PMID- 12853419 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20030807 LR - 20200225 IS - 1529-2401 (Electronic) IS - 0270-6474 (Print) IS - 0270-6474 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 14 DP - 2003 Jul 9 TI - c-fos reduces corticosterone-mediated effects on neurotrophic factor expression in the rat hippocampal CA1 region. PG - 6013-22 AB - The transcription of neurotrophic factors, i.e., basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is regulated by glucocorticoid receptor (GR) and mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) activation despite the lack of a classical glucocorticoid response element in their promoter region. A time course for corticosterone (10 mg/kg, s.c.) in adrenalectomized rats revealed a peak hormone effect at the 4 hr time interval for bFGF (110-204% increase), BDNF (53-67% decrease), GR (53-64% decrease), and MR (34-56% decrease) mRNA levels in all hippocampal subregions using in situ hybridization. c-fos mRNA levels were affected exclusively in the dentate gyrus after 50 min to 2 hr (38-46% decrease). Furthermore, it was evaluated whether corticosterone regulation of these genes depends on interactions with the transcription factor complex activator protein-1. c-fos antisense oligodeoxynucleotides were injected into the dorsal hippocampus of adrenalectomized rats. Corticosterone was given 2 hr later, and the effects on gene expression were measured 4 hr later. In CA1, antisense treatment significantly and selectively enhanced the hormone action on the expression of bFGF (44% enhanced increase) and BDNF (38% enhanced decrease) versus control oligodeoxynucleotide treatment. In addition, an upregulation of c-fos expression (89% increase) was found. There were no effects of c-fos antisense on hippocampal GR and MR expression. Thus it seems that a tonic c-fos mechanism exists within CA1, which reduces GR- and MR-mediated effects on expression of bFGF and BDNF. FAU - Hansson, A C AU - Hansson AC AD - Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden. anita.hansson@neuro.ki.se FAU - Sommer, W AU - Sommer W FAU - Rimondini, R AU - Rimondini R FAU - Andbjer, B AU - Andbjer B FAU - Stromberg, I AU - Stromberg I FAU - Fuxe, K AU - Fuxe K LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Neurosci JT - The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience JID - 8102140 RN - 0 (Biomarkers) RN - 0 (Nerve Growth Factors) RN - 0 (Oligonucleotides, Antisense) RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Receptors, Glucocorticoid) RN - W980KJ009P (Corticosterone) SB - IM MH - Adrenalectomy MH - Animals MH - Biomarkers/analysis MH - Corticosterone/blood/*metabolism/pharmacology MH - Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects MH - Hippocampus/drug effects/*metabolism MH - In Situ Hybridization MH - Male MH - Nerve Growth Factors/genetics/*metabolism MH - Oligonucleotides, Antisense/pharmacokinetics/pharmacology MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/*metabolism MH - RNA, Messenger/metabolism MH - Radioimmunoassay MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Receptors, Glucocorticoid/metabolism MH - Stress, Physiological/metabolism MH - Tissue Distribution PMC - PMC6740350 EDAT- 2003/07/11 05:00 MHDA- 2003/08/09 05:00 PMCR- 2004/01/09 CRDT- 2003/07/11 05:00 PHST- 2003/07/11 05:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2003/08/09 05:00 [medline] PHST- 2003/07/11 05:00 [entrez] PHST- 2004/01/09 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 23/14/6013 [pii] AID - 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-14-06013.2003 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Neurosci. 2003 Jul 9;23(14):6013-22. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-14-06013.2003.