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  1. Article ; Online: Casein kinase 1 epsilon and circadian misalignment impact affective behaviours in mice.

    Zhou, Lili / Fitzpatrick, Karrie / Olker, Christopher / Vitaterna, Martha H / Turek, Fred W

    The European journal of neuroscience

    2021  Volume 55, Issue 9-10, Page(s) 2939–2954

    Abstract: Affective behaviours and mental health are profoundly affected by disturbances in circadian rhythms. Casein kinase 1 epsilon (CSNK1E) is a core component of the circadian clock. Mice with tau or null mutation of this gene have shortened and lengthened ... ...

    Abstract Affective behaviours and mental health are profoundly affected by disturbances in circadian rhythms. Casein kinase 1 epsilon (CSNK1E) is a core component of the circadian clock. Mice with tau or null mutation of this gene have shortened and lengthened circadian period respectively. Here, we examined anxiety-like, fear, and despair behaviours in both male and female mice of these two different mutants. Compared with wild-type mice, we found reductions in fear and anxiety-like behaviours in both mutant lines and in both sexes, with the tau mutants exhibiting the greatest phenotypic changes. However, the behavioural despair had distinct phenotypic patterns, with markedly less behavioural despair in female null mutants, but not in tau mutants of either sex. To determine whether abnormal light entrainment of tau mutants to 24-h light-dark cycles contributes to these phenotypic differences, we also examined these behaviours in tau mutants on a 20-h light-dark cycle close to their endogenous circadian period. The normalized entrainment restored more wild-type-like behaviours for fear and anxiety, but it induced behavioural despair in tau mutant females. These data show that both mutations of Csnk1e broadly affect fear and anxiety-like behaviours, while the effects on behavioural despair vary with genetics, photoperiod, and sex, suggesting that the mechanisms by which Csnk1e affects fear and anxiety-like behaviours may be similar, but distinct from those affecting behavioural despair. Our study also provides experimental evidence in support of the hypothesis of beneficial outcomes from properly entrained circadian rhythms in terms of the anxiety-like and fear behaviours.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Casein Kinase 1 epsilon/genetics ; Circadian Clocks ; Circadian Rhythm/genetics ; Female ; Male ; Mice ; Motor Activity ; Photoperiod
    Chemical Substances Casein Kinase 1 epsilon (EC 2.7.11.1)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-09-23
    Publishing country France
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 645180-9
    ISSN 1460-9568 ; 0953-816X
    ISSN (online) 1460-9568
    ISSN 0953-816X
    DOI 10.1111/ejn.15456
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  2. Article ; Online: The Effects of Remote Cognitive Training Combined With a Mobile App Intervention on Psychosis: Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial.

    Fisher, Melissa / Etter, Kevin / Murray, Aimee / Ghiasi, Neelu / LaCross, Kristin / Ramsay, Ian / Currie, Ariel / Fitzpatrick, Karrie / Biagianti, Bruno / Schlosser, Danielle / Loewy, Rachel / Vinogradov, Sophia

    Journal of medical Internet research

    2023  Volume 25, Page(s) e48634

    Abstract: Background: Impairments in cognition and motivation are core features of psychosis and strong predictors of social and occupational functioning. Accumulating evidence indicates that cognitive deficits in psychosis can be improved by computer-based ... ...

    Abstract Background: Impairments in cognition and motivation are core features of psychosis and strong predictors of social and occupational functioning. Accumulating evidence indicates that cognitive deficits in psychosis can be improved by computer-based cognitive training programs; however, barriers include access and adherence to cognitive training exercises. Limited evidence-based methods have been established to enhance motivated behavior. In this study, we tested the effects of web-based targeted cognitive and social cognitive training (TCT) delivered in conjunction with an innovative digital smartphone app called Personalized Real-Time Intervention for Motivational Enhancement (PRIME). The PRIME app provides users with a motivational coach to set personalized goals and secure social networking for peer support.
    Objective: This study investigated whether deficits in cognition and motivation in people with a psychosis spectrum disorder (N=100) can be successfully addressed with 30 hours of TCT+PRIME as compared with 30 hours of a computer games control condition (CG) plus PRIME (CG+PRIME). Here, we describe our study procedures, the feasibility and acceptability of the intervention, and the results on all primary outcomes.
    Methods: In this double-blind randomized controlled trial, English-speaking participants completed all cognitive training, PRIME activities, and assessments remotely. Participants completed a diagnostic interview and remote cognitive, clinical, and self-report measures at baseline, posttraining, and at a 6-month follow-up.
    Results: This study included participants from 27 states across the United States and 8 countries worldwide. The study population was 58% (58/100) female, with a mean age of 33.77 (SD 10.70) years. On average, participants completed more than half of the cognitive training regimen (mean 18.58, SD 12.47 hours of training), and logged into the PRIME app 4.71 (SD 1.58) times per week. The attrition rate of 22% (22/100) was lower than that reported in our previous studies on remote cognitive training. The total sample showed significant gains in global cognition (P=.03) and attention (P<.001). The TCT+PRIME participants showed significantly greater gains in emotion recognition (P<.001) and global cognition at the trend level (P=.09), although this was not statistically significant, relative to the CG+PRIME participants. The total sample also showed significant improvements on multiple indices of motivation (P=.02-0.05), in depression (P=.04), in positive symptoms (P=.04), and in negative symptoms at a trend level (P=.09), although this was not statistically significant. Satisfaction with the PRIME app was rated at 7.74 (SD 2.05) on a scale of 1 to 10, with higher values indicating more satisfaction.
    Conclusions: These results demonstrate the feasibility and acceptability of remote cognitive training combined with the PRIME app and that this intervention can improve cognition, motivation, and symptoms in individuals with psychosis. TCT+PRIME appeared more effective in improving emotion recognition and global cognition than CG+PRIME. Future analyses will test the relationship between hours of cognitive training completed; PRIME use; and changes in cognition, motivation, symptoms, and functioning.
    Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02782442; https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02782442.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Female ; Humans ; Cognition ; Cognitive Training ; Mobile Applications ; Motivation ; Psychotic Disorders/therapy ; Male
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-11-13
    Publishing country Canada
    Document type Journal Article ; Randomized Controlled Trial ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2028830-X
    ISSN 1438-8871 ; 1438-8871
    ISSN (online) 1438-8871
    ISSN 1438-8871
    DOI 10.2196/48634
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  3. Article ; Online: Testing a Novel Web-Based Neurocognitive Battery in the General Community: Validation and Usability Study.

    Capizzi, Riley / Fisher, Melissa / Biagianti, Bruno / Ghiasi, Neelufaer / Currie, Ariel / Fitzpatrick, Karrie / Albertini, Nicholas / Vinogradov, Sophia

    Journal of medical Internet research

    2021  Volume 23, Issue 5, Page(s) e25082

    Abstract: Background: In recent years, there has been increased interest in the development of remote psychological assessments. These platforms increase accessibility and allow clinicians to monitor important health metrics, thereby informing patient-centered ... ...

    Abstract Background: In recent years, there has been increased interest in the development of remote psychological assessments. These platforms increase accessibility and allow clinicians to monitor important health metrics, thereby informing patient-centered treatment.
    Objective: In this study, we report the properties and usability of a new web-based neurocognitive assessment battery and present a normative data set for future use.
    Methods: A total of 781 participants completed a portion of 8 tasks that captured performance in auditory processing, visual-spatial working memory, visual-spatial learning, cognitive flexibility, and emotional processing. A subset of individuals (n=195) completed a 5-question survey measuring the acceptability of the tasks.
    Results: Between 252 and 426 participants completed each task. Younger individuals outperformed their older counterparts in 6 of the 8 tasks. Therefore, central tendency data metrics were presented using 7 different age bins. The broad majority of participants found the tasks interesting and enjoyable and endorsed some interest in playing them at home. Only 1 of 195 individuals endorsed not at all for the statement, "I understood the instructions." Older individuals were less likely to understand the instructions; however, 72% (49/68) of individuals over the age of 60 years still felt that they mostly or very much understood the instructions.
    Conclusions: Overall, the tasks were found to be widely acceptable to the participants. The use of web-based neurocognitive tasks such as these may increase the ability to deploy precise data-informed interventions to a wider population.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Internet ; Middle Aged ; Surveys and Questionnaires
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-05-06
    Publishing country Canada
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2028830-X
    ISSN 1438-8871 ; 1439-4456
    ISSN (online) 1438-8871
    ISSN 1439-4456
    DOI 10.2196/25082
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  4. Article ; Online: Testing a Novel Web-Based Neurocognitive Battery in the General Community

    Capizzi, Riley / Fisher, Melissa / Biagianti, Bruno / Ghiasi, Neelufaer / Currie, Ariel / Fitzpatrick, Karrie / Albertini, Nicholas / Vinogradov, Sophia

    Journal of Medical Internet Research, Vol 23, Iss 5, p e

    Validation and Usability Study

    2021  Volume 25082

    Abstract: BackgroundIn recent years, there has been increased interest in the development of remote psychological assessments. These platforms increase accessibility and allow clinicians to monitor important health metrics, thereby informing patient-centered ... ...

    Abstract BackgroundIn recent years, there has been increased interest in the development of remote psychological assessments. These platforms increase accessibility and allow clinicians to monitor important health metrics, thereby informing patient-centered treatment. ObjectiveIn this study, we report the properties and usability of a new web-based neurocognitive assessment battery and present a normative data set for future use. MethodsA total of 781 participants completed a portion of 8 tasks that captured performance in auditory processing, visual-spatial working memory, visual-spatial learning, cognitive flexibility, and emotional processing. A subset of individuals (n=195) completed a 5-question survey measuring the acceptability of the tasks. ResultsBetween 252 and 426 participants completed each task. Younger individuals outperformed their older counterparts in 6 of the 8 tasks. Therefore, central tendency data metrics were presented using 7 different age bins. The broad majority of participants found the tasks interesting and enjoyable and endorsed some interest in playing them at home. Only 1 of 195 individuals endorsed not at all for the statement, “I understood the instructions.” Older individuals were less likely to understand the instructions; however, 72% (49/68) of individuals over the age of 60 years still felt that they mostly or very much understood the instructions. ConclusionsOverall, the tasks were found to be widely acceptable to the participants. The use of web-based neurocognitive tasks such as these may increase the ability to deploy precise data-informed interventions to a wider population.
    Keywords Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics ; R858-859.7 ; Public aspects of medicine ; RA1-1270
    Subject code 150
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher JMIR Publications
    Document type Article ; Online
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  5. Article ; Online: DARPA investment in peripheral nerve interfaces for prosthetics, prescriptions, and plasticity.

    Naufel, Stephanie / Knaack, Gretchen L / Miranda, Robbin / Best, Tyler K / Fitzpatrick, Karrie / Emondi, Al A / Van Gieson, Eric / McClure-Begley, Tristan

    Journal of neuroscience methods

    2019  Volume 332, Page(s) 108539

    Abstract: Background: Peripheral nerve interfaces have emerged as alternative solutions for a variety of therapeutic and performance improvement applications. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has widely invested in these interfaces to provide ...

    Abstract Background: Peripheral nerve interfaces have emerged as alternative solutions for a variety of therapeutic and performance improvement applications. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has widely invested in these interfaces to provide motor control and sensory feedback to prosthetic limbs, identify non-pharmacological interventions to treat disease, and facilitate neuromodulation to accelerate learning or improve performance on cognitive, sensory, or motor tasks. In this commentary, we highlight some of the design considerations for optimizing peripheral nerve interfaces depending on the application space. We also discuss the ethical considerations that accompany these advances.
    MeSH term(s) Artificial Limbs ; Feedback, Sensory ; Peripheral Nerves ; Prescriptions
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-12-02
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 282721-9
    ISSN 1872-678X ; 0165-0270
    ISSN (online) 1872-678X
    ISSN 0165-0270
    DOI 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2019.108539
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  6. Article ; Online: Cross-species systems analysis identifies gene networks differentially altered by sleep loss and depression.

    Scarpa, Joseph R / Jiang, Peng / Gao, Vance D / Fitzpatrick, Karrie / Millstein, Joshua / Olker, Christopher / Gotter, Anthony / Winrow, Christopher J / Renger, John J / Kasarskis, Andrew / Turek, Fred W / Vitaterna, Martha H

    Science advances

    2018  Volume 4, Issue 7, Page(s) eaat1294

    Abstract: To understand the transcriptomic organization underlying sleep and affective function, we studied a population of (C57BL/6J × 129S1/SvImJ) F2 mice by measuring 283 affective and sleep phenotypes and profiling gene expression across four brain regions. We ...

    Abstract To understand the transcriptomic organization underlying sleep and affective function, we studied a population of (C57BL/6J × 129S1/SvImJ) F2 mice by measuring 283 affective and sleep phenotypes and profiling gene expression across four brain regions. We identified converging molecular bases for sleep and affective phenotypes at both the single-gene and gene-network levels. Using publicly available transcriptomic datasets collected from sleep-deprived mice and patients with major depressive disorder (MDD), we identified three cortical gene networks altered by the sleep/wake state and depression. The network-level actions of sleep loss and depression were opposite to each other, providing a mechanistic basis for the sleep disruptions commonly observed in depression, as well as the reported acute antidepressant effects of sleep deprivation. We highlight one particular network composed of circadian rhythm regulators and neuronal activity-dependent immediate-early genes. The key upstream driver of this network,
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Antidepressive Agents/therapeutic use ; Brain/metabolism ; Cerebral Cortex/metabolism ; Circadian Rhythm/genetics ; Depressive Disorder, Major/drug therapy ; Depressive Disorder, Major/genetics ; Depressive Disorder, Major/pathology ; Disease Models, Animal ; Gene Regulatory Networks ; Genotype ; Male ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Phenotype ; Quantitative Trait Loci ; Sleep Deprivation/drug therapy ; Sleep Deprivation/genetics ; Sleep Deprivation/pathology ; Transcriptome
    Chemical Substances Antidepressive Agents
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-07-25
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
    ZDB-ID 2810933-8
    ISSN 2375-2548 ; 2375-2548
    ISSN (online) 2375-2548
    ISSN 2375-2548
    DOI 10.1126/sciadv.aat1294
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  7. Article ; Online: A systems approach identifies networks and genes linking sleep and stress: implications for neuropsychiatric disorders.

    Jiang, Peng / Scarpa, Joseph R / Fitzpatrick, Karrie / Losic, Bojan / Gao, Vance D / Hao, Ke / Summa, Keith C / Yang, He S / Zhang, Bin / Allada, Ravi / Vitaterna, Martha H / Turek, Fred W / Kasarskis, Andrew

    Cell reports

    2015  Volume 11, Issue 5, Page(s) 835–848

    Abstract: Sleep dysfunction and stress susceptibility are comorbid complex traits that often precede and predispose patients to a variety of neuropsychiatric diseases. Here, we demonstrate multilevel organizations of genetic landscape, candidate genes, and ... ...

    Abstract Sleep dysfunction and stress susceptibility are comorbid complex traits that often precede and predispose patients to a variety of neuropsychiatric diseases. Here, we demonstrate multilevel organizations of genetic landscape, candidate genes, and molecular networks associated with 328 stress and sleep traits in a chronically stressed population of 338 (C57BL/6J × A/J) F2 mice. We constructed striatal gene co-expression networks, revealing functionally and cell-type-specific gene co-regulations important for stress and sleep. Using a composite ranking system, we identified network modules most relevant for 15 independent phenotypic categories, highlighting a mitochondria/synaptic module that links sleep and stress. The key network regulators of this module are overrepresented with genes implicated in neuropsychiatric diseases. Our work suggests that the interplay among sleep, stress, and neuropathology emerges from genetic influences on gene expression and their collective organization through complex molecular networks, providing a framework for interrogating the mechanisms underlying sleep, stress susceptibility, and related neuropsychiatric disorders.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Bayes Theorem ; Gene Regulatory Networks ; Mental Disorders/genetics ; Mental Disorders/pathology ; Mental Disorders/veterinary ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Microfilament Proteins/genetics ; Microfilament Proteins/metabolism ; Phenotype ; Quantitative Trait Loci ; Sleep ; Stress, Psychological/genetics ; Transcriptome
    Chemical Substances Microfilament Proteins
    Language English
    Publishing date 2015-05-05
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
    ZDB-ID 2649101-1
    ISSN 2211-1247 ; 2211-1247
    ISSN (online) 2211-1247
    ISSN 2211-1247
    DOI 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.04.003
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  8. Article ; Online: Chronic Alcohol Exposure and the Circadian Clock Mutation Exert Tissue-Specific Effects on Gene Expression in Mouse Hippocampus, Liver, and Proximal Colon.

    Summa, Keith C / Jiang, Peng / Fitzpatrick, Karrie / Voigt, Robin M / Bowers, Samuel J / Forsyth, Christopher B / Vitaterna, Martha H / Keshavarzian, Ali / Turek, Fred W

    Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research

    2015  Volume 39, Issue 10, Page(s) 1917–1929

    Abstract: Background: Chronic alcohol exposure exerts numerous adverse effects, although the specific mechanisms underlying these negative effects on different tissues are not completely understood. Alcohol also affects core properties of the circadian clock ... ...

    Abstract Background: Chronic alcohol exposure exerts numerous adverse effects, although the specific mechanisms underlying these negative effects on different tissues are not completely understood. Alcohol also affects core properties of the circadian clock system, and it has been shown that disruption of circadian rhythms confers vulnerability to alcohol-induced pathology of the gastrointestinal barrier and liver. Despite these findings, little is known of the molecular interactions between alcohol and the circadian clock system, especially regarding implications for tissue-specific susceptibility to alcohol pathologies. The aim of this study was to identify changes in expression of genes relevant to alcohol pathologies and circadian clock function in different tissues in response to chronic alcohol intake.
    Methods: Wild-type and circadian Clock(Δ19) mutant mice were subjected to a 10-week chronic alcohol protocol, after which hippocampal, liver, and proximal colon tissues were harvested for gene expression analysis using a custom-designed multiplex magnetic bead hybridization assay that provided quantitative assessment of 80 mRNA targets of interest, including 5 housekeeping genes and a predetermined set of 75 genes relevant for alcohol pathology and circadian clock function.
    Results: Significant alterations in expression levels attributable to genotype, alcohol, and/or a genotype by alcohol interaction were observed in all 3 tissues, with distinct patterns of expression changes observed in each. Of particular interest was the finding that a high proportion of genes involved in inflammation and metabolism on the array was significantly affected by alcohol and the Clock(Δ19) mutation in the hippocampus, suggesting a suite of molecular changes that may contribute to pathological change.
    Conclusions: These results reveal the tissue-specific nature of gene expression responses to chronic alcohol exposure and the Clock(Δ19) mutation and identify specific expression profiles that may contribute to tissue-specific vulnerability to alcohol-induced injury in the brain, colon, and liver.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; CLOCK Proteins/genetics ; Colon/drug effects ; Colon/metabolism ; Ethanol/administration & dosage ; Ethanol/pharmacology ; Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects ; Hippocampus/drug effects ; Hippocampus/metabolism ; Liver/drug effects ; Liver/metabolism ; Male ; Mice ; Mutation ; Organ Specificity/drug effects
    Chemical Substances Ethanol (3K9958V90M) ; CLOCK Proteins (EC 2.3.1.48) ; Clock protein, mouse (EC 2.3.1.48)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2015-10
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ZDB-ID 428999-7
    ISSN 1530-0277 ; 0145-6008
    ISSN (online) 1530-0277
    ISSN 0145-6008
    DOI 10.1111/acer.12834
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  9. Article ; Online: Altered sleep and affect in the neurotensin receptor 1 knockout mouse.

    Fitzpatrick, Karrie / Winrow, Christopher J / Gotter, Anthony L / Millstein, Joshua / Arbuzova, Janna / Brunner, Joseph / Kasarskis, Andrew / Vitaterna, Martha H / Renger, John J / Turek, Fred W

    Sleep

    2012  Volume 35, Issue 7, Page(s) 949–956

    Abstract: Study objective: Sleep and mood disorders have long been understood to have strong genetic components, and there is considerable comorbidity of sleep abnormalities and mood disorders, suggesting the involvement of common genetic pathways. Here, we ... ...

    Abstract Study objective: Sleep and mood disorders have long been understood to have strong genetic components, and there is considerable comorbidity of sleep abnormalities and mood disorders, suggesting the involvement of common genetic pathways. Here, we examine a candidate gene implicated in the regulation of both sleep and affective behavior using a knockout mouse model.
    Design: Previously, we identified a quantitative trait locus (QTL) for REM sleep amount, REM sleep bout number, and wake amount in a genetically segregating population of mice. Here, we show that traits mapping to this QTL correlated with an expression QTL for neurotensin receptor 1 (Ntsr1), a receptor for neurotensin, a ligand known to be involved in several psychiatric disorders. We examined sleep as well as behaviors indicative of anxiety and depression in the NTSR1 knockout mouse.
    Measurements and results: NTSR1 knockouts had a lower percentage of sleep time spent in REM sleep in the dark phase and a larger diurnal variation in REM sleep duration than wild types under baseline conditions. Following sleep deprivation, NTSR1 knockouts exhibited more wake and less NREM rebound sleep. NTSR1 knockouts also showed increased anxious and despair behaviors.
    Conclusions: Here we illustrate a link between expression of the Ntsr1 gene and sleep traits previously associated with a particular QTL. We also demonstrate a relationship between Ntsr1 and anxiety and despair behaviors. Given the considerable evidence that anxiety and depression are closely linked with abnormalities in sleep, the data presented here provide further evidence that neurotensin and Ntsr1 may be a component of a pathway involved in both sleep and mood disorders.
    MeSH term(s) Affect/physiology ; Animals ; Anxiety/genetics ; Depression/genetics ; Electroencephalography ; Electromyography ; Male ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Mice, Knockout/physiology ; Motor Activity/physiology ; Quantitative Trait Loci ; Receptors, Neurotensin/physiology ; Sleep/physiology ; Sleep Deprivation/physiopathology
    Chemical Substances Receptors, Neurotensin ; neurotensin type 1 receptor
    Language English
    Publishing date 2012-07-01
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
    ZDB-ID 424441-2
    ISSN 1550-9109 ; 0161-8105
    ISSN (online) 1550-9109
    ISSN 0161-8105
    DOI 10.5665/sleep.1958
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  10. Article ; Online: Identification of causal genes, networks, and transcriptional regulators of REM sleep and wake.

    Millstein, Joshua / Winrow, Christopher J / Kasarskis, Andrew / Owens, Joseph R / Zhou, Lili / Summa, Keith C / Fitzpatrick, Karrie / Zhang, Bin / Vitaterna, Martha H / Schadt, Eric E / Renger, John J / Turek, Fred W

    Sleep

    2011  Volume 34, Issue 11, Page(s) 1469–1477

    Abstract: Study objective: Sleep-wake traits are well-known to be under substantial genetic control, but the specific genes and gene networks underlying primary sleep-wake traits have largely eluded identification using conventional approaches, especially in ... ...

    Abstract Study objective: Sleep-wake traits are well-known to be under substantial genetic control, but the specific genes and gene networks underlying primary sleep-wake traits have largely eluded identification using conventional approaches, especially in mammals. Thus, the aim of this study was to use systems genetics and statistical approaches to uncover the genetic networks underlying 2 primary sleep traits in the mouse: 24-h duration of REM sleep and wake.
    Design: Genome-wide RNA expression data from 3 tissues (anterior cortex, hypothalamus, thalamus/midbrain) were used in conjunction with high-density genotyping to identify candidate causal genes and networks mediating the effects of 2 QTL regulating the 24-h duration of REM sleep and one regulating the 24-h duration of wake.
    Setting: Basic sleep research laboratory.
    Patients or participants: Male [C57BL/6J × (BALB/cByJ × C57BL/6J*) F1] N(2) mice (n = 283).
    Interventions: None.
    Measurements and results: The genetic variation of a mouse N2 mapping cross was leveraged against sleep-state phenotypic variation as well as quantitative gene expression measurement in key brain regions using integrative genomics approaches to uncover multiple causal sleep-state regulatory genes, including several surprising novel candidates, which interact as components of networks that modulate REM sleep and wake. In particular, it was discovered that a core network module, consisting of 20 genes, involved in the regulation of REM sleep duration is conserved across the cortex, hypothalamus, and thalamus. A novel application of a formal causal inference test was also used to identify those genes directly regulating sleep via control of expression.
    Conclusion: Systems genetics approaches reveal novel candidate genes, complex networks and specific transcriptional regulators of REM sleep and wake duration in mammals.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Cerebral Cortex/metabolism ; Gene Expression Profiling ; Gene Expression Regulation/genetics ; Genotype ; Hypothalamus/metabolism ; Male ; Mesencephalon/metabolism ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred BALB C/genetics ; Mice, Inbred C57BL/genetics ; Quantitative Trait Loci/genetics ; Regulatory Elements, Transcriptional/genetics ; Sleep, REM/genetics ; Thalamus/metabolism ; Wakefulness/genetics
    Language English
    Publishing date 2011-11-01
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
    ZDB-ID 424441-2
    ISSN 1550-9109 ; 0161-8105
    ISSN (online) 1550-9109
    ISSN 0161-8105
    DOI 10.5665/sleep.1378
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