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Petrovic J, Radovanovic L, Saponjic J. Prodromal local sleep disorders in a rat model of Parkinson's disease cholinopathy, hemiparkinsonism and hemiparkinsonism with cholinopathy. Behav Brain Res 2020; 397:112957. [PMID: 33038348 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2020.112957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2020] [Revised: 10/02/2020] [Accepted: 10/03/2020] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
Abstract
We investigated the prodromal alterations of local sleep, particularly the motor cortical and hippocampal sleep, along with spontaneous locomotor activity in the rat models of Parkinson's disease (PD). We performed our experiments in adult, male Wistar rats, chronically implanted for sleep recording and divided into four experimental groups: the control (implanted controls), the bilateral pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus (PPT) lesions (PD cholinopathy), the unilateral substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc) lesions (hemiparkinsonism) and the unilateral SNpc/bilateral PPT lesions (hemiparkinsonism with PD cholinopathy). We followed their sleep, basal locomotor activity and spatial habituation for 14 days following the surgical procedures. Severe prodromal local sleep disturbances in the hemiparkinsonian rats were expressed as sleep fragmentation and distinct local NREM/REM EEG microstructure alterations in both the motor cortex and the hippocampus. Alongside the state-unrelated role of the dopaminergic control of theta oscillations and NREM/REM related sigma and beta oscillations, we demonstrated that the REM neurochemical regulatory substrate is particularly important in the dopaminergic control of beta oscillations. In addition, hippocampal prodromal sleep disorders in the hemiparkinsonian rats were expressed as NREM/REM fragmentation and the opposite impact of dopaminergic versus cholinergic control of the NREM delta and beta oscillation amplitudes in the hippocampus, likewise in the motor cortex versus the hippocampus. All these distinct prodromal local sleep disorders and the dopaminergic vs. cholinergic impact on NREM/REM EEG microstructure alterations are of fundamental importance for the further development and follow-up of PD-modifying therapies, and for the identification of patients who are at risk of developing PD.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jelena Petrovic
- Institute for Biological Research, Sinisa Stankovic - National Institute of Republic of Serbia, Department of Neurobiology, University of Belgrade, Despot Stefan Blvd., 142, 11060, Belgrade, Serbia.
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- Institute for Biological Research, Sinisa Stankovic - National Institute of Republic of Serbia, Department of Neurobiology, University of Belgrade, Despot Stefan Blvd., 142, 11060, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Institute for Biological Research, Sinisa Stankovic - National Institute of Republic of Serbia, Department of Neurobiology, University of Belgrade, Despot Stefan Blvd., 142, 11060, Belgrade, Serbia
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Chu SC, Chen PN, Yu CH, Hsieh YS, Kuo DY. Double immunofluorescent evidence that oxidative stress-associated activation of JNK/AP-1 signaling participates in neuropeptide-mediated appetite control. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 2019; 29:1235-1249. [PMID: 31519469 DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2019.08.301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2018] [Revised: 05/29/2019] [Accepted: 08/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Amphetamine (AMPH), an appetite suppressant, alters expression levels of neuropeptide Y (NPY) and cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART) in the hypothalamus. This study explored the potential role of cJun-N-terminal kinases (JNK) in appetite control, mediated by reactive oxygen species (ROS) and activator protein-1 (AP-1) in AMPH-treated rats. Rats were given AMPH daily for 4 days. Changes in feeding behavior and expression levels of hypothalamic NPY, CART, cFos, cJun, phosphorylated JNK (pJNK), as well as those of anti-oxidative enzymes, including superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GP) and glutathione S-transferase (GST), were examined and compared. Following AMPH treatment, food intake and NPY expression decreased, whereas the other proteins expression and AP-1/DNA binding activity increased. Both cerebral cJun inhibition and ROS inhibition attenuated AMPH anorexia and modified detected protein, revealing a crucial role for AP-1 and ROS in regulating AMPH-induced appetite control. Moreover, both pJNK/CART and SOD/CART activities detected by double immunofluorescent staining increased in hypothalamic arcuate nucleus in AMPH-treated rats. The results suggested that pJNK/AP-1 signaling and endogenous anti-oxidants participated in regulating NPY/CART-mediated appetite control in rats treated with AMPH. These findings advance understanding of the molecular mechanism underlying the role of pJNK/AP-1 and oxidative stress in NPY/CART-mediated appetite suppression in AMPH-treated rats.
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- Shu-Chen Chu
- Department of Food Science, Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taichung City 406, Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Physiology, Chung Shan Medical University and Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung City 40201, Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Physiology, Chung Shan Medical University and Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung City 40201, Taiwan, ROC.
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Ciric J, Kapor S, Perovic M, Saponjic J. Alterations of Sleep and Sleep Oscillations in the Hemiparkinsonian Rat. Front Neurosci 2019; 13:148. [PMID: 30872994 PMCID: PMC6401659 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2019.00148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2018] [Accepted: 02/08/2019] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Our previous studies in the rat model of Parkinson’s disease (PD) cholinopathy demonstrated the sleep-related alterations in electroencephalographic (EEG) oscillations at the cortical and hippocampal levels, cortical drives, and sleep spindles (SSs) as the earliest functional biomarkers preceding hypokinesia. Our aim in this study was to follow the impact of a unilateral substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc) lesion in rat on the cortical and hippocampal sleep architectures and their EEG microstructures, as well as the cortico-hippocampal synchronizations of EEG oscillations, and the SS and high voltage sleep spindle (HVS) dynamics during NREM and REM sleep. We performed unilateral SNpc lesions using two different concentrations/volumes of 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA; 12 μg/1 μl or 12 μg/2 μl). Whereas the unilateral dopaminergic neuronal loss >50% throughout the overall SNpc rostro-caudal dimension prolonged the Wake state, with no change in the NREM or REM duration, there was a long-lasting theta amplitude augmentation across all sleep states in the motor cortex (MCx), but also in the CA1 hippocampus (Hipp) during both Wake and REM sleep. We demonstrate that SS are the hallmarks of NREM sleep, but that they also occur during REM sleep in the MCx and Hipp of the control rats. Whereas SS are always longer in REM vs. NREM sleep in both structures, they are consistently slower in the Hipp. The dopaminergic neuronal loss increased the density of SS in both structures and shortened them in the MCx during NREM sleep, without changing the intrinsic frequency. Conversely, HVS are the hallmarks of REM sleep in the control rats, slower in the Hipp vs. MCx, and the dopaminergic neuronal loss increased their density in the MCx, but shortened them more consistently in the Hipp during REM sleep. In addition, there was an altered synchronization of the EEG oscillations between the MCx and Hipp in different sleep states, particularly the theta and sigma coherences during REM sleep. We provide novel evidence for the importance of the SNpc dopaminergic innervation in sleep regulation, theta rhythm generation, and SS/HVS dynamics control. We suggest the importance of the underlying REM sleep regulatory substrate to HVS generation and duration and to the cortico-hippocampal synchronizations of EEG oscillations in hemiparkinsonian rats.
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- Jelena Ciric
- Department of Neurobiology, Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković", University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Neurobiology, Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković", University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.,School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Neurobiology, Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković", University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Neurobiology, Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković", University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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Liu W, Peng QX, Lin XL, Luo CH, Jiang MJ, Mo ZX, Yung KKL. Effect of rhynchophylline on the expression of p-CREB and sc-Fos in triatum and hippocampal CA1 area of methamphetamine-induced conditioned place preference rats. Fitoterapia 2013; 92:16-22. [PMID: 24140441 DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2013.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2013] [Revised: 09/30/2013] [Accepted: 10/05/2013] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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To explore the effect of rhynchophylline (Rhy) on the expression of p-CREB and c-Fos in the striatum and hippocampal CA1 area of methamphetamine-induced conditioned place preference (CPP) rat, methamphetamine (2 mg/kg) was injected to rats and the conditioned place preference was observed in these rats treated with or without Rhy. An immunohistochemistry assay was used to determine the expression of p-CREB and c-Fos in the striatum and hippocampal CA1 area. Methamphetamine induced significant behavior alteration in CPP, while after pretreatment with rhynchophylline or ketamine, the time of staying in methamphetamine-paired compartment of rats was significantly reduced. Methamphetamine also increased the number of p-CREB positive cells in the striatum and hippocampal CA1 zone, as well as p-Fos positive cells. However, the compound Rhy could attenuate the effect. These findings show that Rhy can suppress the acquisition of CPP in rats induced by methamphetamine and the action may be related with the reduced expression of p-CREB and p-Fos in the striatum and hippocampus.
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- Wei Liu
- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
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- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
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- Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong.
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Lull ME, Freeman WM, Vrana KE, Mash DC. Correlating human and animal studies of cocaine abuse and gene expression. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2008; 1141:58-75. [PMID: 18991951 DOI: 10.1196/annals.1441.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Gene expression changes resulting from cocaine abuse in both humans and animal models have been studied for several decades. Although human studies have been very useful at illuminating cocaine-related expression changes, there are many factors complicating these studies, including the difficulty of obtaining high-quality postmortem brain tissue and patient comorbidities. Animal models of cocaine abuse have served as valuable additions to human data and allow examination of specific aspects of cocaine abuse, including immediate early gene expression and the molecular effects of abstinence and relapse. In total, human and animal studies of cocaine abuse have uncovered gene expression changes in the brain related to a number of molecular functions, including the extracellular matrix, synaptic communication and neuroplasticity, receptors, ion channels and transporters, oligodendrocytes and myelin, apoptosis and cell death, mitochondrial function, signal transduction, and transcription factors. In addition, the mitogen-activated protein kinase and synaptic long-term potentiation signal transduction pathways are highlighted as pathways in which multiple components are altered by cocaine. Pathways and processes affected by changes in gene expression that overlap among multiple species may be promising pharmacotherapeutic targets for reducing the behavioral effects of cocaine abuse and the relapse potential observed in humans.
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- Melinda E Lull
- Department of Pharmacology, Pennsylvania State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
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Hsieh YS, Yang SF, Chiou HL, Kuo DY. Activations of c-fos/c-jun signaling are involved in the modulation of hypothalamic superoxide dismutase (SOD) and neuropeptide Y (NPY) gene expression in amphetamine-mediated appetite suppression. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2005; 212:99-109. [PMID: 16084549 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2005.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2005] [Revised: 06/08/2005] [Accepted: 07/07/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Amphetamine (AMPH) is known as an anorectic agent. The mechanism underlying the anorectic action of AMPH has been attributed to its inhibitory action on hypothalamic neuropeptide Y (NPY), an appetite stimulant in the brain. This study was aimed to examine the molecular mechanisms behind the anorectic effect of AMPH. Results showed that AMPH treatment decreased food intake, which was correlated with changes of NPY mRNA level, but increased c-fos, c-jun and superoxide dismutase (SOD) mRNA levels in hypothalamus. To determine if c-fos or c-jun was involved in the anorectic response of AMPH, infusions of antisense oligonucleotide into the brain were performed at 1 h before daily AMPH treatment in freely moving rats, and the results showed that c-fos or c-jun knockdown could block this anorectic response and restore NPY mRNA level. Moreover, c-fos or c-jun knockdown could partially block SOD mRNA level that might involve in the modulation of NPY gene expression. It was suggested that c-fos/c-jun signaling might involve in the central regulation of AMPH-mediated feeding suppression via the modulation of NPY gene expression.
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- Yih-Shou Hsieh
- Institute of Biochemistry, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C
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Trinh JV, Nehrenberg DL, Jacobsen JPR, Caron MG, Wetsel WC. Differential psychostimulant-induced activation of neural circuits in dopamine transporter knockout and wild type mice. Neuroscience 2003; 118:297-310. [PMID: 12699766 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(03)00165-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Dopamine (DA) is a neurotransmitter that has been implicated in a wide variety of psychiatric disorders that include attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), schizophrenia, and drug abuse. Recently, we have been working with a mouse in which the gene for the DA transporter (DAT) has been disrupted. This mouse is hyperactive in the open field, displays an inability to inhibit ongoing behaviors, and is deficient on learning and memory tasks. Psychostimulants such as amphetamine and methylphenidate attenuate the hyperlocomotion of the mutants, but stimulate activity of the wild type (WT) controls. The objective of the present study is to examine the neural basis for the differential responses to psychostimulants in these mice. WT and DAT knockout (KO) animals were given vehicle or methylphenidate, amphetamine, or cocaine and brain sections were immunostained for Fos. In WT mice, methylphenidate induced Fos-like immunoreactivity (Fos-LI) in the mesostriatal and mesolimbocortical DA pathways that included the anterior olfactory nucleus, frontal association cortex, orbitofrontal cortex, cingulate cortex, caudate-putamen, globus pallidus, claustrum, lateral septum, nucleus accumbens, basolateral and central nuclei of the amygdala, bed nucleus of stria terminalis, subthalamic nucleus, substantia nigra, ventral tegmental area, and dorsal raphe. Additional areas of activation included the granular dentate gyrus, Edinger-Westphal nucleus, and periaqueductal gray. While the mutants showed little response in most of these same areas, the anterior olfactory nucleus, caudal caudate-putamen, lateral septum, basolateral and central nuclei of the amygdala, and bed nucleus of stria terminalis were activated. Amphetamine and cocaine produced similar changes to that for methylphenidate, except these psychostimulants also induced Fos-LI in the nucleus accumbens of the KO animals. Since the DAT gene is disrupted in the KO mouse, these findings suggest that dopaminergic mechanisms may mediate the WT responses, whereas non-dopaminergic systems predominate in the mutant. In the mutants, it appears that limbic areas and non-dopaminergic transmitter systems within these brain regions may mediate responses to psychostimulants. Inasmuch as the KO mouse may represent a useful animal model for ADHD and because psychostimulants such as cocaine are reinforcing to these animals, our results may provide some useful insights into the neural mechanisms-other than DA-that may contribute to the symptoms of ADHD and/or drug abuse in human patients.
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- J V Trinh
- Department of Psychiatry, Mouse Behavioral and Neuroendocrine Analysis Core Facility, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3497, 028 CARL Building, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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