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Social stress up-regulates inflammatory gene expression in the leukocyte transcriptome via β-adrenergic induction of myelopoiesis

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Powell, Nicole D., Sloan, Erica K., Bailey, Michael T., Arevalo, Jesusa M. G., Miller, Gregory E., Chen, Edith, Kobor, Michael S., Reader, Brenda F. +2 more·2013·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Significance: Chronic exposure to adverse social environments is associated with increased risk of disease, and stress-related increases in the expression of proinflammatory genes appear to contribute to these effects. The present study identifies a biological mechanism of such effects in the ability of the sympathetic nervous system to up-regulate bone marrow production of immature, proinflammatory monocytes. These effects are mediated by β-adrenergic receptors and the myelopoietic growth factor GM-CSF, and suggest new targets for interventions to protect health in the context of chronic social stress.

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  • Chronic stress mobilizes the innate immune system and stimulates enhanced proliferation and release of inflammatory monocytes and neutrophils into the bloodstream.

    “Chronic stress mobilizes the innate immune system and stimulates enhanced proliferation and release of inflammatory monocytes and neutrophils into the bloodstream12, 13.”

    From Social stress induces neurovascular pathology promoting depression (2017) · cites this paper as [12]

    The Mouse Monocyte Subset Differentiation section (page not available) reports increased proinflammatory monocytes and granulocytes in the blood and bone marrow after repeated social defeat; the mouse myeloid-lineage analysis also reports increased progenitors of both types. The paper does not identify the granulocytes specifically as neutrophils or directly measure their release into the bloodstream, and its human analysis concerns monocytes rather than neutrophils. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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  • Social stress causes inflammatory gene expression in β-adrenergic pathways involving activation of the sympathetic nervous system.

    “Powell et al. (2013) show that social stress causes inflammatory gene expression in 2-adrenergic pathways that involve the activation of the sympathetic nervous system.”
  • Repeated social defeat causes rodents to release immature pro-inflammatory immune cells into circulation that promote inflammation at injury sites.

    “RSD causes rodents to release immature, pro-inflammatory immune cells (CD11b+/Ly6C high) into circulation that serve to promote inflammation at the site of injury (Powell et al., 2013).”
  • A diverse array of studies has documented similar leukocyte transcriptome shifts in adverse social conditions including low socioeconomic status, chronic stress, bereavement, post-traumatic stress disorder, and cancer diagnosis.

    “Following the initial analyses of social isolation, a diverse array of studies has begun to document similar leukocyte transcriptome shifts in other adverse social conditions, including low socioeconomic status (SES) [9], [17]–[20], chronic stress (e.g., care-giving for a dying spouse) [21], [22], bereavement [23], post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) [24], [25], and cancer diagnosis [26], [27].”

    From Human Social Genomics (2014) · cites this paper as [9]

  • Experimental animal models show that CTRA gene expression profiles can be induced in leukocytes by repeated social threat, unstable social hierarchies, and low social status.

    “Subsequent studies using experimental animal models has shown that CTRA gene expression profiles can be induced in leukocytes by repeated social threat [9], unstable social hierarchies [8], [29], and low social status [7].”

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Powell, N. D., Sloan, E. K., Bailey, M. T., Arevalo, J. M. G., Miller, G. E., Chen, E., Kobor, M. S., Reader, B. F., Sheridan, J. F., & Cole, S. W.
Affiliations
  • The Ohio State University (US)
  • University of California, Los Angeles (US)
  • Northwestern University (US)
  • University of British Columbia (CA)
  • Norman Cousins Center, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095;
Venue
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published
2013-09-23
Volume
110
Issue
41
Pages
16574-16579
ISSN
  • 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
  • 1091-6490
OpenAlex
W2139463883
Cited by
588
References
66
Citations by year
2026: 41 · 2025: 35 · 2024: 44 · 2023: 53 · 2022: 64 · 2021: 62 · 2020: 34 · 2019: 59 · 2018: 38 · 2017: 47 · 2016: 45 · 2015: 35 · 2014: 30 · 2013: 1
FWCI
16.78
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
  • National Institutes of Health (AG107265)
  • University of California, Los Angeles
  • National Institute on Aging (AG107265, P01AG018911, R37AG033590, R01AG034052, AG033590, P30AG017265)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (MH46801, R01MH097243, R01MH046801, MH093473, R01MH093473)
  • National Cancer Institute (R01CA116778, CA-116778)
  • National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (DE-014320, T32DE014320)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HD058502, R01HD058502)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immune cells in cancer
Keywords
chronic social stress, social defeat, leukocyte transcriptome, inflammatory gene expression, myelopoiesis, beta-adrenergic signaling, sympathetic nervous system, inflammatory monocytes, Ly6C, peripheral blood mononuclear cells, low socioeconomic status, GM-CSF, PU.1, NF-κB, EGR1, MZF1, Nrf2, bone marrow hematopoiesis
MeSH terms
Animals, Flow Cytometry, Gene Expression Regulation, Humans, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Monocytes, Propranolol, Receptors, Adrenergic, beta, Social Environment, Socioeconomic Factors, Stress, Psychological, Sympathetic Nervous System, Transcription Factors, Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor, Computational Biology, Gene Expression Profiling, Myelopoiesis, Mice, Transcriptome

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