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Hernández A, González-Sierra C, Zetina ME, Cifuentes F, Morales MA. Age-Dependent Changes in the Occurrence and Segregation of GABA and Acetylcholine in the Rat Superior Cervical Ganglia. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:2588. [PMID: 38473838 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25052588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2023] [Revised: 11/22/2023] [Accepted: 11/28/2023] [Indexed: 03/14/2024] Open
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The occurrence, inhibitory modulation, and trophic effects of GABA have been identified in the peripheral sympathetic nervous system. We have demonstrated that GABA and acetylcholine (ACh) may colocalize in the same axonal varicosities or be segregated into separate ones in the rat superior cervical ganglia (SCG). Neurotransmitter segregation varies with age and the presence of neurotrophic factors. Here, we explored age-dependent changes in the occurrence and segregation of GABA and ACh in rats ranging from 2 weeks old (wo) to 12 months old or older. Using immunohistochemistry, we characterized the expression of L-glutamic acid decarboxylase of 67 kDa (GAD67) and vesicular acetylcholine transporter (VAChT) in the rat SCG at 2, 4, 8, 12 wo and 12 months old or older. Our findings revealed that GAD67 was greater at 2 wo compared with the other ages, whereas VAChT levels were greater at 4 wo than at 12 wo and 12 months old or older. The segregation of these neurotransmitters was more pronounced at 2 and 4 wo. We observed a caudo-rostral gradient of segregation degree at 8 and 12 wo. Data point out that the occurrence and segregation of GABA and ACh exhibit developmental adaptative changes throughout the lifetime of rats. We hypothesize that during the early postnatal period, the increase in GABA and GABA-ACh segregation promotes the release of GABA alone which might play a role in trophic actions.
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- Alfredo Hernández
- Departamento de Biología Celular and Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología Celular and Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología Celular and Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología Celular and Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología Celular and Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico
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Seong JW, Kim Y, Kwon DR, Yang CJ, Özçakar L. Effectiveness of Novel Sympathetic Nerve Entrapment Point Injections for Chronic Migraine: A Pilot Study. Life (Basel) 2023; 14:57. [PMID: 38255672 PMCID: PMC10817430 DOI: 10.3390/life14010057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2023] [Revised: 12/26/2023] [Accepted: 12/27/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
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No studies to date have investigated the ability of sympathetic nerve entrapment point saline (SNEP) injections to achieve long-term pain relief in patients with migraine. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the safety and long-term efficacy of repeat splenius capitis (SC) SNEP injections in patients with migraine (with/without tension-type headache). This retrospective, single-arm study included 12 patients with migraine. Isotonic saline was injected into their SC approximately six times for 3 months. Headache frequency, duration (hour/week), intensity (using the visual analog scale), and quality of life (using the Headache Impact Test-6) were assessed during the follow-up visits for up to 24 months after the first injection. Changes before and after treatment were assessed using repeated-measures analysis of variance. Significant reductions in headache frequency, duration, and intensity were observed at all assessment points after SNEP injections when compared with the baseline values (p < 0.05), while the patients' headache-related quality of life also improved. Treatment was continued for up to 3 months to maintain these improvements, and no worsening of status or adverse effects were observed in any of the patients over the following 24 months. Our results show that SNEP injections may offer persistent, substantial, and clinically relevant benefits in patients with migraine.
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- Jeong Won Seong
- Department of Family Medicine, Sarang Tong-sa Research Center, 2nd Floor, 477, Jinnyangho-ro, Jinju-si 52686, Republic of Korea;
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, 31 Suncheonhyang 6-gil, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan-si 31151, Republic of Korea;
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Muscle Research Center, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, 33 Duryugongwon-ro 17-gil, Nam-Gu, Daegu 42472, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Bonetouch Orthopaedic Clinic, 262, Godeok-ro, Gangdong-gu, Seoul 05269, Republic of Korea;
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- Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Hacettepe University Medical School, Hacettepe, Tıp Fakültesi, Altındağ/Ankara 06230, Turkey;
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Nah S, Kim K, Choi S, Woo S, Han S. SYMPATHETIC NERVE ENTRAPMENT POINT INJECTION AS AN ADJUVANT TREATMENT FOR INTRACTABLE CLUSTER HEADACHE: A CASE REPORT. J Emerg Med 2023:S0736-4679(23)00230-5. [PMID: 37355419 DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2023.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2022] [Revised: 03/10/2023] [Accepted: 04/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND Cluster headache (CH) is characterized by severe unilateral pain ranging from the orbital to the temporal regions with ipsilateral autonomic manifestations. Although most patients respond to drugs or oxygen inhalation, some do not. In this case report, we introduce sympathetic nerve entrapment point injection (SNEPI), a new adjuvant treatment for CH. CASE REPORT We introduce two CH patients who did not respond well to pharmacological treatment or 100% oxygen inhalation, but who improved after SNEPI. Patient 1, a 42-year-old man, visited the Emergency Department (ED) with severe periorbital right frontal headache accompanied by ipsilateral rhinorrhea, conjunctival injection, and eyelid edema. The symptoms did not fully respond to drugs or oxygen inhalation, but improved after SNEPI into the tender point of the splenius capitis (SC) muscle; there was no further pain for 1 month thereafter. Patient 2, a 26-year-old woman, presented to the ED complaining of severe headache in the right supraorbital-temporal-occipital region with ipsilateral lacrimation and conjunctival congestion. The patient was taking various drugs for CH, but there was no improvement; the symptoms improved dramatically after SNEPI into the tender points of the SC and paraspinal deep muscles (levels T1-2), and the pain was well managed with reduced drug doses for 3 months. Why Should an Emergency Physician Be Aware of This? CH can cause severe acute pain, and sometimes pharmacological treatment or oxygen inhalation is not effective. SNEPI, which is inexpensive and can be easily performed, may be considered as an adjuvant treatment for intractable CH in the ED.
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- Sangun Nah
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, InHa University Hospital, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Republic of Korea
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Shen Y, Liu F, Duan J, Wang W, Yang H, Wang Z, Wang T, Kong Y, Ma B, Hao M, Zhao H, Liu H. Biomaterial Cues Regulated Differentiation of Neural Stem Cells into GABAergic Neurons through Ca 2+/c-Jun/TLX3 Signaling Promoted by Hydroxyapatite Nanorods. NANO LETTERS 2021; 21:7371-7378. [PMID: 34423634 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c02708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Directed differentiation enables the production of a specific cell type by manipulating signals in development. However, there is a lack of effective means to accelerate the regeneration of neurons of particular subtypes for pathogenesis and clinical therapy. In this study, we find that hydroxyapatite (HAp) nanorods promote neural differentiation of neural stem cells due to their chemical compositions. Lysosome-mediated degradation of HAp nanorods elevates intracellular calcium concentrations and accelerates GABAergic neurogenesis. As a mechanism, the enhanced activity of a Ca2+ peak initiated by HAp nanorods leads to the activation of c-Jun and thus suppresses the expression of GABAergic/glutamatergic selection gene TLX3. We demonstrate the capability of HAp nanorods in promoting the differentiation into GABAergic neurons at both molecular and cellular function levels. Given that GABAergic neurons are responsible for various physiological and pathological processes, our findings open up enormous opportunities in efficient and precise stem cell therapy of neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Yinan Shen
- Department of Physics & John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
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- Department of Physics & John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
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- Key Laboratory of Processing and Testing Technology of Glass & Functional Ceramics of Shandong Province, School of Materials, Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, Shandong 250353, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
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- Department of Periodontology, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Shandong University & Shandong Key Laboratory of Oral Tissue Regeneration & Shandong Engineering Laboratory for Dental Materials and Oral Tissue Regeneration, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
- Institute for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research (IAIR), University of Jinan, Jinan, Shandong 250022, China
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A proposal for a new headache classification system for general practitioners. Med Hypotheses 2020; 143:110103. [PMID: 32721801 DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2020.110103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Revised: 07/10/2020] [Accepted: 07/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We proposes a new method of headache classification, which is simpler for use in general practice and is based on a pathophysiological approach, in preference to the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD) broad classification for headaches. In the ICDH classification, three main categories and numerous sub-categories and divisions are available with a view to addressing the symptoms and the aetiology of headache. However, the ICDH classification system is complex, with its many subdivisions, and it is cumbersome to use. Moreover, it is likely that not all medical professionals are readily familiar with it. A new classification system that is easy to learn and clinically user-friendly is necessary for primary care physicians to diagnose and classify headaches. We believe that our study makes a significant contribution to the literature because we propose a new method of classification for headaches that is based on clinical experience and addresses the pathogenesis of headaches.
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Mafi AM, Hofer LN, Russ MG, Young JW, Mellott JG. The Density of Perineuronal Nets Increases With Age in the Inferior Colliculus in the Fischer Brown Norway Rat. Front Aging Neurosci 2020; 12:27. [PMID: 32116654 PMCID: PMC7026493 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2020.00027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2019] [Accepted: 01/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Age-related hearing loss, one of the most frequently diagnosed disabilities in industrialized countries, may result from declining levels of GABA in the aging inferior colliculus (IC). However, the mechanisms of aging and subsequent disruptions of temporal processing in elderly hearing abilities are still being investigated. Perineuronal nets (PNs) are a specialized form of the extracellular matrix and have been linked to GABAergic neurotransmission and to the regulation of structural and synaptic plasticity. We sought to determine whether the density of PNs in the IC changes with age. We combined Wisteria floribunda agglutinin (WFA) staining with immunohistochemistry to glutamic acid decarboxylase in three age groups of Fischer Brown Norway (FBN) rats. The density of PNs on GABAergic and non-GABAergic cells in the three major subdivisions of the IC was quantified. Results first demonstrate that the density of PNs in the FBN IC increase with age. The greatest increases of PN density from young to old age occurred in the central IC (67% increase) and dorsal IC (117% increase). Second, in the young IC, PNs surround non-GABAergic and GABAergic cells with the majority of PNs surrounding the former. The increase of PNs with age in the IC occurred on both non-GABAergic and GABAergic populations. The average density of PN-surrounded non-GABAergic cells increased from 84.9 PNs/mm2 in the young to 134.2 PNs/mm2 in the old. While the density of PN-surrounded GABAergic cells increased from 26 PNs/mm2 in the young to 40.6 PNs/mm2 in the old. The causality is unclear, but increases in PN density in old age may play a role in altered auditory processing in the elderly, or may lead to further changes in IC plasticity.
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- Amir M Mafi
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH, United States
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH, United States
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH, United States
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH, United States
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH, United States
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Ito T. Different coding strategy of sound information between GABAergic and glutamatergic neurons in the auditory midbrain. J Physiol 2020; 598:1039-1072. [DOI: 10.1113/jp279296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2019] [Accepted: 01/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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- Tetsufumi Ito
- Department of AnatomyKanazawa Medical University Uchinada Ishikawa 920‐0293 Japan
- Research and Education Program for Life ScienceUniversity of Fukui Fukui Fukui 910‐8507 Japan
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Ganglionic Long-Term Potentiation in Prehypertensive and Hypertensive Stages of Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats Depends on GABA Modulation. Neural Plast 2019; 2019:7437894. [PMID: 31737063 PMCID: PMC6815531 DOI: 10.1155/2019/7437894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2019] [Revised: 08/08/2019] [Accepted: 09/06/2019] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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The sympathetic nervous system (SNS) regulates body functions in normal and pathological conditions and is characterized by the presence of a neuroplastic phenomenon, termed ganglionic long-term potentiation (gLTP). In hypertension, either in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) or in humans, sympathetic hyperfunction, such as elevated SNS outflow and changes in synaptic plasticity have been described. Because enhanced SNS outflow is detected in the hypertensive stage and, more importantly, in the prehypertensive phase of SHR, here we explored whether synaptic plasticity, particularly gLTP, was modified in the superior cervical ganglia (SCG) of prehypertensive SHR. Furthermore, considering that GABA modulates sympathetic synaptic transmission and gLTP in Wistar rats, we studied whether GABA might modulate gLTP expression in SHR. We characterized gLTP in the SCG of young prehypertensive 6-week-old (wo) and adult hypertensive (12 wo) SHR and in the SCG of Wistar Kyoto (WKy) normotensive control rats of the same ages. We found that gLTP was expressed in 6 wo SHR, but not in 12 wo rats. By contrast, in WKy, gLTP was expressed in 12 wo, but not in 6 wo rats. We also found that gLTP depends on GABA modulation, as blockade of GABA-A subtype receptors with its antagonist bicuculline unmasked gLTP expression in adult SHR and young WKy. We propose that (1) activity-dependent changes in synaptic efficacy are altered not only during hypertension but also before its onset and (2) GABA may play a modulatory role in the changes in synaptic plasticity in SHR, because the blockade of GABA-A receptors unmasked the expression of gLTP. These early changes in neuroplasticity and GABA modulation of gLTP could be part of the sympathetic hyperfunction observed in hypertension.
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Shi Y, Li Y, Yin J, Hu H, Xue M, Li X, Cheng W, Wang Y, Li X, Wang Y, Tan J, Yan S. A novel sympathetic neuronal GABAergic signalling system regulates NE release to prevent ventricular arrhythmias after acute myocardial infarction. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2019; 227:e13315. [PMID: 31116911 PMCID: PMC6813916 DOI: 10.1111/apha.13315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2018] [Revised: 05/09/2019] [Accepted: 05/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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AIM Overactivation of the sympathetic nerve may lead to severe ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) after myocardial infarction (MI). Thus, targeting sympathetic nerve activity is an effective strategy to prevent VAs clinically. The superior cervical ganglion (SCG), the extracardiac sympathetic ganglion innervating cardiac muscles, has been found to have a GABAergic signalling system, the physiological significance of which is obscure. We aimed to explore the functional significance of SCG post MI and whether the GABAergic signal system is involved in the process. METHODS Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into seven different groups. Rats in the MI groups underwent ligation of the left anterior descending coronary artery. All animals were used for electrophysiological testing, renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) testing, and ELISA. Primary SCG sympathetic neurons were used for the in vitro study. RESULTS The GABAA receptor agonist muscimol significantly decreased the ATP-induced increase in intracellular Ca2+ (P < 0.05). GABA treatment in MI rats significantly attenuated the level of serum and cardiac norepinephrine (NE; P < 0.05). Sympathetic activity and inducible VAs were also lower in MI + GABA rats than in MI rats (P < 0.05). Knockdown of the GABAA Rs β2 subunit (GABAA Rβ2 ) in the SCG of MI rats increased the NE levels in serum and cardiac tissue, RSNA and inducible VAs compared with vehicle shRNA (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION The GABAergic signalling system is functionally expressed in SCG sympathetic neurons, and activation of this system suppresses sympathetic activity, thereby facilitating cardiac protection and making it a potential target to alleviate VAs.
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- Yugen Shi
- Department of CardiologyShandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong UniversityShandongChina
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- Medical Research CenterShandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong UniversityShandongChina
- School of MedicineShandong UniversityShandongChina
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- Department of CardiologyShandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong UniversityShandongChina
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- Department of CardiologyShandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong UniversityShandongChina
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- Department of CardiologyShandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong UniversityShandongChina
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- Department of CardiologyShandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong UniversityShandongChina
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- Department of CardiologyShandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong UniversityShandongChina
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- Department of CardiologyShandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong UniversityShandongChina
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- Department of CardiologyShandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong UniversityShandongChina
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- Department of CardiologyShandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong UniversityShandongChina
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- Department of CardiologyShandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong UniversityShandongChina
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- Department of CardiologyShandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong UniversityShandongChina
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Malomouzh A, Ilyin V, Nikolsky E. Components of the GABAergic signaling in the peripheral cholinergic synapses of vertebrates: a review. Amino Acids 2019; 51:1093-1102. [PMID: 31236726 DOI: 10.1007/s00726-019-02754-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2018] [Accepted: 06/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is the main inhibitory neurotransmitter in the mammalian central nervous system. Since the 1970s, many studies have focused on the role of GABA in the mammalian peripheral nervous system, and particularly in the cholinergic synapses. In this review, we present current findings for the cholinergic neurons of vegetative ganglia as well as for the neurons innervating smooth and striated muscles. Synaptic contacts formed by these neurons contain GABA and the enzyme, glutamic acid decarboxylase, which catalyzes the synthesis of GABA from glutamate. Newly formed GABA is released in the cholinergic synapses and mostly all the peripheral cholinergic synaptic contacts contain iono- and metabotropic GABA receptors. Although the underlying molecular mechanism of the release is not well understood, still, it is speculated that GABA is released by a vesicular and/or non-vesicular way via reversal of the GABA transporter. We also review the signaling role of GABA in the peripheral cholinergic synapses by modulating acetylcholine release, but its exact physiological function remains to be elucidated.
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- Artem Malomouzh
- Laboratory of Biophysics of Synaptic Processes, Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of Russian Academy of Sciences, P.O. box 30, Kazan, 420111, Russia.
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- Neuropharmacology Lab, Kazan Federal University, 18 Kremlyovskaya St, Kazan, 420008, Russia
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- Laboratory of Biophysics of Synaptic Processes, Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of Russian Academy of Sciences, P.O. box 30, Kazan, 420111, Russia.,Neuropharmacology Lab, Kazan Federal University, 18 Kremlyovskaya St, Kazan, 420008, Russia
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Kuramoto E. Method for labeling and reconstruction of single neurons using Sindbis virus vectors. J Chem Neuroanat 2019; 100:101648. [PMID: 31181303 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2019.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2018] [Revised: 04/11/2019] [Accepted: 05/08/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Neuronal dendrites and axons are key substrates for the input and output of information, respectively, so establishing the precise and complete morphological description of dendritic and axonal processes of a single neuron is essential for understanding the neuron's functional role in the neuronal circuits. The whole structure of single neurons was originally revealed using Golgi staining, and later the intracellular labeling method was developed, although this is technically too difficult to stain entire neurons in vivo. Since the late 1980s, molecular biology techniques have been applied to neuroscience research, leading to the development of various virus vectors, such as the Sindbis and adeno-associated virus vectors, which have facilitated the reconstruction of neurons at a single cell level. In the present review, we focus on a method for labeling and reconstruction of single neurons using Sindbis virus vectors that express membrane-targeted fluorescent proteins. We describe in detail a protocol for single-neuron labeling using Sindbis virus vectors, and we provide an example of a recent project at our laboratory in which we successfully applied these methods to study thalamocortical projection neurons. Further, we discuss the strengths and limitations of Sindbis virus vectors for single neuron reconstruction, comparing them with adeno-associated virus vectors.
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- Eriko Kuramoto
- Department of Oral Anatomy and Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890-8544, Japan.
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Robinson LC, Barat O, Mellott JG. GABAergic and glutamatergic cells in the inferior colliculus dynamically express the GABA AR γ 1 subunit during aging. Neurobiol Aging 2019; 80:99-110. [PMID: 31112831 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2019.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2019] [Revised: 03/25/2019] [Accepted: 04/05/2019] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Age-related hearing loss may result, in part, from declining levels of γ-amino butyric acid (GABA) in the aging inferior colliculus (IC). An upregulation of the GABAAR γ1 subunit, which has been shown to increase sensitivity to GABA, occurs in the aging IC. We sought to determine whether the upregulation of the GABAAR γ1 subunit was specific to GABAergic or glutamatergic IC cells. We used immunohistochemistry for glutamic acid decarboxylase and the GABAAR γ1 subunit at 4 age groups in the IC of Fisher Brown Norway rats. The percentage of somas that expressed the γ1 subunit and the number of subunits on each soma were quantified. Our results show that GABAergic and glutamatergic IC cells increasingly expressed the γ1 subunit from young age until expression peaked during middle age. At old age (∼77% of life span), the number of GABAAR γ1 subunits per cell sharply decreased for both cell types. These results, along with previous studies, suggest inhibitory and excitatory IC circuits may express the GABAAR γ1 subunit in response to the age-related decline of available GABA.
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- Lauren C Robinson
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH, USA; Department of Biology, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH, USA.
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Merino-Jiménez C, Miguel F, Feria Pliego JA, Zetina Rosales ME, Cifuentes F, Morales MA. Sympathetic Hyperactivity and Age Affect Segregation and Expression of Neurotransmitters. Front Cell Neurosci 2018; 12:411. [PMID: 30483061 PMCID: PMC6243098 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2018.00411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2018] [Accepted: 10/22/2018] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Sympathetic neurons of the rat superior cervical ganglion (SCG) can segregate their neurotransmitters and co-transmitters to separate varicosities of single axons. We have shown that transmitter segregation is a plastic phenomenon and that it is correlated with the strength of synaptic transmission. Here, we determined whether sympathetic dysfunction occurring in stress and hypertension was correlated with plastic changes of neurotransmitter segregation. We characterized the expression of the markers, L-glutamic acid decarboxylase of 67 kDa (GAD67) and vesicular acetylcholine (ACh) transporter (VAChT) in the SCG of cold stressed and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). Considering that the SCG comprises a heterogeneous neuronal population, we explored whether the expression and segregation of neurotransmitters would also have an intraganglionic heterogeneous distribution in ganglia of stressed and hypertensive rats. Furthermore, since hypertension in SHR is detected around 8–10 weeks, we evaluated expression and segregation of ACh and GABA in adult hypertensive (12-week old (wo)) and young pre-hypertensive (6-wo) SHR. We found an increase in segregation of ACh and GABA with no change in transmitter expression in ganglia of stressed animals. In contrast, in SHR, there was an increase in GABA expression, although segregation did not vary. Segregation showed a caudo-rostral gradient in controls but not in the ganglia of stressed animals. GABA expression showed a rostro-caudal gradient in adult SHR, which was not present in young 6-wo rats. In young SHR, ACh increased and, unexpectedly, segregation of ACh and GABA was higher than in adults. Data suggest that ACh and GABA segregation increases in acute sympathetic hyperactivity like stress, but does not vary in chronic hyperactivity such as in hypertension. Changes in segregation are age-dependent and might be involved in the mechanisms underlying stress and hypertension.
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- Candelaria Merino-Jiménez
- Departamento de Biología Celular & Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología Celular & Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología Celular & Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología Celular & Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología Celular & Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología Celular & Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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Ito T, Furuyama T, Hase K, Kobayasi KI, Hiryu S, Riquimaroux H. Organization of subcortical auditory nuclei of Japanese house bat (Pipistrellus abramus) identified with cytoarchitecture and molecular expression. J Comp Neurol 2018; 526:2824-2844. [PMID: 30168138 DOI: 10.1002/cne.24529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2018] [Revised: 08/23/2018] [Accepted: 08/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The auditory system of echolocating bats shows remarkable specialization likely related to analyzing echoes of sonar pulses. However, significant interspecies differences have been observed in the organization of auditory pathways among echolocating bats, and the homology of auditory nuclei with those of non-echolocating species has not been established. Here, in order to establish the homology and specialization of auditory pathways in echolocating bats, the expression of markers for glutamatergic, GABAergic, and glycinergic phenotypes in the subcortical auditory nuclei of Japanese house bat (Pipistrellus abramus) was evaluated. In the superior olivary complex, we identified the medial superior olive and superior paraolivary nuclei as expressing glutamatergic and GABAergic phenotypes, respectively, suggesting these nuclei are homologous with those of rodents. In the nuclei of the lateral lemniscus (NLL), the dorsal nucleus was found to be purely GABAergic, the intermediate nucleus was a mixture of glutamatergic and inhibitory neurons, the compact part of the ventral nucleus was purely glycinergic, and the multipolar part of the ventral nucleus expressed both GABA and glycine. In the inferior colliculus (IC), the central nucleus was found to be further subdivided into dorsal and ventral parts according to differences in the density of terminals and the morphology of large GABAergic neurons, suggesting specialization to sonar pulse structure. Medial geniculate virtually lacked GABAergic neurons, suggesting that the organization of the tectothalamic pathway is similar with that of rodents. Taken together, our findings revealed that specialization primarily occurs with regard to nuclei size and organization of the NLL and IC.
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- Tetsufumi Ito
- Department of Anatomy, Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada, Ishikawa, Japan.,Research and Education Program for Life Science, University of Fukui, Fukui, Fukui, Japan
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- Neuroethology and Bioengineering Laboratory, Faculty of Life and Medical Sciences, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Kyoto, Japan
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- Neuroethology and Bioengineering Laboratory, Faculty of Life and Medical Sciences, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Kyoto, Japan
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- Neuroethology and Bioengineering Laboratory, Faculty of Life and Medical Sciences, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Kyoto, Japan
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- Neuroethology and Bioengineering Laboratory, Faculty of Life and Medical Sciences, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Kyoto, Japan
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Ito T, Furuyama T, Hase K, Kobayasi KI, Hiryu S. Organization of projection from brainstem auditory nuclei to the inferior colliculus of Japanese house bat (Pipistrellus abramus). Brain Behav 2018; 8:e01059. [PMID: 29999234 PMCID: PMC6085899 DOI: 10.1002/brb3.1059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2018] [Accepted: 06/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Echolocating bats show remarkable specialization which is related to analysis of echoes of biosonars in subcortical auditory brainstem pathways. The inferior colliculus (IC) receives inputs from all lower brainstem auditory nuclei, i.e., cochlear nuclei, nuclei of the lateral lemniscus, and superior olivary complex, and create de novo responses to sound, which is considered crucial for echolocation. Inside the central nucleus of the IC (ICC), small domains which receive specific combination of extrinsic inputs are the basis of integration of sound information. In addition to extrinsic inputs, each domain is interconnected by local IC neurons but the cell types related to the interconnection are not well-understood. The primary objective of the current study is to examine whether the ascending inputs are reorganized and terminate in microdomains inside the ICC. METHODS We made injection of a retrograde tracer into different parts of the ICC, and analyzed distribution of retrogradely labeled cells in the auditory brainstem of Japanese house bat (Pipistrellus abramus). RESULTS Pattern of ascending projections from brainstem nuclei was similar to other bat species. Percentages of labeled cells in several nuclei were correlated each other. Furthermore, within the IC, we identified that large GABAergic (LG) and glutamatergic neurons made long-range connection. CONCLUSIONS Synaptic organization of IC of Japanese house bat shows specialization which is likely to relate for echolocation. Input nuclei to the IC make clusters which terminate in specific part of the ICC, implying the presence of microdomains. LG neurons have roles for binding IC microdomains.
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- Tetsufumi Ito
- Department of Anatomy, Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada, Japan.,Research and Education Program for Life Science, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan
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- Neuroethology and Bioengineering Laboratory, Faculty of Life and Medical Sciences, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Japan
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- Neuroethology and Bioengineering Laboratory, Faculty of Life and Medical Sciences, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Japan
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- Neuroethology and Bioengineering Laboratory, Faculty of Life and Medical Sciences, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Japan
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- Neuroethology and Bioengineering Laboratory, Faculty of Life and Medical Sciences, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Japan
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Neurons, Connections, and Microcircuits of the Inferior Colliculus. THE MAMMALIAN AUDITORY PATHWAYS 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-71798-2_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Brown DA. Norman Bowery's discoveries about extrasynaptic and asynaptic GABA systems and their significance. Neuropharmacology 2017; 136:3-9. [PMID: 29128306 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2017.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2017] [Accepted: 11/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Before discovering the GABA-B receptor, Norman Bowery completed a series of studies on an extrasynaptic or asynaptic "GABA system" in the rat superior cervical sympathetic ganglion. First, he discovered an uptake system for GABA in neuroglial cells in the ganglia and in peripheral nerves, with a different substrate specificity than that in neurons. Second, he showed that accumulated GABA in sympathetic glial cells was metabolized to succinate by a transaminase enzyme. Third, he provided detailed structure-activity information about compounds activating an extrasynaptic GABA-A receptor on neurons in the rat sympathetic ganglion. Fourth, he showed that some amino acid substrates for the neuroglial transporter could indirectly stimulate neurons by releasing GABA from adjacent glial cells, and that GABA could also be released from neuroglial cells by membrane depolarization. In this review, these discoveries are briefly described and updated and some of their implications assessed. This article is part of the "Special Issue Dedicated to Norman G. Bowery".
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- David A Brown
- Department of Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
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Vargas RA. Effects of GABA, Neural Regulation, and Intrinsic Cardiac Factors on Heart Rate Variability in Zebrafish Larvae. Zebrafish 2017; 14:106-117. [DOI: 10.1089/zeb.2016.1365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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- Rafael Antonio Vargas
- Departamento de Ciencias Fisiológicas, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
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Barnerssoi M, May PJ, Horn AKE. GABAergic innervation of the ciliary ganglion in macaque monkeys - A light and electron microscopic study. J Comp Neurol 2017; 525:1517-1531. [PMID: 27864939 DOI: 10.1002/cne.24145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2016] [Revised: 10/19/2016] [Accepted: 10/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The vertebrate ciliary ganglion (CG) is a relay station in the parasympathetic pathway activating the iris sphincter and ciliary muscle to mediate pupillary constriction and lens accommodation, respectively. While the postganglionic motoneurons in the CG are cholinergic, as are their inputs, there is evidence from avian studies that GABA may also be involved. Here, we used light and electron microscopic methods to examine the GABAergic innervation of the CG in Macaca fascicularis monkeys. Immunohistochemistry for the gamma aminobutyric acid synthesizing enzyme glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) and choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) revealed that all CG neurons are contacted by ChAT-positive terminals. A subpopulation of 17.5% of CG neurons was associated with terminal boutons expressing GAD-immunoreactivity in addition. Double-labeling for GAD and synaptophysin confirmed that these were synaptic terminals. Electron microscopic analysis in conjunction with GABA-immunogold staining showed that (1) GAD-positive terminals mainly target dendrites and spines in the perisomatic neuropil of CG neurons; (2) GABA is restricted to a specific terminal type, which displays intermediate features lying between classically excitatory and inhibitory endings; and (3) if a CG neuron is contacted by GABA-positive terminals, virtually all perisomatic terminals supplying it show GABA immunoreactivity. The source of this GABAergic input and whether GABA contributes to a specific CG function remains to be investigated. Nevertheless, our data indicate that the innervation of the ciliary ganglion is more complex than previously thought, and that GABA may play a neuromodulatory role in the control of lens or pupil function. J. Comp. Neurol. 525:1517-1531, 2017. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Miriam Barnerssoi
- Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology I, Ludwig-Maximilian Universität, Munich, Germany
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- Departments of Neurobiology and Anatomical Sciences, Ophthalmology, and Neurology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, 39216
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- Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology I, Ludwig-Maximilian Universität, Munich, Germany
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Kuramoto E, Pan S, Furuta T, Tanaka YR, Iwai H, Yamanaka A, Ohno S, Kaneko T, Goto T, Hioki H. Individual mediodorsal thalamic neurons project to multiple areas of the rat prefrontal cortex: A single neuron-tracing study using virus vectors. J Comp Neurol 2017; 525:166-185. [PMID: 27275581 DOI: 10.1002/cne.24054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2016] [Revised: 04/26/2016] [Accepted: 06/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The prefrontal cortex has an important role in a variety of cognitive and executive processes, and is generally defined by its reciprocal connections with the mediodorsal thalamic nucleus (MD). The rat MD is mainly subdivided into three segments, the medial (MDm), central (MDc), and lateral (MDl) divisions, on the basis of the cytoarchitecture and chemoarchitecture. The MD segments are known to topographically project to multiple prefrontal areas at the population level: the MDm mainly to the prelimbic, infralimbic, and agranular insular areas; the MDc to the orbital and agranular insular areas; and the MDl to the prelimbic and anterior cingulate areas. However, it is unknown whether individual MD neurons project to single or multiple prefrontal cortical areas. In the present study, we visualized individual MD neurons with Sindbis virus vectors, and reconstructed whole structures of MD neurons. While the main cortical projection targets of MDm, MDc, and MDl neurons were generally consistent with those of previous results, it was found that individual MD neurons sent their axon fibers to multiple prefrontal areas, and displayed various projection patterns in the target areas. Furthermore, the axons of single MD neurons were not homogeneously spread, but were rather distributed to form patchy axon arbors approximately 1 mm in diameter. The multiple-area projections and patchy axon arbors of single MD neurons might be able to coactivate cortical neuron groups in distant prefrontal areas simultaneously. Furthermore, considerable heterogeneity of the projection patterns is likely, to recruit the different sets of cortical neurons, and thus contributes to a variety of prefrontal functions. J. Comp. Neurol. 525:166-185, 2017. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Eriko Kuramoto
- Department of Oral Anatomy and Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, 890-8544, Japan
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- Department of Morphological Brain Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Morphological Brain Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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- Division of Brain Circuits, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Aichi, 444-8585, Japan
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- Department of Oral Anatomy and Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, 890-8544, Japan
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- Department of Oral Anatomy and Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, 890-8544, Japan
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- Department of Dental Anesthesiology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, 890-8544, Japan
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- Department of Morphological Brain Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Oral Anatomy and Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, 890-8544, Japan
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- Department of Morphological Brain Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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Enzyme activities involved in the glutamate–glutamine cycle are altered to reduce glutamate after spinal cord injury in rats. Neuroreport 2016; 27:1317-1322. [DOI: 10.1097/wnr.0000000000000700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Fujimoto H, Konno K, Watanabe M, Jinno S. Late postnatal shifts of parvalbumin and nitric oxide synthase expression within the GABAergic and glutamatergic phenotypes of inferior colliculus neurons. J Comp Neurol 2016; 525:868-884. [PMID: 27560447 DOI: 10.1002/cne.24104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2016] [Revised: 08/22/2016] [Accepted: 08/22/2016] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The inferior colliculus (IC) is partitioned into three subdivisions: the dorsal and lateral cortices (DC and LC) and the central nucleus (ICC), and serves as an integration center of auditory information. Recent studies indicate that a certain population of IC neurons may represent the non-GABAergic phenotype, while they express well-established cortical/hippocampal GABAergic neuron markers. In this study we used the optical disector to investigate the phenotype of IC neurons expressing parvalbumin (PV) and/or nitric oxide synthase (NOS) in C57BL/6J mice during the late postnatal period. Four major types of IC neurons were defined by the presence (+) or absence (-) of PV, NOS, and glutamic acid decarboxylase 67 (GAD67): PV+ /NOS- /GAD67+ , PV+ /NOS+ /GAD67+ , PV+ /NOS- /GAD67- , and PV- /NOS+ /GAD67- . Fluorescent in situ hybridization for vesicular glutamate transporter 2 mRNA indicated that almost all GAD67- IC neurons represented the glutamatergic phenotype. The numerical densities (NDs) of total GAD67+ IC neurons remained unchanged in all subdivisions. The NDs of PV+ /NOS- /GAD67+ neurons and PV- /NOS+ /GAD67- neurons were reduced with age in the ICC, while they remained unchanged in the DC and LC. By contrast, the NDs of PV+ /NOS+ /GAD67+ neurons and PV+ /NOS- /GAD67- neurons were increased with age in the ICC, although there were no changes in the DC and LC. The cell body size of GAD67+ IC neurons did not vary according to the expression of PV with or without NOS. The present findings indicate that the expression of PV and NOS may shift with age within the GABAergic and glutamatergic phenotypes of IC neurons during the late postnatal period. J. Comp. Neurol. 525:868-884, 2017. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Hisataka Fujimoto
- Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Elinos D, Rodríguez R, Martínez LA, Zetina ME, Cifuentes F, Morales MA. Segregation of Acetylcholine and GABA in the Rat Superior Cervical Ganglia: Functional Correlation. Front Cell Neurosci 2016; 10:91. [PMID: 27092054 PMCID: PMC4823314 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2016.00091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2015] [Accepted: 03/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Sympathetic neurons have the capability to segregate their neurotransmitters (NTs) and co-transmitters to separate varicosities of single axons; furthermore, in culture, these neurons can even segregate classical transmitters. In vivo sympathetic neurons employ acetylcholine (ACh) and other classical NTs such as gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA). Herein, we explore whether these neurons in vivo segregate these classical NTs in the superior cervical ganglia of the rat. We determined the topographical distribution of GABAergic varicosities, somatic GABAA receptor, as well as the regional distribution of the segregation of ACh and GABA. We evaluated possible regional differences in efficacy of ganglionic synaptic transmission, in the sensitivity of GABAA receptor to GABA and to the competitive antagonist picrotoxin (PTX). We found that sympathetic preganglionic neurons in vivo do segregate ACh and GABA. GABAergic varicosities and GABAA receptor expression showed a rostro-caudal gradient along ganglia; in contrast, segregation exhibited a caudo-rostral gradient. These uneven regional distributions in expression of GABA, GABAA receptors, and level of segregation correlate with stronger synaptic transmission found in the caudal region. Accordingly, GABAA receptors of rostral region showed larger sensitivity to GABA and PTX. These results suggest the presence of different types of GABAA receptors in each region that result in a different regional levels of endogenous GABA inhibition. Finally, we discuss a possible correlation of these different levels of GABA modulation and the function of the target organs innervated by rostral and caudal ganglionic neurons.
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- Diana Elinos
- Departamento de Biología Celular and Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Ciudad de México, México
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- Departamento de Biología Celular and Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Ciudad de México, México
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- Departamento de Biología Celular and Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Ciudad de México, México
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- Departamento de Biología Celular and Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Ciudad de México, México
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- Departamento de Biología Celular and Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Ciudad de México, México
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- Departamento de Biología Celular and Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Ciudad de México, México
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Ito T, Atoji Y. Tectothalamic inhibitory projection neurons in the avian torus semicircularis. J Comp Neurol 2016; 524:2604-22. [DOI: 10.1002/cne.23979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2015] [Revised: 01/26/2016] [Accepted: 01/27/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Tetsufumi Ito
- Department of Anatomy; Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui; Eiheiji Fukui 910-1193 Japan
- Research and Education Program for Life Science, University of Fukui; Fukui Fukui 910-8507 Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University; Yanagido Gifu 501-1193 Japan
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Malomouzh AI, Petrov KA, Nurullin LF, Nikolsky EE. Metabotropic GABAB
receptors mediate GABA inhibition of acetylcholine release in the rat neuromuscular junction. J Neurochem 2015; 135:1149-60. [DOI: 10.1111/jnc.13373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2015] [Revised: 09/16/2015] [Accepted: 09/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Artem I. Malomouzh
- Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics; Russian Academy of Sciences; Kazan Russia
- Kazan Federal University; Kazan Russia
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- Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics; Russian Academy of Sciences; Kazan Russia
- Kazan Federal University; Kazan Russia
- A.E. Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry; Russian Academy of Sciences; Kazan Russia
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- Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics; Russian Academy of Sciences; Kazan Russia
- Kazan Federal University; Kazan Russia
- Kazan State Medical University; Kazan Russia
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- Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics; Russian Academy of Sciences; Kazan Russia
- Kazan Federal University; Kazan Russia
- Kazan State Medical University; Kazan Russia
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Ito T, Bishop DC, Oliver DL. Functional organization of the local circuit in the inferior colliculus. Anat Sci Int 2015; 91:22-34. [PMID: 26497006 DOI: 10.1007/s12565-015-0308-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2015] [Accepted: 10/05/2015] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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The inferior colliculus (IC) is the first integration center of the auditory system. After the transformation of sound to neural signals in the cochlea, the signals are analyzed by brainstem auditory nuclei that, in turn, transmit this information to the IC. However, the neural circuitry that underlies this integration is unclear. This review consists of two parts: one is about the cell type which is likely to integrate sound information, and the other is about a technique which is useful for studying local circuitry. Large GABAergic (LG) neurons receive dense excitatory axosomatic terminals that originate from the lower brainstem auditory nuclei as well as local IC neurons. Dozens of axons coming from both local and lower brainstem neurons converge on a single LG soma. Excitatory neurons in IC can innervate many nearby LG somata in the same fibrodendritic lamina. The combination of local and ascending inputs is well suited for auditory integration. LG neurons are one of the main sources of inhibition in the medial geniculate body (MGB). LG neurons and the tectothalamic inhibitory system are present in a wide variety of mammalian species. This suggests that the circuitry of excitatory and inhibitory tectothalamic projections may have evolved earlier than GABAergic interneurons in the MGB, which are found in fewer species. Cellular-level functional imaging provides both morphological and functional information about local circuitry. In the last part of this review, we describe an in vivo calcium imaging study that sheds light on the functional organization of the IC.
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- Tetsufumi Ito
- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Fukui, 910-1193, Japan. .,Research and Education Program for Life Science, University of Fukui, Fukui, Fukui, 910-8507, Japan.
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, 06030-3401, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, 06030-3401, USA
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Distribution of glutamatergic, GABAergic, and glycinergic neurons in the auditory pathways of macaque monkeys. Neuroscience 2015; 310:128-51. [PMID: 26391919 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.09.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2015] [Revised: 09/14/2015] [Accepted: 09/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Macaque monkeys use complex communication calls and are regarded as a model for studying the coding and decoding of complex sound in the auditory system. However, little is known about the distribution of excitatory and inhibitory neurons in the auditory system of macaque monkeys. In this study, we examined the overall distribution of cell bodies that expressed mRNAs for VGLUT1, and VGLUT2 (markers for glutamatergic neurons), GAD67 (a marker for GABAergic neurons), and GLYT2 (a marker for glycinergic neurons) in the auditory system of the Japanese macaque. In addition, we performed immunohistochemistry for VGLUT1, VGLUT2, and GAD67 in order to compare the distribution of proteins and mRNAs. We found that most of the excitatory neurons in the auditory brainstem expressed VGLUT2. In contrast, the expression of VGLUT1 mRNA was restricted to the auditory cortex (AC), periolivary nuclei, and cochlear nuclei (CN). The co-expression of GAD67 and GLYT2 mRNAs was common in the ventral nucleus of the lateral lemniscus (VNLL), CN, and superior olivary complex except for the medial nucleus of the trapezoid body, which expressed GLYT2 alone. In contrast, the dorsal nucleus of the lateral lemniscus, inferior colliculus, thalamus, and AC expressed GAD67 alone. The absence of co-expression of VGLUT1 and VGLUT2 in the medial geniculate, medial superior olive, and VNLL suggests that synaptic responses in the target neurons of these nuclei may be different between rodents and macaque monkeys.
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Vaz RP, Pereira PA, Madeira MD. Age effects on the nucleus of the lateral olfactory tract of the rat. J Comp Neurol 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/cne.23863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Ricardo P. Vaz
- Department of Anatomy; Faculty of Medicine; University of Porto; Porto Portugal
- Otorhinolaryngology Department; Centro Hospitalar S. João, EPE; Porto Portugal
- Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS); Porto Portugal
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- Department of Anatomy; Faculty of Medicine; University of Porto; Porto Portugal
- Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS); Porto Portugal
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- Department of Anatomy; Faculty of Medicine; University of Porto; Porto Portugal
- Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS); Porto Portugal
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Choy Buentello D, Bishop DC, Oliver DL. Differential distribution of GABA and glycine terminals in the inferior colliculus of rat and mouse. J Comp Neurol 2015; 523:2683-97. [PMID: 25976159 DOI: 10.1002/cne.23810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2014] [Revised: 05/06/2015] [Accepted: 05/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The inferior colliculus (IC), the midbrain component of the auditory pathway, integrates virtually all inputs from the auditory brainstem. These are a mixture of excitatory and inhibitory ascending inputs, and the inhibitory transmitters include both gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and glycine (GLY). Although the presence of these inhibitory inputs is well established, their relative location in the IC is not, and there is little information on the mouse. Here, we study the distribution of glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD)67 and GLY transporter 2 (T2) in axonal terminals to better understand the relative contributions of these inputs. Large-scale mosaic composite images of immunohistochemistry sections of rat and mice were used to isolate the signals related to the concentrations of these axonal terminals in the tissue, and the ratio of GLYT2/GAD67 in each pixel was calculated. GLYT2 was seen only in the central nucleus of the IC (ICC), whereas GAD67 was seen throughout the IC. The map of the GAD67 and GLYT2 axonal distribution revealed a gradient that runs from ventrolateral to dorsomedial along the axis of the laminae of the ICC and perpendicular to the tonotopic axis. Although anatomically different, both the mouse and the rat had relatively more GAD67 dorsomedially in the ICC and relatively more GLYT2 ventrolaterally. This organization of GABA and GLY inputs may be related to functional zones with different properties in ICC that are based, in part, on different sets of inhibitory inputs to each zone.
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- Department of Neuroscience, UConn Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, 06030
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- Department of Neuroscience, UConn Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, 06030
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Ito T, Hioki H, Sohn J, Okamoto S, Kaneko T, Iino S, Oliver DL. Convergence of Lemniscal and Local Excitatory Inputs on Large GABAergic Tectothalamic Neurons. J Comp Neurol 2015; 523:2277-96. [PMID: 25879870 DOI: 10.1002/cne.23789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2014] [Revised: 04/07/2015] [Accepted: 04/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Large GABAergic (LG) neurons form a distinct cell type in the inferior colliculus (IC), identified by the presence of dense VGLUT2-containing axosomatic terminals. Although some of the axosomatic terminals originate from local and commissural IC neurons, it has been unclear whether LG neurons also receive axosomatic inputs from the lower auditory brainstem nuclei, i.e., cochlear nuclei (CN), superior olivary complex (SOC), and nuclei of the lateral lemniscus (NLL). In this study we injected recombinant viral tracers that force infected cells to express GFP in a Golgi-like manner into the lower auditory brainstem nuclei to determine whether these nuclei directly innervate LG cell somata. Labeled axons from CN, SOC, and NLL terminated as excitatory axosomatic endings, identified by colabeling of GFP and VGLUT2, on single LG neurons in the IC. Each excitatory axon made only a few axosomatic contacts on each LG neuron. Inputs to a single LG cell are unlikely to be from a single brainstem nucleus, since lesions of individual nuclei failed to eliminate most VGLUT2-positive terminals on the LG neurons. The estimated number of inputs on a single LG cell body was almost proportional to the surface area of the cell body. Double injections of different viruses into IC and a brainstem nucleus showed that LG neurons received inputs from both. These results demonstrated that both ascending and intrinsic sources converge on the LG somata to control inhibitory tectothalamic projections.
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- Tetsufumi Ito
- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, 910-1193, Japan.,Research and Education Program for Life Science, University of Fukui, Fukui, 910-8507, Japan
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- Department of Morphological Brain Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Morphological Brain Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan.,Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), 5-3-1 Koujimachi, Tokyo, 102-8472, Japan
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- Department of Morphological Brain Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Morphological Brain Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, 910-1193, Japan.,Research and Education Program for Life Science, University of Fukui, Fukui, 910-8507, Japan
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, 06030-3401, USA
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Saito Y, Zhang Y, Yanagawa Y. Electrophysiological and morphological properties of neurons in the prepositus hypoglossi nucleus that express both ChAT and VGAT in a double-transgenic rat model. Eur J Neurosci 2015; 41:1036-48. [PMID: 25808645 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2014] [Revised: 01/30/2015] [Accepted: 02/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Although it has been proposed that neurons that contain both acetylcholine (ACh) and γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) are present in the prepositus hypoglossi nucleus (PHN), these neurons have not been characterized because of the difficulty in identifying them. In the present study, PHN neurons that express both choline acetyltransferase and the vesicular GABA transporter (VGAT) were identified using double-transgenic rats, in which the cholinergic and inhibitory neurons express the fluorescent proteins tdTomato and Venus, respectively. To characterize the neurons that express both tdTomato and Venus (D+ neurons), the afterhyperpolarization (AHP) profiles and firing patterns of these neurons were investigated via whole-cell recordings of brainstem slice preparations. Regarding the three AHP profiles and four firing patterns that the D+ neurons exhibited, an AHP with an afterdepolarization and a firing pattern that exhibited a delay in the generation of the first spike were the preferential properties of these neurons. In the three morphological types classified, the multipolar type that exhibited radiating dendrites was predominant among the D+ neurons. Immunocytochemical analysis revealed that the VGAT-immunopositive axonal boutons that expressed tdTomato were primarily located in the dorsal cap of inferior olive (IO) and the PHN. Although the PHN receives cholinergic inputs from the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus and laterodorsal tegmental nucleus, D+ neurons were absent from these brain areas. Together, these results suggest that PHN neurons that co-express ACh and GABA exhibit specific electrophysiological and morphological properties, and innervate the dorsal cap of the IO and the PHN.
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- Yasuhiko Saito
- Department of Genetic and Behavioral Neuroscience, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan; Department of Neurophysiology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara 634-8521, Japan
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Tavazzani E, Tritto S, Spaiardi P, Botta L, Manca M, Prigioni I, Masetto S, Russo G. Glutamic acid decarboxylase 67 expression by a distinct population of mouse vestibular supporting cells. Front Cell Neurosci 2014; 8:428. [PMID: 25565962 PMCID: PMC4269132 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2014.00428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2014] [Accepted: 11/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The function of the enzyme glutamate decarboxylase (GAD) is to convert glutamate in γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA). Glutamate decarboxylase exists as two major isoforms, termed GAD65 and GAD67, that are usually expressed in GABA-containing neurons in the central nervous system. GAD65 has been proposed to be associated with GABA exocytosis whereas GAD67 with GABA metabolism. In the present immunofluorescence study, we have investigated the presence of the two GAD isoforms in the semicircular canal cristae of wild type and GAD67-GFP knock-in mice. While no evidence for GAD65 expression was found, GAD67 was detected in a distinct population of peripherally-located supporting cells, but not in hair cells or in centrally-located supporting cells. GABA, on the other hand, was found in all supporting cells. The present result indicate that only a discrete population of supporting cells use GAD67 to synthesize GABA. This is the first report of a marker that allows to distinguish two populations of supporting cells in the vestibular epithelium. On the other hand, the lack of GABA and GAD enzymes in hair cells excludes its involvement in afferent transmission.
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- Elisa Tavazzani
- Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia Pavia, Italy ; Laboratory of Neurophysiology, Brain Connectivity Center, C. Mondino National Neurological Institute Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology "L. Spallanzani", University of Pavia Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia Pavia, Italy
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Hioki H. Compartmental organization of synaptic inputs to parvalbumin-expressing GABAergic neurons in mouse primary somatosensory cortex. Anat Sci Int 2014; 90:7-21. [PMID: 25467527 DOI: 10.1007/s12565-014-0264-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2014] [Accepted: 11/17/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Parvalbumin (PV)-positive fast-spiking cells in the neocortex are known to generate gamma oscillations by mutual chemical and electrical connections. Recent findings suggest that this rhythm might be responsible for higher-order brain functions, and related to psychiatric disorders. To elucidate the precise structural rules of the connections of PV neurons, we first produced genetic tools. Using a lentiviral expression system, we developed neuron-specific promoters and a new reporter protein that labels the somatodendritic membrane of neurons. We applied the reporter protein to the generation of transgenic mice, and succeeded in visualizing the dendrites and cell bodies of PV neurons efficiently. Then we analyzed excitatory and inhibitory inputs to PV neurons in the primary somatosensory cortex using the mice. Corticocortical glutamatergic inputs were more frequently found on the distal dendrites than on the soma, whereas thalamocortical inputs did not differ between the proximal and distal portions. Corticocortical inhibitory inputs were more densely distributed on the soma than on the dendrites. We further investigated which types of neocortical GABAergic neurons preferred the PV soma over their dendrites. We revealed that the somatic and dendritic compartments principally received GABAergic inputs from vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP)-positive and PV neurons, respectively. This compartmental organization suggests that PV neurons communicate with each other mainly via the dendrites, and that their activity is effectively controlled by the somatic inputs of VIP neurons. These findings provide new insights into the neuronal circuits involving PV neurons, and contribute to a better understanding of brain functions and mental disorders.
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- Hiroyuki Hioki
- Department of Morphological Brain Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan,
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Rodriguez AR, de Sevilla Müller LP, Brecha NC. The RNA binding protein RBPMS is a selective marker of ganglion cells in the mammalian retina. J Comp Neurol 2014; 522:1411-43. [PMID: 24318667 DOI: 10.1002/cne.23521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 324] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2013] [Revised: 11/27/2013] [Accepted: 12/03/2013] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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There are few neurochemical markers that reliably identify retinal ganglion cells (RGCs), which are a heterogeneous population of cells that integrate and transmit the visual signal from the retina to the central visual nuclei. We have developed and characterized a new set of affinity-purified guinea pig and rabbit antibodies against RNA-binding protein with multiple splicing (RBPMS). On western blots these antibodies recognize a single band at 〜24 kDa, corresponding to RBPMS, and they strongly label RGC and displaced RGC (dRGC) somata in mouse, rat, guinea pig, rabbit, and monkey retina. RBPMS-immunoreactive cells and RGCs identified by other techniques have a similar range of somal diameters and areas. The density of RBPMS cells in mouse and rat retina is comparable to earlier semiquantitative estimates of RGCs. RBPMS is mainly expressed in medium and large DAPI-, DRAQ5-, NeuroTrace- and NeuN-stained cells in the ganglion cell layer (GCL), and RBPMS is not expressed in syntaxin (HPC-1)-immunoreactive cells in the inner nuclear layer (INL) and GCL, consistent with their identity as RGCs, and not displaced amacrine cells. In mouse and rat retina, most RBPMS cells are lost following optic nerve crush or transection at 3 weeks, and all Brn3a-, SMI-32-, and melanopsin-immunoreactive RGCs also express RBPMS immunoreactivity. RBPMS immunoreactivity is localized to cyan fluorescent protein (CFP)-fluorescent RGCs in the B6.Cg-Tg(Thy1-CFP)23Jrs/J mouse line. These findings show that antibodies against RBPMS are robust reagents that exclusively identify RGCs and dRGCs in multiple mammalian species, and they will be especially useful for quantification of RGCs.
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- Allen R Rodriguez
- Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at Los Angeles, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, 90095-1763
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Biane J, Conner JM, Tuszynski MH. Nerve growth factor is primarily produced by GABAergic neurons of the adult rat cortex. Front Cell Neurosci 2014; 8:220. [PMID: 25147503 PMCID: PMC4124705 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2014.00220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2014] [Accepted: 07/19/2014] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Within the cortex, nerve growth factor (NGF) mediates the innervation of cholinergic neurons during development, maintains cholinergic corticopetal projections during adulthood and modulates cholinergic function through phenotypic control of the cholinergic gene locus. Recent studies suggest NGF may also play an important role in cortical plasticity in adulthood. Previously, NGF-producing cells have been shown to colocalize with GABAergic cell markers within the hippocampus, striatum, and basal forebrain. Classification of cells producing NGF in the cortex is lacking, however, and cholinergic corticopetal projections have been shown to innervate both pyramidal and GABAergic neurons in the cortex. In order to clarify potential trophic interactions between cortical neurons and cholinergic projections, we used double-fluorescent immunohistochemistry to classify NGF-expressing cells in several cortical regions, including the prefrontal cortex, primary motor cortex, parietal cortex and temporal cortex. Our results show that NGF colocalizes extensively with GABAergic cell markers in all cortical regions examined, with >91% of NGF-labeled cells coexpressing GAD65/67. Conversely, NGF-labeled cells exhibit very little co-localization with the excitatory cell marker CaMKIIα (<5% of cells expressing NGF). NGF expression was present in 56% of GAD-labeled cells, suggesting that production is confined to a specific subset of GABAergic neurons. These findings demonstrate that GABAergic cells are the primary source of NGF production in the cortex, and likely support the maintenance and function of basal forebrain cholinergic projections in adulthood.
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- Jeremy Biane
- Department of Neurosciences, University of California at San Diego La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of California at San Diego La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of California at San Diego La Jolla, CA, USA ; Veterans Affairs Medical Center San Diego, CA, USA
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Albrecht O, Dondzillo A, Mayer F, Thompson JA, Klug A. Inhibitory projections from the ventral nucleus of the trapezoid body to the medial nucleus of the trapezoid body in the mouse. Front Neural Circuits 2014; 8:83. [PMID: 25120436 PMCID: PMC4114201 DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2014.00083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2014] [Accepted: 06/30/2014] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Neurons in the medial nucleus of the trapezoid body (MNTB) receive prominent excitatory input through the calyx of Held, a giant synapse that produces large and fast excitatory currents. MNTB neurons also receive inhibitory glycinergic inputs that are also large and fast, and match the calyceal excitation in terms of synaptic strength. GABAergic inputs provide additional inhibition to MNTB neurons. Inhibitory inputs to MNTB modify spiking of MNTB neurons both in-vitro and in-vivo, underscoring their importance. Surprisingly, the origin of the inhibitory inputs to MNTB has not been shown conclusively. We performed retrograde tracing, anterograde tracing, immunohistochemical experiments, and electrophysiological recordings to address this question. The results support the ventral nucleus of the trapezoid body (VNTB) as at least one major source of glycinergic input to MNTB. VNTB fibers enter the ipsilateral MNTB, travel along MNTB principal neurons and produce several bouton-like presynaptic terminals. Further, the contribution of GABA to the total inhibition declines during development, resulting in only a very minor fraction of GABAergic inhibition in adulthood, which is matched in time by a reduction in expression of a GABA synthetic enzyme in VNTB principal neurons.
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- Otto Albrecht
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine, University of ColoradoAurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine, University of ColoradoAurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine, University of ColoradoAurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, University of ColoradoAurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine, University of ColoradoAurora, CO, USA
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Ito T, Oliver DL. Local and commissural IC neurons make axosomatic inputs on large GABAergic tectothalamic neurons. J Comp Neurol 2014; 522:3539-54. [PMID: 24796971 DOI: 10.1002/cne.23623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2014] [Revised: 04/29/2014] [Accepted: 04/30/2014] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Large GABAergic (LG) neurons are a distinct type of neuron in the inferior colliculus (IC) identified by their dense vesicular glutamate transporter 2 (VGLUT2)-containing axosomatic synaptic terminals. Yet the sources of these terminals are unknown. Since IC glutamatergic neurons express VGLUT2, and IC neurons are known to have local collaterals, we tested the hypothesis that these excitatory, glutamatergic axosomatic inputs on LG neurons come from local axonal collaterals and commissural IC neurons. We injected a recombinant viral tracer into the IC which enabled Golgi-like green fluorescent protein (GFP) labeling in both dendrites and axons. In all cases, we found terminals positive for both GFP and VGLUT2 (GFP+/VGLUT2+) that made axosomatic contacts on LG neurons. One to six axosomatic contacts were made on a single LG cell body by a single axonal branch. The GFP-labeled neurons giving rise to the VGLUT2+ terminals on LG neurons were close by. The density of GFP+/VGLUT2+ terminals on the LG neurons was related to the number of nearby GFP-labeled cells. On the contralateral side, a smaller number of LG neurons received axosomatic contacts from GFP+/VGLUT2+ terminals. In cases with a single GFP-labeled glutamatergic neuron, the labeled axonal plexus was flat, oriented in parallel to the fibrodendritic laminae, and contacted 9-30 LG cell bodies within the plexus. Our data demonstrated that within the IC microcircuitry there is a convergence of inputs from local IC excitatory neurons on LG cell bodies. This suggests that LG neurons are heavily influenced by the activity of the nearby laminar glutamatergic neurons in the IC.
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- Tetsufumi Ito
- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Fukui, Japan; Research and Education Program for Life Science, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan
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Kato K, Nakagawa C, Murabayashi H, Oomori Y. Expression and distribution of GABA and GABAB-receptor in the rat adrenal gland. J Anat 2014; 224:207-15. [PMID: 24252118 PMCID: PMC3969063 DOI: 10.1111/joa.12144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The inhibitory effects of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in the central and peripheral nervous systems and the endocrine system are mediated by two different GABA receptors: GABAA-receptor (GABAA-R) and GABAB-receptor (GABAB-R). GABAA-R, but not GABAB-R, has been observed in the rat adrenal gland, where GABA is known to be released. This study sought to determine whether both GABA and GABAB-R are present in the endocrine and neuronal elements of the rat adrenal gland, and to investigate whether GABAB-R may play a role in mediating the effects of GABA in secretory activity of these cells. GABA-immunoreactive nerve fibers were observed in the superficial cortex. Some GABA-immunoreactive nerve fibers were found to be associated with blood vessels. Double-immunostaining revealed GABA-immunoreactive nerve fibers in the cortex were choline acetyltransferase (ChAT)-immunonegative. Some GABA-immunoreactive nerve fibers ran through the cortex toward the medulla. In the medulla, GABA-immunoreactivity was seen in some large ganglion cells, but not in the chromaffin cells. Double-immunostaining also showed GABA-immunoreactive ganglion cells were nitric oxide synthase (NOS)-immunopositive. However, neither immunohistochemistry combined with fluorescent microscopy nor double-immunostaining revealed GABA-immunoreactivity in the noradrenaline cells with blue-white fluorescence or in the adrenaline cells with phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase (PNMT)-immunoreactivity. Furthermore, GABA-immunoreactive nerve fibers were observed in close contact with ganglion cells, but not chromaffin cells. Double-immunostaining also showed that the GABA-immunoreactive nerve fibers were in close contact with NOS- or neuropeptide tyrosine (NPY)-immunoreactive ganglion cells. A few of the GABA-immunoreactive nerve fibers were ChAT-immunopositive, while most of the GABA-immunoreactive nerve fibers were ChAT-immunonegative. Numerous ChAT-immunoreactive nerve fibers were observed in close contact with the ganglion cells and chromaffin cells in the medulla. The GABAB-R-immunoreactivity was found only in ganglion cells in the medulla and not at all in the cortex. Immunohistochemistry combined with fluorescent microscopy and double-immunostaining showed no GABAB-R-immunoreactivity in noradrenaline cells with blue-white fluorescence or in adrenaline cells with PNMT-immunoreactivity. These immunoreactive ganglion cells were NOS- or NPY-immunopositive on double-immunostaining. These findings suggest that GABA from the intra-adrenal nerve fibers may have an inhibitory effect on the secretory activity of ganglion cells and cortical cells, and on the motility of blood vessels in the rat adrenal gland, mediated by GABA-Rs.
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- Kanae Kato
- Division of Anatomy and Physiology, Japanese Red Cross Hokkaido College of NursingKitami, Japan
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- Division of Anatomy and Physiology, Japanese Red Cross Hokkaido College of NursingKitami, Japan
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- Division of Anatomy and Physiology, Japanese Red Cross Hokkaido College of NursingKitami, Japan
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- Division of Anatomy and Physiology, Japanese Red Cross Hokkaido College of NursingKitami, Japan
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Koshimizu Y, Fujiyama F, Nakamura KC, Furuta T, Kaneko T. Quantitative analysis of axon bouton distribution of subthalamic nucleus neurons in the rat by single neuron visualization with a viral vector. J Comp Neurol 2013; 521:2125-46. [PMID: 23595816 DOI: 10.1002/cne.23277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2012] [Revised: 10/19/2012] [Accepted: 11/27/2012] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The subthalamic nucleus (STN) of the basal ganglia plays a key role in motor control, and STN efferents are known to mainly target the external segment of the globus pallidus (GPe), entopeduncular nucleus (Ep), and substantia nigra (SN) with some axon collaterals to the other regions. However, it remains to be clarified how each STN neuron projects axon fibers and collaterals to those target nuclei of the STN. Here we visualized the whole axonal arborization of single STN neurons in the rat brain by using a viral vector expressing membrane-targeted green fluorescent protein, and examined the distribution of axon boutons in those target nuclei. The vast majority (8-9) of 10 reconstructed STN neurons projected to the GPe, SN, caudate-putamen (CPu), and Ep, which received, on average ± SD, 457 ± 425, 400 ± 347, 126 ± 143, and 106 ± 100 axon boutons per STN neuron, respectively. Furthermore, the density of axon boutons in the GPe was highest among these nuclei. Although these target nuclei were divided into calbindin-rich and -poor portions, STN projection showed no exclusive preference for those portions. Since STN neurons mainly projected not only to the GPe, SN, and Ep but also to the CPu, the subthalamostriatal projection might serve as a positive feedback path for the striato-GPe-subthalamic disinhibitory pathway, or work as another route of cortical inputs to the striatum through the corticosubthalamostriatal disynaptic excitatory pathway.
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- Yoshinori Koshimizu
- Department of Morphological Brain Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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Kuramoto E, Ohno S, Furuta T, Unzai T, Tanaka YR, Hioki H, Kaneko T. Ventral Medial Nucleus Neurons Send Thalamocortical Afferents More Widely and More Preferentially to Layer 1 than Neurons of the Ventral Anterior–Ventral Lateral Nuclear Complex in the Rat. Cereb Cortex 2013; 25:221-35. [DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bht216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Zhao C, Eisinger B, Gammie SC. Characterization of GABAergic neurons in the mouse lateral septum: a double fluorescence in situ hybridization and immunohistochemical study using tyramide signal amplification. PLoS One 2013; 8:e73750. [PMID: 23967349 PMCID: PMC3742568 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2013] [Accepted: 07/26/2013] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) neurotransmission in the lateral septum (LS) is implicated in modulating various behavioral processes, including emotional reactivity and maternal behavior. However, identifying the phenotype of GABAergic neurons in the CNS has been hampered by the longstanding inability to reliably detect somal immunoreactivity for GABA or glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD), the enzyme that produces GABA. In this study, we designed unique probes for both GAD65 (GAD2) and GAD67 (GAD1), and used fluorescence in Situ hybridization (FISH) with tyramide signal amplification (TSA) to achieve unequivocal detection of cell bodies of GABAergic neurons by GAD mRNAs. We quantitatively characterized the expression and chemical phenotype of GABAergic neurons across each subdivision of LS and in cingulate cortex (Cg) and medial preoptic area (MPOA) in female mice. Across LS, almost all GAD65 mRNA-expressing neurons were found to contain GAD67 mRNA (approximately 95-98%), while a small proportion of GAD67 mRNA-containing neurons did not express GAD65 mRNA (5-14%). Using the neuronal marker NeuN, almost every neuron in LS (> 90%) was also found to be GABA-positive. Interneuron markers using calcium-binding proteins showed that LS GABAergic neurons displayed immunoreactivity for calbindin (CB) or calretinin (CR), but not parvalbumin (PV); almost all CB- or CR-immunoreactive neurons (98-100%) were GABAergic. The proportion of GABAergic neurons immunoreactive for CB or CR varied depending on the subdivisions examined, with the highest percentage of colocalization in the caudal intermediate LS (LSI) (approximately 58% for CB and 35% for CR). These findings suggest that the vast majority of GABAergic neurons within the LS have the potential for synthesizing GABA via the dual enzyme systems GAD65 and GAD67, and each subtype of GABAergic neurons identified by distinct calcium-binding proteins may exert unique roles in the physiological function and neuronal circuitry of the LS.
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- Changjiu Zhao
- Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
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Bang SJ, Commons KG. Forebrain GABAergic projections from the dorsal raphe nucleus identified by using GAD67-GFP knock-in mice. J Comp Neurol 2013; 520:4157-67. [PMID: 22605640 DOI: 10.1002/cne.23146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The dorsal raphe nucleus (DR) contains serotonergic (5-HT) neurons that project widely throughout the forebrain. These forebrain regions also receive innervation from non-5-HT neurons in the DR. One of the main groups of non-5-HT neurons in the DR is γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA)ergic, but their projections are poorly understood due to the difficulty of labeling these neurons immunohistochemically. To identify GABAergic projection neurons within the DR in the current study, we used a knock-in mouse line in which expression of green fluorescent protein (GFP) is controlled by the glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD)67 promotor. Projections of GAD67-GFP neurons to the prefrontal cortex (PFC), nucleus accumbens (NAC), and lateral hypothalamus (LH) were evaluated by using retrograde tract tracing. The location of GAD67-GFP neurons projecting to each of these areas was mapped by rostrocaudal and dorsoventral location within the DR. Overall, 16% of DR neurons projecting to either the PFC or NAC were identified as GAD67-GFP neurons. GAD67-GFP neurons projecting to the PFC were most commonly found ventrally, in the rostral two-thirds of the DR. NAC-projecting GAD67-GFP neurons had an overlapping distribution that extended dorsally. GAD67-GFP neurons made a larger contribution to the projection of the DR to the LH, accounting for 36% of retrogradely labeled neurons, and were widespread throughout the DR. The current data indicate that DR GABAergic neurons not only may have the capacity to influence local network activity, but also make a notable contribution to DR output to multiple forebrain targets. J. Comp. Neurol. 520:4157-4167, 2012. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Sun Jung Bang
- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Neurotransmitter segregation: functional and plastic implications. Prog Neurobiol 2012; 97:277-87. [PMID: 22531669 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2012.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2011] [Revised: 03/21/2012] [Accepted: 04/10/2012] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Synaptic cotransmission is the ability of neurons to use more than one transmitter to convey synaptic signals. Cotransmission was originally described as the presence of a classic transmitter, which conveys main signal, along one or more cotransmitters that modulate transmission, later on, it was found cotransmission of classic transmitters. It has been generally accepted that neurons store and release the same set of transmitters in all their synaptic processes. However, some findings that show axon endings of individual neurons storing and releasing different sets of transmitters, are not in accordance with this assumption, and give support to the hypothesis that neurons can segregate transmitters to different synapses. Here, we review the studies showing segregation of transmitters in invertebrate and mammalian central nervous system neurons, and correlate them with our results obtained in sympathetic neurons. Our data show that these neurons segregate even classic transmitters to separated axons. Based on our data we suggest that segregation is a plastic phenomenon and responds to functional synaptic requirements, and to 'environmental' cues such as neurotrophins. We propose that neurons have the machinery to guide the different molecules required in synaptic transmission through axons and sort them to different axon endings. We believe that transmitter segregation improves neuron interactions during cotransmission and gives them selective and better control of synaptic plasticity.
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Laux A, Delalande F, Mouheiche J, Stuber D, Van Dorsselaer A, Bianchi E, Bezard E, Poisbeau P, Goumon Y. Localization of endogenous morphine-like compounds in the mouse spinal cord. J Comp Neurol 2012; 520:1547-61. [DOI: 10.1002/cne.22811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Mesnage B, Gaillard S, Godin AG, Rodeau JL, Hammer M, Von Engelhardt J, Wiseman PW, De Koninck Y, Schlichter R, Cordero-Erausquin M. Morphological and functional characterization of cholinergic interneurons in the dorsal horn of the mouse spinal cord. J Comp Neurol 2012; 519:3139-58. [PMID: 21618225 DOI: 10.1002/cne.22668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Endogenous acetylcholine is an important modulator of sensory processing, especially at the spinal level, where nociceptive (pain-related) stimuli enter the central nervous system and are integrated before being relayed to the brain. To decipher the organization of the local cholinergic circuitry in the spinal dorsal horn, we used transgenic mice expressing enchanced green fluorescent protein specifically in cholinergic neurons (ChAT::EGFP) and characterized the morphology, neurochemistry, and firing properties of the sparse population of cholinergic interneurons in this area. Three-dimensional reconstruction of lamina III ChAT::EGFP neurons based either on their intrinsic fluorescence or on intracellular labeling in live tissue demonstrated that these neurons have long and thin processes that grow preferentially in the dorsal direction. Their dendrites and axon are highly elongated in the rostrocaudal direction, beyond the limits of a single spinal segment. These unique morphological features suggest that dorsal horn cholinergic interneurons are the main contributors to the plexus of cholinergic processes located in lamina IIi, just dorsal to their cell bodies. In addition, immunostainings demonstrated that dorsal horn cholinergic interneurons in the mouse are γ-aminobutyric acidergic and express nitric oxide synthase, as in rats. Finally, electrophysiological recordings from these neurons in spinal cord slices demonstrate that two-thirds of them have a repetitive spiking pattern with frequent rebound spikes following hyperpolarization. Altogether our results indicate that, although they are rare, the morphological and functional features of cholinergic neurons enable them to collect segmental information in superficial layers of the dorsal horn and to modulate it over several segments.
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- Bruce Mesnage
- Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives, UPR3212 CNRS, Dept. Nociception et Douleur, 67084 Strasbourg, France
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Müller LPDS, Do MTH, Yau KW, He S, Baldridge WH. Tracer coupling of intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells to amacrine cells in the mouse retina. J Comp Neurol 2011; 518:4813-24. [PMID: 20963830 DOI: 10.1002/cne.22490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) are a subtype of ganglion cell in the mammalian retina that expresses the photopigment melanopsin and drives non-image-forming visual functions. Three morphological subtypes of ipRGCs (M1, M2, and M3) have been described based on their dendritic stratifications in the inner plexiform layer (IPL), but the question of their potential interactions via electrical coupling remains unsettled. In this study, we have addressed this question in the mouse retina by, injecting the tracer Neurobiotin into ipRGCs that had been genetically labelled with the fluorescent protein, tdTomato. We confirmed the presence of the M1-M3 subtypes of ipRGCs based on their distinct dendritic stratifications. All three subtypes were tracer coupled to putative amacrine cells situated within the ganglion cell layer (GCL) but not the inner nuclear layer (INL). The cells tracer coupled to the M1 and M2 cells were shown to be widefield GABA-immunoreactive amacrine cells. We found no evidence of homologous tracer coupling of ipRGCs or heterologous coupling to other types of ganglion cells.
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Ivanusic JJ, Kwok MMK, Ahn AH, Jennings EA. 5-HT(1D) receptor immunoreactivity in the sphenopalatine ganglion: implications for the efficacy of triptans in the treatment of autonomic signs associated with cluster headache. Headache 2011; 51:392-402. [PMID: 21352213 DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2011.01843.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine if 5-HT(1D) receptors are located in the sphenopalatine ganglion. BACKGROUND While the 5-HT(1D) receptor has been described in sensory and sympathetic ganglia in the head, it was not known whether they were also located in parasympathetic ganglia. METHODS We used retrograde labeling combined with immunohistochemistry to examine 5-HT(1D) receptor immunoreactivity in rat sphenopalatine ganglion neurons that project to the lacrimal gland, nasal mucosa, cerebral vasculature, and trigeminal ganglion. RESULTS We found 5-HT(1D) receptor immunoreactivity in nerve terminals around postganglionic cell bodies within the sphenopalatine ganglion. All 5-HT(1D) -immunoreactive terminals were also immunoreactive for calcitonin gene-related peptide but not vesicular acetylcholine transporter, suggesting that they were sensory and not preganglionic parasympathetic fibers. Our retrograde labeling studies showed that approximately 30% of sphenopalatine ganglion neurons innervating the lacrimal gland, 23% innervating the nasal mucosa, and 39% innervating the trigeminal ganglion were in apparent contact with 5-HT(1D) receptor containing nerve terminals. CONCLUSION These data suggest that 5-HT(1D) receptors within primary afferent neurons that innervate the sphenopalatine ganglion are in a position to modulate the excitability of postganglionic parasympathetic neurons that innervate the lacrimal gland and nasal mucosa, as well as the trigeminal ganglion. This has implications for triptan (5-HT(1D) receptor agonist) actions on parasympathetic symptoms in cluster headache.
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- Jason J Ivanusic
- From the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia (J.J. Ivanusic, M.M.K. Kwok, E.A. Jennings); School of Dentistry James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia (E.A. Jennings); Department of Neurology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA (A.H. Ahn)
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- From the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia (J.J. Ivanusic, M.M.K. Kwok, E.A. Jennings); School of Dentistry James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia (E.A. Jennings); Department of Neurology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA (A.H. Ahn)
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- From the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia (J.J. Ivanusic, M.M.K. Kwok, E.A. Jennings); School of Dentistry James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia (E.A. Jennings); Department of Neurology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA (A.H. Ahn)
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- From the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia (J.J. Ivanusic, M.M.K. Kwok, E.A. Jennings); School of Dentistry James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia (E.A. Jennings); Department of Neurology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA (A.H. Ahn)
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Ito T, Bishop DC, Oliver DL. Expression of glutamate and inhibitory amino acid vesicular transporters in the rodent auditory brainstem. J Comp Neurol 2011; 519:316-40. [PMID: 21165977 DOI: 10.1002/cne.22521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Glutamate is the main excitatory neurotransmitter in the auditory system, but associations between glutamatergic neuronal populations and the distribution of their synaptic terminations have been difficult. Different subsets of glutamatergic terminals employ one of three vesicular glutamate transporters (VGLUT) to load synaptic vesicles. Recently, VGLUT1 and VGLUT2 terminals were found to have different patterns of organization in the inferior colliculus, suggesting that there are different types of glutamatergic neurons in the brainstem auditory system with projections to the colliculus. To positively identify VGLUT-expressing neurons as well as inhibitory neurons in the auditory brainstem, we used in situ hybridization to identify the mRNA for VGLUT1, VGLUT2, and VIAAT (the vesicular inhibitory amino acid transporter used by GABAergic and glycinergic terminals). Similar expression patterns were found in subsets of glutamatergic and inhibitory neurons in the auditory brainstem and thalamus of adult rats and mice. Four patterns of gene expression were seen in individual neurons. 1) VGLUT2 expressed alone was the prevalent pattern. 2) VGLUT1 coexpressed with VGLUT2 was seen in scattered neurons in most nuclei but was common in the medial geniculate body and ventral cochlear nucleus. 3) VGLUT1 expressed alone was found only in granule cells. 4) VIAAT expression was common in most nuclei but dominated in some. These data show that the expression of the VGLUT1/2 and VIAAT genes can identify different subsets of auditory neurons. This may facilitate the identification of different components in auditory circuits.
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- Tetsufumi Ito
- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan
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Ito T, Oliver DL. Origins of Glutamatergic Terminals in the Inferior Colliculus Identified by Retrograde Transport and Expression of VGLUT1 and VGLUT2 Genes. Front Neuroanat 2010; 4:135. [PMID: 21048892 PMCID: PMC2967334 DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2010.00135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2010] [Accepted: 09/07/2010] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Terminals containing vesicular glutamate transporter (VGLUT) 2 make dense axosomatic synapses on tectothalamic GABAergic neurons. These are one of the three types of glutamatergic synapses in the inferior colliculus (IC) identified by one of three combinations of transporter protein: VGLUT1 only, VGLUT2 only, or both VGLUT1 and 2. To identify the source(s) of these three classes of glutamatergic terminals, we employed the injection of Fluorogold (FG) into the IC and retrograde transport in combination with in situ hybridization for VGLUT1 and VGLUT2 mRNA. The distribution of FG-positive soma was consistent with previous reports. In the auditory cortex, all FG-positive cells expressed only VGLUT1. In the IC, the majority of FG-positive cells expressed only VGLUT2. In the intermediate nucleus of the lateral lemniscus, most FG-positive cells expressed VGLUT2, and a few FG-positive cells expressed both VGLUT1 and 2. In the superior olivary complex (SOC), the majority of FG-positive cells expressing VGLUT2 were in the lateral superior olive, medial superior olive, and some periolivary nuclei. Fewer FG-positive cells expressed VGLUT1&2. In the ventral cochlear nucleus, almost all FG-positive cells expressed VGLUT1&2. On the other hand in the dorsal cochlear nucleus, the vast majority of FG-positive cells expressed only VGLUT2. Our data suggest that (1) the most likely sources of VGLUT2 terminals in the IC are the intermediate nucleus of the lateral lemniscus, the dorsal cochlear nucleus, the medial and lateral superior olive, and the IC itself, (2) VGLUT1 terminals in the IC originate only in the ipsilateral auditory cortex, and (3) VGLUT1&2 terminals in IC originate mainly from the VCN with minor contributions from the SOC and the lateral lemniscal nuclei.
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- Tetsufumi Ito
- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui Fukui, Japan
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Satellite glial cells in sympathetic and parasympathetic ganglia: in search of function. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 64:304-27. [PMID: 20441777 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2010.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2009] [Revised: 04/14/2010] [Accepted: 04/27/2010] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Glial cells are established as essential for many functions of the central nervous system, and this seems to hold also for glial cells in the peripheral nervous system. The main type of glial cells in most types of peripheral ganglia - sensory, sympathetic, and parasympathetic - is satellite glial cells (SGCs). These cells usually form envelopes around single neurons, which create a distinct functional unit consisting of a neuron and its attending SGCs. This review presents the knowledge on the morphology of SGCs in sympathetic and parasympathetic ganglia, and the (limited) available information on their physiology and pharmacology. It appears that SGCs carry receptors for ATP and can thus respond to the release of this neurotransmitter by the neurons. There is evidence that SGCs have an uptake mechanism for GABA, and possibly other neurotransmitters, which enables them to control the neuronal microenvironment. Damage to post- or preganglionic nerve fibers influences both the ganglionic neurons and the SGCs. One major consequence of postganglionic nerve section is the detachment of preganglionic nerve terminals, resulting in decline of synaptic transmission. It appears that, at least in sympathetic ganglia, SGCs participate in the detachment process, and possibly in the subsequent recovery of the synaptic connections. Unlike sensory neurons, neurons in autonomic ganglia receive synaptic inputs, and SGCs are in very close contact with synaptic boutons. This places the SGCs in a position to influence synaptic transmission and information processing in autonomic ganglia, but this topic requires much further work.
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