Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor and Fragile X Signaling in a Female Model of Escalated Aggression

Biological Psychiatry
Laura E BeenRobert L Meisel

Abstract

Escalated aggression is a behavioral sign of numerous psychiatric disorders characterized by a loss of control. The neurobiology underlying escalated aggression is unknown and is particularly understudied in females. Research in our laboratory demonstrated that repeated aggressive experience in female hamsters resulted in an escalated response to future aggressive encounters and an increase in dendritic spine density on nucleus accumbens (NAc) neurons. We hypothesized that the activation of group I metabotropic glutamate receptor signaling though the fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP) pathway may underlie synaptic plasticity associated with aggression escalation. Female hamsters were given five daily aggression tests with or without prior treatment with the metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) antagonist 2-methyl-6-(phenylethynyl)-pyridine. Following aggression testing, messenger RNA expression and protein levels were measured in the nucleus accumbens for postsynaptic density protein 95 (PSD-95) and SAP90/PSD-95-associated protein 3, as well as the levels of phosphorylated FMRP. Experience-dependent escalation of aggression in female hamsters depends on activation of mGluR5 receptors. Furthermore, aggressive expe...Continue Reading

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