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Prof.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA
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Schedule
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
4:00 PM Europe/Lisbon
Domain
NeuroscienceHost
Brain-Body Interactions
Duration
70 minutes
Gonadal steroid hormones are the principal drivers of sex-variable biology in vertebrates. In the brain, estrogen (17β-estradiol) establishes neural sex differences in many species and modulates mood, behavior, and energy balance in adulthood. To understand the diverse effects of estradiol on the brain, we profiled the genomic binding of estrogen receptor alpha (ERα), providing the first picture of the neural actions of any gonadal hormone receptor. To relate ERα target genes to brain sex differences we assessed gene expression and chromatin accessibility in the posterior bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNSTp), a sexually dimorphic node in limbic circuitry that underlies sex-differential social behaviors such as aggression and parenting. In adult animals we observe that levels of ERα are predictive of the extent of sex-variable gene expression, and that these sex differences are a dynamic readout of acute hormonal state. In neonates we find that transient ERα recruitment at birth leads to persistent chromatin opening and male-biased gene expression, demonstrating a true epigenetic mechanism for brain sexual differentiation. Collectively, our findings demonstrate that sex differences in gene expression in the brain are a readout of state-dependent hormone receptor actions, rather than other factors such as sex chromosomes. We anticipate that the ERα targets we have found will contribute to established sex differences in the incidence and etiology of neurological and psychiatric disorders.
Jessika Tollkuhn
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