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Klotho Regulated by Estrogen Plays a Key Role in Sex Differences in Stress Resilience

Version 1 : Received: 10 December 2022 / Approved: 13 December 2022 / Online: 13 December 2022 (01:09:36 CET)

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Tan, Z.; Li, Y.; Guan, Y.; Iqbal, J.; Wang, C.; Yan, R.; Ma, X.-M. Klotho Regulated by Estrogen Plays a Key Role in Sex Differences in Stress Resilience in Rats. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24, 1206. Tan, Z.; Li, Y.; Guan, Y.; Iqbal, J.; Wang, C.; Yan, R.; Ma, X.-M. Klotho Regulated by Estrogen Plays a Key Role in Sex Differences in Stress Resilience in Rats. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24, 1206.

Abstract

Klotho (KL) is a glycosyl hydrolase and aging-suppressor gene. Stress is a risk factor for depression and anxiety that are highly comorbid with each other. The aim of this study was to determine KL is regulated by estrogen and plays an important role in sex differences in stress resilience. Our results showed that KL was regulated by estrogen in rat hippocampal neurons in vivo and in vitro and was essential for estrogen-mediated increase in the number of presynaptic vesicular glutamate transporter 1 (Vglut1) positive clusters on the dendrites of hippocampal neurons. The role of KL in sex differences in stress responses was examined in rats using three-week chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS). CUMS produced a deficit in spatial learning and memory, anhedonic-like and anxiety-like behaviors in male but not female rats, which was accompanied by a reduction in KL protein levels in the hippocampus of male, but not female rats. This demonstrated the resilience of female rats to CUMS. Interestingly, knockdown of KL protein levels in the rat hippocampus of both sexes caused a decrease in stress resilience in both sexes, especially in female rats. These results suggest that regulation of KL by estrogen plays an important role in estrogen-mediated synapse formation, and KL plays a critical role in the sex differences in cognitive deficit, anhedonic-like and anxiety-like behaviors induced by chronic stress in rats, highlighting an important role of KL in sex differences in stress resilience.

Keywords

klotho; estrogen; hippocampus; chronic stress; sex difference; stress resilience

Subject

Biology and Life Sciences, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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