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Whittlesey KJ, Shea LD. Delivery systems for small molecule drugs, proteins, and DNA: the neuroscience/biomaterial interface. Exp Neurol 2005; 190:1-16. [PMID: 15473976 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2004.06.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2004] [Revised: 04/30/2004] [Accepted: 06/18/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Manipulation of cellular processes in vivo by the delivery of drugs, proteins or DNA is of paramount importance to neuroscience research. Methods for the presentation of these molecules vary widely, including direct injection (either systemic or stereotactic), osmotic pump-mediated chronic delivery, or even implantation of cells engineered to indefinitely secrete a factor of interest. Biomaterial-based delivery systems represent an alternative to more traditional approaches, with the possibility of increased efficacy. Drug-releasing biomaterials, either as injectable microspheres or as three-dimensional implants, can deliver a molecule of interest (including small molecule drugs, biologically active proteins, or DNA) over a more prolonged period of time than by standard bolus injection, avoiding the need for repeated administration. Furthermore, sustained-release systems can maintain therapeutic concentrations at a target site, thus reducing the chance for toxicity. This review summarizes applications of polymer-based delivery of small molecule drugs, proteins, and DNA specifically relevant to neuroscience research. We detail the fabrication procedures for the polymeric systems and their utility in various experimental models. The biomaterial field offers unique experimental tools with downstream clinical application for the study and treatment of neurologic disease.
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- Kevin J Whittlesey
- Interdepartmental Biological Sciences Program, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
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Canals M, Angulo E, Casadó V, Canela EI, Mallol J, Viñals F, Staines W, Tinner B, Hillion J, Agnati L, Fuxe K, Ferré S, Lluis C, Franco R. Molecular mechanisms involved in the adenosine A1 and A2A receptor-induced neuronal differentiation in neuroblastoma cells and striatal primary cultures. J Neurochem 2005; 92:337-48. [PMID: 15663481 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2004.02856.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Adenosine A1 receptors (A1Rs) and adenosine A(2A) receptors (A(2A)Rs) are the major mediators of the neuromodulatory actions of adenosine in the brain. In the striatum A1Rs and A(2A)Rs are mainly co-localized in the GABAergic striatopallidal neurons. In this paper we show that agonist-induced stimulation of A1Rs and A(2A)Rs induces neurite outgrowth processes in the human neuroblastoma cell line SH-SY5Y and also in primary cultures of striatal neuronal precursor cells. The kinetics of adenosine-mediated neuritogenesis was faster than that triggered by retinoic acid. The triggering of the expression of TrkB neurotrophin receptor and the increase of cell number in the G1 phase by the activation of adenosine receptors suggest that adenosine may participate in early steps of neuronal differentiation. Furthermore, protein kinase C (PKC) and extracellular regulated kinase-1/2 (ERK-1/2) are involved in the A1R- and A(2A)R-mediated effects. Inhibition of protein kinase A (PKA) activity results in a total inhibition of neurite outgrowth induced by A(2A)R agonists but not by A1R agonists. PKA activation is therefore necessary for A(2A)R-mediated neuritogenesis. Co-stimulation does not lead to synergistic effects thus indicating that the neuritogenic effects of adenosine are mediated by either A1 or A(2A) receptors depending upon the concentration of the nucleoside. These results are relevant to understand the mechanisms by which adenosine receptors modulate neuronal differentiation and open new perspectives for considering the use of adenosine agonists as therapeutic agents in diseases requiring neuronal repair.
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- Meritxell Canals
- Department de Bioquimica i Biologia Molecular, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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We present a new approach for analyzing multi-channel recordings, such as ECoG (electrocorticograph) recordings of cortical brain activity and of individual neuron dynamics, in cultured networks. The latter are used here to illustrate the method and its ability to discover hidden functional connectivity motifs in the recorded activity. The cultured networks are formed from dissociated mixtures of cortical neurons and glia-cells that are homogeneously spread over multi-electrode array for recording of the neuronal activity. Rich, spontaneous dynamical behavior is detected, marked by the formation of temporal sequences of synchronized bursting events (SBEs), partitioned into statistically distinguishable subgroups, each with its own characteristic spatio-temporal pattern of activity.In analogy with coherence connectivity networks for multi-location cortical recordings, we evaluated the inter-neuron correlation-matrix for each subgroup. Ordinarily such matrices are mapped onto a connectivity network between neuron positions in real space. In our functional holography, the correlations are normalized by the correlation distances Euclidian distances between the matrix columns. Then, we project the N-dimensional (for N channels) space spanned by the matrix of the normalized correlations, or correlation affinities, onto a corresponding 3D manifold (3D Cartesian space constructed by the three leading principal vectors of the principal component algorithm). The neurons are located by their principal eigenvalues and linked by their original (not normalized) correlations. By looking at these holograms, hidden causal motifs are revealed: each SBEs subgroup generates its characteristic connectivity diagram (network) in the 3D manifold, where the neuron locations and their links form simple structures. Moreover, the computed temporal ordering of neuron activity, when projected onto the connectivity diagrams, also exhibits simple patterns of causal propagation. We show that the method can expose functional connectivity motifs like the co-existence of subneuronal functional networks in the space of affinities. The method can be directly utilized to construct similar causal holograms for recorded brain activity. We expect that by doing so, hidden functional connectivity motifs with relevance to the understanding of brain activity might be discovered.
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- Itay Baruchi
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Beverly and Raymond Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, 69978 Tel Aviv, Israel
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Chan JR, Watkins TA, Cosgaya JM, Zhang C, Chen L, Reichardt LF, Shooter EM, Barres BA. NGF controls axonal receptivity to myelination by Schwann cells or oligodendrocytes. Neuron 2004; 43:183-91. [PMID: 15260955 PMCID: PMC2758239 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2004.06.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 235] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2004] [Revised: 05/19/2004] [Accepted: 06/16/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Axons dictate whether or not they will become myelinated in both the central and peripheral nervous systems by providing signals that direct the development of myelinating glia. Here we identify the neurotrophin nerve growth factor (NGF) as a potent regulator of the axonal signals that control myelination of TrkA-expressing dorsal root ganglion neurons (DRGs). Unexpectedly, these NGF-regulated axonal signals have opposite effects on peripheral and central myelination, promoting myelination by Schwann cells but reducing myelination by oligodendrocytes. These findings indicate a novel role for growth factors in regulating the receptivity of axons to myelination and reveal that different axonal signals control central and peripheral myelination.
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- Jonah R. Chan
- Department of Neurobiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Fairchild Science Building D235, Stanford, California 94305
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- Department of Neurobiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Fairchild Science Building D235, Stanford, California 94305
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- Department of Neurobiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Fairchild Science Building D235, Stanford, California 94305
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- Department of Neurobiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Fairchild Science Building D235, Stanford, California 94305
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- Department of Neurobiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Fairchild Science Building D235, Stanford, California 94305
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- Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143
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- Department of Neurobiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Fairchild Science Building D235, Stanford, California 94305
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- Department of Neurobiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Fairchild Science Building D235, Stanford, California 94305
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Fields RD. Volume transmission in activity-dependent regulation of myelinating glia. Neurochem Int 2004; 45:503-9. [PMID: 15186916 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2003.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/10/2003] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The importance of neural impulse activity in regulating neuronal plasticity is widely appreciated; increasingly, it is becoming apparent that activity-dependent communication between neurons and glia is critical in regulating many aspects of nervous system development and plasticity. This communication takes place not only at the synapse, but also between premyelinating axons and glia, which form myelin in the PNS and CNS. Recent work indicates that neural impulse activity releases ATP and adenosine from non-synaptic regions of neurons, which activates purinergic receptors on myelinating glia. Acting through this receptor system, neural impulse activity can regulate gene expression, mitosis, differentiation, and myelination of Schwann cells (SCs) and oligodendrocytes, helping coordinate nervous system development with functional activity in the perinatal period. ATP and adenosine have opposite effects on differentiation of Schwann cells and oligodendrocytes, providing a possible explanation for the opposite effects of impulse activity reported on myelination in the CNS and PNS.
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- R Douglas Fields
- Nervous System Development and Plasticity Section, National Institutes of Health, NICHD, Bldg. 49, Room 5A78, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Glial cells comprise most of the non-neuronal cells of the brain and peripheral nervous system, and include the myelin-forming oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells, radial glia and astrocytes. Their functions are diverse and include almost every aspect of nervous system function, from the birth and death of cells to the migrations and cell-cell interactions that connect and integrate the working elements of the nervous system. Recent studies have provided exciting insights into the mechanisms that drive the conversion into a glial cell and the developmental signals that guide the behavior of these multifunctional cells. An emerging theme is the so-called glial lineage being more diverse and more plastic than was previously thought. Here, we highlight some recent insights into glial development.
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- Holly Colognato
- Departments of Pathology and Medical Genetics and Center for Brain Repair, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QP, UK.
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Olesen PJ, Nagy Z, Westerberg H, Klingberg T. Combined analysis of DTI and fMRI data reveals a joint maturation of white and grey matter in a fronto-parietal network. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 18:48-57. [PMID: 14659496 DOI: 10.1016/j.cogbrainres.2003.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 277] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The aim of this study was to explore whether there are networks of regions where maturation of white matter and changes in brain activity show similar developmental trends during childhood. In a previous study, we showed that during childhood, grey matter activity increases in frontal and parietal regions. We hypothesized that this would be mediated by maturation of white matter. Twenty-three healthy children aged 8-18 years were investigated. Brain activity was measured using the blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) contrast with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during performance of a working memory (WM) task. White matter microstructure was investigated using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). Based on the DTI data, we calculated fractional anisotropy (FA), an indicator of myelination and axon thickness. Prior to scanning, WM score was evaluated. WM score correlated independently with FA values and BOLD response in several regions. FA values and BOLD response were extracted for each subject from the peak voxels of these regions. The FA values were used as covariates in an additional BOLD analysis to find brain regions where FA values and BOLD response correlated. Conversely, the BOLD response values were used as covariates in an additional FA analysis. In several cortical and sub-cortical regions, there were positive correlations between maturation of white matter and increased brain activity. Specifically, and consistent with our hypothesis, we found that FA values in fronto-parietal white matter correlated with BOLD response in closely located grey matter in the superior frontal sulcus and inferior parietal lobe, areas that could form a functional network underlying working memory function.
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- Pernille J Olesen
- Department of Neuropediatrics, Q2:07, Astrid Lindgren's Children's Hospital, Karolinska Institute, S-17176 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Stevens B, Ishibashi T, Chen JF, Fields RD. Adenosine: an activity-dependent axonal signal regulating MAP kinase and proliferation in developing Schwann cells. NEURON GLIA BIOLOGY 2004; 1:23-34. [PMID: 16429616 PMCID: PMC1325961 DOI: 10.1017/s1740925x04000055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Nonsynaptic release of ATP from electrically stimulated dorsal root gangion (DRG) axons inhibits Schwann cell (SC) proliferation and arrests SC development at the premyelinating stage, but the specific types of purinergic receptor(s) and intracellular signaling pathways involved in this form of neuron-glia communication are not known. Recent research shows that adenosine is a neuron-glial transmitter between axons and myelinating glia of the CNS. The present study investigates the possibility that adenosine might have a similar function in communicating between axons and premyelinating SCs. Using a combination of pharmacological and molecular approaches, we found that mouse SCs in culture express functional adenosine receptors and ATP receptors, a far more complex array of purinergic receptors than thought previously. Adenosine, but not ATP, activates ERK/MAPK through stimulation of cAMP-linked A2(A) adenosine receptors. Both ATP and adenosine inhibit proliferation of SCs induced by platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), via mechanisms that are partly independent. In contrast to ATP, adenosine failed to inhibit the differentiation of SCs to the O4+ stage. This indicates that, in addition to ATP, adenosine is an activity-dependent signaling molecule between axons and premyelinating Schwann cells, but that electrical activity, acting through adenosine, has opposite effects on the differentiation of myelinating glia in the PNS and CNS.
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- Beth Stevens
- Section on Nervous System Development & Plasticity, NICHD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Lin SC, Bergles DE. Synaptic signaling between GABAergic interneurons and oligodendrocyte precursor cells in the hippocampus. Nat Neurosci 2003; 7:24-32. [PMID: 14661022 DOI: 10.1038/nn1162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 316] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2003] [Accepted: 11/14/2003] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) express receptors for many neurotransmitters, but the mechanisms responsible for their activation are poorly understood. We have found that quantal release of GABA from interneurons elicits GABA(A) receptor currents with rapid rise times in hippocampal OPCs. These currents did not exhibit properties of spillover transmission or release by transporters, and immunofluorescence and electron microscopy suggest that interneuronal terminals are in direct contact with OPCs, indicating that these GABA currents are generated at direct interneuron-OPC synapses. The reversal potential of OPC GABA(A) currents was -43 mV, and interneuronal firing was correlated with transient depolarizations induced by GABA(A) receptors; however, GABA application induced a transient inhibition of currents mediated by AMPA receptors in OPCs. These results indicate that OPCs are a direct target of interneuronal collaterals and that the GABA-induced Cl(-) flux generated by these events may influence oligodendrocyte development by regulating the efficacy of glutamatergic signaling in OPCs.
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- Shih-chun Lin
- Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 725 N. Wolfe Street, WBSB 813, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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Othman T, Yan H, Rivkees SA. Oligodendrocytes express functional A1 adenosine receptors that stimulate cellular migration. Glia 2003; 44:166-72. [PMID: 14515332 DOI: 10.1002/glia.10281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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A1 adenosine receptors (A1ARs) exert important effects in the central nervous system. However, the expression and function of A1ARs in oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) and oligodendrocytes (OLGs) is unclear. To address this issue, we examined A1AR expression during different stages of oligodendrocyte development. Radioreceptor studies showed that membranes prepared from OPCs and OLGs expressed high-affinity A1ARs with Kd values of 1.35 +/- 0.33 and 1.2 +/- 0.27 nM for [3H]CCPA, 1.17 +/- 0.24 and 1.4 +/- 0.34 nM for [3H]DPCPX, respectively. Bmax values were 64.31 +/- 6.14 and 75 +/- 6 fmol/mg protein for [3H]CCPA, and 153 +/- 12 and 205 +/- 17.8 fmol/mg protein for [3H]DPCPX, respectively. Activation of A1ARs using N6-cyclopentyladenosine (CPA) reduced both forskolin- and N-ethylcarboxyamidoadenosine (NECA)-stimulated cAMP accumulation, but did not affect basal cAMP levels. Activation of A1ARs by CPA stimulated OPC migration, but did not affect cell viability, proliferation, or differentiation. These results show that OPCs and OLGs express functional A1ARs that can stimulate the migration of OPCs.
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- Timothy Othman
- Department of Pediatrics, Yale Child Health Research Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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Wells WA. A trigger for myelination. J Biophys Biochem Cytol 2003. [PMCID: PMC2246708 DOI: 10.1083/jcb1601rr5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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