Article ; Online: Interleukin-17 induced by cumulative mild stress promoted depression-like behaviors in young adult mice.
2021 Volume 14, Issue 1, Page(s) 11
Abstract: The number of young adult patients with major depression, one of the most common mental disorders, is gradually increasing in modern society. Stressful experiences in early life are considered one of the risk factors for chronic depressive symptoms, ... ...
| Abstract | The number of young adult patients with major depression, one of the most common mental disorders, is gradually increasing in modern society. Stressful experiences in early life are considered one of the risk factors for chronic depressive symptoms, along with an abnormal inflammatory response in later life. Although increased inflammatory activity has been identified in patients with depression, the cause of long-lasting depressive states is still unclear. To identify the effects of cumulative mild stress in brain development periods, we generated a young adult depression mouse model exposed to cumulative mild stress (CPMS; cumulative mild prenatal stress, mild maternal separation, and mild social defeat) to mimic early life adversities. CPMS mice exhibited more long-lasting anxiety and depression-like behaviors than groups exposed to single or double combinations of mild stress in young adult age. Using the molecular works, we found that inflammatory cytokines, especially interleukin (IL)-17, upregulated microglial activation in the hippocampus, amygdala, and prefrontal cortex of CPMS mice. In the brains of CPMS mice, we also identified changes in the T helper (Th)-17 cell population as well as differentiation. Finally, anti-IL-17 treatment rescued anxiety and depression-like behavior in CPMS mice. In conclusion, we found that cumulative mild stress promoted long-lasting depressive symptoms in CPMS mice through the upregulation of IL-17. We suggest that the CPMS model may be useful to study young adult depression and expect that IL-17 may be an important therapeutic target for depression in young adults. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Aging/physiology ; Animals ; Anxiety/complications ; Behavior, Animal ; Cell Differentiation ; Cytokines/metabolism ; Depression/complications ; Depression/immunology ; Depression/metabolism ; Female ; Inflammation/complications ; Inflammation/immunology ; Inflammation/pathology ; Inflammation Mediators/metabolism ; Interleukin-17/metabolism ; Male ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Microglia/metabolism ; Microglia/pathology ; Models, Biological ; Stress, Psychological/complications ; Stress, Psychological/immunology ; Stress, Psychological/metabolism ; Th17 Cells/immunology ; Up-Regulation ; Mice |
| Chemical Substances | Cytokines ; Inflammation Mediators ; Interleukin-17 |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2021-01-13 |
| Publishing country | England |
| Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
| ZDB-ID | 2436057-0 |
| ISSN | 1756-6606 ; 1756-6606 |
| ISSN (online) | 1756-6606 |
| ISSN | 1756-6606 |
| DOI | 10.1186/s13041-020-00726-x |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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