Sex difference in dopamine D1-D2 receptor complex expression and signaling affects depression- and anxiety-like behaviors

Depression and anxiety are more common among females than males and represent a leading cause of disease-related disability in women. Since the dopamine D1-D2 heteromer is involved in depression- and anxiety-like behavior, the possibility that the receptor complex may have a role in mediating sex di...

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Published in:	Biology of sex differences Vol. 11; no. 1; p. 8
Main Authors:	Hasbi, Ahmed, Nguyen, Tuan, Rahal, Haneen, Manduca, Joshua D, Miksys, Sharon, Tyndale, Rachel F, Madras, Bertha K, Perreault, Melissa L, George, Susan R
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England BioMed Central 22-02-2020 BMC
Subjects:	Anxiety Anxiety disorders Behavior Cocaine Dopamine Dopamine D1 receptors Dopamine D2 receptors Females Gender differences Laboratory animals Mental depression Peptides Physiology Rodents Womens health
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Summary:	Depression and anxiety are more common among females than males and represent a leading cause of disease-related disability in women. Since the dopamine D1-D2 heteromer is involved in depression- and anxiety-like behavior, the possibility that the receptor complex may have a role in mediating sex differences in such behaviors and related biochemical signaling was explored.In non-human primate caudate nucleus and in rat striatum, females expressed higher density of D1-D2 heteromer complexes and a greater number of D1-D2 expressing neurons compared to males. In rat, the sex difference in D1-D2 expression levels occurred even though D1 receptor expression was lower in female than in male with no difference in D2 receptor expression. In behavioral tests, female rats showed faster latency to depressive-like behavior and a greater susceptibility to the pro-depressive and anxiogenic-like effects of D1-D2 heteromer activation by low doses of SKF 83959, all of which were ameliorated by the selective heteromer disrupting peptide, TAT-D1. The sex difference observed in the anxiety test correlated with differences in low-frequency delta and theta oscillations in the nucleus accumbens. Analysis of signaling pathways revealed that the sex difference in D1-D2 heteromer expression led to differences in basal and heteromer-stimulated activities of two important signaling pathways, BDNF/TrkB and Akt/GSK3/β-catenin.These results suggest that the higher D1-D2 heteromer expression in female may significantly increase predisposition to depressive-like and anxiety-like behavior in female animals.
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ISSN:	2042-6410 2042-6410
DOI:	10.1186/s13293-020-00285-9