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  Blunted HPA axis reactivity reveals glucocorticoid system dysbalance in a mouse model of high anxiety-related behavior

Sotnikov, S., Wittmann, A., Bunck, M., Bauer, S., Deussing, J. M., Schmidt, M., et al. (2014). Blunted HPA axis reactivity reveals glucocorticoid system dysbalance in a mouse model of high anxiety-related behavior. PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY, 48, 41-51. doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.06.006.

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Sotnikov, Sergey1, Author           
Wittmann, Anke1, Author           
Bunck, Mirjam1, Author           
Bauer, Sabrina1, Author           
Deussing, Jan Michael2, Author           
Schmidt, Mathias2, Author           
Touma, Chadi2, Author           
Landgraf, Rainer1, Author           
Czibere, Ludwig1, Author           
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1Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Max Planck Society, ou_1607137              
2Dept. Stress Neurobiology and Neurogenetics, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Max Planck Society, ou_2035294              

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 Abstract: Depression and anxiety disorders are often characterized by altered hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis re-/activity. However, the presence of a molecular link between dysbalanced neuroendocrine regulation and psychopathologies is not yet fully established. Earlier, we reported that high (HAB), normal (NAB) and low (LAB) anxiety-related behavior mice express divergent anxiety-related and passive/active coping phenotypes. Here, we studied mechanisms that might contribute to the different HPA axis reactivity observed in HAB, NAB and LAB mice and their involvement in the regulation of anxiety-related behavior and passive/active coping style. We found that HAB mice respond with significantly reduced corticosterone (CORT) secretion to an acute stressful stimulus and a blunted response in the Dex/CRH test compared to NAB and LAB mice. At the molecular level, higher expression of the glucocorticoid receptor (GR/Nr3c1) and decreased corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor 1 (CRHR1) expression were observed in the pituitary of HAB mice. We further analyzed whether these stress mediators differed between the HAB, NAB and LAB lines in limbic system-associated brain regions and whether their interplay contributes to the phenotype. Interestingly, not only in the pituitary but also in almost all brain regions investigated, GR expression was significantly higher in HAB mice. In contrast, the amount of CORT in the brain structures analyzed was significantly lower in these animals. The expression of CRHR1 varied in the prefrontal cortex only. Since glucocorticoids regulate both GR and CRHR1, we treated HAB and NAB mice chronically with CORT. After 6 weeks of administration, reduced anxiety- and depression-like behaviors were observed in HAB mice, whereas increased anxiety was found in NABs. In both groups, GR, but not CRHR1, were significantly reduced. Taken together, our study proposes HAB mice as an animal model of simultaneous features of increased anxiety-related and depression-like behaviors with blunted HPA axis reactivity suggesting a dysregulated GR/CORT system as one key mechanism behind their phenotype. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2014-10
 Publication Status: Issued
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Title: PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY
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Publ. Info: Amsterdam : Elsevier
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 48 Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 41 - 51 Identifier: ISSN: 0306-4530