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dc.contributor.authorWang, Xinkun
dc.contributor.authorBao, Xiaodong
dc.contributor.authorPal, Ranu
dc.contributor.authorAgbas, Abdulbaki
dc.contributor.authorMichaelis, Elias K.
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-31T20:39:58Z
dc.date.available2014-01-31T20:39:58Z
dc.date.issued2010-06-07
dc.identifier.citationWang, Xinkun, Xiaodong Bao, Ranu Pal, Abdulbaki Agbas, and Elias K Michaelis. 2010. “Transcriptomic Responses in Mouse Brain Exposed to Chronic Excess of the Neurotransmitter Glutamate.” BMC Genomics 11:360. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-11-360.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/12904
dc.description.abstractBackground: Increases during aging in extracellular levels of glutamate (Glu), the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain, may be linked to chronic neurodegenerative diseases. Little is known about the molecular responses of neurons to chronic, moderate increases in Glu levels. Genome-wide gene expression in brain hippocampus was examined in a unique transgenic (Tg) mouse model that exhibits moderate Glu hyperactivity throughout the lifespan, the neuronal Glutamate dehydrogenase (Glud1) mouse, and littermate 9 month-old wild type mice.

Results: Integrated bioinformatic analyses on transcriptomic data were used to identify bio-functions, pathways and gene networks underlying neuronal responses to increased Glu synaptic release. Bio-functions and pathways up-regulated in Tg mice were those associated with oxidative stress, cell injury, inflammation, nervous system development, neuronal growth, and synaptic transmission. Increased gene expression in these functions and pathways indicated apparent compensatory responses offering protection against stress, promoting growth of neuronal processes (neurites) and re-establishment of synapses. The transcription of a key gene in the neurite growth network, the kinase Ptk2b, was significantly up-regulated in Tg mice as was the activated (phosphorylated) form of the protein. In addition to genes related to neurite growth and synaptic development, those associated with neuronal vesicle trafficking in the Huntington's disease signalling pathway, were also up-regulated.

Conclusions: This is the first study attempting to define neuronal gene expression patterns in response to chronic, endogenous Glu hyperactivity at brain synapses. The patterns observed were characterized by a combination of responses to stress and stimulation of nerve growth, intracellular transport and recovery.
dc.publisherBioMed Central
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dc.titleTranscriptomic responses in mouse brain exposed to chronic excess of the neurotransmitter glutamate
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kusw.kuauthorWang, Xinkun
kusw.kuauthorXiaodong, Bao
kusw.kuauthorPal, Ranu
kusw.kuauthorAgbas, Abdulbaki
kusw.kuauthorMichaelis, Elias K.
kusw.kudepartmentBiosciences
kusw.kudepartmentPharmacology
kusw.oastatusfullparticipation
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/1471-2164-11-360
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1377-0509
kusw.oaversionScholarly/refereed, publisher version
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