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Vitkovic L, Konsman JP, Bockaert J, Dantzer R, Homburger V, Jacque C. Cytokine signals propagate through the brain. Mol Psychiatry 2000; 5:604-15. [PMID: 11126391 DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4000813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 217] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Interleukin-1 (IL-1) and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) are proinflammatory cytokines that are constitutively expressed in healthy, adult brain where they mediate normal neural functions such as sleep. They are neuromodulators expressed by and acting on neurons and glia. IL-1 and TNFalpha expression is upregulated in several important diseases/disorders. Upregulation of IL-1 and/or TNFalpha expression, elicited centrally or systemically, propagates through brain parenchyma following specific spatio-temporal patterns. We propose that cytokine signals propagate along neuronal projections and extracellular diffusion pathways by molecular cascades that need to be further elucidated. This elucidation is a prerequisite for better understanding of reciprocal interactions between nervous, endocrine and immune systems.
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- L Vitkovic
- CNRS-INSERM Centre de Pharmacologie-Endocrinologie, Montpellier, France.
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Røttingen J, Iversen JG. Ruled by waves? Intracellular and intercellular calcium signalling. ACTA PHYSIOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA 2000; 169:203-19. [PMID: 10886035 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201x.2000.00732.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The field of calcium signalling has evolved rapidly the last 20 years. Physiologists had worked with cytosolic Ca2+ as the coupler of excitation and contraction of muscles and as a secretory signal in exocrine glands and in the synapses of the brain for several decades before the discovery of cellular calcium as a second messenger. Development of powerful techniques for measuring the concentration of cytosolic free calcium ions in cell suspensions and later in single cells and even in different cellular compartments, has resulted in an upsurge in the knowledge of the cellular machinery involved in intracellular calcium signalling. However, the focus on intracellular mechanisms might have led this field of study away from physiology. During the last few years there is an increasing evidence for an important role of calcium also as an intercellular signal. Via gap junctions calcium is able to co-ordinate cell populations and even organs like the liver. Here we will give an overview of the general mechanisms of intracellular calcium signalling, and then review the recent data on intercellular calcium signals. A functional coupling of cells in different tissues and organs by the way of calcium might be an important mechanism for controlling and synchronizing physiological responses
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- J Røttingen
- Laboratory of Intracellular Signalling, Department of Physiology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Rouach N, Glowinski J, Giaume C. Activity-dependent neuronal control of gap-junctional communication in astrocytes. J Cell Biol 2000; 149:1513-26. [PMID: 10871289 PMCID: PMC2175141 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.149.7.1513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2000] [Accepted: 05/18/2000] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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A typical feature of astrocytes is their high degree of intercellular communication through gap junction channels. Using different models of astrocyte cultures and astrocyte/neuron cocultures, we have demonstrated that neurons upregulate gap-junctional communication and the expression of connexin 43 (Cx43) in astrocytes. The propagation of intercellular calcium waves triggered in astrocytes by mechanical stimulation was also increased in cocultures. This facilitation depends on the age and number of neurons, indicating that the state of neuronal differentiation and neuron density constitute two crucial factors of this interaction. The effects of neurons on astrocytic communication and Cx43 expression were reversed completely after neurotoxic treatments. Moreover, the neuronal facilitation of glial coupling was suppressed, without change in Cx43 expression, after prolonged pharmacological treatments that prevented spontaneous synaptic activity. Altogether, these results demonstrate that neurons exert multiple and differential controls on astrocytic gap-junctional communication. Since astrocytes have been shown to facilitate synaptic efficacy, our findings suggest that neuronal and astrocytic networks interact actively through mutual setting of their respective modes of communication.
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- Nathalie Rouach
- INSERM U114, Collège de France 11, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
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Evidence is presented here for a cellular network that courses through all layers of meninges, the vasculature of both the brain and meninges, and extends into the brain parenchyma. Confocal mapping of calcium-binding protein S100beta immunoreactivity (S100beta-ir) and of the intermediate filament vimentin-ir through serial sections of the meningeal-intact adult rat brain revealed this network. In all tissues examined, S100beta-ir and vimentin-ir were primarily colocalized, and were found in cells with elongated processes through which these cells contacted one another to form a network. The location of labeling and the morphology of the cells labeled were consistent with the possibility that this network consists of fibroblasts in the meninges and the walls of large blood vessels, of pericytes at the level of capillaries, and of ependymocytes and a population of astrocytes in the brain parenchyma. At many sites along the borders of the brain parenchyma itself and of the brain blood vessels, it was possible to detect S100beta-ir and vimentin-ir cell processes that cross the basal laminae. This suggested the probable means by which the S100beta-ir cells of the extraparenchymal tissues anatomically contact the cells that express the same markers in the brain. Privileged anatomical relationships of the S100beta/vimentin network with the glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) astrocytes further suggested that, together, they form the structural basis for a general meningeo-glial network. This organization challenges the current model of brain architecture, calls for a reconsideration of the role of meninges and vascular tissues, and appears to reflect the existence of hitherto unsuspected systems of communication.
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- F Mercier
- Department of Neuroscience, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA.
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Reuss B, Hertel M, Werner S, Unsicker K. Fibroblast growth factors-5 and -9 distinctly regulate expression and function of the gap junction protein connexin43 in cultured astroglial cells from different brain regions. Glia 2000. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-1136(200005)30:3<231::aid-glia3>3.0.co;2-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Rozental R, Giaume C, Spray DC. Gap junctions in the nervous system. BRAIN RESEARCH. BRAIN RESEARCH REVIEWS 2000; 32:11-5. [PMID: 10928802 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-0173(99)00095-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Synapses are classically defined as close connections between two nerve cells or between a neuronal cell and a muscle or gland cell across which a chemical signal (i.e., a neurotransmitter) and/or an electrical signal (i.e., current-carrying ions) can pass. The definition of synapse was developed by Charles Sherrington and by Ramon y Cajal at the beginning of this century and refined by John Eccles and Bernard Katz 50 years later; in this collection of papers, the definition of synapses is discussed further in the chapter by Mike Bennett. who provided the first functional demonstration of electrical transmission via gap junction channels between vertebrate neurons. As is evidenced by the range of topics covered in this issue, research dealing with gap junctions in the nervous system has expanded enormously in the past decade, major findings being that specific cell types in the brain expresses specific types of connexins and that expression patterns coincide with tissue compartmentalization and function and that these compartments change during development.
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- R Rozental
- Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
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Multipotential neuroepithelial stem cells are thought to give rise to all the differentiated cells of the central nervous system (CNS). The developmental potential of these multipotent stem cells becomes more restricted as they differentiate into progressively more committed cells and ultimately into mature neurons and glia. In studying gliogenesis, the optic nerve and spinal cord have become invaluable models and the progressive stages of differentiation are being clarified. Multiple classes of glial precursors termed glial restricted precursors (GRP), oligospheres, oligodendrocyte-type2 astrocyte (O-2A) and astrocyte precursor cells (APC) have been identified. Similar classes of precursor cells can be isolated from human neural stem cell cultures and from embryonic stem (ES) cell cultures providing a non-fetal source of such cells. In this review, we discuss gliogenesis, glial stem cells, putative relationships of these cells to each other, factors implicated in gliogenesis, and therapeutic applications of glial precursors.
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- J C Lee
- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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Bruzzone R, Giaume C. Connexins and information transfer through glia. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2000; 468:321-37. [PMID: 10635040 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-4685-6_26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- R Bruzzone
- Institut Pasteur Unité de Neurovirologie et Régénération du Système Nerveux, Paris, France
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Nagy JI, Dermietzel R. Gap junctions and connexins in the mammalian central nervous system. GAP JUNCTIONS 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s1569-2558(00)30009-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Strahonja-Packard A, Sanderson MJ. Intercellular Ca2+ waves induce temporally and spatially distinct intracellular Ca2+ oscillations in glia. Glia 1999. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-1136(199911)28:2%3c97::aid-glia2%3e3.0.co;2-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Strahonja-Packard A, Sanderson MJ. Intercellular Ca(2+) waves induce temporally and spatially distinct intracellular Ca(2+) oscillations in glia. Glia 1999; 28:97-113. [PMID: 10533054 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-1136(199911)28:2<97::aid-glia2>3.0.co;2-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Mechanically induced intercellular Ca(2+) waves propagated for approximately 300 microm in primary glial cultures. Following the wave propagation, 34% of the cells displayed Ca(2+) oscillations in a zone 60-120 microm from the stimulated cell. The initiation, frequency, and duration of these Ca(2+) oscillations were dependent on the cells' distance from the wave origin but were not dependent on the cell type nor on the magnitude of the Ca(2+) wave. When an individual cell propagated two sequential intercellular Ca(2+) waves originating from different sites, the characteristics of the Ca(2+) oscillations initiated by each wave were determined by the distance of the cell from the origin of each wave. Each Ca(2+) oscillation commonly occurred as an intracellular Ca(2+) wave that was initiated from a specific site within the cell. The position of the initiation site and the direction of the intracellular Ca(2+) wave were independent of the orientation of the initial intercellular Ca(2+) wave. Because initiation and frequency of Ca(2+) oscillations are dependent on the intracellular inositol trisphosphate concentration ([IP(3)](i)), we propose that the zone of cells displaying Ca(2+) oscillations is determined by an intercellular gradient of [IP(3)](i), established by the diffusion of IP(3) through gap junctions during the propagation of the intercellular Ca(2+) wave. Exposure to acetylcholine, a muscarinic agonist that initiates IP(3) production, shifted the zone of oscillating cells about 45 microm farther away from the origin of the mechanically induced wave. These findings indicate that a glial syncytium can resolve information provided by a local Ca(2+) wave into a distinct spatial and temporal pattern of Ca(2+) oscillations.
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- A Strahonja-Packard
- Department of Physiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA
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Blomstrand F, Giaume C, Hansson E, Rönnbäck L. Distinct pharmacological properties of ET-1 and ET-3 on astroglial gap junctions and Ca(2+) signaling. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1999; 277:C616-27. [PMID: 10516091 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1999.277.4.c616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Astrocytes represent a major target for endothelins (ETs), a family of peptides that have potent and multiple effects on signal transduction pathways and can be released by several cell types in the brain. In the present study we have investigated the involvement of different ET receptor subtypes on intercellular dye diffusion, intracellular Ca(2+) homeostasis, and intercellular Ca(2+) signaling in cultured rat astrocytes from hippocampus and striatum. Depending on the ET concentration and the receptor involved, ET-1- and ET-3-induced intracellular Ca(2+) increases with different response patterns. Both ET-1 and ET-3 are powerful inhibitors of gap junctional permeability and intercellular Ca(2+) signaling. The nonselective ET receptor agonist sarafotoxin S6b and the ET(B) receptor-selective agonist IRL 1620 mimicked these inhibitions. The ET-3 effects were only marginally affected by an ET(A) receptor antagonist but completely blocked by an ET(B) receptor antagonist. However, the ET-1-induced inhibition of gap junctional dye transfer and intercellular Ca(2+) signaling was only marginally blocked by ET(A) or ET(B) receptor-selective antagonists but fully prevented when these antagonists were applied together. The ET-induced inhibition of gap junction permeability and intercellular Ca(2+) signaling indicates that important changes in the function of astroglial communication might occur when the level of ETs in the brain is increased.
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- F Blomstrand
- Institute of Neurobiology, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden.
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Höfer T. Model of intercellular calcium oscillations in hepatocytes: synchronization of heterogeneous cells. Biophys J 1999; 77:1244-56. [PMID: 10465739 PMCID: PMC1300416 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(99)76976-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Hepatocytes respond with repetitive cytosolic calcium spikes to stimulation by vasopressin and noradrenalin. In the intact liver, calcium oscillations occur in a synchronized fashion as periodic waves across whole liver lobules, but the mechanism of intercellular coupling remains unclear. Recently, it has been shown that individual hepatocytes can have very different intrinsic oscillation frequencies but become phase-locked when coupled by gap junctions. We investigate the gap junction hypothesis for intercellular synchronization by means of a mathematical model. It is shown that junctional calcium fluxes are effective in synchronizing calcium oscillations in coupled hepatocytes. An experimentally testable estimate is given for the junctional coupling coefficient required; it mainly depends on the degree of heterogeneity between cells. Intercellular synchronization by junctional calcium diffusion may occur also in other cell types exhibiting calcium-activated calcium release through InsP(3) receptors, if the gap junctional coupling is strong enough and the InsP(3) receptors are sufficiently sensitized by InsP(3).
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- T Höfer
- Theoretical Biophysics, Institute of Biology, Humboldt University Berlin, D-10115 Berlin, Germany.
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Chapter 9: A Reexamination of Calcium Effects on Gap Junctions in Heart Myocytes. CURRENT TOPICS IN MEMBRANES 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s0070-2161(08)61013-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Calcium signals are the universal way of glial responses to the various types of stimulation. Glial cells express numerous receptors and ion channels linked to the generation of complex cytoplasmic calcium responses. The glial calcium signals are able to propagate within glial cells and to create a spreading intercellular Ca2+ wave which allow information exchange within the glial networks. These propagating Ca2+ waves are primarily mediated by intracellular excitable media formed by intracellular calcium storage organelles. The glial calcium signals could be evoked by neuronal activity and vice versa they may initiate electrical and Ca2+ responses in adjacent neurones. Thus glial calcium signals could integrate glial and neuronal compartments being therefore involved in the information processing in the brain.
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- J W Deitmer
- Abteilung für Allgemeine Zoologie, Universität Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- R Dermietzel
- Department of Neuroanatomy/Molecular Brain Research, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany
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