Social stress induces neurovascular pathology promoting depression
Studies suggest that heightened peripheral inflammation contributes to the pathogenesis of major depressive disorder. We investigated the effect of chronic social defeat stress, a mouse model of depression, on blood–brain barrier (BBB) permeability and infiltration of peripheral immune signals. We f...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Nature neuroscience Jg. 20; H. 12; S. 1752 - 1760 |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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01.12.2017
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| ISSN: | 1097-6256, 1546-1726, 1546-1726 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Studies suggest that heightened peripheral inflammation contributes to the pathogenesis of major depressive disorder. We investigated the effect of chronic social defeat stress, a mouse model of depression, on blood–brain barrier (BBB) permeability and infiltration of peripheral immune signals. We found reduced expression of the endothelial cell tight junction protein claudin-5 (Cldn5) and abnormal blood vessel morphology in nucleus accumbens (NAc) of stress-susceptible but not resilient mice.
CLDN5
expression was also decreased in NAc of depressed patients.
Cldn5
downregulation was sufficient to induce depression-like behaviors following subthreshold social stress whereas chronic antidepressant treatment rescued Cldn5 loss and promoted resilience. Reduced BBB integrity in NAc of stress-susceptible or mice injected with adeno-associated virus expressing shRNA against Cldn5 caused infiltration of the peripheral cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6) into brain parenchyma and subsequent expression of depression-like behaviors. These findings suggest that chronic social stress alters BBB integrity through loss of tight junction protein Cldn5, promoting peripheral IL-6 passage across the BBB and depression.
Chronic social defeat stress induces loss of protein claudin-5, leading to abnormalities in blood vessel morphology, increased blood brain barrier permeability, infiltration of immune signals and depression-like behaviors. |
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| Bibliographie: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 14 content type line 23 Present address: Département de psychiatrie et neurosciences, Faculté de médecine and CERVO Brain Research Center, Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada |
| ISSN: | 1097-6256 1546-1726 1546-1726 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41593-017-0010-3 |