PMID- 12462419 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20030127 LR - 20190822 IS - 0364-3190 (Print) IS - 0364-3190 (Linking) VI - 27 IP - 10 DP - 2002 Oct TI - Expression profiling to understand actions of NMDA/glutamate receptor antagonists in rat brain. PG - 1209-20 AB - Agents acting as noncompetitive N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)/glutamate receptor antagonists induce the expression of several genes in limbic cortical regions, such as the cingulate, retrosplenial, and entorhinal cortices. These include important regulatory genes such as the neurotrophin brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), its receptor trkB, and c-fos. We applied expression profiling methods to find genes coregulated with BDNF following treatment with the prototypical NMDA/glutamate receptor antagonist MK-801. Expression profiling provides a useful technique for describing the molecular and transcriptional level events that follow various processes. We illustrate the utility of microarrays to find novel ESTs regulated by MK-801. We also used expression profiling with microarrays to characterize the levels of transcription factor cAMP response element modulator (CREM) and inducible cAMP early repressor (ICER) isoforms that are induced by MK-801. These factors may act as the eventual repressors for BDNF expression via competition and heterodimerization with phosphorylated CREB, a transcription factor important for BDNF expression. Finally, we find and confirm the regulation of Erp29, RTNI, and an ABC transporter by antagonism of NMDA/glutamate receptors as potential stress related molecules in brain. The emerging picture generated by using these expression profiling approaches, identifies several of what likely will be many molecules that take part in the complex events that occur during BDNF signaling mediated by blockade of NMDA/ glutamate receptors. FAU - Toronen, Petri AU - Toronen P AD - Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Neurobiology Department, A. I. Virtanen Institute, Kuopio University, Finland. FAU - Storvik, Marcus AU - Storvik M FAU - Linden, Anni-Maija AU - Linden AM FAU - Kontkane, Outi AU - Kontkane O FAU - Marvanova, Marketa AU - Marvanova M FAU - Lakso, Merja AU - Lakso M FAU - Castren, Eero AU - Castren E FAU - Wong, Garry AU - Wong G LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Neurochem Res JT - Neurochemical research JID - 7613461 RN - 0 (Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists) RN - 0 (Receptors, Glutamate) RN - 0 (Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Brain/*metabolism/physiology MH - Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists/*pharmacology MH - *Gene Expression Profiling MH - In Situ Hybridization MH - Male MH - Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis MH - Rats MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Receptors, Glutamate/*drug effects MH - Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/*antagonists & inhibitors EDAT- 2002/12/05 04:00 MHDA- 2003/01/28 04:00 CRDT- 2002/12/05 04:00 PHST- 2002/12/05 04:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2003/01/28 04:00 [medline] PHST- 2002/12/05 04:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1023/a:1020985611667 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neurochem Res. 2002 Oct;27(10):1209-20. doi: 10.1023/a:1020985611667.