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ArticleJournal of neuroendocrinology2011

The distribution of messenger RNAs encoding the three isoforms of the transducer of regulated cAMP responsive element binding protein activity in the rat forebrain.

Alan G Watts, Graciela Sanchez-Watts, Ying Liu, Greti Aguilera

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Article in Journal of neuroendocrinology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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25 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alan G WattsDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2520, USA. watts@usc.edu
Graciela Sanchez-Watts
Ying Liu
Greti Aguilera
University of Southern California · US

Funding

NEUROPEPTIDES AND THEIR PHYSIOLOGICAL CONTROLR01NS029728 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI WATTS, ALAN G · 1991 to 2017
$4.5M
Neuroendocrine Control Of The Stress ResponseZIAHD000631 · NICHD · EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT · PI AGUILERA, GRETI · 2009 to 2014
$4.0M
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Increasing evidence indicates that the cAMP responsive element binding protein (CREB)-dependent transcriptional activation of a number of genes requires the CREB co-activator: transducer of regulated CREB activity (TORC). Because of the central importance of CREB in many brain functions, we examined the topographic distribution of TORC1, 2, and 3 mRNAs in specific regions of the rat forebrain. In situ hybridisation analysis revealed that TORC1 is the most abundant isoform in most forebrain structures, followed by TORC2 and TORC3. All three TORC isoforms were found in a number of brain nuclei, the ventricular ependyma and pia mater. Although high levels of TORC1 were widely distributed in the forebrain, TORC2 was found in discrete nuclei and TORC3 mostly in the ependyma, and pia mater. The relative expression of TORC isoforms was confirmed by quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction analysis in the hippocampus and hypothalamus. In the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus, TORC1 and 2 mRNAs were abundant in the parvicellular and magnocellular neuroendocrine compartments, whereas TORC3 expression was low. All three isoform mRNAs were found elsewhere in the hypothalamus, with the most prominent expression of TORC1 in the ventromedial nucleus, TORC2 in the dorsomedial and arcuate nuclei, TORCs 1 and 2 in the supraoptic nucleus, and TORC2 in the suprachiasmatic nucleus. These differential distribution patterns are consistent with complex roles for all three TORC isoforms in diverse brain structures, and provide a foundation for further studies on the mechanisms of CREB/TORC signalling on brain function.

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AnimalsBrainMaleProtein IsoformsRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyRNA, MessengerTrans-ActivatorsTranscription FactorsCrtc1 protein, ratCRTC2 protein, ratCrtc3 protein, ratProtein IsoformsRNA, MessengerTrans-ActivatorsTranscription Factors

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PMID21679259
PMCPMC3420016
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