NDLI: Sex differences in the traumatic stress response: the role of adult gonadal hormones

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Author	Pooley, Apryl E. Benjamin, Rebecca C. Sreedhar, Susheela Eagle, Andrew L. Robison, Alfred J. Mazei-Robison, Michelle S. Breedlove, S. Marc Jordan, Cynthia L.
Abstract	Background Our previous study revealed that adult female rats respond differently to trauma than adult males, recapitulating sex differences in symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) exhibited by women and men. Here, we asked two questions: does the female phenotype depend on (1) social housing condition and/or (2) circulating gonadal hormones? Methods For the first study, the effects of single prolonged stress (SPS) were compared for females singly or pair-housed. For the second study, adult male and female rats were gonadectomized or sham-gonadectomized 2 weeks prior to exposure to SPS, with half the gonadectomized rats given testosterone. In addition to the typical measures of the trauma response in rats, acoustic startle response (ASR), and the dexamethasone suppression test (DST), we also used two other measures typically used to assess depressive-like responses, social interaction and sucrose preference. Glucocorticoid receptor (GR) expression in the hypothalamus was also examined. Results We now report that the distinct trauma response of female rats is not influenced by social housing condition. Moreover, sex differences in the response to SPS based on ASR and DST, replicated in the current study, are independent of adult gonadal hormones. Regardless of hormonal status, traumatized males show a hyper-responsive phenotype whereas traumatized females do not. Moreover, testosterone treatment in adulthood did not masculinize the response to trauma in females. Notably, both sucrose preference and social interaction tests revealed an effect of trauma in females but not in males, with the effects of SPS on sucrose preference dependent on ovarian hormones. Effects of SPS on GR expression in the hypothalamus also depended on gonadal hormones in females. Conclusions We propose that the trauma response for female rats is depressive in nature, recapitulating the female bias in PTSD for internalizing symptoms and major depression in contrast to the externalizing symptoms of males. Presumed core markers of PTSD (enhanced ASR and negative feedback control of corticosterone) are apparently relevant only to males and are independent of adult gonadal hormones. Such sex differences in trauma responding are likely determined earlier in life. We conclude that males and females show fundamentally different responses to trauma that do not simply reflect differences in resilience.
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ISSN	20426410
DOI	10.1186/s13293-018-0192-8
Journal	Biology of Sex Differences
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	9
Language	English
Publisher	BioMed Central
Publisher Date	2018-07-13
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Human Physiology Endocrinology Single prolonged stress HPA axis PTSD Post-traumatic stress disorder Gonadectomy Testosterone Depression
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Gender Studies Endocrinology
Journal Impact Factor	4.9/2023
5-Year Journal Impact Factor	6/2023

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