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ArticleNeuron2015

Chronic stress induces anxiety via an amygdalar intracellular cascade that impairs endocannabinoid signaling.

Zhaohong Qin, Xun Zhou, Nihar R Pandey, Haley A Vecchiarelli, Chloe A Stewart, Xia Zhang, Diane C Lagace, Jean Michel Brunel, Jean-Claude Béïque, Alexandre F R Stewart and 2 more

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Article in Neuron, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

53 citing papers in PubMed, 96 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Zhaohong QinOttawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON K1H8M5, Canada.
Xun ZhouOttawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON K1H8M5, Canada.
Nihar R PandeyOttawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON K1H8M5, Canada.
Haley A VecchiarelliHotchkiss Brain Institute and Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research and Education, Departments of Cell Biology and Anatomy & Psychiatry, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N4N1, Canada.
Chloe A StewartOttawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON K1H8M5, Canada.
Xia ZhangRoyal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, Ottawa, ON K1Z7K4, Canada; Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Ottawa, ON K1H8M5, Canada.
Diane C LagaceDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Ottawa, ON K1H8M5, Canada.
Jean Michel BrunelCentre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Marseille, Laboratory of Integrative Structural & Chemical Biology (iSCB), Aix-Marseille Université, 13385 Marseille Cedex 5, France.
Jean-Claude BéïqueDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Ottawa, ON K1H8M5, Canada.
Alexandre F R StewartDepartment of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Ottawa, ON K1H8M5, Canada; University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON K1Y4W7, Canada; Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H8M5, Canada.
Matthew N HillHotchkiss Brain Institute and Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research and Education, Departments of Cell Biology and Anatomy & Psychiatry, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N4N1, Canada.
Hsiao-Huei ChenOttawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON K1H8M5, Canada; Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Ottawa, ON K1H8M5, Canada; Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H8M5, Canada. Electronic address: hchen@uottawa.ca.
Ottawa Hospital Research InstituteUniversity of Calgary · CAUniversity of Ottawa · CAAix-Marseille Université · FRRoyal Ottawa Mental Health Centre · CA

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health Research
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Collapse of endocannabinoid (eCB) signaling in the amygdala contributes to stress-induced anxiety, but the mechanisms of this effect remain unclear. eCB production is tied to the function of the glutamate receptor mGluR5, itself dependent on tyrosine phosphorylation. Herein, we identify a novel pathway linking eCB regulation of anxiety through phosphorylation of mGluR5. Mice lacking LMO4, an endogenous inhibitor of the tyrosine phosphatase PTP1B, display reduced mGluR5 phosphorylation, eCB signaling, and profound anxiety that is reversed by genetic or pharmacological suppression of amygdalar PTP1B. Chronically stressed mice exhibited elevated plasma corticosterone, decreased LMO4 palmitoylation, elevated PTP1B activity, reduced amygdalar eCB levels, and anxiety behaviors that were restored by PTP1B inhibition or by glucocorticoid receptor antagonism. Consistently, corticosterone decreased palmitoylation of LMO4 and its inhibition of PTP1B in neuronal cells. Collectively, these data reveal a stress-responsive corticosterone-LMO4-PTP1B-mGluR5 cascade that impairs amygdalar eCB signaling and contributes to the development of anxiety.

Indexed as

Signal TransductionAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAmygdalaAnimalsAnxietyCannabinoid Receptor ModulatorsCytoplasmEndocannabinoidsIntracellular SpaceLIM Domain ProteinsMiceMice, KnockoutMice, TransgenicReceptor, Cannabinoid, CB1Stress, PsychologicalAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingCannabinoid Receptor ModulatorsEndocannabinoidsLIM Domain ProteinsLmo4 protein, mouseReceptor, Cannabinoid, CB1

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PMID25754825
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