The paradoxical roles of orphan nuclear receptor 4A (NR4A) in cancer

S Safe, K Karki - Molecular Cancer Research, 2021 - AACR
The three-orphan nuclear receptor 4A genes are induced by diverse stressors and stimuli,
and there is increasing evidence that NR4A1 (Nur77), NR4A2 (Nurr1), and NR4A3 (Nor1) …

GSK3: A potential target and pending issues for treatment of Alzheimer's disease

J Zhao, M Wei, M Guo, M Wang, H Niu… - CNS Neuroscience & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Glycogen synthase kinase‐3 (GSK3), consisting of GSK3α and GSK3β subtypes, is
a complex protein kinase that regulates numerous substrates. Research has observed …

Convergent abnormalities in striatal gene networks in human cocaine use disorder and mouse cocaine administration models

P Mews, AM Cunningham, J Scarpa… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Cocaine use disorder (CUD) is an intractable syndrome, and rising overdose death rates
represent a substantial public health crisis that exacts tremendous personal and financial …

Transcriptional regulation in the rat prefrontal cortex and hippocampus after a single administration of psilocybin

OH Jefsen, B Elfving, G Wegener… - Journal of …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Psilocybin is a serotonergic psychedelic found in “magic mushrooms” with a
putative therapeutic potential for treatment-resistant depression, anxiety, obsessive …

Cocaine self-administration alters transcriptome-wide responses in the brain's reward circuitry

DM Walker, HM Cates, YHE Loh, I Purushothaman… - Biological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Global changes in gene expression underlying circuit and behavioral
dysregulation associated with cocaine addiction remain incompletely understood. Here, we …

Nr4a1 suppresses cocaine-induced behavior via epigenetic regulation of homeostatic target genes

MD Carpenter, Q Hu, AM Bond, SI Lombroso… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Endogenous homeostatic mechanisms can restore normal neuronal function following
cocaine-induced neuroadaptations. Such mechanisms may be exploited to develop novel …

ADRAM is an experience-dependent long noncoding RNA that drives fear extinction through a direct interaction with the chaperone protein 14-3-3

W Wei, Q Zhao, Z Wang, WS Liau, D Basic, H Ren… - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
Here, we used RNA capture-seq to identify a large population of lncRNAs that are
expressed in the infralimbic prefrontal cortex of adult male mice in response to fear-related …

Mapping the spatial transcriptomic signature of the hippocampus during memory consolidation

Y Vanrobaeys, U Mukherjee, L Langmack… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Memory consolidation involves discrete patterns of transcriptional events in the
hippocampus. Despite the emergence of single-cell transcriptomic profiling techniques …

Enhancement of BDNF expression and memory by HDAC inhibition requires BET bromodomain reader proteins

GC Sartor, AM Malvezzi, A Kumar… - Journal of …, 2019 - Soc Neuroscience
Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors may have therapeutic utility in multiple neurological
and psychiatric disorders, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Here, we identify …

HDAC3-mediated repression of the Nr4a family contributes to age-related impairments in long-term memory

JL Kwapis, Y Alaghband, AJ López… - Journal of …, 2019 - Soc Neuroscience
Aging is accompanied by cognitive deficits, including impairments in long-term memory
formation. Understanding the molecular mechanisms that support preserved cognitive …