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ArticleScientific reports2020

Mitochondrial gene signature in the prefrontal cortex for differential susceptibility to chronic stress.

Meltem Weger, Daniel Alpern, Antoine Cherix, Sriparna Ghosal, Jocelyn Grosse, Julie Russeil, Rolf Gruetter, E Ronald de Kloet, Bart Deplancke, Carmen Sandi

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 68 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Meltem WegerLaboratory of Behavioral Genetics, Brain Mind Institute, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Daniel AlpernLaboratory of Systems Biology and Genetics, Institute of Bioengineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Antoine CherixLaboratory for Functional and Metabolic Imaging, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Sriparna GhosalLaboratory of Behavioral Genetics, Brain Mind Institute, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Jocelyn GrosseLaboratory of Behavioral Genetics, Brain Mind Institute, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Julie RusseilLaboratory of Systems Biology and Genetics, Institute of Bioengineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Rolf GruetterLaboratory for Functional and Metabolic Imaging, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.
E Ronald de KloetDepartement of Endocrinology and Metabolic Disease, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Bart DeplanckeLaboratory of Systems Biology and Genetics, Institute of Bioengineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Carmen SandiLaboratory of Behavioral Genetics, Brain Mind Institute, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland. carmen.sandi@epfl.ch.
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne · CHLeiden University Medical Center · NLUniversity of Queensland · AU

Funding

Marie Curie 748051Swiss National Science Foundation 176206
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitochondrial dysfunction was highlighted as a crucial vulnerability factor for the development of depression. However, systemic studies assessing stress-induced changes in mitochondria-associated genes in brain regions relevant to depression symptomatology remain scarce. Here, we performed a genome-wide transcriptomic study to examine mitochondrial gene expression in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and nucleus accumbens (NAc) of mice exposed to multimodal chronic restraint stress. We identified mitochondria-associated gene pathways as most prominently affected in the PFC and with lesser significance in the NAc. A more detailed mitochondrial gene expression analysis revealed that in particular mitochondrial DNA-encoded subunits of the oxidative phosphorylation complexes were altered in the PFC. The comparison of our data with a reanalyzed transcriptome data set of chronic variable stress mice and major depression disorder subjects showed that the changes in mitochondrial DNA-encoded genes are a feature generalizing to other chronic stress-protocols as well and might have translational relevance. Finally, we provide evidence for changes in mitochondrial outputs in the PFC following chronic stress that are indicative of mitochondrial dysfunction. Collectively, our work reinforces the idea that changes in mitochondrial gene expression are key players in the prefrontal adaptations observed in individuals with high behavioral susceptibility and resilience to chronic stress.

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AnimalsDisease SusceptibilityGene Expression ProfilingGonadotropin-Releasing HormoneMaleMice, Inbred C57BLMitochondriaNucleus AccumbensPrefrontal CortexResilience, PsychologicalStress, PsychologicalTranscriptomeGonadotropin-Releasing HormoneMI 1544

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PMID33110158
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