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Heart rate dynamics and behavioral responses during acute emotional challenge in corticotropin-releasing factor receptor 1-deficient and corticotropin-releasing factor-overexpressing mice. 2005

P Tovote, and M Meyer, and A Ronnenberg, and S O Ogren, and J Spiess, and O Stiedl
Department of Molecular Neuroendocrinology, Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine, Goettingen, Germany.

The role of corticotropin-releasing factor in autonomic regulation of heart rate, heart rate variability and behavior responses was investigated in two genetic mouse models: corticotropin-releasing factor receptor 1-deficient mice, and corticotropin-releasing factor-transgenic mice overexpressing corticotropin-releasing factor. Heart rate was recorded by radio-telemetry during novelty exposure and auditory fear conditioning. Locomotor activity and freezing served as behavioral indices. Locomotor activity and heart rate were invariably increased in response to novelty exposure in both corticotropin-releasing factor receptor 1-deficient mice and littermate wild-type controls. The heart rate responses during retention of conditioned auditory fear and the exponential relationship between heart rate and heart rate variability were unaffected by genotype. Moreover, conditioned fear responses inferred from multiple behavioral measures including freezing did not differ between corticotropin-releasing factor receptor 1-deficient and corticotropin-releasing factor receptor 1 wild-type control mice. Corticotropin-releasing factor-transgenic mice exhibited markedly reduced locomotor activity during novelty exposure when compared with littermate wild-type controls. Baseline and novelty-driven heart rate was slightly elevated in corticotropin-releasing factor-transgenic mice, whereas the novelty-induced increase of heart rate was not different between genotypes. In contrast, corticotropin-releasing factor-transgenic mice did not display a heart rate response indicative of conditioned auditory fear. It is concluded that corticotropin-releasing factor receptor 1-deficiency does not affect heart rate adjustment and behavioral responses to acute fearful stimuli. The resiliency of behavioral and cardiovascular patterns elevation argues against the involvement of corticotropin-releasing factor receptor 1 in acute emotional regulation on these two functional levels despite an absent corticosterone elevation in corticotropin-releasing factor receptor 1-deficient mice. It is hypothesized that the lack of a conditioned heart rate response in corticotropin-releasing factor-transgenic mice is attributable to an impairment of cognitive function. The results are compared with those of corticotropin-releasing factor receptor 2-deficient mice, and the role of the corticotropin-releasing factor system in cardiovascular regulation is discussed.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008822 Mice, Transgenic Laboratory mice that have been produced from a genetically manipulated EGG or EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN. Transgenic Mice,Founder Mice, Transgenic,Mouse, Founder, Transgenic,Mouse, Transgenic,Mice, Transgenic Founder,Transgenic Founder Mice,Transgenic Mouse
D009043 Motor Activity Body movements of a human or an animal as a behavioral phenomenon. Activities, Motor,Activity, Motor,Motor Activities
D003214 Conditioning, Classical Learning that takes place when a conditioned stimulus is paired with an unconditioned stimulus. Reflex, Conditioned,Classical Conditioning,Classical Conditionings,Conditioned Reflex,Conditionings, Classical
D004562 Electrocardiography Recording of the moment-to-moment electromotive forces of the HEART as projected onto various sites on the body's surface, delineated as a scalar function of time. The recording is monitored by a tracing on slow moving chart paper or by observing it on a cardioscope, which is a CATHODE RAY TUBE DISPLAY. 12-Lead ECG,12-Lead EKG,12-Lead Electrocardiography,Cardiography,ECG,EKG,Electrocardiogram,Electrocardiograph,12 Lead ECG,12 Lead EKG,12 Lead Electrocardiography,12-Lead ECGs,12-Lead EKGs,12-Lead Electrocardiographies,Cardiographies,ECG, 12-Lead,EKG, 12-Lead,Electrocardiograms,Electrocardiographies, 12-Lead,Electrocardiographs,Electrocardiography, 12-Lead
D005239 Fear The affective response to an actual current external danger which subsides with the elimination of the threatening condition. Threat Cues,Threat Sensitivity,Cue, Threat,Fears,Sensitivity, Threat,Threat Cue,Threat Sensitivities
D006339 Heart Rate The number of times the HEART VENTRICLES contract per unit of time, usually per minute. Cardiac Rate,Chronotropism, Cardiac,Heart Rate Control,Heartbeat,Pulse Rate,Cardiac Chronotropy,Cardiac Chronotropism,Cardiac Rates,Chronotropy, Cardiac,Control, Heart Rate,Heart Rates,Heartbeats,Pulse Rates,Rate Control, Heart,Rate, Cardiac,Rate, Heart,Rate, Pulse
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D001522 Behavior, Animal The observable response an animal makes to any situation. Autotomy Animal,Animal Behavior,Animal Behaviors
D013315 Stress, Psychological Stress wherein emotional factors predominate. Cumulative Stress, Psychological,Emotional Stress,Individual Stressors,Life Stress,Psychological Cumulative Stress,Psychological Stress Experience,Psychological Stress Overload,Psychologically Stressful Conditions,Stress Experience, Psychological,Stress Measurement, Psychological,Stress Overload, Psychological,Stress Processes, Psychological,Stress, Emotional,Stressful Conditions, Psychological,Psychological Stress,Stress, Psychologic,Stressor, Psychological,Condition, Psychological Stressful,Condition, Psychologically Stressful,Conditions, Psychologically Stressful,Cumulative Stresses, Psychological,Experience, Psychological Stress,Individual Stressor,Life Stresses,Measurement, Psychological Stress,Overload, Psychological Stress,Psychologic Stress,Psychological Cumulative Stresses,Psychological Stress Experiences,Psychological Stress Measurement,Psychological Stress Measurements,Psychological Stress Overloads,Psychological Stress Processe,Psychological Stress Processes,Psychological Stresses,Psychological Stressful Condition,Psychological Stressful Conditions,Psychological Stressor,Psychological Stressors,Psychologically Stressful Condition,Stress Experiences, Psychological,Stress Processe, Psychological,Stress, Life,Stress, Psychological Cumulative,Stressful Condition, Psychological,Stressful Condition, Psychologically,Stressor, Individual
D051379 Mice The common name for the genus Mus. Mice, House,Mus,Mus musculus,Mice, Laboratory,Mouse,Mouse, House,Mouse, Laboratory,Mouse, Swiss,Mus domesticus,Mus musculus domesticus,Swiss Mice,House Mice,House Mouse,Laboratory Mice,Laboratory Mouse,Mice, Swiss,Swiss Mouse,domesticus, Mus musculus

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