期刊
BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY
卷 76, 期 11, 页码 840-849出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2014.01.009
关键词
Behavioral flexibility; conditional knockout mice; CreloxP system; GABA; hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenocortical axis; spatial memory
资金
- MIUR (Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Universita e della Ricerca) [2005057519-002, 2008PLKP3E-003]
- Fondazione CRT (Cassa di Risparmio di Torino), Torino
- Neuroscience program, Compagnia di San Paolo, Torino
- Health Ministry of Regione Piemonte and Fondazione CRT
- German Research Foundation [SFB636/A4]
Background: The Y1 receptor (Y1R) and Y5 receptor (Y5R) for neuropeptide Y share similar actions in the regulation of anxiety. Previously demonstrated that conditional removal of the Y1R during postnatal development in the forebrain excitatory neurons leads to higher anxiety, increased hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenocortical axis activity, and decreased body growth rate in male mice raised by foster mothers that exhibit high levels of maternal care. In the present study, we used the same conditional system to analyze the specific contribution to emotional behavior and stress response of the Y1R coexpressed with the Y5R. Methods: Using the Cre-loxP recombination system, we investigated anxious behavior, spatial memory, and metabolic functions of conditional knockout mice in which the inactivation of the Npy1r gene was induced in the Y5Rs expressing neurons of juvenile mice (Npy1r(Y5R-/-)). Results: Npy1rY5R(-/-) mice show increased anxiety-related behavior but no changes in hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenocortical axis activity or in body weight growth, independently of gender and mouse strain used as foster mothers. Also, Npy1r(Y5R-/-) mice of both genders display increased spatial reference memory in the Morris water maze test. Conclusions: The results suggest that neuropeptide Y Y1R differentially expressed in the limbic system regulates anxiety and stress responses via distinct neurochemical circuits. In addition, we provide the first experimental genetic evidence that the Y1Rs coexpressed with the Y5R are involved in retention of spatial memory in male and female mice.
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