Disfunction of dorsal raphe nucleus-hippocampus serotonergic-HTR3 transmission results in anxiety phenotype of Neuroplastin 65-deficient mice

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Anxiety disorders are the most common psychiatric condition, but the etiology of anxiety disorders remains largely unclear. Our previous studies have shown that neuroplastin 65 deficiency (NP65-/-) mice exhibit abnormal social and mental behaviors and decreased expression of tryptophan hydroxylase 2 (TPH2) protein. However, whether a causal relationship between TPH2 reduction and anxiety disorders exists needs to be determined. In present study, we found that replenishment of TPH2 in dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN) enhanced 5-HT level in the hippocampus and alleviated anxiety-like behaviors. In addition, injection of AAV-NP65 in DRN significantly increased TPH2 expression in DRN and hippocampus, and reduced anxiety-like behaviors. Acute administration of exogenous 5-HT or HTR3 agonist SR57227A in hippocampus mitigated anxiety-like behaviors in NP65-/- mice. Moreover, replenishment of TPH2 in DRN partly repaired the impairment of long-term potentiation (LTP) maintenance in hippocampus of NP65-/- mice. Finally, we found that loss of NP65 lowered transcription factors Lmx1b expression in postnatal stage and replenishment of NP65 in DRN reversed the decrease in Lmx1b expression of NP65-/- mice. Together, our findings reveal that NP65 deficiency induces anxiety phenotype by downregulating DRN-hippocampus serotonergic-HTR3 transmission. These studies provide a novel and insightful view about NP65 function, suggesting an attractive potential target for treatment of anxiety disorders.

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Acta pharmacologica Sinica - (2024) vom: 25. März

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cheng, Jie [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Ling [VerfasserIn]
Zheng, Ya-Ni [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Juan [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Lei [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Xiao-Ming [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Liang [VerfasserIn]
Yuan, Qiong-Lan [VerfasserIn]

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Anxiety disorders
Dorsal raphe nucleus
Journal Article
Lmx1b
Neuroplastin 65
Serotonergic transmission
Tryptophan hydroxylase 2

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Date Revised 26.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1038/s41401-024-01252-5

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NLM370176774