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ArticleBiological psychiatry2013

Social isolation exacerbates schizophrenia-like phenotypes via oxidative stress in cortical interneurons.

Zhihong Jiang, Gregory R Rompala, Shuqin Zhang, Rita M Cowell, Kazu Nakazawa

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Article in Biological psychiatry, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 74 papers.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Zhihong JiangUnit on Genetics of Cognition and Behavior, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892-3710, USA.
Gregory R Rompala
Shuqin Zhang
Rita M Cowell
Kazu Nakazawa
National Institute of Mental Health · USNational Institutes of Health · USUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham · US

Funding

Forebrain GABAergic cell-selective genetic manipulation in miceZIAMH002895 · NIMH · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH · PI NAKAZAWA, KAZUTOSHI · 2009 to 2013
$6.4M
Forebrain GABAergic cell-selective genetic manipulation in miceZ01MH002895 · NIMH · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH · PI NAKAZAWA, KAZUTOSHI · 2007 to 2008
$866k
Transcriptional Regulation of Metabolism in SchizophreniaK01MH077955 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI COWELL, RITA MARIE · 2007 to 2011
$661k
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 MH002895Intramural NIH HHS ZIA MH002895NIMH NIH HHS K01 MH077955NIMH NIH HHS MH077955-05
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOur previous studies indicated that N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) deletion from a subset of corticolimbic interneurons in the mouse brain during early postnatal development is sufficient to trigger several behavioral and pathophysiological features resembling the symptoms of human schizophrenia. Interestingly, many of these behavioral phenotypes are exacerbated by social isolation stress. However, the mechanisms underlying the exacerbating effects of social isolation are unclear.

methodsWith γ-aminobutyric acid-ergic interneuron-specific NMDAR hypofunction mouse model (Ppp1r2-Cre/fGluN1 knockout [KO] mice), we investigated whether oxidative stress is implicated in the social isolation-induced exacerbation of schizophrenia-like phenotypes and further explored the underlying mechanism of elevated oxidative stress in KO mice.

resultsThe reactive oxygen species (ROS) level in the cortex of group-housed KO mice was normal at 8 weeks although increased at 16 weeks old. Postweaning social isolation (PWSI) augmented the ROS levels in KO mice at both ages, which was accompanied by the onset of behavioral phenotype. Chronic treatment with apocynin, an ROS scavenger, abolished markers of oxidative stress and partially alleviated schizophrenia-like behavioral phenotypes in KO mice. Markers of oxidative stress after PWSI were especially prominent in cortical parvalbumin (PV)-positive interneurons. The vulnerability of PV interneurons to oxidative stress was associated with downregulation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ coactivator-1α (PGC-1α), a master regulator of mitochondrial energy metabolism and antioxidation.

conclusionsThese results suggest that a PWSI-mediated impairment in antioxidant defense mechanisms, presumably mediated by PGC-1α downregulation in the NMDAR-deleted PV-positive interneurons, results in oxidative stress, which, in turn, might contribute to exacerbation of schizophrenia-like behavioral phenotypes.

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SchizophreniaSchizophrenic PsychologySocial IsolationAcetophenonesAnimalsAntioxidantsCerebral CortexDisease Models, AnimalHumansInterneuronsMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicOxidative StressParvalbuminsAcetophenonesacetovanilloneAntioxidantsglutamate receptor ionotropic, AMPA 2Parvalbuminsprotein phosphatase inhibitor-2Protein Phosphatase Inhibitory ProteinsProteinsReactive Oxygen SpeciesReceptors, AMPASuperoxide Dismutase

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PMID23348010
PMCPMC3638045
OpenAlexW1999810088

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