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Family-based association study of early growth response gene 3 with child bipolar I disorder. J Affect Disord 2012; 138:387-96. [PMID: 22370066 PMCID: PMC3349283 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2012.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2011] [Accepted: 01/04/2012] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND The risk for relapse of child bipolar I disorder (BP-I) is highly correlated with environmental factors. Immediate early genes of the early growth response (EGR) gene family are activated at high levels in the brain in response to environmental events, including stress, and mediate numerous neurobiological processes that have been associated with mental illness risk. The objective of this study is to evaluate whether single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in EGR genes are associated with the risk to develop child bipolar I disorder. METHODS To investigate whether EGR genes may influence susceptibility to child bipolar I disorder (BP-I), we used Family Based Association Tests to examine whether SNPs in each of the EGR genes were associated with illness in 49 families. RESULTS Two SNPs in EGR3 displayed nominally significant associations with child BP-I (p=0.027 and p=0.028); though neither was statistically significant following correction for multiple comparisons. Haplotype association analysis indicated that these SNPs are in linkage disequilibrium (LD). None of the SNPs tested in EGR1, EGR2, or EGR4 was associated with child BP-I. LIMITATIONS This study was limited by small sample size, which resulted in it being underpowered to detect a significant association after correction for multiple comparisons. CONCLUSIONS Our study revealed a preliminary finding suggesting that EGR3, a gene that translates environmental stimuli into long-term changes in the brain, warrants further investigation for association with risk for child BP-I disorder in a larger sample. Such studies may help reveal mechanisms by which environment can interact with genetic predisposition to influence this severe mental illness.
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Charntikov S, Tracy ME, Zhao C, Li M, Bevins RA. Conditioned response evoked by nicotine conditioned stimulus preferentially induces c-Fos expression in medial regions of caudate-putamen. Neuropsychopharmacology 2012; 37:876-84. [PMID: 22048468 PMCID: PMC3280645 DOI: 10.1038/npp.2011.263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2011] [Revised: 09/12/2011] [Accepted: 09/26/2011] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Nicotine has both unconditioned and conditioned stimulus properties. Conditioned stimulus properties of nicotine may contribute to the tenacity of nicotine addiction. The purpose of this experiment was to use neurohistochemical analysis of rapidly developing c-Fos protein to elucidate neurobiological loci involved in the processing of nicotine as an interoceptive conditioned stimulus (CS). Rats were injected (SC) in an intermixed fashion with saline or nicotine (16 sessions of each) and placed in conditioning chambers where they were given one of the three conditions depending on group assignment: (a) nicotine paired 100% of the time with intermittent access to sucrose (nicotine-CS condition), (b) nicotine and saline each paired 50% of the time with sucrose (chamber-CS condition), or (c) no sucrose US control (CS-alone condition). Rats in the nicotine-CS condition acquired the discrimination as evidenced by goal-tracking (ie, increased dipper entries before initial sucrose delivery) only on nicotine sessions. The chamber-CS condition showed goal-tracking on all sessions; no goal-tracking was seen in the CS-alone condition. On the test day, rats in each condition were challenged with saline or nicotine and later assessed for c-Fos immunoreactivity. In concordance with previous reports, nicotine induced c-Fos expression in the majority of areas tested; however, learning-dependent expression was specific to dorsomedial and ventromedial regions of caudate-putamen (dmCPu, vmCPu). Only rats in the nicotine-CS condition, when challenged with nicotine, had higher c-Fos expression in the dmCPu and vmCPu. These results suggest that medial areas of CPu involved in excitatory conditioning with an appetitive nicotine CS.
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- Sergios Charntikov
- Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA
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Peter M, Scheuch H, Burkard TR, Tinter J, Wernle T, Rumpel S. Induction of immediate early genes in the mouse auditory cortex after auditory cued fear conditioning to complex sounds. GENES BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR 2012; 11:314-24. [PMID: 22212853 DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183x.2011.00761.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Immediate early genes (IEGs) are widely used as markers to delineate neuronal circuits because they show fast and transient expression induced by various behavioral paradigms. In this study, we investigated the expression of the IEGs c-fos and Arc in the auditory cortex of the mouse after auditory cued fear conditioning using quantitative polymerase chain reaction and microarray analysis. To test for the specificity of the IEG induction, we included several control groups that allowed us to test for factors other than associative learning to sounds that could lead to an induction of IEGs. We found that both c-fos and Arc showed strong and robust induction after auditory fear conditioning. However, we also observed increased expression of both genes in any control paradigm that involved shocks, even when no sounds were presented. Using mRNA microarrays and comparing the effect of the various behavioral paradigms on mRNA expression levels, we did not find genes being selectively upregulated in the auditory fear conditioned group. In summary, our results indicate that the use of IEGs to identify neuronal circuits involved specifically in processing of sound cues in the fear conditioning paradigm can be limited by the effects of the aversive unconditional stimulus and that activity levels in a particular primary sensory cortical area can be strongly influenced by stimuli mediated by other modalities.
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- Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna, Austria
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Baranova KA, Rybnikova EA, Samoilov MO. Involvement of the transcription factor c-Fos in the protective effect of hypoxic preconditioning in a model of post-traumatic stress disorder in rats. NEUROCHEM J+ 2011. [DOI: 10.1134/s1819712411040039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Kurumaji A, Umino M, Nishikawa T. Effects of novelty stress on hippocampal gene expression, corticosterone and motor activity in mice. Neurosci Res 2011; 71:161-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2011.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2011] [Revised: 05/09/2011] [Accepted: 06/10/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Li J, Bian W, Dave V, Ye JH. Blockade of GABA(A) receptors in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus attenuates voluntary ethanol intake and activates the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis. Addict Biol 2011; 16:600-14. [PMID: 21762292 DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2011.00344.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The paraventricular nucleus (PVN) in the hypothalamus is the main integration site that controls the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) neuroendocrine stress system. Disruption of this system has been linked with alcoholism, but the specific role of the PVN has not been fully explored. Of particular interest is the ability of γ-aminobutyric acid type A receptors (GABA(A)Rs) in the PVN, to regulate ethanol self-administration behavior, as these receptors appear to play an essential role in mediating the effects of ethanol in the central nervous system and in the regulation of PVN activity. We observed that Long-Evans rats, in the intermittent access to 20% ethanol paradigm, consumed high amounts of ethanol and subsequently developed ethanol dependence. Microinjection of the GABA(A)R antagonist picrotoxin into the PVN, but not to the lateral ventricle of the brain, significantly reduced the intake of ethanol, but not the intake of sucrose. Picrotoxin-induced reduction was mimicked by another GABA(A)R antagonist bicuculline but was attenuated by the GABA(A)R agonist muscimol. Moreover, increased ethanol consumption was associated with lowered blood corticosterone levels, indicating a blunted HPA signaling, which was reversed by intra-PVN injection of picrotoxin, as indicated by the increased Fos immunostaining-positive cells in the PVN and the increased blood corticosterone levels. Taken together, our data provide evidence that in ethanol-dependent rats, the function of GABA(A)Rs in the PVN is upregulated, leading to a dampened HPA system. Moreover, it demonstrates that the GABA(A)R antagonists normalize HPA axis signaling and reduce excessive ethanol drinking. Therefore, drugs targeting GABA(A)Rs may be beneficial for alcoholics.
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- Jing Li
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, 07103, USA
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STENGEL A, GOEBEL-STENGEL M, WANG L, LARAUCHE M, RIVIER J, TACHÉ Y. Central somatostatin receptor 1 activation reverses acute stress-related alterations of gastric and colonic motor function in mice. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2011; 23:e223-36. [PMID: 21564422 PMCID: PMC3683311 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2011.01706.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) signaling induced by stress is well established to delay gastric emptying (GE) and stimulate colonic functions. The somatostatin receptor (sst(1-5) ) agonist, ODT8-SST acts in the brain to inhibit stress-induced adrenocorticotropic hormone and epinephrine secretion. We investigated whether ODT8-SST acts in the brain to influence stress-related alterations of gastric and colonic motor function and sst receptor subtype(s) involved. METHODS Peptides were injected intracerebroventricularly (i.c.v.) under short isoflurane anesthesia and GE, fecal pellet output (FPO) and distal colonic motility monitored in conscious mice. KEY RESULTS The stress of acute anesthesia/vehicle i.c.v. injection reduced GE by 67% and increased defecation by 99% compared to non-injected controls. Both responses were abolished by ODT8-SST (1μg= 0.75nmol) or sst(1) agonist (0.65-1.95nmol). The sst(1) agonist (1.95nmol) also prevented the abdominal surgery-induced delayed GE. Octreotide (sst(2) >sst(5) > sst(3) ) and the sst(2) or sst(4) agonists (1μg=0.78 or 0.70nmol, respectively) injected i.c.v. did not influence FPO while i.c.v. somatostatin-28 mimicked ODT8-SST's effect. The ODT8-SST-induced increased food intake was inhibited by i.c.v. sst(2) antagonist while the reduced FPO was unchanged. ODT8-SST i.c.v. reduced distal colonic motility in semi-restrained mice compared with vehicle and blocked water avoidance- and i.c.v. CRF (0.5μg=0.09nmol)-induced stimulated FPO while a similar colonic secretomotor response to i.p. 5-hydroxytryptophane (10mgkg(-1) =36.4μmol kg(-1) ) was unaltered. Conclusions & Inferences ODT8-SST counteracts stress/i.c.v. CRF-related stimulation of colonic motor function and delayed GE which can be reproduced mainly by activation of sst(1) receptors. These data opens new insight to brain somatostatinergic signaling pathways interfering with brain circuitries involved in gut motor responses to acute stress.
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- CURE/Digestive Diseases Research Center, Center for Neurobiology of Stress, Department of Medicine, Digestive Diseases Division at the University of California Los Angeles, and VA Greater Los Angeles Health Care System, CA 90073, USA
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- CURE/Digestive Diseases Research Center, Center for Neurobiology of Stress, Department of Medicine, Digestive Diseases Division at the University of California Los Angeles, and VA Greater Los Angeles Health Care System, CA 90073, USA
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- CURE/Digestive Diseases Research Center, Center for Neurobiology of Stress, Department of Medicine, Digestive Diseases Division at the University of California Los Angeles, and VA Greater Los Angeles Health Care System, CA 90073, USA
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- CURE/Digestive Diseases Research Center, Center for Neurobiology of Stress, Department of Medicine, Digestive Diseases Division at the University of California Los Angeles, and VA Greater Los Angeles Health Care System, CA 90073, USA
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- Peptide Biology Laboratories, Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- CURE/Digestive Diseases Research Center, Center for Neurobiology of Stress, Department of Medicine, Digestive Diseases Division at the University of California Los Angeles, and VA Greater Los Angeles Health Care System, CA 90073, USA
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Functional organization of the dorsal raphe efferent system with special consideration of nitrergic cell groups. J Chem Neuroanat 2011; 41:281-93. [PMID: 21640185 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2011.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2011] [Revised: 05/10/2011] [Accepted: 05/16/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The serotonin (5HT) system of the brain is involved in many CNS functions including sensory perception, stress responses and psychological disorders such as anxiety and depression. Of the nine 5HT nuclei located in the mammalian brain, the dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN) has the most extensive forebrain connectivity and is implicated in the manifestation of stress-related psychological disturbances. Initial investigations of DRN efferent connections failed to acknowledge the rostrocaudal and mediolateral organization of the nucleus or its neurochemical heterogeneity. More recent studies have focused on the non-5HT contingent of DRN cells and have revealed an intrinsic intranuclear organization of the DRN which has specific implications for sensory signal processing and stress responses. Of particular interest are spatially segregated subsets of nitric oxide producing neurons that are activated by stressors and that have unique efferent projection fields. In this regard, both the midline and lateral wing subregions of the DRN have emerged as prominent loci for future investigation of nitric oxide function and modulation of sensory- and stressor-related signals in the DRN and coinciding terminal fields.
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Injurious mechanical ventilation affects neuronal activation in ventilated rats. CRITICAL CARE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CRITICAL CARE FORUM 2011; 15:R124. [PMID: 21569477 PMCID: PMC3218983 DOI: 10.1186/cc10230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2010] [Revised: 04/14/2011] [Accepted: 05/13/2011] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Introduction Survivors of critical illness often have significant long-term brain dysfunction, and routine clinical procedures like mechanical ventilation (MV) may affect long-term brain outcome. We aimed to investigate the effect of the increase of tidal volume (Vt) on brain activation in a rat model. Methods Male Sprague Dawley rats were randomized to three groups: 1) Basal: anesthetized unventilated animals, 2) low Vt (LVt): MV for three hours with Vt 8 ml/kg and zero positive end-expiratory pressure (ZEEP), and 3) high Vt (HVt) MV for three hours with Vt 30 ml/kg and ZEEP. We measured lung mechanics, mean arterial pressure (MAP), arterial blood gases, and plasma and lung levels of cytokines. We used immunohistochemistry to examine c-fos as a marker of neuronal activation. An additional group of spontaneously breathing rats was added to discriminate the effect of surgical procedure and anesthesia in the brain. Results After three hours on LVt, PaO2 decreased and PaCO2 increased significantly. MAP and compliance remained stable in MV groups. Systemic and pulmonary inflammation was higher in MV rats than in unventilated rats. Plasma TNFα was significantly higher in HVt than in LVt. Immunopositive cells to c-fos in the retrosplenial cortex and thalamus increased significantly in HVt rats but not in LVt or unventilated rats. Conclusions MV promoted brain activation. The intensity of the response was higher in HVt animals, suggesting an iatrogenic effect of MV on the brain. These findings suggest that this novel cross-talking mechanism between the lung and the brain should be explored in patients undergoing MV.
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Gądek-Michalska A, Bugajski J. Interleukin-1 (IL-1) in stress-induced activation of limbic-hypothalamic-pituitary adrenal axis. Pharmacol Rep 2010; 62:969-82. [DOI: 10.1016/s1734-1140(10)70359-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2010] [Revised: 10/26/2010] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The viral transneuronal labeling method using pseudorabies virus (PRV) is an ideal technique for identifying the central sites that regulate the sympathetic nervous system. Regions were identified in limbic system such as extended amygdaloid complex, lateral septum, infralimbic, insular, ventromedial temporal cortical regions, as well as in several hypothalamic and brain stem nuclei. Emotional stress causes rapid and transient expression of immediate early genes (IEGs) such as c-Fos in the brain, and the monitoring of IEGs has enabled the visualization of the neurocircuitry of stress. By a comparison of the data from the separate PRV and c-Fos neuroanatomical labeling techniques, the central sites which regulate emotional stress-induced sympathoadrenal activation can be deduced. Estrogen receptors are expressed in the brain, where estrogen modulates central nervous function and autonomic nervous function. Estrogen attenuated the stress-induced c-Fos expression in medial amygdaloid nucleus, paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus; these same regions contain central sympathetic neurons and neurons with immunoreactive estrogen receptors.
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- Takashi Ueyama
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Wakayama Medical University School of Medicine
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Rojas P, Joodmardi E, Perlmann T, Ogren SO. Rapid increase of Nurr1 mRNA expression in limbic and cortical brain structures related to coping with depression-like behavior in mice. J Neurosci Res 2010; 88:2284-93. [PMID: 20175204 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.22377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The immediate-early gene Nurr1 is a member of the inducible orphan nuclear receptor family. Nurr1 is essential to the differentiation, maturation, and maintenance of midbrain dopaminergic neurons and is expressed in different brain regions. We have reported that adult mice with reduced Nurr1 expression displayed an increase in immobility response to acute stress. These mice were also deficient in the retention of emotional memory. Thus, Nurr1 expression seems to be relevant to normal cognitive processes. To investigate the response of Nurr1 to a stress stimulus, Nurr1 mRNA expression was examined by in situ hybridization in adult mice using a depression-like behavior paradigm, the forced swim test. The Nurr1 gene was rapidly and widely up-regulated throughout the brain, including cortical areas (i.e., prefrontal cortex, primary and secondary visual cortex, primary auditory cortex, and secondary somatosensory cortex), hippocampus (dentate gyrus, CA1, CA2, and CA3), and midbrain (substantia nigra pars compacta and ventral tegmental area) at 30 min and 3 hr after the forced swim test. Dopamine content was reduced in prefrontal cortex and midbrain following swim stress. These results suggest that the increase in Nurr1 expression might be a compensatory mechanism to counteract the changes in forebrain dopamine transmission in coping with acute stress.
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- Patricia Rojas
- Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Kim SH, Song JY, Joo EJ, Lee KY, Ahn YM, Kim YS. EGR3 as a potential susceptibility gene for schizophrenia in Korea. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2010; 153B:1355-60. [PMID: 20687139 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.31115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Early growth response (EGR) genes play critical roles in signal transduction in the brain, which is involved in neuronal activation, brain development, and synaptic plasticity. EGR genes, including EGR2, EGR3, and EGR4, showed significant association with schizophrenia in Japanese schizophrenic pedigrees. In particular, EGR3, which resides at the chromosomal location 8p21.3, was suggested to be a potential susceptibility gene in schizophrenia based on a study of Japanese cases. However, this requires further replication with an independent sample set. We investigated the association of the EGR3 and EGR2 genes, which were suggested as potential susceptibility genes for schizophrenia supported by both genetic association and postmortem brain expression studies, with schizophrenia in Korean patients. Along with 350 healthy individuals, 244 schizophrenic patients were analyzed. Among the four examined single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of EGR3 (rs1008949, rs7009708, rs35201266, and rs3750192), SNP rs35201266 in intron 1 of the EGR3 gene showed a significant association with schizophrenia (P = 0.0008, χ(2) = 11.156, OR = 1.493), which withstands multiple testing correction. In addition, the "T-G-C-G" haplotype of EGR3 was under-represented in the patients with schizophrenia (P = 0.0073, χ(2) = 7.188, OR = 0.697). However, an association between the SNPs of EGR2 (rs2295814 and rs2297488) and schizophrenia was not found. These findings are consistent with the previous genetic association of the EGR3 gene in Japanese cohorts, which is the first replication concerning the association of EGR3 with schizophrenia in an independent cohort. Taken together, EGR3 could be suggested as a compelling susceptibility gene in schizophrenia.
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- Se Hyun Kim
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Drouet JB, Michel V, Peinnequin A, Alonso A, Fidier N, Maury R, Buguet A, Cespuglio R, Canini F. Metyrapone blunts stress-induced hyperthermia and increased locomotor activity independently of glucocorticoids and neurosteroids. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2010; 35:1299-310. [PMID: 20338692 DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2010.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2009] [Revised: 03/01/2010] [Accepted: 03/01/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Metyrapone, a cytochrome P(450) inhibitor used to inhibit corticosterone synthesis, triggers biological markers of stress and also reduces stress-induced anxiety-like behaviors. To address these controversial effects, 6 separate investigations were carried out. In a first set of investigations, abdominal temperature (T(abd)), spontaneous locomotor activity (A(S)) and electroencephalogram (EEG) were recorded in freely moving rats treated with either saline or 150 mg kg(-1) metyrapone. An increase in T(abd) and A(S) occurred in saline rats, while, metyrapone rats exhibited an immediate decrease, both variables returning to basal values 5h later. Concomitantly, the EEG spectral power increased in the gamma and beta 2 bands and decreased in the alpha frequency band, and the EMG spectral power increased. This finding suggests that metyrapone depressed stress-induced physiological response while arousing the animal. In a second step, restraint stress was applied 5h after injection. Metyrapone significantly blunted the stress-induced T(abd) and A(S) rise, without affecting the brain c-fos mRNA increase. Corticosterone (5 and 40 mg kg(-1)) injected concomitantly to metyrapone failed to reverse the observed metyrapone-induced effects in T(abd) and A(S). Finasteride (50 mg kg(-1)), which blocks neurosteroid production, was also unable to block these effects. In conclusion, metyrapone acutely reduced stress-induced physiological response in freely behaving rats independently from glucocorticoids and neurosteroids.
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- Jean-Baptiste Drouet
- Département des environnements opérationnels, Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées (IRBA-CRSSA), La Tronche, France.
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Kazi JA, Abu-Hassan MI. Gabapentin Completely Attenuated the Acute Morphine-Induced c-Fos Expression in the Rat Nucleus Accumbens. J Mol Neurosci 2010; 45:101-9. [DOI: 10.1007/s12031-010-9435-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2010] [Accepted: 08/02/2010] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Sui ZY, Li CR, Huang GB, Kwon YB, Kim KW, Lee KH, Chung YC. Age-specific effects of 6-hydroxydopamine lesions of the rat medial prefrontal cortex on stress-induced c-fos expression in subcortical areas. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2010; 34:1054-9. [PMID: 20677375 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2010.05.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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As adolescence is a critical period when dopaminergic neuronal maturation peaks, we hypothesized that 6-hydroxydopamine (OHDA) lesions of the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) in adolescent rats would have more negative effects than lesions in adult rats. Therefore, we investigated the effects of 6-OHDA lesions of the mPFC in adolescent and adult rats on stress-induced c-fos expression in the brain. Adolescent and adult Sprague-Dawley rats, aged 4 and 7 weeks on arrival, respectively, were studied. 6-OHDA (8.0 microg) for the lesion groups and ascorbic acid for the sham groups were injected bilaterally into the mPFC. All animals were pretreated with desipramine 30 min before being anesthetized. The control group did not undergo any surgery-related procedure except the desipramine injection. After recovery for 1 week, the rats were subjected to restraint stress for 1 h. Immediately after the stress, the rats were killed and c-fos immunohistochemistry was examined. The c-fos expression in the nucleus accumbens core (AcbC), nucleus accumbens shell (AcbSh), CA1, CA3, dentate gyrus (DG), central amygdaloid (Ce), basolateral amygdaloid (BL), and temporal cortex (Tc) was compared. Adolescent rats with 6-OHDA lesions subjected to restraint stress had greater c-fos expression in the AcbC, AcbSh, DG, Ce, BL, and Tc, compared to the sham and control groups, whereas these differences were not observed among the adult groups. These results suggest that a hypodopaminergic state in the mPFC of adolescent rats, but not adult rats, is related to increased sensitivity to stress, suggesting that damage to or maldevelopment of dopaminergic neurons during adolescence has an age-specific effect. Further research is warranted to investigate the mechanism of the age-specific effect of 6-OHDA lesions of the mPFC.
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- Zhi Yan Sui
- Department of Psychiatry, Chonbuk National University Medical School and Institute for Medical Sciences, San 2-20 Geumam-dong, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju 561-756, South Korea
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Effects of Hypoxic Preconditioning on Expression of Transcription Factor NGFI-A in the Rat Brain after Unavoidable Stress in the “Learned Helplessness” Model. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 40:693-700. [DOI: 10.1007/s11055-010-9313-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2008] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Zhao C, Li M. c-Fos identification of neuroanatomical sites associated with haloperidol and clozapine disruption of maternal behavior in the rat. Neuroscience 2010; 166:1043-55. [PMID: 20096751 PMCID: PMC2837940 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.01.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2009] [Revised: 01/12/2010] [Accepted: 01/13/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Rat maternal behavior is a complex social behavior. Most antipsychotic drugs disrupt active maternal responses (e.g., pup retrieval, pup licking and nest building). Our previous work shows that typical antipsychotic haloperidol disrupts maternal behavior by blocking dopamine D(2) receptors, whereas atypical clozapine works by blocking 5-HT(2A/2C) receptors. The present study used c-Fos immunohistochemistry technique, together with pharmacological tools and behavioral observations, and delineated the neuroanatomical bases of the disruptive effects of haloperidol and clozapine. Postpartum female rats were treated with haloperidol (0.2 mg/kg sc) or clozapine (10.0 mg/kg sc), with or without pretreatment of quinpirole (a selective dopamine D(2)/D(3) agonist, 1.0 mg/kg sc) or 2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodo-amphetamine (DOI, a selective 5-HT(2A/2C) agonist, 2.5 mg/kg sc). They were then sacrificed 2 h later after a maternal behavior test was conducted. Brain regions that have been previously implicated in the regulation of rat maternal behavior and/or in the antipsychotic action were examined. Behaviorally, both haloperidol and clozapine disrupted pup retrieval, pup licking and nest building. Pretreatment of quinpirole, but not DOI, reversed the haloperidol-induced disruptions. In contrast, pretreatment of DOI, but not quinpirole, reversed the clozapine-induced deficits. Neuroanatomically, the nucleus accumbens (both the shell and core), dorsolateral striatum and lateral septum showed increased c-Fos expression to the treatment of haloperidol. In contrast, the nucleus accumbens shell showed increased expression of c-Fos to the treatment of clozapine. More importantly, pretreatment of quinpirole and DOI produced opposite response profiles in the brain regions where haloperidol and clozapine had an effect. Based on these findings, we concluded that haloperidol disrupts active maternal behavior primarily by blocking dopamine D(2) receptors in a neural circuitry involving the nucleus accumbens, dorsolateral striatum and lateral septum. In contrast, clozapine appears to disrupt maternal behavior mainly by blocking serotonin 5-HT(2A/2C) receptors in the nucleus accumbens shell.
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- C Zhao
- Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0308, USA
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Dopaminergic neurons expressing Fos during waking and paradoxical sleep in the rat. J Chem Neuroanat 2010; 39:262-71. [PMID: 20211244 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2010.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2009] [Revised: 01/27/2010] [Accepted: 03/01/2010] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Formerly believed to contribute to behavioural waking (W) alone, dopaminergic (DA) neurons are now also known to participate in the regulation of paradoxical sleep (PS or REM) in mammals. Indeed, stimulation of postsynaptic DA1 receptors with agonists induces a reduction in the daily amount of PS. DA neurons in the ventral tegmental area were recently shown to fire in bursts during PS, but nothing is known about the activity of the other DA cell groups in relation to waking or PS. To fulfil this gap, we used a protocol in which rats were maintained in continuous W for 3h in a novel environment, or specifically deprived of PS for 3 days with some of them allowed to recover from this deprivation. A double immunohistochemical labeling with Fos and tyrosine hydroxylase was then performed. DA neurons in the substantia nigra (A9) and ventral tegmental area (A10), and its dorsocaudal extension in the periaqueductal gray (A10dc), almost never showed a Fos-immunoreactive nucleus, regardless of the experimental condition. The caudal hypothalamic (A11) group showed a moderate activation after PS deprivation and novel environment. During PS-recovery, the zona incerta (A13) group contained a significant number and percentage of double-labeled neurons. These results suggest that some DA neurons (A11) could participate in waking and/or the inhibition of PS during PS deprivation whereas others (A13) would be involved in the control of PS.
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Akazawa KH, Cui Y, Tanaka M, Kataoka Y, Yoneda Y, Watanabe Y. Mapping of regional brain activation in response to fatigue-load and recovery in rats with c-Fos immunohistochemistry. Neurosci Res 2009; 66:372-9. [PMID: 20018215 DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2009.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2009] [Revised: 12/08/2009] [Accepted: 12/09/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Fatigue is known to be accompanied by a feeling of extreme physical or mental tiredness, resulting from severe stress and hard physical or mental work. To investigate the functional localization of neural activity related to fatigue and recovery, we examined brain c-Fos expression patterns in a rat in a state of fatigue in which rats kept in a cage filled with water to a height of 2.2cm for 1-5 days. A significant increase in the number of c-Fos-immunopositive cells was observed in the retrosplenial granular b cortex during the fatigue-loading and in the dentate gyrus of the ventral hippocampus after a 24-h recovery. In addition, variable increases in the number of c-Fos-immunopositive cells were observed in the cingulate cortex area 2, ventral part of the lateral septum nucleus, median preoptic nucleus, anterior part of the paraventricular thalamic nucleus, medial parvicellular part of the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus, and lateral and ventrolateral periaqueductal gray during the fatigue-load period. These results indicate that such regional brain activity would be involved in fatigue or in subsequent recovery and might provide a foothold for further research into the nature of fatigue.
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- Ko-Hei Akazawa
- Molecular Probe Dynamics Laboratory, RIKEN Center for Molecular Imaging Science, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan
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Fujihara H, Ueta Y, Suzuki H, Katoh A, Ohbuchi T, Otsubo H, Dayanithi G, Murphy D. Robust up-regulation of nuclear red fluorescent-tagged fos marks neuronal activation in green fluorescent vasopressin neurons after osmotic stimulation in a double-transgenic rat. Endocrinology 2009; 150:5633-8. [PMID: 19850746 DOI: 10.1210/en.2009-0796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The up-regulation in the expression of mRNA or protein encoded by the c-fos gene is widely used as a marker of neuronal activation elicited by various stimuli. To facilitate the detection of activated neurons, we generated transgenic rats expressing a fusion gene consisting of c-fos coding sequences in frame with monomeric red fluorescent protein 1 (mRFP1) under the control of c-fos gene regulatory sequences (c-fos-mRFP1 rats). In c-fos-mRFP1 transgenic rats, 90 min after hypertonic saline ip administration, nuclear mRFP1 fluorescence was observed abundantly in brain regions known to be osmosensitive, namely the median preoptic nucleus, organum vasculosum lamina terminalis, supraoptic nucleus, paraventricular nucleus, and subfornical organ. Immunohistochemistry for Fos protein confirmed that the distribution of Fos-like immunoreactivity in nontransgenic rats was similar to those of mRFP1 fluorescence after ip administration of hypertonic saline in the transgenic rats. Several double-transgenic rats were obtained from matings between transgenic rats expressing an arginine vasopressin-enhanced green fluorescent protein fusion gene (AVP-eGFP rats) and c-fos-mRFP1 rats. In these double-transgenic rats, almost all eGFP neurons in the supraoptic nucleus and PVN expressed nuclear mRFP1 fluorescence 90 min after hypertonic saline administration. The c-fos-mRFP1 rats are a powerful tool that enables the facile identification of activated neurons in the nervous system. Furthermore, when combined with transgenes expressing another fluorophore under the control of cell-specific regulatory sequences, activation of specific neuronal cell types in response to physiological cues can be readily detected.
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- Hiroaki Fujihara
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu 807-8555, Japan
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Stengel A, Taché Y. Neuroendocrine control of the gut during stress: corticotropin-releasing factor signaling pathways in the spotlight. Annu Rev Physiol 2009; 71:219-39. [PMID: 18928406 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.physiol.010908.163221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Stress affects the gastrointestinal tract as part of the visceral response. Various stressors induce similar profiles of gut motor function alterations, including inhibition of gastric emptying, stimulation of colonic propulsive motility, and hypersensitivity to colorectal distension. In recent years, substantial progress has been made in our understanding of the underlying mechanisms of stress's impact on gut function. Activation of corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) signaling pathways mediates both the inhibition of upper gastrointestinal (GI) and the stimulation of lower GI motor function through interaction with different CRF receptor subtypes. Here, we review how various stressors affect the gut, with special emphasis on the central and peripheral CRF signaling systems.
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- Andreas Stengel
- Department of Medicine and CURE Digestive Diseases Research Center, Center for Neurobiology of Stress, University of California at Los Angeles, and VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California 90073, USA
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Goebel M, Stengel A, Wang L, Taché Y. Restraint stress activates nesfatin-1-immunoreactive brain nuclei in rats. Brain Res 2009; 1300:114-24. [PMID: 19733157 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.08.082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2009] [Revised: 08/22/2009] [Accepted: 08/25/2009] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Nesfatin-1 is a newly discovered peptide that was reported to reduce food intake when injected centrally. We recently described its wide distribution in rat brain autonomic nuclei which implies potential recruitment of nesfatin-1 by stress. We investigated whether restraint, a mixed psychological and physical stressor, activates nesfatin-1-immunoreactive (ir) neurons in the rat brain. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were either subjected to 30 min restraint or left undisturbed and 90 min later brains were processed for double immunohistochemical labeling of Fos and nesfatin-1. Restraint induced significant Fos expression in neurons of the supraoptic nucleus (SON), paraventricular nucleus (PVN), locus coeruleus (LC), rostral raphe pallidus (rRPa), nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS), and ventrolateral medulla (VLM). Double Fos/nesfatin-1 labeling revealed that Fos-ir neurons comprised 95% of nesfatin-1-ir cells in the SON, 90% in the VLM, 80% in the LC, 48% in the caudal NTS, 57% in the rRPa, 48% in the anterior parvicellular PVN, 27% in the medial magnocellular PVN, 18% in the lateral magnocellular PVN and 10% in the medial parvicellular PVN. These data demonstrate that nesfatin-1 neurons are part of the hypothalamic and hindbrain neuronal cell groups activated by restraint suggesting a possible role of nesfatin-1 in the response to stress.
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- Miriam Goebel
- CURE/Digestive Diseases Research Center, Center for Neurobiology of Stress, Digestive Diseases Division, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Ito A, Miyoshi M, Ueki S, Fukada M, Komaki R, Watanabe T. "Green odor" inhalation by rats down-regulates stress-induced increases in Fos expression in stress-related forebrain regions. Neurosci Res 2009; 65:166-74. [PMID: 19563846 DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2009.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2009] [Revised: 06/02/2009] [Accepted: 06/19/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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In the present study, on rats, a quantitative analysis of Fos protein immunohistochemistry was performed as a way of investigating the effects of inhalation of green odor (a mixture of equal amounts of trans-2-hexenal and cis-3-hexenol) on the neuronal activations in stress-related forebrain regions induced by acute and repeated stress. Rats were exposed to restraint stress for 90 min each day for 1, 2, 4, 7, or 11 consecutive days. The hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN), amygdala, hippocampus and paraventricular thalamic nucleus (PVT) were examined. Both acute and repeated restraint stress increased Fos-positive cells in the entire hypothalamic PVN, in the central and medial amygdala, and in PVT, although these responses declined upon repeated exposure to such stress. The stress-induced Fos responses were much weaker in rats that inhaled green odor during each day's restraint. No increases in Fos-positive cells were observed in the hippocampus in acutely stressed rats. The Fos-immunoreactive response to acute stress shown by the piriform cortex did not differ significantly between the vehicle+stress and green+stress groups. Green odor had inhibitory effects on the stress-induced corticosterone response, body-weight loss, and adrenal hypertrophy. These results suggest that in rats, green odor inhalation may, in an as yet unknown way, act on the brain to suppress activity in the neuronal networks involved in stress-related responses (such as activation of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical axis and activation of the sympathetic nervous system, as well as stress-induced fear responses).
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- Ai Ito
- Division of Integrative Physiology, Department of Functional, Morphological and Regulatory Science, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, 86 NIshi-cho, Yonago, Tottori 683, Japan
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Nef HM, Möllmann H, Troidl C, Kostin S, Voss S, Hilpert P, Behrens CB, Rolf A, Rixe J, Weber M, Hamm CW, Elsässer A. Abnormalities in intracellular Ca2+ regulation contribute to the pathomechanism of Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy. Eur Heart J 2009; 30:2155-64. [PMID: 19525500 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehp240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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AIMS The Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) is characterized by a transient contractile dysfunction that has been assigned to excessive catecholamine levels after episodes of severe emotional or physical stress. Several studies have indicated that beta-adrenoceptor stimulation is associated with alteration in gene expression of Ca(2+)-regulatory proteins. Thus, the present study investigated the gene expression of crucial proteins [sarcoplasmic Ca(2+) ATPase (SERCA2a), sarcolipin (SLN), phospholamban (PLN), ryanodine receptor (RyR2), and sodium-calcium exchanger (NCX)] involved in the Ca(2+)-regulating system in TTC. METHODS AND RESULTS In 10 consecutive patients, TTC was diagnosed by coronary angiography, ventriculography, and echocardiography. Endomyocardial biopsies were taken during the phase of severely impaired left ventricular (LV) function and after functional recovery. Non-diseased LV tissue from three donor hearts not used for transplantation served as healthy controls. Expression levels of Ca(2+)-regulatory proteins were analysed by means of real-time PCR, western blot, and immunohistochemistry. SLN, predominantly expressed in the atrial component, showed a remarkable ventricular expression in TTC patients. Gene expression of SERCA2a was significantly down-regulated. Conversely, PLN/SERCA2a ratio was increased. For PLN, dephosphorylation was documented using western blot and immunostaining of PLN-Ser(16) and PLN-Thr(17). No changes could be documented for NCX and RyR2. CONCLUSION In TTC, ventricular expression of SLN and dephosphorylation of PLN potentially result in a reduced SERCA2a activity and its Ca(2+) affinity. Thus, the TTC is associated with specific alteration of Ca(2+)-handling proteins, which might be crucial for contractile dysfunction.
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- Holger M Nef
- Department of Cardiology, Kerckhoff Heart Center, D-61231 Bad Nauheim, Germany.
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Litvinov IV, Kotowycz MA, Wassmann S. Iatrogenic epinephrine-induced reverse Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: direct evidence supporting the role of catecholamines in the pathophysiology of the "broken heart syndrome". Clin Res Cardiol 2009; 98:457-62. [PMID: 19513776 DOI: 10.1007/s00392-009-0028-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2009] [Accepted: 05/11/2009] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Ivan V Litvinov
- Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Orexin neurons in the hypothalamus mediate cardiorespiratory responses induced by disinhibition of the amygdala and bed nucleus of the stria terminalis. Brain Res 2009; 1262:25-37. [PMID: 19368849 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.01.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2008] [Revised: 01/13/2009] [Accepted: 01/14/2009] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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We previously showed that the defense response elicited by stressors was attenuated in prepro-orexin knockout mice and in orexin neuron-ablated mice, and we proposed that orexin serves as a master switch within multiple efferent pathways that mediate the defense response. In this study we sought to determine whether excitation of the amygdala (AMG) or the bed nucleus of stria terminalis (BNST) activates orexin-containing neurons and whether those neurons are essential in eliciting cardiorespiratory responses to the stimulus. In urethane-anesthetized mice, the GABA-A receptor antagonist bicuculline was microinjected into the AMG or BNST and blood pressure, heart rate, and respiration were measured. Injection of bicuculline in either site induced long-lasting dose-dependent cardiorespiratory excitation in wild-type mice. In contrast, mice in which orexin neurons had been ablated demonstrated no such response after activation of the AMG and an attenuated response after activation of the BNST. Double immunohistochemical staining for orexin and c-Fos, an indicator of neural activation, revealed that an injection of bicuculline induced significantly larger numbers of orexin positive neurons that expressed c-Fos in the perifornical/dorsomedial hypothalamus (58.2+/-6.4% into AMG and 66.4+/-6.6% into BNST, n=3 each) than did vehicle (18.2+/-4.4% into AMG and 28.3+/-2.1% into BNST). Disinhibition to the BNST induced widespread expression of c-Fos not only in orexin-containing neurons but also other neurons in the hypothalamus. We conclude that orexin-containing neurons in the medial hypothalamus mediate at least a part of AMG- and BNST-induced cardiorespiratory responses.
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Ueyama T, Kasamatsu K, Hano T, Tsuruo Y, Ishikura F. Catecholamines and estrogen are involved in the pathogenesis of emotional stress-induced acute heart attack. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2009; 1148:479-85. [PMID: 19120144 DOI: 10.1196/annals.1410.079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Emotional stress triggers takotsubo cardiomyopathy in postmenopausal women. Clinical analysis of autonomic nervous function has revealed a transient increase of sympathetic nervous activity and decrease of vagal nervous activity. Immobilization (IMO) stress of rats can reproduce the electrocardiographic and left ventriculographic changes that occur in takotsubo cardiomyopathy, both of which are prevented by combined blockade of alpha- and beta-adrenoceptors. Estrogen supplementation partially attenuated these cardiac changes. It also attenuated the IMO-induced increase of c-Fos immunoreactivity, or c-fos mRNA expression in the lateral septum, medial amygdaloid nucleus, paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus, dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus, laterodorsal tegmental nucleus, and locus ceruleus; these regions contain central sympathetic neurons and neurons with immunoreactive estrogen receptors. It also downregulated c-fos mRNA expression in the adrenal gland and the heart, suggesting an increase of estrogen attenuated the stress-induced hypothalamo-sympathoadrenal outflow from the central nervous system to the target organs. Estrogen treatment also upregulated the levels of cardioprotective substances, such as atrial natriuretic peptide and heat shock protein 70, in the heart. These data suggest that reduction of estrogen levels following menopause might be involved in the primary cause of takotsubo cardiomyopathy both by indirect action on the nervous system and by direct action on the heart.
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- Takashi Ueyama
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Wakayama Medical University School of Medicine, Wakayama, Japan.
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Spadari-Bratfisch RC, dos Santos IN. Adrenoceptors and adaptive mechanisms in the heart during stress. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2009; 1148:377-83. [PMID: 19120131 DOI: 10.1196/annals.1410.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Several cardiovascular disorders have been related to alterations in beta-adrenoceptor (beta-AR) signaling at or beyond the receptor level. During the stress reaction, the sympathetic-adrenal medullary system and the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal cortex axis are activated, causing beta-AR overstimulation and remodeling of the beta(1)/beta(2)/beta(3)-AR ratio in cardiomyocytes. In a model of foot-shock stress, we described decreased beta(1)-AR signaling occurring simultaneously with increased beta(2)-AR signaling, whereas the response to the nonconventional agonist, CGP12177, was not altered. These alterations may play an adaptive role to the increased sympathetic drive to the heart, protecting the cardiac tissue from the cardiotoxic effects mediated by beta(1)-ARs overstimulation without altering cardiac output, since this would be sustained by the beta(2)-AR, which would also protect myocytes from apoptosis. Moreover, the selective enhancement of the beta(2)-AR population might help to diminish the risk of overstimulation since this adrenoceptor subtype couples to both, stimulatory G (Gs) and inhibitory G (Gi) proteins. On the other hand, in the model of neurogenic hypertension, the decrease in beta(1)-AR-mediated response is not followed by increase in the beta(2)-AR-mediated response. However, the response to CGP12177, which was desensitized 48 h after the surgery, was normalized 7 days after that, when beta(1)-AR were downregulated. Therefore, both experimental models provided evidence that the classical isoform of beta(1)-AR and the recently described low-affinity isoform of beta(1)-AR show independent behavior and provide the heart with adaptive mechanisms to increased sympathetic stimulation during stress.
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Akashi YJ, Goldstein DS, Barbaro G, Ueyama T. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: a new form of acute, reversible heart failure. Circulation 2009; 118:2754-62. [PMID: 19106400 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.108.767012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 571] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Yoshihiro J Akashi
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, St Marianna University School of Medicine, 2-16-1 Sugao Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, 216-8511, Japan.
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Fishbein D, Tarter R. Infusing neuroscience into the study and prevention of drug misuse and co-occurring aggressive behavior. Subst Use Misuse 2009; 44:1204-35. [PMID: 19938915 DOI: 10.1080/10826080902959975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The etiology of behavioral precursors to substance misuse and aggression is viewed from the perspective of a developmental, multifactorial model of complex disorders. Beginning at conception, genetic and environmental interactions have potential to produce a sequence of behavioral phenotypes during development that bias the trajectory toward high-risk outcomes. One pathway is theorized to emanate from a deviation in neurological development that predisposes children to affective and cognitive delays or impairments that, in turn, generate dysregulatory behaviors. The plasticity of these neurobiological systems is highly relevant to the prevention sciences; their functions are reliant upon environmental inputs and can be altered, for better or for worse, contingent upon the nature of the inputs. Thus, social contextual factors confer significant influence on the development of this neural network and behavioral outcomes by increasing risk for, or protecting (1) against, dysregulatory outcomes. A well-designed intervention can exploit the brain's plasticity by targeting biological and social factors at sensitive time points to positively influence emergent neurobiological functions and related behaviors. Accordingly, prevention research is beginning to focus on perturbations in developmental neural plasticity during childhood that increase the likelihood of risky behaviors and may also moderate intervention effects on behavior. Given that the more complex features of neurobiological functions underlying drug misuse and aggression (e.g., executive cognitive function, coping skills, affect regulation) do not coalesce until early adulthood when prefrontal-limbic brain networks consolidate, it is critical that mechanisms underlying developmental risk factors are identified. An empirically driven prevention approach, thus, may benefit from consideration of (i) the type, effect, and developmental timing of the environmental impact on the brain, and (ii) the type and effect on brain function, and developmental timing of the intervention. This translational approach promises to eventually offer some direction for the design of effective interventions to prevent drug misuse and concomitant aggression.
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- Diana Fishbein
- Transdisciplinary Behavioral Science Program, Research Triangle Institute, North Carolina, USA.
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Léger L, Goutagny R, Sapin E, Salvert D, Fort P, Luppi PH. Noradrenergic neurons expressing Fos during waking and paradoxical sleep deprivation in the rat. J Chem Neuroanat 2008; 37:149-57. [PMID: 19152834 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2008.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2008] [Revised: 10/30/2008] [Accepted: 12/16/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Noradrenaline is known to induce waking (W) and to inhibit paradoxical sleep (PS or REM). Both roles have been exclusively attributed to the noradrenergic neurons of the locus coeruleus (LC, A6), shown to be active during W and inactive during PS. However, the A1, A2, A5 and A7 noradrenergic neurons could also be responsible. Therefore, to determine the contribution of each of the noradrenergic groups in W and in PS inhibition, rats were maintained in continuous W for 3h in a novel environment or specifically deprived of PS for 3 days, with some of them allowed to recover from this deprivation. A double immunohistochemical labeling with Fos and tyrosine hydroxylase was then performed. Thirty percent of the LC noradrenergic cells were found to be Fos-positive after exposure to the novel environment and less than 2% after PS deprivation. In contrast, a significant number of double-labeled neurons (up to 40% of the noradrenergic neurons) were observed in the A1/C1, A2 and A5 groups, after both novel environment and PS deprivation. After PS recovery and in control condition, less than 1% of the noradrenergic neurons were Fos-immunoreactive, regardless of the noradrenergic group. These results indicate that the brainstem noradrenergic cell groups are activated during W and silent during PS. They further suggest that the inhibitory effect of noradrenaline on PS may be due to the A1/C1, A2 and to a lesser degree to A5 neurons but not from those of the LC as previously hypothesized.
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Simola N, Di Chiara G, Daniels WMU, Schallert T, Morelli M. Priming of rotational behavior by a dopamine receptor agonist in Hemiparkinsonian rats: movement-dependent induction. Neuroscience 2008; 158:1625-31. [PMID: 19063947 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2008] [Revised: 11/02/2008] [Accepted: 11/07/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Repetitive stimulation of dopamine receptors located in the basal ganglia may lead to the manifestation of sensitized, abnormal, motor responses in dopamine-denervated rats. In order to study the role of motor behavior execution on the expression of these altered motor responses, we evaluated how "priming", a phenomenon displaying neurochemical and behavioral features peculiar to a sensitized abnormal motor response in dopamine-denervated rats, depends on actual movement performance. To this end, unilaterally 6-hydroxydopamine-lesioned rats received apomorphine (0.2 mg/kg s.c.), being either allowed to move or immobilized (1 h) before, concomitantly to, or after its administration, respectively. Three days after apomorphine, the dopamine D(1) receptor agonist 1-Phenyl-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-(1H)-3-benzazepine-7,8-diol (SKF 38393, 3 mg/kg s.c.) was administered to all animals. Rats that had performed rotational behavior following apomorphine administration displayed robust contraversive rotational behavior in response to SKF 38393, whereas rats that had been immobilized concomitantly to, but neither before nor after apomorphine, did not. To clarify whether stress, which may be increased by immobilization, mediated the results observed, additional rats received apomorphine paired with immobilization plus the corticosterone-synthesis inhibitor metyrapone (100 mg/kg i.p.), or apomorphine paired with a tail stressor, being not immobilized. Metyrapone did not affect the capacity of immobilization to prevent priming and tail stressor imposition did not affect priming magnitude, suggesting that stress has minimal or no effect on the results observed. This study demonstrates how movement performance following initial dopaminergic stimulation governs the occurrence of a sensitized, abnormal, motor response to a subsequent dopaminergic challenge in dopamine-denervated rats.
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- N Simola
- Department of Toxicology and Centre of Excellence for Neurobiology of Dependence, University of Cagliari, Via Ospedale 72, 09124, Cagliari, Italy
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Lively S, Brown IR. Extracellular matrix protein SC1/hevin in the hippocampus following pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus. J Neurochem 2008; 107:1335-46. [PMID: 18808451 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2008.05696.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus (SE) mimics many features of temporal lobe epilepsy and is a useful model to study neural changes that result from prolonged seizure activity. In this study, distribution of the anti-adhesive extracellular matrix protein SC1 was examined in the rat hippocampus following SE. Western blotting showed decreased levels of SC1 protein in the week following SE. Immunohistochemistry demonstrated that the decrease in overall SC1 protein levels was reflected by a reduction of SC1 signal in granule cells of the dentate gyrus. Interestingly, levels of SC1 protein in neurons of the seizure-resistant CA2 sector of the hippocampus did not change throughout the seizure time course. However, at 1 day post-SE, a subset of neurons of the hippocampal CA1, CA3, and hilar regions, which are noted for extensive neuronal degeneration after SE, exhibited a transient increase in SC1 signal. Neurons exhibiting enhanced SC1 signal were not detected at 7 days post-SE. The cellular stress response was also examined. A prominent induction of heat-shock protein (Hsp70) and Hsp27 was detected following SE, while levels of constitutively expressed Hsp40, Hsp90, Hsp110, and Hsc70 showed little change at the time points examined. The subset of neurons that demonstrated a transient increase in SC1 colocalized with the cellular stress marker Hsp70, the degeneration marker Fluoro-Jade B, and the neuron activity marker activity-regulated cytoskeleton-associated protein (Arc). Taken together, these findings suggest that SC1 may be a component of the 'matrix response' involved in remodeling events associated with neuronal degeneration following neural injury.
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- Starlee Lively
- Center for the Neurobiology of Stress, University of Toronto at Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Kurumaji A, Ito T, Ishii S, Nishikawa T. Effects of FG7142 and immobilization stress on the gene expression in the neocortex of mice. Neurosci Res 2008; 62:155-9. [PMID: 18771696 DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2008.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2008] [Revised: 08/01/2008] [Accepted: 08/04/2008] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Several psychiatric disorders are often precipitated or exacerbated by exposure to stressors. FG7142 (N-methyl-beta-carboline-3-carboxamide), a partial inverse agonist of benzodiazepine receptors, mimics the physiological (an increased release in the adrenal steroid hormone) and neurochemical (an enhanced neurotransmission of monoamines) changes induced by stressful stimuli. We examined the effects of FG7142 and immobilization stress on the gene expression of the mouse neocortex in order to obtain a new insight into the molecular stress-responsive system. The effect of FG7142 (20 mg/kg, i.p.) on the gene expression of the brain area was examined using a DNA microarray method. The genes showing a significant change in expression were investigated in further experiments using the quantitative RT-PCR method. There was an increase in the mRNA of seven genes in the neocortex of mice 1h after treatment with FG7142. In addition, there was an increase in the mRNAs of five of the seven genes (Fos, Cyr61, Btg2, Adamts1, and Gem) in the neocortex of mice exposed to the stress for 1h. The up-regulation of these five genes by both FG7142 and immobilization stress indicates that these genes may be involved in the stress-responsive system. Dysfunctions of the system may be associated with the pathophysiology of psychiatric disorders.
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- Akeo Kurumaji
- Section of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyou-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan.
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Johnson PL, Truitt WA, Fitz SD, Lowry CA, Shekhar A. Neural pathways underlying lactate-induced panic. Neuropsychopharmacology 2008; 33:2093-107. [PMID: 18059441 PMCID: PMC3065200 DOI: 10.1038/sj.npp.1301621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Panic disorder is a severe anxiety disorder characterized by susceptibility to induction of panic attacks by subthreshold interoceptive stimuli such as 0.5 M sodium lactate infusions. Although studied for four decades, the mechanism of lactate sensitivity in panic disorder has not been understood. The dorsomedial hypothalamus/perifornical region (DMH/PeF) coordinates rapid mobilization of behavioral, autonomic, respiratory and endocrine responses to stress, and rats with disrupted GABA inhibition in the DMH/PeF exhibit panic-like responses to lactate, similar to panic disorder patients. Utilizing a variety of anatomical and pharmacological methods, we provide evidence that lactate, via osmosensitive periventricular pathways, activates neurons in the compromised DMH/PeF, which relays this signal to forebrain limbic structures such as the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis to mediate anxiety responses, and specific brainstem sympathetic and parasympathetic pathways to mediate the respiratory and cardiovascular components of the panic-like response. Acutely restoring local GABAergic tone in the DMH/PeF blocked lactate-induced panic-like responses. Autonomic panic-like responses appear to be a result of DMH/PeF-mediated mobilization of sympathetic responses (verified with atenolol) and resetting of the parasympathetically mediated baroreflex. Based on our findings, DMH/PeF efferent targets such as the C1 adrenergic neurons, paraventricular hypothalamus, and the central amygdala are implicated in sympathetic mobilization; the nucleus of the solitary tract is implicated in baroreflex resetting; and the parabrachial nucleus is implicated in respiratory responses. These results elucidate neural circuits underlying lactate-induced panic-like responses and the involvement of both sympathetic and parasympathetic systems.
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- Philip L. Johnson
- Department of Psychiatry and Pharmacology & Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 1111 West 10th Street, Suite 313, Indianapolis, IN 46223,U.S.A.,Henry Wellcome Laboratories for Integrative Neuroscience and Endocrinology, University of Bristol, Bristol, U.K
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- Department of Psychiatry and Pharmacology & Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 1111 West 10th Street, Suite 313, Indianapolis, IN 46223,U.S.A
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- Department of Psychiatry and Pharmacology & Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 1111 West 10th Street, Suite 313, Indianapolis, IN 46223,U.S.A
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- Henry Wellcome Laboratories for Integrative Neuroscience and Endocrinology, University of Bristol, Bristol, U.K
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- Department of Psychiatry and Pharmacology & Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 1111 West 10th Street, Suite 313, Indianapolis, IN 46223,U.S.A
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Rivarola MA, Dalmasso C, Valdez DJ, Vivas LM, Suárez MM. Early maternal separation and chronic variable stress as adults differentially affect Fos expression in the anterodorsal thalami nuclei. Int J Neurosci 2008; 118:735-48. [PMID: 18446587 DOI: 10.1080/00207450701750430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The present study examined the participation of the anterodorsal thalamic nuclei (ADTN) in mediating the long-term effects of early maternal separation on the stress/hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis response of adult animals. The study measured Fos and glucocorticoid receptor immunoreactivity (GR-ir) in the ADTN of maternally separated female rats subsequently exposed to variable chronic stress. Maternal separation increased the number of neurons immunoreactive to Fos in the ADTN of chronically stressed adult rats. GR-ir was absent in the ADTN. Linking these results with previous endocrine evidence led the authors to propose a dual role of these nuclei. Maternal separation and chronic stress enhance the neuronal activity of the ADTN, nevertheless it is not regulated, at least directly, via GR.
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- María Angélica Rivarola
- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina.
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Induction of c-Fos and DeltaFosB immunoreactivity in rat brain by Vagal nerve stimulation. Neuropsychopharmacology 2008; 33:1884-95. [PMID: 17957222 DOI: 10.1038/sj.npp.1301570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is used as therapy for treatment-resistant depression or epilepsy. This study used immunohistochemistry for biomarkers of short-term (c-Fos) and long-term (DeltaFosB) neuronal activation to map regions in brain that are activated by acute (2 h) or chronic (3 weeks) VNS in conscious Sprague-Dawley rats. Electrodes (Cyberonics Inc.) were implanted on the left vagus nerve and 1 week after surgery, stimulation began using parameters employed clinically (one burst of 20 Hz, 250 micros pulse width, 0.25 mA stimulation for 30 s every 5 min). Radio telemetry transmitters were used for monitoring blood pressure, heart rate, activity, and respiratory rate during VNS; neither acute nor chronic VNS significantly affected these parameters. Acute VNS significantly increased c-Fos staining in the nucleus of the solitary tract, paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus, parabrachial nucleus, ventral bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, and locus coeruleus but not in the cingulate cortex or dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN). Acute VNS did not affect DeltaFosB staining in any region. Chronic VNS significantly increased DeltaFosB and c-Fos staining bilaterally in each region affected by acute VNS as well as in the cingulate cortex and DRN. Using these stimulation parameters, VNS was tested for antidepressant-like activity using the forced swim test (FST). Both VNS and desipramine significantly decreased immobility in the FST; whereas desipramine decreased immobility by increasing climbing behavior, VNS did so by increasing swimming behavior. This study, then, identified potential sites in brain where VNS may produce its clinical effects.
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Gallitano-Mendel A, Wozniak DF, Pehek EA, Milbrandt J. Mice lacking the immediate early gene Egr3 respond to the anti-aggressive effects of clozapine yet are relatively resistant to its sedating effects. Neuropsychopharmacology 2008; 33:1266-75. [PMID: 17637609 PMCID: PMC4621766 DOI: 10.1038/sj.npp.1301505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Immediate early genes (IEGs) of the early growth response gene (Egr) family are activated in the brain in response to stress, social stimuli, and administration of psycho-active medications. However, little is known about the role of these genes in the biological or behavioral response to these stimuli. Here we show that mice lacking the IEG transcription factor Egr3 (Egr3-/- mice) display increased aggression, and a decreased latency to attack, in response to the stressful social stimulus of a foreign intruder. Together with our findings of persistent and intrusive olfactory-mediated social investigation of conspecifics, these results suggest increased impulsivity in Egr3-/- mice. We also show that the aggression of Egr3-/- mice is significantly inhibited with chronic administration of the antipsychotic medication clozapine. Despite their sensitivity to this therapeutic effect of clozapine, Egr3-/- mice display a marked resistance to the sedating effects of acute clozapine compared with WT littermate controls. This indicates that the therapeutic, anti-aggressive action of clozapine is separable from its sedating activity, and that the biological abnormality resulting from loss of Egr3 distinguishes these different mechanisms. Thus Egr3-/- mice may provide an important tool for elucidating the mechanism of action of clozapine, as well as for understanding the biology underlying aggressive behavior. Notably, schizophrenia patients display a similar decreased susceptibility to the side effects of antipsychotic medications compared to non-psychiatric controls, despite the medications producing a therapeutic response. This suggests the possibility that Egr3-/- mice may provide insight into the neurobiological abnormalities underlying schizophrenia.
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- Amelia Gallitano-Mendel
- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA
- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona College of Medicine—Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, USA
- Correspondence: Dr A Gallitano-Mendel, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona College of MedicineFPhoenix, 550 East Van Buren, Phoenix, AZ 85004-2230, USA, Tel: + 1 602 827 111, Fax: + 1 602 827 2144, or Dr J Milbrandt, Department of Pathology, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8118, St Louis, MO 63110, USA, Tel: + 1 314 362 4650, Fax: + 1 314 362 8756,
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA
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- Departments of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, Case Western Reserve University and Louis Stokes Cleveland DVA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA
- Hope Center for Neurological Disorders, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA
- Correspondence: Dr A Gallitano-Mendel, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona College of MedicineFPhoenix, 550 East Van Buren, Phoenix, AZ 85004-2230, USA, Tel: + 1 602 827 111, Fax: + 1 602 827 2144, or Dr J Milbrandt, Department of Pathology, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8118, St Louis, MO 63110, USA, Tel: + 1 314 362 4650, Fax: + 1 314 362 8756,
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Acute ethanol induces Fos in GABAergic and non-GABAergic forebrain neurons: a double-labeling study in the medial prefrontal cortex and extended amygdala. Neuroscience 2008; 153:259-67. [PMID: 18358631 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.01.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2007] [Revised: 01/24/2008] [Accepted: 01/28/2008] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to further address the hypothesis that ethanol activates GABAergic neurons in specific brain neurocircuits that mediate motivated behavior and control of action, such as the central extended amygdala and medial prefrontal cortex. Male Sprague-Dawley rats received habituation to 7 days of daily intragastric administration of water (5 ml/kg) followed by a single acute intragastric dose of ethanol (2.5 g/kg) or water then, 2 h later, by paraformaldehyde perfusion. Rats left undisturbed in the animal room throughout the experiment were also perfused (naive group). Brain sections were processed for single Fos immunohistochemistry or dual Fos immunohistochemistry/glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) mRNA in situ hybridization. Intragastric water administration increased the number of Fos-immunoreactive cells in the infralimbic cortex and lateral part of the central nucleus of the amygdala compared with the naive group. Ethanol administration increased the number of Fos-immunoreactive cells in the infralimbic (+57.5%) and prelimbic (+105.3%) cortices, nucleus accumbens shell region (+88.2%), medial part of the central nucleus of the amygdala (+160%), and lateral part of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (+198.8%) compared with the water-treated group. In the nucleus accumbens shell region, central nucleus of the amygdala, and bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, more than 80% of Fos-immunoreactive neurons were GABAergic after ethanol administration. In contrast, in the prelimbic cortex, 75% of Fos-immunoreactive neurons were not GABAergic. These results constitute new evidence for region-specific functional interactions between ethanol and GABAergic neurons.
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The temporal relationship between cerebral electro-physiological activities, higher brain functions and brain energy metabolism is reviewed. The duration of action potentials and transmission through glutamate and GABA are most often less than 5 ms. Subjects may perform complex psycho-physiological tasks within 50 to 200 ms, and perception of conscious experience requires 0.5 to 2 s. Activation of cerebral oxygen consumption starts after at least 100 ms and increases of local blood flow become maximal after about 1 s. Current imaging technologies are unable to detect rapid physiological brain functions. We introduce the concepts of potential and metabolic brain energy to distinguish trans-membrane gradients of ions or neurotransmitters and the capacity to generate energy from intra- or extra-cerebral substrates, respectively. Higher brain functions, such as memory retrieval, speaking, consciousness and self-consciousness are so fast that their execution depends primarily on fast neurotransmission (in the millisecond range) and action-potentials. In other words: brain functioning requires primarily maximal potential energy. Metabolic brain energy is necessary to restore and maintain the potential energy.
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- Jakob Korf
- Department of Psychiatry and Graduate School of Behavioural and Cognitive Neurosciences, Groningen University, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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Yu CTR, Wu JC, Liao MC, Hsu SL, Huang CY
F. Identification of c-Fos as a mitotic phosphoprotein: regulation
of c-Fos by Aurora-A. J Biomed Sci 2007; 15:79-87. [DOI: 10.1007/s11373-007-9209-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2007] [Accepted: 09/05/2007] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Hsieh YS, Yang SF, Chu SC, Kuo DY. Interrupting activator protein-1 signaling in conscious rats can modify neuropeptide Y gene expression and feeding behavior of phenylpropanolamine. J Neurochem 2007; 104:50-61. [PMID: 17868324 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2007.04919.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The mechanism for phenylpropanolamine (PPA)-induced anorexia has been attributed to its inhibitory action on hypothalamic neuropeptide Y (NPY), an orexigenic agent abundant in the brain. However, molecular mechanisms behind this effect are not well known. In this study, we investigated whether activator protein-1 (AP-1) signaling was involved. Rats were daily treated with PPA for 4 days. Changes in hypothalamic NPY, c-fos, c-jun, superoxide dismutase (SOD)-1, and SOD-2 mRNA contents were measured and compared. Results showed that c-fos and c-jun mRNA levels were increased following PPA treatment, which were relevant to a reduction in NPY mRNA level. To further determine if c-fos/c-jun genes were involved in PPA anorexia, infusions of antisense oligonucleotide into cerebroventricle were performed before daily PPA treatment in freely moving rats. Results showed that either c-fos or c-jun knock down could block PPA anorexia and restore NPY mRNA content to normal level. It is suggested that AP-1 signaling may participate in the central regulation of PPA-mediated appetite suppression via the modulation of NPY gene expression. Moreover, this modulation might be partly because of the neuroprotective effect of AP-1 since SOD gene was activated during PPA treatment.
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- Yih-Shou Hsieh
- Institute of Biochemistry, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung City, Taiwan
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Gallitano-Mendel A, Izumi Y, Tokuda K, Zorumski CF, Howell MP, Muglia LJ, Wozniak DF, Milbrandt J. The immediate early gene early growth response gene 3 mediates adaptation to stress and novelty. Neuroscience 2007; 148:633-43. [PMID: 17692471 PMCID: PMC2597331 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.05.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2007] [Revised: 05/07/2007] [Accepted: 07/06/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Stress and exploration of novel environments induce neural expression of immediate early gene transcription factors (IEG-TFs). However, as yet no IEG-TF has been shown to be required for the normal biological or behavioral responses to these stimuli. Here we show that mice deficient for the IEG-TF early growth response gene (Egr) 3, display accentuated behavioral responses to the mild stress of handling paralleled by increased release of the stress hormone corticosterone. Egr3-/- mice also display abnormal responses to novelty, including heightened reactivity to novel environments and failure to habituate to social cues or startling acoustic stimuli. In a Y-maze spontaneous alternation task, they perform fewer sequential arm entries than controls, suggesting defects in immediate memory. Because stress and novelty stimulate hippocampal long-term depression (LTD), and because abnormalities in habituation to novelty and Y-maze performance have been associated with LTD deficits, we examined this form of synaptic plasticity in Egr3-/- mice. We found that Egr3-/- mice fail to establish hippocampal LTD in response to low frequency stimulation and exhibit dysfunction of an ifenprodil-sensitive (NR1/NR2B) N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor subclass. Long term potentiation induction was not altered. The NR2B-dependent dysfunction does not result from transcriptional regulation of this subunit by Egr3, because NR2B mRNA levels did not differ in the hippocampi of Egr3-/- and control mice. These findings are the first demonstration of the requirement for an IEG-TF in mediating the response to stress and novelty, and in the establishment of LTD.
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MESH Headings
- Adaptation, Physiological/genetics
- Animals
- Behavior, Animal/physiology
- Corticosterone/metabolism
- Early Growth Response Protein 3/genetics
- Exploratory Behavior/physiology
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation/genetics
- Genes, Immediate-Early/genetics
- Habituation, Psychophysiologic/genetics
- Hippocampus/metabolism
- Hippocampus/physiopathology
- Learning Disabilities/genetics
- Learning Disabilities/metabolism
- Learning Disabilities/physiopathology
- Long-Term Potentiation/genetics
- Long-Term Synaptic Depression/genetics
- Male
- Memory Disorders/genetics
- Memory Disorders/metabolism
- Memory Disorders/physiopathology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Neuronal Plasticity/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/genetics
- Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/metabolism
- Stress, Psychological/genetics
- Stress, Psychological/metabolism
- Stress, Psychological/physiopathology
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- A Gallitano-Mendel
- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, Box 8134, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
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Mairesse J, Viltart O, Salomé N, Giuliani A, Catalani A, Casolini P, Morley-Fletcher S, Nicoletti F, Maccari S. Prenatal stress alters the negative correlation between neuronal activation in limbic regions and behavioral responses in rats exposed to high and low anxiogenic environments. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2007; 32:765-76. [PMID: 17666188 DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2007.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2006] [Revised: 03/25/2007] [Accepted: 03/29/2007] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Behavioral adaptation to an anxiogenic environment involves the activity of various interconnected limbic regions, such as the amygdala, hippocampus and prefrontal cortex. Prenatal stress (PS) in rats affects the ability to cope with environmental challenges and alters brain plasticity, leading to long-lasting behavioral and neurobiological alterations. We examined in PS and control animals whether behavioral reactivity was correlated to neuronal activation by assessing Fos protein expression in limbic regions of rats exposed to a low or high anxiogenic environment (the closed and open arms of an elevated plus maze, respectively). A negative correlation was found between behavioral and neuronal activation, with a lower behavioral reactivity and a higher neuronal response observed in rats exposed to the more anxiogenic environment (the open arm) with respect to the less anxiogenic environment (the closed arm). Interestingly, the variation in the neurobehavioral response between the two arms of the maze was less pronounced in rats that had been subjected to PS. This study provides a remarkable example of how long-lasting changes in brain plasticity induced by PS affect the ability of limbic neurons to cope with anxiogenic stimuli of different strength.
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- Jérôme Mairesse
- Neuroscience/Perinatal Stress Team, Univ. Lille 1, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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Cooper JF, Kusnecov AW. Methylmercuric chloride induces activation of neuronal stress circuitry and alters exploratory behavior in the mouse. Neuroscience 2007; 148:1048-64. [PMID: 17764854 PMCID: PMC2034401 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.07.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2007] [Revised: 07/18/2007] [Accepted: 08/18/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Methylmercury (MeHg) is a well-known neurotoxicant, responsible for neurological and cognitive alterations. However, there is very little information available on the effects of MeHg administration on activation of murine neuronal pathways involved in the stress response, and whether this is altered as a function of repeated exposure to MeHg. Moreover, interactions between MeHg and other psychogenic and inflammatory stressors have yet to be fully determined. Acute i.p. exposure of male C57BL/6J mice to MeHg (2-8 mg/kg) dose-dependently attenuated exploratory behavior in the open field in the presence and absence of a novel object. In addition, increased numbers of c-Fos immunoreactive cells appeared in response to acute i.p. and i.c.v. MeHg within thalamic (anterior paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (PVA)/posterior paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (PV)), hypothalamic (paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVN)), central amygdaloid nucleus (CeC), septal and hippocampal (dentate gyrus) nuclei, medial bed nucleus (BSTm) and the locus coeruleus (Lc). The increase in c-Fos positive cells in response to acute i.p. and i.c.v. MeHg did not appear to be influenced further by open field exposure. Repeated administration of MeHg led to an attenuation of most parameters of open field behavior altered by acute MeHg. However, increased c-Fos was significant in the CeC, Dg, supracapsular bed nucleus (BSTs), and Lc. Moreover, open field exposure after repeated treatments resulted in significant c-Fos responses in similar areas. Interestingly, 3 days after the final repeated MeHg dose (2 or 4 mg/kg) c-Fos increases to an immunogenic stressor (LPS) were not affected by MeHg pretreatment. These results demonstrate that systemic exposure to acute and repeated MeHg serves to activate the brain's stress circuitry, and furthermore appears to engage normal neuronal habituation processes.
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- Joel F. Cooper
- Joint Graduate Program in Toxicology – Rutgers University/ University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
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- Joint Graduate Program in Toxicology – Rutgers University/ University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
- Department of Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience Program, Rutgers University, New Jersey USA
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Yao M, Denver RJ. Regulation of vertebrate corticotropin-releasing factor genes. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2007; 153:200-16. [PMID: 17382944 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.01.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2006] [Accepted: 01/21/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
Developmental, physiological, and behavioral adjustments in response to environmental change are crucial for animal survival. In vertebrates, the neuroendocrine stress system, comprised of the hypothalamus, pituitary, and adrenal/interrenal glands (HPA/HPI axis) plays a central role in adaptive stress responses. Corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) is the primary hypothalamic neurohormone regulating the HPA/HPI axis. CRF also functions as a neurotransmitter/neuromodulator in the limbic system and brain stem to coordinate endocrine, behavioral, and autonomic responses to stressors. Glucocorticoids, the end products of the HPA/HPI axis, cause feedback regulation at multiple levels of the stress axis, exerting direct and indirect actions on CRF neurons. The spatial expression patterns of CRF, and stressor-dependent CRF gene activation in the central nervous system (CNS) are evolutionarily conserved. This suggests conservation of the gene regulatory mechanisms that underlie tissue-specific and stressor-dependent CRF expression. Comparative genomic analysis showed that the proximal promoter regions of vertebrate CRF genes are highly conserved. Several cis regulatory elements and trans acting factors have been implicated in stressor-dependent CRF gene activation, including cyclic AMP response element binding protein (CREB), activator protein 1 (AP-1/Fos/Jun), and nerve growth factor induced gene B (NGFI-B). Glucocorticoids, acting through the glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid receptors, either repress or promote CRF expression depending on physiological state and CNS region. In this review, we take a comparative/evolutionary approach to understand the physiological regulation of CRF gene expression. We also discuss evolutionarily conserved molecular mechanisms that operate at the level of CRF gene transcription.
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- Meng Yao
- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, 3065C Kraus Natural Science Building, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1048, USA
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Kazi JA, Liu EHC, Lee TL, Tachibana S. Nocistatin attenuated the nociceptin induced c-Fos expression in the mouse hippocampus. Neuropeptides 2007; 41:227-31. [PMID: 17586043 DOI: 10.1016/j.npep.2007.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2007] [Revised: 04/08/2007] [Accepted: 04/08/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Nocistatin and nociceptin/orphaninFQ (N/OFQ) are the two new peptides which may have roles in nociception, memory, anxiety, and other biological functions. Nocistatin acts as a functional antagonist to N/OFQ in several functions, but their neuro-anatomical sites of interaction are unknown. We investigated the effect of combined intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) injection of nocistatin with N/OFQ, on N/OFQ induced c-Fos expression in the mouse hippocampus, using c-Fos immunohistochemistry. We found that co-injection of nocistatin with N/OFQ significantly attenuated N/OFQ induced c-Fos expression in the hippocampus.
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- J A Kazi
- Department of Anaesthesia, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119074, Singapore.
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Kazi JA, Gee CF. Effect of Gabapentin on c-Fos Expression in the CNS after Paw Surgery in Rats. J Mol Neurosci 2007; 32:228-34. [PMID: 17873368 DOI: 10.1007/s12031-007-0048-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2007] [Revised: 11/30/1999] [Accepted: 05/21/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Gabapentin (neurontin), a GABA analogue anticonvulsant has proven to be effective in anti-nociceptive activity as well as for the treatment of anxiety. Gabapentin (GBP) is well tolerated and shows very favorable side effects profile: The exact molecular mechanism of action of GBP to block postoperative pain and stress is not known. Therefore, to identify the functional neuroanatomical target sites of GBP in post-surgery as well as its effect on postsurgical process, we examined the effects of GBP on c-Fos expression in the supraspinal part of the central nervous system in rats. Using a well-validated rat model of surgical pain, we studied the neuroanatomical functional target sites of gabapentin after paw surgery. The effect of GBP was examined by means of c-Fos immunohistochemistry. A single intraperitoneal injection (i.p.) of GBP (150 mg/kg) or saline (control) was administered 20 min before surgical incision in the paw under anesthesia. Ninety minutes after surgical incision, the deeply anesthetized rats were perfused transcardially with 4% paraformaldehyde. Serial 40-microm-thick sections of whole brain (except spinal cord) were cut and processed by immunohistochemistry to locate and quantify the sites and number of neurons with c-Fos immunoreactivity. Detection of c-Fos protein was performed using the peroxidase-antiperoxidase detection protocol. Our present study demonstrated that compared to control, administration of GBP (150 mg/kg, i.p.) before paw surgery significantly (p < 0.01) attenuated the incision-induced c-Fos expression only in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus. In addition, GBP-induced increase in c-Fos expression was observed in the dorsal raphe (DRN) and in the nucleus raphe magnus. Present results indicate that GBP may differentially modulate c-Fos expression in surgical paw incision. Moreover, this study provides some clue to examine whether GBP exerts its action simultaneously through two separate pathways in post-surgery.
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- Jamil Ahsan Kazi
- Department of Anaesthesia, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119074, Singapore.
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Michel V, Peinnequin A, Alonso A, Buguet A, Cespuglio R, Canini F. Decreased heat tolerance is associated with hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical axis impairment. Neuroscience 2007; 147:522-31. [PMID: 17531395 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.04.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2007] [Revised: 04/19/2007] [Accepted: 04/24/2007] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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When rats are exposed to heat, they adapt themselves to the stressor with a wide inter-individual variability. Such differences in heat tolerance may be related to particularities in the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis activation. To further this hypothesis, 80 rats instrumented with a telemetric device for abdominal temperature (Tabd) measurement were separated into two groups. Sixty-eight rats were exposed during 90 min at an ambient temperature of 40 degrees C, and 12 rats to an ambient temperature of 22 degrees C. Heat-exposed rats were then divided into three groups using the a posteriori k-means clustering method according to their Tabd level at the end of heat exposure. Heat tolerant rats (Tol, n=30) exhibiting the lowest Tabd showed a slight dehydration, a moderate triglyceride mobilization, but the highest plasma adrenocorticotropic-hormone (ACTH) and corticosterone levels. Conversely, heat exhausted rats (HE, n=14) presented the highest Tabd, a higher degree of dehydration, a greater metabolic imbalance with the lowest plasma triglyceride level and the highest lactate concentration, as well as a lowest plasma corticosterone and ACTH levels. The fact that the proopiomelanocortin (POMC) mRNA content within the pituitary was low despite of a high c-fos mRNA level is also relevant. Current inflammatory processes in HE rats were underlined by lower inhibitory factor kappaBalpha (IkappaBalpha) mRNA and higher tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) mRNA. In conclusion, data show that intolerance to heat exposure is associated to an HPA axis impairment, possibly related to changes occurring in the IkappaBalpha and TNF-alpha mRNA levels.
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- V Michel
- Département des Facteurs Humains, Pôle de Neurophysiologie du Stress, Centre de Recherches du Service de Santé des Armées Emile Pardé, 24 Avenue des Maquis du Grésivaudan, F-38702 La Tronche Cédex, France.
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