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Webb KJ, Norton WHJ, Trümbach D, Meijer AH, Ninkovic J, Topp S, Heck D, Marr C, Wurst W, Theis FJ, Spaink HP, Bally-Cuif L. Zebrafish reward mutants reveal novel transcripts mediating the behavioral effects of amphetamine. Genome Biol 2009; 10:R81. [PMID: 19646228 PMCID: PMC2728535 DOI: 10.1186/gb-2009-10-7-r81] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2009] [Revised: 06/16/2009] [Accepted: 07/31/2009] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Addiction is a pathological dysregulation of the brain's reward systems, determined by several complex genetic pathways. The conditioned place preference test provides an evaluation of the effects of drugs in animal models, allowing the investigation of substances at a biologically relevant level with respect to reward. Our lab has previously reported the development of a reliable conditioned place preference paradigm for zebrafish. Here, this test was used to isolate a dominant N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU)-induced mutant, no addiction (nad(dne3256)), which fails to respond to amphetamine, and which we used as an entry point towards identifying the behaviorally relevant transcriptional response to amphetamine. RESULTS Through the combination of microarray experiments comparing the adult brain transcriptome of mutant and wild-type siblings under normal conditions, as well as their response to amphetamine, we identified genes that correlate with the mutants' altered conditioned place preference behavior. In addition to pathways classically involved in reward, this gene set shows a striking enrichment in transcription factor-encoding genes classically involved in brain development, which later appear to be re-used within the adult brain. We selected a subset of them for validation by quantitative PCR and in situ hybridization, revealing that specific brain areas responding to the drug through these transcription factors include domains of ongoing adult neurogenesis. Finally, network construction revealed functional connections between several of these genes. CONCLUSIONS Together, our results identify a new network of coordinated gene regulation that influences or accompanies amphetamine-triggered conditioned place preference behavior and that may underlie the susceptibility to addiction.
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- Katharine J Webb
- Department Zebrafish Neurogenetics, Institute of Developmental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse, Neuherberg, 85764 Germany
- Center for Integrated Protein Science (Munich), Institute of Developmental Genetics, Technical University - Munich, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse, Neuherberg, 85764 Germany
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- Department Zebrafish Neurogenetics, Institute of Developmental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse, Neuherberg, 85764 Germany
- Center for Integrated Protein Science (Munich), Institute of Developmental Genetics, Technical University - Munich, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse, Neuherberg, 85764 Germany
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- Institute of Developmental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse, Neuherberg, 85764 Germany
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- Institute of Biology, University of Leiden, Leiden, 2300 RA The Netherlands
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- Department Zebrafish Neurogenetics, Institute of Developmental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse, Neuherberg, 85764 Germany
- Center for Integrated Protein Science (Munich), Institute of Developmental Genetics, Technical University - Munich, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse, Neuherberg, 85764 Germany
- Current address: Institute of Stem Cell Research, Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse, Neuherberg, 85764 Germany
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- Department Zebrafish Neurogenetics, Institute of Developmental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse, Neuherberg, 85764 Germany
- Center for Integrated Protein Science (Munich), Institute of Developmental Genetics, Technical University - Munich, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse, Neuherberg, 85764 Germany
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- Institute for Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse, Neuherberg, 85764 Germany
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- Institute for Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse, Neuherberg, 85764 Germany
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- Institute of Developmental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse, Neuherberg, 85764 Germany
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- Institute for Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse, Neuherberg, 85764 Germany
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- Institute of Biology, University of Leiden, Leiden, 2300 RA The Netherlands
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- Department Zebrafish Neurogenetics, Institute of Developmental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse, Neuherberg, 85764 Germany
- Center for Integrated Protein Science (Munich), Institute of Developmental Genetics, Technical University - Munich, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse, Neuherberg, 85764 Germany
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Akahoshi E, Yoshimura S, Uruno S, Ishihara-Sugano M. Effect of dioxins on regulation of tyrosine hydroxylase gene expression by aryl hydrocarbon receptor: a neurotoxicology study. Environ Health 2009; 8:24. [PMID: 19500377 PMCID: PMC2700084 DOI: 10.1186/1476-069x-8-24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2009] [Accepted: 06/06/2009] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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BACKGROUND Dioxins and related compounds are suspected of causing neurological disruption. Epidemiological studies indicated that exposure to these compounds caused neurodevelopmental disturbances such as learning disability and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, which are thought to be closely related to dopaminergic dysfunction. Although the molecular mechanism of their actions has not been fully investigated, a major participant in the process is aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR). This study focused on the effect of 2, 3, 7, 8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) exposure on the regulation of TH, a rate-limiting enzyme of dopamine synthesis, gene expression by AhR. METHODS N2a-Rbeta cells were established by transfecting murine neuroblastoma Neuro2a with the rat AhR cDNA. TH expression induced by TCDD was assessed by RT-PCR and Western blotting. Participation of AhR in TCDD-induced TH gene expression was confirmed by suppressing AhR expression using the siRNA method. Catecholamines including dopamine were measured by high-performance liquid chromatography. A reporter gene assay was used to identify regulatory motifs in the promoter region of TH gene. Binding of AhR with the regulatory motif was confirmed by an electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA). RESULTS Induction of TH by TCDD through AhR activation was detected at mRNA and protein levels. Induced TH protein was functional and its expression increased dopamine synthesis. The reporter gene assay and EMSA indicated that AhR directly regulated TH gene expression. Regulatory sequence called aryl hydrocarbon receptor responsive element III (AHRE-III) was identified upstream of the TH gene from -285 bp to -167 bp. Under TCDD exposure, an AhR complex was bound to AHRE-III as well as the xenobiotic response element (XRE), though AHRE-III was not identical to XRE, the conventional AhR-binding motif. CONCLUSION Our results suggest TCDD directly regulate the dopamine system by TH gene transactivation via an AhR-AHRE-III-mediated pathway. The AhR- mediated pathway could have a particular AhR-mediated genomic control pathway transmitting the effects of TCDD action to target cells in the development of dopaminergic disabilities.
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- Eiichi Akahoshi
- Functional Material Laboratory, Corporate Research & Development Center, Toshiba Corporation, 1 Komukai-Toshiba cho, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki 212-8582, Japan
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- Functional Material Laboratory, Corporate Research & Development Center, Toshiba Corporation, 1 Komukai-Toshiba cho, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki 212-8582, Japan
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- Functional Material Laboratory, Corporate Research & Development Center, Toshiba Corporation, 1 Komukai-Toshiba cho, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki 212-8582, Japan
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- Functional Material Laboratory, Corporate Research & Development Center, Toshiba Corporation, 1 Komukai-Toshiba cho, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki 212-8582, Japan
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Collins LL, Williamson MA, Thompson BD, Dever DP, Gasiewicz TA, Opanashuk LA. 2,3,7,8-Tetracholorodibenzo-p-dioxin exposure disrupts granule neuron precursor maturation in the developing mouse cerebellum. Toxicol Sci 2008; 103:125-36. [PMID: 18227101 DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfn017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The widespread environmental contaminant 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) has been linked to developmental neurotoxicity associated with abnormal cerebellar maturation in both humans and rodents. TCDD mediates toxicity via binding to the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR), a transcription factor that regulates the expression of xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes and growth regulatory molecules. Our previous studies demonstrated that cerebellar granule neuron precursor cells (GNPs) express transcriptionally active AhR during critical developmental periods. TCDD exposure also impaired GNP proliferation and survival in vitro. Therefore, this study tested the hypothesis that TCDD exposure disrupts cerebellar development by interfering with GNP differentiation. In vivo experiments indicated that TCDD exposure on postnatal day (PND) 6 resulted in increased expression of a mitotic marker and increased thickness of the external granule layer (EGL) on PND10. Expression of the early differentiation marker TAG-1 was also more pronounced in postmitotic, premigratory granule neurons of the EGL, and increased apoptosis of GNPs was observed. On PND21, expression of the late GNP differentiation marker GABA(A alpha 6) receptor (GABAR(A alpha 6)) and total estimated cell numbers were both reduced following exposure on PND6. Studies in unexposed adult AhR(-/-) mice revealed lower GABAR(A alpha 6) levels and DNA content. In vitro studies showed elevated expression of the early differentiation marker p27/Kip1 and the GABAR(A alpha 6) in GNPs following TCDD exposure, and the expression patterns of proteins related to granule cell neurite outgrowth, beta III-tubulin and polysialic acid neural cell adhesion molecule, were consistent with enhanced neuroblast differentiation. Together, our data suggest that TCDD disrupts a normal physiological role of AhR, resulting in compromised GNP maturation and neuroblast survival, which impacts final cell number in the cerebellum.
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- Loretta L Collins
- Department of Environmental Medicine, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
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Zhang N, Walker MK. Crosstalk between the aryl hydrocarbon receptor and hypoxia on the constitutive expression of cytochrome P4501A1 mRNA. Cardiovasc Toxicol 2007; 7:282-90. [PMID: 17968679 DOI: 10.1007/s12012-007-9007-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2007] [Accepted: 10/17/2007] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Endothelial cells are a target of halogenated aromatic hydrocarbon toxicity following aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) activation. Further, evidence suggests that AHR has a physiological function in endothelial cells in the absence of exogenous ligands. Understanding these "normal" functions of AHR may help to reveal the mechanisms that contribute to the toxicity of xenobiotic ligands. Thus, this study focused on the crosstalk between hypoxia and AHR in the absence of exogenous ligands. Constitutive CYP1A1 mRNA was measured by real time PCR in human pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells exposed to hypoxia (1 or 2.5% O2), 25 nM AHR siRNA, 25 nM hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-2alpha siRNA, or their combinations. Hypoxia significantly induced known hypoxia-regulated genes, and this induction was highly attenuated by HIF-2alpha siRNA, suggesting that HIF-2alpha is a primary mediator of hypoxic responses in these cells. Hypoxia also significantly reduced CYP1A1 mRNA and this reduction was also attenuated by HIF-2alpha siRNA. As expected, AHR siRNA significantly reduced constitutive CYP1A1 mRNA. While the combination of hypoxia plus AHR siRNA reduced CYP1A1 mRNA more than either treatment alone, the reduction was less than additive, suggesting that hypoxia and AHR deficiency may share a common pathway in reducing CYP1A1 expression. Finally, hypoxia significantly reduced AHR mRNA and this reduction was completely prevented by HIF-2alpha siRNA. In conclusion, constitutive CYP1A1 mRNA expression is dependent on AHR and is reduced by hypoxia via a HIF-2alpha-dependent mechanism, which may be mediated by a HIF-2alpha-dependent reduction of AHR expression.
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- Nan Zhang
- College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, 2703 Frontier NE, Albuquerque, NM 87131-5691, USA
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