PMID- 28821448 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180514 LR - 20200930 IS - 1873-507X (Electronic) IS - 0031-9384 (Print) IS - 0031-9384 (Linking) VI - 180 DP - 2017 Oct 15 TI - Cognitive impairment and gene expression alterations in a rodent model of binge eating disorder. PG - 78-90 LID - S0031-9384(17)30251-2 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.physbeh.2017.08.004 [doi] AB - Binge eating disorder (BED) is defined as recurrent, distressing over-consumption of palatable food (PF) in a short time period. Clinical studies suggest that individuals with BED may have impairments in cognitive processes, executive functioning, impulse control, and decision-making, which may play a role in sustaining binge eating behavior. These clinical reports, however, are limited and often conflicting. In this study, we used a limited access rat model of binge-like behavior in order to further explore the effects of binge eating on cognition. In binge eating prone (BEP) rats, we found novel object recognition (NOR) as well as Barnes maze reversal learning (BM-RL) deficits. Aberrant gene expression of brain derived neurotrophic factor (Bdnf) and tropomyosin receptor kinase B (TrkB) in the hippocampus (HPC)-prefrontal cortex (PFC) network was observed in BEP rats. Additionally, the NOR deficits were correlated with reductions in the expression of TrkB and insulin receptor (Ir) in the CA3 region of the hippocampus. Furthermore, up-regulation of serotonin-2C (5-HT(2C)) receptors in the orbitoprefrontal cortex (OFC) was associated with BM-RL deficit. Finally, in the nucleus accumbens (NAc), we found decreased dopamine receptor 2 (Drd2) expression among BEP rats. Taken together, these data suggest that binge eating vegetable shortening may induce contextual and reversal learning deficits which may be mediated, at least in part, by the altered expression of genes in the CA3-OFC-NAc neural network. CI - Copyright (c) 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Chawla, Anjali AU - Chawla A AD - Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States. FAU - Cordner, Zachary A AU - Cordner ZA AD - Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States. FAU - Boersma, Gretha AU - Boersma G AD - Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States. FAU - Moran, Timothy H AU - Moran TH AD - Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States. Electronic address: tmoran@jhmi.edu. LA - eng GR - R01 DK019302/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170815 PL - United States TA - Physiol Behav JT - Physiology & behavior JID - 0151504 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (DRD2 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Fats) RN - 0 (Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2C) RN - 0 (Receptors, Dopamine D2) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Ntrk2 protein, rat) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor, Insulin) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor, trkB) SB - IM MH - Analysis of Variance MH - Animals MH - Binge-Eating Disorder/*complications/*physiopathology MH - Body Weight MH - Brain/*metabolism MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/genetics/metabolism MH - Cognition Disorders/*etiology MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Eating/physiology MH - Exploratory Behavior/physiology MH - Fats/metabolism MH - Gene Expression Regulation/*physiology MH - Male MH - Maze Learning/physiology MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Receptor, Insulin/genetics/metabolism MH - Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2C/genetics/metabolism MH - Receptor, trkB/genetics/metabolism MH - Receptors, Dopamine D2/genetics/metabolism MH - Recognition, Psychology/physiology PMC - PMC5597488 MID - NIHMS901259 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Bdnf OT - Binge eating OT - Cognition OT - High fat OT - Serotonin receptor OT - TrkB COIS- DISCLOSURES The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare. EDAT- 2017/08/20 06:00 MHDA- 2018/05/15 06:00 PMCR- 2018/10/15 CRDT- 2017/08/20 06:00 PHST- 2017/05/03 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/08/10 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/08/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/08/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/05/15 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/08/20 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/10/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0031-9384(17)30251-2 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.physbeh.2017.08.004 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Physiol Behav. 2017 Oct 15;180:78-90. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2017.08.004. Epub 2017 Aug 15.