期刊
FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE
卷 15, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2021.604103
关键词
glucocorticoid; glia; myelin basic protein; glial fibrillary acidic protein; ionized calcium binding adaptor molecule 1
资金
- CONACyT [440584]
- Initiative d'EXcellence-Initiative Science Innovation Territoires Economie (IDEX-ISITE) initiative [16-IDEX-0001 (CAP 20-25)]
- Agence Nationale pour la Recherche [ANR-14-CE12-0007-01, ANR-18-CE14-0012-02]
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) [ANR-14-CE12-0007] Funding Source: Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)
Chronic exposure to high levels of glucocorticoids can have detrimental effects on health, leading to metabolic abnormalities such as those seen in Cushing's syndrome. MRI studies have shown volumetric changes in the brains of CS patients, both during active disease and in remission. Research in the AdKO mouse model for CS revealed brain region-specific changes, including aberrant myelination and white matter damage.
Chronic exposure to high circulating levels of glucocorticoids has detrimental effects on health, including metabolic abnormalities, as exemplified in Cushing's syndrome (CS). Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies have found volumetric changes in gray and white matter of the brain in CS patients during the course of active disease, but also in remission. In order to explore this further, we performed MRI-based brain volumetric analyses in the AdKO mouse model for CS, which presents its key traits. AdKO mice had reduced relative volumes in several brain regions, including the corpus callosum and cortical areas. The medial amygdala, bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, and hypothalamus were increased in relative volume. Furthermore, we found a lower immunoreactivity of myelin basic protein (MBP, an oligodendrocyte marker) in several brain regions but a paradoxically increased MBP signal in the male cingulate cortex. We also observed a decrease in the expression of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP, a marker for reactive astrocytes) and ionized calcium-binding adapter molecule 1 (IBA1, a marker for activated microglia) in the cingulate regions of the anterior corpus callosum and the hippocampus. We conclude that long-term hypercorticosteronemia induced brain region-specific changes that might include aberrant myelination and a degree of white matter damage, as both repair (GFAP) and immune (IBA1) responses are decreased. These findings suggest a cause for the changes observed in the brains of human patients and serve as a background for further exploration of their subcellular and molecular mechanisms.
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