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Two models of inescapable stress increase tph2 mRNA expression in the anxiety-related dorsomedial part of the dorsal raphe nucleus.

ABSTRACT: Expression of TPH2, the rate-limiting enzyme for brain serotonin synthesis, is elevated in the dorsal raphe nucleus (DR) of depressed suicide victims. One hypothesis is that this increase in TPH2 expression is stress-induced. Here, we used an established animal model to address whether exposure to an acute stressor, inescapable tail shock (IS), increases tph2 mRNA and Tph2 protein expression, and if IS sensitizes the DR to a subsequent, heterotypic stressor. In Experiment 1, we measured tph2 mRNA expression 4?h after IS or home cage (HC) control conditions in male rats, using in situ hybridization histochemistry. In Experiment 2, we measured Tph2 protein expression 12?h or 24?h after IS using western blot. In Experiment 3, we measured tph2 mRNA expression following IS on Day 1, and cold swim stress (10?min, 15?°C) on Day 2. Inescapable tail shock was sufficient to increase tph2 mRNA expression 4?h and 28?h later, selectively in the dorsomedial DR (caudal aspect of the dorsal DR, cDRD; an area just rostral to the caudal DR, DRC) and increased Tph2 protein expression in the DRD (rostral and caudal aspects of the dorsal DR combined) 24?h later. Cold swim increased tph2 mRNA expression in the dorsomedial DR (cDRD) 4?h later. These effects were associated with increased immobility during cold swim, elevated plasma corticosterone, and a proinflammatory plasma cytokine milieu (increased interleukin (IL)-6, decreased IL-10). Our data demonstrate that two models of inescapable stress, IS and cold swim, increase tph2 mRNA expression selectively in the anxiety-related dorsomedial DR (cDRD).

SUBMITTER: Donner NC

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5842308 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Two models of inescapable stress increase tph2 mRNA expression in the anxiety-related dorsomedial part of the dorsal raphe nucleus.

Donner Nina C NC Kubala Kenneth H KH Hassell James E JE Lieb Margaret W MW Nguyen Kadi T KT Heinze Jared D JD Drugan Robert C RC Maier Steven F SF Lowry Christopher A CA

Neurobiology of stress 20180117

Expression of TPH2, the rate-limiting enzyme for brain serotonin synthesis, is elevated in the dorsal raphe nucleus (DR) of depressed suicide victims. One hypothesis is that this increase in TPH2 expression is stress-induced. Here, we used an established animal model to address whether exposure to an acute stressor, inescapable tail shock (IS), increases tph2 mRNA and Tph2 protein expression, and if IS sensitizes the DR to a subsequent, heterotypic stressor. In Experiment 1, we mea ...[more]

PMID: 29520369

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Two models of inescapable stress increase tph2 mRNA expression in the anxiety-related dorsomedial part of the dorsal raphe nucleus.

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Two models of inescapable stress increase <i>tph2</i> mRNA expression in the anxiety-related dorsomedial part of the dorsal raphe nucleus.

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