Reduced anxiety and depression-like behaviours in the circadian period mutant mouse afterhours.
<h4>Background</h4>Disruption of the circadian rhythm is a key feature of bipolar disorder. Variation in genes encoding components of the molecular circadian clock has been associated with increased risk of the disorder in clinical populations. Similarly in animal models, disruption of t...
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| author | Robert Keers Inti Pedroso Gerome Breen Kathy J Aitchison Patrick M Nolan Sven Cichon Markus M Nöthen Marcella Rietschel Leonard C Schalkwyk Cathy Fernandes |
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| description | <h4>Background</h4>Disruption of the circadian rhythm is a key feature of bipolar disorder. Variation in genes encoding components of the molecular circadian clock has been associated with increased risk of the disorder in clinical populations. Similarly in animal models, disruption of the circadian clock can result in altered mood and anxiety which resemble features of human mania; including hyperactivity, reduced anxiety and reduced depression-like behaviour. One such mutant, after hours (Afh), an ENU-derived mutant with a mutation in a recently identified circadian clock gene Fbxl3, results in a disturbed (long) circadian rhythm of approximately 27 hours.<h4>Methodology</h4>Anxiety, exploratory and depression-like behaviours were evaluated in Afh mice using the open-field, elevated plus maze, light-dark box, holeboard and forced swim test. To further validate findings for human mania, polymorphisms in the human homologue of FBXL3, genotyped by three genome wide case control studies, were tested for association with bipolar disorder.<h4>Principal findings</h4>Afh mice showed reduced anxiety- and depression-like behaviour in all of the behavioural tests employed, and some evidence of increased locomotor activity in some tests. An analysis of three separate human data sets revealed a gene wide association between variation in FBXL3 and bipolar disorder (P = 0.009).<h4>Conclusions</h4>Our results are consistent with previous studies of mutants with extended circadian periods and suggest that disruption of FBXL3 is associated with mania-like behaviours in both mice and humans. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7016b763792444098cf9b53b590806d92025-08-20T03:25:11ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032012-01-0176e3826310.1371/journal.pone.0038263Reduced anxiety and depression-like behaviours in the circadian period mutant mouse afterhours.Robert KeersInti PedrosoGerome BreenKathy J AitchisonPatrick M NolanSven CichonMarkus M NöthenMarcella RietschelLeonard C SchalkwykCathy Fernandes<h4>Background</h4>Disruption of the circadian rhythm is a key feature of bipolar disorder. Variation in genes encoding components of the molecular circadian clock has been associated with increased risk of the disorder in clinical populations. Similarly in animal models, disruption of the circadian clock can result in altered mood and anxiety which resemble features of human mania; including hyperactivity, reduced anxiety and reduced depression-like behaviour. One such mutant, after hours (Afh), an ENU-derived mutant with a mutation in a recently identified circadian clock gene Fbxl3, results in a disturbed (long) circadian rhythm of approximately 27 hours.<h4>Methodology</h4>Anxiety, exploratory and depression-like behaviours were evaluated in Afh mice using the open-field, elevated plus maze, light-dark box, holeboard and forced swim test. To further validate findings for human mania, polymorphisms in the human homologue of FBXL3, genotyped by three genome wide case control studies, were tested for association with bipolar disorder.<h4>Principal findings</h4>Afh mice showed reduced anxiety- and depression-like behaviour in all of the behavioural tests employed, and some evidence of increased locomotor activity in some tests. An analysis of three separate human data sets revealed a gene wide association between variation in FBXL3 and bipolar disorder (P = 0.009).<h4>Conclusions</h4>Our results are consistent with previous studies of mutants with extended circadian periods and suggest that disruption of FBXL3 is associated with mania-like behaviours in both mice and humans.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0038263&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Robert Keers Inti Pedroso Gerome Breen Kathy J Aitchison Patrick M Nolan Sven Cichon Markus M Nöthen Marcella Rietschel Leonard C Schalkwyk Cathy Fernandes Reduced anxiety and depression-like behaviours in the circadian period mutant mouse afterhours. PLoS ONE |
| title | Reduced anxiety and depression-like behaviours in the circadian period mutant mouse afterhours. |
| title_full | Reduced anxiety and depression-like behaviours in the circadian period mutant mouse afterhours. |
| title_fullStr | Reduced anxiety and depression-like behaviours in the circadian period mutant mouse afterhours. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reduced anxiety and depression-like behaviours in the circadian period mutant mouse afterhours. |
| title_short | Reduced anxiety and depression-like behaviours in the circadian period mutant mouse afterhours. |
| title_sort | reduced anxiety and depression like behaviours in the circadian period mutant mouse afterhours |
| url | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0038263&type=printable |
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