Transient early-life forebrain corticotropin-releasing hormone elevation causes long-lasting anxiogenic and despair-like changes in mice

During development, early-life stress, such as abuse or trauma, induces long-lasting changes that are linked to adult anxiety and depressive behavior. It has been postulated that altered expression of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) can at least partially account for the various effects of stress on behavior. In accord with this hypothesis, evidence from pharmacological and genetic studies has indicated the capacity of differing levels of CRH activity in different brain areas to produce behavioral changes. Furthermore, stress during early life or adulthood causes an increase in CRH release in a variety of neural sites. To evaluate the temporal and spatial specificity of the effect of early-life CRH exposure on adult behavior, the tetracycline-off system was used to produce mice with forebrain-restricted inducible expression of CRH. After transient elevation of CRH during development only, behavioral testing in adult mice revealed a persistent anxiogenic and despair-like phenotype. These behavioral changes were not associated with alterations in adult circadian or stress-induced corticosterone release but were associated with changes in CRH receptor type 1 expression. Furthermore, the despair-like changes were normalized with antidepressant treatment. Overall, these studies suggest that forebrain-restricted CRH signaling during development can permanently alter stress adaptation leading to increases in maladaptive behavior in adulthood.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2010

Erschienen:

2010

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:30

Enthalten in:

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 30(2010), 7 vom: 17. Feb., Seite 2571-81

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kolber, Benedict J [VerfasserIn]
Boyle, Maureen P [VerfasserIn]
Wieczorek, Lindsay [VerfasserIn]
Kelley, Crystal L [VerfasserIn]
Onwuzurike, Chiamaka C [VerfasserIn]
Nettles, Sabin A [VerfasserIn]
Vogt, Sherri K [VerfasserIn]
Muglia, Louis J [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

5CLY6W2H1M
9002-72-6
9015-71-8
Antidepressive Agents
CRF receptor type 1
Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2
Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone
Doxycycline
EC 2.7.11.17
Growth Hormone
Imipramine
Journal Article
N12000U13O
OGG85SX4E4
Receptors, Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 19.03.2010

Date Revised 20.10.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4470-09.2010

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM195177126