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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-11-2
pubmed:abstractText
Transcription of Bdnf is controlled by multiple promoters, in which promoter IV contributes significantly to activity-dependent Bdnf transcription. We have generated promoter IV mutant mice [brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)-KIV] in which promoter IV-driven expression of BDNF is selectively disrupted by inserting a green fluorescent protein (GFP)-STOP cassette within the Bdnf exon IV locus. BDNF-KIV animals exhibited depression-like behavior as shown by the tail suspension test (TST), sucrose preference test (SPT) and learned helplessness test (LHT). In addition, BDNF-KIV mice showed reduced activity in the open field test (OFT) and reduced food intake in the novelty-suppressed feeding test (NSFT). The mutant mice did not display anxiety-like behavior in the light and dark box test and elevated plus maze tests. Interestingly, the mutant mice showed defective response inhibition in the passive avoidance test (PAT) even though their learning ability was intact when measured with the active avoidance test (AAT). These results suggest that promoter IV-dependent BDNF expression plays a critical role in the control of mood-related behaviors. This is the first study that directly addressed the effects of endogenous promoter-driven expression of BDNF in depression-like behavior.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1601-183X
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
© 2010 The Authors. Genes, Brain and Behavior © 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd and International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
712-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20528954-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:20528954-Anxiety, pubmed-meshheading:20528954-Avoidance Learning, pubmed-meshheading:20528954-Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, pubmed-meshheading:20528954-Darkness, pubmed-meshheading:20528954-Depression, pubmed-meshheading:20528954-Eating, pubmed-meshheading:20528954-Environment, pubmed-meshheading:20528954-Food Preferences, pubmed-meshheading:20528954-Green Fluorescent Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:20528954-Helplessness, Learned, pubmed-meshheading:20528954-Hindlimb Suspension, pubmed-meshheading:20528954-Light, pubmed-meshheading:20528954-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:20528954-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:20528954-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:20528954-Motor Activity, pubmed-meshheading:20528954-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:20528954-Sucrose, pubmed-meshheading:20528954-Swimming
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Lack of promoter IV-driven BDNF transcription results in depression-like behavior.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmacology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA. ksakata@uthsc.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article