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Reduced chronic restraint stress in mice overexpressing hyperactive proteasomes in the forebrain.


ABSTRACT: While chronic restraint stress (CRS) results in depression-like behaviors possibly through oxidative stress in the brain, its molecular etiology and the development of therapeutic strategies remain elusive. Since oxidized proteins can be targeted by the ubiquitin-proteasome system, we investigated whether increased proteasome activity might affect the stress response in mice. Transgenic mice, expressing the N-terminally deleted version of ?3 subunit (?3?N) of the proteasome, which has been shown to generate open-gated mutant proteasomes, in the forebrain were viable and fertile, but showed higher proteasome activity. After being challenged with CRS for 14 d, the mutant mice with hyperactive proteasomes showed significantly less immobility time in the forced swimming test compared with their wild-type littermates, suggesting that the ?3?N transgenic mice are resistant to CRS. The accumulation of ER stress markers, such as polyubiquitin conjugates and phospho-IRE1?, was also significantly delayed in the hippocampus of the mutants. Notably, ?3?N mice exhibited little deficits in other behavioral tasks, suggesting that stress resilience is likely due to the degradation of misfolded proteins by the open-gated proteasomes. These data strongly indicate that not only is the proteasome a critical modulator of stress response in vivo but also a possible therapeutic target for reducing chronic stress.

SUBMITTER: Kim JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6958796 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Reduced chronic restraint stress in mice overexpressing hyperactive proteasomes in the forebrain.

Kim Ji Hyeon JH   Kim Ahbin A   Yun Yejin Y   Park Seoyoung S   Lee Jung Hoon JH   Lee Yong-Seok YS   Lee Min Jae MJ  

Molecular brain 20200113 1


While chronic restraint stress (CRS) results in depression-like behaviors possibly through oxidative stress in the brain, its molecular etiology and the development of therapeutic strategies remain elusive. Since oxidized proteins can be targeted by the ubiquitin-proteasome system, we investigated whether increased proteasome activity might affect the stress response in mice. Transgenic mice, expressing the N-terminally deleted version of α3 subunit (α3ΔN) of the proteasome, which has been shown  ...[more]

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