Cort cortistatin [Mus musculus (house mouse)] - Gene

Summary

Official Symbol: Cortprovided by MGI
Official Full Name: cortistatinprovided by MGI
Primary source: MGI:MGI:109538
See related: Ensembl:ENSMUSG00000028971 AllianceGenome:MGI:109538
Gene type: protein coding
RefSeq status: VALIDATED
Organism: Mus musculus
Lineage: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Glires; Rodentia; Myomorpha; Muroidea; Muridae; Murinae; Mus; Mus
Also known as: CST; PCST
Summary: This gene encodes a member of the somatostatin family of multifunctional peptides attributed with neurohormone, neurotransmitter/modulator and autocrine/paracrine actions. The encoded preproprotein undergoes proteolytic processing to generate a mature functional peptide that can bind to somatostatin receptors. Mice lacking the encoded protein exhibit elevated levels of growth hormone in the plasma without major changes in somatic growth and have exacerbated nociceptive responses to neuropathic and inflammatory pain sensitization. Transgenic mice overexpressing the encoded protein in neurons do not express long-term potentiation in the dentate gyrus and exhibit deficits in synaptic plasticity and learning. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2015]
Expression: Biased expression in frontal lobe adult (RPKM 2.9), cortex adult (RPKM 2.4) and 12 other tissues See more
Orthologs: human all
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Genomic context

Location:: 4 E2; 4 78.89 cM

Exon count:: 2

Annotation release	Status	Assembly	Chr	Location
RS_2024_02	current	GRCm39 (GCF_000001635.27)	4	NC_000070.7 (149209491..149211132, complement)
108.20200622	previous assembly	GRCm38.p6 (GCF_000001635.26)	4	NC_000070.6 (149125034..149126763, complement)

Chromosome 4 - NC_000070.7 Genomic Context describing neighboring genes

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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Genomic Sequence:

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Expression

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Project title: Mouse ENCODE transcriptome data
Description: RNA profiling data sets generated by the Mouse ENCODE project.
BioProject: PRJNA66167
Publication: PMID 25409824
Analysis date: n/a

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

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Cortistatin deficiency reveals a dysfunctional brain endothelium with impaired gene pathways, exacerbated immune activation, and disrupted barrier integrity.
Title: Cortistatin deficiency reveals a dysfunctional brain endothelium with impaired gene pathways, exacerbated immune activation, and disrupted barrier integrity.
Cortistatin protects against inflammatory airway diseases through curbing CCL2 and antagonizing NF-kappaB signaling pathway.
Title: Cortistatin protects against inflammatory airway diseases through curbing CCL2 and antagonizing NF-κB signaling pathway.
BDNF, signaling through TrkB receptors on cortistatin-expressing cells, promotes excitatory drive onto these cells. Loss of excitatory drive onto CST-expressing cells that lack TrkB receptors may contribute to observed hyperexcitability and epileptogenesis.
Title: Cortistatin-expressing interneurons require TrkB signaling to suppress neural hyper-excitability.
Obesity- and gender-dependent role of endogenous somatostatin and cortistatin in the regulation of endocrine and metabolic homeostasis in mice.
Title: Obesity- and gender-dependent role of endogenous somatostatin and cortistatin in the regulation of endocrine and metabolic homeostasis in mice.
Endogenous SST and CORT distinctly impact on DMBA-induced mammary gland tumorigenesis , in a manner that is strongly dependent on the metabolic/endocrine milieu (lean vs. obese status).
Title: Lack of cortistatin or somatostatin differentially influences DMBA-induced mammary gland tumorigenesis in mice in an obesity-dependent mode.
This study demonistrated that Cortistatin attenuates inflammatory pain via spinal and peripheral actions.
Title: Cortistatin attenuates inflammatory pain via spinal and peripheral actions.
endogenous CORT is essential for the obesity-induced changes in insulin expression/secretion observed in mice
Title: Role of endogenous cortistatin in the regulation of ghrelin system expression at pancreatic level under normal and obese conditions.
Cortistatin emerges as a natural endogenous regulator of smooth muscle cells under pathological conditions and an attractive candidate for the pharmacological management of vascular diseases that course with neointimal lesion formation.
Title: Cortistatin inhibits migration and proliferation of human vascular smooth muscle cells and decreases neointimal formation on carotid artery ligation.
the role of endogenous CST is different from SST; CST exerted an unexpected stimulatory role on prolactin secretion
Title: Cortistatin is not a somatostatin analogue but stimulates prolactin release and inhibits GH and ACTH in a gender-dependent fashion: potential role of ghrelin.
Regulation of cortistatin-expressing interneurons by activity-dependent BDNF expression may contribute to regulation of sleep behavior.
Title: Activity-dependent brain-derived neurotrophic factor expression regulates cortistatin-interneurons and sleep behavior.

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Variation

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Alleles

Alleles of this type are documented at Mouse Genome Informatics (MGI)

Endonuclease-mediated (2)
Targeted (2) 1 citation

General gene information

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Markers

Cort (e-PCR), detects polymorphism
- UniSTS:141377

NoName (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:484844

Gene Ontology Provided by MGI

Function	Evidence Code	Pubs
enables G protein-coupled receptor binding	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
enables G protein-coupled receptor binding	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
enables hormone activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables neuropeptide hormone activity	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
enables neuropeptide hormone activity	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info

Process	Evidence Code	Pubs
involved_in adenylate cyclase-inhibiting G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in adenylate cyclase-inhibiting G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in neuropeptide signaling pathway	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in regulation of cell migration	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in regulation of circadian sleep/wake cycle, sleep	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info

Component	Evidence Code	Pubs
located_in extracellular region	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
is_active_in extracellular space	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info

General protein information

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Preferred Names: cortistatin

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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