Altered psychomotor behaviors in mice lacking pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP)

  • Hitoshi Hashimoto
    Laboratories of Molecular Neuropharmacology and Medicinal Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, and Division of Stem Cell Regulation Research, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
  • Norihito Shintani
    Laboratories of Molecular Neuropharmacology and Medicinal Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, and Division of Stem Cell Regulation Research, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
  • Kazuhiro Tanaka
    Laboratories of Molecular Neuropharmacology and Medicinal Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, and Division of Stem Cell Regulation Research, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
  • Wakaba Mori
    Laboratories of Molecular Neuropharmacology and Medicinal Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, and Division of Stem Cell Regulation Research, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
  • Megumi Hirose
    Laboratories of Molecular Neuropharmacology and Medicinal Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, and Division of Stem Cell Regulation Research, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
  • Toshio Matsuda
    Laboratories of Molecular Neuropharmacology and Medicinal Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, and Division of Stem Cell Regulation Research, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
  • Masaki Sakaue
    Laboratories of Molecular Neuropharmacology and Medicinal Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, and Division of Stem Cell Regulation Research, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
  • Jun-ichi Miyazaki
    Laboratories of Molecular Neuropharmacology and Medicinal Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, and Division of Stem Cell Regulation Research, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
  • Hitoshi Niwa
    Laboratories of Molecular Neuropharmacology and Medicinal Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, and Division of Stem Cell Regulation Research, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
  • Fumi Tashiro
    Laboratories of Molecular Neuropharmacology and Medicinal Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, and Division of Stem Cell Regulation Research, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
  • Kyohei Yamamoto
    Laboratories of Molecular Neuropharmacology and Medicinal Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, and Division of Stem Cell Regulation Research, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
  • Kazumi Koga
    Laboratories of Molecular Neuropharmacology and Medicinal Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, and Division of Stem Cell Regulation Research, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
  • Shuhei Tomimoto
    Laboratories of Molecular Neuropharmacology and Medicinal Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, and Division of Stem Cell Regulation Research, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
  • Akiyoshi Kunugi
    Laboratories of Molecular Neuropharmacology and Medicinal Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, and Division of Stem Cell Regulation Research, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
  • Sayoko Suetake
    Laboratories of Molecular Neuropharmacology and Medicinal Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, and Division of Stem Cell Regulation Research, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
  • Akemichi Baba
    Laboratories of Molecular Neuropharmacology and Medicinal Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, and Division of Stem Cell Regulation Research, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan

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<jats:p> Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) has been conserved remarkably during evolution and is widely expressed in the mammalian brain. In <jats:italic>Drosophila</jats:italic> , mutation of the PACAP homologue results in behavioral defects, including impaired olfaction-associated learning and changes in ethanol sensitivity. Here, we report the generation of mice lacking the PACAP gene (PACAP <jats:sup>−/−</jats:sup> ). PACAP <jats:sup>−/−</jats:sup> mice were born in the expected Mendelian ratios but had a high early-mortality rate. The surviving adult PACAP <jats:sup>−/−</jats:sup> mice displayed remarkable behavioral changes; they exhibited hyperactive and explosive jumping behaviors in an open field, increased exploratory behavior, and less anxiety in the elevated plus maze, emergence, and novel-object tests. Analysis of PACAP <jats:sup>−/−</jats:sup> mice brains revealed that the serotonin metabolite 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid was slightly decreased in the cortex and striatum compared with wild-type mice. The present study provides evidence that PACAP plays a previously uncharacterized role in the regulation of psychomotor behaviors. </jats:p>

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