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ArticleBrain structure & function2024

Targeting corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor type 1 (Crhr1) neurons: validating the specificity of a novel transgenic Crhr1-FlpO mouse.

Mason Hardy, Yuncai Chen, Tallie Z Baram, Nicholas J Justice

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Article in Brain structure & function, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Authors and funding

4 authors.

Mason HardyDepartment of Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6774-5902
Yuncai ChenDepartment of Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4862-3704
Tallie Z BaramDepartment of Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA. tallie@uci.edu.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0771-8616
Nicholas J JusticeBrown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine of McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Sciences Center-Houston, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4673-390X

Funding

Structural & Network-Function Correlates of Fragmented Early-Life Across SpeciesP50MH096889 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI SANDMAN, CURT ALAN · 2013 to 2023
$25.4M
Dynamic epigenomic landscape of opioid abuse following early-life adversityU01DA053826 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI Tallie Z. Baram, CHRISTIE D FOWLER · 2022 to 2026
$3.4M
Transformation of the stress response into motor behavior by the external globus pallidusR01MH112768 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI JUSTICE, NICHOLAS J · 2017 to 2021
$2.3M
On circuit mechanisms of reward behaviors after early-life adversityRF1MH132680 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI BARAM, TALLIE Z., CHEN, YUNCAI · 2025 to 2025
$2.1M
On circuit mechanisms of reward behaviors after early-life adversityR01MH132680 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI BARAM, TALLIE Z., CHEN, YUNCAI · 2023 to 2024
$1.3M
Training Program in Substance Use and Use DisordersT32DA050558 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI WOOD, MARCELO ANDRES · 2020 to 2024
$892k
Intra-PVN CRF signaling control of HPA axis activity and autonomic toneR56MH114032 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI JUSTICE, NICHOLAS J · 2017 to 2017
$369k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) signaling through its cognate receptors, CRHR1 and CRHR2, contributes to diverse stress-related functions in the mammalian brain. Whereas CRHR2 is predominantly expressed in choroid plexus and blood vessels, CRHR1 is abundantly expressed in neurons in discrete brain regions, including the neocortex, hippocampus and nucleus accumbens. Activation of CRHR1 influences motivated behaviors, emotional states, and learning and memory. However, it is unknown whether alterations in CRHR1 signaling contribute to aberrant motivated behaviors observed, for example, in stressful contexts. These questions require tools to manipulate CRHR1 selectively. Here we describe and validate a novel Crhr1-FlpO mouse. Using bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) transgenesis, we engineered a transgenic mouse that expresses FlpO recombinase in CRHR1-expressing cells. We used two independent methods to assess the specificity of FlpO to CRHR1-expressing cells. First, we injected Crhr1-FlpO mice with Flp-dependent viruses expressing fluorescent reporter molecules. Additionally, we crossed the Crhr1-FlpO mouse with a transgenic Flp-dependent reporter mouse. CRHR1 and reporter molecules were identified using immunocytochemistry and visualized via confocal microscopy in several brain regions in which CRHR1 expression and function is established. Expression of Flp-dependent viral constructs was highly specific to CRHR1-expressing cells in all regions examined (over 90% co-localization). In accord, robust and specific expression of the Flp-dependent transgenic reporter was observed in a reporter mouse, recapitulating endogenous CRHR1 expression. The Crhr1-FlpO mouse enables selective genetic access to CRHR1-expressing cells within the mouse brain. When combined with Cre-lox or site-specific recombinases, the mouse facilitates intersectional manipulations of CRHR1-expressing neurons.

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Mice, TransgenicNeuronsReceptors, Corticotropin-Releasing HormoneAnimalsBrainCRF Receptor, Type 1MaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLCRF Receptor, Type 1Receptors, Corticotropin-Releasing HormoneCRFR1FlpOIntersectional manipulationTransgenic mouse

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PMID39692887
PMCPMC11655595

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