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Vascular RAGE transports oxytocin into the brain to elicit its maternal bonding behaviour in mice
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Oxytocin sets the stage for childbirth by initiating uterine contractions, lactation and maternal bonding behaviours. Mice lacking secreted oxcytocin ( Oxt −/− , Cd38 −/− ) or its receptor ( Oxtr −/− ) fail to nurture. Normal maternal behaviour is restored by peripheral oxcytocin replacement in Oxt −/− and Cd38 −/− , but not Oxtr −/− mice, implying that circulating oxcytocin crosses the blood-brain barrier. Exogenous oxcytocin also has behavioural effects in humans. However, circulating polypeptides are typically excluded from the brain. We show that oxcytocin is transported into the brain by receptor for advanced glycation end-products (RAGE) on brain capillary endothelial cells. The increases in oxcytocin in the brain which follow exogenous administration are lost in Ager −/− male mice lacking RAGE, and behaviours characteristic to abnormalities in oxcytocin signalling are recapitulated in Ager −/− mice, including deficits in maternal bonding and hyperactivity. Our findings show that RAGE-mediated transport is critical to the behavioural actions of oxcytocin associated with parenting and social bonding.
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RAGE on brain capillary endothelial cells binds and transports peripheral oxytocin across the blood-brain barrier. Ager−/− mice lack brain oxytocin increases after peripheral oxytocin and show maternal neglect and hyperactivity, which endothelial RAGE re-expression rescues.
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- Oxytocin binds RAGE directly: surface plasmon resonance gave an apparent KD of 179 nM for oxytocin binding to immobilised human esRAGE; oxytocin co-eluted with soluble RAGE in human serum and was structurally confirmed by LC-MS/MS. Binding mapped to the RAGE V domain and did not activate NF-κB, Rac1, or Cdc42 signalling.
- Endothelial RAGE is necessary and sufficient for oxytocin transport into the brain: RAGE knockdown reduced blood-to-brain oxytocin transport in an in vitro BBB model; after subcutaneous oxytocin (30 ng/mouse), CSF oxytocin rose in WT but not Ager−/− male mice, and transgenic endothelial RAGE in Ager−/− mice restored CSF oxytocin. [13C,15N]oxytocin was undetectable in Ager−/− CSF but equivalent in WT and KO+Tg mice.
- Ager−/− mice recapitulated oxytocin-related behavioural deficits: maternal neglect reduced offspring survival, and endothelial RAGE re-expression rescued survival (63.4% KO+Tg vs 10.5% non-transgenic KO, P < 0.001). c-Fos increased after oxytocin in BNST, mPOA, AHC, and ILS of WT but not Ager−/− mice, and Ager−/− hyperactivity was normalised by intraventricular but not subcutaneous oxytocin.
- After bilateral common carotid artery occlusion, capillary RAGE increased ~2-fold and exogenous oxytocin increased in CSF of WT but not Ager−/− male mice. The estimated availability of oxytocin in CSF was 0.2% after subcutaneous administration of 30 ng oxytocin in mice.
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- Mouse models included WT, Ager−/−, endothelial RAGE-transgenic Ager−/− (KO+Tg), and endothelial RAGE-deficient (EC-KO) mice; both male and female mice were used, with behavioural and maternal survival assays, BCCAO, and oxytocin administration by subcutaneous, intravenous, or intranasal routes.
- Binding and transport were assessed by surface plasmon resonance, plate binding/competition assays, gel permeation chromatography, anti-RAGE affinity chromatography, LC-MS/MS, and an in vitro BBB model using monkey brain capillary endothelial cells with rat pericytes and astrocytes, including RAGE shRNA knockdown, TEER, and Papp calculations.
- In vivo oxytocin was measured by enzyme immunoassay in serum, cisterna magna CSF, third-ventricle CSF, and microperfusates from amygdala and PVN; c-Fos immunohistochemistry and behavioural tests (light-dark transition, open field) were used, with statistics by t-test, ANOVA, and Kaplan–Meier survival analysis.
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- Stated: the exact bioavailability of oxytocin reaching the CNS remains unclear, and findings across studies are inconsistent due to differences in treatment protocols, species, and detection methods. The mechanism by which RAGE transports oxytocin is also unclear, though vesicular endocytosis/transcytosis is proposed.
- Stated: current experiments provide no evidence for direct intranasal transport via olfactory or trigeminal routes; instead, nasally applied oxytocin may enter the bloodstream and then be transported by RAGE. Oxytocin measurement is also method-dependent, and plasma extraction may lower measured levels.
- Evident: the maternal behaviour and hyperactivity experiments were conducted largely in male mice, while female mice were used mainly to show RAGE-mediated transport; human data are limited to serum binding/co-elution and do not test behaviour or causality.
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![Fig. 4 Transport of oxytocin into the brain. a Oxytocin concentrations in CSF from the cisterna magna after subcutaneous injection of 30 ng oxytocin in WT (Ager+/+) or Ager−/− male mice (n = 3–15/data point, *p < 0.05). b Oxytocin concentrations in the CSF of the third ventricles before and 90 min after subcutaneous administration of oxytocin (30 ng) (n = 7–9). c Oxytocin concentrations in microperfusates of the amygdala before and after intranasal (20 ng) oxytocin. Closed circles, oxytocin in WT mice; open triangles, oxytocin in Ager−/− mice; inverted open triangles, saline in WT mice; open squares, saline in Ager−/− mice (n = 4–13; *p < 0.05). d Oxytocin concentrations in microperfusates of the paraventricular nuclei (PVN) of WT mice before and 60 min after intravenous (iv), nasal (in) or subcutaneous (sc) administration of oxytocin (n = 6–8). e, f Transgenic (Tg) mice expressed human RAGE selectively in endothelial cells either on WT or Ager−/− (KO) backgrounds. Oxytocin concentrations in the CSF were measured 60 min after subcutaneous injections of oxytocin (e; n = 4–14) or [13C,15N]oxytocin (f; n = 9–10). g Oxytocin concentrations in the CSF of female mice were measured 60 min after subcutaneous injections of oxytocin (OT) (n = 4–10). n.d., not detected; ns, not significant. Values are mean ± SEM](/paper-figures/a2410ebe159e47c69250f289dd156728/vascular-rage-transports-oxytocin-into-the-brain-to-elicit-its-maternal-bonding-figure-4.jpg)
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“Surface plasmon resonance methods showed concentration-dependent oxytocin binding to immobilised recombinant esRAGE, with an apparent dissociation constant (KD) of 179 nM (Fig. 1c).”
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“Oxytocin-RAGE binding was further confirmed using plate assays where either oxytocin or esRAGE was immobilised, and esRAGE or oxytocin was in solution, respectively (Fig. 1d, e).”
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“Endogenous oxytocin and soluble RAGE also associate in human circulation.”
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“Using gel permeation chromatography to separate serum proteins based on molecular size, oxytocin immunoreactivity co-eluted with soluble RAGE (Supplementary Figure 1a).”
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“Endogenous oxytocin in human serum (30 pmol/50 ml) also co-eluted with soluble RAGE following isolation by anti-RAGE antibody affinity chromatography (Supplementary Figure 1b).”
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“Immunohistochemical analyses showed RAGE in vascular patterns limited to CD31 (platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule)-positive endothelial cells23, which are the components of the BBB, of the hippocampus and choroid plexus of WT (Fig. 3a, b) but not of Ager−/− mice (Supplementary Figure 4a).”
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“We also performed confocal microscopic analyses to observe RAGE expression in the circumventricular organs (CVOs) of the brain, referred to as ‘windows of the brain’, and found that RAGE expression was clearly observable in the endothelial cells of the neurohypophysis (Supplementary Figure 4b), but barely in those of the sensory CVOs, including the organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis, subf”
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“Analyses of the eluted fractions by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) showed that endogenous oxytocin in human serum is structurally indistinguishable from the synthetic oxytocin standard, as they eluted at identical times (Supplementary Figure 1d) and have identical parent ions (M+H+ 1008.2).”
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“Further analysis revealed co-localisation of RAGE with cavelolin-1, a marker of plasma membrane invaginations (caveolae), in endothelial cells and the choroid plexus in WT mice (Supplementary Figure 4c), suggesting a role of RAGE in the oxytocin transfer (trafficking) through caveolae-associated endocytosis and transcytosis (Supplementary Figure 4d).”
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“Microperfusion methods showed that oxytocin also increased in relevant regions of the brain, including the amygdala and PVN of the hypothalamus, of WT but not Ager−/− male mice following subcutaneous, intravenous or intranasal administration of oxytocin but not saline carrier (Fig. 4c, d and Supplementary Figure 5c).”
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“By contrast, oxytocin receptors, which could theoretically act as oxytocin transporters, were not co-localised with endothelial cells in numerous sections of 5 brain regions of Venus mice expressing a fluorescent oxytocin receptor reporter47 (Supplementary Figures 4e and f).”
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“Steady-state levels in blood (~20 pg/ml) increased rapidly, peaking within 10 min after injection and returning to baseline by 1–2 h in both WT and Ager−/− male mice (Supplementary Figure 5a).”
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“Although oxytocin has been found to produce sex-specific effects48–50, RAGE-mediated oxytocin transport was also observed in female WT-mice (Fig. 4g).”
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“Nevertheless, exogenous oxytocin increased in the CSF of WT but not Ager−/− male mice after bilateral carotid occlusion (Fig. 5d and Supplementary Figure 5f).”
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“There was a substantial rescue of the Ager−/− phenotype, as 63.4% of the transgenic Ager−/− (KO + Tg) offspring survived, compared to only 10.5% survival for the non-transgenic Ager−/− (KO) offspring (P < 0.001) (Fig. 7a).”
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“In addition, offspring survival rate was lower in endothelial RAGE-deficient (EC-KO) mothers (P < 0.001; Fig. 7b).”
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“In our study, the estimated availability of oxytocin in the CNF was 0.2%, after subcutaneous administration of 30 ng oxytocin in mice, which was a much lower amount of oxytocin than used in previous studies.”
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“Using this method we found a ~2-fold increase in capillary RAGE (Fig. 5a, b).”
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“Normal activity levels of WT mice were unaffected following administration of either subcutaneous or intraventricular oxytocin (Fig. 7c, d).”
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“Notably, OT release from the hypothalamus was not affected by the RAGE-deficiency (Supplementary Figure 6).”
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“Systemic loss of either oxytocin or oxytocin receptors (Oxt−/− and Oxtr−/−) disrupts maternal nurturing behaviours in mice7,8.”
§ Vascular RAGE transports oxytocin into the brain to elicit its maternal bonding behaviour in mice > Introduction
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- Not checked yetcites [7] Insel, T. R. The challenge of translation in social neuroscience: a review of oxytocin, vasopressin, and affiliative behavior. Neuron 65, 768–779 (2010). source
- Not checked yetcites [8] Rilling, J. K. & Young, L. J. The biology of mammalian parenting and its effect on offspring social development. Science 345, 771–776 (2014). source
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“Because many peripheral peptides and proteins do not pass freely into the central nervous system (CNS)20,21, we hypothesised a specialised uptake mechanism for oxytocin to cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and gain access to the CNS.”
§ Vascular RAGE transports oxytocin into the brain to elicit its maternal bonding behaviour in mice > Introduction
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- Not checked yetcites [20] Ermisch, A. et al. On the blood-brain barrier to peptides: accumulation of labelled vasopressin, DesGlyNH2-vasopressin and oxytocin by brain regions. Endocrinol. Exp. 19, 29–37 (1985).
- Not checked yetcites [21] Pardridge, W. M. Drug transport across the blood-brain barrier. J. Cereb. Blood Flow Metab. 32, 1959–1972 (2012). source
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“The integrity of the in vitro primate “BBB” was unaffected by RAGE knockdown, assessed by high transendothelial electrical resistance (TEER) (Fig. 2d).”
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“Oxytocin binding to soluble RAGE was blocked by addition of recombinant V domain, marginally inhibited by C1 domain, and not blocked by C2 domain (Supplementary Figure 3e), suggesting that oxytocin binds the V domain, but at a distinct site from S100B, AGEs, amyloid β or HMGB142,43.”
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“The direct CSF measures (Fig. 4a, b) and microperfusion results (Fig. 4c, d) confirm that oxytocin in the blood is transported across the BBB as suggested by Landgraf and his collegues16,17,20 and to our knowledge, show for the first time that endothelial RAGE is required for oxytocin transport into the CNS.”
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“We show that oxcytocin is transported into the brain by receptor for advanced glycation end-products (RAGE) on brain capillary endothelial cells.”
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“Our findings show that RAGE-mediated transport is critical to the behavioural actions of oxcytocin associated with parenting and social bonding.”
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“These findings provide psychopharmacological support for the importance of vascular RAGE-dependent transport of peripheral oxytocin into the brain, which appears to be necessary for the development and maintenance of normal social behaviours.”
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“which are now known to activate c-Fos positive neurons51–53.”
§ Vascular RAGE transports oxytocin into the brain to elicit its maternal bonding behaviour in mice > Results > c-Fos as CNS actions of oxytocin
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“Ager−/− male mice are also known to be hyperactive, with greater speeds and distances travelled during both light-dark transition and open field tests58.”
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- Not checked yetcites [58] Sakatani, S. et al. Deletion of RAGE causes hyperactivity and increased sensitivity to auditory stimuli in mice. PLoS One 4, e8309 (2009). source
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“By contrast, our findings demonstrate that RAGE is required for normal physiological functioning of oxytocin, which may also be inhibited by these drug discovery strategies.”
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“Normal maternal behaviour is restored by peripheral oxcytocin replacement in Oxt−/− and Cd38−/−, but not Oxtr−/− mice, implying that circulating oxcytocin crosses the blood-brain barrier.”
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“This is restored by administration of exogenous oxytocin in Oxt−/− but not Oxtr−/− mice, suggesting that peripheral oxytocin has central effects.”
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“Mice lacking CD38, a cyclic ADP ribose synthetase and hydrolase necessary for secretion of oxytocin, also display this characteristic behavioural phenotype, which is also reversed following administration of exogenous oxytocin5,9.”
§ Vascular RAGE transports oxytocin into the brain to elicit its maternal bonding behaviour in mice > Abstract
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- Not checked yetcites [5] Jin, D. et al. CD38 is critical for social behaviour by regulating oxytocin secretion. Nature 446, 41–45 (2007). source
- Partly supportedcites [9] Higashida, H., Yokoyama, S., Kikuchi, M. & Munesue, T. CD38 and its role in oxytocin secretion and social behavior. Horm. Behav. 61, 351–358 (2012). sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
Section 3 (page unavailable) reports that postpartum oxytocin injection restores milk ejection in Oxt−/− dams and that subcutaneous oxytocin normalizes a behavioral phenotype in Cd38−/− mice, probably by entering the brain through the blood–brain barrier. It does not say that peripheral treatment restores normal maternal behaviour in either group, or report a treatment test in Oxtr−/− dams. (LLM, conf=0.87)
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“The three RAGE forms bind various ligands with similar affinities, including multiple advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) and amyloid β peptide31–37.”
§ Vascular RAGE transports oxytocin into the brain to elicit its maternal bonding behaviour in mice > Introduction
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- Partly supportedcites [31] Mackic, J. B. et al. Human blood-brain barrier receptors for Alzheimer’s amyloid-beta 1- 40. Asymmetrical binding, endocytosis, and transcytosis at the apical side of brain microvascular endothelial cell monolayer. J. Clin. Invest. 102, 734–743 (1998). sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Results report RAGE-dependent binding of amyloid-β 1–40, and the Discussion identifies RAGE as a receptor involved in its binding at the blood–brain barrier. The paper does not compare three RAGE forms or show that they bind AGEs and amyloid-β with similar affinities; AGEs appear only in a cited reference. (LLM, conf=0.86)
- Not checked yetcites [32] Yamamoto, Y. et al. Short-chain aldehyde-derived ligands for RAGE and their actions on endothelial cells. Diabetes Res. Clin. Pract. 77, S30–S40 (2007). source
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- Not checked yetcites [34] Deane, R. et al. RAGE mediates amyloid-beta peptide transport across the blood-brain barrier and accumulation in brain. Nat. Med. 9, 907–913 (2003). source
- Partly supportedcites [35] Deane, R. et al. A multimodal RAGE-specific inhibitor reduces amyloid β-mediated brain disorder in a mouse model of Alzheimer disease. J. Clin. Invest. 122, 1377–1392 (2012). sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Introduction states that RAGE’s V domain binds multiple ligands, including AGE proteins and amyloid β. It does not say that three RAGE forms bind those ligands or that their binding affinities are similar; the Results report an affinity for amyloid β binding to RAGE but do not compare three forms. (LLM, conf=0.86)
- Not checked yetcites [36] Saito, R., Araki, S., Yamamoto, Y. & Kusuhara, K. Elevated endogenous secretory receptor for advanced glycation end products (esRAGE) levels are associated with circulating soluble RAGE levels in diabetic children. J. Pediatr. Endocrinol. Metab. 30, 63–69 (2017). source
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The introductory passage labeled Abstract (page unavailable) describes RAGE as a multiligand receptor that interacts with AGEs and says amyloid-β binds and activates it. It does not say that three RAGE forms bind these ligands or that their binding affinities are similar. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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“oxytocin neither stimulates a RAGE-dependent NF-κB reporter nor inhibits reporter induction by AGEs, a ligand that activates the NF-κB reporter22,27 (Supplementary Figure 2a).”
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“Furthermore, oxytocin did not activate NF-κB-independent Rac1 or Cdc42 signalling, which are also suggested to function downstream of RAGE24,41,42 (Supplementary Figures 2b and 2c).”
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“Endothelial transport of oxytocin was dose-dependent (Fig. 2b) and of a similar rate to transport of centrally acting drugs46.”
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“Notably, oxytocin transport was reduced selectively in the blood-to-brain direction following RAGE knockdown (Fig. 2b).”
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“Reverse transport was much less efficient (Fig. 2e), and according to calculated apparent permeability (Papp) measures, inconsequential (Fig. 2f).”
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“By contrast, levels of oxytocin in CSF from the cisterna magna of WT mice increased more gradually to maxima at 1–2 h before returning to baseline at 4 h (Fig. 4a).”
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“Despite equivalently high serum levels following injection of identical amounts of oxytocin (Supplementary Figure 5a), concentrations in the CSF of Ager−/− mice remained at baseline levels (Fig. 4a).”
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“Following subcutaneous injection, oxytocin increased in third ventricle CSF of WT but not Ager−/− male mice (Fig. 4b and Supplementary Figure 5b).”
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“Following subcutaneous injection, [13C,15N]oxytocin was undetectable in CSF of Ager−/− male mice, whereas amounts in the CSF of WT or KO + Tg mice were equivalent (Fig. 4f and Supplementary Figure 5e).”
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“Tg expression in Ager−/− mice increased oxytocin in CSF to the WT concentration, whereas Tg expression in WT mice minimally affected CSF oxytocin concentrations (Fig. 4e and Supplementary Figure 5d).”
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“During light-dark transition tests, the greater distances travelled (c) and greater average speed (d) in the light zone exhibited by Ager−/− male mice were both reduced by intraventricular (V) but not subcutaneous (sc) injection of oxytocin (OT) (n = 14–16).”
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“Concordantly, intraventricular but not nasal administration of oxytocin normalised distances travelled by Ager−/− mice in open field tests (Fig. 7e).”
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“Numbers of c-Fos positive nuclei increased after subcutaneous oxytocin administration in four distinct regions of the brain, the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST), medial preoptic area (mPOA), centre of the anterior hypothalamic area (AHC) and ventral portion of the intermediate lateral septal nucleus (ILS) (Fig. 6a, b).”
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“This is dependent on both oxytocin and RAGE, as there are no effects in Ager−/− male mice or when vehicle control was administered (Fig. 6b).”
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“Survival of Ager gene null (Ager−/−) pups is often low due to maternal neglect, with even mild maternal stress leading to dramatic reductions in offspring survival (Fig. 1a).”
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“This is clearly a maternal deficit, as newborn Ager−/− pups transferred to wild-type (WT) post-partum mothers are nurtured and survive at near normal frequencies. By contrast, normal offspring of WT mothers do poorly when transferred to post-partum Ager−/− mothers (Fig. 1b).”
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“Mass spectrometry of the eluted material from the immobilised esRAGE in human serum did not identify arginine-vasopressin; additionally, RAGE did not transport it in an in vitro blood–brain barrier (BBB) assay system (Supplementary Figure 7).”
§ Vascular RAGE transports oxytocin into the brain to elicit its maternal bonding behaviour in mice > Discussion
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“Oxytocin mediates both physiological and psychosocial events surrounding mammalian birth, including uterine contractions, initiation of lactation, and maternal bonding1,2.”
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“Exogenous oxytocin in humans also appears to have behavioural effects, particularly in such social deficit-related psychiatric disorders as autism and schizophrenia9–13.”
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“RAGE, a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily of pattern recognition receptors, is not known to be related to oxytocin or oxytocin signalling22–33.”
§ Vascular RAGE transports oxytocin into the brain to elicit its maternal bonding behaviour in mice > Introduction
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- Not checked yetcites [23] Kamide, T. et al. RAGE mediates vascular injury and inflammation after global cerebral ischemia. Neurochem. Int. 60, 220–228 (2012). source
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- Not checked yetcites [26] Yamamoto, Y. et al. Development and prevention of advanced diabetic nephropathy in RAGE-overexpressing mice. J. Clin. Invest. 108, 261–268 (2001). source
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“As a control, we showed this procedure does not cause fluorescein to leak into the CSF (Fig. 5c), suggesting there is not a generalised increase in vascular permeability.”
§ Vascular RAGE transports oxytocin into the brain to elicit its maternal bonding behaviour in mice > Results > RAGE-dependent transport of oxytocin across the BBB
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“The classical studies of Numan showed c-Fos positive neurons are activated during the acquisition of postpartum maternal behaviours51.”
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- Not checked yetcites [51] Numan, M. & Numan, M. J. Projection sites of medial preoptic area and ventral bed nucleus of the stria terminalis neurons that express Fos during maternal behavior in female rats. J. Neuroendocrinol. 9, 369–384 (1997). source
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“These results demonstrated that RAGE is both necessary and sufficient for oxytocin transport into the brain in both male and female mice.”
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“Since both of these are deleterious, pathological effects, RAGE is being targeted for inhibition in drug discovery efforts35.”
§ Vascular RAGE transports oxytocin into the brain to elicit its maternal bonding behaviour in mice > Discussion
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- Not checked yetcites [35] Deane, R. et al. A multimodal RAGE-specific inhibitor reduces amyloid β-mediated brain disorder in a mouse model of Alzheimer disease. J. Clin. Invest. 122, 1377–1392 (2012). source
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“For example, RAGE has been shown to transport amyloid β peptide across the BBB, which promotes Alzheimer disease-like symptoms in susceptible mice.”
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“The affinity of oxytocin binding to the oxytocin receptor has often been estimated to be KD ~100 nM, although a high affinity form with KD ~1 nM has also been reported60.”
§ Vascular RAGE transports oxytocin into the brain to elicit its maternal bonding behaviour in mice > Discussion
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- Not checked yetcites [60] Gimpl, G. & Fahrenholz, F. The oxytocin receptor system: structure, function, and regulation. Physiol. Rev. 81, 629–683 (2001). source
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“Loss of maternal nurturing and social interactive behaviours in Cd38−/− mice have been restored following peripheral administration of oxytocin, consistent with transport of peripherally administered exogenous oxytocin into brain5.”
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- Not checked yetcites [5] Jin, D. et al. CD38 is critical for social behaviour by regulating oxytocin secretion. Nature 446, 41–45 (2007). source
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“Levels of oxytocin in the periphery are lower than those in the CSF, in humans16,61,62, providing a concentration gradient for what appears to be a transport mechanism: this point of view depends on the methods of oxytocin measurements in blood, because a recent report has shown much higher blood OT levels than previously thought using a robust nanoLC-MS platform63.”
§ Vascular RAGE transports oxytocin into the brain to elicit its maternal bonding behaviour in mice > Discussion
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- Not checked yetcites [16] Striepens, N. et al. Elevated cerebrospinal fluid and blood concentrations of oxytocin following its intranasal administration in humans. Sci. Rep. 3, 3440 (2013). source
- Not checked yetcites [61] Kagerbauer, S. M. et al. Plasma oxytocin and vasopressin do not predict neuropeptide concentrations in human cerebrospinal fluid. J. Neuroendocrinol. 25, 668–673 (2013). source
- Not checked yetcites [62] Martin, J. et al. Vasopressin and oxytocin in CSF and plasma of patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage. Neuropeptides 48, 91–96 (2014). source
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“Clinical studies have linked autism and Asperger’s disorders and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorders to oxytocin deficiency7,8,54, and the potential use of exogenous oxytocin to treat these conditions is being assessed in clinical trials10,11,54–57.”
§ Vascular RAGE transports oxytocin into the brain to elicit its maternal bonding behaviour in mice > Results > Social behaviour in RAGE knockout mice
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- Not checked yetcites [7] Insel, T. R. The challenge of translation in social neuroscience: a review of oxytocin, vasopressin, and affiliative behavior. Neuron 65, 768–779 (2010). source
- Not checked yetcites [8] Rilling, J. K. & Young, L. J. The biology of mammalian parenting and its effect on offspring social development. Science 345, 771–776 (2014). source
- Not checked yetcites [54] Feldman, R. et al. Sensitive parenting is associated with plasma oxytocin and polymorphisms in the OXTR and CD38 genes. Biol. Psychiatry 72, 175–181 (2012). source
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“RAGE has also been implicated in the pathogenesis of diabetes complications.”
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“The oxytocin assay had two linear ranges, which covers a lower concentration range from a few to 30 pg/ml, and a higher concentration range between 50 and 1000 pg/ml.”
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“All animal experiments were approved by the Committee on Animal Experimentation of Kanazawa University and performed in accordance with the Fundamental Guidelines for Proper Conduct of Animal Experiment and Related Activities in Academic Research Institutions under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan.”
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“CSF was collected according to the protocol for sampling CSF from mice without detectable plasma contamination77,78.”
§ Vascular RAGE transports oxytocin into the brain to elicit its maternal bonding behaviour in mice > Methods > Sampling of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and blood
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- Not checked yetcites [77] Lopatina, O. et al. H. Communication impairment in ultrasonic vocal repertoire during the suckling period of Cd157 knockout mice: transient improvement by oxytocin. Front. Neurosci. 11, 266 (2017). source
- Not checked yetcites [78] Liu, L. & Duff, K. A technique for serial collection of cerebrospinal fluid from the cisterna magna in mouse. J. Vis. Exp. 21, pii: 960 (2008).
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“whereas an additional extraction step may have resulted in lower than actual oxytocin levels.”
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“The inter-assay and intra-assay coefficients of variation were less than 15%.”
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“In our experimental model, the mice that exhibited <15% of the baseline control microperfusion during the first minute of occlusion were used in subsequent experiments.”
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“The in vitro BBB models were established within 4 days of seeding the cells according to the manufacturer’s instructions46.”
§ Vascular RAGE transports oxytocin into the brain to elicit its maternal bonding behaviour in mice > Methods > Blood-brain barrier (BBB) model
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- Not checked yetcites [46] Nakagawa, S. et al. Pericytes from brain microvessels strengthen the barrier integrity in primary cultures of rat brain endothelial cells. Cell. Mol. Neurobiol. 27, 687–694 (2007). source
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Probably not a substantial claim. The paper’s conclusions may not depend on it.
What the paper did — it cites no source for this, so there is none to check. The quote shows it is in the paper.
In the paper
“though unextracted samples result in binding of complexes of oxytocin stuck to interacting proteins.”
§ Vascular RAGE transports oxytocin into the brain to elicit its maternal bonding behaviour in mice > Methods > Enzyme immunoassay for oxytocin
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Probably not a substantial claim. The paper’s conclusions may not depend on it.
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“The open field test is meant to assess anxious behaviour80.”
§ Vascular RAGE transports oxytocin into the brain to elicit its maternal bonding behaviour in mice > Methods > Open field test
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [80] Zhong., J. et al. Cyclic ADP-ribose and heat regulate oxytocin release via CD38 and TRPM2 in the hypothalamus during social or psychological stress in mice. Front. Neurosci. 10, 304 (2016). source
plain- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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Probably not a substantial claim. The paper’s conclusions may not depend on it.
- Rests on an assumption: Mice naturally prefer to be near protective walls rather than being exposed to potential dangers in open spaces.
The paper relies on this without support.
Mice naturally prefer to be near protective walls rather than being exposed to potential dangers in open spaces.
“This test is based on the idea that mice naturally prefer to be near protective walls rather than being exposed to potential dangers in open spaces.”
The paper relies on this without support.
Sodium fluorescein (MW 376.3) does not cross an intact blood-brain barrier.
“Sodium fluorescein (MW 376.3) is a fluorescent tracer that does not cross an intact BBB.”
The paper relies on this without support.
Trans-endothelial electrical resistance (TEER) primarily reflects the flux of sodium ions through the cell layers in the culture conditions.
“Trans-endothelial electrical resistance (TEER), which primarily reflects the flux of sodium ions through the cell layers in the culture conditions, was measured with an epithelial-volt-ohm metre and an Endohm-6 chamber electrodes (World Precision Instruments, Sarasota, FL, USA).”
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“However, bypassing the blood-brain barrier remains a perennial problem for pharmacological interventions including IN-OT”
From Translational opportunities for circuit-based social neuroscience: advancing 21st century psychiatry (2021) · cites this paper as [70]
In the citing paper
“and there are questions surrounding its ability to cross the blood-brain barrier and diffuse to subcortical structures [70,71]”
From Translational opportunities for circuit-based social neuroscience: advancing 21st century psychiatry (2021) · cites this paper as [70]
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§ Vascular RAGE transports oxytocin into the brain to elicit its maternal bonding behaviour in mice > Results > Maternal behaviour
“nasal (100 ng/ml × 20 μl) administration of oxytocin (OT)”
§ Vascular RAGE transports oxytocin into the brain to elicit its maternal bonding behaviour in mice > Methods > Administration of oxytocin
“Synthetic oxytocin (1000 ng/ml × 20 μl) was administered nasally;”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Yamamoto, Y., Liang, M., Munesue, S., Deguchi, K., Harashima, A., Furuhara, K., Yuhi, T., Zhong, J., Akther, S., Goto, H., Eguchi, Y., Kitao, Y., Hori, O., Shiraishi, Y., Ozaki, N., Shimizu, Y., Kamide, T., Yoshikawa, A., Hayashi, Y., Nakada, M., Lopatina, O., Gerasimenko, M., Komleva, Y., Malinovskaya, N., Salmina, A. B., Asano, M., Nishimori, K., Shoelson, S. E., Yamamoto, H., & Higashida, H.
- Affiliations
- Kanazawa University (JP)
- Kanazawa Medical University (JP)
- Krasnoyarsk State Medical University (RU)
- Tohoku University (JP)
- Joslin Diabetes Center (US)
- Corresponding author
- Yamamoto, Yasuhiko
- Higashida, Haruhiro
- ORCID
- Yamamoto, Yasuhiko
- Liang, Mingkun
- Yuhi, Teruko
- Zhong, Jing
- Goto, Hisanori
- Hori, Osamu
- Shimizu, Yu
- Kamide, Tomoya
- Yoshikawa, Akifumi
- Hayashi, Yasuhiko
- Nakada, Mitsutoshi
- Lopatina, Olga
- Gerasimenko, Maria
- Komleva, Yulia
- Malinovskaya, Natalia
- Salmina, Alla B.
- Asano, Masahide
- Nishimori, Katsuhiko
- Shoelson, Steven E.
- Higashida, Haruhiro
- Venue
- Communications Biology
- Published
- 2019-02-25
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 76-76
- ISSN
- 2399-3642 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC6389896
- OpenAlex
- W2915217457
- Semantic Scholar
- 15105180d45078885146968dd9ad52c15161b461
- Cited by
- 171
- References
- 84
- Citations by year
- 2026: 14 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 23 · 2021: 40 · 2020: 44 · 2019: 11
- FWCI
- 37.36
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- Communications Biology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Kanazawa University
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (17K09031, 18K06889, 25461335, 18KK0255, 24590375, 18K06500, 18K07551)
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (P30DK036836)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Barrier Structure and Function Studies
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
- Keywords
- oxytocin, receptor for advanced glycation end products, RAGE, blood-brain barrier, brain microvascular endothelial cells, maternal behavior, social bonding, hyperactivity, oxytocin receptor
- MeSH terms
- Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products, Animals, Brain, Female, Humans, Male, Maternal Behavior, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Transgenic, Object Attachment, Oxytocin, Receptors, Oxytocin, Mice, Knockout, Endothelial Cells
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