Scholarlink

<p>Chronic stress precipitates depression, yet how gut–immune–brain interactions translate stress into mood pathology remains unclear. We tested the hypothesis that stress-primed small intestinal γδ T cells drive hippocampal mitochondrial dysfunction and depression-like behavior via interleukin-17A (IL-1A). In mice exposed to chronic restraint stress (CRS), we combined behavioral assays (open-field, sucrose-preference, tail-suspension, forced-swim), 16S rRNA profiling, fecal microbiota transplantation, Kaede photoconversion, conditional <i>CD8α</i> deletion in γδ T cells, hippocampal IL-17A overexpression, rapamycin treatment, and administration of the antidepressant arketamine. CRS increased gut and brain permeability, induced gut-microbiota dysbiosis, and promoted migration of small intestinal CD8α⁺ γδ T17 cells to the meninges and brain; γδ T cells were the predominant IL-17A source in the brain. Kaede tracing confirmed an intestinal origin, and CRS-associated microbiota alone transferred γδ T cell trafficking and depression-like behavior to recipients. In the hippocampus, CRS elevated IL-17A and impaired PINK1/Parkin-mediated mitophagy (decreased PINK1, Parkin, Beclin-1, and LC3B-II/I; increased p62), reduced ATP, and produced mitochondrial and synaptic ultrastructural deficits. IL-17A overexpression further worsened mitophagy and behavior, whereas rapamycin restored both. Conditional deletion of <i>CD8α</i> in γδ T cells reduced brain γδ T17 infiltration, lowered hippocampal IL-17A, rescued mitophagy and synapses, and improved behavior. Arketamine normalized dysbiosis and barrier markers, curtailed γδ T cell trafficking, decreased hippocampal IL-17A, restored mitophagy, and alleviated depression-like behavior in both sexes. These findings delineate a stress-responsive microbiota–γδ T cell–IL-17A pathway that compromises hippocampal mitophagy and identify arketamine as a candidate modulator of this axis, nominating mitophagy and γδ T cell trafficking as translational targets.</p>

错误：搜索内容不能为空，请输入英文关键词
错误：关键词超出字数限制，请精简
高级检索

Intestinal γδ T17–IL-17A signaling disrupts hippocampal mitophagy in stress-induced depression and is restored by arketamine

  • 期刊论文

  • 出版模式：

    开放获取

  • 发表日期：

    2025年12月18日

查看全文
  • Mengqi Han,
  • Bing Xie,
  • Yuan Yu,
  • Dan Xu,
  • Yuan Shi,
  • Meng Xu,
  • Yuming Wu,
  • Yujing Zhang,
  • Xiaoyue Wen,
  • Xin Wang,
  • Zifan Zhen,
  • Xinyu Zhang,
  • Xueqiang Sun,
  • Yin Yuan,
  • You Shang,
  • Shiying Yuan,
  • Kenji Hashimoto,
  • Jiancheng Zhang

摘要

Chronic stress precipitates depression, yet how gut–immune–brain interactions translate stress into mood pathology remains unclear. We tested the hypothesis that stress-primed small intestinal γδ T cells drive hippocampal mitochondrial dysfunction and depression-like behavior via interleukin-17A (IL-1A). In mice exposed to chronic restraint stress (CRS), we combined behavioral assays (open-field, sucrose-preference, tail-suspension, forced-swim), 16S rRNA profiling, fecal microbiota transplantation, Kaede photoconversion, conditional CD8α deletion in γδ T cells, hippocampal IL-17A overexpression, rapamycin treatment, and administration of the antidepressant arketamine. CRS increased gut and brain permeability, induced gut-microbiota dysbiosis, and promoted migration of small intestinal CD8α⁺ γδ T17 cells to the meninges and brain; γδ T cells were the predominant IL-17A source in the brain. Kaede tracing confirmed an intestinal origin, and CRS-associated microbiota alone transferred γδ T cell trafficking and depression-like behavior to recipients. In the hippocampus, CRS elevated IL-17A and impaired PINK1/Parkin-mediated mitophagy (decreased PINK1, Parkin, Beclin-1, and LC3B-II/I; increased p62), reduced ATP, and produced mitochondrial and synaptic ultrastructural deficits. IL-17A overexpression further worsened mitophagy and behavior, whereas rapamycin restored both. Conditional deletion of CD8α in γδ T cells reduced brain γδ T17 infiltration, lowered hippocampal IL-17A, rescued mitophagy and synapses, and improved behavior. Arketamine normalized dysbiosis and barrier markers, curtailed γδ T cell trafficking, decreased hippocampal IL-17A, restored mitophagy, and alleviated depression-like behavior in both sexes. These findings delineate a stress-responsive microbiota–γδ T cell–IL-17A pathway that compromises hippocampal mitophagy and identify arketamine as a candidate modulator of this axis, nominating mitophagy and γδ T cell trafficking as translational targets.