Proliferation, survival and differentiation of nerve stem cell in rat hippocampal after chronic stress / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

ABSTRACT

ObjectiveTo investigate the effect of chronic stress on hippocampal neurogenesis.MethodsChronic unpredictable mild stress(CUMS) was used as animal model to provoke a decrease of neurogenesis in hippocampus.Simultaneously,hippocampal neurogenesis was monitored by assessing cell proliferation,survival,and differentiation.All rats were divided into control group,14 d CUMS group,28 d CUMS group.ResultsThe cell proliferation in 14d CUMS group(2254.17 ± 164.41 ) or 28d CUMS( 1900.33 ± 104.10) group were decreased contrast to the control (2919.50 ± 188.80) (P＜0.01).The cell survival in 28 d CUMS group ( 1845.33± 126.88 ) were decreased contrast to the control (2404.50 ± 148.77 ) (P ＜ 0.01 ).The cell differentiation had no difference between control group and CUMS group( NeuN/BrdU(71.63 ± 10.21 ) vs (69.11 ± 11.30),GFAP/BrdU ( 14.34 ± 2.03 ) vs ( 17.27 ± 2.93 ) ) (P ＞ 0.05 ).ConclusionThese results suggest that chronic stress decreases cell proliferation and survival,but does not affect the phenotype of newborn cells in the hippocampus.