the anteroventral bst differentially regulates hpa axis responses to acute and chronic stress
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The Anteroventral BST Differentially Regulates HPA Axis Responses to Acute and Chronic Stress. Choi DC, Evanson NK, Furay AR, Ulrich-Lai YM Ostrander MM, Herman JP. Introduction Chronic Stress. Decreases body weight and food intake Induces adrenal hypertrophy Involution of thymus - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Anteroventral BST The Anteroventral BST Differentially Regulates HPA Axis Differentially Regulates HPA Axis Responses to Acute and Chronic Responses to Acute and Chronic StressStress
Choi DC, Evanson NK, Furay AR, Ulrich-Lai YMOstrander MM, Herman JP.
IntroductionIntroductionChronic Stress
Decreases body weight and food intake Induces adrenal hypertrophy Involution of thymus Affects neuronal plasticity Elevated expressions of CRH mRNA Elevated expressions of AVP mRNA
(in some stress models) Increased circulating glucocorticoids
The comparison between acute and chronic stress regarding the HPA axis
Acute activation of the HPA axis is an adaptive response
Chronic activation of the HPA axis can be deleterious and has been linked to several different pathologies.
Different brain circuitries are involved in acute and chronic stress responses. Paraventricular thalamus regulate HPA axis
responses to chronic stressors. Chronic stress can produce enhancement
of HPA axis responses to new stressors. Repeated experience with the same
(homotypic) stressor produces habituation of HPA axis responses.
Repeated homotypic stress followed by a novel (heterotypic) stressor induces facilitation.
Forebrain limbic region Forebrain limbic region BST BST PVN PVN
dorsomedial nucleus (dm) &
fusiform nucleus (fu) Located in the anterior
division of the BST Ventral to the anterior
commissure Heavy projections to
the medial parvocellular PVN
Relay stress-excitatory information to the PVN
HypothesisHypothesis
The contribution of the BST to chronic stress?
The BST dm/fu nuclei are necessary for sensitization of HPA axis response after chronic stress?
Chronic variable stress (CVS) paradigm a novel restraint challenge assess CVS-induced adaptations in HPA axis reactivity
Materials and MethodsMaterials and Methods
Subjects: SD rats Bilateral microinjections of ibotenate or
saline into the anterior BST
Four groups: sham non-CVS, sham CVS, lesion non-CVS, lesion CVS Twice-daily exposure to alternating
stressors for 14 days Morning stressor, afternoon stressor and
occational overnight stressor CVS stressors: hypoxia, cold stress, rotation
stress, warm swim, cold swim, overnight social isolation, overnight social crowding
Acute novel restraint stress protocol
day after the cessation of CVS
placement in restraint tubes
blood sampling
20 min restraints tress
Blood sampling
returned to home cage
Blood sampling (40 min from the onset of the restraint stress)
decapitation, collecting blood sample(60min)
MeasurementsMeasurements
RIA measure plasma cort and ACTH level
Lesion verification Nissl staining of cells Neuronal nuclei (NeuN) immunolabeling
In situ hybridization and image analysis Measure AVP, CRH and c-fos mRNA levels in
the PVN Statistical analysis
ResultsResultsLesions of the BST dm/fu nucleiLesions of the BST dm/fu nuclei
Anterior BST lesions were centered ventral to the anterior commissure at approximately AP -0.10mm from bregma.
Body and organ weightsBody and organ weightsBody weightBody weight
Destruction of the BST dm/fu is not sufficient to alter the consequences of chronic stress on body weight.
Body and organ weights Body and organ weights Organ weightsOrgan weights
CVS induces adrenal hypertrophy /hyperplasia No effects of lesion on adrenal weights No effects of lesion on thymus weights Main effects of CVS on raw thymus weight but
not on thymus weight adj. for body weight
Plasma ACTH levelsPlasma ACTH levels
Plasma cort levelsPlasma cort levels
c-fos mRNA expression in the PVN
CRF mRNA expression in the PVN
AVP mRNA expression in the PVN
Discussion
The BSTdm/fu act as activators of the HPA axis response to acute stress, but are also involved in inhibitory regulation of HPA axis reactivity after chronic stress.
Disruption of the BST dm/fu nuclei does not affect the development of steady-state changes in HPA function engendered by chronic stress.
Several possible mechanisms Acute and chronic stress may recruit
different populations of BST dm/fu neurons: CRH, Glu, GABA.
Inputs from brainstem and limbic regions might project to separate pools of neurons in the BST dm/fu.
Interruption of BST dm/fu input to the PVN or PVN-projecting structures may permit a compensatory enhancement of inputs that are sensitive to the effects of chronic stress.