Altered Gene Expression Profile of the Hypothalamic Arcuate Nucleus of Male Mice Suggests Profound Developmental Changes in Peptidergic Signaling

Molnár, Csilla and Sárvári, Miklós and Vastagh, Csaba and Maurnyi, Csilla and Fekete, Csaba and Liposits, Zsolt and Hrabovszky, Erik (2016) Altered Gene Expression Profile of the Hypothalamic Arcuate Nucleus of Male Mice Suggests Profound Developmental Changes in Peptidergic Signaling. NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY, 103 (3-4). pp. 369-382. ISSN 0028-3835

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Abstract

Neuropeptides of the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus (ARC) regulate important homeostatic and endocrine functions and also play critical roles in pubertal development. Altered peptidergic and amino acidergic neurotransmission accompanying pubertal maturation of the ARC are not fully understood. Here we studied the developmental shift in the gene expression profile of the ARC of male mice. RNA samples for quantitative RT-PCR studies were isolated from the ARC of day-14 infantile and day-60 adult male mice with laser-capture microdissection. The expression of 18 neuropeptide-, 15 neuropeptide receptor-, 4 sex steroid receptor and 6 classic neurotransmitter marker mRNAs were compared between the two timepoints. Adult animals showed increased mRNA levels encoding cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript, galanin-like peptide, dynorphin, kisspeptin, proopiomelanocortin, proenkephalin and galanin and reduced expression of mRNAs for pituitary adenylate cyclase activating peptide, calcitonin gene-related peptide, neuropeptide Y, substance P, agouti-related protein, neurotensin and growth hormone-releasing hormone. From the neuropeptide receptors tested, melanocortin receptor-4 showed the most striking (5-fold) increase. Melanocortin receptor-3 and the Y1 and Y5 neuropeptide Y receptors increased 1.5-1.8-fold, whereas delta-opioid receptor and neurotensin receptor-1 transcripts were reduced by 27 and 21%, respectively. Androgen-, progesterone- and alpha-estrogen receptor transcripts increased by 54-72%. The mRNAs of glutamic acid decarboxylase 65, and 67, vesicular GABA transporter and choline acetyltransferase remained unchanged. Tyrosine hydroxylase mRNA increased by 44%, whereas type-2 vesicular glutamate transporter mRNA decreased by 43% by adulthood. Many of the developmental changes we revealed in this study suggest reduced inhibitory and/or enhanced excitatory neuropeptidergic drive on fertility in adult animals. (c) 2015 S. Karger AG, Basel.

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