期刊
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
卷 26, 期 9, 页码 2434-2442出版社
SOC NEUROSCIENCE
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4080-05.2006
关键词
corticotropin releasing hormone; stress; handling; maternal care; thalamic paraventricular nucleus; amygdala
资金
- NIMH NIH HHS [R01 MH073136, R01 MH073136-05A1, MH73136, R01 MH073136-06] Funding Source: Medline
- NINDS NIH HHS [R01 NS028912-06, R01 NS028912, NS07444, NS39307, NS28912] Funding Source: Medline
An eloquent example of experience-induced neuroplasticity involves the enduring effects of daily handling of rat pups on the expression of genes regulating hormonal and behavioral responses to stress. Handling-evoked augmentation of maternal care of pups induces long-lasting reduction of hypothalamic corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH) expression and upregulates hippocampal glucocorticoid receptor levels. These changes promote a lifelong attenuation of hormonal stress responses. We have found previously that handling-evoked downregulation of CRH expression occurs already by postnatal day 9, implicating it as an early step in this experience-induced neuroplasticity. Here, we investigated the neuronal pathways and cellular mechanisms involved. CRH mRNA expression in hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) diminished after daily handling but not after handling once only, indicating that recurrent handling was required for this effect. Return of handled pups to their cage provoked a burst of nurturing behavior in dams that, in turn, induced transient, coordinate Fos expression in selected regions of the pups' brains. These included central nucleus of the amygdala (ACe) and bed nucleus of the stria terminals (BnST), regions that are afferent to PVN and influence CRH expression there. Whereas handling once sufficed to evoke Fos expression within ACe and BnST, expression in thalamic paraventricular nucleus, a region involved in storing and processing stress-related experience, required recurrent handling. Fos induction in all three regions elicited reduced transcription factor phosphorylation, followed by attenuated activation of CRH gene transcription within the PVN. These studies provide a neurobiological foundation for the profound neuroplasticity of stress-related genes evoked by early-life experience.
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