Histidine-containing dipeptide deficiency links to hyperactivity and depression-like behaviors in old female mice

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications Volume 729 Issue 150361 published_at 2024-07-05
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Title ( eng )
Histidine-containing dipeptide deficiency links to hyperactivity and depression-like behaviors in old female mice
Creator
Braga Jason D.
Komaru Takumi
Umino Mitsuki
Nagao Tomoka
Matsubara Kiminori
Egusa Ai
Nishimura Toshihide
Source Title
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Volume 729
Issue 150361
Abstract
Carnosine, anserine, and homocarnosine are histidine-containing dipeptides (HCDs) abundant in the skeletal muscle and nervous system in mammals. To date, studies have extensively demonstrated effects of carnosine and anserine, the predominant muscular HCDs, on muscular functions and exercise performance. However, homocarnosine, the predominant brain HCD, is underexplored. Moreover, roles of homocarnosine and its related HCDs in the brain and behaviors remain poorly understood. Here, we investigated potential roles of endogenous brain homocarnosine and its related HCDs in behaviors by using carnosine synthase-1-deficient (Carns1−/−) mice. We found that old Carns1−/− mice (female 12 months old) exhibited hyperactivity- and depression-like behaviors with higher plasma corticosterone levels on light-dark transition and forced swimming tests, but had no defects in spontaneous locomotor activity, repetitive behavior, olfactory functions, and learning and memory abilities, as compared with their age-matched wild-type (WT) mice. We confirmed that homocarnosine and its related HCDs were deficient across brain areas of Carns1−/− mice. Homocarnosine deficiency exhibited small effects on its constituent γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in the brain, in which GABA levels in hypothalamus and olfactory bulb were higher in Carns1−/− mice than in WT mice. In WT mice, homocarnosine and GABA were highly present in hypothalamus, thalamus, and olfactory bulb, and their brain levels did not decrease in old mice when compared with younger mice (3 months old). Our present findings provide new insights into roles of homocarnosine and its related HCDs in behaviors and neurological disorders.
Keywords
Homocarnosine
GABA
Hyperactivity
Anxiety
Depression
CARNS1
Descriptions
This work was supported by Grant-in-Aid for Early Career Scientists (No. 21K14804 to T. K.) from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT, Tokyo) and the 2021 Danone Institute of Japan Foundation (DIJF) Research Grant (Tokyo, Japan) (to T.K.).
Language
eng
Resource Type journal article
Publisher
Elsevier
Date of Issued 2024-07-05
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Publish Type Accepted Manuscript
Access Rights embargoed access
Source Identifier
[DOI] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2024.150361 isVersionOf
助成機関名
日本学術振興会
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
助成機関識別子
[Crossref Funder] https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001691
研究課題名
カルノシンの骨格筋再生における生理的役割の解明、および応用
カルノシンの骨格筋再生における生理的役割の解明、および応用
研究課題番号
21K14804
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