Utah State University, Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience, Dept. Psychology, 2810 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, United States.
Utah State University, Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience, Dept. Psychology, 2810 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, United States.
Neuroscience. 2017 Aug 15;357:110-118. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2017.05.047. Epub 2017 Jun 3.
Schizophrenia is a neurodevelopmental disorder in which impaired decision-making and goal-directed behaviors are core features. One of the genes associated with schizophrenia is the Close Homolog of L1 (CHL1); CHL1-deficient mice are considered a model of schizophrenia-like deficits, including sensorimotor gating, interval timing and spatial memory impairments. Here we investigated temporal discounting in CHL1-deficient (KO) mice and their wild-type littermates. Although no discounting differences were found under baseline conditions, CHL1-KO mice showed increased impulsive choice following chronic unpredictable stress (fewer % larger-later choices, and reduced area under the discounting curve). Stressed CHL1-KO mice also showed decreased neuronal activation (number of cFos positive neurons) in the discounting task in the prelimbic cortex and dorsal striatum, areas thought to be part of executive and temporal processing circuits. Impulsive choice alterations were reversed by the 5-HT2C agonist Ro 60-0175. Our results provide evidence for a gene x environment, double-hit model of stress-related decision-making impairments, and identify CHL1-deficient mice as a mouse model for these deficits in regard to schizophrenia-like phenotypes.
精神分裂症是一种神经发育障碍,其核心特征是决策和目标导向行为受损。与精神分裂症相关的基因之一是同源框蛋白 1(CHL1);CHL1 缺陷小鼠被认为是一种类似精神分裂症的缺陷模型,包括感觉运动门控、间隔计时和空间记忆损伤。在这里,我们研究了 CHL1 缺陷(KO)小鼠及其野生型同窝仔鼠的时间折扣。尽管在基线条件下没有发现折扣差异,但 CHL1-KO 小鼠在慢性不可预测应激后表现出更高的冲动选择(较大后期选择的比例减少,折扣曲线下的面积减少)。应激 CHL1-KO 小鼠在折扣任务中的前额叶皮层和背侧纹状体中的神经元激活(cFos 阳性神经元的数量)也减少,这些区域被认为是执行和时间处理回路的一部分。5-HT2C 激动剂 Ro 60-0175 逆转了冲动选择的改变。我们的研究结果为应激相关决策障碍的基因 x 环境双打击模型提供了证据,并确定 CHL1 缺陷小鼠是一种类似精神分裂症表型的此类缺陷的小鼠模型。