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Yao X, Gao S, Yan N. Structural biology of voltage-gated calcium channels. Channels (Austin) 2024; 18:2290807. [PMID: 38062897 PMCID: PMC10761187 DOI: 10.1080/19336950.2023.2290807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023] Open
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Voltage-gated calcium (Cav) channels mediate Ca2+ influx in response to membrane depolarization, playing critical roles in diverse physiological processes. Dysfunction or aberrant regulation of Cav channels can lead to life-threatening consequences. Cav-targeting drugs have been clinically used to treat cardiovascular and neuronal disorders for several decades. This review aims to provide an account of recent developments in the structural dissection of Cav channels. High-resolution structures have significantly advanced our understanding of the working and disease mechanisms of Cav channels, shed light on the molecular basis for their modulation, and elucidated the modes of actions (MOAs) of representative drugs and toxins. The progress in structural studies of Cav channels lays the foundation for future drug discovery efforts targeting Cav channelopathies.
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- Xia Yao
- TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structures, State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
- Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research and Translation, Shenzhen, China
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Sharma P, Sharma B, Ghildiyal S, Kharkwal H. ML218 modulates calcium binding protein, oxidative stress, and inflammation during ischemia-reperfusion brain injury in mice. Eur J Pharmacol 2024; 982:176919. [PMID: 39179092 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2024.176919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2024] [Revised: 08/14/2024] [Accepted: 08/16/2024] [Indexed: 08/26/2024]
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Cerebral ischemia disrupts calcium homeostasis in the brain causing excitotoxicity, oxidative stress, inflammation, and neuronal cell apoptosis. During ischemic conditions, T-type calcium channel channels contribute to increase in intracellular calcium ions in both neurons and glial cells therefore, the current study hypothesizes the antagonism of these channels using ML218, a novel specific T-Type inhibitor in experimental model of cerebral ischemia-reperfusion (CI/R) brain injury. CI/R injury was induced in Swiss Albino mice by occlusion of common carotid arteries followed by reperfusion. Animals were assessed for learning and memory (MWM), motor coordination (Rota rod), neurological function (neurological deficit score), cerebral infarction, edema, and histopathological alterations. Biochemical assessments were made for calcium binding proteins (Calmodulin- CaM, calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II-CaMKII, S100B), oxidative stress (4-hydroxy 2-nonenal-4-HNE, glutathione-GSH, inflammation (nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B-p65-NF-kB, tumor necrosis factor-TNF-α, interleukin-IL-10) inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) levels, and acetylcholinesterase activity (AChE) in brain supernatants. Furthermore, serum levels of NF-kB, iNOS, and S100B were also assessed. CI/R animals showed impairment in learning, memory, motor coordination, and neurological function along with increase in cerebral infarction, edema, and histopathological alterations. Furthermore, increase in brain calcium binding proteins, oxidative stress, inflammation, and AChE activity along with serum NF-kB, iNOS, and S100B levels were recorded in CI/R animals. Administration of ML218 (5 mg/kg and 10 mg/kg; i.p.) was observed to recuperate CI/R induced impairments in behavioral, biochemical, and histopathological analysis. Hence, it may be concluded that ML218 mediates neuroprotection during CI/R via decreasing brain and serum calcium binding proteins, inflammation, iNOS, and oxidative stress markers.
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- Poonam Sharma
- Department of Pharmacology, Amity Institute of Pharmacy, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, India.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Gurugram University (A State Govt. University), Gurugram, Haryana, India.
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- Department of DravyaGuna, All India Institute of Ayurveda, An autonomous organization under Ministry of Ayush, Government of India, Sarita Vihar, New Delhi, India
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- Amity Natural and Herbal Product Research, Amity Institute of Phytochemistry and Phytomedicine, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, India
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Qiu J, Voliotis M, Bosch MA, Li XF, Zweifel LS, Tsaneva-Atanasova K, O'Byrne KT, Rønnekleiv OK, Kelly MJ. Estradiol elicits distinct firing patterns in arcuate nucleus kisspeptin neurons of females through altering ion channel conductances. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.02.20.581121. [PMID: 38915596 PMCID: PMC11195100 DOI: 10.1101/2024.02.20.581121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/26/2024]
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Hypothalamic kisspeptin (Kiss1) neurons are vital for pubertal development and reproduction. Arcuate nucleus Kiss1 (Kiss1 ARH ) neurons are responsible for the pulsatile release of Gonadotropin-releasing Hormone (GnRH). In females, the behavior of Kiss1 ARH neurons, expressing Kiss1, Neurokinin B (NKB), and Dynorphin (Dyn), varies throughout the ovarian cycle. Studies indicate that 17β-estradiol (E2) reduces peptide expression but increases Vglut2 mRNA and glutamate neurotransmission in these neurons, suggesting a shift from peptidergic to glutamatergic signaling. To investigate this shift, we combined transcriptomics, electrophysiology, and mathematical modeling. Our results demonstrate that E2 treatment upregulates the mRNA expression of voltage-activated calcium channels, elevating the whole-cell calcium current and that contribute to high-frequency burst firing. Additionally, E2 treatment decreased the mRNA levels of Canonical Transient Receptor Potential (TPRC) 5 and G protein-coupled K + (GIRK) channels. When TRPC5 channels in Kiss1 ARH neurons were deleted using CRISPR, the slow excitatory postsynaptic potential (sEPSP) was eliminated. Our data enabled us to formulate a biophysically realistic mathematical model of the Kiss1 ARH neuron, suggesting that E2 modifies ionic conductances in Kiss1 ARH neurons, enabling the transition from high frequency synchronous firing through NKB-driven activation of TRPC5 channels to a short bursting mode facilitating glutamate release. In a low E2 milieu, synchronous firing of Kiss1 ARH neurons drives pulsatile release of GnRH, while the transition to burst firing with high, preovulatory levels of E2 would facilitate the GnRH surge through its glutamatergic synaptic connection to preoptic Kiss1 neurons.
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Davoodi Nik B, Hashemi Karoii D, Favaedi R, Ramazanali F, Jahangiri M, Movaghar B, Shahhoseini M. Differential expression of ion channel coding genes in the endometrium of women experiencing recurrent implantation failures. Sci Rep 2024; 14:19822. [PMID: 39192025 PMCID: PMC11349755 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-70778-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2024] [Accepted: 08/21/2024] [Indexed: 08/29/2024] Open
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Our study probed the differences in ion channel gene expression in the endometrium of women with Recurrent Implantation Failure (RIF) compared to fertile women. We analyzed the relative expression of genes coding for T-type Ca2+, ENaC, CFTR, and KCNQ1 channels in endometrial samples from 20 RIF-affected and 10 control women, aged 22-35, via microarray analysis and quantitative real-time PCR. Additionally, we examined DNA methylation in the regulatory region of KCNQ1 using ChIP real-time PCR. The bioinformatics component of our research included Gene Ontology analysis, protein-protein interaction networks, and signaling pathway mapping to identify key biological processes and pathways implicated in RIF. This led to the discovery of significant alterations in the expression of ion channel genes in RIF women's endometrium, most notably an overexpression of CFTR and reduced expression of SCNN1A, SCNN1B, SCNN1G, CACNA1H, and KCNQ1. A higher DNA methylation level of KCNQ1's regulatory region was also observed in RIF patients. Gene-set enrichment analysis highlighted a significant presence of genes involved with ion transport and membrane potential regulation, particularly in sodium and calcium channel complexes, which are vital for cation movement across cell membranes. Genes were also enriched in broader ion channel and transmembrane transporter complexes, underscoring their potential extensive role in cellular ion homeostasis and signaling. These findings suggest a potential involvement of ion channels in the pathology of implantation failure, offering new insights into the mechanisms behind RIF and possible therapeutic targets.
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- Bahar Davoodi Nik
- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Basic Sciences and Advanced Technologies in Biology, University of Science and Culture, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, School of Biology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Genetics, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Centre, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, No. 12, Hafez St., Banihashem Sq, Resalat Ave., P.O. Box: 19395-4644, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Endocrinology and Female Infertility, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Embryology, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Centre, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, No. 12, Hafez St., Banihashem Sq, Resalat Ave., P.O. Box: 19395-4644, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Embryology, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Centre, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, No. 12, Hafez St., Banihashem Sq, Resalat Ave., P.O. Box: 19395-4644, Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Basic Sciences and Advanced Technologies in Biology, University of Science and Culture, Tehran, Iran.
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, School of Biology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
- Department of Genetics, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Centre, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, No. 12, Hafez St., Banihashem Sq, Resalat Ave., P.O. Box: 19395-4644, Tehran, Iran.
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Jang J, Joo S, Yeom J, Jo Y, Zhang J, Hong S, Park CB. Lateral Piezoelectricity of Alzheimer's Aβ Aggregates. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2024:e2406678. [PMID: 39159132 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202406678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2024] [Revised: 08/01/2024] [Indexed: 08/21/2024]
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most frequent neurodegenerative disorder in the elderly aged over 65. The extracellular accumulation of beta-amyloid (Aβ) aggregates in the brain is considered as the major event worsening the AD symptoms, but its underlying reason has remained unclear. Here the piezoelectric characteristics of Aβ aggregates are revealed. The vector piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) analysis results exhibit that Aβ fibrils have spiraling piezoelectric domains along the length and a lateral piezoelectric constant of 44.1 pC N-1. Also, the continuous sideband Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM) images display that the increment of charge-induced surface potential on a single Aβ fibril is allowed to reach above +1700 mV in response to applied forces. These findings shed light on the peculiar mechano-electrical surface properties of pathological Aβ fibrils that exceed those of normal body components.
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- Jinhyeong Jang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 335 Science Road, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
- Applied Science Research Institute, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 335 Science Road, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 335 Science Road, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 335 Science Road, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 335 Science Road, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 335 Science Road, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 335 Science Road, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 335 Science Road, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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Jin X, Huang J, Wang H, Wang K, Yan N. A versatile residue numbering scheme for Na v and Ca v channels. Cell Chem Biol 2024; 31:1394-1404. [PMID: 39151406 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2024.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2024] [Revised: 07/01/2024] [Accepted: 07/18/2024] [Indexed: 08/19/2024]
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Voltage-gated sodium (Nav) and calcium (Cav) channels are responsible for the initiation of electrical signals. They have long been targeted for the treatment of various diseases. The mounting number of cryoelectron microscopy (cryo-EM) structures for diverse subtypes of Nav and Cav channels from multiple organisms necessitates a generic residue numbering system to establish the structure-function relationship and to aid rational drug design or optimization. Here we suggest a structure-based residue numbering scheme, centering around the most conserved residues on each of the functional segments. We elaborate the generic numbers through illustrative examples, focusing on representative drug-binding sites of eukaryotic Nav and Cav channels. We also extend the numbering scheme to compare common disease mutations among different Nav subtypes. Application of the generic residue numbering scheme affords immediate insights into hotspots for pathogenic mutations and critical loci for drug binding and will facilitate drug discovery targeting Nav and Cav channels.
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- Xueqin Jin
- Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structures, State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
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- Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structures, State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China
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- Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structures, State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; Institute of Bio-Architecture and Bio-Interactions (IBABI), Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research and Translation, Guangming District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province 518107, China; Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Guangming District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province 518132, China.
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Harracksingh AN, Singh A, Mayorova T, Bejoy B, Hornbeck J, Elkhatib W, McEdwards G, Gauberg J, Taha ARW, Islam IM, Erclik T, Currie MA, Noyes M, Senatore A. Mint/X11 PDZ domains from non-bilaterian animals recognize and bind Ca V 2 calcium channel C-termini in vitro . BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.02.26.582151. [PMID: 38463976 PMCID: PMC10925089 DOI: 10.1101/2024.02.26.582151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/12/2024]
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PDZ domain mediated interactions with voltage-gated calcium (Ca V ) channel C-termini play important roles in localizing membrane Ca 2+ signaling. The first such interaction was described between the scaffolding protein Mint-1 and Ca V 2.2 in mammals. In this study, we show through various in silico analyses that Mint is an animal-specific gene with a highly divergent N-terminus but a strongly conserved C-terminus comprised of a phosphotyrosine binding domain, two tandem PDZ domains (PDZ-1 and PDZ-2), and a C-terminal auto-inhibitory element that binds and inhibits PDZ-1. In addition to Ca V 2 channels, most genes that interact with Mint are also deeply conserved including amyloid precursor proteins, presenilins, neurexin, and CASK and Veli which form a tripartite complex with Mint in bilaterians. Through yeast and bacterial 2-hybrid experiments, we show that Mint and Ca V 2 channels from cnidarians and placozoans interact in vitro , and in situ hybridization revealed co-expression in dissociated neurons from the cnidarian Nematostella vectensis . Unexpectedly, the Mint orthologue from the ctenophore Hormiphora californiensis strongly binds the divergent C-terminal ligands of cnidarian and placozoan Ca V 2 channels, despite neither the ctenophore Mint, nor the placozoan and cnidarian orthologues, binding the ctenophore Ca V 2 channel C-terminus. Altogether, our analyses suggest that the capacity of Mint to bind CaV2 channels predates pre-bilaterian animals, and that evolutionary changes in Ca V 2 channel C-terminal sequences resulted in altered binding modalities with Mint.
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Maddox JW, Ordemann GJ, de la Rosa Vázquez J, Huang A, Gault C, Wisner SR, Randall K, Futagi D, Salem NA, Mayfield RD, Zemelman BV, DeVries SH, Hoon M, Lee A. A non-conducting role of the Ca v1.4 Ca 2+ channel drives homeostatic plasticity at the cone photoreceptor synapse. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2023.12.05.570129. [PMID: 38106079 PMCID: PMC10723350 DOI: 10.1101/2023.12.05.570129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2023]
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In congenital stationary night blindness type 2 (CSNB2)-a disorder involving the Cav1.4 (L-type) Ca2+ channel-visual impairment is mild considering that Cav1.4 mediates synaptic release from rod and cone photoreceptors. Here, we addressed this conundrum using a Cav1.4 knockout (KO) mouse and a knock-in (G369i KI) mouse expressing a non-conducting Cav1.4. Surprisingly, Cav3 (T-type) Ca2+ currents were detected in cones of G369i KI mice and Cav1.4 KO mice but not in cones of wild-type mouse, ground squirrel, and macaque retina. Whereas Cav1.4 KO mice are blind, G369i KI mice exhibit normal photopic (i.e., cone-mediated) visual behavior. Cone synapses, which fail to form in Cav1.4 KO mice, are present, albeit enlarged, and with some errors in postsynaptic wiring in G369i KI mice. While Cav1.4 KO mice lack evidence of cone synaptic responses, electrophysiological recordings in G369i KI mice revealed nominal transmission from cones to horizontal cells and bipolar cells. In CSNB2, we propose that Cav3 channels maintain cone synaptic output provided that the nonconducting role of Cav1.4 in cone synaptogenesis remains intact. Our findings reveal an unexpected form of homeostatic plasticity that relies on a non-canonical role of an ion channel.
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- J. Wesley Maddox
- Dept of Neuroscience, University of Texas-Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
- These authors contributed equally
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- Dept of Neuroscience, University of Texas-Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
- These authors contributed equally
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- Dept of Neuroscience, University of Texas-Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Dept of Neuroscience, University of Texas-Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Dept. of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
- Neuroscience Training Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison WI 53706 USA
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- Dept of Neuroscience, University of Texas-Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Dept. of Ophthalmology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA
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- Dept of Neuroscience, University of Texas-Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Dept of Neuroscience, University of Texas-Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Dept of Neuroscience, University of Texas-Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Dept. of Ophthalmology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA
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- Dept. of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
- McPherson Eye Research Institute, Madison WI 53706 USA
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- Dept of Neuroscience, University of Texas-Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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Chichorro JG, Gambeta E, Baggio DF, Zamponi GW. Voltage-gated Calcium Channels as Potential Therapeutic Targets in Migraine. THE JOURNAL OF PAIN 2024; 25:104514. [PMID: 38522594 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2024.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2023] [Revised: 03/06/2024] [Accepted: 03/12/2024] [Indexed: 03/26/2024]
Abstract
Migraine is a complex and highly incapacitating neurological disorder that affects around 15% of the general population with greater incidence in women, often at the most productive age of life. Migraine physiopathology is still not fully understood, but it involves multiple mediators and events in the trigeminovascular system and the central nervous system. The identification of calcitonin gene-related peptide as a key mediator in migraine physiopathology has led to the development of effective and highly selective antimigraine therapies. However, this treatment is neither accessible nor effective for all migraine sufferers. Thus, a better understanding of migraine mechanisms and the identification of potential targets are still clearly warranted. Voltage-gated calcium channels (VGCCs) are widely distributed in the trigeminovascular system, and there is accumulating evidence of their contribution to the mechanisms associated with headache pain. Several drugs used in migraine abortive or prophylactic treatment target VGCCs, which probably contributes to their analgesic effect. This review aims to summarize the current evidence of VGGC contribution to migraine physiopathology and to discuss how current pharmacological options for migraine treatment interfere with VGGC function. PERSPECTIVE: Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) represents a major migraine mediator, but few studies have investigated the relationship between CGRP and VGCCs. CGRP release is calcium channel-dependent and VGGCs are key players in familial migraine. Further studies are needed to determine whether VGCCs are suitable molecular targets for treating migraine.
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- Juliana G Chichorro
- Biological Sciences Sector, Department of Pharmacology, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil.
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- Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Biological Sciences Sector, Department of Pharmacology, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
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- Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Jeong S, Lee BY, Rhee JS, Lee JH. G protein β subunits regulate Ca v3.3 T-type channel activity and current kinetics via interaction with the Ca v3.3 C-terminus. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. BIOMEMBRANES 2024; 1866:184337. [PMID: 38763272 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2024.184337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2024] [Revised: 05/06/2024] [Accepted: 05/13/2024] [Indexed: 05/21/2024]
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Ca2+ influx through Cav3.3 T-type channel plays crucial roles in neuronal excitability and is subject to regulation by various signaling molecules. However, our understanding of the partners of Cav3.3 and the related regulatory pathways remains largely limited. To address this quest, we employed the rat Cav3.3 C-terminus as bait in yeast-two-hybrid screenings of a cDNA library, identifying rat Gβ2 as an interaction partner. Subsequent assays revealed that the interaction of Gβ2 subunit was specific to the Cav3.3 C-terminus. Through systematic dissection of the C-terminus, we pinpointed a 22 amino acid sequence (amino acids 1789-1810) as the Gβ2 interaction site. Coexpression studies of rat Cav3.3 with various Gβγ compositions were conducted in HEK-293 cells. Patch clamp recordings revealed that coexpression of Gβ2γ2 reduced Cav3.3 current density and accelerated inactivation kinetics. Interestingly, the effects were not unique to Gβ2γ2, but were mimicked by Gβ2 alone as well as other Gβγ dimers, with similar potencies. Deletion of the Gβ2 interaction site abolished the effects of Gβ2γ2. Importantly, these Gβ2 effects were reproduced in human Cav3.3. Overall, our findings provide evidence that Gβ(γ) complexes inhibit Cav3.3 channel activity and accelerate the inactivation kinetics through the Gβ interaction with the Cav3.3 C-terminus.
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- Sua Jeong
- Department of Life Science, Sogang University, 35 Baekbeom-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul 04107, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Sogang University, 35 Baekbeom-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul 04107, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Synaptic Physiology Group, Hermann-Rein-Str. 3, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Life Science, Sogang University, 35 Baekbeom-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul 04107, Republic of Korea.
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Lopez-Charcas O, Benouna O, Lemoine R, Rosendo-Pineda MJ, Anguheven-Ledezma TG, Sandoval-Vazquez L, Gallegos-Gomez ML, Robles-Martinez L, Herrera-Carrillo Z, Ramírez-Aragón M, Alfaro A, Chadet S, Ferro F, Besson P, Jiang LH, Velu SE, Guerrero-Hernandez A, Roger S, Gomora JC. Blockade of Ca V3 calcium channels and induction of G 0/G 1 cell cycle arrest in colon cancer cells by gossypol. Br J Pharmacol 2024. [PMID: 39081110 DOI: 10.1111/bph.16497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2023] [Revised: 05/29/2024] [Accepted: 06/04/2024] [Indexed: 08/30/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Gastrointestinal tumours overexpress voltage-gated calcium (CaV3) channels (CaV3.1, 3.2 and 3.3). CaV3 channels regulate cell growth and apoptosis colorectal cancer. Gossypol, a polyphenolic aldehyde found in the cotton plant, has anti-tumour properties and inhibits CaV3 currents. A systematic study was performed on gossypol blocking mechanism on CaV3 channels and its potential anticancer effects in colon cancer cells, which express CaV3 isoforms. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Transcripts for CaV3 proteins were analysed in gastrointestinal cancers using public repositories and in human colorectal cancer cell lines HCT116, SW480 and SW620. The gossypol blocking mechanism on CaV3 channels was investigated by combining heterologous expression systems and patch-clamp experiments. The anti-tumoural properties of gossypol were estimated by cell proliferation, viability and cell cycle assays. Ca2+ dynamics were evaluated with cytosolic and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Ca2+ indicators. KEY RESULTS High levels of CaV3 transcripts correlate with poor prognosis in gastrointestinal cancers. Gossypol blockade of CaV3 isoforms is concentration- and use-dependent interacting with the closed, activated and inactivated conformations of CaV3 channels. Gossypol and CaV3 channels down-regulation inhibit colorectal cancer cell proliferation by arresting cell cycles at the G0/G1 and G2/M phases, respectively. CaV3 channels underlie the vectorial Ca2+ uptake by endoplasmic reticulum in colorectal cancer cells. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS Gossypol differentially blocked CaV3 channel and its anticancer activity was correlated with high levels of CaV3.1 and CaV3.2 in colorectal cancer cells. The CaV3 regulates cell proliferation and Ca2+ dynamics in colorectal cancer cells. Understanding this blocking mechanism maybe improve cancer therapies.
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Grants
- SPF201909009198 Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale (FRM), France
- BB/C517317/1 Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, UK
- G2022026006L National High-End Foreign Expert Recruitment Plan of China, China
- pre-R01grant O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, USA
- CVU1148606 Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONACYT), Mexico
- PrixRubanRoseAvenir Le Cancer du sein, parlons-en, France
- 16IRTSTHN020 Department of Education of the Henan Province, China
- Ministère de la Recherche et des Technologies, France
- A1-S-19171 Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONACYT), Mexico
- Université de Tours, France
- IN209820 PAPIIT-DGAPA-UNAM, Mexico
- NavMetarget Conseil Régional du Centre-Val de Loire, France
- 1R21CA226491 National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA
- 099758/Z/12/Z Wellcome Trust, UK
- CanalEx Conseil Régional du Centre-Val de Loire, France
- I1200/320/2022 CVU 369878 Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONACYT), Mexico
- Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, Interrégion Grand-Ouest: comités 29, 36, 86 and 37, France
- 2016PN-KFKT-06 Disciplinary Group of Psychology and Neuroscience, Xinxiang Medical University, China
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- Osbaldo Lopez-Charcas
- Departamento de Neuropatología Molecular, División de Neurociencias, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Université de Tours, Inserm U1327 ISCHEMIA 'Membrane Signalling and Inflammation in Reperfusion Injuries', Tours, France
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- Université de Tours, Inserm U1327 ISCHEMIA 'Membrane Signalling and Inflammation in Reperfusion Injuries', Tours, France
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- Departamento de Neuropatología Molecular, División de Neurociencias, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Departamento de Neuropatología Molecular, División de Neurociencias, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Departamento de Neuropatología Molecular, División de Neurociencias, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Departamento de Neuropatología Molecular, División de Neurociencias, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
- Centro de Investigación en Ciencias de la Salud (CICSA), Universidad Anáhuac, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Departamento de Neuropatología Molecular, División de Neurociencias, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Servicio de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital General de México 'Dr. Eduardo Liceaga', Mexico City, Mexico
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- Université de Tours, Inserm U1327 ISCHEMIA 'Membrane Signalling and Inflammation in Reperfusion Injuries', Tours, France
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- Université de Tours, Inserm U1327 ISCHEMIA 'Membrane Signalling and Inflammation in Reperfusion Injuries', Tours, France
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- Université de Tours, Inserm U1327 ISCHEMIA 'Membrane Signalling and Inflammation in Reperfusion Injuries', Tours, France
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- Université de Tours, Inserm U1327 ISCHEMIA 'Membrane Signalling and Inflammation in Reperfusion Injuries', Tours, France
- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology and Sino-UK Joint Laboratory of Brain Function and Injury of Henan Province, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China
- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
- O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Université de Tours, Inserm U1327 ISCHEMIA 'Membrane Signalling and Inflammation in Reperfusion Injuries', Tours, France
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- Departamento de Neuropatología Molecular, División de Neurociencias, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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Perez-Miller S, Gomez K, Khanna R. Peptide and Peptidomimetic Inhibitors Targeting the Interaction of Collapsin Response Mediator Protein 2 with the N-Type Calcium Channel for Pain Relief. ACS Pharmacol Transl Sci 2024; 7:1916-1936. [PMID: 39022365 PMCID: PMC11249630 DOI: 10.1021/acsptsci.4c00181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2024] [Revised: 05/13/2024] [Accepted: 05/23/2024] [Indexed: 07/20/2024]
Abstract
Ion channels serve pleiotropic functions. Often found in complexes, their activities and functions are sculpted by auxiliary proteins. We discovered that collapsin response mediator protein 2 (CRMP2) is a binding partner and regulator of the N-type voltage-gated calcium channel (CaV2.2), a genetically validated contributor to chronic pain. Herein, we trace the discovery of a new peptidomimetic modulator of this interaction, starting from the identification and development of CBD3, a CRMP2-derived CaV binding domain peptide. CBD3 uncouples CRMP2-CaV2.2 binding to decrease CaV2.2 surface localization and calcium currents. These changes occur at presynaptic sites of nociceptive neurons and indeed, CBD3 ameliorates chronic pain in preclinical models. In pursuit of a CBD3 peptidomimetic, we exploited a unique approach to identify a dipeptide with low conformational flexibility and high solvent accessibility that anchors binding to CaV2.2. From a pharmacophore screen, we obtained CBD3063, a small-molecule that recapitulated CBD3's activity, reversing nociceptive behaviors in rodents of both sexes without sensory, affective, or cognitive effects. By disrupting the CRMP2-CaV2.2 interaction, CBD3063 exerts these effects indirectly through modulating CaV2.2 trafficking, supporting CRMP2 as an auxiliary subunit of CaV2.2. The parent peptide CBD3 was also found by us and others to have neuroprotective properties at postsynaptic sites, through N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor and plasmalemmal Na+/Ca2+ exchanger 3, potentially acting as an auxiliary subunit for these pathways as well. Our new compound is poised to address several open questions regarding CRMP2's role in regulating the CaV2.2 pathways to treat pain with the potential added benefit of neuroprotection.
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- Samantha Perez-Miller
- Department
of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, 1200 Newell Drive, ARB R5-234, Gainesville, Florida 32610-0267, United States
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- Department
of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, 1200 Newell Drive, ARB R5-234, Gainesville, Florida 32610-0267, United States
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- Department
of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, 1200 Newell Drive, ARB R5-234, Gainesville, Florida 32610-0267, United States
- Pain
and Addiction Therapeutics (PATH) Collaboratory, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
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Karadenizli Taşkin S, Şahin D, Dede F, Ünal Halbutoğullari ZS, Sarihan M, Kurnaz Özbek S, Özsoy ÖD, Kasap M, Yazir Y, Ateş N. Endoplasmic reticulum stress produced by Thapsigargin affects the occurrence of spike-wave discharge by modulating unfolded protein response pathways and activating immune responses in a dose-dependent manner. Eur J Pharmacol 2024; 974:176613. [PMID: 38670446 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2024.176613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2023] [Revised: 04/23/2024] [Accepted: 04/24/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024]
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The Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) is associated with many cellular functions, from post-transcriptional modifications to the proper folding of proteins, and disruption of these functions causes ER stress. Although the relationship between epileptic seizures and ER stress has been reported, the contribution of ER stress pathways to epileptogenesis is still unclear. This study aimed to investigate the possible effects of ER stress-related molecular pathways modulated by mild- and high-dose Thapsigargin (Tg) on absence epileptic activity, CACNA1H and immune responses in WAG/Rij rats. For this purpose, rats were divided into four groups; mild-dose (20 ng) Tg, high-dose (200 ng) Tg, saline, and DMSO and drugs administered intracerebroventriculary. EEG activity was recorded for 1 h and 24 h after drug administration following the baseline recording. In cortex and thalamus tissues, GRP78, ERp57, GAD153 protein changes (Western Blot), Eif2ak3, XBP-1, ATF6, CACNA1H mRNA expressions (RT-PCR), NF-κB and TNF-α levels (ELISA) were measured. Mild-dose-Tg administration resulted in increased spike-wave discharge (SWD) activity at the 24th hour compared to administration of saline, and high-dose-Tg and it also significantly increased the amount of GRP78 protein, the expression of Eif2ak3, XBP-1, and CACNA1H mRNA in the thalamus tissue. In contrast, high-dose-Tg administration suppressed SWD activity and significantly increased XBP-1 and ATF6 mRNA expression in the thalamus, and increased NF-κB and TNF-α levels. In conclusion, our findings indicate that Tg affects SWD occurrence by modulating the unfolded protein response pathway and activating inflammatory processes in a dose-dependent manner.
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- Physiology Department, Kocaeli University Medical Faculty, Kocaeli, Turkey.
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- Physiology Department, Kocaeli University Medical Faculty, Kocaeli, Turkey.
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- Department of Medical Biology/Proteomics Laboratory, Kocaeli University Medical Faculty, Kocaeli, Turkey.
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Kocaeli University Medical Faculty, Kocaeli, Turkey.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Kocaeli University Medical Faculty, Kocaeli, Turkey.
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- Department of Medical Biology/Proteomics Laboratory, Kocaeli University Medical Faculty, Kocaeli, Turkey.
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- Stem Cell and Gene Therapy Research and Application Center, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey; Department of Histology and Embryology, Kocaeli University Medical Faculty, Kocaeli, Turkey.
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- Physiology Department, Kocaeli University Medical Faculty, Kocaeli, Turkey.
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Shan HQ, Smith T, Klorig DC, Godwin DW. Protein kinase C epsilon-mediated modulation of T-type calcium channels underlies alcohol withdrawal hyperexcitability in the midline thalamus. ALCOHOL, CLINICAL & EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH 2024; 48:1278-1288. [PMID: 38740544 DOI: 10.1111/acer.15342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2023] [Revised: 04/05/2024] [Accepted: 04/17/2024] [Indexed: 05/16/2024]
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BACKGROUND Millions of people struggle with alcohol use disorder (AUD). Abrupt abstinence after a period of chronic alcohol use can precipitate the alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS), which includes hyperexcitability and, potentially, seizures. We have shown that T-type Ca2+ channels are novel, sensitive targets of alcohol, an effect that is dependent upon protein kinase C (PKC). The purpose of this study was to (1) understand midline thalamic neuronal hyperexcitability during alcohol withdrawal and its dependence on PKC; (2) characterize T channel functional changes using both current clamp and voltage clamp methods; and (3) determine which PKC isoform may be responsible for alcohol withdrawal (WD) effects. METHODS Whole-cell patch clamp recordings were performed in midline thalamic neurons in brain slices prepared from C57bl/6 mice that underwent chronic intermittent alcohol exposure in a standard vapor chamber model. The recordings were compared to those from air-exposed controls. T-channel inactivation curves and burst responses were acquired through voltage-clamp and current-clamp recordings, respectively. RESULTS Whole-cell voltage clamp recordings of native T-type current exhibited a depolarizing shift in the voltage-dependency of inactivation during alcohol withdrawal compared to air-exposed controls. A PKCε translocation inhibitor peptide mitigated this change. Current clamp recordings demonstrated more spikes per burst during alcohol withdrawal. Consistent with voltage clamp findings, the PKCɛ translocation inhibitor peptide reduced the number of spikes per burst after WD. CONCLUSION We found that alcohol WD produces T channel-mediated hyperexcitability in the midline thalamus, produced in part by a shift in the inactivation curve consistent with greater availability of T current. WD effects on T current inactivation were reduced to control levels by blocking PKCε translocation. Our results demonstrate that PKCε translocation plays an important role in the regulation of alcohol withdrawal-induced hyperexcitability in midline thalamic circuitry.
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- Hong Qu Shan
- Department of Translational Neuroscience, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Translational Neuroscience, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Translational Neuroscience, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Translational Neuroscience, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
- Department of Neurology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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Kalsoom I, Shehzadi K, Li HS, Wen HL, Yu MJ. Unraveling the Mechanisms of Cannabidiol's Pharmacological Actions: A Comprehensive Research Overview. Top Curr Chem (Cham) 2024; 382:20. [PMID: 38829467 DOI: 10.1007/s41061-024-00465-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2023] [Accepted: 05/05/2024] [Indexed: 06/05/2024]
Abstract
Cannabis sativa has long been used for neurological and psychological healing. Recently, cannabidiol (CBD) extracted from cannabis sativa has gained prominence in the medical field due to its non-psychotropic therapeutic effects on the central and peripheral nervous systems. CBD, also acting as a potent antioxidant, displays diverse clinical properties such as anticancer, antiinflammatory, antidepressant, antioxidant, antiemetic, anxiolytic, antiepileptic, and antipsychotic effects. In this review, we summarized the structural activity relationship of CBD with different receptors by both experimental and computational techniques and investigated the mechanism of interaction between related receptors and CBD. The discovery of structural activity relationship between CBD and target receptors would provide a direction to optimize the scaffold of CBD and its derivatives, which would give potential medical applications on CBD-based therapies in various illnesses.
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- Iqra Kalsoom
- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecule Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 10081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecule Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 10081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecule Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 10081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecule Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 10081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecule Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 10081, China.
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Huang J, Fan X, Jin X, Lyu C, Guo Q, Liu T, Chen J, Davakan A, Lory P, Yan N. Structural basis for human Ca v3.2 inhibition by selective antagonists. Cell Res 2024; 34:440-450. [PMID: 38605177 PMCID: PMC11143251 DOI: 10.1038/s41422-024-00959-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2023] [Accepted: 04/02/2024] [Indexed: 04/13/2024] Open
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The Cav3.2 subtype of T-type calcium channels has been targeted for developing analgesics and anti-epileptics for its role in pain and epilepsy. Here we present the cryo-EM structures of Cav3.2 alone and in complex with four T-type calcium channel selective antagonists with overall resolutions ranging from 2.8 Å to 3.2 Å. The four compounds display two binding poses. ACT-709478 and TTA-A2 both place their cyclopropylphenyl-containing ends in the central cavity to directly obstruct ion flow, meanwhile extending their polar tails into the IV-I fenestration. TTA-P2 and ML218 project their 3,5-dichlorobenzamide groups into the II-III fenestration and place their hydrophobic tails in the cavity to impede ion permeation. The fenestration-penetrating mode immediately affords an explanation for the state-dependent activities of these antagonists. Structure-guided mutational analysis identifies several key residues that determine the T-type preference of these drugs. The structures also suggest the role of an endogenous lipid in stabilizing drug binding in the central cavity.
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- Jian Huang
- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.
- Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Behavior, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
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- Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structures, State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structures, State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structures, State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structures, State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structures, State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- IGF, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM, LabEx 'Ion Channel Science and Therapeutics', Montpellier, France
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- IGF, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM, LabEx 'Ion Channel Science and Therapeutics', Montpellier, France
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- Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structures, State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
- Institute of Bio-Architecture and Bio-Interactions, Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research and Translation, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
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Yang J, Zhou S, Yang Z, Shi X, Liu H, Yang Z, Peng D, Ding Z, Ye S. Silencing of the T-type voltage-gated calcium channel α 1 subunit by fungus-mediated RNAi altered the structure of F-actin and caused defective behaviors in Ditylenchus destructor. Mol Biol Rep 2024; 51:673. [PMID: 38787479 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-024-09626-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2024] [Accepted: 05/08/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
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BACKGROUND T-type calcium channels, characterized as low-voltage activated (LVA) calcium channels, play crucial physiological roles across a wide range of tissues, including both the neuronal and nonneuronal systems. Using in situ hybridization and RNA interference (RNAi) techniques in vitro, we previously identified the tissue distribution and physiological function of the T-type calcium channel α1 subunit (DdCα1G) in the plant-parasitic nematode Ditylenchus destructor. METHODS AND RESULTS To further characterize the functional role of DdCα1G, we employed a combination of immunohistochemistry and fungus-mediated RNAi and found that DdCα1G was clearly distributed in stylet-related tissue, oesophageal gland-related tissue, secretory-excretory duct-related tissue and male spicule-related tissue. Silencing DdCα1G led to impairments in the locomotion, feeding, reproductive ability and protein secretion of nematodes. To confirm the defects in behavior, we used phalloidin staining to examine muscle changes in DdCα1G-RNAi nematodes. Our observations demonstrated that defective behaviors are associated with related muscular atrophy. CONCLUSION Our findings provide a deeper understanding of the physiological functions of T-type calcium channels in plant-parasitic nematodes. The T-type calcium channel can be considered a promising target for sustainable nematode management practices.
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- Jiahao Yang
- College of Plant Protection, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, 410128, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, 410128, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, 410128, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, 410128, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, 410128, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, 410128, China
- Hunan Provincial Engineering & Technology Research Center for Biopesticide and Formulation Processing, Changsha, Hunan, 410128, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, 410128, China.
- Hunan Provincial Engineering & Technology Research Center for Biopesticide and Formulation Processing, Changsha, Hunan, 410128, China.
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- College of Plant Protection, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, 410128, China.
- Hunan Provincial Engineering & Technology Research Center for Biopesticide and Formulation Processing, Changsha, Hunan, 410128, China.
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Wang D, Herzig V, Dekan Z, Rosengren KJ, Payne CD, Hasan MM, Zhuang J, Bourinet E, Ragnarsson L, Alewood PF, Lewis RJ. Novel Scorpion Toxin ω-Buthitoxin-Hf1a Selectively Inhibits Calcium Influx via Ca V3.3 and Ca V3.2 and Alleviates Allodynia in a Mouse Model of Acute Postsurgical Pain. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:4745. [PMID: 38731963 PMCID: PMC11084959 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25094745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2024] [Revised: 04/23/2024] [Accepted: 04/24/2024] [Indexed: 05/13/2024] Open
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Venom peptides have evolved to target a wide range of membrane proteins through diverse mechanisms of action and structures, providing promising therapeutic leads for diseases, including pain, epilepsy, and cancer, as well as unique probes of ion channel structure-function. In this work, a high-throughput FLIPR window current screening assay on T-type CaV3.2 guided the isolation of a novel peptide named ω-Buthitoxin-Hf1a from scorpion Hottentotta franzwerneri crude venom. At only 10 amino acid residues with one disulfide bond, it is not only the smallest venom peptide known to target T-type CaVs but also the smallest structured scorpion venom peptide yet discovered. Synthetic Hf1a peptides were prepared with C-terminal amidation (Hf1a-NH2) or a free C-terminus (Hf1a-OH). Electrophysiological characterization revealed Hf1a-NH2 to be a concentration-dependent partial inhibitor of CaV3.2 (IC50 = 1.18 μM) and CaV3.3 (IC50 = 0.49 μM) depolarized currents but was ineffective at CaV3.1. Hf1a-OH did not show activity against any of the three T-type subtypes. Additionally, neither form showed activity against N-type CaV2.2 or L-type calcium channels. The three-dimensional structure of Hf1a-NH2 was determined using NMR spectroscopy and used in docking studies to predict its binding site at CaV3.2 and CaV3.3. As both CaV3.2 and CaV3.3 have been implicated in peripheral pain signaling, the analgesic potential of Hf1a-NH2 was explored in vivo in a mouse model of incision-induced acute post-surgical pain. Consistent with this role, Hf1a-NH2 produced antiallodynia in both mechanical and thermal pain.
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- Dan Wang
- Department of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China;
- Division of Chemistry and Structural Biology, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia (L.R.); (P.F.A.)
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- Centre for Bioinnovation, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, QLD 4556, Australia;
- School of Science, Technology and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, QLD 4556, Australia
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- Division of Chemistry and Structural Biology, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia (L.R.); (P.F.A.)
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia; (K.J.R.); (C.D.P.)
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia; (K.J.R.); (C.D.P.)
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- Pharmacy Discipline, Life Science School, Khulna University, Khulna 9208, Bangladesh;
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- Department of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China;
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- Institute of Functional Genomics, Montpellier University, CNRS, INSERM, 34090 Montpellier, France;
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- Division of Chemistry and Structural Biology, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia (L.R.); (P.F.A.)
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- Division of Chemistry and Structural Biology, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia (L.R.); (P.F.A.)
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- Division of Chemistry and Structural Biology, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia (L.R.); (P.F.A.)
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Bertagna F, Ahmad S, Lewis R, Silva SRP, McFadden J, Huang CLH, Matthews HR, Jeevaratnam K. Loose-patch clamp analysis applied to voltage-gated ionic currents following pharmacological ryanodine receptor modulation in murine hippocampal cornu ammonis-1 pyramidal neurons. Front Physiol 2024; 15:1359560. [PMID: 38720787 PMCID: PMC11076846 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2024.1359560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2023] [Accepted: 04/04/2024] [Indexed: 05/12/2024] Open
Abstract
Introduction The loose-patch clamp technique was first developed and used in native amphibian skeletal muscle (SkM), offering useful features complementing conventional sharp micro-electrode, gap, or conventional patch voltage clamping. It demonstrated the feedback effects of pharmacological modification of ryanodine receptor (RyR)-mediated Ca2+ release on the Na+ channel (Nav1.4) currents, initiating excitation-contraction coupling in native murine SkM. The effects of the further RyR and Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA) antagonists, dantrolene and cyclopiazonic acid (CPA), additionally implicated background tubular-sarcoplasmic Ca2+ domains in these actions. Materials and methods We extend the loose-patch clamp approach to ion current measurements in murine hippocampal brain slice cornu ammonis-1 (CA1) pyramidal neurons. We explored the effects on Na+ currents of pharmacologically manipulating RyR and SERCA-mediated intracellular store Ca2+ release and reuptake. We adopted protocols previously applied to native skeletal muscle. These demonstrated Ca2+-mediated feedback effects on the Na+ channel function. Results Experiments applying depolarizing 15 ms duration loose-patch clamp steps to test voltages ranging from -40 to 120 mV positive to the resting membrane potential demonstrated that 0.5 mM caffeine decreased inward current amplitudes, agreeing with the previous SkM findings. It also decreased transient but not prolonged outward current amplitudes. However, 2 mM caffeine affected neither inward nor transient outward but increased prolonged outward currents, in contrast to its increasing inward currents in SkM. Furthermore, similarly and in contrast to previous SkM findings, both dantrolene (10 μM) and CPA (1 μM) pre-administration left both inward and outward currents unchanged. Nevertheless, dantrolene pretreatment still abrogated the effects of subsequent 0.5- and 2-mM caffeine challenges on both inward and outward currents. Finally, CPA abrogated the effects of 0.5 mM caffeine on both inward and outward currents, but with 2 mM caffeine, inward and transient outward currents were unchanged, but sustained outward currents increased. Conclusion We, thus, extend loose-patch clamping to establish pharmacological properties of murine CA1 pyramidal neurons and their similarities and contrasts with SkM. Here, evoked though not background Ca2+-store release influenced Nav and Kv excitation, consistent with smaller contributions of background store Ca2+ release to resting [Ca2+]. This potential non-canonical mechanism could modulate neuronal membrane excitability or cellular firing rates.
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- Federico Bertagna
- Leverhulme Quantum Biology Doctoral Training Centre, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
- School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
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- Leverhulme Quantum Biology Doctoral Training Centre, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
- School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
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- Leverhulme Quantum Biology Doctoral Training Centre, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
- Advanced Technology Institute, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
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- Leverhulme Quantum Biology Doctoral Training Centre, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
- School of Biosciences and Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
- Physiological Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Physiological Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Leverhulme Quantum Biology Doctoral Training Centre, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
- School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
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Russo S, Claar L, Marks L, Krishnan G, Furregoni G, Zauli FM, Hassan G, Solbiati M, d’Orio P, Mikulan E, Sarasso S, Rosanova M, Sartori I, Bazhenov M, Pigorini A, Massimini M, Koch C, Rembado I. Thalamic feedback shapes brain responses evoked by cortical stimulation in mice and humans. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.01.31.578243. [PMID: 38352535 PMCID: PMC10862802 DOI: 10.1101/2024.01.31.578243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2024]
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Cortical stimulation with single pulses is a common technique in clinical practice and research. However, we still do not understand the extent to which it engages subcortical circuits which contribute to the associated evoked potentials (EPs). Here we find that cortical stimulation generates remarkably similar EPs in humans and mice, with a late component similarly modulated by the subject's behavioral state. We optogenetically dissect the underlying circuit in mice, demonstrating that the late component of these EPs is caused by a thalamic hyperpolarization and rebound. The magnitude of this late component correlates with the bursting frequency and synchronicity of thalamic neurons, modulated by the subject's behavioral state. A simulation of the thalamo-cortical circuit highlights that both intrinsic thalamic currents as well as cortical and thalamic GABAergic neurons contribute to this response profile. We conclude that the cortical stimulation engages cortico-thalamo-cortical circuits highly preserved across different species and stimulation modalities.
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- Simone Russo
- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan 20157, Italy
- Department of Philosophy ‘Piero Martinetti’, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
- Brain and Consciousness, Allen Institute, Seattle, United States
- Wallace H Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Brain and Consciousness, Allen Institute, Seattle, United States
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- Brain and Consciousness, Allen Institute, Seattle, United States
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan 20157, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan 20157, Italy
- Department of Philosophy ‘Piero Martinetti’, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
- ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, “C. Munari” Epilepsy Surgery Centre, Department of Neuroscience, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan 20157, Italy
- Department of Philosophy ‘Piero Martinetti’, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan 20157, Italy
- ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, “C. Munari” Epilepsy Surgery Centre, Department of Neuroscience, Italy
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- ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, “C. Munari” Epilepsy Surgery Centre, Department of Neuroscience, Italy
- University of Parma, Parma 43121, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan 20157, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan 20157, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan 20157, Italy
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- ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, “C. Munari” Epilepsy Surgery Centre, Department of Neuroscience, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
- Neurosciences Graduate Program, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan 20122, Italy
- UOC Maxillo-facial Surgery and dentistry, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan 20157, Italy
- Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Milan 20122, Italy
- Azrieli Program in Brain, Mind and Consciousness, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR), Toronto, Ontario M5G 1M1, Canada
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- Brain and Consciousness, Allen Institute, Seattle, United States
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- Brain and Consciousness, Allen Institute, Seattle, United States
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Tang R, Chen J, Ma H, Deng J, Zhang Y, Xu Q. The association between blood nickel level and handgrip strength in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis. Int Urol Nephrol 2024; 56:1487-1495. [PMID: 37851212 PMCID: PMC10924028 DOI: 10.1007/s11255-023-03836-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2023] [Accepted: 09/26/2023] [Indexed: 10/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Progressive loss of peripheral muscle strength is highly pronounced in patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis (MHD), of which the pathological mechanism tends to be multifactorial. Plasma nickel was reportedly correlated with muscular strength in non-dialysis patients. However, scarce is known regarding the association between blood nickel level and handgrip strength among the patients undergoing MHD. METHODS This cross-sectional study included patients undergoing MHD at our center in October 2021. Blood samples were collected before the hemodialysis sessions. Nickel level was measured using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Eligible patients were stratified into three groups by the blood nickel level: tertile 1 (≥ 5.2 ug/L); tertile 2 (< 5.2 ug/L and ≥ 4.5 ug/L); and tertile 3 (< 4.5 ug/L). Handgrip strength measurement was used to evaluate the muscle status. Spearman's analyses and multivariable linear regression analyses were performed to study the relationship between blood nickel level and handgrip strength. RESULTS A total of 236 patients were enrolled, with an average age of 55.51 ± 14.27 years and a median dialysis vintage of 83 (IQR: 48-125) months. Patients in group with a higher blood nickel level (tertile 1) tended to be female, had longer dialysis vintage and higher Kt/V, but lower BMI, serum creatinine, hemoglobin, and handgrip strength level (all p < 0.05). After adjustment for confounding factors in multivariable models, for every 1ug/L increase in nickel level, the patient's handgrip strength decreases by 2.81 kg (β: - 2.810, 95% confidence interval: - 5.036 to - 0.584, p = 0.014). Restricted cubic spline confirmed the relationship was nearly linear. CONCLUSIONS Our study highlighted that blood nickel level was related to handgrip strength in patients undergoing MHD. Prospective studies with larger sample sizes are still needed to confirm the result.
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- Ruiying Tang
- Department of Nephrology, Jiangmen Central Hospital, Jiangmen, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Jiangmen Central Hospital, Jiangmen, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Jiangmen Central Hospital, Jiangmen, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Jiangmen Central Hospital, Jiangmen, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Jiangmen Central Hospital, Jiangmen, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Jiangmen Central Hospital, Jiangmen, China.
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Tsai MC, Cho RL, Lin CS, Jheng YS, Lien CF, Chen CC, Tzeng BH. Ca v3.1 T-type calcium channel blocker NNC 55-0396 reduces atherosclerosis by increasing cholesterol efflux. Biochem Pharmacol 2024; 222:116096. [PMID: 38423188 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2024.116096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2023] [Revised: 01/29/2024] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
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Calcium channel blockers (CCBs) are commonly used as antihypertensive agents. While certain L-type CCBs exhibit antiatherogenic effects, the impact of Cav3.1 T-type CCBs on antiatherogenesis and lipid metabolism remains unexplored. NNC 55-0396 (NNC) is a highly selective blocker of T-type calcium channels (Cav3.1 channels). We investigated the effects of NNC on relevant molecules and molecular mechanisms in human THP-1 macrophages. Cholesterol efflux, an indicator of reverse cholesterol transport (RCT) efficiency, was assessed using [3H]-labeled cholesterol. In vivo, high cholesterol diet (HCD)-fed LDL receptor knockout (Ldlr-/-) mice, an atherosclerosis-prone model, underwent histochemical staining to analyze plaque burden. Treatment of THP-1 macrophages with NNC facilitated cholesterol efflux and reduced intracellular cholesterol accumulation. Pharmacological and genetic interventions demonstrated that NNC treatment or Cav3.1 knockdown significantly enhanced the protein expression of scavenger receptor B1 (SR-B1), ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1), ATP-binding cassette transporter G1 (ABCG1), and liver X receptor alpha (LXRα) transcription factor. Mechanistic analysis revealed that NNC activates p38 and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) phosphorylation, leading to increased expression of ABCA1, ABCG1, and LXRα-without involving the microRNA pathway. LXRα isrequired for NNC-induced ABCA1 and ABCG1 expression. Administering NNC diminished atherosclerotic lesion area and lipid deposition in HCD-fed Ldlr-/- mice. NNC's anti-atherosclerotic effects, achieved through enhanced cholesterol efflux and inhibition of lipid accumulation, suggest a promising therapeutic approach for hypertensive patients with atherosclerosis. This research highlights the potential of Cav3.1 T-type CCBs in addressing cardiovascular complications associated with hypertension.
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- Min-Chien Tsai
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Graduate Institute of Physiology, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 11490, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 11490, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 11490, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 11490, Taiwan
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Graduate Institute of Physiology, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 11490, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 11490, Taiwan
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- Taiwan International Graduate Program in Molecular Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University and Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan; Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 11490, Taiwan; Cardiovascular Medical Center, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taipei 220, Taiwan.
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Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a leading cause of suicide in the world. Monoamine-based antidepressant drugs are a primary line of treatment for this mental disorder, although the delayed response and incomplete efficacy in some patients highlight the need for improved therapeutic approaches. Over the past two decades, ketamine has shown rapid onset with sustained (up to several days) antidepressant effects in patients whose MDD has not responded to conventional antidepressant drugs. Recent preclinical studies have started to elucidate the underlying mechanisms of ketamine's antidepressant properties. Herein, we describe and compare recent clinical and preclinical findings to provide a broad perspective of the relevant mechanisms for the antidepressant action of ketamine.
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- Ji-Woon Kim
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA;
- College of Pharmacy, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Department of Regulatory Science, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Institute of Regulatory Innovation through Science, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA;
- Department of Biological Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Engineering, Tokyo University of Science, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA;
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA;
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Averin AS, Storey KB, Nenov MN. The effects of nickel chloride on papillary muscle contractility under normothermic and hypothermic conditions: Comparison of active and hibernating ground squirrels (Urocitellus undulatus) with Wistar rats. J Therm Biol 2024; 119:103785. [PMID: 38320933 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2024.103785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2023] [Revised: 01/08/2024] [Accepted: 01/16/2024] [Indexed: 02/08/2024]
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Extracellular Ca2+ plays a pivotal role in the regulation of cardiac contractility under normal and extreme conditions. Here, by using nickel chloride (NiCl2), a non-specific blocker of extracellular Ca2+ influx, we studied the input of extracellular Ca2+ on the regulation of papillary muscle (PM) contractility under normal and hypothermic conditions in ground squirrels (GS), and rats. By measuring isometric force of contraction, we studied how NiCl2 affects force-frequency relationship and the rest effect in PM of these species at 30 °C and 10 °C. We found that at 30 °C 1.5 mM NiCl2 significantly reduced force of contraction across entire frequency range in active GS and rats, whereas in hibernating GS force of contraction was reduced at low and high frequency range. Additionally, NiCl2 evoked spontaneous contractility in rats but not GS PM. The rest effect was significantly reduced by NiCl2 for active GS and rats but not hibernating GS. At 10 °C, NiCl2 fully reduced contractility in active GS and, to a lesser extent, in rats, whereas in hibernating GS it was significant only at 0.3 Hz. The rest effect was significantly reduced by NiCl2 in both active and hibernating GS, whereas it was unmasked in rats that had high contractility under hypothermic conditions in control. Our results show a significant contribution of extracellular Ca2+ to myocardial contractility in GS not only in active but also in hibernating states, especially under hypothermic conditions, whereas limitation of extracellular Ca2+ influx in rats under hypothermia can play protective role for myocardial contractility.
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- Alexey S Averin
- Institute of Cell Biophysics, Federal Research Center "Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences", Pushchino, 142290, Russia
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- Department of Biology and Institute of Biochemistry, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6, Canada
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Temple University, Weiss Hall, 1701 North 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19122, USA.
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Catterall WA. Voltage gated sodium and calcium channels: Discovery, structure, function, and Pharmacology. Channels (Austin) 2023; 17:2281714. [PMID: 37983307 PMCID: PMC10761118 DOI: 10.1080/19336950.2023.2281714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2023] [Accepted: 10/11/2023] [Indexed: 11/22/2023] Open
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Voltage-gated sodium channels initiate action potentials in nerve and muscle, and voltage-gated calcium channels couple depolarization of the plasma membrane to intracellular events such as secretion, contraction, synaptic transmission, and gene expression. In this Review and Perspective article, I summarize early work that led to identification, purification, functional reconstitution, and determination of the amino acid sequence of the protein subunits of sodium and calcium channels and showed that their pore-forming subunits are closely related. Decades of study by antibody mapping, site-directed mutagenesis, and electrophysiological recording led to detailed two-dimensional structure-function maps of the amino acid residues involved in voltage-dependent activation and inactivation, ion permeation and selectivity, and pharmacological modulation. Most recently, high-resolution three-dimensional structure determination by X-ray crystallography and cryogenic electron microscopy has revealed the structural basis for sodium and calcium channel function and pharmacological modulation at the atomic level. These studies now define the chemical basis for electrical signaling and provide templates for future development of new therapeutic agents for a range of neurological and cardiovascular diseases.
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Sanders KM, Santana LF, Baker SA. Interstitial cells of Cajal - pacemakers of the gastrointestinal tract. J Physiol 2023. [PMID: 37997170 DOI: 10.1113/jp284745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2023] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023] Open
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Gastrointestinal (GI) organs display spontaneous, non-neurogenic electrical, and mechanical rhythmicity that underlies fundamental motility patterns, such as peristalsis and segmentation. Electrical rhythmicity (aka slow waves) results from pacemaker activity generated by interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC). ICC express a unique set of ionic conductances and Ca2+ handling mechanisms that generate and actively propagate slow waves. GI smooth muscle cells lack these conductances. Slow waves propagate actively within ICC networks and conduct electrotonically to smooth muscle cells via gap junctions. Slow waves depolarize smooth muscle cells and activate voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels (predominantly CaV1.2), causing Ca2+ influx and excitation-contraction coupling. The main conductances responsible for pacemaker activity in ICC are ANO1, a Ca2+ -activated Cl- conductance, and CaV3.2. The pacemaker cycle, as currently understood, begins with spontaneous, localized Ca2+ release events in ICC that activate spontaneous transient inward currents due to activation of ANO1 channels. Depolarization activates CaV 3.2 channels, causing the upstroke depolarization phase of slow waves. The upstroke is transient and followed by a long-duration plateau phase that can last for several seconds. The plateau phase results from Ca2+ -induced Ca2+ release and a temporal cluster of localized Ca2+ transients in ICC that sustains activation of ANO1 channels and clamps membrane potential near the equilibrium potential for Cl- ions. The plateau phase ends, and repolarization occurs, when Ca2+ stores are depleted, Ca2+ release ceases and ANO1 channels deactivate. This review summarizes key mechanisms responsible for electrical rhythmicity in gastrointestinal organs.
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- Kenton M Sanders
- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA
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Jevtovic-Todorovic V, Todorovic SM. The Role of Neuroactive Steroids in Analgesia and Anesthesia: An Interesting Comeback? Biomolecules 2023; 13:1654. [PMID: 38002336 PMCID: PMC10669813 DOI: 10.3390/biom13111654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2023] [Revised: 11/07/2023] [Accepted: 11/09/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
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Published evidence over the past few decades suggests that general anesthetics could be neurotoxins especially when administered at the extremes of age. The reported pathology is not only at the morphological level when examined in very young and aged brains, given that, importantly, newly developing evidence suggests a variety of behavioral impairments. Since anesthesia is unavoidable in certain clinical settings, we should consider the development of new anesthetics. A promising and safe solution could be a new family of anesthetics referred to as neuroactive steroids. In this review, we summarize the currently available evidence regarding their anesthetic and analgesic properties.
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- Vesna Jevtovic-Todorovic
- Department of Anesthesiology, Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO 80045, USA;
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Contreras E, Bhoi JD, Sonoda T, Birnbaumer L, Schmidt TM. Melanopsin activates divergent phototransduction pathways in intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cell subtypes. eLife 2023; 12:e80749. [PMID: 37937828 PMCID: PMC10712949 DOI: 10.7554/elife.80749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2022] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 11/09/2023] Open
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Melanopsin signaling within intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cell (ipRGC) subtypes impacts a broad range of behaviors from circadian photoentrainment to conscious visual perception. Yet, how melanopsin phototransduction within M1-M6 ipRGC subtypes impacts cellular signaling to drive diverse behaviors is still largely unresolved. The identity of the phototransduction channels in each subtype is key to understanding this central question but has remained controversial. In this study, we resolve two opposing models of M4 phototransduction, demonstrating that hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) channels are dispensable for this process and providing support for a pathway involving melanopsin-dependent potassium channel closure and canonical transient receptor potential (TRPC) channel opening. Surprisingly, we find that HCN channels are likewise dispensable for M2 phototransduction, contradicting the current model. We instead show that M2 phototransduction requires TRPC channels in conjunction with T-type voltage-gated calcium channels, identifying a novel melanopsin phototransduction target. Collectively, this work resolves key discrepancies in our understanding of ipRGC phototransduction pathways in multiple subtypes and adds to mounting evidence that ipRGC subtypes employ diverse phototransduction cascades to fine-tune cellular responses for downstream behaviors.
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- Ely Contreras
- Department of Neurobiology, Northwestern UniversityEvanstonUnited States
- Northwestern University Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences Program, Northwestern UniversityEvanstonUnited States
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- Department of Neurobiology, Northwestern UniversityEvanstonUnited States
- Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Northwestern UniversityChicagoUnited States
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- Department of Neurobiology, Northwestern UniversityEvanstonUnited States
- Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Northwestern UniversityChicagoUnited States
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- Laboratory of Signal Transduction, National Institute of Environmental Health SciencesDurhamUnited States
- Institute of Biomedical Research (BIOMED), Catholic University of ArgentinaBuenos AiresArgentina
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- Department of Neurobiology, Northwestern UniversityEvanstonUnited States
- Department of Ophthalmology, Feinberg School of MedicineChicagoUnited States
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Kumbhare D, Azam MA, Hadimani R, Toms J, Weistroffer G, Atulasimha J, Baron MS. Healthy and pathological pallidal regulation of thalamic burst versus tonic mode firing: a computational simulation. Neuroreport 2023; 34:773-780. [PMID: 37756165 DOI: 10.1097/wnr.0000000000001955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
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The mechanisms by which the basal ganglia influence the pallidal-receiving thalamus remain to be adequately defined. Our prior in vivo recordings in fully alert normal and dystonic rats revealed that normally fast tonic discharging entopeduncular [EP, rodent equivalent of the globus pallidus internus (GPi)] neurons are pathologically slow, highly irregular, and bursty under dystonic conditions. This, in turn, induces pallidal-receiving thalamic movement-related neurons to change from a healthy burst predominant to a pathological tonic-predominant resting firing mode. This study aims to understand the pallidal influence on thalamic firing modes using computational simulations. We inputted various combinations of healthy and pathological (dystonic) in vivo neuronal recordings to the Rubin and Terman's computational model of low threshold spiking pallidothalamic neurons. The input sets consist of representative tonic, burst, irregular tonic and irregular burst inputs collected from EP/GPi in our animal lab. Initial test combinations of EP/ GPi input to the model were identical to the neuronal population distributions observed in vivo. The thalamic neuron model outputted similar firing rate and mode as observed in corresponding in-vivo thalamus. Further influence of each individual patterns was also delineated. By simulating the firing properties of encountered neurons, the basal ganglia output is suggested to critically act as firing mode selector for thalamic motor relay neurons. By selecting and determining the timing and extent of opening of thalamic T-type calcium channels via GABAergic hyperpolarizing input, GPi neurons are in position to precisely orchestrate thalamocortical burst motor signaling.
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- Deepak Kumbhare
- Department of Neurosurgery, Louisiana State University Health Science Center, Shreveport, Louisiana
- McGuire Research Institute, Richmond Veterans Affairs Medical Center
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- Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
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- Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Louisiana State University Health Science Center, Shreveport, Louisiana
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- McGuire Research Institute, Richmond Veterans Affairs Medical Center
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University
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- Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
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- Southeast Parkinson's Disease Research, Education and Clinical Center (PADRECC), Richmond Veterans Affairs Medical Center
- Department of Neurology, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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Del Rivero Morfin PJ, Chavez DS, Jayaraman S, Yang L, Kochiss AL, Colecraft HM, Liu XS, Marx SO, Rajadhyaksha AM, Ben-Johny M. A Genetically Encoded Actuator Selectively Boosts L-type Calcium Channels in Diverse Physiological Settings. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.09.22.558856. [PMID: 37790372 PMCID: PMC10542531 DOI: 10.1101/2023.09.22.558856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/05/2023]
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L-type Ca 2+ channels (Ca V 1.2/1.3) convey influx of calcium ions (Ca 2+ ) that orchestrate a bevy of biological responses including muscle contraction and gene transcription. Deficits in Ca V 1 function play a vital role in cardiac and neurodevelopmental disorders. Yet conventional pharmacological approaches to upregulate Ca V 1 are limited, as excessive Ca 2+ influx leads to cytotoxicity. Here, we develop a genetically encoded enhancer of Ca V 1.2/1.3 channels (GeeC) to manipulate Ca 2+ entry in distinct physiological settings. Specifically, we functionalized a nanobody that targets the Ca V macromolecular complex by attaching a minimal effector domain from a Ca V enhancer-leucine rich repeat containing protein 10 (Lrrc10). In cardiomyocytes, GeeC evoked a 3-fold increase in L-type current amplitude. In neurons, GeeC augmented excitation-transcription (E-T) coupling. In all, GeeC represents a powerful strategy to boost Ca V 1.2/1.3 function in distinct physiological settings and, in so doing, lays the groundwork to illuminate new insights on neuronal and cardiac physiology and disease.
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Mc Hugh J, Makarchuk S, Mozheiko D, Fernandez-Villegas A, Kaminski Schierle GS, Kaminski CF, Keyser UF, Holcman D, Rouach N. Diversity of dynamic voltage patterns in neuronal dendrites revealed by nanopipette electrophysiology. NANOSCALE 2023. [PMID: 37455621 PMCID: PMC10373629 DOI: 10.1039/d2nr03475a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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Dendrites and dendritic spines are the essential cellular compartments in neuronal communication, conveying information through transient voltage signals. Our understanding of these compartmentalized voltage dynamics in fine, distal neuronal dendrites remains poor due to the difficulties inherent to accessing and stably recording from such small, nanoscale cellular compartments for a sustained time. To overcome these challenges, we use nanopipettes that permit long and stable recordings directly from fine neuronal dendrites. We reveal a diversity of voltage dynamics present locally in dendrites, such as spontaneous voltage transients, bursting events and oscillating periods of silence and firing activity, all of which we characterized using segmentation analysis. Remarkably, we find that neuronal dendrites can display spontaneous hyperpolarisation events, and sustain transient hyperpolarised states. The voltage patterns were activity-dependent, with a stronger dependency on synaptic activity than on action potentials. Long-time recordings of fine dendritic protrusions show complex voltage dynamics that may represent a previously unexplored contribution to dendritic computations.
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- Jeffrey Mc Hugh
- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Biology, Collège de France, CNRS, INSERM, Université PSL, Labex Memolife, Paris, France.
- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Philippa Fawcett Drive, Cambridge CB3 0AS, UK
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- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Biology, Collège de France, CNRS, INSERM, Université PSL, Labex Memolife, Paris, France.
- Doctoral School No 158, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Philippa Fawcett Drive, Cambridge CB3 0AS, UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Philippa Fawcett Drive, Cambridge CB3 0AS, UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Philippa Fawcett Drive, Cambridge CB3 0AS, UK
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK
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- Group Data Modelling, Computational Biology and Predictive Medicine, Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure (IBENS), CNRS, INSERM, Université PSL, Labex Memolife, Paris, France
- Churchill College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0DS, UK
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- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Biology, Collège de France, CNRS, INSERM, Université PSL, Labex Memolife, Paris, France.
- Churchill College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0DS, UK
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Rangel-Galván M, Rangel-Galván V, Rangel-Huerta A. T-type calcium channel modulation by hydrogen sulfide in neuropathic pain conditions. Front Pharmacol 2023; 14:1212800. [PMID: 37529702 PMCID: PMC10387653 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2023.1212800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2023] [Accepted: 07/05/2023] [Indexed: 08/03/2023] Open
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Neuropathic pain can appear as a direct or indirect nerve damage lesion or disease that affects the somatosensory nervous system. If the neurons are damaged or indirectly stimulated, immune cells contribute significantly to inflammatory and neuropathic pain. After nerve injury, peripheral macrophages/spinal microglia accumulate around damaged neurons, producing endogenous hydrogen sulfide (H2S) through the cystathionine-γ-lyase (CSE) enzyme. H2S has a pronociceptive modulation on the Cav3.2 subtype, the predominant Cav3 isoform involved in pain processes. The present review provides relevant information about H2S modulation on the Cav3.2 T-type channels in neuropathic pain conditions. We have discussed that the dual effect of H2S on T-type channels is concentration-dependent, that is, an inhibitory effect is seen at low concentrations of 10 µM and an augmentation effect on T-current at 100 µM. The modulation mechanism of the Cav3.2 channel by H2S involves the direct participation of the redox/Zn2+ affinity site located in the His191 in the extracellular loop of domain I of the channel, involving a group of extracellular cysteines, comprising C114, C123, C128, and C1333, that can modify the local redox environment. The indirect interaction pathways involve the regulation of the Cav3.2 channel through cytokines, kinases, and post-translational regulators of channel expression. The findings conclude that the CSE/H2S/Cav3.2 pathway could be a promising therapeutic target for neuropathic pain disorders.
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- Maricruz Rangel-Galván
- Biothecnology Department, Metropolitan Polytechnic University of Puebla, Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
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- Nursing and Physiotherapy Department, University of Professional Development, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
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- Faculty of Computer Science, Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla, Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
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Ngomba RT, Lüttjohann A, Dexter A, Ray S, van Luijtelaar G. The Metabotropic Glutamate 5 Receptor in Sleep and Wakefulness: Focus on the Cortico-Thalamo-Cortical Oscillations. Cells 2023; 12:1761. [PMID: 37443795 PMCID: PMC10341329 DOI: 10.3390/cells12131761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2023] [Revised: 06/17/2023] [Accepted: 06/27/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023] Open
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Sleep is an essential innate but complex behaviour which is ubiquitous in the animal kingdom. Our knowledge of the distinct neural circuit mechanisms that regulate sleep and wake states in the brain are, however, still limited. It is therefore important to understand how these circuits operate during health and disease. This review will highlight the function of mGlu5 receptors within the thalamocortical circuitry in physiological and pathological sleep states. We will also evaluate the potential of targeting mGlu5 receptors as a therapeutic strategy for sleep disorders that often co-occur with epileptic seizures.
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- Institute of Physiology I, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- School of Pharmacy, University of Lincoln, Lincoln LN6 7DL, UK
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- Department of Life Sciences, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Lincoln, Lincoln LN6 7DL, UK
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Casillas-Espinosa PM, Lin R, Li R, Nandakumar NM, Dawson G, Braine EL, Martin B, Powell KL, O'Brien TJ. Effects of the T-type calcium channel Ca V3.2 R1584P mutation on absence seizure susceptibility in GAERS and NEC congenic rats models. Neurobiol Dis 2023:106217. [PMID: 37391087 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2023.106217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2022] [Revised: 06/13/2023] [Accepted: 06/27/2023] [Indexed: 07/02/2023] Open
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RATIONALE Low-voltage-activated or T-type Ca2+ channels play a key role in the generation of seizures in absence epilepsy. We have described a homozygous, gain of function substitution mutation (R1584P) in the CaV3.2 T-type Ca2+ channel gene (Cacna1h) in the Genetic Absence Epilepsy Rats from Strasbourg (GAERS). The non-epileptic control (NEC) rats, derived from the same original Wistar strains as GAERS but selectively in-breed not to express seizures, are null for the R1584P mutation. To study the effects of this mutation in rats who otherwise have a GAERS or NEC genetic background, we bred congenic GAERS-Cacna1hNEC (GAERS null for R1584P mutation) and congenic NEC-Cacna1hGAERS (NEC homozygous for R1584P mutation) and evaluated the seizure and behavioral phenotype of these strains in comparison to the original GAERS and NEC strains. METHODS To evaluate seizure expression in the congenic strains, EEG electrodes were implanted in NEC, GAERS, GAERS-Cacna1hNEC without the R1584P mutation, and NEC-Cacna1hGAERS with the R1584P mutation rats. In the first study, continuous EEG recordings were acquired from week 4 (when seizures begin to develop in GAERS) to week 14 of age (when GAERS display hundreds of seizures per day). In the second study, the seizure and behavioral phenotype of GAERS and NEC-Cacna1hGAERS strains were evaluated during young age (6 weeks of age) and adulthood (16 weeks of age) of GAERS, NEC, GAERS-Cacna1hNEC and NEC-Cacna1hGAERS. The Open field test (OFT) and sucrose preference test (SPT) were performed to evaluate anxiety-like and depressive-like behavior, respectively. This was followed by EEG recordings at 18 weeks of age to quantify the seizures, and spike-wave discharge (SWD) cycle frequency. At the end of the study, the whole thalamus was collected for T-type calcium channel mRNA expression analysis. RESULTS GAERS had a significantly shorter latency to first seizures and an increased number of seizures per day compared to GAERS-Cacna1hNEC. On the other hand, the presence of the R1584P mutation in the NEC-Cacna1hGAERS was not enough to generate spontaneous seizures in their seizure-resistant background. 6 and 16-week-old GAERS and GAERS-Cacna1hNEC rats showed anxiety-like behavior in the OFT, in contrast to NEC and NEC-Cacna1hGAERS. Results from the SPT showed that the GAERS developed depressive-like in the SPT compared to GAERS-Cacna1hNEC, NEC, and NEC-Cacna1hGAERS. Analysis of the EEG at 18 weeks of age showed that the GAERS had an increased number of seizures per day, increased total seizure duration and a higher cycle frequency of SWD relative to GAERS-Cacna1hNEC. However, the average seizure duration was not significantly different between strains. Quantitative real-time PCR showed that the T-type Ca2+ channel isoform CaV3.2 channel expression was significantly increased in GAERS compared to NEC, GAERS-Cacna1hNEC and NEC-Cacna1hGAERS. The presence of the R1584P mutation increased the total ratio of CaV3.2 + 25/-25 splice variants in GAERS and NEC-Cacna1hGAERS compared to NEC and GAERS-Cacna1hNEC. DISCUSSION The data from this study demonstrate that the R1584P mutation in isolation on a seizure-resistant NEC genetic background was insufficient to generate absence seizures, and that a GAERS genetic background can cause seizures even without the mutation. However, the study provides evidence that the R1584P mutation acts as a modulator of seizures development and expression, and depressive-like behavior in the SPT, but not the anxiety phenotype of the GAERS model of absence epilepsy.
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- Pablo M Casillas-Espinosa
- Department of Neuroscience, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3004, Victoria, Australia; Department of Medicine, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria 3050, Australia; Department of Neurology, The Alfred Hospital, Commercial Road, Melbourne, Victoria, 3004, Victoria, Australia.
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- Department of Neuroscience, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3004, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Neuroscience, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3004, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Neuroscience, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3004, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Neuroscience, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3004, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Neuroscience, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3004, Victoria, Australia; Department of Medicine, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria 3050, Australia
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- Univ Rennes, INSERM, LTSI - UMR 1099, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- Department of Neuroscience, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3004, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Neuroscience, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3004, Victoria, Australia; Department of Medicine, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria 3050, Australia; Department of Neurology, The Alfred Hospital, Commercial Road, Melbourne, Victoria, 3004, Victoria, Australia.
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Sanchez AN, Alitto HJ, Rathbun DL, Fisher TG, Usrey WM. Stimulus contrast modulates burst activity in the lateral geniculate nucleus. CURRENT RESEARCH IN NEUROBIOLOGY 2023; 4:100096. [PMID: 37397805 PMCID: PMC10313900 DOI: 10.1016/j.crneur.2023.100096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2022] [Revised: 06/03/2023] [Accepted: 06/08/2023] [Indexed: 07/04/2023] Open
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Burst activity is a ubiquitous feature of thalamic neurons and is well documented for visual neurons in the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN). Although bursts are often associated with states of drowsiness, they are also known to convey visual information to cortex and are particularly effective in evoking cortical responses. The occurrence of thalamic bursts depends on (1) the inactivation gate of T-type Ca2+ channels (T-channels), which become de-inactivated following periods of increased membrane hyperpolarization, and (2) the opening of the T-channel activation gate, which has voltage-threshold and rate-of-change (δv/δt) requirements. Given the time/voltage relationship for the generation of Ca2+ potentials that underlie burst events, it is reasonable to predict that geniculate bursts are influenced by the luminance contrast of drifting grating stimuli, with the null phase of higher contrast stimuli evoking greater hyperpolarization followed by a larger dv/dt than the null phase of lower contrast stimuli. To determine the relationship between stimulus contrast and burst activity, we recorded the spiking activity of cat LGN neurons while presenting drifting sine-wave gratings that varied in luminance contrast. Results show that burst rate, reliability, and timing precision are significantly greater with higher contrast stimuli compared with lower contrast stimuli. Additional analysis from simultaneous recordings of synaptically connected retinal ganglion cells and LGN neurons further reveals the time/voltage dynamics underlying burst activity. Together, these results support the hypothesis that stimulus contrast and the biophysical properties underlying the state of T-type Ca2+ channels interact to influence burst activity, presumably to facilitate thalamocortical communication and stimulus detection.
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- Center for Neuroscience, University of California Davis, 95618, USA
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- Dept. of Ophthalmology, Detroit Inst. of Ophthalmology, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA
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- Center for Neuroscience, University of California Davis, 95618, USA
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Martin-García D, Téllez T, Redondo M, García-Aranda M. Calcium Homeostasis in the Development of Resistant Breast Tumors. Cancers (Basel) 2023; 15:2872. [PMID: 37296835 PMCID: PMC10251880 DOI: 10.3390/cancers15112872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2023] [Revised: 05/16/2023] [Accepted: 05/21/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023] Open
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Cancer is one of the main health problems worldwide. Only in 2020, this disease caused more than 19 million new cases and almost 10 million deaths, with breast cancer being the most diagnosed worldwide. Today, despite recent advances in breast cancer treatment, a significant percentage of patients will either not respond to therapy or will eventually experience lethal progressive disease. Recent studies highlighted the involvement of calcium in the proliferation or evasion of apoptosis in breast carcinoma cells. In this review, we provide an overview of intracellular calcium signaling and breast cancer biology. We also discuss the existing knowledge on how altered calcium homeostasis is implicated in breast cancer development, highlighting the potential utility of Ca2+ as a predictive and prognostic biomarker, as well as its potential for the development of new pharmacological treatments to treat the disease.
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- Desirée Martin-García
- Surgical Specialties, Biochemistry and Immunology Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Málaga, 29010 Málaga, Spain; (D.M.-G.); (T.T.)
- Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga-Plataforma BIONAND (IBIMA-BIONAND), Severo Ochoa, 35, 29590 Málaga, Spain;
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- Surgical Specialties, Biochemistry and Immunology Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Málaga, 29010 Málaga, Spain; (D.M.-G.); (T.T.)
- Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga-Plataforma BIONAND (IBIMA-BIONAND), Severo Ochoa, 35, 29590 Málaga, Spain;
- Red de Investigación en Servicios de Salud en Enfermedades Crónicas (REDISSEC) and Red de Investigación en Cronicidad, Atención Primaria y Promoción de la Salud (RICAPPS), Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA), 29590 Málaga, Spain
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- Surgical Specialties, Biochemistry and Immunology Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Málaga, 29010 Málaga, Spain; (D.M.-G.); (T.T.)
- Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga-Plataforma BIONAND (IBIMA-BIONAND), Severo Ochoa, 35, 29590 Málaga, Spain;
- Red de Investigación en Servicios de Salud en Enfermedades Crónicas (REDISSEC) and Red de Investigación en Cronicidad, Atención Primaria y Promoción de la Salud (RICAPPS), Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA), 29590 Málaga, Spain
- Research and Innovation Unit, Hospital Costa del Sol, Autovia A-7 km 187, 29602 Marbella, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga-Plataforma BIONAND (IBIMA-BIONAND), Severo Ochoa, 35, 29590 Málaga, Spain;
- Red de Investigación en Servicios de Salud en Enfermedades Crónicas (REDISSEC) and Red de Investigación en Cronicidad, Atención Primaria y Promoción de la Salud (RICAPPS), Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA), 29590 Málaga, Spain
- Research and Innovation Unit, Hospital Costa del Sol, Autovia A-7 km 187, 29602 Marbella, Spain
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McCarthy CI, Mustafá ER, Cornejo MP, Yaneff A, Rodríguez SS, Perello M, Raingo J. Chlorpromazine, an Inverse Agonist of D1R-Like, Differentially Targets Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel (Ca V) Subtypes in mPFC Neurons. Mol Neurobiol 2023; 60:2644-2660. [PMID: 36694048 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-023-03221-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2022] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The dopamine receptor type 1 (D1R) and the dopamine receptor type 5 (D5R), which are often grouped as D1R-like due to their sequence and signaling similarities, exhibit high levels of constitutive activity. The molecular basis for this agonist-independent activation has been well characterized through biochemical and mutagenesis in vitro studies. In this regard, it was reported that many antipsychotic drugs act as inverse agonists of D1R-like constitutive activity. On the other hand, D1R is highly expressed in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), a brain area with important functions such as working memory. Here, we studied the impact of D1R-like constitutive activity and chlorpromazine (CPZ), an antipsychotic drug and D1R-like inverse agonist, on various neuronal CaV conductances, and we explored its effect on calcium-dependent neuronal functions in the mouse medial mPFC. Using ex vivo brain slices containing the mPFC and transfected HEK293T cells, we found that CPZ reduces CaV2.2 currents by occluding D1R-like constitutive activity, in agreement with a mechanism previously reported by our lab, whereas CPZ directly inhibits CaV1 currents in a D1R-like activity independent manner. In contrast, CPZ and D1R constitutive activity did not affect CaV2.1, CaV2.3, or CaV3 currents. Finally, we found that CPZ reduces excitatory postsynaptic responses in mPFC neurons. Our results contribute to understanding CPZ molecular targets in neurons and describe a novel physiological consequence of CPZ non-canonical action as a D1R-like inverse agonist in the mouse brain.
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- Clara Inés McCarthy
- Electrophysiology Laboratory of the Multidisciplinary Institute of Cell Biology (Argentine Research Council CONICET, Scientific Research Commission of the Buenos Aires Province and National University of La Plata), La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Electrophysiology Laboratory of the Multidisciplinary Institute of Cell Biology (Argentine Research Council CONICET, Scientific Research Commission of the Buenos Aires Province and National University of La Plata), La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Neurophysiology Laboratory of the Multidisciplinary Institute of Cell Biology (Argentine Research Council CONICET, Scientific Research Commission of the Buenos Aires Province and National University of La Plata), La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Farmacológicas, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Electrophysiology Laboratory of the Multidisciplinary Institute of Cell Biology (Argentine Research Council CONICET, Scientific Research Commission of the Buenos Aires Province and National University of La Plata), La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Neurophysiology Laboratory of the Multidisciplinary Institute of Cell Biology (Argentine Research Council CONICET, Scientific Research Commission of the Buenos Aires Province and National University of La Plata), La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Department of Surgical Sciences, Functional Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Electrophysiology Laboratory of the Multidisciplinary Institute of Cell Biology (Argentine Research Council CONICET, Scientific Research Commission of the Buenos Aires Province and National University of La Plata), La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Wei Y, Nandi A, Jia X, Siegle JH, Denman D, Lee SY, Buchin A, Van Geit W, Mosher CP, Olsen S, Anastassiou CA. Associations between in vitro, in vivo and in silico cell classes in mouse primary visual cortex. Nat Commun 2023; 14:2344. [PMID: 37095130 PMCID: PMC10126114 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37844-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2021] [Accepted: 03/31/2023] [Indexed: 04/26/2023] Open
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The brain consists of many cell classes yet in vivo electrophysiology recordings are typically unable to identify and monitor their activity in the behaving animal. Here, we employed a systematic approach to link cellular, multi-modal in vitro properties from experiments with in vivo recorded units via computational modeling and optotagging experiments. We found two one-channel and six multi-channel clusters in mouse visual cortex with distinct in vivo properties in terms of activity, cortical depth, and behavior. We used biophysical models to map the two one- and the six multi-channel clusters to specific in vitro classes with unique morphology, excitability and conductance properties that explain their distinct extracellular signatures and functional characteristics. These concepts were tested in ground-truth optotagging experiments with two inhibitory classes unveiling distinct in vivo properties. This multi-modal approach presents a powerful way to separate in vivo clusters and infer their cellular properties from first principles.
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- Yina Wei
- Zhejiang Lab, Hangzhou, 311100, China.
- Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA.
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- Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA
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- Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA
- School of Life Sciences/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, China
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- Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA
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- Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA
- Cajal Neuroscience Inc, Seattle, WA, 98102, USA
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- Blue Brain Project, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Campus Biotech, Geneva, 1202, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 90048, USA
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- Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 90048, USA.
- Department of Neurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 90048, USA.
- Board of Governors Regenerative Medicine Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 90048, USA.
- Center for Neural Science and Medicine, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 90048, USA.
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Wei Y, Nandi A, Jia X, Siegle JH, Denman D, Lee SY, Buchin A, Geit WV, Mosher CP, Olsen S, Anastassiou CA. Associations between in vitro , in vivo and in silico cell classes in mouse primary visual cortex. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.04.17.532851. [PMID: 37131710 PMCID: PMC10153154 DOI: 10.1101/2023.04.17.532851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The brain consists of many cell classes yet in vivo electrophysiology recordings are typically unable to identify and monitor their activity in the behaving animal. Here, we employed a systematic approach to link cellular, multi-modal in vitro properties from experiments with in vivo recorded units via computational modeling and optotagging experiments. We found two one-channel and six multi-channel clusters in mouse visual cortex with distinct in vivo properties in terms of activity, cortical depth, and behavior. We used biophysical models to map the two one- and the six multi-channel clusters to specific in vitro classes with unique morphology, excitability and conductance properties that explain their distinct extracellular signatures and functional characteristics. These concepts were tested in ground-truth optotagging experiments with two inhibitory classes unveiling distinct in vivo properties. This multi-modal approach presents a powerful way to separate in vivo clusters and infer their cellular properties from first principles.
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- Yina Wei
- Zhejiang Lab, Hangzhou 311100, China
- Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
- School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China, IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research at Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
- Cajal Neuroscience Inc, Seattle, WA 98102, USA
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- Blue Brain Project, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Campus Biotech, Geneva 1202, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
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- Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
- Department of Neurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
- Board of Governors Regenerative Medicine Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
- Center for Neural Science and Medicine, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
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Alaklabi AM, Gambeta E, Zamponi GW. Electrophysiological characterization of a Ca V3.1 calcium channel mutation linked to trigeminal neuralgia. Pflugers Arch 2023; 475:711-718. [PMID: 37010626 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-023-02808-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2023] [Revised: 03/25/2023] [Accepted: 03/29/2023] [Indexed: 04/04/2023]
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Trigeminal neuralgia is a rare and debilitating disorder that affects one or more branches of the trigeminal nerve, leading to severe pain attacks and a poor quality of life. It has been reported that the CaV3.1 T-type calcium channel may play an important role in trigeminal pain and a recent study identified a new missense mutation in the CACNA1G gene that encodes the pore forming α1 subunit of the CaV3.1 calcium channel. The mutation leads to a substitution of an Arginine (R) by a Glutamine (Q) at position 706 in the I-II linker region of the channel. Here, we used whole-cell voltage-clamp recordings to evaluate the biophysical properties of CaV3.1 wild-type and R706Q mutant channels expressed in tsA-201 cells. Our data indicate an increase in current density in the R706Q mutant, leading to a gain-of-function effect, without changes in the voltage for half activation. Moreover, voltage clamp using an action potential waveform protocol revealed an increase in the tail current at the repolarization phase in the R706Q mutant. No changes were observed in the voltage-dependence of inactivation. However, the R706Q mutant displayed a faster recovery from inactivation. Hence, the gain-of-function effects in the R706Q CaV3.1 mutant have the propensity to impact pain transmission in the trigeminal system, consistent with a contribution to trigeminal neuralgia pathophysiology.
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- Abdulaziz M Alaklabi
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute and Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
- College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute and Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute and Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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Manoj P, Kim JA, Kim S, Li T, Sewani M, Chelu MG, Li N. Sinus node dysfunction: current understanding and future directions. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2023; 324:H259-H278. [PMID: 36563014 PMCID: PMC9886352 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00618.2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2022] [Revised: 12/20/2022] [Accepted: 12/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The sinoatrial node (SAN) is the primary pacemaker of the heart. Normal SAN function is crucial in maintaining proper cardiac rhythm and contraction. Sinus node dysfunction (SND) is due to abnormalities within the SAN, which can affect the heartbeat frequency, regularity, and the propagation of electrical pulses through the cardiac conduction system. As a result, SND often increases the risk of cardiac arrhythmias. SND is most commonly seen as a disease of the elderly given the role of degenerative fibrosis as well as other age-dependent changes in its pathogenesis. Despite the prevalence of SND, current treatment is limited to pacemaker implantation, which is associated with substantial medical costs and complications. Emerging evidence has identified various genetic abnormalities that can cause SND, shedding light on the molecular underpinnings of SND. Identification of these molecular mechanisms and pathways implicated in the pathogenesis of SND is hoped to identify novel therapeutic targets for the development of more effective therapies for this disease. In this review article, we examine the anatomy of the SAN and the pathophysiology and epidemiology of SND. We then discuss in detail the most common genetic mutations correlated with SND and provide our perspectives on future research and therapeutic opportunities in this field.
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- Pavan Manoj
- School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
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- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Department of BioSciences, Rice University, Houston, Texas
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- Section of Cardiovascular Research, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Department of BioSciences, Rice University, Houston, Texas
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Section of Cardiovascular Research, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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Whole Exome Sequencing of Hemiplegic Migraine Patients Shows an Increased Burden of Missense Variants in CACNA1H and CACNA1I Genes. Mol Neurobiol 2023; 60:3034-3043. [PMID: 36786913 PMCID: PMC10122627 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-023-03255-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2022] [Accepted: 02/02/2023] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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Hemiplegic migraine (HM) is a rare subtype of migraine with aura. Given that causal missense mutations in the voltage-gated calcium channel α1A subunit gene CACNA1A have been identified in a subset of HM patients, we investigated whether HM patients without a mutation have an increased burden of such variants in the "CACNA1x gene family". Whole exome sequencing data of an Australian cohort of unrelated HM patients (n = 184), along with public data from gnomAD, as controls, was used to assess the burden of missense variants in CACNA1x genes. We performed both a variant and a subject burden test. We found a significant burden for the number of variants in CACNA1E (p = 1.3 × 10-4), CACNA1H (p < 2.2 × 10-16) and CACNA1I (p < 2.2 × 10-16). There was also a significant burden of subjects with missense variants in CACNA1E (p = 6.2 × 10-3), CACNA1H (p < 2.2 × 10-16) and CACNA1I (p < 2.2 × 10-16). Both the number of variants and number of subjects were replicated for CACNA1H (p = 3.5 × 10-8; p = 0.012) and CACNA1I (p = 0.019, p = 0.044), respectively, in a Dutch clinical HM cohort (n = 32), albeit that CACNA1I did not remain significant after multiple testing correction. Our data suggest that HM, in the absence of a single causal mutation, is a complex trait, in which an increased burden of missense variants in CACNA1H and CACNA1I may contribute to the risk of disease.
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Aguiar F, Rhana P, Bloise E, Nunes C, Rodrigues A, Ferreira E. T-type Ca2+ channels and their relationship with pre-neoplastic and neoplastic lesions in the human breast. Braz J Med Biol Res 2023; 56:e11879. [PMID: 36790286 PMCID: PMC9925191 DOI: 10.1590/1414-431x2023e11879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2022] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 02/12/2023] Open
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The expression of T-type voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels (Cav3) has been previously observed in breast cancer, but their expression and subcellular localization were not evaluated in pre-neoplastic lesions. Therefore, this work aimed to evaluate protein expression and subcellular localization of T-type channel isoforms in human breast tissue samples. Protein expressions of CaV3.1, CaV3.2, and CaV3.3 were evaluated by immunohistochemistry in breast without alteration, in proliferative non-neoplastic lesions, and in neoplastic ductal epithelial lesions of the human breast. CaV3.1, CaV3.2, and CaV3.3 nuclear expressions were decreased in advanced stages of neoplastic transformation, whereas CaV3.1 and CaV3.2 cytoplasmic expression increased. Also, the decrease in nuclear expression was correlated with an increase in cytoplasmic expression for CaV3.1 isoform. The change in CaV3 protein expression and subcellular localization are consistent with the neoplastic transformation stages of mammary epithelial cells, evident in early neoplastic lesions, such as ductal carcinomas in situ. These results suggest a possible involvement of CaV3 in the carcinogenic processes and could be considered as a potential pharmacological target in new therapies for breast cancer treatment.
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- F. Aguiar
- Departamento de Patologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil,Programa de Imunologia e Biologia Tumoral, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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- Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Departamento de Morfologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
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- Departamento de Anatomia Patológica e Medicina Legal, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
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- Departamento de Patologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
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Structure-Function Studies of Sponge-Derived Compounds on the Cardiac Ca V3.1 Channel. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24043429. [PMID: 36834837 PMCID: PMC9962600 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24043429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2022] [Revised: 01/31/2023] [Accepted: 02/02/2023] [Indexed: 02/11/2023] Open
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T-type calcium (CaV3) channels are involved in cardiac automaticity, development, and excitation-contraction coupling in normal cardiac myocytes. Their functional role becomes more pronounced in the process of pathological cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure. Currently, no CaV3 channel inhibitors are used in clinical settings. To identify novel T-type calcium channel ligands, purpurealidin analogs were electrophysiologically investigated. These compounds are alkaloids produced as secondary metabolites by marine sponges, and they exhibit a broad range of biological activities. In this study, we identified the inhibitory effect of purpurealidin I (1) on the rat CaV3.1 channel and conducted structure-activity relationship studies by characterizing the interaction of 119 purpurealidin analogs. Next, the mechanism of action of the four most potent analogs was investigated. Analogs 74, 76, 79, and 99 showed a potent inhibition on the CaV3.1 channel with IC50's at approximately 3 μM. No shift of the activation curve could be observed, suggesting that these compounds act like a pore blocker obstructing the ion flow by binding in the pore region of the CaV3.1 channel. A selectivity screening showed that these analogs are also active on hERG channels. Collectively, a new class of CaV3 channel inhibitors has been discovered and the structure-function studies provide new insights into the synthetic design of drugs and the mechanism of interaction with T-type CaV channels.
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Matthews LG, Puryear CB, Correia SS, Srinivasan S, Belfort GM, Pan MK, Kuo SH. T-type calcium channels as therapeutic targets in essential tremor and Parkinson's disease. Ann Clin Transl Neurol 2023; 10:462-483. [PMID: 36738196 PMCID: PMC10109288 DOI: 10.1002/acn3.51735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2022] [Revised: 12/20/2022] [Accepted: 12/21/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Neuronal action potential firing patterns are key components of healthy brain function. Importantly, restoring dysregulated neuronal firing patterns has the potential to be a promising strategy in the development of novel therapeutics for disorders of the central nervous system. Here, we review the pathophysiology of essential tremor and Parkinson's disease, the two most common movement disorders, with a focus on mechanisms underlying the genesis of abnormal firing patterns in the implicated neural circuits. Aberrant burst firing of neurons in the cerebello-thalamo-cortical and basal ganglia-thalamo-cortical circuits contribute to the clinical symptoms of essential tremor and Parkinson's disease, respectively, and T-type calcium channels play a key role in regulating this activity in both the disorders. Accordingly, modulating T-type calcium channel activity has received attention as a potentially promising therapeutic approach to normalize abnormal burst firing in these diseases. In this review, we explore the evidence supporting the theory that T-type calcium channel blockers can ameliorate the pathophysiologic mechanisms underlying essential tremor and Parkinson's disease, furthering the case for clinical investigation of these compounds. We conclude with key considerations for future investigational efforts, providing a critical framework for the development of much needed agents capable of targeting the dysfunctional circuitry underlying movement disorders such as essential tremor, Parkinson's disease, and beyond.
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- Praxis Precision Medicines, Boston, Massachusetts, 02110, USA
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- Praxis Precision Medicines, Boston, Massachusetts, 02110, USA.,Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, USA
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- Department and Graduate Institute of Pharmacology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, 10051, Taiwan.,Neurobiology and Cognitive Science Center, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan.,Department of Medical Research, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, 10002, Taiwan.,Cerebellar Research Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, Yun-Lin Branch, Yun-Lin, 64041, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York, New York, 10032, USA.,Initiative for Columbia Ataxia and Tremor, Columbia University, New York, New York, 10032, USA
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Breault NM, Wu D, Dasgupta A, Chen KH, Archer SL. Acquired disorders of mitochondrial metabolism and dynamics in pulmonary arterial hypertension. Front Cell Dev Biol 2023; 11:1105565. [PMID: 36819102 PMCID: PMC9933518 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2023.1105565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2022] [Accepted: 01/09/2023] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is an orphan disease of the cardiopulmonary unit that reflects an obstructive pulmonary vasculopathy and presents with hypertrophy, inflammation, fibrosis, and ultimately failure of the right ventricle (RVF). Despite treatment using pulmonary hypertension (PH)-targeted therapies, persistent functional impairment reduces the quality of life for people with PAH and death from RVF occurs in approximately 40% of patients within 5 years of diagnosis. PH-targeted therapeutics are primarily vasodilators and none, alone or in combination, are curative. This highlights a need to therapeutically explore molecular targets in other pathways that are involved in the pathogenesis of PAH. Several candidate pathways in PAH involve acquired mitochondrial dysfunction. These mitochondrial disorders include: 1) a shift in metabolism related to increased expression of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase and pyruvate kinase, which together increase uncoupled glycolysis (Warburg metabolism); 2) disruption of oxygen-sensing related to increased expression of hypoxia-inducible factor 1α, resulting in a state of pseudohypoxia; 3) altered mitochondrial calcium homeostasis related to impaired function of the mitochondrial calcium uniporter complex, which elevates cytosolic calcium and reduces intramitochondrial calcium; and 4) abnormal mitochondrial dynamics related to increased expression of dynamin-related protein 1 and its binding partners, such as mitochondrial dynamics proteins of 49 kDa and 51 kDa, and depressed expression of mitofusin 2, resulting in increased mitotic fission. These acquired mitochondrial abnormalities increase proliferation and impair apoptosis in most pulmonary vascular cells (including endothelial cells, smooth muscle cells and fibroblasts). In the RV, Warburg metabolism and induction of glutaminolysis impairs bioenergetics and promotes hypokinesis, hypertrophy, and fibrosis. This review will explore our current knowledge of the causes and consequences of disordered mitochondrial function in PAH.
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- Nolan M. Breault
- Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada,*Correspondence: Danchen Wu, ; Stephen L. Archer,
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- Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada,Queen’s Cardiopulmonary Unit (QCPU), Translational Institute of Medicine (TIME), Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada,*Correspondence: Danchen Wu, ; Stephen L. Archer,
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Jeon KH, Park SH, Bae WJ, Kim SW, Park HJ, Kim S, Kim TH, Jeon SH, Park I, Park HJ, Kwon Y. Cannabidiol, a Regulator of Intracellular Calcium and Calpain. Cannabis Cannabinoid Res 2023; 8:119-125. [PMID: 35196129 DOI: 10.1089/can.2021.0197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Cannabidiol (CBD) is one of the most abundant components of Cannabis and has long been used in Cannabis-based preparations. Recently, CBD has become a promising pharmacological agent because of its beneficial properties in the pathophysiology of several diseases. Although CBD is a kind of cannabinoid and acts on cannabinoid receptors (CB1 and CB2), molecular targets involved in diverse therapeutic properties of CBD have not been identified because CBD also interacts with other molecular targets. Considering that CBD alters the intracellular calcium level by which calpain activity is controlled, and both CBD and calpain are associated with various diseases related to calcium signaling, including neurological disorders, this review provides an overview of calpain and calcium signaling as possible molecular targets of CBD. As calpain is known to play an important role in the pathophysiology of neurological disease, a deeper understanding of its relationship with CBD will be meaningful. To understand the role of CBD as a calpain regulator, in silico structural analysis on the binding mode of CBD with calpain was performed.
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- Kyung-Hwa Jeon
- College of Pharmacy, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Drug Development Research Core Center, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Cannabis Research, Colorado State University-Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Urology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Catholic Integrative Medicine Research Institute, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Urology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Catholic Integrative Medicine Research Institute, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Green Medicine Co., Ltd., Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Urology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Catholic Integrative Medicine Research Institute, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Urology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Catholic Integrative Medicine Research Institute, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Catholic Integrative Medicine Research Institute, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Yuhan Care Co., Ltd., Yuhan Care R&D Center, Yongin, Republic of Korea
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- Yuhan Care Co., Ltd., Yuhan Natural Product R&D Center, Andong, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Drug Development Research Core Center, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Picard E, Kerckhove N, François A, Boudieu L, Billard E, Carvalho FA, Bogard G, Gosset P, Bourdier J, Aissouni Y, Bourinet E, Eschalier A, Daulhac L, Mallet C. Role of T CD4 + cells, macrophages, C-low threshold mechanoreceptors and spinal Ca v 3.2 channels in inflammation and related pain-like symptoms in murine inflammatory models. Br J Pharmacol 2023; 180:385-400. [PMID: 36131381 DOI: 10.1111/bph.15956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2021] [Revised: 06/22/2022] [Accepted: 07/06/2022] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE T-type calcium channels, mainly the Cav 3.2 subtype, are important contributors to the nociceptive signalling pathway. We investigated their involvement in inflammation and related pain-like symptoms. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH The involvement of Cav 3.2 and T-type channels was investigated using genetic and pharmacological inhibition to assess mechanical allodynia/hyperalgesia and oedema development in two murine inflammatory pain models. The location of Cav 3.2 channels involved in pain-like symptoms was studied in mice with Cav 3.2 knocked out in C-low threshold mechanoreceptors (C-LTMR) and the use of ABT-639, a peripherally restricted T-type channel inhibitor. The anti-oedema effect of Cav 3.2 channel inhibition was investigated in chimeric mice with immune cells deleted for Cav 3.2. Lymphocytes and macrophages from either green fluorescent protein-targeted Cav 3.2 or KO mice were used to determine the expression of Cav 3.2 protein and the functional status of the cells. KEY RESULTS Cav 3.2 channels contributed to the development of pain-like symptoms and oedema in the two murine inflammatory pain models. Our results provided evidence of the involvement of Cav 3.2 channels located on C-LTMRs and spinal cord in inflammatory pain. Cav 3.2 channels located in T cells and macrophages contribute to the inflammatory process. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS Cav 3.2 channels play crucial roles in inflammation and related pain, implying that targeting of Cav 3.2 channels with pharmacological agents could be an attractive and readily evaluable strategy in clinical trials, to relieve chronic inflammatory pain in patients.
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- Elodie Picard
- Inserm, U1107 Neuro-Dol, Pharmacologie Fondamentale et Clinique de la Douleur, Université Clermont Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France.,Faculty of Medicine, ANALGESIA Institute, Clermont-Ferrand, France.,Inserm, U1019, CNRS UMR 9017, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, University of Lille, Lille, France
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- Inserm, U1107 Neuro-Dol, Pharmacologie Fondamentale et Clinique de la Douleur, Université Clermont Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France.,Faculty of Medicine, ANALGESIA Institute, Clermont-Ferrand, France.,Medical Pharmacology Department, University Hospital of Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- CNRS, INSERM, IGF, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Inserm, U1107 Neuro-Dol, Pharmacologie Fondamentale et Clinique de la Douleur, Université Clermont Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France.,Faculty of Medicine, ANALGESIA Institute, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Inserm U1071, INRA USC2018, M2iSH, Université Clermont Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Inserm, U1107 Neuro-Dol, Pharmacologie Fondamentale et Clinique de la Douleur, Université Clermont Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France.,Faculty of Medicine, ANALGESIA Institute, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Inserm, U1019, CNRS UMR 9017, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, University of Lille, Lille, France
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- Inserm, U1019, CNRS UMR 9017, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, University of Lille, Lille, France
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- Inserm, U1107 Neuro-Dol, Pharmacologie Fondamentale et Clinique de la Douleur, Université Clermont Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France.,Faculty of Medicine, ANALGESIA Institute, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Inserm, U1107 Neuro-Dol, Pharmacologie Fondamentale et Clinique de la Douleur, Université Clermont Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France.,Faculty of Medicine, ANALGESIA Institute, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Inserm, U1107 Neuro-Dol, Pharmacologie Fondamentale et Clinique de la Douleur, Université Clermont Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France.,Faculty of Medicine, ANALGESIA Institute, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Inserm, U1107 Neuro-Dol, Pharmacologie Fondamentale et Clinique de la Douleur, Université Clermont Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France.,Faculty of Medicine, ANALGESIA Institute, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Inserm, U1107 Neuro-Dol, Pharmacologie Fondamentale et Clinique de la Douleur, Université Clermont Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France.,Faculty of Medicine, ANALGESIA Institute, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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Martinez Damonte V, Pomrenze MB, Manning CE, Casper C, Wolfden AL, Malenka RC, Kauer JA. Somatodendritic Release of Cholecystokinin Potentiates GABAergic Synapses Onto Ventral Tegmental Area Dopamine Cells. Biol Psychiatry 2023; 93:197-208. [PMID: 35961792 PMCID: PMC9976994 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2022.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Revised: 06/01/2022] [Accepted: 06/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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BACKGROUND Neuropeptides are contained in nearly every neuron in the central nervous system and can be released not only from nerve terminals but also from somatodendritic sites. Cholecystokinin (CCK), among the most abundant neuropeptides in the brain, is expressed in the majority of midbrain dopamine neurons. Despite this high expression, CCK function within the ventral tegmental area (VTA) is not well understood. METHODS We confirmed CCK expression in VTA dopamine neurons through immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization and detected optogenetically induced CCK release using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. To investigate whether CCK modulates VTA circuit activity, we used whole-cell patch clamp recordings in mouse brain slices. We infused CCK locally in vivo and tested food intake and locomotion in fasted mice. We also used in vivo fiber photometry to measure Ca2+ transients in dopamine neurons during feeding. RESULTS Here we report that VTA dopamine neurons release CCK from somatodendritic regions, where it triggers long-term potentiation of GABAergic (gamma-aminobutyric acidergic) synapses. The somatodendritic release occurs during trains of optogenetic stimuli or prolonged but modest depolarization and is dependent on synaptotagmin-7 and T-type Ca2+ channels. Depolarization-induced long-term potentiation is blocked by a CCK2 receptor antagonist and mimicked by exogenous CCK. Local infusion of CCK in vivo inhibits food consumption and decreases distance traveled in an open field test. Furthermore, intra-VTA-infused CCK reduced dopamine cell Ca2+ signals during food consumption after an overnight fast and was correlated with reduced food intake. CONCLUSIONS Our experiments introduce somatodendritic neuropeptide release as a previously unknown feedback regulator of VTA dopamine cell excitability and dopamine-related behaviors.
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Jeong S, Shim JS, Sin SK, Park KS, Lee JH. Phosphorylation states greatly regulate the activity and gating properties of Ca v 3.1 T-type Ca 2+ channels. J Cell Physiol 2023; 238:210-226. [PMID: 36502489 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.30920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2022] [Revised: 10/21/2022] [Accepted: 11/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
Cav 3.1 T-type Ca2+ channels play pivotal roles in neuronal low-threshold spikes, visceral pain, and pacemaker activity. Phosphorylation has been reported to potently regulate the activity and gating properties of Cav 3.1 channels. However, systematic identification of phosphorylation sites (phosphosites) in Cav 3.1 channel has been poorly investigated. In this work, we analyzed rat Cav 3.1 protein expressed in HEK-293 cells by mass spectrometry, identified 30 phosphosites located at the cytoplasmic regions, and illustrated them as a Cav 3.1 phosphorylation map which includes the reported mouse Cav 3.1 phosphosites. Site-directed mutagenesis of the phosphosites to Ala residues and functional analysis of the phospho-silent Cav 3.1 mutants expressed in Xenopus oocytes showed that the phospho-silent mutation of the N-terminal Ser18 reduced its current amplitude with accelerated current kinetics and negatively shifted channel availability. Remarkably, the phospho-silent mutations of the C-terminal Ser residues (Ser1924, Ser2001, Ser2163, Ser2166, or Ser2189) greatly reduced their current amplitude without altering the voltage-dependent gating properties. In contrast, the phosphomimetic Asp mutations of Cav 3.1 on the N- and C-terminal Ser residues reversed the effects of the phospho-silent mutations. Collectively, these findings demonstrate that the multiple phosphosites of Cav 3.1 at the N- and C-terminal regions play crucial roles in the regulation of the channel activity and voltage-dependent gating properties.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sua Jeong
- Department of Life Science, Sogang University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Physiology, Kyung-Hee University, Seoul, South Korea
| | - Seok Kyo Sin
- Department of Physiology, Kyung-Hee University, Seoul, South Korea
| | - Kang-Sik Park
- Department of Physiology, Kyung-Hee University, Seoul, South Korea
| | - Jung-Ha Lee
- Department of Life Science, Sogang University, Seoul, South Korea
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