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
Microglia depletion and alcohol gene expression logFC
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Alcohol abuse induces changes in microglia morphology and immune function, but whether microglia initiate or simply amplify the harmful effects of alcohol exposure is still a matter of debate. Here, we determine microglia function in acute and voluntary drinking behaviors using a colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor inhibitor (PLX5622). We show that microglia depletion does not alter the sedative or hypnotic effects of acute intoxication. Microglia depletion also does not change the escalation or maintenance of chronic voluntary alcohol consumption. Transcriptomic analysis revealed that although many immune genes have been implicated in alcohol abuse, down regulation of microglia genes does not necessitate changes in alcohol intake. Instead, microglia depletion and chronic alcohol result in compensatory upregulation of alcohol-responsive, reactive astrocyte genes, indicating astrocytes may play a role in regulation of these alcohol behaviors. Taken together, our behavioral and transcriptional data indicate that microglia are not theprimary effector cell responsible for regulation of acute and voluntary alcohol behaviors. Because microglia depletion did not regulate acute or voluntary alcohol behaviors, we hypothesized that these doses were insufficient to activate microglia and recruit them to an effector phenotype. Therefore, we used a model of repeated immune activation using polyinosinic:polycytidylic acid
We investigated the role of microglia in a mouse model of alcohol dependence using a colony stimulating factor 1 receptor inhibitor (PLX5622) to deplete microglia and a chronic intermittent ethanol vapor two-bottle choice drinking procedure. Additionally, we examined anxiety-like behavior during withdrawal. We then analyzed synaptic neuroadaptations in the central nucleus of the amygdala (CeA) and gene expression changes in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) and CeA from the same animals used for behavioral studies.
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.
Authors:
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
Whole Brain Gene Expression Correlates for C2VCOUNT30 measured in BXD RI Females obtained using INIA Brain mRNA M430 (Jun06) RMA. The C2VCOUNT30 measures Open Field rears 15-30 min post 2nd cocaine under the domain Cocaine. The correlates were thresholded at a p-value of less than 0.001.
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Philip VM, Duvvuru S, Gomero B, Ansah TA, Blaha CD, Cook MN, Hamre KM, Lariviere WR, Matthews DB, Mittleman G, Goldowitz D, Chesler EJ
Striatum Gene Expression Correlates for VERCNT120 measured in BXD RI Females obtained using GeneNetwork Striatum M430V2 (Apr05) RMA. The VERCNT120 measures Morphine vertical activity counts minutes 105-120 under the domain Morphine. The correlates were thresholded at a p-value of less than 0.001.
Authors:
Philip VM, Duvvuru S, Gomero B, Ansah TA, Blaha CD, Cook MN, Hamre KM, Lariviere WR, Matthews DB, Mittleman G, Goldowitz D, Chesler EJ
Striatum Gene Expression Correlates for VERCNT135 measured in BXD RI Females obtained using GeneNetwork Striatum M430V2 (Apr05) RMA. The VERCNT135 measures Morphine vertical activity counts minutes 120-135 under the domain Morphine. The correlates were thresholded at a p-value of less than 0.001.
Authors:
Philip VM, Duvvuru S, Gomero B, Ansah TA, Blaha CD, Cook MN, Hamre KM, Lariviere WR, Matthews DB, Mittleman G, Goldowitz D, Chesler EJ
cocaine related behavior 12 (Cocrb12) spans 85.558736 - 135.558736 Mbp (NCBI Build 37) on Chr 11. Obtained from MGI (http://www.informatics.jax.org) by searching for QTLs containing the keyword .
QTL for alcohol preference locus on Chr11 at D11Mit35 (106.61 Mbp , Build 37)
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alcohol preference locus spans 81.61 - 131.61 Mbp (NCBI Build 37) on Chr11. This interval was obtained by using an interval width of 25 Mbp around the peak marker (Build 37, MGI, http://informatics.jax.org).
Genes associated with Carassius auratus that interact with the MeSH term 'Diuron' (D004237). Incorporates data from 6 publications curated by the Comparative Toxicogenomics Database (CTD). ODE Gene scores represent number of supporting publications per gene.
Genes associated with Homo sapiens that interact with the MeSH term 'Vitamin E' (D014810). Incorporates data from 6 publications curated by the Comparative Toxicogenomics Database (CTD). ODE Gene scores represent number of supporting publications per gene.
Genes associated with Homo sapiens that interact with the MeSH term 'arsenite' (C015001). Incorporates data from 3 publications curated by the Comparative Toxicogenomics Database (CTD). ODE Gene scores represent number of supporting publications per gene.
Genes associated with Oryzias latipes that interact with the MeSH term 'Estradiol' (D004958). Incorporates data from 3 publications curated by the Comparative Toxicogenomics Database (CTD). ODE Gene scores represent number of supporting publications per gene.
Genes associated with Homo sapiens that interact with the MeSH term '7,8-Dihydro-7,8-dihydroxybenzo(a)pyrene 9,10-oxide' (D015123). Incorporates data from 660 publications curated by the Comparative Toxicogenomics Database (CTD). ODE Gene scores represent number of supporting publications per gene.
Genes associated with nan that interact with the MeSH term 'Glucose' (D005947). Incorporates data from 3 publications curated by the Comparative Toxicogenomics Database (CTD). ODE Gene scores represent number of supporting publications per gene.
Genes associated with Poeciliopsis lucida that interact with the MeSH term 'Potassium Dichromate' (D011192). Incorporates data from 8 publications curated by the Comparative Toxicogenomics Database (CTD). ODE Gene scores represent number of supporting publications per gene.
Genes associated with Homo sapiens that interact with the MeSH term 'Zinc' (D015032). Incorporates data from 59 publications curated by the Comparative Toxicogenomics Database (CTD). ODE Gene scores represent number of supporting publications per gene.
Genes associated with Homo sapiens that interact with the MeSH term 'Particulate Matter' (D052638). Incorporates data from 6 publications curated by the Comparative Toxicogenomics Database (CTD). ODE Gene scores represent number of supporting publications per gene.
Genes associated with Perca flavescens that interact with the MeSH term 'Copper' (D003300). Incorporates data from 2 publications curated by the Comparative Toxicogenomics Database (CTD). ODE Gene scores represent number of supporting publications per gene.
Genes associated with Homo sapiens that interact with the MeSH term 'Disulfiram' (D004221). Incorporates data from 1 publications curated by the Comparative Toxicogenomics Database (CTD). ODE Gene scores represent number of supporting publications per gene.
Genes associated with Homo sapiens that interact with the MeSH term 'Selenium' (D012643). Incorporates data from 99 publications curated by the Comparative Toxicogenomics Database (CTD). ODE Gene scores represent number of supporting publications per gene.
Genes associated with Homo sapiens that interact with the MeSH term 'Genistein' (D019833). Incorporates data from 34 publications curated by the Comparative Toxicogenomics Database (CTD). ODE Gene scores represent number of supporting publications per gene.
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