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ArticleTranslational psychiatry2025

mPFC DCC coupling with CaMKII

Ping Cheng, Keke Ding, Daokang Chen, Chen Yang, Juan Wang, Shaojie Yang, Ming Chen, Guoqi Zhu

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Article in Translational psychiatry, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Ping Cheng *Center for Xin'an Medicine and Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine of IHM, and Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology (Brain diseases), Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China.
Keke Ding *Center for Xin'an Medicine and Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine of IHM, and Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology (Brain diseases), Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China.
Daokang Chen *Center for Xin'an Medicine and Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine of IHM, and Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology (Brain diseases), Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China.
Chen YangCenter for Xin'an Medicine and Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine of IHM, and Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology (Brain diseases), Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China.
Juan WangCenter for Xin'an Medicine and Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine of IHM, and Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology (Brain diseases), Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China.
Shaojie YangCenter for Xin'an Medicine and Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine of IHM, and Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology (Brain diseases), Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China.
Ming ChenMOE Frontier Center for Brain Science, Institutes of Brain Science, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. ming_chen@fudan.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0683-2110
Guoqi ZhuCenter for Xin'an Medicine and Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine of IHM, and Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology (Brain diseases), Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China. guoqizhu@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7432-6079

Funding

Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province (Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation) 2208085MH282
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A longed lack of control over harmful stimuli can lead to learned helplessness (LH), a significant factor in depression. However, the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying LH, and eventually behavioral despair, remain largely unknown. The deleted in colorectal cancer (dcc) gene is associated with the risk of depression. However, the therapeutic potential and regulation mechanism of DCC in behavioral despair are still uncertain. In this study, we showed that depressive stimulators, including LH, lipopolysaccharide, and unpredictable chronic mild stress, triggered an elevation in DCC expression in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC). Additionally, elevated DCC expression in the mPFC was crucial in inducing behavioral despair, as evidenced by the induction of behavioral despair in normal mice and exacerbation of behavioral despair in LH mice upon DCC overexpression. By contrast, neutralizing DCC activity ameliorated LH-induced behavioral despair. Importantly, we elucidated that pathological DCC expression was attributable to the excessive excitation of CaMKII

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Behavior, AnimalCalcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2DCC ReceptorDepressionHelplessness, LearnedNeuronsPrefrontal CortexAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLStress, PsychologicalCalcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2Dcc protein, mouseDCC Receptor

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PMCPMC11829057

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