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Environmental enrichment upregulates micro‐RNA‐183 and alters acetylcholinesterase splice variants to reduce anxiety‐like behavior in the little Indian field mouse (Mus booduga)
Authors:Durairaj Ragu Varman  Ganapathy Marimuthu  Koilmani Emmanuvel Rajan
Affiliation:1. Department of Animal Science, School of Life Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Palkalaiperur, Tiruchirappalli, India;2. Department of Animal Behaviour and Physiology, School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India
Abstract:
Environmental enrichment (EE) has an influential role in reducing behavioral reactivity to stress. We previously observed that EE reduces the anxiety‐like behavior in the field mouse Mus booduga accompanied by a reduction in the expression of molecules involved in the stress pathway. In this study, we demonstrate the effect of different housing condition on regulation of micro‐RNA‐183‐SC35‐mediated splicing of acetylcholinesterase (AChE). Adult male M. booduga were captured from an agricultural field and housed under nonenriched standard conditions (SC) for 7 days and considered as directly from the wild (DW). On day 8, individuals were randomly assigned to three groups; DW, SC, and EE. The DW group's anxiety‐like behavior was assessed in the elevated plus maze (EPM) and open field test (OFT). The SC and EE groups were transferred to their respective conditions and housed for another 30 days. The mice housed in EE showed less anxiety‐like behavior on EPM and in OFT compared with DW and SC mice. Interestingly, miR‐183 expression was increased following exposure to EPM in EE mice but not in SC mice. Subsequently, the upregulated miR‐183 expression suppresses the SC35 expression and shifting of splicing from AChE‐S (synaptic) to AChE‐R (read‐through) form, whereas standard housing condition downregulate miR‐183 and induces the splicing of AChE. The upregulated AChE‐R form possibly terminates ACh transmission, which is reflected in the level of anxiety‐like behavior. Overall, the present study suggests that EE effectively regulates the miR‐183 pathway to reduce anxiety‐like behavior. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Keywords:environmental enrichment  anxiety  elevated plus maze  miR‐183  acetylcholinesterase
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