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Sotnikov SV, Chekmareva NY, Schmid B, Harbich D, Malik V, Bauer S, Kuehne C, Markt PO, Deussing JM, Schmidt MV, Landgraf R. Enriched environment impacts trimethylthiazoline-induced anxiety-related behavior and immediate early gene expression: critical role ofCrhr1. Eur J Neurosci 2014; 40:2691-700. [DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2013] [Revised: 03/15/2014] [Accepted: 04/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- S. V. Sotnikov
- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry; Kraepelinstrasse 2 80804 Munich Germany
- Department of Normal Physiology; Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University; Moscow Russia
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- Department of Normal Physiology; Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University; Moscow Russia
- P.K. Anokhin Institute of Normal Physiology; Russian Academy of Medical Sciences; Moscow Russia
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- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry; Kraepelinstrasse 2 80804 Munich Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry; Kraepelinstrasse 2 80804 Munich Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry; Kraepelinstrasse 2 80804 Munich Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry; Kraepelinstrasse 2 80804 Munich Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry; Kraepelinstrasse 2 80804 Munich Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry; Kraepelinstrasse 2 80804 Munich Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry; Kraepelinstrasse 2 80804 Munich Germany
- Clinical Cooperation Group Molecular Neurogenetics; Institute of Developmental Genetics; Helmholtz Center Munich; Neuherberg Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry; Kraepelinstrasse 2 80804 Munich Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry; Kraepelinstrasse 2 80804 Munich Germany
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Sotnikov SV, Markt PO, Malik V, Chekmareva NY, Naik RR, Sah A, Singewald N, Holsboer F, Czibere L, Landgraf R. Bidirectional rescue of extreme genetic predispositions to anxiety: impact of CRH receptor 1 as epigenetic plasticity gene in the amygdala. Transl Psychiatry 2014; 4:e359. [PMID: 24518397 PMCID: PMC3944631 DOI: 10.1038/tp.2013.127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [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: 11/23/2013] [Accepted: 12/07/2013] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
Abstract
The continuum of physiological anxiety up to psychopathology is not merely dependent on genes, but is orchestrated by the interplay of genetic predisposition, gene x environment and epigenetic interactions. Accordingly, inborn anxiety is considered a polygenic, multifactorial trait, likely to be shaped by environmentally driven plasticity at the genomic level. We here took advantage of the extreme genetic predisposition of the selectively bred high (HAB) and low anxiety (LAB) mouse model exhibiting high vs low anxiety-related behavior and tested whether and how beneficial (enriched environment) vs detrimental (chronic mild stress) environmental manipulations are capable of rescuing phenotypes from both ends of the anxiety continuum. We provide evidence that (i) even inborn and seemingly rigid behavioral and neuroendocrine phenotypes can bidirectionally be rescued by appropriate environmental stimuli, (ii) corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor 1 (Crhr1), critically involved in trait anxiety, shows bidirectional alterations in its expression in the basolateral amygdala (BLA) upon environmental stimulation, (iii) these alterations are linked to an increased methylation status of its promoter and, finally, (iv) binding of the transcription factor Yin Yang 1 (YY1) to the Crhr1 promoter contributes to its gene expression in a methylation-sensitive manner. Thus, Crhr1 in the BLA is critically involved as plasticity gene in the bidirectional epigenetic rescue of extremes in trait anxiety.
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Affiliation(s)
- S V Sotnikov
- Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany,Department of Normal Physiology, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia,Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstr. 2, 80804 Munich, Germany. E-mail: or
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- Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany,Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstr. 2, 80804 Munich, Germany. E-mail: or
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- Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Normal Physiology, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Institute of Pharmacy and Centre for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Institute of Pharmacy and Centre for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
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- Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
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- Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
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