The current study used two inbred mouse strains, C57BL/6 J and A/J, to investigate the genetics of behavioral responses to fentanyl. Mice were tested for conditioned place preference and fentanyl-induced locomotor activity. C57BL/6J mice formed a conditioned place preference to fentanyl injections and fentanyl increased their activity. Neither effect was noted in A/J mice. We conducted RNA-sequencing on the nucleus accumbens of mice used for fentanyl-induced locomotor activity. Surprisingly, we noted few differentially expressed genes using treatment as the main factor. However many genes differed between strains.
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Samuel J Harp, Mariangela Martini, Will Rosenow, Larry D Mesner, Hugh Johnson, Charles R Farber, Emilie F Rissman
Differential gene expression in nucleus accumbens somatostatin interneurons_cocaine_mice_pvalue
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To characterize transcriptional alterations that cocaine induces in these cells, we perform cell type-specific RNA-sequencing on FACS-isolated nuclei of somatostatin interneurons and identified 1100 DETs enriched for processes related to neural plasticity. To profile the entire (non poly-A selected) transcriptome of NAc somatostatin interneurons, we generated a transgenic reporter line (SST-TLG498 mice) to label the nuclei of these cells with a modified form of EGFP that is retained in the nuclear membrane (EGFP-F)22, enabling their isolation from NAc dissections using FACS. We succeeded in FACS-isolating nuclei suitable for RNA-sequencing from individual SST-TLG498 mice. We proceeded with differential expression analysis of the RNA-sequencing data to identify differentially expressed transcripts (DETs) in NAc somatostatin interneurons in response to repeated cocaine exposure: 778 transcripts were upregulated by cocaine and 322 were downregulated.
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Efrain A Ribeiro, Marine Salery, Joseph R Scarpa, Erin S Calipari, Peter J Hamilton, Stacy M Ku, Hope Kronman, Immanuel Purushothaman, Barbara Juarez, Mitra Heshmati, Marie Doyle, Casey Lardner, Dominicka Burek, Ana Strat, Stephen Pirpinias, Ezekiell Mouzon, Ming-Hu Han, Rachael L Neve, Rosemary C Bagot, Andrew Kasarskis, Ja Wook Koo, Eric J Nestler
QTL Associated with Consumption level. On Chromosome 17 with a LOD score= 11.4, p-value =0.001. From a(n) intercross of QTL Associated with Consumption level. On Chromosome 20 with a LOD score= 8, p-value =0.001. From a(n) intercross of
Authors:
Marissal-Arvy N, Diane A, Moisan MP, Larue-Achagiotis C, Tridon C, Tome D, Fromentin G, Mormède P
QTL Associated with Consumption level. On Chromosome 12 with a LOD score= 2.1, p-value =0.68. From a(n) of QTL Associated with Alcohol response. On Chromosome 20 with a LOD score= 3.2, p-value =0.05. From a(n) intercoss of
Authors:
Radcliffe RA, Erwin VG, Bludeau P, Deng X, Fay T, Floyd KL, Deitrich RA
QTL Associated with blood insulin amount. On Chromosome 17 with a LOD score= 8.82, p-value =0.001. From a(n) intercross of QTL Associated with blood insulin amount. On Chromosome 20 with a LOD score= 6.38, p-value =0.001. From a(n) intercross of
Authors:
Marissal-Arvy N, Heliès JM, Tridon C, Moisan MP, Mormède P
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