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A secretagogin locus of the mammalian hypothalamus controls stress hormone release

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Date
02/01/2015
Author
Romanov, Roman A.
Alpár, Alán
Zhang, Ming-Dong
Zeisel, Amit
Calas, André
Landry, Marc
Fuszard, Matthew Alexander
Shirran, Sally Lorna
Schnell, Robert
Dobolyi, Árpád
Oláh, Márk
Spence, Lauren
Mulder, Jan
Martens, Henrik
Palkovits, Miklós
Uhlen, Mathias
Sitte, Harald H.
Botting, Catherine Helen
Wagner, Ludwig
Linnarsson, Sten
Hökfelt, Tomas
Harkany, Tibor
Keywords
Acute stress
Ca2+ sensor
HPA axis
Vesicular release
R Medicine (General)
QM Human anatomy
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Abstract
A hierarchical hormonal cascade along the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis orchestrates bodily responses to stress. Although corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH), produced by parvocellular neurons of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) and released into the portal circulation at the median eminence, is known to prime downstream hormone release, the molecular mechanism regulating phasic CRH release remains poorly understood. Here, we find a cohort of parvocellular cells interspersed with magnocellular PVN neurons expressing secretagogin. Single-cell transcriptome analysis combined with protein interactome profiling identifies secretagogin neurons as a distinct CRH-releasing neuron population reliant on secretagogin's Ca2+ sensor properties and protein interactions with the vesicular traffic and exocytosis release machineries to liberate this key hypothalamic releasing hormone. Pharmacological tools combined with RNA interference demonstrate that secretagogin's loss of function occludes adrenocorticotropic hormone release from the pituitary and lowers peripheral corticosterone levels in response to acute stress. Cumulatively, these data define a novel secretagogin neuronal locus and molecular axis underpinning stress responsiveness.
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Romanov , R A , Alpár , A , Zhang , M-D , Zeisel , A , Calas , A , Landry , M , Fuszard , M A , Shirran , S L , Schnell , R , Dobolyi , Á , Oláh , M , Spence , L , Mulder , J , Martens , H , Palkovits , M , Uhlen , M , Sitte , H H , Botting , C H , Wagner , L , Linnarsson , S , Hökfelt , T & Harkany , T 2015 , ' A secretagogin locus of the mammalian hypothalamus controls stress hormone release ' , EMBO Journal , vol. 34 , no. 1 , pp. 36-54 . https://doi.org/10.15252/embj.201488977
Publication
EMBO Journal
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.15252/embj.201488977
ISSN
0261-4189
Type
Journal article
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© 2014 The Authors. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.15252/embj.201488977
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This work was supported by the Swedish Research Council (T.Ha., T.Hö.), Hjärnfonden (T.Ha.), the Petrus and Augusta Hedlunds Foundation (T.Ha., T.Hö.), the Novo Nordisk Foundation (T.Ha., T.Hö.), Karolinska Institutet (T.Hö.), the Medical University of Vienna (T.Ha.), ANR (France, ANR-10-INBS-04-01, M.L.), the European Commission (PAINCAGE grant, T.Ha.) and the Wellcome Trust (094476/Z/10/Z, equipment grant, C.H.B. and postdoctoral research fellowship, M.F.).
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http://emboj.embopress.org/content/34/1/36.figures-only
http://emboj.embopress.org/content/34/1/36#sec-23
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/6699

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