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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
44
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-11-3
pubmed:abstractText
Considerable progress has been made in understanding variations in gene sequence and expression level associated with phenotype, yet how genetic diversity translates into complex phenotypic differences remains poorly understood. Here, we examine the relationship between genetic background and spatial patterns of gene expression across seven strains of mice, providing the most extensive cellular-resolution comparative analysis of gene expression in the mammalian brain to date. Using comprehensive brainwide anatomic coverage (more than 200 brain regions), we applied in situ hybridization to analyze the spatial expression patterns of 49 genes encoding well-known pharmaceutical drug targets. Remarkably, over 50% of the genes examined showed interstrain expression variation. In addition, the variability was nonuniformly distributed across strain and neuroanatomic region, suggesting certain organizing principles. First, the degree of expression variance among strains mirrors genealogic relationships. Second, expression pattern differences were concentrated in higher-order brain regions such as the cortex and hippocampus. Divergence in gene expression patterns across the brain could contribute significantly to variations in behavior and responses to neuroactive drugs in laboratory mouse strains and may help to explain individual differences in human responsiveness to neuroactive drugs.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1091-6490
pubmed:author
pubmed-author:BertagnolliDarrenD, pubmed-author:BoeAndrew FAF, pubmed-author:BurnellJosh JJJ, pubmed-author:ByrnesEmi JEJ, pubmed-author:CopelandCathyC, pubmed-author:DestaTsegaT, pubmed-author:FischerShanna RSR, pubmed-author:GlattfelderKatie JKJ, pubmed-author:GoldyJeffJ, pubmed-author:HawrylyczMichael JMJ, pubmed-author:HohmannJohn GJG, pubmed-author:JonesAllan RAR, pubmed-author:KidneyJolene MJM, pubmed-author:LeinEd SES, pubmed-author:LemonTracyT, pubmed-author:MorrisJohn AJA, pubmed-author:OrtaGeralyn JGJ, pubmed-author:OverlyCaroline CCC, pubmed-author:ParrySheana ESE, pubmed-author:PathakSayan DSD, pubmed-author:PearsonOwen COC, pubmed-author:RedingMelissaM, pubmed-author:RoyallJoshua JJJ, pubmed-author:ShapouriSheilaS, pubmed-author:SmithKimberly AKA, pubmed-author:SodenChadC, pubmed-author:SolanBeth MBM, pubmed-author:TakahashiJoseph SJS, pubmed-author:WellerJohnJ
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
2
pubmed:volume
107
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
19049-54
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Divergent and nonuniform gene expression patterns in mouse brain.
pubmed:affiliation
Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA 98103, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't