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ArticleJournal of neurochemistry2012

Chronic social defeat up-regulates expression of the serotonin transporter in rat dorsal raphe nucleus and projection regions in a glucocorticoid-dependent manner.

Jia Zhang, Yan Fan, Ying Li, Hobart Zhu, Liang Wang, Meng-Yang Zhu

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Article in Journal of neurochemistry, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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29 citing papers in PubMed, 63 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jia ZhangDepartments of Biomedical Sciences, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee 37604, USA.
Yan Fan
Ying Li
Hobart Zhu
Liang Wang
Meng-Yang Zhu
East Tennessee State University · US

Funding

Neurobiological Correlates of Stress and Norepinephrine TransporterR01MH080323 · NIMH · EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI ZHU, MENG-YANG · 2009 to 2012
$1.2M
NIMH NIH HHS MH080323NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH080323
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic stress and dysfunction of the serotonergic system in the brain have been considered two of the major risks for development of depression. In this study, adult Fischer 344 rats were subjected to a regimen of chronic social defeat (CSD). To mimic stressful conditions, some rats were not exposed to CSD, but instead treated with corticosterone (CORT) in oral solution while maintained in their home cage. Protein levels of the serotonin transporter (SERT) in the dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN), hippocampus, frontal cortex, and amygdala were examined by Western blotting or immunofluorescence staining. The results showed that CSD up-regulated SERT protein levels in the DRN, hippocampus, frontal cortex, and amygdala regions. This up-regulation was abolished or prevented by adrenalectomy, or treatment with antagonists of corticosteroid receptors mifepristone and spironolactone, alone or in combination. Similarly, up-regulated SERT protein levels in these brain regions were also observed in rats treated with oral CORT ingestion, which was analogously prevented by treatment with mifepristone and spironolactone. Furthermore, both CSD- and CORT-induced up-regulation of SERT protein levels in the DRN and three brain regions were attenuated by simultaneous treatment with fluoxetine, an antidepressant that specifically inhibits serotonin reuptake. The results indicate that up-regulation in SERT protein levels in the DRN and forebrain limbic structures caused by CSD regimen was mainly motivated by CORT through corticosteroid receptors. The present findings demonstrate that chronic stress is closely correlated with the serotonergic system by acting on the regulation of the SERT expression in the DRN and its projection regions, which may contribute to the development of depression.

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Dominance-SubordinationSocial DominanceAnimalsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsChronic DiseaseCorticosteroneGlucocorticoidsMaleNeural PathwaysRaphe NucleiRatsRats, Inbred F344Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsStress, PsychologicalUp-RegulationAnti-Inflammatory AgentsCorticosteroneGlucocorticoidsSerotonin Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsSlc6a4 protein, rat

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PMCPMC3514584
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