title: Microarray analysis of the effects of a gamma-protein kinase C null mutation on gene expression in striatum: a role for transthyretin in mutant phenotypes.
abstract: A constitutive null mutation of the neural-specific isotype of protein kinase C (gamma-PKC) in mice produces alterations in behavioral traits and responses to ethanol suggesting that gamma-PKC-mediated phosphorylation is essential for regulation of some behaviors. However, it is possible that some of the effects of gamma-PKC gene deletion also may be due to altered gene expression. To examine alterations in gene expression, microarray analyses were performed on striatal tissue from wild types and mutants. A total of 143 genes and ESTs were identified as potential candidates related to differences between null mutants and wild types. Confirmation studies using qRT-PCR indicated that the expression of transthyretin was increased about 8-fold in striatum of naïve mutants compared to wild types. The effect of chronic ethanol treatment on transthyretin expression was analyzed because gamma-PKC mutants do not develop tolerance to chronic ethanol treatment. Ethanol treatment of mutants reversed the dramatic increase in transthyretin expression seen in naïve and control-diet treated mutants, but did not affect transthyretin expression in wild types.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado, 447, UCB, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.
authors.forename: Amy M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Barbara J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Bowers
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Radcliffe
authors.forename: Jeanne M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Wehner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D017931:DNA Primers; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D009154:Mutation; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D010641:Phenotype; D011228:Prealbumin / Q000235:genetics*; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics*; D012313:RNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012016:Reference Values; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D011228:Prealbumin; D000431:Ethanol; D012313:RNA; C087857:protein kinase C gamma; D011493:Protein Kinase C