PMID- 24636513 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20141107 LR - 20220309 IS - 1873-3360 (Electronic) IS - 0306-4530 (Print) IS - 0306-4530 (Linking) VI - 42 DP - 2014 Apr TI - Glucocorticoid receptor activation impairs hippocampal plasticity by suppressing BDNF expression in obese mice. PG - 165-77 LID - S0306-4530(14)00045-6 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.01.020 [doi] AB - Diabetes and obesity are associated with perturbation of adrenal steroid hormones and impairment of hippocampal plasticity, but the question of whether these conditions recruit glucocorticoid-mediated molecular cascades that are comparable to other stressors has yet to be fully addressed. We have used a genetic mouse model of obesity and diabetes with chronically elevated glucocorticoids to determine the mechanism for glucocorticoid-induced deficits in hippocampal synaptic function. Pharmacological inhibition of adrenal steroidogenesis attenuates structural and functional impairments by regulating plasticity among dendritic spines in the hippocampus of leptin receptor deficient (db/db) mice. Synaptic deficits evoked by exposure to elevated corticosterone levels in db/db mice are attributable to glucocorticoid receptor-mediated transrepression of AP-1 actions at BDNF promoters I and IV. db/db mice exhibit corticosterone-mediated reductions in brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), and a change in the ratio of TrkB to P75NTR that silences the functional response to BDNF stimulation. Lentiviral suppression of glucocorticoid receptor expression rescues behavioral and synaptic function in db/db mice, and also reinstates BDNF expression, underscoring the relevance of molecular mechanisms previously demonstrated after psychological stress to the functional alterations observed in obesity and diabetes. CI - Copyright (c) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Wosiski-Kuhn, Marlena AU - Wosiski-Kuhn M AD - Department of Physiology, Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Regents University, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912, USA. FAU - Erion, Joanna R AU - Erion JR AD - Department of Physiology, Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Regents University, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912, USA. FAU - Gomez-Sanchez, Elise P AU - Gomez-Sanchez EP AD - G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, 1500 Woodrow Wilson Drive, Jackson, Jackson, MS 39216, USA. FAU - Gomez-Sanchez, Celso E AU - Gomez-Sanchez CE AD - G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, 1500 Woodrow Wilson Drive, Jackson, Jackson, MS 39216, USA. FAU - Stranahan, Alexis M AU - Stranahan AM AD - Department of Physiology, Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Regents University, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912, USA. Electronic address: astranahan@gru.edu. LA - eng GR - R03 DK101817/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140130 PL - England TA - Psychoneuroendocrinology JT - Psychoneuroendocrinology JID - 7612148 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Enzyme Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Receptors, Glucocorticoid) RN - EC 1.14.15.4 (Steroid 11-beta-Hydroxylase) RN - ZS9KD92H6V (Metyrapone) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/genetics/*metabolism MH - Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Hippocampus/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Metyrapone/pharmacology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Obese MH - Neuronal Plasticity/drug effects/*physiology MH - Receptors, Glucocorticoid/*metabolism MH - Steroid 11-beta-Hydroxylase/antagonists & inhibitors PMC - PMC4426342 MID - NIHMS687259 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Corticosterone OT - Dendritic spine OT - Dentate gyrus OT - Hippocampus OT - Long-term potentiation OT - Synapse OT - Synaptic plasticity EDAT- 2014/03/19 06:00 MHDA- 2014/11/08 06:00 PMCR- 2015/05/11 CRDT- 2014/03/19 06:00 PHST- 2013/10/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/01/21 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2014/01/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/03/19 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/03/19 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/11/08 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/05/11 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0306-4530(14)00045-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.01.020 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2014 Apr;42:165-77. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.01.020. Epub 2014 Jan 30.