Long term effects of peripubertal stress on excitatory and inhibitory circuits in the prefrontal cortex of male and female mice
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Long term effects of peripubertal stress on excitatory and inhibitory circuits in the prefrontal cortex of male and female miceAuthor (s)
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2021-04-01Publisher
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Bueno-Fernandez, C., Perez-Rando, M., Alcaide, J., Coviello, S., Sandi, C., Castillo-Gómez, E., & Nacher, J. (2021). Long term effects of peripubertal stress on excitatory and inhibitory circuits in the prefrontal cortex of male and female mice. Neurobiology of Stress, 14, 100322.Type
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The impact of stressful events is especially important during early life, because certain cortical regions, especially the prefrontal cortex (PFC), are still developing. Consequently, aversive experiences that occur ... [+]
The impact of stressful events is especially important during early life, because certain cortical regions, especially the prefrontal cortex (PFC), are still developing. Consequently, aversive experiences that occur during the peripubertal period can cause long-term alterations in neural connectivity, physiology and related behaviors. Although sex influences the stress response and women are more likely to develop stress-related psychiatric disorders, knowledge about the effects of stress on females is still limited. In order to analyze the long-term effects of peripubertal stress (PPS) on the excitatory and inhibitory circuitry of the adult PFC, and whether these effects are sex-dependent, we applied an unpredictable chronic PPS protocol based on psychogenic stressors. Using two strains of transgenic mice with specific fluorescent cell reporters, we studied male and diestrus females to know how PPS affects the structure and connectivity of parvalbumin expressing (PV+) interneurons and pyramidal neurons. We also studied the expression of molecules related to excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmission, as well as alterations in the expression of plasticity-related molecules. The structure of pyramidal neurons was differentially affected by PPS in male and female mice: while the former had a decreased dendritic spine density, the latter displayed an increase in this parameter. PPS affected the density of puncta expressing excitatory and inhibitory synaptic markers exclusively in the female mPFC. Similarly, only in female mice we observed an increased complexity of the dendritic tree of PV+ neurons. Regarding the perisomatic innervation on pyramidal and PV + neurons by basket cells, we found a significant increase in the density of puncta in stressed animals, with interesting differences between the sexes and the type of basket cell analyzed. Finally, the PPS protocol also altered the total number of somata expressing the polysialylated form of the neural cell adhesion molecule (PSA-NCAM) when we analyzed both sexes together. These results highlight the strong programming effects of aversive experiences during early life for the establishment of cortical circuitry and the special impact of these stressful events on females. [-]
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Neurobiology of Stress, Vol. 14 (May 2021)Funder Name
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICI) | Generalitat Valenciana | Universitat Jaume I | Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) | ERA-NET
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RTI2018-098269-B-I00 | RTI2018-095698-B-I00 | PROMETEU/2020/024 | GV/2019/088 | UJI-A2020-20 | 176206; NCCR Synapsy: 51NF40-158776 and -185897 | SNSF No 31NE30_189061
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