Article ; Online: A role for deficits in GABAergic neurosteroids and their metabolites with NMDA receptor antagonist activity in the pathophysiology of posttraumatic stress disorder.
2021 Volume 34, Issue 2, Page(s) e13062
Abstract: Trauma-focused psychotherapies show general efficacy in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), although outcomes vary substantially among individuals with PTSD and many patients do not achieve clinically meaningful symptom improvement. Several factors ... ...
| Abstract | Trauma-focused psychotherapies show general efficacy in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), although outcomes vary substantially among individuals with PTSD and many patients do not achieve clinically meaningful symptom improvement. Several factors may contribute to poor treatment response, including genetic or environmental (e.g., stress) effects on neurobiological factors involved in learning and memory processes critical to PTSD recovery. In this review, we discuss the relationship between deficient GABAergic neurosteroid metabolites of progesterone, allopregnanolone (Allo) and pregnanolone (PA), and PTSD symptoms in men and women or PTSD-like behavioral abnormalities observed in male rodent models of PTSD. We also review the role and molecular underpinnings of learning and memory processes relevant to PTSD recovery, including extinction, extinction retention, reconsolidation of reactivated aversive memories and episodic non-aversive memory. We then discuss preclinical and clinical research that supports a role in these learning and memory processes for GABAergic neurosteroids and sulfated metabolites of Allo and PA that allosterically antagonize NMDA receptor function. Studies supporting the possible therapeutic impact of appropriately timed, acutely administered Allo or Allo analogs to facilitate extinction retention and/or block reconsolidation of aversive memories are also reviewed. Finally, we discuss important future directions for research in this area. Examining the varied and composite effects in PTSD of these metabolites of progesterone, as well as neuroactive derivatives of other parent steroids produced in the brain and the periphery, will likely enable a broadening of targets for treatment development. Defining contributions of these neuroactive steroids to common PTSD-comorbid psychiatric and medical conditions, as well as subpopulation-specific underlying dysfunctional physiological processes such as hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and immune system dysregulation, may also enable development of more effective multisystem precision medicines to prevent and treat the broader, polymorbid sequelae of extreme and chronic stress. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Female ; Humans ; Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System/metabolism ; Male ; Neurosteroids ; Pituitary-Adrenal System/metabolism ; Pregnanolone/therapeutic use ; Progesterone/therapeutic use ; Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/metabolism ; Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/therapeutic use ; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/drug therapy |
| Chemical Substances | Neurosteroids ; Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate ; Progesterone (4G7DS2Q64Y) ; Pregnanolone (BXO86P3XXW) |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2021-12-28 |
| Publishing country | United States |
| Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Review |
| ZDB-ID | 1007517-3 |
| ISSN | 1365-2826 ; 0953-8194 |
| ISSN (online) | 1365-2826 |
| ISSN | 0953-8194 |
| DOI | 10.1111/jne.13062 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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