ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2026
Early life stress-induced depression reveals distinct region-specific modulation of unfolded protein response genes in the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus of rats.
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Introduction: Early-life stress (ELS) has been implicated in the onset of major depressive disorder (MDD) in adulthood. Recent studies suggest that the unfolded protein response (UPR), a cellular response to stress, could be a precipitating factor in depressive symptoms. Methods: The present study examined the expression of genes associated with UPR in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and the hippocampus using a rodent model of ELS-induced depression, in which male pups experienced maternal separation (MS) with or without subsequent environmental enrichment (MS-E). Expression of UPR genes was determined by quantitative polymerase chain reaction using rat-specific primers. Results: Of the six key UPR genes ( Conclusion: In conclusion, our study indicates that ELS disrupts the UPR specifically in the hippocampus, suggesting a stress-induced, region-specific molecular signature linked to depression pathophysiology. On the other hand, changes in hippocampal and prefrontal UPR gene expression remain evident in the MS-enrichment group, suggesting that environmental enrichment can improve these changes but does not fully reverse them.
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