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ArticleTranslational psychiatry2024

Oxytocin attenuates hypothalamic injury-induced cognitive dysfunction by inhibiting hippocampal ERK signaling and Aβ deposition.

Guangsen Wu, Yichao Ou, Zhanpeng Feng, Zhiwei Xiong, Kai Li, Mengjie Che, Songtao Qi, Mingfeng Zhou

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Guangsen Wu *Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Brain Diseases, Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Yichao Ou *Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Brain Diseases, Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Zhanpeng Feng *Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Brain Diseases, Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Zhiwei XiongDepartment of Neurosurgery, Institute of Brain Diseases, Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Kai LiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Institute of Brain Diseases, Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Mengjie CheDepartment of Neurosurgery, Institute of Brain Diseases, Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Songtao QiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Institute of Brain Diseases, Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China. qisongtaonfyy@126.com.ORCID 0000-0001-7600-9528
Mingfeng ZhouDepartment of Neurosurgery, Institute of Brain Diseases, Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China. zhoumingfengsmu@163.com.ORCID 0000-0002-8775-0933

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National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82201516Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (Guangdong Natural Science Foundation) 2021A1515110290Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (Guangdong Natural Science Foundation) 2023A1515010150
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Abstract

In clinical settings, tumor compression, trauma, surgical injury, and other types of injury can cause hypothalamic damage, resulting in various types of hypothalamic dysfunction. Impaired release of oxytocin can lead to cognitive impairment and affect prognosis and long-term quality of life after hypothalamic injury. Hypothalamic injury-induced cognitive dysfunction was detected in male animals. Behavioral parameters were measured to assess the characteristics of cognitive dysfunction induced by hypothalamic-pituitary stalk lesions. Brains were collected for high-throughput RNA sequencing and immunostaining to identify pathophysiological changes in hippocampal regions highly associated with cognitive function after injury to corresponding hypothalamic areas. Through transcriptomic analysis, we confirmed the loss of oxytocin neurons after hypothalamic injury and the reversal of hypothalamic-induced cognitive dysfunction after oxytocin supplementation. Furthermore, overactivation of the ERK signaling pathway and β-amyloid deposition in the hippocampal region after hypothalamic injury were observed, and cognitive function was restored after inhibition of ERK signaling pathway overactivation. Our findings suggest that cognitive dysfunction after hypothalamic injury may be caused by ERK hyperphosphorylation in the hippocampal region resulting from a decrease in the number of oxytocin neurons, which in turn causes β-amyloid deposition.

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Amyloid beta-PeptidesCognitive DysfunctionHippocampusHypothalamusMAP Kinase Signaling SystemOxytocinAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalMaleMiceNeuronsPhosphorylationAmyloid beta-PeptidesOxytocin

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PMID38796566
PMCPMC11127955

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