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Effect of short- and long-term morphine treatment on gene expression in the hypothalamus and pituitary

ABSTRACT: Addictive drugs including opioids activate signal transduction pathways that regulate gene expression in the brain. However, changes in CNS gene expression following morphine exposure are poorly understood. We studied the effect of short- and long-term morphine treatment on gene expression in the hypothalamus and pituitary using genome-wide DNA microarray and real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analyses. In the hypothalamus, we found that short-term morphine administration up-regulated (at least 2-fold) 39 genes and down-regulated six genes. Long-term morphine administration up-regulated 35 genes and down-regulated 51 hypothalamic genes. In the pituitary, we found that short-term morphine administration up-regulated (at least 2-fold) 110 genes and down-regulated 29 genes. Long-term morphine administration up-regulated 85 genes and down-regulated 37 pituitary genes. Strikingly, microarray analysis uncovered several genes involved in food intake (neuropeptide Y, agouti-related protein, and cocaine and amphetamine-regulated transcript) whose expression was strongly altered by morphine exposure in either the hypothalamus or pituitary. Subsequent RT-PCR analysis confirmed similar gene regulation of noteworthy genes in these regions. Finally, we found functional correlation between morphine-induced alterations in food intake and regulations of genes involved in this process. Changes in genes related to food intake may uncover new pathways related to some of the physiological effects of opioids. Keywords: Comparative treatment versus placebo 8 samples analyzed: 4 from hypothalamus (2 biological replicates and 2 dye swaps) and 4 from pituitary (2 biological replicates and 2 dye swaps) 8 samples analyzed: 4 from hypothalamus short term treatment (2 biological replicates and 2 dye swaps) and 4 hypothalamus long term treatment (2 biological replicates and 2 dye swaps)

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

SUBMITTER: Adrian Anghel

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-9525 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Gene expression profiling following short-term and long-term morphine exposure in mice uncovers genes involved in food intake.

Anghel A A Jamieson C A M CA Ren X X Young J J Porche R R Ozigbo E E Ghods D E DE Lee M L ML Liu Y Y Lutfy K K Friedman T C TC

Neuroscience 20100206 2

Addictive drugs including opioids activate signal transduction pathways that regulate gene expression in the brain. However, changes in CNS gene expression following morphine exposure are poorly understood. We determined changes in gene expression following short- and long-term morphine treatment in the hypothalamus and pituitary using genome-wide DNA microarray analysis and confirmed those alterations in gene expression by real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analy ...[more]

PMID: 20144693

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Effect of short- and long-term morphine treatment on gene expression in the hypothalamus and pituitary

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Gene expression profiling following short-term and long-term morphine exposure in mice uncovers genes involved in food intake.

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