PMID- 16520552 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20060420 LR - 20131121 IS - 1226-3613 (Print) IS - 1226-3613 (Linking) VI - 38 IP - 1 DP - 2006 Feb 28 TI - Chronic mild stress decreases survival, but not proliferation, of new-born cells in adult rat hippocampus. PG - 44-54 AB - New-born cells continue to proliferate and survive to become mature granule cells in adult rat hippocampus. Although this process, known as neurogenesis, is inhibited by acute stress, it is not clear whether chronic stress affects neurogenesis. To determine whether chronic mild stress (CMS) influences neurogenesis in the adult rat hippocampus, male Sprague-Dawley rats were exposed to CMS and administered bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) before or after CMS to observe the survival/differentiation or proliferation of new-born cells, respectively. In addition, we measured brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) mRNA in the granule cell layer (GCL) of the hippocampus, because BDNF is known to play an important role in the survival of new-born cells. CMS significantly decreased the survival of new-born cells in the GCL, but did not influence the proliferation or differentiation of new-born cells. CMS did not affect the proliferation and survival of new-born cells in the hilus. In addition, CMS did not change BDNF mRNA levels in the GCL. These results demonstrate that CMS reduces the survival of new-born cells but not of their proliferation, suggesting that repeated mild stress could influence a part of neurogenesis, but not the whole part of neurogenesis. These results raise the possibility that the survival of new-born cells may be suppressed in the presence of normal BDNF mRNA levels in GCL. FAU - Lee, Kuem-Ju AU - Lee KJ AD - Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul 136-705, Korea. FAU - Kim, Sung-Jin AU - Kim SJ FAU - Kim, Suk-Won AU - Kim SW FAU - Choi, Song-Hyen AU - Choi SH FAU - Shin, You-Chan AU - Shin YC FAU - Park, Sang-Ha AU - Park SH FAU - Moon, Bo-Hyun AU - Moon BH FAU - Cho, Eujin AU - Cho E FAU - Lee, Min-Soo AU - Lee MS FAU - Choi, Sang-Hyun AU - Choi SH FAU - Chun, Boe-Gwun AU - Chun BG FAU - Shin, Kyung-Ho AU - Shin KH LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Exp Mol Med JT - Experimental & molecular medicine JID - 9607880 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Calbindins) RN - 0 (Fluorescent Dyes) RN - 0 (Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Rhodamines) RN - 0 (S100 Calcium Binding Protein G) RN - G34N38R2N1 (Bromodeoxyuridine) RN - I223NX31W9 (Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/metabolism MH - Bromodeoxyuridine/*administration & dosage MH - Calbindins MH - Cell Proliferation MH - Cell Survival MH - Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate MH - Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect MH - Fluorescent Dyes MH - Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein/metabolism MH - Hippocampus/cytology/growth & development/*pathology MH - Immunohistochemistry MH - In Situ Hybridization MH - Male MH - Microscopy, Confocal MH - RNA, Messenger/metabolism MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Restraint, Physical MH - Rhodamines MH - S100 Calcium Binding Protein G/metabolism MH - Stress, Physiological/pathology/*physiopathology EDAT- 2006/03/08 09:00 MHDA- 2006/04/21 09:00 CRDT- 2006/03/08 09:00 PHST- 2006/03/08 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2006/04/21 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2006/03/08 09:00 [entrez] AID - 200602286 [pii] AID - 10.1038/emm.2006.6 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Exp Mol Med. 2006 Feb 28;38(1):44-54. doi: 10.1038/emm.2006.6.