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ArticleEndocrinology2020

Loss of CREBRF Reduces Anxiety-like Behaviors and Circulating Glucocorticoids in Male and Female Mice.

Krystle A Frahm, Akeem A Williams, Ashlee N Wood, Michael C Ewing, Polly E Mattila, Byron W Chuan, Lanping Guo, Faraaz A Shah, Christopher P O'Donnell, Ray Lu and 1 more

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Article in Endocrinology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Krystle A FrahmDepartment of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Akeem A WilliamsDivision of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Ashlee N WoodDivision of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Michael C EwingDivision of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Polly E MattilaDivision of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Byron W ChuanDivision of Pulmonology, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Lanping GuoDivision of Pulmonology, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Faraaz A ShahDivision of Pulmonology, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Christopher P O'DonnellDivision of Pulmonology, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Ray LuDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
Donald B DeFrancoDepartment of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
University of Pittsburgh · USUniversity of Guelph · CA

Funding

T32 Research Training in Diabetes and EndocrinologyT32DK007052 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI ROBERT M O'DOHERTY · 1986 to 2026
$6.3M
Selective Glucocorticoid Action in the Developing BrainR01HD087288 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI DEFRANCO, DONALD B, MONAGHAN-NICHOLS, A PAULA · 2017 to 2021
$2.3M
Impact of CREBRF and its obesity-risk variant on hypothalamic glucocorticoid and neuroendocrine output using molecular, cellular, and physiological approaches.K01DK115543 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI FRAHM, KRYSTLE ANNE · 2017 to 2021
$796k
The Role of a Novel Obesity-Risk Variant on Hypothalamic Regulation of Energy HomeostasisR21DK121266 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI FRAHM, KRYSTLE ANNE · 2019 to 2021
$587k
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD087288NIDDK NIH HHS K01 DK115543NIDDK NIH HHS R21 DK121266NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK007052
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glucocorticoid signaling controls many key biological functions ranging from stress responses to affective states. The putative transcriptional coregulator CREB3 regulatory factor (CREBRF) reduces glucocorticoid receptor levels in vitro, suggesting that CREBRF may impact behavioral and physiological outputs. In the present study, we examined adult male and female mice with global loss of CREBRF (CrebrfKO) for anxiety-like behaviors and circulating glucocorticoids in response to various acute stress conditions. Results demonstrate that both male and female CrebrfKO mice have preserved locomotor activity but reduced anxiety-like behaviors during the light-dark box and elevated plus maze. These behavioral phenotypes were associated with lower plasma corticosterone after restraint stress. Further studies using unhandled female mice also demonstrated a loss of the diurnal circulating corticosterone rhythm in CrebrfKO mice. These results suggest that CREBRF impacts anxiety-like behavior and circulating glucocorticoids in response to acute stressors and serves as a basis for future mechanistic studies to define the impact of CREBRF in glucocorticoid-associated behavioral and physiological responses.

Indexed as

AnimalsAnxietyBehavior, AnimalCorticosteroneDNA-Binding ProteinsDown-RegulationFemaleGlucocorticoidsHypothalamo-Hypophyseal SystemMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutPituitary-Adrenal SystemStress, PsychologicalCorticosteroneDNA-Binding ProteinsGlucocorticoidsLRF CREB3 recruitment factor, mouseanxiety-like behaviorCREBRFglucocorticoid receptorglucocorticoidsHPA axisrestraint stress

Identifiers

PMID32901804
PMCPMC7567405
OpenAlexW3084320493

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