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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
1
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1995-7-6
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pubmed:abstractText |
5-HT1a receptors in the hippocampus play a critical role in modulating limbic system output. The activity and level of 5-HT1a receptors are modulated by glucocorticoid levels. The present study was undertaken to test the hypothesis that glucocorticoids attenuate the transcriptional activity of the 5-HT1a receptor gene. Using in situ hybridization and RNase protection assays, we observed a substantial increase in 5-HT1a mRNA expression after adrenalectomy in the same hippocampal regions in which 5-HT1a binding sites are increased. This increase in 5-HT1a mRNA expression occurs as early as 1 h after adrenalectomy and precedes the increase in receptor binding sites. Further in situ hybridization analysis showed that 5-HT1a mRNA is increased within individual hippocampal cells after adrenalectomy. Administration of dexamethasone completely prevents the adrenalectomy-induced elevation in hippocampal 5-HT1a receptor mRNA. Nuclear run-on assays showed that the rate of transcription of 5-HT1a mRNA after adrenalectomy increased 70% above the rate from control preparations and could be reduced to basal levels by the administration of dexamethasone. Adrenalectomy did not cause an increase in functional coupling of 5-HT1a receptors to adenylyl cyclase or phospholipase C. These results suggest that transcription of hippocampal 5-HT1a receptor mRNA is under negative regulation by corticosteroid hormones.
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pubmed:grant | |
pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Mar
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pubmed:issn |
0169-328X
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
29
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
23-34
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2007-11-14
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:7769998-Adrenalectomy,
pubmed-meshheading:7769998-Animals,
pubmed-meshheading:7769998-Dexamethasone,
pubmed-meshheading:7769998-Glucocorticoids,
pubmed-meshheading:7769998-Hippocampus,
pubmed-meshheading:7769998-Hypophysectomy,
pubmed-meshheading:7769998-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:7769998-RNA, Messenger,
pubmed-meshheading:7769998-Rats,
pubmed-meshheading:7769998-Rats, Sprague-Dawley,
pubmed-meshheading:7769998-Receptors, Serotonin,
pubmed-meshheading:7769998-Time Factors,
pubmed-meshheading:7769998-Tissue Distribution,
pubmed-meshheading:7769998-Transcription, Genetic
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pubmed:year |
1995
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Transcriptional regulation of hippocampal 5-HT1a receptors by corticosteroid hormones.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Nancy Pritzker Laboratory of Developmental and Molecular Neurobiology, Stanford University Medical Center, CA 94305-5485, USA.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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