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Brain corticosteroid receptor balance in health and disease

de Kloet, E. R.·1998·Endocrine Reviews

Abstract

In this review, we have described the function of MR and GR in hippocampal neurons. The balance in actions mediated by the two corticosteroid receptor types in these neurons appears critical for neuronal excitability, stress responsiveness, and behavioral adaptation. Dysregulation of this MR/GR balance brings neurons in a vulnerable state with consequences for regulation of the stress response and enhanced vulnerability to disease in genetically predisposed individuals. The following specific inferences can be made on the basis of the currently available facts. 1. Corticosterone binds with high affinity to MRs predominantly localized in limbic brain (hippocampus) and with a 10-fold lower affinity to GRs that are widely distributed in brain. MRs are close to saturated with low basal concentrations of corticosterone, while high corticosterone concentrations during stress occupy both MRs and GRs. 2. The neuronal effects of corticosterone, mediated by MRs and GRs, are long-lasting, site-specific, and conditional. The action depends on cellular context, which is in part determined by other signals that can activate their own transcription factors interacting with MR and GR. These interactions provide an impressive diversity and complexity to corticosteroid modulation of gene expression. 3. Conditions of predominant MR activation, i.e., at the circadian trough at rest, are associated with the maintenance of excitability so that steady excitatory inputs to the hippocampal CA1 area r…

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Authors
de Kloet, E. R.
Venue
Endocrine Reviews
Published
1998-06-01
Volume
19
Issue
3
Pages
269-301
ISSN
0163-769X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2171238991
Cited by
2,614
References
0
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FWCI
8.65
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Endocrine Reviews (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) (publishedVersion)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • European Commission (BRST960179)
  • Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
  • Internationale Stichting Alzheimer Onderzoek
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Estrogen and related hormone effects
Keywords
mineralocorticoid receptor, glucocorticoid receptor, corticosterone, hippocampal neurons, neuronal excitability, stress response, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, paraventricular nucleus, GABAergic inhibition, adrenalectomy, circadian rhythm, gene expression regulation, neuroendocrine adaptation, limbic system
MeSH terms
Adrenal Cortex Hormones, Aging, Brain, Brain Diseases, Health, Humans, Receptors, Steroid, Stress, Physiological

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