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Seizure-Induced Regulations of Amyloid-β, STEP61, and STEP61 Substrates Involved in Hippocampal Synaptic Plasticity. Neural Plast 2016; 2016:2123748. [PMID: 27127657 PMCID: PMC4835651 DOI: 10.1155/2016/2123748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2015] [Accepted: 03/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive cognitive decline. Pathologic accumulation of soluble amyloid-β (Aβ) oligomers impairs synaptic plasticity and causes epileptic seizures, both of which contribute to cognitive dysfunction in AD. However, whether seizures could regulate Aβ-induced synaptic weakening remains unclear. Here we show that a single episode of electroconvulsive seizures (ECS) increased protein expression of membrane-associated STriatal-Enriched protein tyrosine Phosphatase (STEP61) and decreased tyrosine-phosphorylation of its substrates N-methyl D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) subunit GluN2B and extracellular signal regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) in the rat hippocampus at 2 days following a single ECS. Interestingly, a significant decrease in ERK1/2 expression and an increase in APP and Aβ levels were observed at 3-4 days following a single ECS when STEP61 level returned to the baseline. Given that pathologic levels of Aβ increase STEP61 activity and STEP61-mediated dephosphorylation of GluN2B and ERK1/2 leads to NMDAR internalization and ERK1/2 inactivation, we propose that upregulation of STEP61 and downregulation of GluN2B and ERK1/2 phosphorylation mediate compensatory weakening of synaptic strength in response to acute enhancement of hippocampal network activity, whereas delayed decrease in ERK1/2 expression and increase in APP and Aβ expression may contribute to the maintenance of this synaptic weakening.
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Wu XM, Wang GL, Miao J, Feng JC. Effect of connexin 36 blockers on the neuronal cytoskeleton and synaptic plasticity in kainic acid-kindled rats. Transl Neurosci 2015; 6:252-258. [PMID: 28123810 PMCID: PMC4936636 DOI: 10.1515/tnsci-2015-0027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2015] [Accepted: 11/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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In this study we investigated the potential anti-epileptogenic effect of neuronal connexin Cx36 gap junction blockage via inhibition of microtubule-associated protein 2 (MAP-2) and synaptophysin (SYP) overexpression. Thirty adult male Wistar rats were divided into five groups (six animals per group): control, sham, carbenoxolone (CBX), quinine (QN), and quinidine (QND). An epilepsy model was produced by injecting kainic acid (KA) into the rat amygdala. Broad-spectrum and selective blockers of the Cx36 channel (CBX, QN, and QND) were administered via intraperitoneal injection. Expression of MAP-2 and SYP was assessed by immunofluorescent and immunohistochemical examination. Expression of MAP-2 and SYP was significantly increased after KA administration in the sham group compared with the control group. Expression of MAP-2 and SYP was significantly decreased in the CBX, QN, and QND groups compared with the sham group. The results provide new evidence regarding the key role of MAP-2 and SYP overexpression in three important mechanisms: the modulation of neuronal plasticity, hyperexcitability of the hippocampal neuronal network, and persistent seizure discharge. Furthermore, the reversal of MAP-2 and SYP overexpression following administration of Cx36 channel blockers indicates a potential role for Cx36 channel blockers in anti-epileptogenic treatment and in doing so, highlights a critical need for further investigation of these compounds.
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- Xue-Mei Wu
- Department of Pediatric Neurology, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, Peking University International Hospital, Peking, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurology, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurology, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, P.R. China
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Mallei A, Failler M, Corna S, Racagni G, Mathé AA, Popoli M. Synaptoproteomic analysis of a rat gene-environment model of depression reveals involvement of energy metabolism and cellular remodeling pathways. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 2015; 18:pyu067. [PMID: 25522407 PMCID: PMC4360251 DOI: 10.1093/ijnp/pyu067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Major depression is a severe mental illness that causes heavy social and economic burdens worldwide. A number of studies have shown that interaction between individual genetic vulnerability and environmental risk factors, such as stress, is crucial in psychiatric pathophysiology. In particular, the experience of stressful events in childhood, such as neglect, abuse, or parental loss, was found to increase the risk for development of depression in adult life. Here, to reproduce the gene x environment interaction, we employed an animal model that combines genetic vulnerability with early-life stress. METHODS The Flinders Sensitive Line rats (FSL), a validated genetic animal model of depression, and the Flinders Resistant Line (FRL) rats, their controls, were subjected to a standard protocol of maternal separation (MS) from postnatal days 2 to 14. A basal comparison between the two lines for the outcome of the environmental manipulation was performed at postnatal day 73, when the rats were into adulthood. We carried out a global proteomic analysis of purified synaptic terminals (synaptosomes), in order to study a subcellular compartment enriched in proteins involved in synaptic function. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE), mass spectrometry, and bioinformatic analysis were used to analyze proteins and related functional networks that were modulated by genetic susceptibility (FSL vs. FRL) or by exposure to early-life stress (FRL + MS vs. FRL and FSL + MS vs. FSL) RESULTS We found that, at a synaptic level, mainly proteins and molecular pathways related to energy metabolism and cellular remodeling were dysregulated. CONCLUSIONS The present results, in line with previous works, suggest that dysfunction of energy metabolism and cytoskeleton dynamics at a synaptic level could be features of stress-related pathologies, in particular major depression.
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- Alessandra Mallei
- Laboratory of Neuropsychopharmacology and Functional Neurogenomics, Dipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari and Center of Excellence on Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Milano, Milano, Italy (Drs Mallei, Failler, Corna, Racagni, and Popoli); Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden (Dr Mathé).
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- *Present address: Université Paris Descartes, Inserm U1163, Imagine Institute, Necker Hospital, Paris.
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Electroconvulsive seizure induces thrombospondin-1 in the adult rat hippocampus. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2014; 48:236-44. [PMID: 24121060 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2013.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2013] [Revised: 10/01/2013] [Accepted: 10/02/2013] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Synaptic dysfunction has recently gained attention for its involvement in mood disorders. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) possibly plays a role in synaptic repair. However, the underlying mechanisms remain uncertain. Thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1), a member of the TSP family, is reported to be secreted by astrocytes and to regulate synaptogenesis. We investigated the effects of electroconvulsive seizure (ECS) on the expression of TSPs in the adult rat hippocampus. Single and repeated ECS significantly increased TSP-1 mRNA expression after 2h and returned to sham levels at 24h. Conversely, the TSP-2 and -4 mRNA levels did not change. Only repeated ECS induced TSP-1 proteins. ECS also induced glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) expression. The GFAP expression occurred later than the TSP-1 mRNA expression following single ECS; however, it occurred earlier and was more persistent following repeated ECS. ECS had no effect on the α2δ-1 or neuroligin-1 expressions, both of which are TSP-1 receptors. Furthermore, chronic treatment with antidepressants did not induce the expression of TSP-1 or GFAP. These findings suggest that repeated ECS, but not chronic treatment with antidepressants, induces TSP-1 expression partially via the activation of astrocytes. Therefore, TSP-1 is possibly involved in the synaptogenic effects of ECS.
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Escitalopram modulates neuron-remodelling proteins in a rat gene-environment interaction model of depression as revealed by proteomics. Part I: genetic background. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 2011; 14:796-833. [PMID: 21054914 DOI: 10.1017/s1461145710001318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The wide-scale analysis of protein expression provides a powerful strategy for the molecular exploration of complex pathophysiological mechanisms, such as the response to antidepressants. Using a 2D proteomic approach we investigated the Flinders Sensitive Line (FSL), a genetically selected rat model of depression, and the control Flinders Resistant Line (FRL). To evaluate gene-environment interactions, FSL and FRL pups were separated from their mothers for 3 h (maternal separation, MS), as early-life trauma is considered an important antecedent of depression. All groups were treated with either escitalopram (Esc) admixed to food (25 mg/kg.d) or vehicle for 1 month. At the week 3, forced swim tests were performed. Protein extracts from prefrontal/frontal cortex and hippocampus were separated by 2D electrophoresis. Proteins displaying statistically significant differences in expression levels were identified by mass spectrometry. Immobility time values in the forced swim test were higher in FSL rats and reduced by antidepressant treatment. Moreover, the Esc-induced reduction in immobility time was not detected in MS rats. The impact of genetic background in response to Esc was specifically investigated here. Bioinformatics analyses highlighted gene ontology terms showing tighter associations with the modulated proteins. Esc modulated protein belonging to cytoskeleton organization in FSL; carbohydrate metabolism and intracellular transport in FRL. Proteins differently modulated in the two strains after MS and Esc play a role in cytoskeleton organization, vesicle-mediated transport, apoptosis regulation and macromolecule catabolism. These findings suggest pathways involved in neuronal remodelling as molecular correlates of response to antidepressants in a model of vulnerability.
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Creatine transporter expression after antidepressant therapy in rats bred for learned helplessness. World J Biol Psychiatry 2010. [DOI: 10.3109/15622970903131597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Freeman WM, Lull ME, Patel KM, Brucklacher RM, Morgan D, Roberts DCS, Vrana KE. Gene expression changes in the medial prefrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens following abstinence from cocaine self-administration. BMC Neurosci 2010; 11:29. [PMID: 20187946 PMCID: PMC2837051 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-11-29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2009] [Accepted: 02/26/2010] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background Many studies of cocaine-responsive gene expression have focused on changes occurring during cocaine exposure, but few studies have examined the persistence of these changes with cocaine abstinence. Persistent changes in gene expression, as well as alterations induced during abstinence may underlie long-lasting drug craving and relapse liability. Results Whole-genome expression analysis was conducted on a rat cocaine binge-abstinence model that has previously been demonstrated to engender increased drug seeking and taking with abstinence. Gene expression changes in two mesolimbic terminal fields (mPFC and NAc) were identified in a comparison of cocaine-naïve rats with rats after 10 days of cocaine self-administration followed by 1, 10, or 100 days of enforced abstinence (n = 6-11 per group). A total of 1,461 genes in the mPFC and 414 genes in the NAc were altered between at least two time points (ANOVA, p < 0.05; ± 1.4 fold-change). These genes can be subdivided into: 1) changes with cocaine self-administration that do not persist into periods of abstinence, 2) changes with cocaine self-administration that persist with abstinence, 3) and those not changed with cocaine self-administration, but changed during enforced abstinence. qPCR analysis was conducted to confirm gene expression changes observed in the microarray analysis. Conclusions Together, these changes help to illuminate processes and networks involved in abstinence-induced behaviors, including synaptic plasticity, MAPK signaling, and TNF signaling.
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- Willard M Freeman
- Department of Pharmacology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA.
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The varying effects of short-term and long-term corticosterone injections on depression-like behavior in mice. Brain Res 2009; 1261:82-90. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.12.083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2008] [Revised: 11/26/2008] [Accepted: 12/30/2008] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Cereseto M, Reinés A, Ferrero A, Sifonios L, Rubio M, Wikinski S. Chronic treatment with high doses of corticosterone decreases cytoskeletal proteins in the rat hippocampus. Eur J Neurosci 2007; 24:3354-64. [PMID: 17229084 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.05232.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Hypercortisolism is a common trait of Cushing's disease and depression. These two disorders also share hippocampal volume decrease and cognitive deficits. However, experimentally induced hypercortisolism induces neuronal atrophy, which has been proposed to be the phenomenon underlying the hippocampal shrinkage. We hypothesized that the above-mentioned atrophy is due to a deleterious effect of high concentrations of glucocorticoids on cytoskeletal proteins. One or two pellets (100 mg each) of corticosterone were subcutaneously implanted in adult rats. Twenty-one days later, light, medium and heavy subunits of intermediate neurofilaments (NFL, NFM and NFH) and the microtubule-associated protein 2 (MAP2) were quantified by immunohistochemistry in Ammon's horn and dentate gyrus. We also evaluated the in vitro glutamate release in hippocampal slices. Both doses of corticosterone induced a decrement of NFL, NFM and NFH in both hippocampal areas but only 200 mg decreased MAP2. This dose also diminished the potassium-stimulated glutamate release. All of these changes seemed not to be due to neuron loss, as no decrement in neuron-specific nuclear protein-positive cells was found. With the exception of NFL, the above-mentioned diminution was not observed in the globus pallidus, one of the brain regions with the lowest glucocorticoid receptor density. These results provide a subcellular insight into the trophic changes found in experimental models of hypercortisolism. The coincidence between decrements in MAP2 and glutamate release suggests possible links between high glucocorticoid levels, dendritic atrophy and the cognitive impairment reported in patients suffering from Cushing's disease and depression.
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- Marina Cereseto
- Instituto de Investigaciones Farmacológicas (ININFA, UBA-CONICET), Junín 956 5to. piso (1113), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Jansson L, Hellsten J, Tingström A. Region specific hypothalamic neuronal activation and endothelial cell proliferation in response to electroconvulsive seizures. Biol Psychiatry 2006; 60:874-81. [PMID: 16499878 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2005.11.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2005] [Revised: 11/21/2005] [Accepted: 11/24/2005] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Major depression is often associated with disturbances in basal biological functions regulated by the hypothalamus. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), an efficient anti-depressant treatment, alters the activity of hypothalamic neurons. We have previously shown an increased proliferation of endothelial cells in specific areas of the rat hippocampus in response to electroconvulsive seizure (ECS) treatment, an animal model for ECT. Here we examine the effect of ECS treatment on neuronal activation and endothelial cell proliferation in mid-hypothalamus. METHODS Rats received one daily ECS treatment for 5 days and cell proliferation was detected by bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU). The number of cells double-labeled for BrdU and the endothelial cell marker rat endothelial cell antigen-1 was determined. Neuronal activation in response to acute ECS treatment was detected as c-Fos immunoreactivity in an additional experiment. RESULTS We demonstrate a correlating pattern of increases in neuronal activation and increased endothelial cell proliferation in the paraventricular nucleus, the supraoptic nucleus, and the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus after ECS treatment. CONCLUSIONS Hypothalamic areas with the largest increase in neuronal activation after ECS treatment exhibit increased endothelial cell proliferation. We suggest that similar angiogenic responses to ECT might counteract hypothalamic dysfunction in depressive disorder.
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- Linda Jansson
- Molecular Psychiatry Unit, Wallenberg Neuroscience Center, Lund, Sweden
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Eitan R, Lerer B. Nonpharmacological, somatic treatments of depression: electroconvulsive therapy and novel brain stimulation modalities. DIALOGUES IN CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE 2006. [PMID: 16889109 PMCID: PMC3181773 DOI: 10.31887/dcns.2006.8.2/reitan] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Until recently, a review of nonpharmacological, somatic treatments of psychiatric disorders would have included only electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). This situation is now changing very substantially. Although ECT remains the only modality in widespread clinical use, several new techniques are under investigation. Their principal indication in the psychiatric context is the treatment of major depression, but other applications are also being studied. All the novel treatments involve brain stimulation, which is achieved by different technological methods. The treatment closest to the threshold of clinical acceptability is transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). Although TMS is safe and relatively easy to administer, its efficacy has still to be definitively established. Other modalities, at various stages of research development, include magnetic seizure therapy (MST), deep brain stimulation (DBS), and vagus nerve stimulation (VNS). We briefly review the development and technical aspects of these treatments, their potential role in the treatment of major depression, adverse effects, and putative mechanism of action. As the only one of these treatment modalities that is in widespread clinical use, more extended consideration is given to ECT Although more than half a century has elapsed since ECT was first introduced, it remains the most effective treatment for major depression, with efficacy in patients refractory to antidepressant drugs and an acceptable safety profile. Although they hold considerable promise, the novel brain stimulation techniques reviewed here will be need to be further developed before they achieve clinical acceptability.
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- Renana Eitan
- Biological Psychiatry Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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Henkel AW, Upmann I, Bartl CR, Bönsch D, Reichardt C, Maler JM, Nürnberger M, Umstätter R, Reulbach U, Kornhuber J, Wiltfang J. Light-induced exocytosis in cell development and differentiation. J Cell Biochem 2006; 97:1393-406. [PMID: 16365884 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.20751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Calcium-dependent exocytosis of fluorescently labeled single secretory vesicles in PC12 cells and primary embryonic telencephalon cells can be triggered by illumination with visible light and imaged by TIRF or epifluorescence microscopy. Opsin 3 was identified by quantitative PCR expression analysis as the putative light receptor molecule for light-induced exocytosis. In primary chicken telencephalon cells, light-induced exocytosis is restricted to a specific period during embryonic development, and involves fusion of rather large vesicles. Strictly calcium-dependent exocytosis starts after a delay of a few seconds of illumination and lasts for up to 2 min. We analyzed the frequency, time course and spatial distribution of exocytotic events. Exocytosis in PC12 cells and telencephalon cells occurs at the periphery or the interface between dividing cells, and the duration of single secretion events varies considerably. Our observation strongly supports the idea that light induced exocytosis is most likely a mechanism for building plasma membrane during differentiation, development and proliferation rather than for calcium-dependent neurotransmitter release.
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- Andreas W Henkel
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Schwabachanlage 6, 91054 Erlangen, Germany.
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Iwata M, Shirayama Y, Ishida H, Kawahara R. Hippocampal synapsin I, growth-associated protein-43, and microtubule-associated protein-2 immunoreactivity in learned helplessness rats and antidepressant-treated rats. Neuroscience 2006; 141:1301-13. [PMID: 16814933 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.04.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2005] [Revised: 04/04/2006] [Accepted: 04/26/2006] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Learned helplessness rats are thought to be an animal model of depression. To study the role of synapse plasticity in depression, we examined the effects of learned helplessness and antidepressant treatments on synapsin I (a marker of presynaptic terminals), growth-associated protein-43 (GAP-43; a marker of growth cones), and microtubule-associated protein-2 (MAP-2; a marker of dendrites) in the hippocampus by immunolabeling. (1) Learned helplessness rats showed significant increases in the expression of synapsin I two days after the attainment of learned helplessness, and significant decreases in the protein expression eight days after the achievement of learned helplessness. Subchronic treatment of naïve rats with imipramine or fluvoxamine significantly decreased the expression of synapsin I. (2) Learned helplessness increased the expression of GAP-43 two days and eight days after learned helplessness training. Subchronic treatment of naïve rats with fluvoxamine but not imipramine showed a tendency to decrease the expression of synapsin I. (3) Learned helplessness rats showed increased expression of MAP-2 eight days after the attainment of learned helplessness. Naïve rats subchronically treated with imipramine showed a tendency toward increased expression of MAP-2, but those treated with fluvoxamine did not. These results indicate that the neuroplasticity-related proteins synapsin I, GAP-43, and MAP-2 may play a role in the pathophysiology of depression and the mechanisms of antidepressants.
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- M Iwata
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, 36-1 Nishi-machi, Yonago, Tottori 683-8504, Japan
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Jeon S, Kim YS, Park J, Bae CD. Microtubule affinity-regulating kinase 1 (MARK1) is activated by electroconvulsive shock in the rat hippocampus. J Neurochem 2005; 95:1608-18. [PMID: 16238695 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2005.03505.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Electroconvulsive shock (ECS) induces phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of many signaling molecules in the rat brain. While studying phosphorylated proteins in the rat brain after ECS, we observed a 100-kDa protein that cross-reacted with anti-phospho-p70 S6 kinase antibody, which was subsequently purified and identified as microtubule affinity-regulating kinase 1 (MARK1). Purified MARK1 was phosphorylated at the Ser and Thr residues. MARK1 activation and subsequent Tau phosphorylation in the hippocampus after ECS was confirmed by an in-gel kinase assay using tau protein as a substrate. MARK1 was maximally activated between 2 and 5 min after ECS, and Tau phosphorylation at Ser262 was also increased at 2 min and lasted to 1 h after ECS. Taken together, we concluded that ECS activated MARK1 and subsequently phosphorylated Tau at Ser262. Both MARK1 activity and Tau phosphorylation were increased in the rat hippocampus after chronic ECS where axonal remodeling was apparent. In order to investigate the physiologic stimuli which are involved in the activation of MARK1, SH-SY 5Y cells were treated with brain-derived neurotrophic factor or 60 mm KCl. Both stimuli were capable of inducing MARK activation.
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- Songhee Jeon
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea
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Guest PC, Knowles MR, Molon-Noblot S, Salim K, Smith D, Murray F, Laroque P, Hunt SP, De Felipe C, Rupniak NM, McAllister G. Mechanisms of action of the antidepressants fluoxetine and the substance P antagonist L-000760735 are associated with altered neurofilaments and synaptic remodeling. Brain Res 2004; 1002:1-10. [PMID: 14988027 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2003.11.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/03/2003] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Antidepressants are widely prescribed in the treatment of depression, although the mechanism of how they exert their therapeutic effects is poorly understood. To shed further light on their mode of action, we have attempted to identify a common proteomic signature in guinea pig brains after chronic treatment with two different antidepressants. Both fluoxetine and the substance P receptor (NK(1)R) antagonist (SPA) L-000760735 altered cortical expression of multiple heat shock protein 60 forms along with neurofilaments and related proteins that are critical determinants of synaptic structure and function. Analysis of NK(1)R-/- mice showed similar alterations of neurofilaments confirming the specificity of the effects observed with chronic NK(1)R antagonist treatment. To determine if these changes were associated with structural modification of synapses, we carried out electron microscopic analysis of cerebral cortices from fluoxetine-treated guinea pigs. This showed an increase in the percentage of synapses with split postsynaptic densities (PSDs), a phenomenon that is characteristic of activity-dependent synaptic rearrangement. These findings suggest that cortical alterations of the neurofilament pathway and increased synaptic remodeling are associated with the mechanism of these two antidepressant drug treatments and may contribute to their psychotherapeutic actions.
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- Paul C Guest
- Neuroscience Research Centre, Merck, Sharp and Dohme, Eastwick Road, Harlow, Essex CM20 2QR, UK.
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Reinés A, Cereseto M, Ferrero A, Bonavita C, Wikinski S. Neuronal cytoskeletal alterations in an experimental model of depression. Neuroscience 2004; 129:529-38. [PMID: 15541875 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2004.08.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/13/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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It has been proposed that depression is associated with hippocampal morphological changes. The apical dendrite atrophy of hippocampal CA3 pyramidal neurons has been described in experimental models of depression. The aim of the present study was to determine which cytoskeletal components are involved in the morphological changes previously described in the hippocampus of depressed animals. The expression of different neuronal cytoskeletal markers was analyzed by immunohistochemistry in rats exposed to a learned helplessness paradigm, an experimental model of depression. Rats were trained with 60 inescapable foot shocks (0.6 mA/15 s) and escape latencies and failures were tested 4 days after training. Animals in which learned helplessness behavior persisted for 21 days were included in the depressed group. No foot shocks were delivered to control rats. Microtubule-associated protein 2 (MAP-2) and light (NFL; 68 kDa), medium (NFM; 160 kDa) and heavy (NFH; 200 kDa) neurofilament subunit immunostainings were analyzed employing morphometric parameters. In the depressed group, NFL immunostaining decreased 55% (P<0.05) and 60% (P<0.001) in CA3 and dentate gyrus, respectively. In the same areas, MAP-2, NFM and NFH immunostainings did not differ between depressed and control animals. Since NFL is present in the core of mature neurofilament, it is proposed that hippocampal depression-associated plastic alterations may be due to changes in the dynamics of the neurofilament assembly.
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- A Reinés
- Instituto de Investigaciones Farmacológicas (ININFA), CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Vivian L, Pessutto FDB, de Almeida LMV, Loureiro SDO, Pelaez PDL, Funchal C, Wajner M, Pessoa-Pureur R. Effect of propionic and methylmalonic acids on the high molecular weight neurofilament subunit (NF-H) in rat cerebral cortex. Neurochem Res 2002; 27:1691-7. [PMID: 12515324 DOI: 10.1023/a:1021699314007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Propionic and methylmalonic acidemias are inherited neurometabolic disorders biochemically characterized by tissue accumulation of propionic (PA) and methylmalonic (MMA) acids, respectively. Neurofilaments (NF) are important cytoskeletal proteins and phosphorylation/dephosphorylation of NF is important to stabilize the cytoskeleton. We investigated the effects of PA and MMA on the high molecular weight neurofilament subunit associated with the cytoskeletal fraction of rat cerebral cortex along development. Cortical slices from 9- to 60-day-old rats were incubated with 2.5 mM PA or MMA. The cytoskeletal fraction was extracted and the immunoreactivity for phosphorylated or total NF-H was analyzed by immunoblotting using specific antibodies. Results showed that treatment of tissue slices with the acids induced an increased Triton-insoluble phosphorylated NF-H immunoreactivity in up to 17-day-old rats. Furthermore, treatments significantly increased the total amount of NF-H in 12-day-old rats. These findings indicate that PA and MMA alter the dynamic regulation of NF-H assembly in the cytoskeletal fraction.
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- L Vivian
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Departamento de Bioquímica, 90035-003 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Pessoa-Pureur R, Funchal C, de Lima Pelaez P, Vivian L, Oliveira Loureiro S, de Freitas Miranda R, Wajner M. Effect of the branched-chain alpha-ketoacids accumulating in maple syrup urine disease on the high molecular weight neurofilament subunit (NF-H) in rat cerebral cortex. Metab Brain Dis 2002; 17:65-75. [PMID: 12083338 DOI: 10.1023/a:1015459910869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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In this study we investigated the effects of the branched chain alpha-ketoacids accumulating in maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) on the concentrations of the high molecular weight neurofilament subunit (NF-H) associated with the cytoskeletal fraction of the cerebral cortex of 12-day-old rats. Cortical slices were incubated with alpha-ketoisocaproic acid (KIC), alpha-keto beta-methylvaleric acid (KMV) and alpha-ketoisovaleric acid (KIV) at concentrations ranging from 0.5 to 1.0 mM. The cytoskeletal fraction was extracted and the immunoreactivity for phosphorylated and total NF-H was analyzed by immunoblotting. The in vitro 32P incorporation into NF-H was also determined. Results showed that treatment of tissue slices induced with KMV increased Triton-insoluble phosphorylated NF-H immunoreactivity, with no alteration in total NF-H immunoreactivity. Furthermore, KIC treatment drastically increased the total amount of NF-H, whereas KIV did not change either phosphorylated or total NF-H immunoreactivity. KMV also increased the in vitro 32P incorporation into NF-H, confirming the highly phosphorylated NF-H levels detected in the immunoblot. These findings demonstrate that KIC and KMV alter the dynamic regulation of NF-H assembly in the cytoskeletal fraction. Therefore we may suggest that cytoskeletal disorganization may be one of the factors associated with the neurodegeneration characteristic of MSUD disease.
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- R Pessoa-Pureur
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brasil.
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Holopainen IE, Lauren HB, Romppanen A, Lopez-Picon FR. Changes in neurofilament protein-immunoreactivity after kainic acid treatment of organotypic hippocampal slice cultures. J Neurosci Res 2001; 66:620-9. [PMID: 11746382 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.10005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Neurofilament (NF) proteins are expressed in the majority of neurons in the central nervous system, and play a crucial role in the organization of neuronal shape and function. In the present study, we have used immunoblotting and immunocytochemical methods to study the light (NF-L), medium (NF-M ), and heavy (NF-H) molecular weight NF proteins in cultured organotypic hippocampal slices during the in vitro maturation and the changes after kainic acid (KA) treatment. In control cultures at 11 DIV throughout 25 DIV, CA3 pyramidal neurons and their proximal dendrites were heavily labeled with the antibodies against all three NF proteins. In CA1 pyramidal neurons, no staining was detected in any age group. A few weakly NF-L positive granule cells with fibers were detected in each age group, whereas NF-M and NF-H positive granule cells first appeared in the older cultures. The application of KA (5 microM) to the cultures for 48 hr, induced a pronounced cell death in the CA3 cell layers, and also moderately damaged granule cells. After the treatment, the immunoblot signal of NF-L and NF-M markedly decreased, whereas that of NF-H almost completely disappeared. The amount of NF-L positive fibers, however, dramatically increased in the molecular and hilar regions of the dentate gyrus in both age groups. Our results show the cellular heterogeneity in the distribution of NF protein triplet in cultured organotypic hippocampal slices. Kainic acid treatment induced changes, which mimicked those observed in the hippocampal region of epileptic animals.
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- I E Holopainen
- Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
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