bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.29.227330; this version posted July 30, 2020. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder. All rights reserved. No reuse allowed without permission. 1 Dissection of the corticotroph transcriptome in a mouse model of 2 glucocorticoid-induced suppression of the HPA axis 3 Romanò N1, Duncan PJ1, McClafferty H1, Nolan O1, Ding Q1, Homer NZ2, Le Tissier 4 P1, Walker BR2,3, Shipston MJ1, Chambers TJG1,4. 5 6 1. Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, Hugh Robson Building, 15 George 7 Square, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9XD, UK 8 2. Centre for Cardiovascular Science, Queen’s Medical Research Institute, 47 9 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ 10 3. Translational & Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle 11 upon Tyne, NE1 7RU 12 4. Edinburgh Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Infirmary of 13 Edinburgh, Little France, Edinburgh EH16 4SA 14 15 Corresponding author:
[email protected] 16 17 Word count: 6316 18 19 Key words: Chronic, Glucocorticoid, Recovery, HPA axis bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.29.227330; this version posted July 30, 2020. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder. All rights reserved. No reuse allowed without permission. 20 ABSTRACT 21 Glucocorticoids (GC) are prescribed for periods >3 months to 1-3% of the UK 22 population; 10-50% of these patients develop hypothalamus- pituitary-adrenal (HPA) 23 axis suppression, which may last over 6 months and is associated with morbidity and 24 mortality.