PMID- 32524583 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211210 LR - 20220102 IS - 1098-2302 (Electronic) IS - 0012-1630 (Print) IS - 0012-1630 (Linking) VI - 63 IP - 1 DP - 2021 Jan TI - A novel social fear conditioning procedure alters social behavior and mTOR signaling in differentially housed adolescent rats. PG - 74-87 LID - 10.1002/dev.22001 [doi] AB - Vulnerabilities to fear-related disorders can be enhanced following early life adversity. This study sought to determine whether post-weaning social isolation (PSI), an animal model of early life adversity, alters the development of social fear in an innovative model of conditioned social fear. Male and female Sprague-Dawley rats underwent either social rearing (SR) or PSI for 4 weeks following weaning. Rats were then assigned to groups consisting of either Footshock only, Social conditioned stimulus (CS) only, or Paired footshock with a social CS. Social behavior was assessed the next day. We observed a novel behavioral response in PSI rats, running in circles, that was rarely observed in SR rats; moreover, this behavior was augmented after Paired treatment in PSI rats. Other social behaviors were altered by both PSI and Paired footshock and social CS. The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway was assessed using immunohistochemistry for phosphorylated ribosomal protein S6 (pS6) in subregions of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and amygdala. Paired treatment produced opposite effects in the PFC and amygdala in males, but no differences were observed in females. Conditioned social fear produced alterations in social behavior and the mTOR pathway that are dependent upon rearing condition and sex. CI - (c) 2020 Wiley Periodicals LLC. FAU - Dawud, Lamya'a M AU - Dawud LM AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1810-4927 AD - Department of Integrative Biology, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, USA. FAU - Loetz, Esteban C AU - Loetz EC AD - Department of Psychology, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, USA. FAU - Lloyd, Brian AU - Lloyd B AD - Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical School, Aurora, CO, USA. FAU - Beam, Rachel AU - Beam R AD - Department of Integrative Biology, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, USA. FAU - Tran, Simon AU - Tran S AD - Department of Integrative Biology, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, USA. FAU - Cowie, Kim AU - Cowie K AD - Department of Neuroscience, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA. FAU - Browne, Kim AU - Browne K AD - Department of Inflammation and Immunity, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, OH, USA. FAU - Khan, Tassawwar AU - Khan T AD - Department of Integrative Biology, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, USA. FAU - Montoya, Richard AU - Montoya R AD - Department of Psychology, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, USA. FAU - Greenwood, Benjamin N AU - Greenwood BN AD - Department of Psychology, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, USA. FAU - Bland, Sondra T AU - Bland ST AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5790-089X AD - Department of Psychology, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, USA. LA - eng GR - R15 MH102717/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20200610 PL - United States TA - Dev Psychobiol JT - Developmental psychobiology JID - 0164074 RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (mTOR protein, rat) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Behavior, Animal MH - *Conditioning, Classical MH - *Fear MH - Female MH - Male MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Social Behavior MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases PMC - PMC7726006 MID - NIHMS1614304 OTO - NOTNLM OT - animal OT - escape reaction OT - models OT - post-traumatic OT - prefrontal cortex OT - ribosomal protein S6 OT - social behavior OT - social isolation OT - stress disorders COIS- Conflict of Interest. The authors have no conflict of interests to report. EDAT- 2020/06/12 06:00 MHDA- 2021/12/15 06:00 PMCR- 2022/01/01 CRDT- 2020/06/12 06:00 PHST- 2019/11/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/04/07 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/04/30 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/06/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/12/15 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/06/12 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2022/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1002/dev.22001 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Dev Psychobiol. 2021 Jan;63(1):74-87. doi: 10.1002/dev.22001. Epub 2020 Jun 10.