Molecular and functional sex differences of noradrenergic neurons in the mouse locus coeruleus
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PROVIDER: PRJNA390307 | ENA |
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Project description:Aims: This study aimed to identify and characterize the intrinsic properties of locus coeruleus (LC) noradrenergic neurons in male and female mice using a genetic approach. We also sought to investigate sex-specific differences in membrane properties, action potential generation, and protein expression profiles to understand the mechanisms underlying neuronal excitability variations. Methods: Utilizing a genetic mouse model by crossing Dbhcre knock-in mice with tdTomato Ai14 transgenic mice, LC neurons were identified using fluorescence microscopy. Neuronal properties, including capacitance, action potential frequency, and rheobase, were assessed using patch-clamp recordings. Spontaneous and evoked activity between sexes was compared. Proteomic analyses of individual LC neuron soma was conducted using mass-spectrometry to discern protein expression profiles. Results: Female LC noradrenergic neurons displayed greater membrane capacitance than those in male mice. Male LC neurons demonstrated greater spontaneous and evoked action potential generation compared to females. Male LC neurons exhibited a lower rheobase and achieved higher peak frequencies with similar current injections. Proteomic analysis revealed inherent differences in protein expression profiles between sexes, with male mice displaying a notably larger unique protein set compared to females. Notably, pathways pertinent to protein synthesis, degradation, and recycling, such as EIF2 and glucocorticoid receptor signaling, showed reduced expression in females. Conclusions: Male LC noradrenergic neurons exhibit higher intrinsic excitability compared to those from females. The discernible sex-based differences in excitability could be ascribed to varying protein expression profiles, especially within pathways that regulate protein synthesis and degradation. This study lays the groundwork for future studies focusing on the interplay between proteomics and neuronal function examined in individual cells.
2024-05-24 | PXD045844 | Pride
Project description:Preclinical work has long focused only on male animals, even though sexual divergence in both baseline behaviors and drug responses clearly impact treatment outcomes in patients. Psychiatric disorders are notably divergent, with males showing higher prevalence of ADHD and ASD, and females GAD and MDD. This divergence is reflected in quantitative differences in subclincal behaviors. The Noradrenergic neurotransmitter system is targeted by many psychiatric drugs, but is relatively uncharacterized at a molecular level. We developed a mouse to profile these neurons, defining their both a baseline transcriptome, including druggable receptors, and their molecular response to stimulation. We also discovered a remarkable sexual divergence in their gene expression, including functionally increased expression of the EP3 receptor in females – a difference that can be used to modulate stress-induced anxiety in a sex specific manner. These findings underscore the need to conduct preclinical studies in a manner balanced for sex, and suggest that baseline differences in noradrenergic neurons could underlay sexually divergent behaviors.
2018-04-30 | GSE100004 | GEO
Project description:Preclinical work has long focused only on male animals, even though sexual divergence in both baseline behaviors and drug responses clearly impact treatment outcomes in patients. Psychiatric disorders are notably divergent, with males showing higher prevalence of ADHD and ASD, and females GAD and MDD. This divergence is reflected in quantitative differences in subclincal behaviors. The Noradrenergic neurotransmitter system is targeted by many psychiatric drugs, but is relatively uncharacterized at a molecular level. We developed a mouse to profile these neurons, defining their both a baseline transcriptome, including druggable receptors, and their molecular response to stimulation. We also discovered a remarkable sexual divergence in their gene expression, including functionally increased expression of the EP3 receptor in females – a difference that can be used to modulate stress-induced anxiety in a sex specific manner. These findings underscore the need to conduct preclinical studies in a manner balanced for sex, and suggest that baseline differences in noradrenergic neurons could underlay sexually divergent behaviors.
2018-04-30 | GSE100002 | GEO
Project description:Post-mortem investigations indicate that the locus coeruleus (LC) is the initial site of hyperphosphorylated pretangle tau, a precursor to neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) found in Alzheimer's disease (AD). The presence of pretangle tau and NFTs in the LC correlates with AD progression. LC neuron integrity and quantity are linked to cognitive states, with degeneration associated with AD. However, the mechanisms of pretangle tau-induced LC degeneration are unclear. This study examined the transcriptomic and mitochondrial profiles of LC noradrenergic neurons after transduction with pseudophosphorylated human tau. Tau hyperphosphorylation increased the somatic expression of the L-type calcium channel (LTCC), impaired mitochondria health, and led to deficits in spatial and olfactory learning. Sex-dependent alterations in gene expression were observed in rats transduced with pretangle tau. Chronic LTCC blockade prevented behavioral deficits and altered mitochondrial mRNA expression, suggesting a potential link between LTCC hyperactivity and mitochondrial dysfunction. Our research provides insights into the consequences of tau pathology in the originating structure of AD.
2024-11-16 | GSE272794 | GEO
Project description:Central norepinephrine (NE) neurons, mainly located in the Locus coeruleus (LC), play roles in a wide range of behavioral and physiological processes. How the human LC-NE neurons develop and what roles they play in the pathophysiology of human diseases is poorly understood, partly due to the unavailability of functional human LC-NE neurons. Here we established a technology for efficient generation of LC-NE neurons from human pluripotent stem cells by identifying a novel role of ACTIVIN A in regulating the LC-NE transcription factors in the dorsal rhombomere 1 (r1) progenitors. The in vitro generated human LC-NE neurons not only display extensive axonal arborization and release/uptake NE, but also exhibit the pacemaker activity, calcium oscillation, and in particular chemoreceptor activity in response to CO2. Multiple timepoint single nucleus RNA-Seq (snRNA-Seq) analysis captured the dynamic NE differentiation process, confirmed the NE cell population and revealed the differentiation trajectory from hindbrain progenitors to NE neurons via ASCL1 expressing precursor stage. The LC-NE neurons engineered with a NE sensor reliably reported the extracellular NE level. The availability of functional human LC-NE neurons enables investigation of their roles in the pathogenesis of and development of therapeutics for neural psychiatric and degenerative diseases.
2023-08-24 | GSE221988 | GEO
Project description:Molecular and functional sex differences of noradrenergic neurons in the mouse locus coeruleus [Affymetrix]
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Project description:Molecular and functional sex differences of noradrenergic neurons in the mouse locus coeruleus [Illumina]
| PRJNA390312 | ENA
Project description:Preclinical work has long focused on male animals, though biological sex clearly influences risk for certain diseases, including many psychiatric disorders. Such disorders are often treated by drugs targeting the CNS norepinephrine system. Despite roles for noradrenergic neurons in behavior and neuropsychiatric disease models, their molecular characterization has lagged. We profiled mouse noradrenergic neurons in vivo, defining over 3,000 high-confidence transcripts expressed therein, including druggable receptors. We uncovered remarkable sex differences in gene expression, including elevated expression of the EP3 receptor in females-which we leverage to illustrate the behavioral and pharmacologic relevance of these findings-and of Slc6a15 and Lin28b, both major depressive disorder (MDD)-associated genes. Broadly, we present a means of transcriptionally profiling locus coeruleus under baseline and experimental conditions. Our findings underscore the need for preclinical work to include both sexes and suggest that sex differences in noradrenergic neurons may underlie behavioral differences relevant to disease.
| S-EPMC6070358 | biostudies-literature
Project description:To investigate changes in noradrenergic neurons of the LC following infusion of human Tyrosinase (hTyr) We performed gene expression profiling analysis using data obtained from RNA-seq of Pre-IP and IP samples following hTyr or EYFP infusion into the LC.
2023-03-17 | GSE226827 | GEO
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2018-04-30 | GSE100005 | GEO