PMID- 22592058 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130206 LR - 20220129 IS - 1873-2402 (Electronic) IS - 0006-3223 (Linking) VI - 72 IP - 7 DP - 2012 Oct 1 TI - Deletion of CREB-regulated transcription coactivator 1 induces pathological aggression, depression-related behaviors, and neuroplasticity genes dysregulation in mice. PG - 528-36 LID - 10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.04.011 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Mood disorders are polygenic disorders in which the alteration of several susceptibility genes results in dysfunctional mood regulation. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying their transcriptional dysregulation are still unclear. The transcription factor cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) response element binding protein (CREB) and the neurotrophin brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) have been implicated in rodent models of depression. We previously provided evidence that Bdnf expression critically rely on a potent CREB coactivator called CREB-regulated transcription coactivator 1 (CRTC1). METHODS: To further evaluate the role of CRTC1 in the brain, we generated a knockout mouse line and analyzed its behavioral and molecular phenotype. RESULTS: We found that mice lacking CRTC1 associate neurobehavioral endophenotypes related to mood disorders. Crtc1(-/-) mice exhibit impulsive aggressiveness, social withdrawal, and decreased sexual motivation, together with increased behavioral despair, anhedonia, and anxiety-related behavior in the novelty-induced hypophagia test. They also present psychomotor retardation as well as increased emotional response to stressful events. Crtc1(-/-) mice have a blunted response to the antidepressant fluoxetine in behavioral despair paradigms, whereas fluoxetine normalizes their aggressiveness and their behavioral response in the novelty-induced hypophagia test. Crtc1(-/-) mice strikingly show, in addition to a reduced dopamine and serotonin turnover in the prefrontal cortex, a concomitant decreased expression of several susceptibility genes involved in neuroplasticity, including Bdnf, its receptor TrkB, the nuclear receptors Nr4a1-3, and several other CREB-regulated genes. CONCLUSIONS: Collectively, these findings support a role for the CRTC1-CREB pathway in mood disorders etiology and behavioral response to antidepressants and identify CRTC1 as an essential coactivator of genes involved in mood regulation. CI - Copyright (c) 2012 Society of Biological Psychiatry. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Breuillaud, Lionel AU - Breuillaud L AD - Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience, Prilly-Lausanne, Switzerland. FAU - Rossetti, Clara AU - Rossetti C FAU - Meylan, Elsa M AU - Meylan EM FAU - Merinat, Christophe AU - Merinat C FAU - Halfon, Olivier AU - Halfon O FAU - Magistretti, Pierre J AU - Magistretti PJ FAU - Cardinaux, Jean-Rene AU - Cardinaux JR LA - eng GR - 135692/SNSF_/Swiss National Science Foundation/Switzerland PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20120515 PL - United States TA - Biol Psychiatry JT - Biological psychiatry JID - 0213264 RN - 0 (Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation) RN - 0 (Arabidopsis Proteins) RN - 0 (Biogenic Monoamines) RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Crtc1 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Orphan Nuclear Receptors) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - 01K63SUP8D (Fluoxetine) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor, trkB) RN - EC 5.4.- (Intramolecular Transferases) RN - EC 5.4.- (marneral synthase, Arabidopsis) RN - W980KJ009P (Corticosterone) SB - IM MH - Aggression/drug effects/*physiology MH - Animals MH - Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation/pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - Arabidopsis Proteins/metabolism MH - Biogenic Monoamines/metabolism MH - Brain/metabolism/pathology MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/genetics/metabolism MH - Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid MH - Corticosterone/blood MH - Depressive Disorder/drug therapy/*genetics/metabolism MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Electroshock/adverse effects MH - Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay MH - Exploratory Behavior/drug effects/physiology MH - Fear/drug effects/psychology MH - Female MH - Fluoxetine/pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - Food Preferences/drug effects/physiology MH - Gene Expression Regulation/*genetics MH - Hindlimb Suspension MH - Intramolecular Transferases/metabolism MH - Male MH - Maternal Behavior/drug effects/physiology MH - Maze Learning/drug effects/physiology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Nesting Behavior/drug effects/physiology MH - Neuronal Plasticity/drug effects/*genetics MH - Orphan Nuclear Receptors/genetics/metabolism MH - Receptor, trkB/genetics/metabolism MH - Sexual Behavior, Animal/drug effects/physiology MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects/*genetics MH - Social Behavior MH - Swimming/psychology MH - Transcription Factors/*deficiency/metabolism EDAT- 2012/05/18 06:00 MHDA- 2013/02/07 06:00 CRDT- 2012/05/18 06:00 PHST- 2011/07/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/03/15 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2012/04/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/05/18 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/05/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/02/07 06:00 [medline] AID - S0006-3223(12)00362-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.04.011 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biol Psychiatry. 2012 Oct 1;72(7):528-36. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.04.011. Epub 2012 May 15.