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Neurosteroid Biosynthesis Regulates Sexually Dimorphic Fear and Aggressive Behavior in Mice

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Author	Pinna, Grazia Agis Balboa, Roberto Carlos Pibiri, Fabio Nelson, Marianela Guidotti, Alessandro Costa, Erminio
Copyright Year	2008
Abstract	The neurosteroid allopregnanolone is a potent positive allosteric modulator of GABA action at GABA$_{A}$ receptors. Allopregnanolone is synthesized in the brain from progesterone by the sequential action of 5α-reductase type I (5α-RI) and 3α-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3α-HSD). 5α-RI and 3α-HSD are co-expressed in cortical, hippocampal, and olfactory bulb glutamatergic neurons and in output neurons of the amygdala, thalamus, cerebellum, and striatum. Neither 5α-RI nor 3α-HSD mRNAs is expressed in glial cells or in cortical or hippocampal GABAergic interneurons. It is likely that allopregnanolone synthesized in principal output neurons locally modulates GABA$_{A}$ receptor function by reaching GABA$_{A}$ receptor intracellular sites through lateral membrane diffusion. This review will focus on the behavioral effects of allopregnanolone on mouse models that are related to a sexually dimorphic regulation of brain allopregnanolone biosynthesis. Animal models of psychiatric disorders, including socially isolated male mice or mice that receive a long-term treatment with anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS), show abnormal behaviors such as altered fear responses and aggression. In these animal models, the cortico-limbic mRNA expression of 5α-RI is regulated in a sexually dimorphic manner. Hence, in selected glutamatergic pyramidal neurons of the cortex, CA3, and basolateral amygdala and in granular cells of the dentate gyrus, mRNA expression of 5α-RI is decreased, which results in a downregulation of allopregnanolone content. In contrast, 5α-RI mRNA expression fails to change in the striatum medium spiny neurons and in the reticular thalamic nucleus neurons, which are GABAergic.By manipulating allopregnanolone levels in glutamatergic cortico-limbic neurons in opposite directions to improve [using the potent selective brain steroidogenic stimulant (SBSS) S-norfluoxetine] or induce (using the potent 5α-RI inhibitor SKF 105,111) behavioral deficits, respectively, we have established the fundamental role of cortico-limbic allopregnanolone levels in the sexually dimorphic regulation of aggression and fear. By selectively targeting allopregnanolone downregulation in glutamatergic cortico-limbic neurons, i.e., by improving the response of GABA$_{A}$ receptors to GABA, new therapeutics would offer appropriate and safe management of psychiatric conditions, including impulsive aggression, irritability, irrational fear, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorders, and depression.
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Journal	Neurochemical Research
Volume Number	33
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Language	English
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Publisher Date	2008-05-13
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Subject Keyword	Allopregnanolone 5α-reductase type I Anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) Selective brain steroidogenic stimulants (SBSSs) Social isolation Posttraumatic stress disorders (PTSD) Neurology Biochemistry Neurosciences
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Subject	Medicine Biochemistry Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

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