ADOLESCENT SOCIAL ISOLATION ENHANCES THE PLASMALEMMAL DENSITY OF NMDA NR1 SUBUNITS IN DENDRITIC SPINES OF PRINCIPAL NEURONS IN THE BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA OF ADULT MICE

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作者
Gan, J. O. [1 ]
Bowline, E. [1 ]
Lourenco, F. S. [2 ]
Pickel, V. M. [1 ]
机构
[1] Weill Cornell Med Coll, Brain & Mind Res Inst, New York, NY 10065 USA
[2] Weill Cornell Med Coll, Sackler Inst Dev Psychobiol, New York, NY 10065 USA
基金
美国国家卫生研究院;
关键词
schizophrenia; prepulse inhibition; hyperlocomotor activity; glutamate; electron microscopic immunolabeling; CaMKII; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; D-ASPARTATE RECEPTORS; SUBCELLULAR-DISTRIBUTION; SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY; NUCLEUS-ACCUMBENS; EXPRESSION; TRAFFICKING; BRAIN; VULNERABILITY; INTERNEURONS;
D O I
10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.11.003
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Social isolation during the vulnerable period of adolescence produces emotional dysregulation manifested by abnormalities in adult behaviors that require emotional processing. The affected brain regions may include the basolateral amygdala (BLA), where plasticity of glutamatergic synapses in principal neurons plays a role in conditioned emotional responses. This plasticity is dependent on NMDA receptor trafficking denoted by intracellular mobilization of the obligatory NR1 NMDA subunit. We tested the hypothesis that the psychosocial stress of adolescent social isolation (ASI) produces a lasting change in NMDA receptor distribution in principal neurons in the BLA of adults that express maladaptive emotional responses to sensory cues. For this, we used behavioral testing and dual electron microscopic immunolabeling of NR1 and calcium calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII), a protein predominantly expressed in principal neurons of the BLA in adult C57Bl/ 6 mice housed in isolation or in social groups from post-weaning day 22 until adulthood (similar to 3 months of age). The isolates showed persistent deficits in sensorimotor gating evidenced by altered prepulse inhibition (PPI) of acoustic startle and hyperlocomotor activity in a novel environment. Immunogold-silver labeling for NR1 alone or together with CaMKII was seen in many somatodendritic profiles in the BLA of all mice irrespective of rearing conditions. However, isolates compared with group-reared mice had a significantly lower cytoplasmic (4.72 +/- 0.517 vs 6.31 +/- 0.517) and higher plasmalemmal (0.397 +/- 0.0779 vs 0.216 +/- 0.026) density of NR1 immunogold particles in CaMKII-containing dendritic spines. There was no rearingdependent difference in the size or number of these spines or those of other dendritic profiles within the neuropil, which also failed to show an impact of ASI on NR1 immunogold labeling. These results provide the first evidence that ASI enhances the surface trafficking of NMDA receptors in dendritic spines of principal neurons in the BLA of adult mice showing maladaptive behaviors that are consistent with emotional dysregulation. (C) 2013 IBRO. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:174 / 183
页数:10
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