Alteration in NMDAR subunits in different brain regions of chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS) rat model

Abstract: N-Methyl-d-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) signaling pathway has been implicated in the pathogenesis and treatment of depression. However, the role of NMDAR subunits in depression is still unclear. In this study, alteration in all seven NMDAR subunits in several brain areas of rats exposed to chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS), an animal model of depression, was detected. Our findings demonstrated that: (1) CUMS could induce a reduction in sucrose preference, an indicator of typical depression-like behaviors; (2) CUMS significantly reduced the NMDAR subunits of GluN2B and GluN3 in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), but not altered all seven NMDAR subunits in hippocampus and corpus callosum of rats; (3) subunit composition of NMDARs in corpus callosum was different from that in mPFC, PFC and hippocampus; and (4) the mRNA expressions of GluN2B, GluN3A and GluN3B in mPFC as well as mRNA expression of GluN2C in corpus callosum were correlated to sucrose preference in rats. These findings suggested that GluN2B and GluN3 in mPFC may contribute to the pathophysiology of depression.

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Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Alteration in NMDAR subunits in different brain regions of chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS) rat model ; volume:13 ; number:1 ; year:2022 ; pages:379-389 ; extent:11
Translational Neuroscience ; 13, Heft 1 (2022), 379-389 (gesamt 11)

Creator
Chen, Jing
Luo, Yanmin
Liang, Xin
Kong, Xiangru
Xiao, Qian
Tang, Jing
Qi, Yingqiang
Tang, Yong
Xiu, Yun

DOI
10.1515/tnsci-2022-0255
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022102614102961644980
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  • Chen, Jing
  • Luo, Yanmin
  • Liang, Xin
  • Kong, Xiangru
  • Xiao, Qian
  • Tang, Jing
  • Qi, Yingqiang
  • Tang, Yong
  • Xiu, Yun

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