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Transient forebrain over-expression of CRF induces plasma corticosterone and mild behavioural changes in adult conditional CRF transgenic mice

Vicentini, E; Arban, R; Angelici, O; Maraia, G; Perico, M E; Mugnaini, M; Mansuy, I M (2009). Transient forebrain over-expression of CRF induces plasma corticosterone and mild behavioural changes in adult conditional CRF transgenic mice. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 93(1):17-24.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Converging findings support a role for extra-hypothalamic CRF in the mediation of the stress response. The influence of CRF in the amygdala is well established, while less is known of its role in other areas of the forebrain where CRF and CRF(1) receptors are also expressed. In the present study CRF was genetically induced to allow forebrain-restricted expression in a temporally-defined manner at any time during the mouse lifespan. This mouse model may offer the possibility to establish a model of the pathogenesis of recurrent episodes of depression. METHODS: Mice were engineered to carry both the rtTA transcription factor driven by the CamKII alpha promoter and the doxycycline-regulated operator (tetO) upstream of the CRF coding sequence. Molecular, biochemical and behavioural characterisation of this mouse is described. RESULTS: Following a three-week period of transcriptional induction, double transgenic mice showed approximately 2-fold increased expression of CRF mRNA in the hippocampus and cortex, but not hypothalamus. These changes were associated with 2-fold increase in morning corticosterone levels, although responses to the dexamethasone suppression test or acute stress were unaffected. In contrast, induced mice displayed modestly altered behaviour in the Light and Dark test and Forced Swim test. CONCLUSIONS: Transient induction of CRF expression in mouse forebrain was associated with endocrine and mild anxiety-like behavioural changes consistent with enhanced central CRF neurotransmission. This mouse allows the implementation of regimens with longer or repeated periods of induction which may model the initial stages of the pathology underlying recurrent depressive disorders.

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:04 Faculty of Medicine > Brain Research Institute
Dewey Decimal Classification:570 Life sciences; biology
610 Medicine & health
Scopus Subject Areas:Life Sciences > Biochemistry
Life Sciences > Toxicology
Life Sciences > Pharmacology
Life Sciences > Clinical Biochemistry
Life Sciences > Biological Psychiatry
Life Sciences > Behavioral Neuroscience
Language:English
Date:July 2009
Deposited On:23 Nov 2009 14:33
Last Modified:03 Oct 2024 01:38
Publisher:Elsevier
ISSN:0091-3057
OA Status:Closed
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbb.2009.03.015
PubMed ID:19358863

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