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Edens BM, Stundl J, Urrutia HA, Bronner ME. Neural crest origin of sympathetic neurons at the dawn of vertebrates. Nature 2024; 629:121-126. [PMID: 38632395 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07297-0] [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: 02/03/2023] [Accepted: 03/11/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024]
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The neural crest is an embryonic stem cell population unique to vertebrates1 whose expansion and diversification are thought to have promoted vertebrate evolution by enabling emergence of new cell types and structures such as jaws and peripheral ganglia2. Although jawless vertebrates have sensory ganglia, convention has it that trunk sympathetic chain ganglia arose only in jawed vertebrates3-8. Here, by contrast, we report the presence of trunk sympathetic neurons in the sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus, an extant jawless vertebrate. These neurons arise from sympathoblasts near the dorsal aorta that undergo noradrenergic specification through a transcriptional program homologous to that described in gnathostomes. Lamprey sympathoblasts populate the extracardiac space and extend along the length of the trunk in bilateral streams, expressing the catecholamine biosynthetic pathway enzymes tyrosine hydroxylase and dopamine β-hydroxylase. CM-DiI lineage tracing analysis further confirmed that these cells derive from the trunk neural crest. RNA sequencing of isolated ammocoete trunk sympathoblasts revealed gene profiles characteristic of sympathetic neuron function. Our findings challenge the prevailing dogma that posits that sympathetic ganglia are a gnathostome innovation, instead suggesting that a late-developing rudimentary sympathetic nervous system may have been characteristic of the earliest vertebrates.
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- Brittany M Edens
- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
- Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Vodnany, Czech Republic
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
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Roberta C, Vera S, Hans A H, Michael H H. Activation patterns of dopaminergic cell populations reflect different learning scenarios in a cichlid fish, Pseudotropheus zebra. J Chem Neuroanat 2023; 133:102342. [PMID: 37722435 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2023.102342] [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: 05/31/2023] [Revised: 09/13/2023] [Accepted: 09/14/2023] [Indexed: 09/20/2023]
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Dopamine is present in all vertebrates and the functional roles of the subsystems are assumed to be similar. Whereas the effect of dopaminergic modulation is well investigated in different target systems, less is known about the factors that are causing the modulation of dopaminergic cells. Using the zebra mbuna, Pseudotropheus zebra, a cichlid fish from Lake Malawi as a model system, we investigated the activation of specific dopaminergic cell populations detected by double-labeling with TH and pS6 antibodies while the animals were solving different learning tasks. Specifically, we compared an intense avoidance learning situation, an instrumental learning task, and a non-learning isolated group and found strong activation of different dopaminergic cell populations. Preoptic-hypothalamic cell populations respond to the stress component in the avoidance task, and the forced movement/locomotion may be responsible for activation in the posterior tubercle. The instrumental learning task had little stress component, but the activation of the raphe superior in this group may be correlated with attention or arousal during the training sessions. At the same time, the weaker activation of the nucleus of the posterior commissure may be related to positive reward acting onto tectal circuits. Finally, we examined the co-activation patterns across all dopaminergic cell populations and recovered robust differences across experimental groups, largely driven by hypothalamic, posterior tubercle, and brain stem regions possibly encoding the valence and salience associated with stressful stimuli. Taken together, our results offer some insights into the different functions of the dopaminergic cell populations in the brain of a non-mammalian vertebrate in correlation with different behavioral conditions, extending our knowledge for a more comprehensive view of the mechanisms of dopaminergic modulation in vertebrates.
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- Calvo Roberta
- Institute of Zoology, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Poppelsdorfer Schloss, Meckenheimer Allee 169, 53115 Bonn, Germany.
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- Institute of Zoology, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Poppelsdorfer Schloss, Meckenheimer Allee 169, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Integrative Biology, Institute for Neuroscience, University of Texas at Austin, 2415 Speedway, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Institute of Zoology, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Poppelsdorfer Schloss, Meckenheimer Allee 169, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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Wyart C, Carbo-Tano M, Cantaut-Belarif Y, Orts-Del'Immagine A, Böhm UL. Cerebrospinal fluid-contacting neurons: multimodal cells with diverse roles in the CNS. Nat Rev Neurosci 2023; 24:540-556. [PMID: 37558908 DOI: 10.1038/s41583-023-00723-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/26/2023] [Indexed: 08/11/2023]
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The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is a complex solution that circulates around the CNS, and whose composition changes as a function of an animal's physiological state. Ciliated neurons that are bathed in the CSF - and thus referred to as CSF-contacting neurons (CSF-cNs) - are unusual polymodal interoceptive neurons. As chemoreceptors, CSF-cNs respond to variations in pH and osmolarity and to bacterial metabolites in the CSF. Their activation during infections of the CNS results in secretion of compounds to enhance host survival. As mechanosensory neurons, CSF-cNs operate together with an extracellular proteinaceous polymer known as the Reissner fibre to detect compression during spinal curvature. Once activated, CSF-cNs inhibit motor neurons, premotor excitatory neurons and command neurons to enhance movement speed and stabilize posture. At longer timescales, CSF-cNs instruct morphogenesis throughout life via the release of neuropeptides that act over long distances on skeletal muscle. Finally, recent evidence suggests that mouse CSF-cNs may act as neural stem cells in the spinal cord, inspiring new paths of investigation for repair after injury.
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- Claire Wyart
- Institut du Cerveau (ICM), INSERM U1127, UMR CNRS 7225 Paris, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.
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- Institut du Cerveau (ICM), INSERM U1127, UMR CNRS 7225 Paris, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Institut du Cerveau (ICM), INSERM U1127, UMR CNRS 7225 Paris, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- NeuroCure Cluster of Excellence, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Sobrido‐Cameán D, González‐Llera L, Anadón R, Barreiro‐Iglesias A. Organization of the corticotropin-releasing hormone and corticotropin-releasing hormone-binding protein systems in the central nervous system of the sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus. J Comp Neurol 2023; 531:58-88. [PMID: 36150899 PMCID: PMC9826344 DOI: 10.1002/cne.25412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2022] [Revised: 08/27/2022] [Accepted: 08/30/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The expression of the corticotropin-releasing hormone (PmCRH) and the CRH-binding protein (PmCRHBP) mRNAs was studied by in situ hybridization in the brain of prolarvae, larvae, and adults of the sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus. We also generated an antibody against the PmCRH mature peptide to study the distribution of PmCRH-immunoreactive cells and fibers. PmCRH immunohistochemistry was combined with antityrosine hydroxylase immunohistochemistry, PmCRHBP in situ hybridization, or neurobiotin transport from the spinal cord. The most numerous PmCRH-expressing cells were observed in the magnocellular preoptic nucleus-paraventricular nucleus and in the superior and medial rhombencephalic reticular formation. PmCRH expression was more extended in adults than in larvae, and some cell populations were mainly (olfactory bulb) or only (striatum, ventral hypothalamus, prethalamus) observed in adults. The preopto-paraventricular fibers form conspicuous tracts coursing toward the neurohypophysis, but many immunoreactive fibers were also observed coursing in many other brain regions. Brain descending fibers in the spinal cord mainly come from cells located in the isthmus and in the medial rhombencephalic reticular nucleus. The distribution of PmCRHBP-expressing neurons was different from that of PmCRH cells, with cells mainly present in the septum, striatum, preoptic region, tuberal hypothalamus, pretectum, pineal complex, isthmus, reticular formation, and spinal cord. Again, expression in adults was more extended than in larvae. PmCRH- and PmCRHBP-expressing cells are different, excluding colocalization of these substances in the same neuron. Present findings reveal a complex CRH/CRHBP system in the brain of the oldest extant vertebrate group, the agnathans, which shows similarities but important divergences with that of mammals.
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- Daniel Sobrido‐Cameán
- Department of Functional Biology, CIBUS, Faculty of BiologyUniversidade de Santiago de CompostelaSantiago de CompostelaSpain,Department of ZoologyUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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- Department of Functional Biology, CIBUS, Faculty of BiologyUniversidade de Santiago de CompostelaSantiago de CompostelaSpain
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- Department of Functional Biology, CIBUS, Faculty of BiologyUniversidade de Santiago de CompostelaSantiago de CompostelaSpain
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- Department of Functional Biology, CIBUS, Faculty of BiologyUniversidade de Santiago de CompostelaSantiago de CompostelaSpain
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The olfactory system allows animals to navigate in their environment to feed, mate, and escape predators. It is well established that odorant exposure or electrical stimulation of the olfactory system induces stereotyped motor responses in fishes. However, the neural circuitry responsible for the olfactomotor transformations is only beginning to be unraveled. A neural substrate eliciting motor responses to olfactory inputs was identified in the lamprey, a basal vertebrate used extensively to examine the neural mechanisms underlying sensorimotor transformations. Two pathways were discovered from the olfactory organ in the periphery to the brainstem motor nuclei responsible for controlling swimming. The first pathway originates from sensory neurons located in the accessory olfactory organ and reaches a single population of projection neurons in the medial olfactory bulb, which, in turn, transmit the olfactory signals to the posterior tuberculum and then to downstream brainstem locomotor centers. A second pathway originates from the main olfactory epithelium and reaches the main olfactory bulb, the neurons of which project to the pallium/cortex. The olfactory signals are then conveyed to the posterior tuberculum and then to brainstem locomotor centers. Olfactomotor behavior can adapt, and studies were aimed at defining the underlying neural mechanisms. Modulation of bulbar neural activity by GABAergic, dopaminergic, and serotoninergic inputs is likely to provide strong control over the hardwired circuits to produce appropriate motor behavior in response to olfactory cues. This review summarizes current knowledge relative to the neural circuitry producing olfactomotor behavior in lampreys and their modulatory mechanisms.
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Pérez-Fernández J, Barandela M, Jiménez-López C. The Dopaminergic Control of Movement-Evolutionary Considerations. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:11284. [PMID: 34681941 PMCID: PMC8541398 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222011284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2021] [Revised: 10/14/2021] [Accepted: 10/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Dopamine is likely the most studied modulatory neurotransmitter, in great part due to characteristic motor deficits in Parkinson's disease that arise after the degeneration of the dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc). The SNc, together with the ventral tegmental area (VTA), play a key role modulating motor responses through the basal ganglia. In contrast to the large amount of existing literature addressing the mammalian dopaminergic system, comparatively little is known in other vertebrate groups. However, in the last several years, numerous studies have been carried out in basal vertebrates, allowing a better understanding of the evolution of the dopaminergic system, especially the SNc/VTA. We provide an overview of existing research in basal vertebrates, mainly focusing on lampreys, belonging to the oldest group of extant vertebrates. The lamprey dopaminergic system and its role in modulating motor responses have been characterized in significant detail, both anatomically and functionally, providing the basis for understanding the evolution of the SNc/VTA in vertebrates. When considered alongside results from other early vertebrates, data in lampreys show that the key role of the SNc/VTA dopaminergic neurons modulating motor responses through the basal ganglia was already well developed early in vertebrate evolution.
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- Juan Pérez-Fernández
- Center for Biomedical Research (CINBIO), Neurocircuits Group, Department of Functional Biology and Health Sciences, Campus Universitario Lagoas, Marcosende, Universidade de Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain; (M.B.); (C.J.-L.)
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Borgonovo J, Ahumada-Galleguillos P, Oñate-Ponce A, Allende-Castro C, Henny P, Concha ML. Organization of the Catecholaminergic System in the Short-Lived Fish Nothobranchius furzeri. Front Neuroanat 2021; 15:728720. [PMID: 34588961 PMCID: PMC8473916 DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2021.728720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2021] [Accepted: 08/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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The catecholaminergic system has received much attention based on its regulatory role in a wide range of brain functions and its relevance in aging and neurodegenerative diseases. In the present study, we analyzed the neuroanatomical distribution of catecholaminergic neurons based on tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) immunoreactivity in the brain of adult Nothobranchius furzeri. In the telencephalon, numerous TH+ neurons were observed in the olfactory bulbs and the ventral telencephalic area, arranged as strips extending through the rostrocaudal axis. We found the largest TH+ groups in the diencephalon at the preoptic region level, the ventral thalamus, the pretectal region, the posterior tuberculum, and the caudal hypothalamus. In the dorsal mesencephalic tegmentum, we identified a particular catecholaminergic group. The rostral rhombencephalon housed TH+ cells in the locus coeruleus and the medulla oblongata, distributing in a region dorsal to the inferior reticular formation, the vagal lobe, and the area postrema. Finally, scattered TH+ neurons were present in the ventral spinal cord and the retina. From a comparative perspective, the overall organization of catecholaminergic neurons is consistent with the general pattern reported for other teleosts. However, N. furzeri shows some particular features, including the presence of catecholaminergic cells in the midbrain. This work provides a detailed neuroanatomical map of the catecholaminergic system of N. furzeri, a powerful aging model, also contributing to the phylogenetic understanding of one of the most ancient neurochemical systems.
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- Janina Borgonovo
- Laboratory of Experimental Ontogeny, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, Santiago, Chile.,Center for Geroscience, Brain Health and Metabolism, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Experimental Ontogeny, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Experimental Ontogeny, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, Santiago, Chile.,Center for Geroscience, Brain Health and Metabolism, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Experimental Ontogeny, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, Santiago, Chile.,Center for Geroscience, Brain Health and Metabolism, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Anatomy and Interdisciplinary Center of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Experimental Ontogeny, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, Santiago, Chile.,Center for Geroscience, Brain Health and Metabolism, Santiago, Chile
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Kalarani A, Vinodha V, Moses IR. Inter-relations of brain neurosteroids and monoamines towards reproduction in fish. REPRODUCTION AND BREEDING 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.repbre.2021.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Suryanarayana SM, Pérez-Fernández J, Robertson B, Grillner S. The Lamprey Forebrain - Evolutionary Implications. BRAIN, BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION 2021; 96:318-333. [PMID: 34192700 DOI: 10.1159/000517492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2021] [Accepted: 05/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The forebrain plays a critical role in a broad range of neural processes encompassing sensory integration and initiation/selection of behaviour. The forebrain functions through an interaction between different cortical areas, the thalamus, the basal ganglia with the dopamine system, and the habenulae. The ambition here is to compare the mammalian forebrain with that of the lamprey representing the oldest now living group of vertebrates, by a review of earlier studies. We show that the lamprey dorsal pallium has a motor, a somatosensory, and a visual area with retinotopic representation. The lamprey pallium was previously thought to be largely olfactory. There is also a detailed similarity between the lamprey and mammals with regard to other forebrain structures like the basal ganglia in which the general organisation, connectivity, transmitters and their receptors, neuropeptides, and expression of ion channels are virtually identical. These initially unexpected results allow for the possibility that many aspects of the basic design of the vertebrate forebrain had evolved before the lamprey diverged from the evolutionary line leading to mammals. Based on a detailed comparison between the mammalian forebrain and that of the lamprey and with due consideration of data from other vertebrate groups, we propose a compelling account of a pan-vertebrate schema for basic forebrain structures, suggesting a common ancestry of over half a billion years of vertebrate evolution.
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- Shreyas M Suryanarayana
- Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden.,Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden.,CINBIO, Universidade de Vigo, Campus Universitario Lagoas, Vigo, Spain
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- Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
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- Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
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Beauséjour P, Auclair F, Daghfous G, Ngovandan C, Veilleux D, Zielinski B, Dubuc R. Dopaminergic modulation of olfactory-evoked motor output in sea lampreys (Petromyzon marinus L.). J Comp Neurol 2020; 528:114-134. [PMID: 31286519 PMCID: PMC6899967 DOI: 10.1002/cne.24743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2019] [Revised: 06/25/2019] [Accepted: 07/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Detection of chemical cues is important to guide locomotion in association with feeding and sexual behavior. Two neural pathways responsible for odor-evoked locomotion have been characterized in the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus L.), a basal vertebrate. There is a medial pathway originating in the medial olfactory bulb (OB) and a lateral pathway originating from the rest of the OB. These olfactomotor pathways are present throughout the life cycle of lampreys, but olfactory-driven behaviors differ according to the developmental stage. Among possible mechanisms, dopaminergic (DA) modulation in the OB might explain the behavioral changes. Here, we examined DA modulation of olfactory transmission in lampreys. Immunofluorescence against DA revealed immunoreactivity in the OB that was denser in the medial part (medOB), where processes were observed close to primary olfactory afferents and projection neurons. Dopaminergic neurons labeled by tracer injections in the medOB were located in the OB, the posterior tuberculum, and the dorsal hypothalamic nucleus, suggesting the presence of both intrinsic and extrinsic DA innervation. Electrical stimulation of the olfactory nerve in an in vitro whole-brain preparation elicited synaptic responses in reticulospinal cells that were modulated by DA. Local injection of DA agonists in the medOB decreased the reticulospinal cell responses whereas the D2 receptor antagonist raclopride increased the response amplitude. These observations suggest that DA in the medOB could modulate odor-evoked locomotion. Altogether, these results show the presence of a DA innervation within the medOB that may play a role in modulating olfactory inputs to the motor command system of lampreys.
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- Département de neurosciencesUniversité de MontréalMontréalQuébecCanada
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- Département de neurosciencesUniversité de MontréalMontréalQuébecCanada
- Département des sciences de l'activité physiqueUniversité du Québec à MontréalMontréalQuébecCanada
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- Département de neurosciencesUniversité de MontréalMontréalQuébecCanada
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- Department of Biological SciencesUniversity of WindsorWindsorOntarioCanada
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- Département de neurosciencesUniversité de MontréalMontréalQuébecCanada
- Département des sciences de l'activité physiqueUniversité du Québec à MontréalMontréalQuébecCanada
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Cholecystokinin in the central nervous system of the sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus: precursor identification and neuroanatomical relationships with other neuronal signalling systems. Brain Struct Funct 2019; 225:249-284. [PMID: 31807925 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-019-01999-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2019] [Accepted: 11/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Cholecystokinin (CCK) is a neuropeptide that modulates processes such as digestion, satiety, and anxiety. CCK-type peptides have been characterized in jawed vertebrates and invertebrates, but little is known about CCK-type signalling in the most ancient group of vertebrates, the agnathans. Here, we have cloned and sequenced a cDNA encoding a sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus L.) CCK-type precursor (PmCCK), which contains a CCK-type octapeptide sequence (PmCCK-8) that is highly similar to gnathostome CCKs. Using mRNA in situ hybridization, the distribution of PmCCK-expressing neurons was mapped in the CNS of P. marinus. This revealed PmCCK-expressing neurons in the hypothalamus, posterior tubercle, prethalamus, nucleus of the medial longitudinal fasciculus, midbrain tegmentum, isthmus, rhombencephalic reticular formation, and the putative nucleus of the solitary tract. Some PmCCK-expressing neuronal populations were only observed in adults, revealing important differences with larvae. We generated an antiserum to PmCCK-8 to enable immunohistochemical analysis of CCK expression, which revealed that GABA or glutamate, but not serotonin, tyrosine hydroxylase or neuropeptide Y, is co-expressed in some PmCCK-8-immunoreactive (ir) neurons. Importantly, this is the first demonstration of co-localization of GABA and CCK in neurons of a non-mammalian vertebrate. We also characterized extensive cholecystokinergic fibre systems of the CNS, including innervation of habenular subnuclei. A conspicuous PmCCK-8-ir tract ascending in the lateral rhombencephalon selectively innervates a glutamatergic population in the dorsal isthmic grey. Interestingly, this tract is reminiscent of the secondary gustatory/visceral tract of teleosts. In conclusion, this study provides important new information on the evolution of the cholecystokinergic system in vertebrates.
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Lozano D, Morona R, González A, López JM. Comparative Analysis of the Organization of the Catecholaminergic Systems in the Brain of Holostean Fishes (Actinopterygii/Neopterygii). BRAIN, BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION 2019; 93:206-235. [PMID: 31711060 DOI: 10.1159/000503769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2019] [Accepted: 09/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Living holosteans, comprising 8 species of bowfins and gars, form a small monophyletic group of actinopterygian fishes, which are currently considered as the sister group to the enormously numerous teleosts and have largely been neglected in neuroanatomical studies. We have studied the catecholaminergic (CAergic) systems by means of antibodies against tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and dopamine (DA) in the brain of representative species of the 3 genera included in the 2 orders of holostean fishes: Amia calva (Amiiformes) and Lepisosteus platyrhincus, Lepisosteus oculatus, and Atractosteus spatula (Lepisosteiformes). Different groups of TH/DA-immunoreactive (ir) cells were observed in the olfactory bulb, subpallium, and preoptic area of the telencephalon. Hypothalamic groups were labeled in the suprachiasmatic nucleus, tuberal (only in A. calva), retrotuberal, and retromamillary areas; specifically, the paraventricular organ showed only DA immunoreactivity. In the diencephalon, TH/DA-ir groups were detected in the prethalamus, posterior tubercle, and pretectum. In the caudal hindbrain, the solitary tract nucleus and area postrema presented TH/DA-ir cell groups, and also the spinal cord and the retina. Only in A. calva, particular CAergic cell groups were observed in the habenula, the mesencephalic tegmentum, and in the locus coeruleus. Following a neuromeric analysis, the comparison of these results with those obtained in other classes of fishes and tetrapods shows many common traits of CAergic systems shared by most vertebrates and in addition highlights unique features of actinopterygian fishes.
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- Daniel Lozano
- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology, University Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology, University Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology, University Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology, University Complutense, Madrid, Spain,
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von Twickel A, Kowatschew D, Saltürk M, Schauer M, Robertson B, Korsching S, Walkowiak W, Grillner S, Pérez-Fernández J. Individual Dopaminergic Neurons of Lamprey SNc/VTA Project to Both the Striatum and Optic Tectum but Restrict Co-release of Glutamate to Striatum Only. Curr Biol 2019; 29:677-685.e6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2018] [Revised: 11/23/2018] [Accepted: 01/02/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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López JM, Lozano D, Morona R, González A. Organization of the catecholaminergic systems in two basal actinopterygian fishes, Polypterus senegalus
and Erpetoichthys calabaricus
(Actinopterygii: Cladistia). J Comp Neurol 2018; 527:437-461. [DOI: 10.1002/cne.24548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2018] [Revised: 09/04/2018] [Accepted: 09/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Jesús M. López
- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology; University Complutense of Madrid; Madrid Spain
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- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology; University Complutense of Madrid; Madrid Spain
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- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology; University Complutense of Madrid; Madrid Spain
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- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology; University Complutense of Madrid; Madrid Spain
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Barreiro-Iglesias A, Fernández-López B, Sobrido-Cameán D, Anadón R. Organization of alpha-transducin immunoreactive system in the brain and retina of larval and young adult Sea Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus), and their relationship with other neural systems. J Comp Neurol 2017; 525:3683-3704. [DOI: 10.1002/cne.24296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2016] [Revised: 07/17/2017] [Accepted: 07/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Antón Barreiro-Iglesias
- Department of Functional Biology, Faculty of Biology; University of Santiago de Compostela; Santiago de Compostela Spain
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- Department of Functional Biology, Faculty of Biology; University of Santiago de Compostela; Santiago de Compostela Spain
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- Department of Functional Biology, Faculty of Biology; University of Santiago de Compostela; Santiago de Compostela Spain
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- Department of Functional Biology, Faculty of Biology; University of Santiago de Compostela; Santiago de Compostela Spain
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Djenoune L, Wyart C. Light on a sensory interface linking the cerebrospinal fluid to motor circuits in vertebrates. J Neurogenet 2017; 31:113-127. [PMID: 28789587 DOI: 10.1080/01677063.2017.1359833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is circulating around the entire central nervous system (CNS). The main function of the CSF has been thought to insure the global homeostasis of the CNS. Recent evidence indicates that the CSF also dynamically conveys signals modulating the development and the activity of the nervous system. The later observation implies that cues from the CSF could act on neurons in the brain and the spinal cord via bordering receptor cells. Candidate neurons to enable such modulation are the cerebrospinal fluid-contacting neurons (CSF-cNs) that are located precisely at the interface between the CSF and neuronal circuits. The atypical apical extension of CSF-cNs bears a cluster of microvilli bathing in the CSF indicating putative sensory or secretory roles in relation with the CSF. In the brainstem and spinal cord, CSF-cNs have been described in over two hundred species by Kolmer and Agduhr, suggesting an important function within the spinal cord. However, the lack of specific markers and the difficulty to access CSF-cNs hampered their physiological investigation. The transient receptor potential channel PKD2L1 is a specific marker of spinal CSF-cNs in vertebrate species. The transparency of zebrafish at early stages eases the functional characterization of pkd2l1+ CSF-cNs. Recent studies demonstrate that spinal CSF-cNs detect spinal curvature via the channel PKD2L1 and modulate locomotion and posture by projecting onto spinal interneurons and motor neurons in vivo. In vitro recordings demonstrated that spinal CSF-cNs are sensing pH variations mainly through ASIC channels, in combination with PKD2L1. Altogether, neurons contacting the CSF appear as a novel sensory modality enabling the detection of mechanical and chemical stimuli from the CSF and modulating the excitability of spinal circuits underlying locomotion and posture.
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- Lydia Djenoune
- a Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière (ICM) , Paris , France
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- a Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière (ICM) , Paris , France
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Fernández-López B, Sobrido-Cameán D, Anadón R, Rodicio MC, Barreiro-Iglesias A. Restricted co-localization of glutamate and dopamine in neurons of the adult sea lamprey brain. J Anat 2017; 231:776-784. [PMID: 28791699 DOI: 10.1111/joa.12674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/14/2017] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Co-localization of dopamine with other classical neurotransmitters in the same neuron is a common phenomenon in the brain of vertebrates. In mammals, some dopaminergic neurons of the ventral tegmental area and the hypothalamus have a glutamatergic co-phenotype. However, information on the presence of this type of dopaminergic neurons in other vertebrate groups is very scant. Here, we aimed to provide new insights on the evolution of this neuronal co-phenotype by studying the presence of a dual dopaminergic/glutamatergic neuron phenotype in the central nervous system of lampreys. Double immunofluorescence experiments for dopamine and glutamate in adult sea lampreys revealed co-localization of both neurotransmitters in some neurons of the preoptic nucleus, the nucleus of the postoptic commissure, the dorsal hypothalamus and in cerebrospinal fluid-contacting cells of the caudal rhombencephalon and rostral spinal cord. Moreover, co-localization of dopamine and glutamate was found in dopaminergic fibres in a few brain regions including the lateral pallium, striatum, and the preoptic and postoptic areas but not in the brainstem. Our results suggest that the presence of neurons with a dopaminergic/glutamatergic co-phenotype is a primitive character shared by jawless and jawed vertebrates. However, important differences in the distribution of these neurons and fibres were noted among the few vertebrates investigated to date. This study offers an anatomical basis for further work on the role of glutamate in dopaminergic neurons.
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- B Fernández-López
- Department of Functional Biology, CIBUS, Faculty of Biology, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Functional Biology, CIBUS, Faculty of Biology, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Functional Biology, CIBUS, Faculty of Biology, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Functional Biology, CIBUS, Faculty of Biology, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Functional Biology, CIBUS, Faculty of Biology, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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López JM, González A. Organization of the catecholaminergic systems in the brain of lungfishes, the closest living relatives of terrestrial vertebrates. J Comp Neurol 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/cne.24266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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- Jesús M. López
- Department of Cell Biology; Faculty of Biology, University Complutense of Madrid; Madrid Spain
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- Department of Cell Biology; Faculty of Biology, University Complutense of Madrid; Madrid Spain
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Perelmuter JT, Forlano PM. Connectivity and ultrastructure of dopaminergic innervation of the inner ear and auditory efferent system of a vocal fish. J Comp Neurol 2017; 525:2090-2108. [PMID: 28118481 DOI: 10.1002/cne.24177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2016] [Revised: 01/17/2017] [Accepted: 01/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Dopamine (DA) is a conserved modulator of vertebrate neural circuitry, yet our knowledge of its role in peripheral auditory processing is limited to mammals. The present study combines immunohistochemistry, neural tract tracing, and electron microscopy to investigate the origin and synaptic characteristics of DA fibers innervating the inner ear and the hindbrain auditory efferent nucleus in the plainfin midshipman, a vocal fish that relies upon the detection of mate calls for reproductive success. We identify a DA cell group in the diencephalon as a common source for innervation of both the hindbrain auditory efferent nucleus and saccule, the main hearing endorgan of the inner ear. We show that DA terminals in the saccule contain vesicles but transmitter release appears paracrine in nature, due to the apparent lack of synaptic contacts. In contrast, in the hindbrain, DA terminals form traditional synaptic contacts with auditory efferent neuronal cell bodies and dendrites, as well as unlabeled axon terminals, which, in turn, form inhibitory-like synapses on auditory efferent somata. Our results suggest a distinct functional role for brain-derived DA in the direct and indirect modulation of the peripheral auditory system of a vocal nonmammalian vertebrate.
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- Jonathan T Perelmuter
- Program in Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, New York, 10016.,Department of Biology, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, Brooklyn, New York, 11210
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- Program in Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, New York, 10016.,Program in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, New York, 10016.,Program in Neuroscience, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, New York, 10016.,Department of Biology, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, Brooklyn, New York, 11210.,Aquatic Research and Environmental Assessment Center, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn NY, New York, 11210
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Ryczko D, Cone JJ, Alpert MH, Goetz L, Auclair F, Dubé C, Parent M, Roitman MF, Alford S, Dubuc R. A descending dopamine pathway conserved from basal vertebrates to mammals. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2016; 113:E2440-9. [PMID: 27071118 PMCID: PMC4855556 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1600684113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Dopamine neurons are classically known to modulate locomotion indirectly through ascending projections to the basal ganglia that project down to brainstem locomotor networks. Their loss in Parkinson's disease is devastating. In lampreys, we recently showed that brainstem networks also receive direct descending dopaminergic inputs that potentiate locomotor output. Here, we provide evidence that this descending dopaminergic pathway is conserved to higher vertebrates, including mammals. In salamanders, dopamine neurons projecting to the striatum or brainstem locomotor networks were partly intermingled. Stimulation of the dopaminergic region evoked dopamine release in brainstem locomotor networks and concurrent reticulospinal activity. In rats, some dopamine neurons projecting to the striatum also innervated the pedunculopontine nucleus, a known locomotor center, and stimulation of the dopaminergic region evoked pedunculopontine dopamine release in vivo. Finally, we found dopaminergic fibers in the human pedunculopontine nucleus. The conservation of a descending dopaminergic pathway across vertebrates warrants re-evaluating dopamine's role in locomotion.
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- Dimitri Ryczko
- Groupe de Recherche sur le Système Nerveux Central, Département de Neurosciences, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada H3C 3J7
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- Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60607
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Québec, Université Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada G1J 2G3
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- Groupe de Recherche sur le Système Nerveux Central, Département de Neurosciences, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada H3C 3J7
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- Groupe de Recherche sur le Système Nerveux Central, Département de Neurosciences, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada H3C 3J7
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Québec, Université Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada G1J 2G3
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607
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- Groupe de Recherche sur le Système Nerveux Central, Département de Neurosciences, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada H3C 3J7; Département des Sciences de l'Activité Physique, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada H3C 3P8
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Pérez-Fernández J, Stephenson-Jones M, Suryanarayana SM, Robertson B, Grillner S. Evolutionarily conserved organization of the dopaminergic system in lamprey: SNc/VTA afferent and efferent connectivity and D2 receptor expression. J Comp Neurol 2014; 522:3775-94. [DOI: 10.1002/cne.23639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2014] [Revised: 06/13/2014] [Accepted: 06/16/2014] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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- Juan Pérez-Fernández
- Department of Neuroscience; the Nobel Institute for Neurophysiology, Karolinska Institutet; SE-171 77 Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Neuroscience; the Nobel Institute for Neurophysiology, Karolinska Institutet; SE-171 77 Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Neuroscience; the Nobel Institute for Neurophysiology, Karolinska Institutet; SE-171 77 Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Neuroscience; the Nobel Institute for Neurophysiology, Karolinska Institutet; SE-171 77 Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Neuroscience; the Nobel Institute for Neurophysiology, Karolinska Institutet; SE-171 77 Stockholm Sweden
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Forebrain dopamine neurons project down to a brainstem region controlling locomotion. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013; 110:E3235-42. [PMID: 23918379 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1301125110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The contribution of dopamine (DA) to locomotor control is traditionally attributed to ascending dopaminergic projections from the substantia nigra pars compacta and the ventral tegmental area to the basal ganglia, which in turn project down to the mesencephalic locomotor region (MLR), a brainstem region controlling locomotion in vertebrates. However, a dopaminergic innervation of the pedunculopontine nucleus, considered part of the MLR, was recently identified in the monkey. The origin and role of this dopaminergic input are unknown. We addressed these questions in a basal vertebrate, the lamprey. Here we report a functional descending dopaminergic pathway from the posterior tuberculum (PT; homologous to the substantia nigra pars compacta and/or ventral tegmental area of mammals) to the MLR. By using triple labeling, we found that dopaminergic cells from the PT not only project an ascending pathway to the striatum, but send a descending projection to the MLR. In an isolated brain preparation, PT stimulation elicited excitatory synaptic inputs into patch-clamped MLR cells, accompanied by activity in reticulospinal cells. By using voltammetry coupled with electrophysiological recordings, we demonstrate that PT stimulation evoked DA release in the MLR, together with the activation of reticulospinal cells. In a semi-intact preparation, stimulation of the PT elicited reticulospinal activity together with locomotor movements. Microinjections of a D1 antagonist in the MLR decreased the locomotor output elicited by PT stimulation, whereas injection of DA had an opposite effect. It appears that this descending dopaminergic pathway has a modulatory role on MLR cells that are known to receive glutamatergic projections and promotes locomotor output.
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Carrera I, Anadón R, Rodríguez-Moldes I. Development of tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive cell populations and fiber pathways in the brain of the dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula: New perspectives on the evolution of the vertebrate catecholaminergic system. J Comp Neurol 2012; 520:3574-603. [DOI: 10.1002/cne.23114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The dopamine D2 receptor gene in lamprey, its expression in the striatum and cellular effects of D2 receptor activation. PLoS One 2012; 7:e35642. [PMID: 22563388 PMCID: PMC3338520 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2012] [Accepted: 03/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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All basal ganglia subnuclei have recently been identified in lampreys, the phylogenetically oldest group of vertebrates. Furthermore, the interconnectivity of these nuclei is similar to mammals and tyrosine hydroxylase-positive (dopaminergic) fibers have been detected within the input layer, the striatum. Striatal processing is critically dependent on the interplay with the dopamine system, and we explore here whether D2 receptors are expressed in the lamprey striatum and their potential role. We have identified a cDNA encoding the dopamine D2 receptor from the lamprey brain and the deduced protein sequence showed close phylogenetic relationship with other vertebrate D2 receptors, and an almost 100% identity within the transmembrane domains containing the amino acids essential for dopamine binding. There was a strong and distinct expression of D2 receptor mRNA in a subpopulation of striatal neurons, and in the same region tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive synaptic terminals were identified at the ultrastructural level. The synaptic incidence of tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive boutons was highest in a region ventrolateral to the compact layer of striatal neurons, a region where most striatal dendrites arborise. Application of a D2 receptor agonist modulates striatal neurons by causing a reduced spike discharge and a diminished post-inhibitory rebound. We conclude that the D2 receptor gene had already evolved in the earliest group of vertebrates, cyclostomes, when they diverged from the main vertebrate line of evolution (560 mya), and that it is expressed in striatum where it exerts similar cellular effects to that in other vertebrates. These results together with our previous published data (Stephenson-Jones et al. 2011, 2012) further emphasize the high degree of conservation of the basal ganglia, also with regard to the indirect loop, and its role as a basic mechanism for action selection in all vertebrates.
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Distal-less-like protein distribution in the larval lamprey forebrain. Neuroscience 2010; 178:270-84. [PMID: 21185911 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.12.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2010] [Revised: 12/16/2010] [Accepted: 12/17/2010] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A polyclonal antibody against the Drosophila distal-less (DLL) protein, cross-reactive with cognate vertebrate proteins, was employed to map DLL-like expression in the midlarval lamprey forebrain. This work aimed to characterize in detail the separate diencephalic and telencephalic DLL expression domains, in order to test our previous modified definition of the lamprey prethalamus [Pombal and Puelles (1999) J Comp Neurol 414:391-422], adapt our earlier schema of prosomeric subdivisions in the lamprey forebrain to more recent versions of this model [Pombal et al. (2009) Brain Behav Evol 74:7-19] and reexamine the pallio-subpallial regionalization of the lamprey telencephalon. We observed a large-scale conservation of the topologic distribution of the DLL protein, in consonance with patterns of Dlx expression present in other vertebrates studied. Moreover, evidence was obtained of substantial numbers of DLL-positive neurons in the olfactory bulb and the cerebral hemispheres, in a pattern consistent with possible tangential migration out of the subpallium into the overlying pallium, as occurs in mammals, birds, frogs and teleost fishes.
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Derjean D, Moussaddy A, Atallah E, St-Pierre M, Auclair F, Chang S, Ren X, Zielinski B, Dubuc R. A novel neural substrate for the transformation of olfactory inputs into motor output. PLoS Biol 2010; 8:e1000567. [PMID: 21203583 PMCID: PMC3006349 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2010] [Accepted: 11/04/2010] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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It is widely recognized that animals respond to odors by generating or modulating specific motor behaviors. These reactions are important for daily activities, reproduction, and survival. In the sea lamprey, mating occurs after ovulated females are attracted to spawning sites by male sex pheromones. The ubiquity and reliability of olfactory-motor behavioral responses in vertebrates suggest tight coupling between the olfactory system and brain areas controlling movements. However, the circuitry and the underlying cellular neural mechanisms remain largely unknown. Using lamprey brain preparations, and electrophysiology, calcium imaging, and tract tracing experiments, we describe the neural substrate responsible for transforming an olfactory input into a locomotor output. We found that olfactory stimulation with naturally occurring odors and pheromones induced large excitatory responses in reticulospinal cells, the command neurons for locomotion. We have also identified the anatomy and physiology of this circuit. The olfactory input was relayed in the medial part of the olfactory bulb, in the posterior tuberculum, in the mesencephalic locomotor region, to finally reach reticulospinal cells in the hindbrain. Activation of this olfactory-motor pathway generated rhythmic ventral root discharges and swimming movements. Our study bridges the gap between behavior and cellular neural mechanisms in vertebrates, identifying a specific subsystem within the CNS, dedicated to producing motor responses to olfactory inputs.
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- Dominique Derjean
- Department of Kinesiology, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Groupe de Recherche sur le Système Nerveux Central, Department of Physiology, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Groupe de Recherche sur le Système Nerveux Central, Department of Physiology, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Groupe de Recherche sur le Système Nerveux Central, Department of Physiology, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Groupe de Recherche sur le Système Nerveux Central, Department of Physiology, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Groupe de Recherche sur le Système Nerveux Central, Department of Physiology, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Kinesiology, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Groupe de Recherche sur le Système Nerveux Central, Department of Physiology, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Barreiro-Iglesias A, Anadón R, Rodicio M. New insights on the neuropeptide Y system in the larval lamprey brain: neuropeptide Y immunoreactive neurons, descending spinal projections and comparison with tyrosine hydroxylase and GABA immunoreactivities. Neuroscience 2010; 167:396-413. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.02.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2009] [Revised: 02/08/2010] [Accepted: 02/11/2010] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Barreiro-Iglesias A, Laramore C, Shifman MI, Anadón R, Selzer ME, Rodicio MC. The sea lamprey tyrosine hydroxylase: cDNA cloning and in situ hybridization study in the brain. Neuroscience 2010; 168:659-69. [PMID: 20417258 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.04.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2010] [Revised: 04/12/2010] [Accepted: 04/13/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Lampreys belong to the oldest group of extant vertebrates, the agnathans or cyclostomes. Thus, they occupy a key phylogenetic position near the root of the vertebrate tree, which makes them important to the study of nervous system evolution. Tyrosine hydroxylase is the rate-limiting enzyme of catecholamine biosynthesis and is considered a marker of catecholaminergic neurons. In the present study, we report partial cloning of the sea lamprey tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) cDNA and the pattern of TH transcript expression in the adult brain by means of in situ hybridization. Sea lamprey TH mRNA is characterized by the presence of a large untranslated sequence in the 3' end that contains a typical polyadenylation signal (ATTAAA). The deduced partial TH protein sequence presents a conserved domain with two His residues coordinating Fe(2+) binding and a conserved cofactor binding site. Neurons expressing the TH transcript were observed in the preoptic, postoptic commissure, dorsal hypothalamic, ventral hypothalamic, mammillary and paratubercular nuclei of the prosencephalon. In situ hybridization experiments also confirmed the existence of a catecholaminergic (dopaminergic) striatal population in the brain of the adult sea lamprey. A few granule-like cells in the olfactory bulbs also showed weak TH transcript expression. No cells showing TH transcript expression were observed in the rostral rhombencephalon, which suggests the absence of a locus coeruleus in the sea lamprey. Comparison of the pattern of TH mRNA expression in the prosencephalon between lampreys and teleost fishes revealed both similarities and differences. Our results suggest that the duplication of the TH gene might have occurred before the separation of agnathans and gnathostomes.
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- A Barreiro-Iglesias
- Department of Cell Biology and Ecology, CIBUS, Faculty of Biology, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Díaz-Balzac CA, Mejías W, Jiménez LB, García-Arrarás JE. The catecholaminergic nerve plexus of Holothuroidea. ZOOMORPHOLOGY 2010; 129:99-109. [PMID: 20827375 DOI: 10.1007/s00435-010-0103-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Catecholamines have been extensively reported to be present in most animal groups, including members of Echinodermata. In this study, we investigated the presence and distribution of catecholaminergic nerves in two members of the Holothuroidea, Holothuria glaberrima (Selenka, 1867) (Aspidochirotida, Holothuroidea) and Holothuria mexicana (Ludwig, 1875) (Aspidochirotida, Holothuroidea), by using induced fluorescence for catecholamines on tissue sections and immunohistochemistry with an antibody that recognizes tyrosine hydroxylase. The presence of a catecholaminergic nerve plexus similar in distribution and extension to those previously reported in other members of Echinodermata was observed. This plexus, composed of cells and fibers, is found in the ectoneural component of the echinoderm nervous system and is continuous with the circumoral nerve ring and the radial nerves, tentacular nerves, and esophageal plexus. In addition, fluorescent nerves in the tube feet are continuous with the catecholaminergic components of the radial nerve cords. This is the first comprehensive report on the presence and distribution of catecholamines in the nervous system of Holothuroidea. The continuity and distribution of the catecholaminergic plexus strengthen the notion that the catecholaminergic cells are interneurons, since these do not form part of the known sensory or motor circuits and the fluorescence is confined to organized nervous tissue.
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- Carlos A Díaz-Balzac
- Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, Box 23360, Río Piedras, PR 00931-3360, USA
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Barreiro-Iglesias A, Villar-Cerviño V, Anadón R, Rodicio MC. Dopamine and gamma-aminobutyric acid are colocalized in restricted groups of neurons in the sea lamprey brain: insights into the early evolution of neurotransmitter colocalization in vertebrates. J Anat 2009; 215:601-10. [PMID: 19840024 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2009.01159.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Since its discovery, the possible corelease of classic neurotransmitters from neurons has received much attention. Colocalization of monoamines and amino acidergic neurotransmitters [mainly glutamate and dopamine (DA) or serotonin] in mammalian neurons has been reported. However, few studies have dealt with the colocalization of DA and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in neurons. With the aim of providing some insight into the colocalization of neurotransmitters during early vertebrate phylogeny, we studied GABA expression in dopaminergic neurons in the sea lamprey brain by using double-immunofluorescence methods with anti-DA and anti-GABA antibodies. Different degrees of colocalization of DA and GABA were observed in different dopaminergic brain nuclei. A high degree of colocalization (GABA in at least 25% of DA-immunoreactive neurons) was observed in populations of the caudal rhombencephalon, ventral isthmus, postoptic commissure nucleus, preoptic nucleus and in granule-like cells of the olfactory bulb. A new DA-immunoreactive striatal population that showed colocalization with GABA in about a quarter of its neurons was observed. In the periventricular hypothalamus, colocalization was observed in only a few cells, despite the abundance of DA- and GABA-immunoreactive neurons, and no double-labelled cells were observed in the paratubercular nucleus. The frequent colocalization of DA and GABA reveals that the dopaminergic populations of lampreys are more complex than previously reported. Double-labelled fibres or terminals were observed in different brain regions, suggesting possible corelease of DA and GABA by these lamprey neurons. The present results suggest that colocalization of DA and GABA in neurons appeared early in vertebrate evolution.
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- Antón Barreiro-Iglesias
- Department of Cell Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Biology, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Barreiro-Iglesias A, Villar-Cerviño V, Villar-Cheda B, Anadón R, Rodicio MC. Neurochemical characterization of sea lamprey taste buds and afferent gustatory fibers: presence of serotonin, calretinin, and CGRP immunoreactivity in taste bud bi-ciliated cells of the earliest vertebrates. J Comp Neurol 2008; 511:438-53. [PMID: 18831528 DOI: 10.1002/cne.21844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Neuroactive substances such as serotonin and other monoamines have been suggested to be involved in the transmission of gustatory signals from taste bud cells to afferent fibers. Lampreys are the earliest vertebrates that possess taste buds, although these differ in structure from taste buds in jawed vertebrates, and their neurochemistry remains unknown. We used immunofluorescence methods with antibodies raised against serotonin, tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), glutamate, calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), neuropeptide Y (NPY), calretinin, and acetylated alpha-tubulin to characterize the neurochemistry and innervation of taste buds in the sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus L. For localization of proliferative cells in taste buds we used bromodeoxyuridine labeling and proliferating cell nuclear antigen immunohistochemistry. Results with both markers indicate that proliferating cells are restricted to a few basal cells and that almost all cells in taste buds are nonproliferating. A large number of serotonin-, calretinin-, and CGRP-immunoreactive bi-ciliated cells were revealed in lamprey taste buds. This suggests that serotonin participates in the transmission of gustatory signals and indicates that this substance appeared early on in vertebrate evolution. The basal surface of the bi-ciliated taste bud cells was contacted by tubulin-immunoreactive fibers. Some of the fibers surrounding the taste bud were calretinin immunoreactive. Lamprey taste bud cells or afferent fibers did not exhibit TH, GABA, glutamate, or NPY immunoreactivity, which suggests that expression of these substances evolved in taste buds of some gnathostomes lines after the separation of gnathostomes and lampreys.
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- Antón Barreiro-Iglesias
- Department of Cell Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Biology, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Barreiro-Iglesias A, Villar-Cerviño V, Anadón R, Rodicio MC. Descending brain-spinal cord projections in a primitive vertebrate, the lamprey: Cerebrospinal fluid-contacting and dopaminergic neurons. J Comp Neurol 2008; 511:711-23. [DOI: 10.1002/cne.21863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Thompson RH, Ménard A, Pombal M, Grillner S. Forebrain dopamine depletion impairs motor behavior in lamprey. Eur J Neurosci 2008; 27:1452-60. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06125.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Colocalization of dopamine and GABA in spinal cord neurones in the sea lamprey. Brain Res Bull 2007; 76:45-9. [PMID: 18395609 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2007.10.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2007] [Revised: 10/19/2007] [Accepted: 10/29/2007] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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In this study, double immunofluorescence methods were used to investigate possible colocalization of the neurotransmitters dopamine [DA] and GABA in rostral spinal cord neurones in the upstream migrating adult sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus). Double immunofluorescence revealed that all the DA-immunoreactive (ir) cerebrospinal fluid-contacting (CSF-c) cells, approximately 30% of the medioventral DA-ir cells, and most of the DA-ir cells located in the grey lateral to the central canal were also GABA-ir. The results also revealed some DA-ir cells located dorsally to the central canal, which increases the number of dopaminergic cell types known in lamprey. Double-labelled fibres were mainly distributed in the ventral column, and double-labelled boutons contacted some dorsal GABA-ir CSF-c cells, as well as some non-CSF-c GABA-ir cells and ventromedial dendrites of motoneurones. The findings reveal colocalization of dopamine and GABA in some cells and fibres, which suggests co-release of these substances in some synaptic terminals. Although dopaminergic/GABAergic CSF-c cells have been reported in some other vertebrates, the other double-labelled spinal populations appear exclusive to lampreys.
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Joly JS, Osório J, Alunni A, Auger H, Kano S, Rétaux S. Windows of the brain: Towards a developmental biology of circumventricular and other neurohemal organs. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2007; 18:512-24. [PMID: 17631396 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2007.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2007] [Accepted: 06/05/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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We review the anatomical and functional features of circumventricular organs in vertebrates and their homologous neurohemal organs in invertebrates. Focusing on cyclostomes (lamprey) and urochordates (ascidians), we discuss the evolutionary origin of these organs as a function of their cell type specification and morphogenesis.
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- Jean-Stéphane Joly
- U1126/INRA Morphogenèse du système nerveux des chordés group, DEPSN, UPR2197, Institut Fessard, CNRS, 1 Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 GIF SUR YVETTE, France.
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Villar-Cerviño V, Abalo XM, Villar-Cheda B, Meléndez-Ferro M, Pérez-Costas E, Holstein GR, Martinelli GP, Rodicio MC, Anadón R. Presence of glutamate, glycine, and gamma-aminobutyric acid in the retina of the larval sea lamprey: comparative immunohistochemical study of classical neurotransmitters in larval and postmetamorphic retinas. J Comp Neurol 2007; 499:810-27. [PMID: 17048230 DOI: 10.1002/cne.21136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The neurochemistry of the retina of the larval and postmetamorphic sea lamprey was studied via immunocytochemistry using antibodies directed against the major candidate neurotransmitters [glutamate, glycine, gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), aspartate, dopamine, serotonin] and the neurotransmitter-synthesizing enzyme tyrosine hydroxylase. Immunoreactivity to rod opsin and calretinin was also used to distinguish some retinal cells. Two retinal regions are present in larvae: the central retina, with opsin-immunoreactive photoreceptors, and the lateral retina, which lacks photoreceptors and is mainly neuroblastic. We observed calretinin-immunostained ganglion cells in both retinal regions; immunolabeled bipolar cells were detected in the central retina only. Glutamate immunoreactivity was present in photoreceptors, ganglion cells, and bipolar cells. Faint to moderate glycine immunostaining was observed in photoreceptors and some cells of the ganglion cell/inner plexiform layer. No GABA-immunolabeled perikarya were observed. GABA-immunoreactive centrifugal fibers were present in the central and lateral retina. These centrifugal fibers contacted glutamate-immunostained ganglion cells. No aspartate, serotonin, dopamine, or TH immunoreactivity was observed in larvae, whereas these molecules, as well as GABA, glycine, and glutamate, were detected in neurons of the retina of recently transformed lamprey. Immunoreactivity to GABA was observed in outer horizontal cells, some bipolar cells, and numerous amacrine cells, whereas immunoreactivity to glycine was found in amacrine cells and interplexiform cells. Dopamine and serotonin immunoreactivity was found in scattered amacrine cells. Amacrine and horizontal cells did not express classical neurotransmitters (with the possible exception of glycine) during larval life, so transmitter-expressing cells of the larval retina appear to participate only in the vertical processing pathway.
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- Verona Villar-Cerviño
- Departamento de Biología Celular y Ecología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela 15782, Spain
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Bukinich AA, Tsvetkov EA, Vesselkin NP. Peculiarities of dopamine receptors on the membrane of multipolar spinal cord neurons of the brook lamprey Lampetra planeri. J EVOL BIOCHEM PHYS+ 2007. [DOI: 10.1134/s0022093007010048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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de Arriba MDC, Pombal MA. Afferent Connections of the Optic Tectum in Lampreys: An Experimental Study. BRAIN, BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION 2007; 69:37-68. [PMID: 16926536 DOI: 10.1159/000095272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2006] [Accepted: 03/27/2006] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Tectal afferents were studied in adult lampreys of three species (Ichthyomyzon unicuspis, Lampetra fluviatilis, and Petromyzon marinus) following unilateral BDA injections into the optic tectum (OT). In the secondary prosencephalon, neurons projecting to the OT were observed in the pallium, the subhipoccampal lobe, the striatum, the preoptic area and the hypothalamus. Following tectal injections, backfilled diencephalic cells were found bilaterally in: prethalamic eminence, ventral geniculate nucleus, periventricular prethalamic nucleus, periventricular pretectal nucleus, precommissural nucleus, magnocellular and parvocellular nuclei of the posterior commissure and pretectal nucleus; and ipsilaterally in: nucleus of Bellonci, periventricular thalamic nucleus, nucleus of the tuberculum posterior, and the subpretectal tegmentum, as well as in the pineal organ. At midbrain levels, retrogradely labeled cells were seen in the ipsilateral torus semicircularis, the contralateral OT, and bilaterally in the mesencephalic reticular formation and inside the limits of the retinopetal nuclei. In the hindbrain, tectal projecting cells were also bilaterally labeled in the dorsal and lateral isthmic nuclei, the octavolateral area, the sensory nucleus of the descending trigeminal tract, the dorsal column nucleus and the reticular formation. The rostral spinal cord also exhibited a few labeled cells. These results demonstrate a complex pattern of connections in the lamprey OT, most of which have been reported in other vertebrates. Hence, the lamprey OT receives a large number of nonvisual afferents from all major brain areas, and so is involved in information processing from different somatic sensory modalities.
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- María del Carmen de Arriba
- Neurolam Group, Department of Functional Biology and Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain
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Repérant J, Médina M, Ward R, Miceli D, Kenigfest N, Rio J, Vesselkin N. The evolution of the centrifugal visual system of vertebrates. A cladistic analysis and new hypotheses. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 53:161-97. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2006.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2006] [Revised: 08/10/2006] [Accepted: 08/21/2006] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Pombal MA, López JM, de Arriba MC, Megías M, González A. Distribution of neuropeptide FF-like immunoreactive structures in the lamprey central nervous system and its relation to catecholaminergic neuronal structures. Peptides 2006; 27:1054-72. [PMID: 16487629 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2005.06.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2005] [Accepted: 06/22/2005] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The neuropeptide FF (NPFF) is an octapeptide of the RFamide-related peptides (FaRPs) that was primarily isolated from the bovine brain. Its distribution in the CNS has been reported in several mammalian species, as well as in some amphibians. Therefore, in order to gain insight in the evolution on the expression pattern of this neuropeptide in vertebrates, we carried out an immunohistochemical study in the sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus. The distribution of NPFF-like-immunoreactive (NPFF-ir) structures in the lamprey brain is, in general, comparable to that previously described in other vertebrate species. In lamprey, most of the NPFF-ir cells were found in the hypothalamus, particularly in two large populations, the bed nucleus of the tract of the postoptic commissure and the tuberomammillary area. Numerous NPFF-ir cells were also observed in the rostral rhombencephalon, including a population in the dorsal isthmic gray and the reticular formation. Additional labeled neurons were found inside the preoptic region, the parapineal vesicle, the periventricular mesencephalic tegmentum, the descending trigeminal tract, the nucleus of the solitary tract, as well as in the gray matter of the spinal cord. The NPFF-ir fibers were widely distributed in the brain and the spinal cord, being, in general, more concentrated throughout the basal plate. The presence of NPFF-ir fibers in the lamprey neurohypophysis suggests that the involvement of NPFF-like substances in the hypothalamo-hypophyseal system had emerged early during evolution.
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- Manuel A Pombal
- Neurolam Group, Department of Functional Biology and Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, University of Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain.
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Repérant J, Ward R, Miceli D, Rio JP, Médina M, Kenigfest NB, Vesselkin NP. The centrifugal visual system of vertebrates: a comparative analysis of its functional anatomical organization. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 52:1-57. [PMID: 16469387 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2005.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2005] [Revised: 11/24/2005] [Accepted: 11/30/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The present review is a detailed survey of our present knowledge of the centrifugal visual system (CVS) of vertebrates. Over the last 20 years, the use of experimental hodological and immunocytochemical techniques has led to a considerable augmentation of this knowledge. Contrary to long-held belief, the CVS is not a unique property of birds but a constant component of the central nervous system which appears to exist in all vertebrate groups. However, it does not form a single homogeneous entity but shows a high degree of variation from one group to the next. Thus, depending on the group in question, the somata of retinopetal neurons can be located in the septo-preoptic terminal nerve complex, the ventral or dorsal thalamus, the pretectum, the optic tectum, the mesencephalic tegmentum, the dorsal isthmus, the raphé, or other rhombencephalic areas. The centrifugal visual fibers are unmyelinated or myelinated, and their number varies by a factor of 1000 (10 or fewer in man, 10,000 or more in the chicken). They generally form divergent terminals in the retina and rarely convergent ones. Their retinal targets also vary, being primarily amacrine cells with various morphological and neurochemical properties, occasionally interplexiform cells and displaced retinal ganglion cells, and more rarely orthotopic ganglion cells and bipolar cells. The neurochemical signature of the centrifugal visual neurons also varies both between and within groups: thus, several neuroactive substances used by these neurons have been identified; GABA, glutamate, aspartate, acetylcholine, serotonin, dopamine, histamine, nitric oxide, GnRH, FMRF-amide-like peptides, Substance P, NPY and met-enkephalin. In some cases, the retinopetal neurons form part of a feedback loop, relaying information from a primary visual center back to the retina, while in other, cases they do not. The evolutionary significance of this variation remains to be elucidated, and, while many attempts have been made to explain the functional role of the CVS, opinions vary as to the manner in which retinal activity is modified by this system.
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- J Repérant
- CNRS UMR 5166, MNHN USM 0501, Département Régulation, Développement et Diversité Moléculaire du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, C. P. 32, 7 rue Cuvier, 75231 Paris cedex 05, France.
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Abalo XM, Villar-Cheda B, Anadón R, Rodicio MC. Development of the dopamine-immunoreactive system in the central nervous system of the sea lamprey. Brain Res Bull 2005; 66:560-4. [PMID: 16144650 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2005.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The development of dopamine-immunoreactive (DAir) populations in the central nervous system of the sea lamprey, a modern representative of the earliest vertebrates, was studied to achieve further understanding of dopaminergic systems in vertebrates. The first DAir cell groups appeared in the spinal cord, the posterior tubercle nucleus and the dorsal hypothalamic nucleus of prolarval stages. In larvae, new DAir cell groups were observed in the caudal preoptic nucleus, the postoptic commissure nucleus, the postinfundibular commissure nucleus and the caudal rhombencephalon. All these DAir cell groups observed in larvae were also DA-positive in adults, which showed only one new DAir cell group found in the ventral hypothalamic nucleus. Occasional DAir cells were observed in the telencephalon, the ventral thalamus and/or the isthmus of large larvae and adults. From medium-sized larvae to adults, the regions most richly innervated by DAir fibers were the neurohypophysis, the striatum, the pretectum and the midbrain tegmentum. Striking differences are observed between lampreys and other vertebrates in regard to the relative time of appearance of DAir cells, which is probably related with the complex life cycle of the sea lamprey.
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- Xesús M Abalo
- Department of Cell Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Biology, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Moret F, Christiaen L, Deyts C, Blin M, Joly JS, Vernier P. The dopamine-synthesizing cells in the swimming larva of the tunicate Ciona intestinalis are located only in the hypothalamus-related domain of the sensory vesicle. Eur J Neurosci 2005; 21:3043-55. [PMID: 15978015 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04147.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Dopamine is a major neuromodulator synthesized by numerous cell populations in the vertebrate forebrain and midbrain. Owing to the simple organization of its larval nervous system, ascidian tunicates provide a useful model to investigate the anatomy, neurogenesis and differentiation of the dopaminergic neural network underlying the stereotypical swimming behaviour of its chordate-type larva. This study provides a high-resolution cellular analysis of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)-positive and dopamine-positive cells in Ciona intestinalis embryos and larvae. Dopamine cells are present only in the sensory vesicle of the Ciona larval brain, which may be an ancestral chordate feature. The dopamine-positive cells of the ascidian sensory vesicle are located in the expression domain of homologues of vertebrate hypothalamic markers. We show here that the larval coronet cells also arise from this domain. As a similar association between coronet cells and the hypothalamus was reported in bony and cartilaginous fishes, we propose that part of the ascidian ventral sensory vesicle is the remnant of a proto-hypothalamus that may have been present in the chordate ancestor. As dopaminergic cells are specified in the hypothalamus in all vertebrates, we suggest that the mechanisms of dopamine cell specification are conserved in the hypothalamus of Ciona and vertebrates. To test this hypothesis, we have identified new candidate regulators of dopaminergic specification in Ciona based on their expression patterns, which can now be compared with those in vertebrates.
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- Frédéric Moret
- Development, Evolution, Plasticity of the Nervous System, UPR 2197, Institut de Neurobiologie Alfred Fessard, C.N.R.S., 1, ave de la Terrasse, F-91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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Madriaga MA, McPhee LC, Chersa T, Christie KJ, Whelan PJ. Modulation of Locomotor Activity by Multiple 5-HT and Dopaminergic Receptor Subtypes in the Neonatal Mouse Spinal Cord. J Neurophysiol 2004; 92:1566-76. [PMID: 15163678 DOI: 10.1152/jn.01181.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Recently, it has been shown that bath-applied 5-HT can elicit fictive locomotion from perinatal mouse preparations. Since 5-HT acts on multiple receptor subtypes, the focus of this study was to examine which receptor families contribute to the genesis and modulation of locomotor activity. Blockade of 5-HT2 (ketanserin or N-desmethylclozapine) or 5-HT7 receptors (SB-269970) could reversibly block or modulate the locomotor-like pattern. A 5-HT2 agonist (α-methyl-5-HT) was shown to be capable of activating the rhythm. Bath application of 5-HT7 agonists (5-CT) generally led to a tonic increase in neurogram discharge, accompanied by bouts of rhythmic activity. Blockade of dopaminergic receptors {D1 [ R-(+)-SCH-23390 or LE 300]/D2 [(±)-sulpiride or L-741,626] } could reversibly disrupt the rhythm and most effectively did so when the D1 and D2 antagonists were added together. Conversely, 5-HT2 and D1/D2 agonists can interact to evoke locomotor activity. Overall, our data show that, in the neonatal mouse preparation, 5-HT evoked locomotion is partly dependent on activation of 5-HT2, 5-HT7, and dopaminergic receptor subtypes.
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- M A Madriaga
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Calgary Brain Institute, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada
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Sueiro C, Carrera I, Rodríguez-Moldes I, Molist P, Anadón R. Development of catecholaminergic systems in the spinal cord of the dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula (Elasmobranchs). BRAIN RESEARCH. DEVELOPMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH 2003; 142:141-50. [PMID: 12711365 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-3806(03)00062-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The development of catecholamine-synthesizing cells and fibers in the spinal cord of dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula L.) was studied by means of immunohistochemistry using antibodies against tyrosine hydroxylase (TH). The only TH-immunoreactive (TH-ir) cells already present in the spinal cord of stage 26 embryos were of cerebrospinal fluid-contacting (CSF-c) type. These cells were the first catecholaminergic neurons of the dogfish CNS. The number of these TH-ir cells increased very considerably in later embryos and adult dogfish. In later embryos (stage 33; prehatching), faintly TH-ir non-CSF-contacting neurons were observed in the ventral horn throughout most of the spinal cord. In adult dogfish, some non-CSF-contacting TH-ir cells were observed ventral or lateral to the central canal. In the rostral spinal cord, the catecholaminergic neurons observed in dorsal regions were continuous with caudal rhombencephalic populations. Numerous TH-ir fibers were observed in the spinal cord of later embryos and in adults, both intrinsic and descending from the brain, innervating many regions of the cord including the dorsal and ventral horns. In addition, some TH-ir fibers innervated the marginal nucleus of the spinal cord. The early appearance of catecholaminergic cells and fibers in the embryonic spinal cord of the dogfish, and the large number of these elements observed in adults, suggests an important role for catecholamines through development and adulthood in sensory and motor functions.
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- Catalina Sueiro
- Department of Cell Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Biology, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Svensson E, Woolley J, Wikström M, Grillner S. Endogenous dopaminergic modulation of the lamprey spinal locomotor network. Brain Res 2003; 970:1-8. [PMID: 12706243 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(02)04216-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The lamprey spinal cord contains three dopaminergic systems. The most extensive is the ventromedial plexus in which dopamine is co-localized with 5-HT and tachykinins. In this study we have investigated the effects of endogenously released dopamine on NMDA-induced spinal activity, and for comparison applied dopamine exogenously. The dopamine reuptake blocker bupropion increases the levels of extracellular dopamine in the spinal cord. Bath application of bupropion during ongoing NMDA-induced network activity (around 2 Hz) resulted in an initial increase of the burst rate followed by a transitional phase with the fast rhythm superimposed on a much slower ventral root burst activity (below 0.25 Hz). Finally only the slow rhythm was observed. The same response pattern with regard to the fast and slow rhythms was observed when dopamine was slowly perfused over the spinal cord, resulting in a gradual build-up of dopamine concentration. At low constant dopamine concentrations, however, an increased burst frequency was maintained, but at somewhat higher concentrations the fast burst rate instead was decreased. The degree of modulation of fictive locomotion by dopamine was also tested at low and high NMDA concentrations. Dopamine was found to exert stronger effects at low NMDA concentrations. With high NMDA concentrations dopamine did not induce the transition phase or the slow ventral root bursting. The slow alternating ventral root bursts, induced by bupropion, shifted to synchronized activity when glycinergic synaptic transmission was blocked with strychnine, testifying that the alternation depended on a crossed glycinergic action as previously shown for the fast rhythm.
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- Erik Svensson
- Nobel Institute for Neurophysiology, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, S-17177 Stockholm, Sweden
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Vacher C, Pellegrini E, Anglade I, Ferriére F, Saligaut C, Kah O. Distribution of dopamine D2 receptor mRNAs in the brain and the pituitary of female rainbow trout: an in situ hybridization study. J Comp Neurol 2003; 458:32-45. [PMID: 12577321 DOI: 10.1002/cne.10545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The distribution of D(2)R (dopamine D(2) receptor) mRNAs was studied in the forebrain of maturing female rainbow trout by means of in situ hybridization using a (35)S-labeled riboprobe (810 bp) spanning the third intracytoplasmic loop. A hybridization signal was consistently obtained in the olfactory epithelium, the internal cell layer of the olfactory bulbs, the ventral and dorsal subdivisions of the ventral telencephalon, and most preoptic subdivisions, with the notable exception of the magnocellular preoptic nucleus, and the periventricular regions of the mediobasal hypothalamus, including the posterior tuberculum. In the pituitary, the signal was higher in the pars intermedia than in the proximal and the rostral pars distalis, but no obvious correspondence with a given cell type could be assigned. Labeled cells were also located in the thalamic region, some pretectal nuclei, the optic tectum, and the torus semicircularis. These results provide a morphologic basis for a better understanding on the functions and evolution of the dopaminergic systems in lower vertebrates.
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- Coralie Vacher
- Endocrinologie Moléculaire de la Reproduction, UMR CNRS 6026, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes cedex, France
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Acerbo MJ, Hellmann B, Güntürkün O. Catecholaminergic and dopamine-containing neurons in the spinal cord of pigeons: an immunohistochemical study. J Chem Neuroanat 2003; 25:19-27. [PMID: 12573456 DOI: 10.1016/s0891-0618(02)00072-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Within the different species belonging to the vertebrate radiation, catecholaminergic elements of the spinal cord present a partly conservative, partly variable pattern. Unfortunately, the overall picture is far from clear since the situation for birds is largely obscure. Therefore, we examined the distribution of dopamine (DA)- and tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)-positive cells and fibers in the spinal cord of the adult pigeon by immunohistochemistry. TH-immunoreactive cells were located within two restricted areas. One group of cells with multipolar shape was located in laminae VI and VII, close to the white-gray border. These cells were more frequently found at rostral and caudal levels while being scarce at cervical-thoracic levels. The second group of cells was located in lamina VIII surrounding the central canal. These cells were bipolar in shape and were found ventrally and laterally to the central canal, with most of them contacting the lumen of the canal through a separate process. The TH-immunoreactive fibers were distributed in both the gray and the white matter. In the gray matter, they were mainly distributed around the central canal (lamina VIII), in the ventral horn close to the border of laminae VII-IX and in the lateral part of the dorsal horn in laminae II-VI. In the white matter the fibers were present in the lateral columns running longitudinal to the main axis. DA-immunoreactive cells were also located within two restricted areas, closely matching the distribution of TH-immunopositive ones. Additionally, the DA-immunoreactive cells had the same shape as the TH-immunoreactive cells, as bipolar neurons contacted the central canal and multipolar ones were located in the laminae VI and VII. Also the distribution of DA- and TH-immunoreactive fibers roughly matched. Both, DA-immunoreactive cells and fibers were scarcer than TH-immunoreactive ones. This finding suggests that the catecholaminergic system in the spinal cord consists of DA-immunoreactive cells as well as other catecholaminergic cells.
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- M J Acerbo
- Allgemeine Psychologie, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Sektion, Universität Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany.
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Megías M, Alvarez-Otero R, Pombal MA. Calbindin and calretinin immunoreactivities identify different types of neurons in the adult lamprey spinal cord. J Comp Neurol 2003; 455:72-85. [PMID: 12454997 DOI: 10.1002/cne.10473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The central pattern generator for locomotion in vertebrates is composed of different spinal neuronal populations that generate locomotor movement. In the lamprey spinal cord, several classes of interneurons have been identified based on morphologic and physiological criteria and integrated in the spinal cord circuits implicated in the generation of locomotion. However, the lack of histochemical markers for most of the interneurons makes it difficult to study whole populations along the spinal cord. We have investigated the immunoreactivity with antibodies raised against calbindin and calretinin. Several types of neurons could be classified: (1). strongly immunoreactive neurons located dorsomedially, (2). moderately immunoreactive neurons located laterally, (3). small weakly immunoreactive neurons, d). ventromedial neurons, (4). liquor contacting cells, and (5). motoneurons. The ventromedial group of calbindin-immunoreactive neurons also is immunoreactive for serotonin and, therefore, represents the ventromedial group of dopamine/serotonin spinal neurons. Some of the lateral calbindin-immunoreactive neurons may be CC-type cells (cells with caudal-crossed axons), because they are retrogradely labeled by tracer injections into the contralateral spinal cord. Other well-characterized cell types, such as sensory dorsal cells, lateral interneurons, descending propriospinal edge cells, and spinobulbar giant interneurons are negative for both calbindin and calretinin. Therefore, calbindin and calretinin are useful markers for the study of cell populations that may be integrated in locomotor circuits.
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- Manuel Megías
- Departamento de Biología Funcional y Ciencias de la Salud, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Vigo, 36200 Vigo, Spain
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