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Transcriptome analysis on maternal separation rats with depression-related manifestations ameliorated by electroacupuncture

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Zheng, Yuanjia, He, Jiang, Guo, Lili, Yao, Lin, Zheng, Xiaorong, Yang, Zhihua, Xia, Yucen, Wu, Xiaoli +3 more·2019·Frontiers in Neuroscience

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Maternal separation (MS), a stressful event in early life, has been linked to neuropsychiatric disorders later in life, especially depression. In this study we investigated whether treatment with electroacupuncture (EA) could ameliorate depression-related manifestations in adult animals that had adverse early life experiences. We demonstrated depression-like behavior deficiencies in a sucrose preference test and a forced swimming test in a rat model with neonatal MS. Repeated EA treatment at the acupoints Baihui (GV20) and Yintang (GV29) during adulthood was shown to be remarkably attenuated above behavioral deficits. Using unbiased genome-wide RNA sequencing to investigate alterations in the transcriptome of the prefrontal cortex (PFC), we explored the altered gene sets involved in circadian rhythm and neurotransmitter transporter activity in MS rats, and their expression tended to be reversed after EA treatment. In addition, we analyzed the interaction network of differentiated lncRNA- or circRNA-miRNA-mRNA by using the principle of competitive endogenous RNA (ceRNA). These results suggest that EA at GV20 and GV29 ameliorates depression-related manifestations by regulating the expression of multiple genes.

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  • Zheng et al. identified 20 circRNAs significantly over-expressed and 17 significantly under-expressed in the PFC of MS rats compared with a control group.

    “A study by Zheng et al. identified 20 circRNAs that were significantly over-expressed, and 17 circRNAs that were significantly under-expressed, in the PFC of MS rats compared with a control group [79].”
  • These three circRNAs, derived from LOC102555866, Npepo, and Cdh12, may play an important role in ameliorating depression-related manifestations by EA at GV20 and GV29.

    “These three circRNAs, derived from LOC102555866, Npepo, and Cdh12, may play an important role in ameliorating depression-related manifestations by EA at GV20 and GV29 [79].”
  • Repeated EA treatment at acupoints Baihui (GV20) and Yintang (GV29) has beneficial therapeutic effects in patients with depression-like behavioral deficits.

    “Their research identified beneficial therapeutic effects from repeated EA treatment at the acupoints Baihui (GV20) and Yintang (GV29) in patients with depression-like behavioral deficits.”
  • Two circRNAs showed increased expression in depression rats compared with EA rats, and one circRNA showed decreased expression in the depression group compared with the EA group.

    “Two circRNAs that showed increased expression in depression rats compared with EA rats, and one circRNA that showed decreased expression in the depression group compared with the EA group, were identified.”

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Authors
Zheng, Y., He, J., Guo, L., Yao, L., Zheng, X., Yang, Z., Xia, Y., Wu, X., Su, Y., Xu, N., & Chen, Y.
Affiliations
Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine (CN)
Corresponding author
  • Xu, Nenggui
  • Chen, Yongjun
Venue
Frontiers in Neuroscience
Published
2019-04-05
Volume
13
Pages
314-314
ISSN
1662-453X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2930502683
Cited by
52
References
81
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1
FWCI
8.06
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Frontiers in Neuroscience (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China
  • Department of Education of Guangdong Province
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Treatment of Major Depression
Keywords
maternal separation, depression, electroacupuncture, Baihui (GV20), early life stress, sucrose preference, forced swim test, circadian rhythm genes, neurotransmitter transporters, lncRNA-miRNA-mRNA network, competing endogenous RNA, depression-like behavior

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