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ArticleJournal of neuroscience research2020

Histone deacetylase inhibition reduces ventral tegmental area dopamine neuronal hyperexcitability involving AKAP150 signaling following maternal deprivation in juvenile male rats.

Ryan D Shepard, Ludovic D Langlois, Michael E Authement, Fereshteh S Nugent

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Article in Journal of neuroscience research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ryan D ShepardEdward Hebert School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3689-8620
Ludovic D LangloisEdward Hebert School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Michael E AuthementEdward Hebert School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Fereshteh S NugentEdward Hebert School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8840-6923
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences · US

Funding

Effects of early life stress on synaptic function and DA signaling in the VTAR01DA039533 · NIDA · HENRY M. JACKSON FDN FOR THE ADV MIL/MED · PI NUGENT, FERESHTEH S · 2015 to 2019
$1.8M
NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA039533
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Traumatic early life stress (ELS) is linked to dopamine (DA) dysregulation which increases the probability of developing psychiatric disorders in adolescence and adulthood. Our prior studies demonstrated that a severe early life stressor, a 24-hr maternal deprivation (MD) in juvenile male rats, could lead to altered DA signaling from the ventral tegmental area (VTA) due to impairment of GABAergic synaptic plasticity (promoting GABAergic long-term depression, LTD) with concomitant changes in the abundance of synaptic regulators including A-kinase anchoring protein (AKAP150). Importantly, these MD-induced synaptic changes in the VTA were accompanied by upregulation of histone deacetylase 2, histone hypoacetylation, and were reversible by HDAC inhibition. Using cell-attached and whole-cell patch clamp recordings, we found that MD stress also increased spontaneous VTA DA neuronal activity and excitability in juvenile male rats without affecting intrinsic excitability. Postsynaptic chemical disruption of AKAP150 and protein kinase A interaction increased VTA DA neuronal excitability in control non-MD rats mimicking the effects of MD on DA cell excitability with similar changes in membrane properties. Interestingly, this disruption decreased MD-induced VTA DA hyperexcitability. This MD-induced DA neuronal hyperexcitability could also be normalized at 24 hr after injection of the class 1 HDAC inhibitor, CI-994. Altogether, our data suggest that AKAP150 plays a critical role in the regulation of VTA DA neuronal excitability and that HDAC-mediated targeting of AKAP150 signaling could normalize VTA DA dysfunction following ELS thereby providing novel therapeutic targets for prevention of later life psychopathology.

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Maternal DeprivationAction PotentialsA Kinase Anchor ProteinsAnimalsBenzamidesDopaminergic NeuronsHistone Deacetylase InhibitorsMalePatch-Clamp TechniquesPhenylenediaminesRatsRats, Sprague-DawleySignal TransductionSynaptic TransmissionVentral Tegmental AreaAkap5 protein, ratA Kinase Anchor ProteinsBenzamidesHistone Deacetylase InhibitorsPhenylenediaminestacedinalineAKAPdopamineepigeneticsHDAChistone acetylationVTA

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PMID32162391
PMCPMC7242123
OpenAlexW3011480675

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