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Sex-dependent effects of microglial reduction on impaired fear extinction induced by single prolonged stress
Single prolonged stress (SPS) is a preclinical rodent model for studying post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)-like behaviors. Previously we found that increased expression of the microglial marker Iba-1 in the ventral hippocampus after SPS exposure was associated with impaired fear extinction, sugg...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9868263/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36699653 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2022.1014767 |
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author | Torres-Rodriguez, Orlando Ortiz-Nazario, Emily Rivera-Escobales, Yesenia Velazquez, Bethzaly Colón, María Porter, James T. |
author_facet | Torres-Rodriguez, Orlando Ortiz-Nazario, Emily Rivera-Escobales, Yesenia Velazquez, Bethzaly Colón, María Porter, James T. |
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description | Single prolonged stress (SPS) is a preclinical rodent model for studying post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)-like behaviors. Previously we found that increased expression of the microglial marker Iba-1 in the ventral hippocampus after SPS exposure was associated with impaired fear extinction, suggesting that microglial activity contributed to the SPS-induced behavioral changes. To test this, we examined whether reducing microglia with the colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor blocker, PLX3397, in the diet would prevent the SPS-induced extinction impairment. Male rats exposed to SPS showed enhanced fear acquisition and impaired fear extinction memory. Adding PLX3397 to the diet prevented these behavioral changes. In contrast, PLX3397 did not prevent SPS from impairing fear extinction memory in the female rats. Despite the sex-dependent behavioral effects, we found a reduced number and area fraction of Iba-1+ microglia in both male and female rats suggesting that PLX3397 had similar effects on microglia in both sexes. Altogether, these results suggest that microglia contribute to the behavioral changes induced by SPS in male but not female rats. |
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spelling | pubmed-98682632023-01-24 Sex-dependent effects of microglial reduction on impaired fear extinction induced by single prolonged stress Torres-Rodriguez, Orlando Ortiz-Nazario, Emily Rivera-Escobales, Yesenia Velazquez, Bethzaly Colón, María Porter, James T. Front Behav Neurosci Behavioral Neuroscience Single prolonged stress (SPS) is a preclinical rodent model for studying post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)-like behaviors. Previously we found that increased expression of the microglial marker Iba-1 in the ventral hippocampus after SPS exposure was associated with impaired fear extinction, suggesting that microglial activity contributed to the SPS-induced behavioral changes. To test this, we examined whether reducing microglia with the colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor blocker, PLX3397, in the diet would prevent the SPS-induced extinction impairment. Male rats exposed to SPS showed enhanced fear acquisition and impaired fear extinction memory. Adding PLX3397 to the diet prevented these behavioral changes. In contrast, PLX3397 did not prevent SPS from impairing fear extinction memory in the female rats. Despite the sex-dependent behavioral effects, we found a reduced number and area fraction of Iba-1+ microglia in both male and female rats suggesting that PLX3397 had similar effects on microglia in both sexes. Altogether, these results suggest that microglia contribute to the behavioral changes induced by SPS in male but not female rats. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-01-09 /pmc/articles/PMC9868263/ /pubmed/36699653 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2022.1014767 Text en Copyright © 2023 Torres-Rodriguez, Ortiz-Nazario, Rivera-Escobales, Velazquez, Colón and Porter. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Behavioral Neuroscience Torres-Rodriguez, Orlando Ortiz-Nazario, Emily Rivera-Escobales, Yesenia Velazquez, Bethzaly Colón, María Porter, James T. Sex-dependent effects of microglial reduction on impaired fear extinction induced by single prolonged stress |
title | Sex-dependent effects of microglial reduction on impaired fear extinction induced by single prolonged stress |
title_full | Sex-dependent effects of microglial reduction on impaired fear extinction induced by single prolonged stress |
title_fullStr | Sex-dependent effects of microglial reduction on impaired fear extinction induced by single prolonged stress |
title_full_unstemmed | Sex-dependent effects of microglial reduction on impaired fear extinction induced by single prolonged stress |
title_short | Sex-dependent effects of microglial reduction on impaired fear extinction induced by single prolonged stress |
title_sort | sex-dependent effects of microglial reduction on impaired fear extinction induced by single prolonged stress |
topic | Behavioral Neuroscience |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9868263/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36699653 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2022.1014767 |
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