F. Fukamauchi et al., ABNORMAL-BEHAVIOR AND NEUROTRANSMISSIONS OF TENASCIN GENE KNOCKOUT MOUSE, Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 221(1), 1996, pp. 151-156
To examine the role of tenascin (TN) in vivo, we have produced mice in
which the TN gene is inactivated. In behavioral studies, TN-knockout
mice showed abnormal behavior such as hyperlocomotion and poor swimmin
g ability. Biochemical analysis revealed that serotonin (5-HT) and dop
amine (DA) transmission was decreased in the cerebral cortex, the hipp
ocampus, or the striatum of TN-knockout mouse brain. The intraperitone
al administration of the DA receptor agonist, LY171555 (0.5 mg/kg, BW)
, inhibited the hyperlocomotion, and swimming behavior was transiently
improved by the treatment with the 5-HT receptor agonist, 1-(4-iodo-2
,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-aminopropane hydrochloride. These findings sugge
st that TN may play an important role in neurotransmissions related to
behavior. (C) 1996 Academic Press, Inc.