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Springer Nature Singapore
Neuroscience Bulletin
2023
7/8/2024
The incidence rate of anxiety and depression is significantly higher in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) than in the general population.
The mechanisms underlying dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced depressive-like behaviors are still unclear.
We clarified that IBD mice induced by repeated administration of DSS presented depressive-like behaviors.
The paraventricular thalamic nucleus (PVT) was regarded as the activated brain region by the number of c-fos-labeled neurons.
RNA-sequencing analysis showed that lipocalin 2 (Lcn2) was upregulated in the PVT of mice with DSS-induced depressive behaviors.
Upregulating Lcn2 from neuronal activity induced dendritic spine loss and the secreted protein induced chemokine expression and subsequently contributed to microglial activation leading to blood-brain barrier permeability.
Moreover, Lcn2 silencing in the PVT alleviated the DSS-induced depressive-like behaviors.
The present study demonstrated that elevated Lcn2 in the PVT is a critical factor for DSS-induced depressive behaviors.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12264-023-01047-4.
Chen, Yeru,Zheng, Du,Wang, Hongwei,Zhang, Shuxia,Zhou, Youfa,Ke, Xinlong,Chen, Gang, 2023, Lipocalin 2 in the Paraventricular Thalamic Nucleus Contributes to DSS-Induced Depressive-Like Behaviors, Springer Nature Singapore