实验室在《Molecular Psychiatry》发表题为“Role of the adipose PPARγ-adiponectin axis in susceptibility to stress and depression/anxiety-related behaviors”的文章.

课题组于12月13日在《Molecular Psychiatry》 （精神病学1区期刊，IF：13.3）上在线发表研究论文 “Role of the adipose PPARγ-adiponectin axis in susceptibility to stress and depression/anxiety-related behaviors”。

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Mol Psychiatry. 2016 Dec 13. doi: 10.1038/mp.2016.225. [Epub ahead of print]

Role of the adipose PPARγ-adiponectin axis in susceptibility to stress and depression/anxiety-related behaviors.

Guo M1, Li C1, Lei Y2, Xu S1, Zhao D1, Lu XY1,2,3.

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1Institute for Metabolic and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Binzhou Medical University Hospital, Binzhou, China.

2Department of Pharmacology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA.

3Department of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA.

Abstract

Adaptive responses to stressful stimuli involving behavioral, emotional and metabolic changes are orchestrated by the nervous and endocrine systems. Adipose tissue has been recognized as a highly active metabolic and endocrine organ, secreting adipokines that operate as hormones to mediate the crosstalk with other organs including the brain. The role of adipose tissue in sensing and responding to emotional stress and in behavioral regulation, however, remains largely unknown. The nuclear receptor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) is a key transcriptional factor controlling adipokine gene expression. Here we show that chronic social defeat stress decreases messenger RNA and protein levels of PPARγ in adipose tissue of susceptible but not resilient mice, which was correlated with social avoidance behavior. A corresponding reduction in adipose adiponectin production was observed in susceptible mice. Rosiglitazone, a blood-brain barrier-impermeant PPARγ-selective agonist, elicited antidepressant- and anxiolytic-like behavioral effects in wild-type mice, with a concurrent increase in plasma adiponectin levels. These effects of rosiglitazone were absent in mice lacking adiponectin but having normal PPARγ expression in adipose tissue and brain. Moreover, pretreatment with the PPARγ-selective antagonist GW9662 blocked rosiglitazone-induced adiponectin expression and antidepressant/anxiolytic-like effects. Together, these results suggest that the behavioral responses to rosiglitazone are mediated through PPARγ-dependent induction of adiponectin. Our findings support an important role for the adipose PPARγ-adiponectin axis in susceptibility to stress and negative emotion-related behaviors. Selectively targeting PPARγ in adipose tissue may offer novel strategies for combating depression and anxiety.Molecular Psychiatry advance online publication, 13 December 2016; doi:10.1038/mp.2016.225

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