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Rampino A, Torretta S, Rizzo G, Viscanti G, Quarto T, Gelao B, Fazio L, Attrotto MT, Masellis R, Pergola G, Bertolino A, Blasi G. Emotional Stability Interacts with Cortisol Levels Before fMRI on Brain Processing of Fearful Faces. Neuroscience 2019; 416:190-197. [PMID: 31400483 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2019.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2019] [Revised: 07/31/2019] [Accepted: 08/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Functional-Magnetic-Imaging (fMRI) is widely adopted to investigate neurophysiological correlates of emotion processing (EP). However, studies have reported that scanning procedures in neuroimaging protocols may increase or cause anxiety and psychological distress related with the scanning, thus inducing peripheral cortisol release. These phenomena may in turn impact on brain EP. Additionally, previous findings have indicated that inter-individual differences in stress-response intensity are mediated by levels of Emotional Stability (ES), a personality trait that has been associated with brain activity during EP, especially in amygdala and prefrontal cortex (PFC). The aim of this study was to investigate the interaction between indices of stress related to anticipation of fMRI scanning and levels of ES on amygdala and PFC activity during EP. With this aim, 55 healthy volunteers were characterized for trait ES. Furthermore, salivary cortisol levels at baseline and soon before fMRI scanning were measured as an index of stress related to scanning anticipation. During fMRI, participants performed an explicit EP task. We found that variation in salivary cortisol (Δc) interacts with ES on left amygdala and PFC activity during EP. More in details, in the context of a higher ES, the greater the Δc, the lower the activity in left amygdala and PFC. In the context of lower ES, the opposite Δc-brain activity relationship was found. Our results suggest that the stressful potential of fMRI interacts with personality traits in modulating brain activity during EP. These findings should be taken into account when interpreting neuroimaging studies especially exploring brain physiology during EP.
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- Antonio Rampino
- University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Department of Basic Medical Science, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy; Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Consorziale Policlinico di Bari, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124, Bari, Italy
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- University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Department of Basic Medical Science, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy
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- University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Department of Basic Medical Science, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy
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- University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Department of Basic Medical Science, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy
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- University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Department of Basic Medical Science, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy
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- University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Department of Basic Medical Science, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy
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- IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo (FG), Italy
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- University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Department of Basic Medical Science, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy
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- University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Department of Basic Medical Science, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy
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- University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Department of Basic Medical Science, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy
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- University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Department of Basic Medical Science, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy; Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Consorziale Policlinico di Bari, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124, Bari, Italy
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- University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Department of Basic Medical Science, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy; Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Consorziale Policlinico di Bari, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124, Bari, Italy.
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Saylor AJ, McGinty JF. Amphetamine-induced locomotion and gene expression are altered in BDNF heterozygous mice. GENES BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR 2008; 7:906-14. [PMID: 18681898 DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183x.2008.00430.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Administration of amphetamine overstimulates medium spiny neurons (MSNs) by releasing dopamine and glutamate from afferents in the striatum. However, these afferents also release brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) that protects striatal MSNs from overstimulation. Intriguingly, all three neurochemicals increase opioid gene expression in MSNs. In contrast, striatal opioid expression is less in naive BDNF heterozygous (BDNF(+/-)) vs. wild-type (WT) mice. This study was designed to determine whether partial genetic depletion of BDNF influences the behavioral and molecular response to an acute amphetamine injection. An acute injection of amphetamine [5 mg/kg, intraperitoneal (i.p.)] or saline was administered to WT and BDNF(+/-) mice. WT and BDNF(+/-) mice exhibited similar locomotor activity during habituation, whereas BDNF(+/-) mice exhibited more prolonged locomotor activation during the third hour after injection of amphetamine. Three hours after amphetamine injection, there was an increase of preprodynorphin mRNA in the caudate putamen and nucleus accumbens (Acb) and dopamine D(3) receptor mRNA levels were increased in the Acb of BDNF(+/-) and WT mice. Striatal/cortical trkB and BDNF, and mesencephalic tyrosine hydroxylase mRNA levels were only increased in WT mice. These results indicate that BDNF modifies the locomotor responses of mice to acute amphetamine and differentially regulates amphetamine-induced gene expression.
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- A J Saylor
- Department of Neurosciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
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Bontempi S, Fiorentini C, Busi C, Guerra N, Spano P, Missale C. Identification and characterization of two nuclear factor-kappaB sites in the regulatory region of the dopamine D2 receptor. Endocrinology 2007; 148:2563-70. [PMID: 17317773 DOI: 10.1210/en.2006-1618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Regulation of D2 receptor (D2R) expression is crucial in the function of dopaminergic systems. Because alterations of D2R expression may contribute to the development of different disorders, it is important to elucidate the mechanisms regulating D2R gene transcription. We report the characterization of two putative nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) motifs, referred to as D2-kappaB sites, in the human D2R promoter, and demonstrate that they bind NF-kappaB subunits and stimulate D2R promoter activity. D2-kappaB sites show different degrees of conservation and specificity, when compared with canonical kB sites. The D2-kappaB1 site (from -407 to -398) is highly conserved and binds p50/p65 and p50/c-Rel complexes, whereas D2-kappaB2 (from -513 to -504) is more degenerated and only binds p50/p65 heterodimers. Activation of D2-kappaB sites in COS-7 cells expressing a luciferase reporter vector containing the D2R promoter resulted in increased transcriptional activity. Site-directed mutagenesis of each D2-kappaB site differentially modified D2R promoter activity. In particular, mutation of the D2-kappaB1 motif did not affect D2R promoter response to p50/c-Rel complexes, whereas inactivation of the D2-kappaB2 site decreased it. Mutations of either D2-kappaB1 or D2-kappaB2 sites attenuated the D2R promoter transcriptional efficiency induced by p50/p65 complexes. Thus, D2R transcription mediated by p50/c-Rel is supported mainly by the D2-kappaB2 site, whereas both sites are necessary to support the full transcriptional activity mediated by p50/p65 complexes. A correlation was found between NF-kappaB activity and D2R expression in the pituitary and pituitary-derived cells but not in the striatum, suggesting that NF-kappaB regulation of D2R expression could be a pituitary-specific mechanism.
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- Sandra Bontempi
- Division of Pharmacology, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnologies, University of Brescia, Viale Europa 11, 25124 Brescia, Italy
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Kereszturi E, Kiraly O, Barta C, Molnar N, Sasvari-Szekely M, Csapo Z. No direct effect of the -521 C/T polymorphism in the human dopamine D4 receptor gene promoter on transcriptional activity. BMC Mol Biol 2006; 7:18. [PMID: 16723017 PMCID: PMC1481588 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2199-7-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2005] [Accepted: 05/24/2006] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Background The human dopamine D4 receptor (DRD4) gene has been studied extensively as a candidate gene for certain psychological traits and several behavioural and psychiatric disorders. Both the 5' regulatory region and the coding sequence contain a number of polymorphisms. The promoter variants have received particular attention in the past few years due to their possible role in the regulation of gene transcription. Previously, the -521C/T SNP was shown to influence promoter activity. The aim of this study is to perform an in-depth analysis of this effect in the context of various neural cell lines. Results Endogenous mRNA expression of the DRD4 gene was demonstrated in two neuroblastoma (SK-N-F1, IMR32) and one retinoblastoma cell line (Y79) by RT-PCR. In addition, very low DRD4 mRNA levels were also detected in HeLa cells. The transcriptional activity of a series of 5' promoter deletion mutants was determined by transient transfection of luciferase reporter constructs. The activity profile of these promoter fragments was similar in each of the cell lines tested. The highest luciferase reporter activity was obtained with a construct containing promoter sequences between nucleotides -668 to -389, while a putative silencer region was localised spanning from nucleotide -1571 to -800. Surprisingly, the -521 C/T polymorphism had no significant effect on transcriptional activity of the reporter construct with the highest activity (-668 to -389) in any of the three cell lines tested. Conclusion Our results do not confirm previous data assigning different transcriptional activities to the -521 C/T alleles of the human DRD4 promoter. Furthermore, these findings highlight the need for further characterization of the 5' regulatory region of the DRD4 gene and identification of additional functional promoter polymorphic sites, especially in the context of haplotype.
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- Eva Kereszturi
- Department of Medical Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pathobiochemistry, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Medical Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pathobiochemistry, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Medical Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pathobiochemistry, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Biological Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Medical Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pathobiochemistry, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Medical Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pathobiochemistry, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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Jeanblanc J, He DY, McGough NNH, Logrip ML, Phamluong K, Janak PH, Ron D. The dopamine D3 receptor is part of a homeostatic pathway regulating ethanol consumption. J Neurosci 2006; 26:1457-64. [PMID: 16452669 PMCID: PMC6675490 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3786-05.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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We recently identified a homeostatic pathway that inhibits ethanol intake. This protective pathway consists of the scaffolding protein RACK1 and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). RACK1 translocates to the nucleus after exposure of neurons to ethanol and increases expression of BDNF (McGough et al., 2004). We also found that increasing the levels of BDNF via systemic administration of RACK1 expressed as a Tat-fusion protein (Tat-RACK1) reduces ethanol consumption, whereas reduction of BDNF levels augments this behavior (McGough et al., 2004). Based on these results, we hypothesized that activation of the BDNF receptor TrkB is necessary for the effects of BDNF on ethanol intake and that gene products downstream of BDNF negatively regulate ethanol consumption. Here, we show that inhibition of the BDNF receptor TrkB increases voluntary ethanol consumption in wild-type mice but not in mice lacking one copy of the BDNF gene (BDNF(+/-)). We also find that increases in the levels of BDNF, mediated by ethanol or RACK1, lead to increased dorsal striatal levels of the dopamine D3 receptor (D3R), a gene downstream of BDNF, via activation of the TrkB receptor. Finally, we show that the Tat-RACK1-mediated reduction of ethanol consumption is attenuated by coinjection with either the Trk inhibitor K252a or the dopamine D3R-prefering antagonist U-99194A [5, 6-dimethoxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)indan], suggesting that activation of the BDNF pathway via RACK1 leads to increased expression of the dopamine D3R, which in turn mediates the attenuation of ethanol consumption.
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Shen HM, Nakamura A, Sugimoto J, Sakumoto N, Oda T, Jinno Y, Okazaki Y. Tissue specificity of methylation and expression of human genes coding for neuropeptides and their receptors, and of a human endogenous retrovirus K family. J Hum Genet 2006; 51:440-450. [PMID: 16544050 DOI: 10.1007/s10038-006-0382-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2006] [Accepted: 01/23/2006] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The purpose of the present study was to understand the tissue specificity of DNA methylation and the relationship between methylation and expression of genes with essential roles in neurodevelopment and brain function. We chose dopamine receptor genes (DRD1 and DRD2), NCAM, and COMT as examples of genes with CpG islands around the promoter region, and serotonin receptor genes (HTR2A and HTR3A), HCRT, and DRD3 as genes without CpG islands. Methylation states were investigated in fetal brain, fetal liver, placenta, and in adult peripheral leukocytes from three individuals by Southern blot and bisulfite-modified DNA sequencing. A repetitive sequence, human endogenous retrovirus (HERV)-K was also examined. All genes examined were almost completely unmethylated in brains. The genes with CpG islands were unmethylated regardless of their expression state. In contrast, genes without CpG islands showed various methylation patterns, which did not necessarily reflect the transcriptional activity of the genes. Most HERV-K loci were methylated, but some loci showed relatively low methylation in the placenta and liver. Interestingly, we found inter-individual differences in methylation levels in HTR2A and HCRT in the placenta and in some loci of HERV-K in the placenta and liver. The sample with the lowest methylation levels in the two unique genes showed higher methylation of HERV-K loci than the other samples. These results provide detailed information about the methylation states of the genes analyzed and evidence for inter-individual variations in methylation in both unique and repetitive sequences.
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- Hong-Mei Shen
- Department of Molecular Biology, Ryukyu University School of Medicine, 207 Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Ryukyu University School of Medicine, 207 Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Ryukyu University School of Medicine, Okinawa, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Ryukyu University School of Medicine, 207 Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Ryukyu University School of Medicine, Okinawa, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Ryukyu University School of Medicine, 207 Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Ryukyu University School of Medicine, 207 Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan.
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Mie University School of Medicine, Mie, Japan
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Van Craenenbroeck K, De Bosscher K, Vanden Berghe W, Vanhoenacker P, Haegeman G. Role of glucocorticoids in dopamine-related neuropsychiatric disorders. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2005; 245:10-22. [PMID: 16310935 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2005.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2005] [Accepted: 10/14/2005] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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'Psychoneuroendocrinology' is now quickly emerging as a hot interdisciplinary research field that addresses the interplay between neuronal and endocrine signaling in psychiatric diseases. Both glucocorticoid hormones and dopamine have an important role in maintaining normal brain functions. In this review, molecular and mechanistic aspects of glucocorticoid effects on brain function and behavior will be discussed with specific reference to dopamine signaling.
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- Kathleen Van Craenenbroeck
- Laboratory for Eukaryotic Gene Expression and Signal Transduction, LEGEST, Department of Molecular Biology, Ghent University-UGent, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Gent, Belgium
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Tamura G, Olson D, Miron J, Clark TG. Tolloid-like 1 is negatively regulated by stress and glucocorticoids. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 142:81-90. [PMID: 16274839 DOI: 10.1016/j.molbrainres.2005.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2005] [Revised: 08/09/2005] [Accepted: 09/08/2005] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Glucocorticoids affect a variety of tissues to enable the organism to adapt to the stress. Hippocampal neurons contain glucocorticoid receptors and respond to elevated glucocorticoid levels by down-regulating the HPA axis. Chronically, however, stress is deleterious to hippocampal neurons. Chronically elevated levels of glucocorticoids result in a decrease in the number of dendritic spines, reduced axonal growth and synaptogenesis, and decreased neurogenesis in the hippocampus. Tolloid-like 1 (Tll-1) is a metalloprotease that potentiates the activity of the bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs). Neurogenesis in the hippocampus of both developing and adult mammals requires BMPs. In this study, we demonstrate that Tll-1 expression is increased in mice that have increased neurogenesis. The Tll-1 promoter contains glucocorticoid response elements which are capable of binding to purified glucocorticoid receptor. Glucocorticoids decrease Tll-1 expression in vitro. Finally, prenatal stress leads to a decrease in Tll-1 mRNA expression in the hippocampus of adult female mice that is not observed in adult male mice indicating that Tll-1 expression is differentially regulated in males and females. The results of this study indicate that Tll-1 is responsive to glucocorticoids and this mechanism might influence neurogenesis in the hippocampus.
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MESH Headings
- Age Factors
- Analysis of Variance
- Animals
- Blotting, Northern/methods
- Cell Count/methods
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cloning, Molecular/methods
- Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay/methods
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects
- Gene Expression Regulation/physiology
- Glucocorticoids/pharmacology
- Glucocorticoids/physiology
- Hippocampus/cytology
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization/methods
- Male
- Metalloproteases/genetics
- Metalloproteases/metabolism
- Mice
- Neuroblastoma
- Neurons/drug effects
- Neurons/metabolism
- Physical Conditioning, Animal/methods
- Pregnancy
- Promoter Regions, Genetic/drug effects
- Promoter Regions, Genetic/physiology
- Protein Binding/physiology
- RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Glucocorticoid/metabolism
- Restraint, Physical/methods
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods
- Sex Factors
- Stress, Physiological/metabolism
- Time Factors
- Tolloid-Like Metalloproteinases
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- Goichiro Tamura
- University of South Dakota School of Medicine, Division of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Vermillion, SD 57069, USA
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D'Souza UM, Russ C, Tahir E, Mill J, McGuffin P, Asherson PJ, Craig IW. Functional effects of a tandem duplication polymorphism in the 5'flanking region of the DRD4 gene. Biol Psychiatry 2004; 56:691-7. [PMID: 15522254 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2004.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2004] [Revised: 07/20/2004] [Accepted: 08/25/2004] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Several polymorphisms have been identified in the 5'flanking region of the human dopamine D(4) receptor gene (DRD4), including a tandem duplication polymorphism. This comprises a 120-base-pair repeat sequence that is known to have different allele frequencies in various populations around the world. Furthermore, various studies have revealed evidence of linkage to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and association with schizophrenia and methamphetamine abuse. The location of the polymorphism in the 5'regulatory region of the DRD4 gene and the fact that it consists of potential transcription factor binding sites suggest that it might confer differential transcriptional activity of the alleles. METHODS We investigated the functional effects of this gene variant with transient transfection methods in four human cell lines and then assessed transcriptional activity with luciferase reporter gene assays. RESULTS The longer allele has lower transcriptional activity than the shorter allele in SK-N-MC, SH-SY5Y, HEK293, and HeLa cell lines. CONCLUSIONS This evidence suggests that the duplication might have a role in regulating the expression of the DRD4 gene and provides an understanding of the biological mechanisms underlying the etiology of neuropsychiatric disorders such as ADHD, schizophrenia, and metamphetamine abuse.
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- Ursula M D'Souza
- Medical Research Council Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, Box Number P082, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF, United Kingdom.
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Smits BMG, D'Souza UM, Berezikov E, Cuppen E, Sluyter F. Identifying polymorphisms in the Rattus norvegicus D3 dopamine receptor gene and regulatory region. GENES BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR 2004; 3:138-48. [PMID: 15140009 DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183x.2004.00060.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The D(3) dopamine receptor has been implicated in several neuropsychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease and addiction. Sequence variation in the D(3) gene can lead to subtle alteration in receptor structure or gene expression and thus to a different phenotype. In this study we examine the sequence variation in the D(3) gene in 96 rat strains and substrains. Interestingly, the analyses revealed 10 polymorphisms in the 5'flanking region and four polymorphisms in intronic regions of the gene. Moreover, two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that result in amino acid changes were found in the last exon of the D(3) gene in the RNU/Mol strain. Additionally, bioinformatic analysis of the 5'flanking region and first intron of the gene revealed putative transcription factor binding sites that are conserved between mouse and human and are affected by the SNPs, possibly resulting in altered regulation of the subsequent transcription factor.
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- B M G Smits
- Hubrecht Laboratory, The Netherlands Institute for Developmental Biology, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Landry M, Lévesque D, Di Paolo T. Estrogenic properties of raloxifene, but not tamoxifen, on D2 and D3 dopamine receptors in the rat forebrain. Neuroendocrinology 2002; 76:214-22. [PMID: 12411738 DOI: 10.1159/000065951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The present study investigated the estrogenic specificity of the modulation of dopamine D(2) and D(3) receptors by comparing the effects of estradiol with tamoxifen or raloxifene. These compounds have estrogenic and/or antiestrogenic activity depending on the target tissue. Two weeks after ovariectomy of female rats, we observed a 60% decrease in the uterine weight, which was prevented by a replacement therapy of 2 weeks with 17beta-estradiol. A tamoxifen or raloxifene treatment of 2 weeks increased uterine weights by 35 and 15%, respectively, but significantly less than estradiol treatment. Ovariectomy decreased dopamine D(2) receptor specific binding (20%) in the dorsolateral part of the anterior striatum and these receptors were left unchanged in the other parts of the striatum as well as in the olfactory tubercle and the nucleus accumbens. 17beta-Estradiol and raloxifene, but not tamoxifen treatment prevented this decrease. Ovariectomy left dopamine D(3) receptor specific binding unchanged. However, estradiol and raloxifene treatment decreased dopamine D(3) receptor binding in the islands of Calleja, the core and shell of the nucleus accumbens and the dorsal part of the anterior striatum, compared with ovariectomized rats. Our results show that raloxifene, but not tamoxifen, has an agonist estrogenic activity on dopamine receptors. Furthermore, estradiol and raloxifene have opposite effects on specific binding to dopamine D(2) and D(3) receptors.
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- Michelle Landry
- Molecular Endocrinology and Oncology Research Center and Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Laval, Sainte-Foy, Que., Canada
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Sodja C, Fang H, Dasgupta T, Ribecco M, Walker PR, Sikorska M. Identification of functional dopamine receptors in human teratocarcinoma NT2 cells. BRAIN RESEARCH. MOLECULAR BRAIN RESEARCH 2002; 99:83-91. [PMID: 11978399 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-328x(01)00324-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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In search of a cellular model suitable for studying molecular events contributing to brain disorders, we have characterised the expression and functionality of dopamine receptors in human teratocarcinoma NT2 cells. The cells were differentiated by a 4-week retinoic acid treatment, followed by a 3-week mitotic inhibitor treatment in the absence of retinoic acid. The messages of two D(2)-like family members, D(2L) and D(3), were expressed in undifferentiated NT2 cells. The retinoic acid treatment resulted in increased expression of both spliced variants of the D(2) receptor, D(2L) and D(2S) isoforms and a significant induction of D(1) and D(5) gene transcripts. The same treatment turned off expression of the D(3) gene. Further induction of the D(5) gene was observed in the post-mitotic NT2N neurons. The NT2N cells stained positively for D(2) and D(5) receptor proteins, and the intracellular cyclic AMP level increased in response to forskolin, dopamine and the D(1)-receptor agonist SKF-81297. Furthermore, dopamine was ineffective in the presence of the D(2) receptor agonist PPHT and the D(1) receptor antagonist cis-(z)-flupenthixol. These results indicated that upon ligand/agonist/antagonist binding, the receptors could be coupled to the adenylyl cyclase system, hence were functional. To our knowledge, NT2 is the only human immortalized cell line expressing functional dopamine receptors of both families.
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- Caroline Sodja
- Apoptosis Research Group, Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, 1500 Montreal Road, Bldg. M-54, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0R6, Canada
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Hwang CK, D'Souza UM, Eisch AJ, Yajima S, Lammers CH, Yang Y, Lee SH, Kim YM, Nestler EJ, Mouradian MM. Dopamine receptor regulating factor, DRRF: a zinc finger transcription factor. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001; 98:7558-63. [PMID: 11390978 PMCID: PMC34707 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.121635798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Dopamine receptor genes are under complex transcription control, determining their unique regional distribution in the brain. We describe here a zinc finger type transcription factor, designated dopamine receptor regulating factor (DRRF), which binds to GC and GT boxes in the D1A and D2 dopamine receptor promoters and effectively displaces Sp1 and Sp3 from these sequences. Consequently, DRRF can modulate the activity of these dopamine receptor promoters. Highest DRRF mRNA levels are found in brain with a specific regional distribution including olfactory bulb and tubercle, nucleus accumbens, striatum, hippocampus, amygdala, and frontal cortex. Many of these brain regions also express abundant levels of various dopamine receptors. In vivo, DRRF itself can be regulated by manipulations of dopaminergic transmission. Mice treated with drugs that increase extracellular striatal dopamine levels (cocaine), block dopamine receptors (haloperidol), or destroy dopamine terminals (1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine) show significant alterations in DRRF mRNA. The latter observations provide a basis for dopamine receptor regulation after these manipulations. We conclude that DRRF is important for modulating dopaminergic transmission in the brain.
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Affiliation(s)
- C K Hwang
- Genetic Pharmacology Unit, Experimental Therapeutics Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1406, USA
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