Neuroendocrinology · 2024
Testosterone in Puberty Regulates Emotional Contagion and Consolation via the Vasopressin System in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex of C57BL/6J Mice.
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Huang Caihong, Jia Ziyan, Tang Caicai, Hou Wenjuan, Li Lu, Guo Xing, Zhang Lizi, Qu Yishan, Li Yitong, Li Yin, Sun Yahan, Huang Kaizhe, Han Xiao, He Zhixiong, Tai Fadao
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INTRODUCTION: Empathy is the ability of an individual to present and respond to the emotions of others and is thought to originate from parental behavior. Testosterone could promote aggression and inhibit biparental behavior and vasopressin (AVP) could promote aggression. Given levels of aggression and parental care are closely associated with levels of empathy, we hypothesized that testosterone may influence empathetic behavior via the AVP system.
METHODS: We examined testosterone levels and tested social, empathic, and anxiety-like behaviors after castration surgery to pubertal mice, and subsequently examined the molecular levels of AVP, V1aR in different brain regions. Finally, pharmacological experiments were used to test the effects on empathic behavior by injecting testosterone in combination with V1aR antagonist.
RESULTS: Here, we show that pubertal castration reduced serum testosterone levels, increased empathetic behavior and sociality, and reduced anxiety-like behaviors in male C57 mice. The pubertal castration also reduced AVP and vasopressin receptor (V1aR) protein levels, and AVP mRNA levels in the PVN. It also reduced the number of AVP-positive neurons in the PVN. In addition, pubertal subcutaneous injection of testosterone reduced emotional contagion and consolation of castrated mice, while concomitant injection of V1aR antagonists into the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) reversed the downregulation of emotional contagion and consolation induced by testosterone.
CONCLUSION: It is suggested that testosterone in puberty regulates empathetic behavior in C57 mice possibly via the AVP system in the ACC. These findings help us to understand the neuroendocrine mechanisms underlying empathetic behavior and provide potential targets for the treatment of psychiatric disorders associated with low empathy.
METHODS: We examined testosterone levels and tested social, empathic, and anxiety-like behaviors after castration surgery to pubertal mice, and subsequently examined the molecular levels of AVP, V1aR in different brain regions. Finally, pharmacological experiments were used to test the effects on empathic behavior by injecting testosterone in combination with V1aR antagonist.
RESULTS: Here, we show that pubertal castration reduced serum testosterone levels, increased empathetic behavior and sociality, and reduced anxiety-like behaviors in male C57 mice. The pubertal castration also reduced AVP and vasopressin receptor (V1aR) protein levels, and AVP mRNA levels in the PVN. It also reduced the number of AVP-positive neurons in the PVN. In addition, pubertal subcutaneous injection of testosterone reduced emotional contagion and consolation of castrated mice, while concomitant injection of V1aR antagonists into the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) reversed the downregulation of emotional contagion and consolation induced by testosterone.
CONCLUSION: It is suggested that testosterone in puberty regulates empathetic behavior in C57 mice possibly via the AVP system in the ACC. These findings help us to understand the neuroendocrine mechanisms underlying empathetic behavior and provide potential targets for the treatment of psychiatric disorders associated with low empathy.