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Yang S, Tang W, Azizian A, Gaedcke J, Ohara Y, Cawley H, Hanna N, Ghadimi BM, Lal T, Sen S, Creighton CJ, Gao J, Putluri N, Ambs S, Hussain SP. MIF/ NR3C2 Axis Regulates Glucose Metabolism Reprogramming in Pancreatic Cancer through MAPK-ERK and AP-1 Pathways. Carcinogenesis 2024:bgae025. [PMID: 38629149 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgae025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 04/20/2024] Open
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Inflammation and aberrant cellular metabolism are widely recognized as hallmarks of cancer. In pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), inflammatory signaling and metabolic reprogramming are tightly interwoven, playing pivotal roles in the pathogenesis and progression of the disease. However, the regulatory functions of inflammatory mediators in metabolic reprogramming in pancreatic cancer have not been fully explored. Earlier, we demonstrated that pro-inflammatory mediator macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) enhances disease progression by inhibiting its downstream transcriptional factor nuclear receptor subfamily 3 group C member 2 (NR3C2). Here, we provide evidence that MIF and NR3C2 interactively regulate metabolic reprogramming, resulting in MIF-induced cancer growth and progression in PDAC. MIF positively correlates with the HK1 (hexokinase 1), HK2 (hexokinase 2), and LDHA (lactate dehydrogenase) expression and increased pyruvate and lactate production in PDAC patients. Additionally, MIF augments glucose uptake and lactate efflux by upregulating HK1, HK2 and LDHA expression in pancreatic cancer cells in vitro and in mouse models of PDAC. Conversely, a reduction in HK1, HK2, LDHA expression is observed in tumors with high NR3C2 expression in PDAC patients. NR3C2 suppresses HK1, HK2, and LDHA expression, thereby inhibiting glucose uptake and lactate efflux in pancreatic cancer. Mechanistically, MIF-mediated regulation of glycolytic metabolism involves the activation of MAPK-ERK signaling pathway, whereas NR3C2 interacts with the activator protein 1 (AP-1) to regulate glycolysis. Our findings reveal an interactive role of the MIF/NR3C2 axis in regulating glucose metabolism supporting tumor growth and progression and may be a potential target for designing novel approaches for improving disease outcome.
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- Shouhui Yang
- Pancreatic Cancer Section, CCR, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, MD
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- Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis, CCR, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, MD
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- Department of General, Visceral and Pediatric Surgery, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of General, Visceral and Pediatric Surgery, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Pancreatic Cancer Section, CCR, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, MD
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- Pancreatic Cancer Section, CCR, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, MD
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- Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of General, Visceral and Pediatric Surgery, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Howard University College of Medicine, Washington D.C
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- Department of Translational Molecular Pathology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center Division of Biostatistics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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- Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Advanced Technology Core, Alkek Center for Molecular Discovery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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- Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis, CCR, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, MD
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Lomniczi A, Luna SL, Cervera-Juanes R, Appleman ML, Kohama SG, Urbanski HF. Age-related increase in the expression of 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 in the hippocampus of male rhesus macaques. Front Aging Neurosci 2024; 16:1328543. [PMID: 38560025 PMCID: PMC10978655 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2024.1328543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2023] [Accepted: 03/04/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024] Open
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Introduction The hippocampus is especially susceptible to age-associated neuronal pathologies, and there is concern that the age-associated rise in cortisol secretion from the adrenal gland may contribute to their etiology. Furthermore, because 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (HSD11B1) catalyzes the reduction of cortisone to the active hormone cortisol, it is plausible that an increase in the expression of this enzyme enhances the deleterious impact of cortisol in the hippocampus and contributes to the neuronal pathologies that underlie cognitive decline in the elderly. Methods Rhesus macaques were used as a translational animal model of human aging, to examine age-related changes in gene and protein expressions of (HSD11B1/HSD11B1) in the hippocampus, a region of the brain that plays a crucial role in learning and memory. Results Older animals showed significantly (p < 0.01) higher base-line cortisol levels in the circulation. In addition, they showed significantly (p < 0.05) higher hippocampal expression of HSD11B1 but not NR3C1 and NR3C2 (i.e., two receptor-encoding genes through which cortisol exerts its physiological actions). A similar age-related significant (p < 0.05) increase in the expression of the HSD11B1 was revealed at the protein level by western blot analysis. Discussion The data suggest that an age-related increase in the expression of hippocampal HSD11B1 is likely to raise cortisol concentrations in this cognitive brain area, and thereby contribute to the etiology of neuropathologies that ultimately lead to neuronal loss and dementia. Targeting this enzyme pharmacologically may help to reduce the negative impact of elevated cortisol concentrations within glucocorticoid-sensitive brain areas and thereby afford neuronal protection.
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- Alejandro Lomniczi
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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- Escuela de Química y Farmacia, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, United States
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- Division of Neuroscience, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Beaverton, OR, United States
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- Division of Neuroscience, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Beaverton, OR, United States
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- Division of Neuroscience, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Beaverton, OR, United States
- Division of Reproductive and Developmental Sciences, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Beaverton, OR, United States
- Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, United States
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Salgado Rezende de Mendonça L, Senar S, Moreira LL, Silva Júnior JA, Nader M, Campos LA, Baltatu OC. Evidence for the druggability of aldosterone targets in heart failure: A bioinformatics and data science-driven decision-making approach. Comput Biol Med 2024; 171:108124. [PMID: 38412691 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2024.108124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2023] [Revised: 02/02/2024] [Accepted: 02/05/2024] [Indexed: 02/29/2024]
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BACKGROUND Aldosterone plays a key role in the neurohormonal drive of heart failure. Systematic prioritization of drug targets using bioinformatics and database-driven decision-making can provide a competitive advantage in therapeutic R&D. This study investigated the evidence on the druggability of these aldosterone targets in heart failure. METHODS The target disease predictability of mineralocorticoid receptors (MR) and aldosterone synthase (AS) in cardiac failure was evaluated using Open Targets target-disease association scores. The Open Targets database collections were downloaded to MongoDB and queried according to the desired aggregation level, and the results were retrieved from the Europe PMC (data type: text mining), ChEMBL (data type: drugs), Open Targets Genetics Portal (data type: genetic associations), and IMPC (data type: genetic associations) databases. The target tractability of MR and AS in the cardiovascular system was investigated by computing activity scores in a curated ChEMBL database using supervised machine learning. RESULTS The medians of the association scores of the MR and AS groups were similar, indicating a comparable predictability of the target disease. The median of the MR activity scores group was significantly lower than that of AS, indicating that AS has higher target tractability than MR [Hodges-Lehmann difference 0.62 (95%CI 0.53-0.70, p < 0.0001]. The cumulative distributions of the overall multiplatform association scores of cardiac diseases with MR were considerably higher than with AS, indicating more advanced investigations on a wider range of disorders evaluated for MR (Kolmogorov-Smirnov D = 0.36, p = 0.0009). In curated ChEMBL, MR had a higher cumulative distribution of activity scores in experimental cardiovascular assays than AS (Kolmogorov-Smirnov D = 0.23, p < 0.0001). Documented clinical trials for MR in heart failures surfaced in database searches, none for AS. CONCLUSIONS Although its clinical development has lagged behind that of MR, our findings indicate that AS is a promising therapeutic target for the treatment of cardiac failure. The multiplatform-integrated identification used in this study allowed us to comprehensively explore the available scientific evidence on MR and AS for heart failure therapy.
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- Lucas Salgado Rezende de Mendonça
- Center of Innovation, Technology, and Education (CITE) at Anhembi Morumbi University, Anima Institute, Sao Jose dos Campos Technology Park, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil
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- Center of Innovation, Technology, and Education (CITE) at Anhembi Morumbi University, Anima Institute, Sao Jose dos Campos Technology Park, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil
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- College of Medicine & Health Sciences, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Center of Innovation, Technology, and Education (CITE) at Anhembi Morumbi University, Anima Institute, Sao Jose dos Campos Technology Park, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil.
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- Center of Innovation, Technology, and Education (CITE) at Anhembi Morumbi University, Anima Institute, Sao Jose dos Campos Technology Park, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil.
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Chen X, Li W, Chang C. NR3C2 mediates oxidised low-density lipoprotein-induced human coronary endothelial cells dysfunction via modulation of NLRP3 inflammasome activation. Autoimmunity 2023; 56:2189135. [PMID: 36919662 DOI: 10.1080/08916934.2023.2189135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/16/2023]
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Nuclear receptor subfamily 3 group C member 2 (NR3C2) has been revealed to affect the progression of multiple inflammatory diseases, while NR3C2's efficacy in coronary artery disease (CAD) remains largely unsolved. The study intended to elucidate the possible mechanisms of NR3C2 in oxidised low density lipoprotein (ox-LDL)-induced inflammation in human coronary endothelial cells (HCAECs) via regulating NACHT, LRR, and PYD domains-containing protein 3 (NLRP3). Patients who underwent CT angiography or coronary angiography for suspected CAD in our hospital were collected. The patients were divided into the CAD and the non-CAD (NCAD) groups. The expression of NR3C2 and NLRP3 in the peripheral blood of patients in both groups was examined by RT-qPCR. HCAECs were treated with ox-LDL to establish the model. The expression of NR3C2 and NLRP3 in ox-LDL-induced HCAECs was tested by RT-qPCR. The proliferation of HCAECs was measured using CCK-8 assay, the apoptosis of HCAECs was assessed by flow cytometry, and the levels of inflammation-related factors IL-1β and IL-18 in the cell supernatant were evaluated by ELISA. The molecular mechanisms of these factors in the proliferation and apoptosis of HCAECs and in the inflammatory response were further determined by knockdown and overexpression systems. The relationship between NR3C2 and NLRP3 was determined by ChIP and luciferase activity assays and bioinformatics analysis. NR3C2 and NLRP3 levels were elevated in the serum of CAD patients. The ox-LDL treatment elevated NR3C2 levels, evoked apoptosis and inflammation, and impeded cell viability in HCAECs, whereas downregulation of NR3C2 increased cell viability and reduced apoptosis and inflammatory response in ox-LDL-induced inflammation in HCAECs. NR3C2 levels were positively correlated with NLRP3, and NR3C2 elevated NLRP3 expression through transcription. Overexpression of NLRP3 counteracted the impacts of silencing NR3C2 on cell viability, cell apoptosis, and inflammatory response in ox-LDL-induced HCAECs. Our research stresses that NR3C2 transcription promotes NLRP3 to induce inflammatory responses in ox-LDL-induced HCAECs.
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- Xiaofan Chen
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Pathology, First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Sanabrais-Jiménez MA, Esquivel-López AA, Sotelo-Ramírez CE, Aguilar-García A, Ordoñez-Martínez B, Jiménez-Pavón J, Madrigal-Lara MV, Díaz-Vivanco AJ, Camarena B. NR3C1 and NR3C2 Genes Increase the Risk of Suicide Attempt in Psychiatric Disorder Patients with History of Childhood Trauma. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat 2023; 19:2561-2571. [PMID: 38035135 PMCID: PMC10683665 DOI: 10.2147/ndt.s431176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2023] [Accepted: 11/11/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023] Open
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Background Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis gene variants and childhood trauma (CT) are considered risk factors for suicide attempt (SA). The aim of the present study was analyzed gene x environment (GxE) interaction of NR3C1, NR3C2, and CT, and NR3C1 and NR3C2 gene expression in the development of SA with CT. Participants and Methods A total of 516 psychiatric Mexican patients from Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz. Among them, 274 had SA at least once and 242 had not SA. Genetic variants of NR3C1 and NR3C2 were genotyped in all the patients, of which were obtained the CT information from medical records. Additionally, the gene expression of NR3C1 and NR3C2 was also analyzed for a subsample of 96 patients, obtaining the TC information from Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ). Results The analysis showed a GxE interaction of NR3C1, NR3C2, and CT (OR=2.8, 95% CI [1.9-3.9], p<0.0001). Interactions were also observed with neglect (OR=2.1, 95% CI [1.4-3.1], p<0.0001), emotional abuse (OR=2.1, 95% CI [1.5-3], p<0.0001), and sexual abuse (OR=2.4, 95% CI [1.4-2.9], p<0.0001) in the prediction of SA. The analysis of gene expression identified an overexpression of NR3C1 in SA patients with high scores for physical and sexual abuse (p<0.0001; p<0.0006, respectively) and emotional neglect (p=0.014). An underexpression was observed of NR3C2, associated with high scores of trauma subtypes (p<0.0001) except physical neglect. Additionally, we observed an overexpression of NR3C1 gene in patients with SA carriers of A allele of rs6191 (p=0.0015). Also, overexpression of NR3C1 gene in carriers of G allele of rs6198 and underexpression of NR3C2 gene in carriers of G allele of rs5522 (p<0.0001). Conclusion Our findings suggest that genetic variants of NR3C1 and NR3C2 differentially affect expression levels, increasing the susceptibility to SA in psychiatric patients with a history of CT.
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- Departamento de Genética Molecular, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
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- Departamento de Farmacogenética, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
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- Departamento de Farmacogenética, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
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- Departamento de Farmacogenética, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
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- Dirección de Servicios Clínicos, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría “Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz”, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
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- Dirección de Servicios Clínicos, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría “Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz”, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
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- Dirección de Servicios Clínicos, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría “Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz”, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
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- Departamento de Farmacogenética, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
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Chen D, Yin Z, Chen Y, Bai Y, You B, Sun Y, Wu Y. Validation of prognostic signature and exploring the immune-related mechanisms for NR3C2 in clear cell renal cell carcinoma. Transl Cancer Res 2023; 12:2518-2532. [PMID: 37969386 PMCID: PMC10643972 DOI: 10.21037/tcr-23-846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2023] [Accepted: 09/22/2023] [Indexed: 11/17/2023]
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Background Previous studies have verified that NR3C2 inhibits tumor cell proliferation, invasion, and migration. However, there is a lack of independent validation cohorts for verifying the prognostic value of NR3C2 in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC), and its underlying antitumor mechanisms remain unclear. Methods We first obtained dates from the online public databases. Then R language or online public database was used for bioinformatics analyses to evaluate the effect of NR3C2 on the diagnosis, prognosis, and immune microenvironment in ccRCC patients. Finally, the results were verified by our own cohort and immunofluorescence (IF) staining. Results The present study yielded significant findings regarding the expression of NR3C2 in ccRCC compared to control tissues. Specifically, NR3C2 expression was found to be significantly reduced in ccRCC and was observed to be correlated with tumor stage. Additionally, patients with lower NR3C2 expression exhibited shorter overall survival (OS), disease-specific survival, and progress-free survival. Univariable and multivariate Cox analyses further identified NR3C2 expression as an independent prognostic factor for ccRCC. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis demonstrated that NR3C2 was a highly accurate marker for distinguishing tumors from normal kidney tissue, with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.959. Further analyses using Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway analysis suggested that NR3C2 may play a role in various biological processes and pathways related to tumor immune microenvironment (TIM). The expression of NR3C2 exhibited significant positive correlations with the levels of infiltration of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, as well as an association with immune checkpoints. Conclusions Our exploratory study suggested that NR3C2 could serve as a novel biomarker for predicting survival in patients with ccRCC and the molecular mechanisms owe partly to immune cell infiltration.
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- Daoxun Chen
- Department of Urology, Affiliated Sanming First Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Sanming, China
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- Department of Urology, Affiliated Sanming First Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Sanming, China
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- Department of Urology, Affiliated Sanming First Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Sanming, China
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- Department of Urology, Affiliated Sanming First Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Sanming, China
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- Department of Urology, Affiliated Sanming First Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Sanming, China
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- Department of Medical and Radiation Oncology, Affiliated Sanming First Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Sanming, China
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- Department of Urology, Affiliated Sanming First Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Sanming, China
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Li Z, Wang Z, Yang S, Shen C, Zhang Y, Jiang R, Zhang Z, Zhang Y, Hu H. CircSTK39 suppresses the proliferation and invasion of bladder cancer by regulating the miR-135a-5p/ NR3C2-mediated epithelial-mesenchymal transition signaling pathway. Cell Biol Toxicol 2023; 39:1815-1834. [PMID: 36538242 DOI: 10.1007/s10565-022-09785-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2022] [Accepted: 12/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Circular RNAs (circRNAs) serve as novel noncoding RNAs that have crucial functions in the development of tumors, including those from bladder cancer (BCa). However, the role and underlying molecular mechanism of circRNAs in mediating the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) processes in BCa have yet to be studied. In this research, we first found a novel circRNA, circSTK39 (termed as has_circ_0001079), which was a downregulated gene based on the results of high-throughput RNA sequencing. Subsequently, we determined that the expression of circSTK39 in BCa tissues and their cell lines was significantly reduced. In addition, lower circSTK39 expression was strongly related to a worse prognosis for BCa patients. Next, we detected the biological functions of circSTK39 by using loss and gain experiments in vitro and in vivo. Ectopic expression of circSTK39 decreased cell proliferation, colony formation, and invasion capacities, while circSTK39 knockdown prevented the above phenotypes. Mechanically, circSTK39 could sponge with miR-135a-5p, thus inhibiting NR3C2-mediated EMT processes in the BCa progression. In conclusion, our results revealed that circSTK39 inhibited EMT of BCa cells through the miR-135a-5p/NR3C2 axis and may provide promising biomarkers for the diagnosis or prospective therapeutic targets for BCa.
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- Zhi Li
- Department of Urology, Tianjin Institute of Urology, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, 23 Pingjiang Road, Hexi District, Tianjin, 300211, People's Republic of China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Urology, Tianjin Institute of Urology, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Urology, Tianjin Institute of Urology, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, 23 Pingjiang Road, Hexi District, Tianjin, 300211, People's Republic of China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Urology, Tianjin Institute of Urology, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Urology, Tianjin Institute of Urology, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, 23 Pingjiang Road, Hexi District, Tianjin, 300211, People's Republic of China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Urology, Tianjin Institute of Urology, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Urology, Tianjin Institute of Urology, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, 23 Pingjiang Road, Hexi District, Tianjin, 300211, People's Republic of China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Urology, Tianjin Institute of Urology, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Urology, Tianjin Institute of Urology, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, 23 Pingjiang Road, Hexi District, Tianjin, 300211, People's Republic of China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Urology, Tianjin Institute of Urology, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
- Department of Urology, Affiliated Hospital of Chifeng University, Chifeng, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Urology, Tianjin Institute of Urology, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, 23 Pingjiang Road, Hexi District, Tianjin, 300211, People's Republic of China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Urology, Tianjin Institute of Urology, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
- Department of Oncology Surgery, Tangshan People's Hospital, Tangshan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Urology, Tianjin Institute of Urology, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, 23 Pingjiang Road, Hexi District, Tianjin, 300211, People's Republic of China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Urology, Tianjin Institute of Urology, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Urology, Tianjin Institute of Urology, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, 23 Pingjiang Road, Hexi District, Tianjin, 300211, People's Republic of China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Urology, Tianjin Institute of Urology, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Urology, Tianjin Institute of Urology, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, 23 Pingjiang Road, Hexi District, Tianjin, 300211, People's Republic of China.
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Urology, Tianjin Institute of Urology, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China.
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Liu H, Lei W, Li Z, Wang X, Zhou L. NR3C2 inhibits the proliferation of colorectal cancer via regulating glucose metabolism and phosphorylating AMPK. J Cell Mol Med 2023; 27:1069-1082. [PMID: 36950803 PMCID: PMC10098300 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.17706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2022] [Revised: 02/13/2023] [Accepted: 02/22/2023] [Indexed: 03/24/2023] Open
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We aim to investigate the roles and mechanisms of NR3C2 in colorectal cancer (CRC). The expression of NR3C2 in CRC tumours and paired paracancerous tissues of 71 CRC patients and five CRC cell lines was detected by western blotting, immunohistochemistry and real-time reverse-transcription PCR. Moreover, NR3C2 was overexpressed or knocked down in CRC cells by lentiviral vector transfection. The proliferation of cells was measured by MTT, colony formation assay and flow cytometry. Glucose metabolism was assessed by detecting lactate production, glucose consumption and ATP production. Western blotting and real-time reverse-transcription PCR were used to detect the expression of AMPK, LDHA and HK2. The expression of NR3C2 was significantly decreased in CRC tumours compared to paracancerous tissues, which was correlated with distant metastasis, poor prognosis and advanced stages of CRC patients. Overexpressing NR3C2 suppressed the proliferation and promoted the G2/M cell cycle arrest of CRC cells. Furthermore, NR3C2 inhibited glucose metabolism by decreasing the expression of HK2 and LDHA. The phosphorylation of AMPK was also downregulated in CRC cells overexpressing NR3C2. This study demonstrated that NR3C2 inhibited the proliferation of CRC by inhibiting glucose metabolism and phosphorylation of AMPK which may serve as a therapeutic target for CRC.
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- Hui Liu
- Department of Pharmacology, West China School of Basic Science and Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, West China School of Basic Science and Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, West China School of Basic Science and Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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Pérez-Gordillo FL, Serrano-Morillas N, Acosta-García LM, Aranda MT, Passeri D, Pellicciari R, Pérez de Vega MJ, González-Muñiz R, Alvarez de la Rosa D, Martín-Martínez M. Novel 1,4-Dihydropyridine Derivatives as Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24032439. [PMID: 36768761 PMCID: PMC9917360 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24032439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2022] [Revised: 01/12/2023] [Accepted: 01/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) belongs to the steroid receptor subfamily of nuclear receptors. MR is a transcription factor key in regulating blood pressure and mineral homeostasis. In addition, it plays an important role in a broad range of biological and pathological conditions, greatly expanding its interest as a pharmacological target. Non-steroidal MR antagonists (MRAs) are of particular interest to avoid side effects and achieve tissue-specific modulation of the receptor. The 1,4-dihydropyridine (1,4-DHP) ring has been identified as an appropriate scaffold to develop non-steroidal MRAs. We report the identification of a novel series of 1,4-DHP that has been guided by structure-based drug design, focusing on the less explored DHP position 2. Interestingly, substituents at this position might interfere with MR helix H12 disposition, which is essential for the recruitment of co-regulators. Several of the newly synthesized 1,4-DHPs show interesting properties as MRAs and have a good selectivity profile. These 1,4-DHPs promote MR nuclear translocation with less efficiency than the natural agonist aldosterone, which explains, at least in part, its antagonist character. Molecular dynamic studies are suggestive of several derivatives interfering with the disposition of H12 in the agonist-associated conformation, and thus, they might stabilize an MR conformation unable to recruit co-activators.
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- Departamento de Ciencias Médicas Básicas and Instituto de Tecnologías Biomédicas, Universidad de La Laguna, 38200 La Laguna, Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencias Médicas Básicas and Instituto de Tecnologías Biomédicas, Universidad de La Laguna, 38200 La Laguna, Spain
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- Instituto de Química Médica (IQM-CSIC), Juan de la Cierva, 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencias Médicas Básicas and Instituto de Tecnologías Biomédicas, Universidad de La Laguna, 38200 La Laguna, Spain
- Correspondence: (D.A.d.l.R.); (M.M.-M.)
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- Instituto de Química Médica (IQM-CSIC), Juan de la Cierva, 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain
- Correspondence: (D.A.d.l.R.); (M.M.-M.)
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Kober P, Rusetska N, Mossakowska BJ, Maksymowicz M, Pękul M, Zieliński G, Styk A, Kunicki J, Działach Ł, Witek P, Bujko M. The expression of glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid receptors in pituitary tumors causing Cushing's disease and silent corticotroph tumors. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2023; 14:1124646. [PMID: 37065760 PMCID: PMC10090509 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1124646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2022] [Accepted: 03/13/2023] [Indexed: 03/31/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE Pituitary neuroendocrine corticotroph tumors commonly cause Cushing's disease (CD) that results from increased adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) secretion by the pituitary tumor and consequent increase of cortisol levels in blood. However, in some patients, corticotroph tumors remain clinically non-functioning. Cortisol secretion is regulated by the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and includes a negative feedback between cortisol and ACTH secretion. Glucocorticoids reduce ACTH level both by hypothalamic regulation and acting on corticotrophs via glucocorticoid (GR) and mineralocorticoid (MR) receptors. The aim of the study was to determine the role of GR and MR expression at mRNA and protein levels in both functioning and silent corticotroph tumors. METHODS Ninety-five patients were enrolled, including 70 with CD and 25 with silent corticotroph tumors. Gene expression levels of NR3C1 and NR3C2 coding for GR and MR, respectively, were determined with qRT-PCR in the two tumor types. GR and MR protein abundance was assessed with immunohistochemistry. RESULTS Both GR and MR were expressed in corticotroph tumors. Correlation between NR3C1 and NR3C2 expression levels was observed. NR3C1 expression was higher in silent than in functioning tumors. In CD patients NR3C1 and NR3C2 levels were negatively correlated with morning plasma ACTH levels and tumor size. Higher NR3C2 was confirmed in patients with remission after surgery and in densely granulated tumors. Expression of both genes and GR protein was higher in USP8-mutated tumors. Similar relationship between USP8 mutations and expression levels were observed in analysis of silent tumors that also revealed a negative correlation between GR and tumor size and higher NR3C1 expression in densely granulated tumors. CONCLUSIONS Although the associations between gene/protein expression and patients clinical features are not strong, they consistently show an evident trend in which higher receptor expression corresponds to more favorable clinical characteristics.
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- Paulina Kober
- Department of Molecular and Translational Oncology, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Experimental Immunotherapy, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Molecular and Translational Oncology, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Cancer Pathomorphology, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Cancer Pathomorphology, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Diabetes, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Diabetes, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Molecular and Translational Oncology, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
- *Correspondence: Mateusz Bujko,
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Li X, Yang A, Wen P, Yuan Y, Xiao Z, Shi H, Wang R. Nuclear receptor subfamily 3 group c member 2 ( NR3C2) is downregulated due to hypermethylation and plays a tumor-suppressive role in colon cancer. Mol Cell Biochem 2022. [PMID: 35604518 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-022-04449-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2021] [Accepted: 04/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Nuclear receptor subfamily 3 group c member 2 (NR3C2) has been reported to function as a tumor suppressor in several tumors. However, the clinical significance and potential action mechanisms of NR3C2 in colon cancer (COAD) remain unclear. NR3C2 expression and its correlation with clinicopathological features in COAD were analyzed based on the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) databases. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves and Human Protein Atlas (HPA) database were used to evaluate the diagnostic and prognostic values of NR3C2 in COAD. Immune infiltration and DNA methylation analyses were performed by Gene Set Cancer Analysis (GSCA) database. NR3C2-correlated genes were identified by UALCAN database and subjected to gene ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) enrichment pathway analyses. Cell apoptosis and proliferation were evaluated using TUNEL and CCK-8 assays, respectively. NR3C2 was downregulated in COAD based on TCGA and GEO databases, which may be due to promoter hypermethylation. NR3C2 expression was correlated with prognosis and immune infiltration of COAD. High NR3C2 expression displayed good diagnostic value in COAD. KEGG pathway analysis presented that NR3C2-correlated genes were mainly clustered in choline metabolism in cancer and apoptosis. In vitro experiments confirmed that NR3C2 overexpression induced apoptosis and suppressed proliferation in COAD cells. In conclusion, our study revealed the potential prognostic and diagnostic values of NR3C2 and provided insights into understanding the tumor-suppressive role of NR3C2 in COAD progression.
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Zhang YZ, Yang JY, Wu RX, Fang C, Lu H, Li HC, Li DM, Zuo HL, Ren LP, Liu XY, Xu R, Wen JH, Huang HD, Hong R, Chen QJ. Network Pharmacology-Based Identification of Key Mechanisms of Xihuang Pill in the Treatment of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Stem Cells. Front Pharmacol 2021; 12:714628. [PMID: 34737698 PMCID: PMC8560791 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.714628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2021] [Accepted: 09/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Xihuang pill, an approved Chinese medicine formula (state medical permit number. Z11020073), is a commonly used adjuvant drug for cancer patients in China. Xihuang pill has a satisfactory effect in treating breast cancer in clinics, especially triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), which is the most aggressive type of breast cancer, and finite effective therapies. However, the mechanism of Xihuang pill in treating TNBC remains unclear. The present study aims to explore the pharmacological mechanism of Xihuang pill in treating advanced TNBC. We identified the main chemical components of Xihuang pill by using HPLC-Q-TOF-MS/MS. The 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) analysis shows that serum containing Xihuang pill (XS) had no obvious killing effect on any subtype of breast cancer cells, but it inhibited mammosphere colony formation of two TNBC cell lines (4T1 and HCC1806 cells) and could enhance the inhibitory effect of paclitaxel (PTX) on the proliferation of 4T1 and HCC1806 cells when combined with PTX. Seventy-six active compounds in Xihuang pill, their 300 protein targets, and 16667 TNBC stem cell–related genes were identified. The drug–herb–active compound–target gene–disease network and enrichment analyses were constructed with 190 overlapping candidate targets. Through text mining and molecular docking, the target gene NR3C2 and its active compound naringenin were selected for further validation. According to the TCGA database, we observed that a high expression of NR3C2 promoted a higher survival probability regarding overall survival (OS). In vitro experiments indicated that naringenin presented an identical effect to XS, possibly by regulating the NR3C2 expression. Overall, this study explored the effect of Xihuang pill in treating advanced TNBC cells and showed that naringenin, which is the key active compound of Xihuang pill, could lessen the stemness of TNBC cells to produce a synergistic effect on PTX by regulating the NR3C2 gene.
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- Yu-Zhu Zhang
- National Resource Center for Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.,Breast Department, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China
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- Breast Department, Maternal and Child, Health Hospital of Sanya, Sanya, China
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- Breast Department, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Breast Department, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Breast Department, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Zhuhai Hospital of Guangdong Provincial Hospital Medicine, Zhuhai, China
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- Warshel Institute for Computational Biology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China.,School of Life and Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China.,School of Computer Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- Breast Department, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Breast Department, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Breast Department, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Breast Department, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Warshel Institute for Computational Biology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China.,School of Life and Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
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- Breast Department, Maternal and Child, Health Hospital of Sanya, Sanya, China
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- Breast Department, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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Wang C, Hu F. Long noncoding RNA SOX2OT silencing alleviates cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury via miR-135a-5p-mediated NR3C2 inhibition. Brain Res Bull 2021; 173:193-202. [PMID: 34022287 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2021.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2021] [Revised: 05/16/2021] [Accepted: 05/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This study is aimed to investigate the role of the long noncoding RNA SOX2 overlapping transcript (SOX2OT) in cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury (CIRI) and the underlying regulatory mechanisms. METHODS The oxygen-glucose deprivation/reoxygenation (OGD/R)-treated PC12 cells and middle cerebral artery occlusion/reperfusion (MCAO/R)-treated rats were established to simulate CIRI condition in vitro and in vivo. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction was performed to detect the expression of SOX2OT, microRNA-135a-5p (miR-135a-5p), and nuclear receptor subfamily 3 group C member 2 (NR3C2). The cell viability and apoptosis were analyzed by 3-(4, 5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2, 5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling assays. The levels of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), malondialdehyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (SOD), and reactive oxygen species (ROS) or interleukin (IL)-1β and IL-6 were used to evaluate the oxidative stress or inflammation. Dual-luciferase reporter assay was conducted to validate the interactions among SOX2OT, miR-135a-5p, and NR3C2. Additionally, neurological deficit scores (NDS), infarct volume, and brain edema were used to assess brain impairments in vivo. RESULTS The expression of SOX2OT and NR3C2 was increased, while miR-135a-5p was decreased in OGD/R-treated PC12 cells. SOX2OT silencing repressed the levels of LDH, MDA, ROS, IL-1β, IL-6, reduced the numbers of TUNEL positive cells, and elevated viability and SOD level in OGD/R-treated PC12 cells. Besides, SOX2OT targeted miR-135a-5p, and miR-135a-5p targeted NR3C2. Both miR-135a-5p downregulation and NR3C2 upregulation reversed the suppressive effects of SOX2OT knockdown on oxidative stress, apoptosis, and inflammation of OGD/R-treated PC12 cells. Furthermore, injection of sh-SOX2OT reduced the NDS, cerebral infarct, and cerebral edema in MCAO/R-treated rats. CONCLUSIONS Silencing of SOX2OT attenuated CIRI via regulation of the miR-135a-5p/NR3C2 axis, which may provide a novel therapeutic target for CIRI.
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- Chao Wang
- Department of Neurology, Shanxi Provincial People's Hospital, No. 29, Shuangta Road, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, 030012, China
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- Department of Neurology, Shanxi Provincial People's Hospital, No. 29, Shuangta Road, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, 030012, China.
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Qing L, Gao C, Ji A, Lü X, Zhou L, Nie S. Association of mineralocorticoid receptor gene ( NR3C2) hypermethylation in adult males with aggressive behavior. Behav Brain Res 2020; 398:112980. [PMID: 33250445 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2020.112980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2020] [Revised: 10/06/2020] [Accepted: 10/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Aggressive behavior may have adaptive value under some environmental conditions. However, when it is extreme or improper, it may also lead to maladaptive results, seriously threatening human and social well-being. Aggressive behavior is a multifactorial disease, and the etiology is largely unknown. The stress-related hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is a crucial system in the stress response that has emerged as a potential mechanism of aggressive behavior. The NR3C2 gene is an important regulator of the HPA axis: it is involved in regulating HPA axis activity and behavioral adaptation to stressors. Moreover, the epigenetic mechanism of DNA methylation has been suggested to mediate the development of aggressive behavior. However, the association between NR3C2 methylation and aggressive behavior has not been studied. In the present study, we assessed NR3C2 methylation (including three regions: promoter P1, exon 1α, and the sequence downstream of exon 1α) in peripheral blood DNA of adult males with aggressive behavior (n = 106) and healthy controls (n = 104). We found the NR3C2 gene to be associated with aggressive behavior, with hypermethylation detected in the entire aggressive behavior group as well as in the robbery subgroup compared to controls. In addition, analysis of methylation at 75 CpG sites revealed that some important CpG sites are associated with aggressive behavior. Our results suggest that HPA axis-related gene NR3C2 methylation is associated with aggressive behavior. These results lend support for using NR3C2 DNA methylation as a potential biomarker of aggressive behavior.
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- Lili Qing
- School of Forensic Medicine, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China
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- Mental Health Center of Yunnan Province, Kunming, Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China
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- Mental Health Center of Yunnan Province, Kunming, Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China
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- Mental Health Center of Yunnan Province, Kunming, Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Forensic Medicine, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China.
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Li H, Tian X, Wang P, Hu J, Qin R, Xu R, Liu K, Hao J, Tian N. LINC01128 resisted acute myeloid leukemia through regulating miR-4260/ NR3C2. Cancer Biol Ther 2020; 21:615-622. [PMID: 32338183 DOI: 10.1080/15384047.2020.1740054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a prevalent class of blood disease with a high occurrence rate and relapse rate. The role of dysregulated microRNAs (miRNAs) in AML is emerging. MiR-4260 was identified to be a carcinogenic miRNA in colorectal cancer, but never has it been reported in AML. We aimed to study the function and mechanism of miR-4260 in AML. The miR-4260 level was higher in AML cell lines than the normal cell lines. Inhibition of miR-4260 hindered proliferation and increased apoptosis of AML cells. Mechanistically, long intergenic non-protein coding RNA 1128 (LINC01128) competed with nuclear receptor subfamily 3 group C member 2 (NR3C2) for miR-4260 so as to upregulate NR3C2. We identified the reduced levels of LINC01128 and NR3C2 in AML and it was suggested through rescue assays that LINC01128 repressed AML progression through regulating miR-4260/NR3C2 axis. In conclusion, we firstly uncovered that LINC01128 resisted acute myeloid leukemia through regulating miR-4260/NR3C2, providing novel clues for the treatment improvement of AML.
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- Haixia Li
- The Third Department of Rehabilitation (Department of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine), Hunan Children's Hospital , Changsha, Hunan, China.,Hunan University of Chinese Medicine , Changsha, Hunan, China
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- College of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine
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- The Third Department of Rehabilitation (Department of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine), Hunan Children's Hospital , Changsha, Hunan, China
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- The First Department of Rehabilitation, Hunan Children's Hospital , Changsha, Hunan, China
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- The Second Department of Rehabilitation, Hunan Children's Hospital , Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Hospital of Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine , Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Hospital of Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine , Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Hospital of Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine , Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Hospital of Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine , Changsha, Hunan, China
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Riabovol OO, Tsymbal DO, Minchenko DO, Lebid-Biletska KM, Sliusar MY, Rudnytska OV, Minchenko OH. Effect of glucose deprivation on the expression of genes encoding glucocorticoid receptor and some related factors in ERN1-knockdown U87 glioma cells. Endocr Regul 2019; 53:237-49. [PMID: 31734653 DOI: 10.2478/enr-2019-0024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to examine the effect of glucose deprivation on the expression of genes encoded glucocorticoid receptor (NR3C1) and some related proteins (NR3C2, AHR, NRIP1, NNT, ARHGAP35, SGK1, and SGK3) in U87 glioma cells in response to inhibition of endoplasmic reticulum stress signaling mediated by ERN1/IRE1 (endoplasmic reticulum to nucleus signaling 1/inositol requiring enzyme 1) for evaluation of their possible significance in the control of glioma growth through endoplasmic reticulum stress signaling mediated by IRE1 and glucose deprivation. METHODS The expression of NR3C1, NR3C2, AHR, NRIP1, NNT, ARHGAP35, SGK1, and SGK3 genes in U87 glioma cells transfected by empty vector pcDNA3.1 (control cells) and cells without ERN1 signaling enzyme function (transfected by dnERN1) under glucose deprivation was studied by real time quantitative polymerase chain reaction. RESULTS It was shown that the expression level of NR3C2, AHR, SGK1, SGK3, and NNT genes was up-regulated in control U87 glioma cells under glucose deprivation condition in comparison with the control cells growing with glucose. At the same time, the expression of NRIP1 gene is down-regulated in these glioma cells under glucose deprivation, but NR3C1 and ARHGAP35 genes was resistant to this experimental condition. We also showed that inhibition of ERN1 signaling enzyme function significantly modified the response of most studied gene expressions to glucose deprivation condition. Thus, effect of glucose deprivation on the expression level of NR3C2, AHR, and SGK1 genes was significantly stronger in ERN1 knockdown U87 glioma cells since the expression of NNT gene was resistant to glucose deprivation condition. Moreover, the inhibition of ERN1 enzymatic activities in U87 glioma cells led to up-regulation of ARHGAP35 gene expression and significant down-regulation of the expression of SGK3 gene in response to glucose deprivation condition. CONCLUSIONS Results of this study demonstrated that glucose deprivation did not change the expression level of NR3C1 gene but it significantly affected the expression of NR3C2, AHR, NRIP, SGK1, SGK3, and NNT genes in vector-transfected U87 glioma cells in gene specific manner and possibly contributed to the control of glioma growth since the expression of most studied genes in glucose deprivation condition was significantly dependent on the functional activity of IRE1 signaling enzyme.
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Zhao X, Shen F, Ma J, Zhao S, Meng L, Wang X, Liang S, Liang J, Hu C, Zhang X. CREB1-induced miR-1204 promoted malignant phenotype of glioblastoma through targeting NR3C2. Cancer Cell Int 2020; 20:111. [PMID: 32280303 PMCID: PMC7137285 DOI: 10.1186/s12935-020-01176-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2019] [Accepted: 03/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Background Glioblastoma (GBM) is a subclass of brain malignancy with unsatisfactory prognosis. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a group of non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) that exert key function on tumorigenesis and tumor development. Purposes The purpose of this work was to unravel the biological behavior and mechanism of miR-1204 in GBM. Methods Expressions of miR-1204, NR3C2 and CREB1 were detected by RT-qPCR and western blot. Proliferation and apoptosis of GBM cells were detected by CCK-8, colony formation, caspase-3 activity and TUNEL assays. Molecular interplays were examined by ChIP, RIP, and luciferase reporter assays. Results MiR-1204 level was elevated in GBM cell lines. Functionally, miR-1204 aggravated cell proliferation whereas suppressed cell apoptosis in GBM cells. Mechanistically, cAMP Responsive Element Binding Protein 1 (CREB1) bound to the promoter of miR-1204 and activated the transcription of miR-1204. Furthermore, miR-1204 targeted and inhibited Nuclear receptor subfamily 3 group C member 2 (NR3C2), a tumor suppressor gene in GBM cells. Rescue assays indicated that NR3C2 participated in the regulation of miR-1204 on the malignant phenotype of GBM cells. Conclusions We observed for the first time that CREB1-induced miR-1204 promoted malignant phenotype of GBM through targeting NR3C2, indicating that miR-1204 acted as a novel oncogenic miRNA in GBM.
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- Xinli Zhao
- Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, 88 Health Road, Weihui, 453100 Henan China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, 88 Health Road, Weihui, 453100 Henan China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, 88 Health Road, Weihui, 453100 Henan China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, 88 Health Road, Weihui, 453100 Henan China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, 88 Health Road, Weihui, 453100 Henan China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, 88 Health Road, Weihui, 453100 Henan China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, 88 Health Road, Weihui, 453100 Henan China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, 88 Health Road, Weihui, 453100 Henan China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, 88 Health Road, Weihui, 453100 Henan China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, 88 Health Road, Weihui, 453100 Henan China
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Guo JY, Wang YK, Lv B, Jin H. miR-454 performs tumor-promoting effects in oral squamous cell carcinoma via reducing NR3C2. J Oral Pathol Med 2020; 49:286-293. [PMID: 32170966 DOI: 10.1111/jop.13015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2019] [Revised: 02/17/2020] [Accepted: 03/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Aberrant miRNAs expression regulates the occurrence and progression of a variety of cancers, including oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). This study aims to illustrate the potential effects of miR-454/nuclear receptor subfamily 3 group C member 2 (NR3C2) on the biological behaviors of OSCC cells. METHODS GEO database was applied to detect and analyze the expression of miR-545 and NR3C2 in OSCC tissues. Two OSCC cell lines including CAL27 and Tca-83 were utilized to determine the function of miR-454/NR3C2 on OSCC cells biological behaviors. miR-454 and NR3C2 expressions were regulated by miR-454 mimic/inhibitor and pcDNA3.1-NR3C2/si-NR3C2, respectively. Cells biological behaviors were evaluated by cell proliferation, colony formation, and transwell assays. RESULTS The data collected from GEO database indicated that miR-454 expression was upregulated in OSCC tissues; however, the expression of NR3C2 assumed a downward trend. In vitro experiments, the expression trend of miR-454 in OSCC cell lines was consistent with that of the trend in tissues, and the OSCC cells growth and movement abilities significantly decreased after miR-454 depletion. Through co-transfection experiments, we explored that the abilities of OSCC cell proliferation, colony formation, invasion, and migration obviously reduced after miR-454 depletion, but these phenomena were mitigated to some extent after NR3C2 silencing. CONCLUSION The study illustrates that miR-454 acts as an active regulator to facilitate OSCC cells growth, colony formation, invasion, and migration by targeting NR3C2, which may afford a novel perspective and possibility for the targeted treatment of OSCC.
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- Jing-Yu Guo
- Department of Stomatology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang, China
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- Department of Stomatology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang, China
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- Eye 3 Division of Red Flag Hospital of Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang, China
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- College of Stomatology, Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang, China
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Barone Pritchard A, Ritter A, Kearney HM, Izumi K. Interstitial 4q Deletion Syndrome Including NR3C2 Causing Pseudohypoaldosteronism. Mol Syndromol 2020; 10:327-331. [PMID: 32021607 DOI: 10.1159/000505279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Interstitial and terminal deletions of chromosome 4q have been described for many years and have variable phenotypes depending on the size of the deletion present. Clinical features can include developmental delay, growth difficulty, digital differences, dysmorphic features, and cardiac anomalies. Here, we present an infant with pseudohypoaldosteronism found to have a deletion of 4q31.21q31.23, including NR3C2. Heterozygous mutations in NR3C2 have been reported to cause autosomal dominant pseudohypoaldosteronism type 1 (PHA1A). This represents a rare case of PHA1A due to a contiguous interstitial deletion and highlights the importance of evaluating patients with overlapping deletions for PHA1A.
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- Amanda Barone Pritchard
- Division of Human Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Division of Pediatric Genetics, Metabolism, and Genomic Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Division of Human Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Laboratory Genetics and Genomics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Division of Human Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Yuan F, Yuan R, Ren D, Bi Y, Niu W, Guo Z, Wu X, Xu F, Sun Q, Ma G, Yang F, Zhu Y, Yu T, Li X, He L, Shi L, He G. A novel NR3C2 polymorphism and the increased thyroid-stimulating hormone concentration are associated with venlafaxine treatment outcome in Chinese Han MDD patients. Psychiatry Res 2020; 284:112690. [PMID: 31757642 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2019.112690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2019] [Revised: 11/05/2019] [Accepted: 11/11/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE We aimed to study the association among venlafaxine antidepressive outcome, NR3C2 gene polymorphisms and the change of two neuroendocrine hormones during treatment. METHODS 195 Chinese Han major depressive disorder (MDD) patients were recruited and received a 6-week venlafaxine treatment in this study. Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels were measured at the beginning and at the end of treatment. Six single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (NR3C2: rs1512325, rs1512342, rs2070951; NR3C1: rs6191, rs6196, rs10482614) were selected for high-throughput SNP genotyping. Allele and genotype frequencies of them were compared between remission and non-remission groups. RESULTS We found that genotype frequency of the rs1512325 located in the NR3C2 gene was significantly different between remission and non-remission groups respectively (p < 0.05). Meanwhile, the frequency of the rs1512325 C-allele was significantly lower (p < 0.05) in remission group. The TSH concentration significantly increased after venlafaxine treatment in remission group (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION The rs1512325 in NR3C2 gene and TSH concentration may be related to venlafaxine treatment outcome in Chinese Han MDD patients.
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- Fan Yuan
- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200030, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, and Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200030, China.
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200030, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, and Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200030, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, and Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200030, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, and Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200030, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, and Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200030, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, and Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200030, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, and Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200030, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, and Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200030, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, and Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200030, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, and Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200030, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, and Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200030, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, and Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200030, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, and Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200030, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, and Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200030, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, and Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200030, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, and Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200030, China.
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200030, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, and Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200030, China.
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Gopal-Kothandapani JS, Doshi AB, Smith K, Christian M, Mushtaq T, Banerjee I, Padidela R, Ramakrishnan R, Owen C, Cheetham T, Dimitri P. Phenotypic diversity and correlation with the genotypes of pseudohypoaldosteronism type 1. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 2019; 32:959-967. [PMID: 31301676 DOI: 10.1515/jpem-2018-0538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2018] [Accepted: 05/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Background Type I pseudohypoaldosteronism (PHA1) is a rare condition characterised by profound salt wasting, hyperkalaemia and metabolic acidosis due to renal tubular resistance to aldosterone (PHA1a) or defective sodium epithelial channels (PHA1b or systemic PHA). Our aim was to review the clinical presentation related to the genotype in patients with PHA1. Methods A questionnaire-based cross-sectional survey was undertaken through the British Society of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes (BSPED) examining the clinical presentation and management of patients with genetically confirmed PHA1. We also reviewed previously reported patients where genotypic and phenotypic information were reported. Results Genetic confirmation was made in 12 patients with PHA1; four had PHA1a, including one novel mutation in NR3C2; eight had PHA1b, including three with novel mutations in SCNN1A and one novel mutation in SCNN1B. It was impossible to differentiate between types of PHA1 from early clinical presentation or the biochemical and hormonal profile. Patients presenting with missense mutations of SCNN1A and SCNN1B had a less marked rise in serum aldosterone suggesting preservation in sodium epithelial channel function. Conclusions We advocate early genetic testing in patients with presumed PHA1, given the challenges in differentiating between patients with PHA1a and PHA1b. Clinical course differs between patients with NR3C2 and SCNN1A mutations with a poorer prognosis in those with multisystem PHA. There were no obvious genotype-phenotype correlations between mutations on the same gene in our cohort and others, although a lower serum aldosterone may suggest a missense mutation in SCNN1 in patients with PHA1b.
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- Sheffield Medical School, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Genetics, Sheffield Children's Hospital, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Nephrology, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals and NHS Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals and NHS Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, Sheffield Children's Hospital, Sheffield, UK.,Professor of Child Health and Consultant in Paediatric Endocrinology, The Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, The Academic Unit of Child Health, Damer St. Building, Sheffield Children's NHS Trust, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TH, UK
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Langer K, Moser D, Otto T, Wolf OT, Kumsta R. Cortisol modulates the engagement of multiple memory systems: Exploration of a common NR3C2 polymorphism. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2019; 107:133-140. [PMID: 31128569 DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2019.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2018] [Revised: 04/02/2019] [Accepted: 05/09/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Exposure to acute stress has been shown to result in a shift from declarative toward non-declarative learning, presumably mediated by brain mineralocorticoid receptors (MRs). In this study, we aimed to replicate and extend these findings by investigating the role of stress-associated cortisol secretion on learning behavior. Furthermore, we explored the influence of a well-characterized common single nucleotide polymorphism of the MR gene (rs2070951; minor allele frequency: 49.3%) previously shown to influence MR expression and HPA axis activity. Healthy males (n = 74) were exposed to the Trier Social Stress Test or a control condition prior to performing a probabilistic classification task (Weather Prediction Task). The use of a non-declarative learning strategy continuously increased over the course of the learning task after stress exposure, but leveled in the control condition. The shift toward a non-declarative strategy in the stress group was associated with better learning performance. Higher pre-stress cortisol levels favored the adoption of a non-declarative learning strategy. rs2070951 C/C-carriers in contrast to G-allele carriers exhibited a larger secretion of cortisol under stress. Furthermore, control participants homozygous for the C-allele adopted a non-declarative learning strategy less often than stressed participants, whereas the choice of strategy was independent of stress in G-allele carriers. The failure to switch strategies resulted in poorer performance, suggesting a beneficial effect of stress in dependence of MR variation. Consistent with previous findings, the results provide further support for cortisol as a driving force in coordinating the competition between multiple memory systems under stress.
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- Katja Langer
- Department of Cognitive Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Genetic Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Cognitive Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Cognitive Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Genetic Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany.
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Brčić L, Gračan S, Barić A, Gunjača I, Torlak Lovrić V, Kolčić I, Zemunik T, Polašek O, Barbalić M, Punda A, Boraska Perica V. Association of Established Thyroid-stimulating Hormone and Free Thyroxine Genetic Variants with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. Immunol Invest 2018; 46:625-638. [PMID: 28753406 DOI: 10.1080/08820139.2017.1337785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT), the most frequent autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD), is characterized by chronic inflammation of the thyroid gland that usually results in hypothyroidism. Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and free thyroxine (FT4) levels are used as clinical determinants of thyroid function. The main aim of this study was to explore the association of established TSH and FT4 genetic variants with HT. We performed a case-control analysis using 23 genetic markers in 200 HT patients and 304 controls. Additionally, we tested the association of selected variants with several thyroid-related quantitative traits in HT cases only. Two genetic variants showed nominal association with HT: rs11935941 near NR3C2 gene (p = 0.0034, OR = 0.57, 95% CI = 0.39-0.83) and rs1537424 near MBIP gene (p = 0.0169, OR = 0.72, 95% CI = 0.55-0.94). Additionally, three SNPs showed nominal association with thyroglobulin antibody (TgAb) levels: rs4804416 in INSR gene (p = 0.0073, β = -0.51), rs6435953 near IGFBP5 gene (p = 0.0081, β = 0.75), and rs1537424 near MBIP gene (p = 0.0117, β = 0.49). GLIS3 genetic variant rs10974423 showed nominal association with thyroid peroxidase antibody (TPOAb) levels (p = 0.0465, β = -0.56) and NRG1 genetic variant rs7825175 was nominally associated with thyroid gland volume (p = 0.0272, β = -0.18). All detected loci were previously related to thyroid function or pathology. Findings from our study suggest biological relevance of NR3C2 and MBIP with HT, although these loci require additional confirmation in a larger replication study.
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- Luka Brčić
- a Department of Medical Biology , University of Split, School of Medicine , Split , Croatia
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- b Department of Nuclear Medicine , University Hospital Split , Split , Croatia
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- b Department of Nuclear Medicine , University Hospital Split , Split , Croatia
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- a Department of Medical Biology , University of Split, School of Medicine , Split , Croatia
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- c Department of Epidemiology , University of Split, School of Medicine , Split , Croatia
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- a Department of Medical Biology , University of Split, School of Medicine , Split , Croatia
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- c Department of Epidemiology , University of Split, School of Medicine , Split , Croatia
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- a Department of Medical Biology , University of Split, School of Medicine , Split , Croatia
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- b Department of Nuclear Medicine , University Hospital Split , Split , Croatia
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- a Department of Medical Biology , University of Split, School of Medicine , Split , Croatia
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Plieger T, Felten A, Splittgerber H, Duke É, Reuter M. The role of genetic variation in the glucocorticoid receptor (NR3C1) and mineralocorticoid receptor ( NR3C2) in the association between cortisol response and cognition under acute stress. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2018; 87:173-180. [PMID: 29100174 DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2017.10.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2017] [Revised: 10/13/2017] [Accepted: 10/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Although HPA - axis reactivity has repeatedly been related to cognitive functioning, ambiguity remains regarding the direction of the effect, i.e. whether it benefits or impairs functioning. Genetic factors that contribute to HPA - axis reactivity on the one hand and to cognitive functioning on the other could therefore help clarify the association between stress and cognition. We genotyped 10 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) on the NR3C1 gene (rs10482682, rs33389, rs10482633, rs10515522, rs2963156, rs4128428, rs9324918, rs41423247, rs6189, rs10052957) coding for the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) and 4 SNPs on the NR3C2 gene (rs6810951, rs4635799, rs11099695, rs2070950) coding for the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) and required N=126 healthy males to perform tasks assessing attention and reasoning before and after experiencing an acute laboratory stressor (the Socially Evaluated Cold Pressor Test, SECPT). Haplotype analyses revealed significant effects of NR3C1 (p=0.011) and NR3C2 (p=0.034) on cortisol stress response. NR3C2 also influenced attentional performance via an interaction with stress-induced cortisol response (p<0.001). Neither NR3C1 haplotype nor NR3C2 haplotype was associated with reasoning abilities. Results suggest that the association between stress induced cortisol reactivity and cognition strongly depends on genetic variation. The idea of an optimal arousal level depending on stress reactivity and genetic disposition is discussed.
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- Thomas Plieger
- Department of Psychology, Laboratory of Neurogenetics, University of Bonn, Germany.
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- Department of Psychology, Laboratory of Neurogenetics, University of Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, Laboratory of Neurogenetics, University of Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
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- Department of Psychology, Laboratory of Neurogenetics, University of Bonn, Germany
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Tajima T, Morikawa S, Nakamura A. Clinical features and molecular basis of pseudohypoaldosteronism type 1. Clin Pediatr Endocrinol 2017; 26:109-117. [PMID: 28804203 PMCID: PMC5537208 DOI: 10.1297/cpe.26.109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2017] [Accepted: 02/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Pseudohypoaldosteronism (PHA) type 1 is a disease showing mineralocorticoid resistance in the kidney and/or other mineralocorticoid target tissues. Patients with PHA1 present very high plasma aldosterone and renin levels, but they develop excessive salt wasting. There are three types of PHA1. The systemic form of PHA1 is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner and causes severe life-long salt loss in multiple target tissues, such as sweat glands, salivary glands, the colonic epithelium, and the lung. In the systemic form of PHA1, life-long salt supplementation is necessary. The second type is the renal form, where aldosterone resistance is shown only in the kidney, and its inheritance is autosomal dominant. In the renal form of PHA1, salt supplementation generally becomes unnecessary by 1-3 yr of age. The third type is the secondary PHA1, which is strongly associated with urinary tract infections and/or urinary tract malformations. This review summarizes the clinical features and molecular basis of PHA1. Understanding of its pathogenesis can be helpful for the early diagnosis and clinical care of affected children with PHA1.
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- Toshihiro Tajima
- Department of Pediatrics, Jichi Children's Hospital Medical Center Tochigi, Tochigi, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Endocrinology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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Nishizaki Y, Hiura M, Sato H, Ogawa Y, Saitoh A, Nagasaki K. A novel mutation in the human mineralocorticoid receptor gene in a Japanese family with autosomal-dominant pseudohypoaldosteronism type 1. Clin Pediatr Endocrinol 2016; 25:135-138. [PMID: 27780983 PMCID: PMC5069542 DOI: 10.1297/cpe.25.135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2016] [Accepted: 07/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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- Yoshimi Nishizaki
- Division of Pediatrics, Department of Homeostatic Regulation and Development, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kido Hospital, Niigata, Japan
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- Division of Pediatrics, Department of Homeostatic Regulation and Development, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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- Division of Pediatrics, Department of Homeostatic Regulation and Development, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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- Division of Pediatrics, Department of Homeostatic Regulation and Development, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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- Division of Pediatrics, Department of Homeostatic Regulation and Development, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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Morikawa S, Komatsu N, Sakata S, Nakamura-Utsunomiya A, Okada S, Tajima T. Two Japanese patients with the renal form of pseudohypoaldosteronism type 1 caused by mutations of NR3C2. Clin Pediatr Endocrinol 2015; 24:135-8. [PMID: 26594094 PMCID: PMC4639533 DOI: 10.1297/cpe.24.135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2015] [Accepted: 04/01/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
Abstract
Pseudohypoaldosteronism type 1 (PHA1) is a disease characterized by neonatal salt loss
due to aldosterone resistance. Two types of PHA1 are known: an autosomal recessive
systemic form and an autosomal dominant renal form. The cause of the renal form of PHA1 is
heterozygous mutations in NR3C2, which encodes the mineralocorticoid
receptor (MR). We encountered two female Japanese infants with the renal form of PHA1 and
analyzed NR3C2. The two patients had poor weight gain, and one was
developmentally delayed. Genetic analysis identified one novel mutation (c.492_493insTT,
p.Met166LeufsX8) and one previously reported mutation (p.R861X). The two produced a
premature stop codon, resulting in haploinsufficiency of the MR. In conclusion, genetic
analysis of NR3C2 is useful for diagnosis and planning therapeutic
strategies.
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- Shuntaro Morikawa
- Department of Pediatrics, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Japanese Red Cross Hospital Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Rovaris DL, Mota NR, Bertuzzi GP, Aroche AP, Callegari-Jacques SM, Guimarães LS, Pezzi JC, Viola TW, Bau CH, Grassi-Oliveira R. Corticosteroid receptor genes and childhood neglect influence susceptibility to crack/cocaine addiction and response to detoxification treatment. J Psychiatr Res 2015; 68:83-90. [PMID: 26228405 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2015.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2015] [Revised: 06/08/2015] [Accepted: 06/11/2015] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The aim of this study was to analyze hypotheses-driven gene-environment and gene-gene interactions in smoked (crack) cocaine addiction by evaluating childhood neglect and polymorphisms in mineralocorticoid and glucocorticoid receptor genes (NR3C2 and NR3C1, respectively). One hundred thirty-nine crack/cocaine-addicted women who completed 3 weeks of follow-up during early abstinence composed our sample. Childhood adversities were assessed using the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), and withdrawal symptoms were assessed using the Cocaine Selective Severity Assessment (CSSA) scale. Conditional logistic regression with counterfactuals and generalized estimating equation modeling were used to test gene-environment and gene-gene interactions. We found an interaction between the rs5522-Val allele and childhood physical neglect, which altered the risk of crack/cocaine addiction (Odds ratio = 4.0, P = 0.001). Moreover, a NR3C2-NR3C1 interaction (P = 0.002) was found modulating the severity of crack/cocaine withdrawal symptoms. In the post hoc analysis, concomitant carriers of the NR3C2 rs5522-Val and NR3C1 rs6198-G alleles showed lower overall severity scores when compared to other genotype groups (P-values ≤ 0.035). This gene-environment interaction is consistent with epidemiological and human experimental findings demonstrating a strong relationship between early life stress and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis dysregulation in cocaine addiction. Additionally, this study extended in crack/cocaine addiction the findings previously reported for tobacco smoking involving an interaction between NR3C2 and NR3C1 genes.
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Marceca C, Pfob M, Schelling G, Steinlein OK, Eggert M. Single nucleotide polymorphism creating a variable upstream open reading frame regulates glucocorticoid receptor expression. Gene 2015; 563:24-8. [PMID: 25771224 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2015.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2014] [Revised: 01/20/2015] [Accepted: 03/01/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid receptors are known to play a crucial role in cellular responses to acute and chronic stress conditions. However, the influence of genetic variants and regulatory mechanisms within the glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid receptor genes NR3C1 and NR3C2 is still incompletely understood. We therefore investigated putative upstream open reading frames, a motif regulating gene expression, from the 5' untranslated regions of the predominant human glucocorticoid receptor gene NR3C1 isoform alpha variant 1 and from the human mineralocorticoid receptor NR3C2 variants 1 and 2. The in silico analysis displayed one SNP (rs10482612), being present heterozygously in about 1.2% of the world population and 1.8% of the European population (according to the NCBI database), whose minor allele 'A' creates an upstream start codon. Our functional analysis performed by reporter gene assay and quantitative real-time PCR confirmed that the minor allele 'A' of the SNP rs10482612 can indeed alter protein activity of the subsequent gene during baseline conditions and cellular stress by creating a functional uORF in the 5'UTR of the NR3C1 transcript variant 1.
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- Claudia Marceca
- Institute of Human Genetics, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Goethestraße 29, 80336 Munich, Germany; Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Goethestraße 29, 80336 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Marchioninistraße 15, 81377 Munich, Germany; Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Goethestraße 29, 80336 Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Goethestraße 29, 80336 Munich, Germany.
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Vinkers CH, Joëls M, Milaneschi Y, Gerritsen L, Kahn RS, Penninx BWJH, Boks MPM. Mineralocorticoid receptor haplotypes sex-dependently moderate depression susceptibility following childhood maltreatment. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2015; 54:90-102. [PMID: 25686805 DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2014] [Revised: 12/17/2014] [Accepted: 01/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The MR is an important regulator of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and a prime target for corticosteroids. There is increasing evidence from both clinical and preclinical studies that the MR has different effects on behavior and mood in males and females. To investigate the hypothesis that the MR sex-dependently influences the relation between childhood maltreatment and depression, we investigated three common and functional MR haplotypes (GA, CA, and CG haplotype, based on rs5522 and rs2070951) in a population-based cohort (N = 665) and an independent clinical cohort from the Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety (NESDA) (N = 1639). The CA haplotype sex-dependently moderated the relation between childhood maltreatment and depressive symptoms both in the population-based sample (sex × maltreatment × haplotype: β = -4.07, P = 0.029) and in the clinical sample (sex × maltreatment × haplotype, β = -2.40, P = 0.011). Specifically, female individuals in the population-based sample were protected (β = -4.58, P = 2.0 e(-5)), whereas males in the clinical sample were at increased risk (β = 2.54, P = 0.0022). In line with these results, female GA haplotype carriers displayed increased vulnerability in the population-based sample (β = 4.58, P = 7.5 e(-5)) whereas male CG-carriers showed increased resilience in the clinical sample (β = -2.71, P = 0.016). Consistently, we found a decreased lifetime MDD risk for male GA haplotype carriers following childhood maltreatment but an increased risk for male CA haplotype carriers in the clinical sample. In both samples, sex-dependent effects were observed for GA-GA diplotype carriers. In summary, sex plays an important role in determining whether functional genetic variation in MR is beneficial or detrimental, with an apparent female advantage for the CA haplotype but male advantage for the GA and CG haplotype. These sex-dependent effects of MR on depression susceptibility following childhood maltreatment are relevant in light of the increased prevalence of mood disorders in women and point to a sex-specific role of MR in the etiology of depression following childhood maltreatment.
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- Christiaan H Vinkers
- Department of Psychiatry, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Translational Neuroscience, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research and Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research and Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research and Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Stress exposure activates the HPA-axis and results in the release of corticosteroids which bind to two receptor types in the brain: the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) and the glucocorticoid receptor (GR). While the role of the GR in stress reactivity has been extensively studied, the MR has received less attention. Nevertheless, pioneering in-depth studies over the past two decades have shown the importance of the brain MR in the processing of stressful information. Moreover, a membrane-bound MR mediating the rapid effects of cortisol was recently discovered. This review summarizes how the MR may play a role in stress resilience. Both preclinical and clinical studies suggest that the MR is an important stress modulator and influences basal as well as stress-induced HPA-axis activity, stress appraisal, and fear-related memories. These MR effects are mediated by both genomic and non-genomic MRs and appear to be at least partially sex-dependent. Moreover, the majority of studies indicate that high MR functionality or expression may confer resilience to traumatic stress. This has direct clinical implications. First, increasing activity or expression of brain MRs may prevent or reverse symptoms of stress-related depression. Second, individuals with a relatively low MR functionality may possess an increased stress susceptibility for depression. Nevertheless, the number of clinical MR studies is currently limited. In conclusion, the recent emergence of the MR as a putative stress resilience factor is important and may open up new avenues for the prevention and treatment of psychiatric disorders.
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- Freija ter Heegde
- Department of Psychiatry, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands; Department of Clinical Psychology, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Bortoluzzi A, Salum GA, Blaya C, Silveira PP, Grassi-Oliveira R, da Rosa ED, de Aguiar BW, Stertz L, Bosa VL, Schuch I, Goldani M, Kapczinski F, Leistner-Segal S, Manfro GG. Mineralocorticoid receptor genotype moderates the association between physical neglect and serum BDNF. J Psychiatr Res 2014; 59:8-13. [PMID: 25241277 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.08.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2014] [Revised: 08/25/2014] [Accepted: 08/28/2014] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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The objective of this study is to investigate if a polymorphism in the NR3C2 gene moderates the association between childhood trauma on serum levels of brain derived neurothrophic factor (sBDNF). sBDNF was used here as a general marker of alteration in brain function. This is a community cross sectional study comprising 90 adolescents (54 with anxiety disorders). DNA was extracted from saliva in order to genotype the MR-2G/C (rs2070951) polymorphism using real time PCR. Blood was collected for sBDNF Elisa immunoassay. The Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) was used to evaluate childhood abuse and neglect. Main effects and gene environment interactions were tested using linear regression models. Anxiety disorders were not associated with the MR-2G/C polymorphism or with sBDNF levels, but the number of C alleles of the MR-2G/C polymorphism was significantly associated with higher sBDNF levels (b = 8.008; p-value = 0.001). Subjects with intermediate and high exposure to physical neglect showed higher sBDNF levels if compared to subjects non-exposed (b = 11.955; p = 0.004 and b = 16.186; p = 0.009, respectively). In addition, we detected a significant physical neglect by MR-2G/C C allele interaction on sBDNF levels (p = 0.005), meaning that intermediate and high exposure to childhood neglect were only associated with increased sBDNF levels in subjects with the CC genotype, but not in subjects with other genotypes. Our findings suggest that genetic variants in NR3C2 gene may partially explain plastic brain vulnerability to traumatic events. Further studies are needed to investigate the moderating effects of NR3C2 gene in more specific markers of alteration in brain function.
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- Andressa Bortoluzzi
- Anxiety Disorders Outpatient Program for Children and Adolescents, PROTAIA, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS/Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, HCPA, Porto Alegre, Brazil; Post Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Institute of Basic Sciences/Health, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil; Basic Research and Advanced Investigations in Neurosciences, BRAIN Laboratory, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, HCPA, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
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- Anxiety Disorders Outpatient Program for Children and Adolescents, PROTAIA, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS/Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, HCPA, Porto Alegre, Brazil; Post Graduate Program in Medical Sciences: Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil; National Institute of Developmental Psychiatry for Children and Adolescents (INPD/ CNPq), Brazil
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- Anxiety Disorders Outpatient Program for Children and Adolescents, PROTAIA, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS/Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, HCPA, Porto Alegre, Brazil; Health Sciences Federal University of Porto Alegre, UFCSPA, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Post Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Institute of Basic Sciences/Health, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil; Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, Post-Graduate Program in Psychology - Human Cognition, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, PUCR-RS, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Anxiety Disorders Outpatient Program for Children and Adolescents, PROTAIA, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS/Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, HCPA, Porto Alegre, Brazil; Basic Research and Advanced Investigations in Neurosciences, BRAIN Laboratory, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, HCPA, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- National Institute of Science and Technology Translational Medicine (INCT/CNPq), Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Center for Child and Adolescent Health Studies (NESCA), Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Brazil
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- Center for Child and Adolescent Health Studies (NESCA), Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Brazil
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- Center for Child and Adolescent Health Studies (NESCA), Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Brazil
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- Post Graduate Program in Medical Sciences: Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil; National Institute of Science and Technology Translational Medicine (INCT/CNPq), Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Medical Genetics Service, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, HCPA, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Anxiety Disorders Outpatient Program for Children and Adolescents, PROTAIA, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS/Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, HCPA, Porto Alegre, Brazil; Post Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Institute of Basic Sciences/Health, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil; Post Graduate Program in Medical Sciences: Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil; Basic Research and Advanced Investigations in Neurosciences, BRAIN Laboratory, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, HCPA, Porto Alegre, Brazil; National Institute of Developmental Psychiatry for Children and Adolescents (INPD/ CNPq), Brazil.
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Perroud N, Rutembesa E, Paoloni-Giacobino A, Mutabaruka J, Mutesa L, Stenz L, Malafosse A, Karege F. The Tutsi genocide and transgenerational transmission of maternal stress: epigenetics and biology of the HPA axis. World J Biol Psychiatry 2014; 15:334-45. [PMID: 24690014 DOI: 10.3109/15622975.2013.866693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Transmission of parental post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to offspring might be explained by transmission of epigenetic processes such as methylation status of the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) gene (NR3C1). METHODS We investigated PTSD and depression severity, plasma cortisol, GR and mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) levels, and methylation status of NR3C1 and NR3C2 promoter regions in 25 women exposed to the Tutsi genocide during pregnancy and their children, and 25 women from the same ethnicity, pregnant during the same period but not exposed to the genocide, and their children. RESULTS Transmission of PTSD to the offspring was associated with transmission of biological alterations of the HPA axis. Mothers exposed to the genocide as well as their children had lower cortisol and GR levels and higher MR levels than non-exposed mothers and their children. Moreover, exposed mothers and their children had higher methylation of the NR3C1 exon 1F than non-exposed groups. Finally, exposed mothers showed higher methylation of CpGs located within the NR3C2 coding sequence than non-exposed mothers. CONCLUSIONS PTSD was associated with NR3C1 epigenetic modifications that were similarly found in the mothers and their offspring, modifications that may underlie the possible transmission of biological alterations of the HPA axis.
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- Nader Perroud
- University Hospitals of Geneva, Department of Mental Health and Psychiatry , Geneva , Switzerland
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Levran O, Randesi M, Li Y, Rotrosen J, Ott J, Adelson M, Kreek MJ. Drug addiction and stress-response genetic variability: association study in African Americans. Ann Hum Genet 2014; 78:290-8. [PMID: 24766650 DOI: 10.1111/ahg.12064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2014] [Accepted: 03/17/2014] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Stress is a significant risk factor in the development of drug addictions and in addiction relapse susceptibility. This hypothesis-driven study was designed to determine if specific SNPs in genes related to stress response are associated with heroin and/or cocaine addiction in African Americans. The analysis included 27 genes (124 SNPs) and was performed independently for each addiction. The sample consisted of former heroin addicts in methadone maintenance treatment (n = 314), cocaine addicts (n = 281), and controls (n = 208). Fourteen SNPs showed nominally significant association with heroin addiction (p < 0.05), including the African-specific, missense SNP rs5376 (Asn334Ser) in the galanin receptor type 1 gene (GALR1) and the functional FKBP5 intronic SNP rs1360780. Thirteen SNPs showed association with cocaine addiction, including the synonymous SNPs rs237902, in the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR), and rs5374 in GALR1. No signal remained significant after correction for multiple testing. Four additional SNPs (GALR1 rs2717162, AVP rs2282018, CRHBP rs1875999, and NR3C2 rs1040288) were associated with both addictions and may indicate common liability. The study provides preliminary evidence for novel association of variants in several stress-related genes with heroin and/or cocaine addictions and may enhance the understanding of the interaction between stress and addictions.
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- Orna Levran
- The Laboratory of the Biology of Addictive Diseases, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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Vogel S, Gerritsen L, van Oostrom I, Arias-Vásquez A, Rijpkema M, Joëls M, Franke B, Tendolkar I, Fernández G. Linking genetic variants of the mineralocorticoid receptor and negative memory bias: interaction with prior life adversity. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2014; 40:181-90. [PMID: 24485490 DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2013] [Revised: 11/06/2013] [Accepted: 11/13/2013] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Substantial research has been conducted investigating the association between life adversity and genetic vulnerability for depression, but clear mechanistic links are rarely identified and investigation often focused on single genetic variants. Complex phenotypes like depression, however, are likely determined by multiple variants in interaction with environmental factors. As variations in the mineralocorticoid receptor gene (NR3C2) have been related to a higher risk for depression, we investigated whether NR3C2 variance is related to negative memory bias, an established endophenotype for depression, in healthy participants. Furthermore, we explored the influence of life adversity on this association. We used a set-based analysis to simultaneously test all measured variation in NR3C2 for an association with negative memory bias in 483 participants and an interaction with life adversity. To further specify this interaction, we split the sample into low and high live adversity groups and repeated the analyses in both groups separately. NR3C2 variance was associated with negative memory bias, especially in the high life adversity group. Additionally, we identified a functional polymorphism (rs5534) related to negative memory bias and demonstrating a gene×life adversity interaction. Variations in NR3C2 are associated with negative memory bias and this relationship appears to be influenced by life adversity. As negative memory bias is implicated in the susceptibility to depression, our findings provide mechanistic support for the notion that variations in NR3C2 - which could compromise the proper function of this receptor - are a risk factor for the development of mood disorders.
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- Susanne Vogel
- Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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- Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Karolinska Institute, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Solna, Sweden
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- Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Department of Psychiatry, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Department of Psychiatry, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Department of Human Genetics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- University Medical Centre Utrecht, Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, The Netherlands
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- Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Department of Psychiatry, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Department of Human Genetics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Department of Psychiatry, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; University of Duisburg-Essen, LVR Clinics of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Essen, Germany
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- Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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