PMID- 20635439 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20101101 LR - 20220409 IS - 1976-2437 (Electronic) IS - 0513-5796 (Print) IS - 0513-5796 (Linking) VI - 51 IP - 5 DP - 2010 Sep TI - Acute stress and chronic stress change brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and tyrosine kinase-coupled receptor (TrkB) expression in both young and aged rat hippocampus. PG - 661-71 LID - 10.3349/ymj.2010.51.5.661 [doi] AB - PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to explore the dynamic change of brainderived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) mRNA, protein, and tyrosine kinase-coupled receptor (TrkB) mRNA of the rat hippocampus under different stress conditions and to explore the influence of senescence on the productions expression. MATERIALS AND METHODS: By using forced-swimming in 4 degrees C cold ice water and 25 degrees C warm water, young and aged male rats were randomly divided into acute stress (AS) and chronic mild repeated stress (CMRS) subgroups, respectively. BDNF productions and TrkB mRNA in the hippocampus were detected by using Western-blotting and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), separately, at 15, 30, 60, 180, and 720 min after the last stress session. RESULTS: The short AS induced a significant increase in BDNF mRNA and protein in both age groups, but the changes in the young group were substantially greater than those of the aged group (p < 0.005). The CMRS resulted in a decrease in BDNF mRNA and protein, but a significant increase in TrkB mRNA in both young and age groups. The expression of BDNF mRNA and protein in the AS groups were higher than in the CMRS groups at 15, 30, and 60 min after stress. CONCLUSION: The results indicated that the up/down-regulation of BDNF and TrkB were affected by aging and the stimulus paradigm, which might reflect important mechanisms by which the hippocampus copes with stressful stimuli. FAU - Shi, Shou-Sen AU - Shi SS AD - Department of Medical Psychology, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, Shandong, China. FAU - Shao, Shu-Hong AU - Shao SH FAU - Yuan, Bang-Ping AU - Yuan BP FAU - Pan, Fang AU - Pan F FAU - Li, Zun-Ling AU - Li ZL LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Korea (South) TA - Yonsei Med J JT - Yonsei medical journal JID - 0414003 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor, trkB) RN - W980KJ009P (Corticosterone) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Blotting, Western MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/genetics/*metabolism MH - Corticosterone/blood MH - *Gene Expression Regulation MH - Hippocampus/*metabolism MH - Male MH - Radioimmunoassay MH - Random Allocation MH - Rats MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Receptor, trkB/genetics/*metabolism MH - Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Stress, Physiological/genetics/*physiology PMC - PMC2908888 COIS- The authors have no financial conflicts of interest. EDAT- 2010/07/17 06:00 MHDA- 2010/11/03 06:00 PMCR- 2010/09/01 CRDT- 2010/07/17 06:00 PHST- 2010/07/17 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/07/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/11/03 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2010/09/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 201009661 [pii] AID - 10.3349/ymj.2010.51.5.661 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Yonsei Med J. 2010 Sep;51(5):661-71. doi: 10.3349/ymj.2010.51.5.661.