title: Transcription factor AP-2 gene expression in adult rat hippocampal regions: effects of environmental manipulations.
abstract: Environmental enrichment increases glucocorticoid receptor expression in hippocampal pyramidal neurons, but the molecular mechanisms are unknown. Several transcription factors are expressed in hippocampal neurons where they respond to environmental stimuli. In this study 12 adult male rats (n = 6 in each group) were exposed to enriched or isolated environment for 30 days. The expression of AP-2 mRNA, studied by in situ hybridization, was attenuated by environmental enrichment in the CA2 and CA3 subfields of the hippocampus. AP-2 may be involved in the environmental effect of glucocorticoid receptor gene expression in these neurons.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, Umeå University Hospital, S-901 85 Umeå, Sweden.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Olsson
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Mohammed
authors.forename: L F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Donaldson
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Seckl
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics*; D004777:Environment; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000502:physiology*; D017781:Genes, Immediate-Early / Q000235:genetics; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000378:metabolism*; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D008297:Male; D017966:Pyramidal Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D050656:Transcription Factor AP-2; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D050656:Transcription Factor AP-2; D014157:Transcription Factors