The Stress-Induced Transcription Factor NR4A1 Adjusts Mitochondrial Function and Synapse Number in Prefrontal Cortex

Table 1.

Effect of neuronal NR4A1 on mitochondria-regulatory gene expression

Treatments
DRP1 MFN1 MFN2 FIS1 OPA1 UCP2 UCP4 UCP5
% SE % SE % SE % SE % SE % SE % SE % SE
Ratio (NR4A1/GFP)
Untreated controls 127.6 15.3 128.7 28.4 113.5 13.4 106.6 6.8 111.0 8.4 22.3** 14.9 157.5** 26.3 112.8 17.8
25 ng/ml BDNF 119.5 16.9 132.3 22.0 104.8 11.9 97.9 8.8 75.7 8.3 87.4 10.6 126.4 16.2 77.8 11.8
25 mm glutamate 95.9 7.9 127.9 10.2 96.7 20.1 129.6 8.2 107.8 11.0 85.6 17.4 157.9 30.5 88.9 14.5
100 mm glutamate 121.3 16.6 70.1* 3.5 90.1 4.5 159.8* 20.7 155.5* 24.7 61.5 28.6 176.9* 14.9 98.2 9.2
  • Messenger RNA levels determined by qPCR on total RNA extracts of primary cortical neurons (DIV14 with 10 d of doxycycline treatment). Data are expressed as a percentage of GFP controls (mean ± SE of N = 4 independent experiments). Unpaired t test for comparing the effect of NR4A1 with GFP in untreated control cells.

  • ↵**p < 0.036, for comparing effect of NR4A1 with GFP in BDNF-treated cells (25 ng/ml for 3 h).

  • ↵*p < 0.045 for comparing the effect of NR4A1 with GFP in glutamate-treated cells (100 μm for 3 h).

  1. The Journal of Neuroscience vol. 38 no. 6 1335-1350
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