Anxiety disorders are prevalent mental disorders. Their predisposition involves a combination of genetic and environmental risk factors, such as psychosocial stress. Myelin plasticity was recently associated with chronic stress in several mouse models. Furthermore, we found that changes in both myelin thickness and node of Ranvier morphology after chronic social defeat stress are influenced by the genetic background of the mouse strain. To understand cellular and molecular effects of stress-associated myelin plasticity, we established an oligodendrocyte (OL) model consisting of OL primary cell cultures isolated from the C57BL/6NCrl (B6; innately non-anxious and mostly stress-resilient strain) and DBA/2NCrl (D2; innately anxious and mostly stress-susceptible strain) mice. Characterization of naive cells revealed that D2 cultures contained more pre-myelinating and mature OLs compared with B6 cultures. However, B6 cultures contained more proliferating oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs) than D2 cultures. Acute exposure to corticosterone, the major stress hormone in mice, reduced OPC proliferation and increased OL maturation and myelin production in D2 cultures compared with vehicle treatment, whereas only OL maturation was reduced in B6 cultures. In contrast, prolonged exposure to the synthetic glucocorticoid dexamethasone reduced OPC proliferation in both D2 and B6 cultures, but only D2 cultures displayed a reduction in OPC differentiation and myelin production. Taken together, our results reveal that genetic factors influence OL sensitivity to glucocorticoids, and this effect is dependent on the cellular maturation stage. Our model provides a novel framework for the identification of cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying stress-associated myelin plasticity.We obtained OPC enriched cultures from anxious and non-anxious inbred mouse strains. Genetic background impacts OPC proliferation, differentiation and myelin formation. It also affects sensitivity of OPCs to acute and prolonged glucocorticoid exposure. image

Gigliotta, A., Mingardi, J., Cummings, S., Alikhani, V., Trontti, K., Barbon, A., et al. (2024). Genetic background modulates the effect of glucocorticoids on proliferation, differentiation and myelin formation of oligodendrocyte lineage cells. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE, 59(9), 2276-2292 [10.1111/ejn.16285].

Genetic background modulates the effect of glucocorticoids on proliferation, differentiation and myelin formation of oligodendrocyte lineage cells

Mingardi J.;
2024

Abstract

Anxiety disorders are prevalent mental disorders. Their predisposition involves a combination of genetic and environmental risk factors, such as psychosocial stress. Myelin plasticity was recently associated with chronic stress in several mouse models. Furthermore, we found that changes in both myelin thickness and node of Ranvier morphology after chronic social defeat stress are influenced by the genetic background of the mouse strain. To understand cellular and molecular effects of stress-associated myelin plasticity, we established an oligodendrocyte (OL) model consisting of OL primary cell cultures isolated from the C57BL/6NCrl (B6; innately non-anxious and mostly stress-resilient strain) and DBA/2NCrl (D2; innately anxious and mostly stress-susceptible strain) mice. Characterization of naive cells revealed that D2 cultures contained more pre-myelinating and mature OLs compared with B6 cultures. However, B6 cultures contained more proliferating oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs) than D2 cultures. Acute exposure to corticosterone, the major stress hormone in mice, reduced OPC proliferation and increased OL maturation and myelin production in D2 cultures compared with vehicle treatment, whereas only OL maturation was reduced in B6 cultures. In contrast, prolonged exposure to the synthetic glucocorticoid dexamethasone reduced OPC proliferation in both D2 and B6 cultures, but only D2 cultures displayed a reduction in OPC differentiation and myelin production. Taken together, our results reveal that genetic factors influence OL sensitivity to glucocorticoids, and this effect is dependent on the cellular maturation stage. Our model provides a novel framework for the identification of cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying stress-associated myelin plasticity.We obtained OPC enriched cultures from anxious and non-anxious inbred mouse strains. Genetic background impacts OPC proliferation, differentiation and myelin formation. It also affects sensitivity of OPCs to acute and prolonged glucocorticoid exposure. image
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anxiety disorders; inbred mouse strain; myelin; oligodendrocyte; primary cell culture model;
English
22-feb-2024
2024
59
9
2276
2292
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Gigliotta, A., Mingardi, J., Cummings, S., Alikhani, V., Trontti, K., Barbon, A., et al. (2024). Genetic background modulates the effect of glucocorticoids on proliferation, differentiation and myelin formation of oligodendrocyte lineage cells. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE, 59(9), 2276-2292 [10.1111/ejn.16285].
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