Paraventricular nucleus-central amygdala oxytocinergic projection modulates pain-related anxiety-like behaviors in mice

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AIMS: Anxiety disorders associated with pain are a common health problem. However, the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. We aimed to investigate the role of paraventricular nucleus (PVN)-central nucleus of the amygdala (CeA) oxytocinergic projections in anxiety-like behaviors induced by inflammatory pain.

METHODS: After inflammatory pain induction by complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA), mice underwent elevated plus maze, light-dark transition test, and marble burying test to examine the anxiety-like behaviors. Chemogenetic, optogenetic, and fiber photometry recordings were used to modulate and record the activity of the oxytocinergic projections of the PVN-CeA.

RESULTS: The key results are as follows: inflammatory pain-induced anxiety-like behaviors in mice accompanied by decreased activity of PVN oxytocin neurons. Chemogenetic activation of PVN oxytocin neurons prevented pain-related anxiety-like behaviors, whereas inhibition of PVN oxytocin neurons induced anxiety-like behaviors in naïve mice. PVN oxytocin neurons projected directly to the CeA, and microinjection of oxytocin into the CeA blocked anxiety-like behaviors. Inflammatory pain also decreased the activity of CeA neurons, and optogenetic activation of PVNoxytocin -CeA circuit prevented anxiety-like behavior in response to inflammatory pain.

CONCLUSION: The results of our study suggest that oxytocin has anti-anxiety effects and provide novel insights into the role of PVNoxytocin -CeA projections in the regulation of anxiety-like behaviors induced by inflammatory pain.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:29

Enthalten in:

CNS neuroscience & therapeutics - 29(2023), 11 vom: 12. Nov., Seite 3493-3506

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Yu-Jie [VerfasserIn]
Du, Wei-Jia [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Rui [VerfasserIn]
Zan, Gui-Ying [VerfasserIn]
Ye, Bing-Lu [VerfasserIn]
Li, Qian [VerfasserIn]
Sheng, Zhi-Hao [VerfasserIn]
Yuan, Ya-Wei [VerfasserIn]
Song, Yu-Jie [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Jing-Gen [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Zhi-Qiang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

50-56-6
Anxiety
Central nucleus of the amygdala
Journal Article
Oxytocin
Pain
Paraventricular nucleus
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 23.10.2023

Date Revised 23.10.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/cns.14282

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM357508165