Publication
Title
Image-guided phenotyping of ovariectomized mice : altered functional connectivity, cognition, myelination, and dopaminergic functionality
Author
Abstract
A large proportion of the population suffers from endocrine disruption, e.g., menopausal women, which might result in accelerated aging and a higher risk for developing cognitive disorders. Therefore, it is crucial to fully understand the impact of such disruptions on the brain to identify potential therapeutic strategies. Here, we show using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging that ovariectomy and consequent hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal disruption result in the selective dysconnectivity of 2 discrete brain regions in mice. This effect coincided with cognitive deficits and an underlying pathological molecular phenotype involving an imbalance of neurodevelopmental/neurodegenerative signaling. Furthermore, this quantitative mass spectrometry proteomics-based analysis of molecular signaling patterns further identified a strong involvement of altered dopaminergic functionality (e.g., DAT and predicted upstream regulators DRD3, NR4A2), reproductive signaling (e.g., Srd5a2), rotatin expression (rttn), cellular aging (e.g., Rxfp3, Git2), myelination, and axogenesis (e.g., Nefl, Mag). With this, we have provided an improved understanding of the impact of hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal dysfunction and highlighted the potential of using a highly translational magnetic resonance imaging technique for monitoring these effects on the brain.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Neurobiology of aging. - Fayetteville, N.Y.
Publication
Fayetteville, N.Y. : 2019
ISSN
0197-4580
DOI
10.1016/J.NEUROBIOLAGING.2018.10.012
Volume/pages
74 (2019) , p. 77-89
ISI
000455193900008
Pubmed ID
30439596
Full text (Publisher's DOI)
Full text (open access)
Full text (publisher's version - intranet only)
UAntwerpen
Faculty/Department
Research group
Project info
Imaging of Neuroinflammation in Neurodegenerative Diseases (INMIND).
Neuro Image-guided decoding of mechanisms involved in healthy, accelerated and pathological aging.
Image-guided decoding of mechanisms involved in healthy, accelerated and pathological aging.
Publication type
Subject
Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
Record
Identifier
Creation 10.12.2018
Last edited 02.10.2024
To cite this reference