Predator Scent-Induced Sensitization of Hypertension and Anxiety-like Behaviors.

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology
Baojian XueAlan Kim Johnson

Abstract

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), an anxiety-related syndrome, is associated with increased risk for cardiovascular diseases. The present study investigated whether predator scent (PS) stress, a model of PTSD, induces sensitization of hypertension and anxiety-like behaviors and underlying mechanisms related to renin-angiotensin systems (RAS) and inflammation. Coyote urine, as a PS stressor, was used to model PTSD. After PS exposures, separate cohorts of rats were studied for hypertensive response sensitization (HTRS), anxiety-like behaviors, and changes in plasma levels and mRNA expression of several components of the RAS and proinflammatory cytokines (PICs) in the lamina terminalis (LT), paraventricular nucleus (PVN), and amygdala (AMY). Rats exposed to PS as compared to control animals exhibited (1) a significantly greater hypertensive response (i.e., HTRS) when challenged with a slow-pressor dose of angiotensin (ANG) II, (2) significant decrease in locomotor activity and increase in time spent in the closed arms of a plus maze as well as general immobility (i.e., behavioral signs of increased anxiety), (3) upregulated plasma levels of ANG II and interleukin-6, and (4) increased expression of message for components of th...Continue Reading

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