title: Calcium activated adenylyl cyclase AC8 but not AC1 is required for prolonged behavioral anxiety.
abstract: Anxiety disorder is a state of mental discomfort while acute anxiety induces an enhancement of vigilance/arousal or increased anxious responses. Most of the previous studies investigated basic mechanisms for acute anxiety, while less information is available for prolonged or repetitive anxiety.
  
  
  
  In the present study, we wanted to examine possible molecular mechanisms for behavioral anxiety after repeated exposures. Performing a paradigm of five sessions of the elevated plus-maze (EPM), we show that the repeated exposure to the EPM induces a long-lasting anxiety causing a gradual increase of anxiolytic activity, which is maintained for at least 21 days. Genetic deletion of AC8 (adenylyl cyclase 8) but not AC1 abolished long-lasting anxiety.
  
  
  
  Our results suggest that calcium-stimulated AC8 is required to sustain the long-lasting anxiety caused by repeated EPM testing, and we can identify in AC8 a novel target for treating anxiety-related mood disorders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, University of Toronto Center for the study of pain, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8, Canada.
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bernabucci
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, University of Toronto Center for the study of pain, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8, Canada. bernabucci.matteo@gmail.com.|Center for Neuron and Disease, Frontier Institutes of Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, China. bernabucci.matteo@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhuo
mesh_terms: D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001007:Anxiety / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020746:Calcium Channels, L-Type / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D018782:Maze Learning / Q000187:drug effects; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D009270:Naloxone / Q000494:pharmacology; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D020746:Calcium Channels, L-Type; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; D009270:Naloxone; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases; C106670:adenylyl cyclase 1; C118292:adenylyl cyclase 8; D002118:Calcium
keywords: Adenylyl cyclase 8; Anterior cingulate cortex; Anxiety; Elevated plus-maze; Memory; N-Methyl-D-aspartate; Retest