ABNORMAL-BEHAVIOR AND NEUROTRANSMISSIONS OF TENASCIN GENE KNOCKOUT MOUSE

Citation
F. Fukamauchi et al., ABNORMAL-BEHAVIOR AND NEUROTRANSMISSIONS OF TENASCIN GENE KNOCKOUT MOUSE, Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 221(1), 1996, pp. 151-156
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,Biophysics
ISSN journal
0006291X
Volume
221
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
151 - 156
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-291X(1996)221:1<151:AANOTG>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
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.