西亚试剂：β-catenin mediates stress resilience through Dicer1/microRN

Caroline Dias, Jian Feng, Haosheng Sun, Ning yi Shao, Michelle S. Mazei-Robison, Diane Damez-Werno, Kimberly Scobie, Rosemary Bagot, Benoit LaBonté, Efrain Ribeiro,XiaoChuan Liu, Pamela Kennedy, Vincent Vialou, Deveroux Ferguson, Catherine Peña,Erin S. Calipari, Ja Wook Koo, Ezekiell Mouzon, Subroto Ghose, Carol Tamminga, Rachael Neve, Li Shen & Eric J. Nestler

Abstract: β-catenin is a multi-functional protein that has an important role in the mature central nervous system; its dysfunction has been implicated in several neuropsychiatric disorders, including depression. Here we show that in mice β-catenin mediates pro-resilient and anxiolytic effects in the nucleus accumbens, a key brain reward region, an effect mediated by D2-type medium spiny neurons. Using genome-wide β-catenin enrichment mapping, we identify Dicer1—important in small RNA (for example, microRNA) biogenesis—as a β-catenin target gene that mediates resilience. Small RNA profiling after excising β-catenin from nucleus accumbens in the context of chronic stress reveals β-catenin-dependent microRNA regulation associated with resilience. Together, these findings establish β-catenin as a critical regulator in the development of behavioural resilience, activating a network that includes Dicer1 and downstream microRNAs. We thus present a foundation for the development of novel therapeutic targets to promote stress resilience.（

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