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      Central 5-Hydroxytryptamine-2A Receptor Expression in Transgenic Mice Bearing a Glucocorticoid Receptor Antisense

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          Transgenic mice bearing a transgene coding for a glucocorticoid receptor antisense mRNA that partially blocks glucocorticoid receptor expression were used to investigate the long-term effect of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal dysfunction on brain 5-hydroxytryptamine-2A (5-HT<sub>2A</sub>) receptor expression. The brain 5-HT<sub>2A</sub> receptor mRNA levels in transgenic mice were measured by in situ hybridization and compared to those in control mice. We also studied the effect of a 3-week treatment with fluoxetine on brain 5-HT<sub>2A</sub> receptor expression in the transgenic mice. No difference in 5-HT<sub>2A</sub> mRNA levels was observed between transgenic and control mice in cortical or striatal regions, and fluoxetine treatment was without effect. No difference in hypothalamic 5-HT<sub>2A</sub> mRNA levels was observed between transgenic and control mice, while fluoxetine treatment increased these levels in both transgenic as well as in the hypothalamic ventromedial and paraventricular nuclei of control mice. 5-HT<sub>2A</sub> receptor mRNA levels were similar in hippocampal CA1 and CA2 subregions of control and transgenic, but were lower in the CA3 and CA4 subregions of transgenic mice. Fluoxetine had no effect on 5-HT<sub>2A</sub> mRNA levels of transgenic mice but reduced control mouse 5-HT<sub>2A</sub> receptor mRNA levels in the CA3 subregion. These results suggest that impaired glucocorticoid receptor function can affect hippocampal 5-HT<sub>2A</sub> receptor expression in transgenic mice and that this is not corrected by fluoxetine treatment.

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              Impaired type II glucocorticoid-receptor function in mice bearing antisense RNA transgene.

              Glucocorticoids, in conjunction with their cognate receptors, exert negative-feedback effects on the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis, suppressing adrenal steroid secretions. Two types of corticosteroid receptor, distinguishable by their ability to bind corticosterone, have been identified as classical mineralocorticoid (type I) and glucocorticoid (type II) receptors by cloning their complementary DNAs. The type I receptor controls the basal circadian rhythm of corticosteroid secretion. Both receptor types are involved in negative feedback, but the type II receptor may be more important for terminating the stress response as it is the only one to be increased in animals rendered more sensitive to corticosteroid negative-feedback effects. Here we create a transgenic mouse with impaired corticosteroid-receptor function by partially knocking out gene expression with type II glucocorticoid receptor antisense RNA. We use this animal to study the glucocorticoid feedback effect on the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis.
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                Journal
                NEN
                Neuroendocrinology
                10.1159/issn.0028-3835
                Neuroendocrinology
                S. Karger AG
                0028-3835
                1423-0194
                2001
                January 2001
                30 January 2001
                : 73
                : 1
                : 37-45
                Affiliations
                aOncology and Molecular Endocrinology Research Center and bNeuroscience Laboratory, CHUQ, Pavillon CHUL, Laval University, Sainte-Foy, and cDepartment of Psychiatry, Douglas Hospital Research Center, McGill University, Verdun, Canada
                Article
                54618 Neuroendocrinology 2001;73:37–45
                10.1159/000054618
                11174015
                aa8950d9-6da4-4212-805e-ddf400f3555c
                © 2001 S. Karger AG, Basel

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                Figures: 3, Tables: 1, References: 67, Pages: 9
                Categories
                Neuroendocrine Regulation of Brain Receptor Expression

                Endocrinology & Diabetes,Neurology,Nutrition & Dietetics,Sexual medicine,Internal medicine,Pharmacology & Pharmaceutical medicine
                Molecular neuroendocrinology,Hippocampus,Serotonin receptors,Cortex,Fluoxetine,Depression,Adrenal steroids,Serotonin

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