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Locus Ceruleus Control of State-Dependent Gene Expression

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Cirelli, C.·2004·Journal of Neuroscience

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Wakefulness and sleep are accompanied by changes in behavior and neural activity, as well as by the upregulation of different functional categories of genes. However, the mechanisms responsible for such state-dependent changes in gene expression are unknown. Here we investigate to what extent state-dependent changes in gene expression depend on the central noradrenergic (NA) system, which is active in wakefulness and reduces its firing during sleep. We measured the levels of approximately 5000 transcripts expressed in the cerebral cortex of control rats and in rats pretreated with DSP-4 [N-(2-chloroethyl)-N-ethyl-2-bromobenzylamine], a neurotoxin that removes the noradrenergic innervation of the cortex. We found that NA depletion reduces the expression of approximately 20% of known wakefulness-related transcripts. Most of these transcripts are involved in synaptic plasticity and in the cellular response to stress. In contrast, NA depletion increased the expression of the sleep-related gene encoding the translation elongation factor 2. These results indicate that the activity of the central NA system during wakefulness modulates neuronal transcription to favor synaptic potentiation and counteract cellular stress, whereas its inactivity during sleep may play a permissive role to enhance brain protein synthesis.

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  • Both monoamines support synaptic remodeling via increasing activity of plasticity related immediate early genes.

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  1. Tononi G, Cirelli C, Shaw PJ (2000) The molecular correlates of sleep, wak- ing, and sleep deprivation. Human Frontier Workshop VIII, The regula- tion of sleep, (Borbely AA, Hayaishi O, Seinowski TJ, Altman JS, eds), pp 155-168. Strasbourg, France: HFSP.

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Authors
Cirelli, C.
Affiliations
University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
Corresponding author
Cirelli, C.
Venue
Journal of Neuroscience
Published
2004-06-09
Volume
24
Issue
23
Pages
5410-5419
ISSN
  • 0270-6474 (ISSN-L)
  • 1529-2401
OpenAlex
W2076224262
Cited by
103
References
67
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FWCI
4.88
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • U.S. Department of Defense
  • National Institute of Mental Health
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Keywords
locus coeruleus, noradrenergic system, wakefulness, sleep, synaptic plasticity, stress response, elongation factor 2, brain protein synthesis, norepinephrine depletion
MeSH terms
Animals, Brain Chemistry, Circadian Rhythm, Dopamine, Gene Expression Regulation, Locus Coeruleus, Male, Neuronal Plasticity, Norepinephrine, Rats, Inbred WKY, Serotonin, Sleep, Sleep Stages, Synapses, Transcription, Genetic, Wakefulness, DNA, Complementary, Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, Peptide Elongation Factor 2, Rats

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