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. 2020 Apr 2;11:1635. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15423-5

Fig. 2. Unpredictable chronic mild stress (UCMS) and antidepressant response dysregulate Gpr56 mRNA in blood and CNS in mice.

Fig. 2

a Gpr56 expression was analysed by qRT-PCR in blood and several brain regions, including the dorsal and ventral hippocampal areas (HD and HV, respectively), the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and the Nucleus Accumbens (NAcc) in non-stressed or stressed mice (exposed to UCMS) and receiving vehicle or fluoxetine. Mice treated by fluoxetine were classified as “responders” or “non-responders” according to behavioral tests. b In whole blood, a one-way ANOVA showed between group differences for Gpr56 expression (F = 6,150, p = 0.001). Blood Gpr56 mRNA expression was decreased in mice subjected to UCMS, while reversal of depressive-like behaviors with fluoxetine was paralleled by normalization of blood Gpr56 mRNA expression in responder mice (post hoc analysis p < 0.01). c In brain, a two-way ANOVA between group and brain regions showed a significant interaction between brain region and mice group (F(9,151) = 3.112; p = 0.0018). Post hoc analysis demonstrated a specific PFC effect, a decrease of Gpr56 in PFC between stressed and non-stressed mice, with a reversal effect of antidepressant only in responder mice. Sample numbers vary between tissues due to removal of poor quality RNA samples from the analyses. Bars represent mean. Error bars represent standard error of the mean. **p < 0.01. Graph represents Box and Whiskers Min to Max. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.