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Wenchao Xiong, Xiong Cao, Yuanning Zeng, Xihe Qin, Minzhen Zhu, Jing Ren, Zhou Wu, Qiyuan Huang, Yuan Zhang, Mengyao Wang, Lianwan Chen, Turecki, Gustavo, Mechawar, Naguib, Wenjun Chen, Guoliang Yi, Xinhong Zhu |
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Journal of Neuroscience; 6/5/2019, Vol. 39 Issue 23, p4606-4623, 18p |
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Major depressive disorder is the most common mental illness. Mounting evidence indicates that astrocytes play a crucial role in the pathophysiology of depression; however, the underlying molecular mechanisms remain elusive. Compared with other neuronal cell types, astrocytes are enriched for arachidonic acid metabolism. Herein, we observed brain-region-specific alterations of epoxyeicosatrienoic acid (EET) signaling, which is an arachidonic acid metabolic pathway, in both a mouse model of depression and postmortem samples from patients with depression. The enzymatic activity of soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH), the key enzyme in EET signaling, was selectively increased in the mPFC of susceptible mice after chronic social defeated stress and was negatively correlated with the social interaction ratio, which is an indicator of depressive-like behavior. The specific deletion of Ephx2 (encode sEH) in adult astrocytes induced resilience to stress, whereas the impaired EET signaling in the mPFC evoked depressive-like behaviors in response to stress. sEH was mainly expressed on lysosomes of astrocytes. Using pharmacological and genetic approaches performed on C57BL/6J background adult male mice, we found that EET signaling modulated astrocytic ATP release in vitro and in vivo. Moreover, astrocytic ATP release was required for the antidepressant-like effect of Ephx2 deletion in adult astrocytes. In addition, sEH inhibitors produced rapid antidepressant-like effects in multiple animal models of depression, including chronic social defeated stress and chronic mild stress. Together, our results highlight that EET signaling in astrocytes in the mPFC is essential for behavioral adaptation in response to psychiatric stress. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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