
  • Univerzitet u Beogradu
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Treatment of Major Depression
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Keywords
major depressive disorder, hippocampus, synaptic proteins, stress biomarkers, mitochondrial proteins, glycolytic enzymes, glutamate metabolism, glutamate dehydrogenase, glutamine synthetase, synaptic transmission, rat model of depression
MeSH terms
Animals, Hippocampus, Male, Social Isolation, Stress, Psychological, Synapses, Rats, Wistar, Proteomics, Rats, Resilience, Psychological

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