神经药理学报››2011,Vol. 1››Issue (2): 58-64.

• 综述 •上一篇

糖皮质激素与海马结构可塑性

陈琳1,杜力军2, 赵玉男1

  1. 1. 南京中医药大学中医脑病重点实验室,南京,210046,中国
    2. 清华大学蛋白质科学教育部重点实验室,生命科学院医学院药物药理研究室,北京,100084,中国
  • 出版日期:2011-04-26发布日期:2012-04-20
  • 通讯作者:赵玉男,男,副教授,博士,硕士生导师;研究方向:中药神经药理学;Tel:+86-025-85811532,E-mail:zhaoyunan-js@163.com
  • 作者简介:陈琳,女,讲师,博士生;研究方向:神经生物学;Tel:+86-025-85811561,E-mail:chenlin210046@163.com
  • 基金资助:

    高等学校博士学科点专项科研基金项目(No.20093237120002),江苏省自然科学基金项目(No.BK2011815),南京中医药大学青年自然科学基金项目(No.09XZR01)

Glucocorticoids and Hippocampal Structural Plasticity

CHEN Lin1,DU Li-jun2,ZHAO Yu-nan1

  1. 1.Key Laboratory of Brain Research, Basic Medical College, Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine,Nanjing, 210029, China
    2. Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, TsinghuaUniversity, Beijing, 100084, China
  • Online:2011-04-26Published:2012-04-20

摘要:神经元突触、星形胶质细胞和神经营养因子共同构成了海马的结构可塑性。长期高水平糖皮质激素可损伤海马的结构可塑性,并能被抗糖皮质激素治疗所逆转,说明糖皮质激素是慢性应激致海马结构可塑性损伤的重要病理环节。据此,在学习记忆障碍和抑郁动物模型的复制中,糖皮质激素注射被用来取代应激刺激以提高效率和模型复制的稳定性。此外,短期高水平糖皮质激素可增强海马的结构可塑性,暗示糖皮质激素对海马结构可塑性的调节是双向的。

关键词:糖皮质激素,皮质酮,海马,结构可塑性,动物模型

Abstract:Chronic high dose glucocorticoid exposure produces the major disruption to the hippocampal structural plasticity(such as plastic changes in spine and dendrite morphology, astrocyte as well as adult neurogenesis), which can be reversed by anti-glucocorticoid therapy,indicating that glucocorticoids play a crucial role in chronic stress-induced impairment of hippocampal structural plasticity. Thus, one way to avoid the variable effects of stress exposure on animal behavior is developed by using exogenous corticosterone administration as a means to enhance efficiency and stability of animal model. Interestingly, short-term or acute glucocorticoid exposure has the ability to enhance structural plasticity, suggesting that the regulation of glucocorticoids on hippocampal structural plasticity is bidirectional.

Key words:glucocorticoids,corticosterone,hippocampus,structural plasticity,animal model

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