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The Journal of Neuroscience, June 1, 2002, 22(11):4550-4562

Overexpression of 5-HT_1B Receptor in Dorsal Raphe Nucleus Using Herpes Simplex Virus Gene Transfer Increases Anxiety Behavior after Inescapable Stress

Michael S. Clark, Timothy J. Sexton, Molly McClain, Daniel Root, Ruth Kohen, and John F. Neumaier

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195

5-HT_1B autoreceptors have been implicated in animal models of stress and are regulated selectively by serotonin-selective reuptake inhibitors such as fluoxetine. These terminal autoreceptors regulate serotonin release from dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN) projections throughout rat forebrain. However, it has not been previously possible to manipulate 5-HT_1B autoreceptor activity selectively without also changing 5-HT_1B activity in other neurons mediating different behavioral responses. Therefore, we have developed a viral-mediated gene transfer strategy to express hemagglutinin-tagged 5-HT_1B and manipulate these autoreceptors in DRN. Green fluorescent protein (GFP) was coexpressed from a separate transcriptional unit on the same amplicon to assist in monitoring infection and expression. We confirmed the expression and biological activity of both transgenic proteins in vitro. When injected directly into DRN using stereotaxic procedure, HA-5-HT_1B receptors were expressed in serotonergic neurons and translocated to the forebrain. The effect of DRN expression of HA-5-HT_1B on stress-induced behaviors was compared with control rats that received GFP-only amplicons. There was no change in immobility in the forced swim test. However, HA-5-HT_1B expression significantly reduced entrances into the central region of an open-field arena after water-restraint stress without altering overall locomotor activity, but not in the absence of stress exposure. HA-5-HT_1B expression also reduced entries into the open arms of the elevated plus maze after water restraint. Because these tests are sensitive to increases in anxiety-like behavior, our results suggest that overactivity of 5-HT_1B autoreceptors in DRN neurons may be an important mediator of pathological responses to stressful events.

Key words: herpes simplex virus; HSV; dorsal raphe nucleus; autoreceptor; hemagglutinin; forced swim test; open-field test; elevated plus maze

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