title: Mechanisms for acute stress-induced enhancement of glutamatergic transmission and working memory.
abstract: Corticosteroid stress hormones have a strong impact on the function of prefrontal cortex (PFC), a central region controlling cognition and emotion, though the underlying mechanisms are elusive. We found that behavioral stressor or short-term corticosterone treatment in vitro induces a delayed and sustained potentiation of the synaptic response and surface expression of N-methyl-D-aspartic acid receptors (NMDARs) and α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptors (AMPARs) in PFC pyramidal neurons through a mechanism depending on the induction of serum- and glucocorticoid-inducible kinase (SGK) and the activation of Rab4, which mediates receptor recycling between early endosomes and the plasma membrane. Working memory, a key function relying on glutamatergic transmission in PFC, is enhanced in acutely stressed animals through an SGK-dependent mechanism. These results suggest that acute stress, by activating glucocorticoid receptors, increases the trafficking and function of NMDARs and AMPARs through SGK/Rab4 signaling, which leads to the potentiated synaptic transmission, thereby facilitating cognitive processes mediated by the PFC.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA. zhenyan@buffalo.edu
authors.forename: E Y
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Yuen
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: I N
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Karatsoreos
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: McEwen
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001703:Biophysics; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003345:Corticosterone / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004347:Drug Interactions; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D018683:Excitatory Amino Acid Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D019706:Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D006727:Hormone Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D017774:Long-Term Potentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D018782:Maze Learning / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D008570:Memory, Short-Term / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology*; D015735:Mifepristone / Q000494:pharmacology; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques / Q000379:methods; D010455:Peptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D017397:Prefrontal Cortex / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017966:Pyramidal Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D017470:Receptors, Glutamate / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects*; D013997:Time Factors; D014162:Transfection / Q000379:methods; D020691:rab GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000099184:Serum-Glucocorticoid Regulated Kinases
chemical_list: D003345:Corticosterone; D018683:Excitatory Amino Acid Agents; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D006727:Hormone Antagonists; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins; D015735:Mifepristone; D010455:Peptides; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering; D017470:Receptors, Glutamate; D020691:rab GTP-Binding Proteins; D000099184:Serum-Glucocorticoid Regulated Kinases
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