Effects of Chronic Social Defeat Stress on Behavior and Dopamine Receptors in Adolescent Mice With 6-Hydroxydopamine Lesions of the Medial Prefrontal Cortex

Background: Social stress factors in schizophrenia have long-term effects, but will only induce symptoms in a portion of individuals, even if exposed to identical stress.Methods: In the current experiment, we examined mice with 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA)-induced medial prefrontal cortical (mPFC) inj...

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Autores principales: Tong Zhao, XiaoLei Gao, Guang-Biao Huang
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:e5af70e8b2f14d9b8ed88ecc3675f3642021-12-01T13:58:54ZEffects of Chronic Social Defeat Stress on Behavior and Dopamine Receptors in Adolescent Mice With 6-Hydroxydopamine Lesions of the Medial Prefrontal Cortex1662-515310.3389/fnbeh.2021.731373https://doaj.org/article/e5af70e8b2f14d9b8ed88ecc3675f3642021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnbeh.2021.731373/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/1662-5153Background: Social stress factors in schizophrenia have long-term effects, but will only induce symptoms in a portion of individuals, even if exposed to identical stress.Methods: In the current experiment, we examined mice with 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA)-induced medial prefrontal cortical (mPFC) injury to select for members of a “stress-susceptible group,” and observed the changes in their behavior and the expression of D1 and D2 dopamine receptors in the amygdala and hippocampus.Results: We observed that after chronic social defeat stress, 72.6% of the 6-OHDA lesioned mice exhibited stress response to aggressors, compared to 52.3% of the blank control group. Both the 6-OHDA lesion + social defeat and social defeat groups exhibited anxiety and depression-like behavior. However, social cognitive impairment in the mice from the 6-OHDA lesion + social defeat group was more significant and the D1 expression levels in the amygdala were significantly decreased.Conclusion: These results suggest that the reason that adolescent mice with cortical injury were highly sensitive to defeat stress and had more prominent social cognitive impairment may be the decreased selectivity of D1 in the amygdala.Tong ZhaoXiaoLei GaoGuang-Biao HuangFrontiers Media S.A.articleschizophreniasocial defeat stressstress-susceptiblebehaviordopamine receptorprefrontal cortexNeurosciences. Biological psychiatry. NeuropsychiatryRC321-571ENFrontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, Vol 15 (2021)
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collection DOAJ
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topic schizophrenia
social defeat stress
stress-susceptible
behavior
dopamine receptor
prefrontal cortex
Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
RC321-571
spellingShingle schizophrenia
social defeat stress
stress-susceptible
behavior
dopamine receptor
prefrontal cortex
Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
RC321-571
Tong Zhao
XiaoLei Gao
Guang-Biao Huang
Effects of Chronic Social Defeat Stress on Behavior and Dopamine Receptors in Adolescent Mice With 6-Hydroxydopamine Lesions of the Medial Prefrontal Cortex
description Background: Social stress factors in schizophrenia have long-term effects, but will only induce symptoms in a portion of individuals, even if exposed to identical stress.Methods: In the current experiment, we examined mice with 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA)-induced medial prefrontal cortical (mPFC) injury to select for members of a “stress-susceptible group,” and observed the changes in their behavior and the expression of D1 and D2 dopamine receptors in the amygdala and hippocampus.Results: We observed that after chronic social defeat stress, 72.6% of the 6-OHDA lesioned mice exhibited stress response to aggressors, compared to 52.3% of the blank control group. Both the 6-OHDA lesion + social defeat and social defeat groups exhibited anxiety and depression-like behavior. However, social cognitive impairment in the mice from the 6-OHDA lesion + social defeat group was more significant and the D1 expression levels in the amygdala were significantly decreased.Conclusion: These results suggest that the reason that adolescent mice with cortical injury were highly sensitive to defeat stress and had more prominent social cognitive impairment may be the decreased selectivity of D1 in the amygdala.
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author Tong Zhao
XiaoLei Gao
Guang-Biao Huang
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XiaoLei Gao
Guang-Biao Huang
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title Effects of Chronic Social Defeat Stress on Behavior and Dopamine Receptors in Adolescent Mice With 6-Hydroxydopamine Lesions of the Medial Prefrontal Cortex
title_short Effects of Chronic Social Defeat Stress on Behavior and Dopamine Receptors in Adolescent Mice With 6-Hydroxydopamine Lesions of the Medial Prefrontal Cortex
title_full Effects of Chronic Social Defeat Stress on Behavior and Dopamine Receptors in Adolescent Mice With 6-Hydroxydopamine Lesions of the Medial Prefrontal Cortex
title_fullStr Effects of Chronic Social Defeat Stress on Behavior and Dopamine Receptors in Adolescent Mice With 6-Hydroxydopamine Lesions of the Medial Prefrontal Cortex
title_full_unstemmed Effects of Chronic Social Defeat Stress on Behavior and Dopamine Receptors in Adolescent Mice With 6-Hydroxydopamine Lesions of the Medial Prefrontal Cortex
title_sort effects of chronic social defeat stress on behavior and dopamine receptors in adolescent mice with 6-hydroxydopamine lesions of the medial prefrontal cortex
publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/e5af70e8b2f14d9b8ed88ecc3675f364
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