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Felix L, Stephan J, Rose CR. Astrocytes of the early postnatal brain. Eur J Neurosci 2020; 54:5649-5672. [PMID: 32406559 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.14780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2020] [Revised: 04/30/2020] [Accepted: 05/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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In the rodent forebrain, the majority of astrocytes are generated during the early postnatal phase. Following differentiation, astrocytes undergo maturation which accompanies the development of the neuronal network. Neonate astrocytes exhibit a distinct morphology and domain size which differs to their mature counterparts. Moreover, many of the plasma membrane proteins prototypical for fully developed astrocytes are only expressed at low levels at neonatal stages. These include connexins and Kir4.1, which define the low membrane resistance and highly negative membrane potential of mature astrocytes. Newborn astrocytes moreover express only low amounts of GLT-1, a glutamate transporter critical later in development. Furthermore, they show specific differences in the properties and spatio-temporal pattern of intracellular calcium signals, resulting from differences in their repertoire of receptors and signalling pathways. Therefore, roles fulfilled by mature astrocytes, including ion and transmitter homeostasis, are underdeveloped in the young brain. Similarly, astrocytic ion signalling in response to neuronal activity, a process central to neuron-glia interaction, differs between the neonate and mature brain. This review describes the unique functional properties of astrocytes in the first weeks after birth and compares them to later stages of development. We conclude that with an immature neuronal network and wider extracellular space, astrocytic support might not be as demanding and critical compared to the mature brain. The delayed differentiation and maturation of astrocytes in the first postnatal weeks might thus reflect a reduced need for active, energy-consuming regulation of the extracellular space and a less tight control of glial feedback onto synaptic transmission.
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- Lisa Felix
- Institute of Neurobiology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Neurobiology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Neurobiology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
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Wu G, Chen Z, Wang P, Zhao M, Fujino M, Zhang C, Zhou W, Hirano SI, Li XK, Zhao L. Hydrogen inhalation protects hypoxic-ischemic brain damage by attenuating inflammation and apoptosis in neonatal rats. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2019; 244:1017-1027. [PMID: 31189349 DOI: 10.1177/1535370219855399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Hypoxic–ischemic brain damage (HIBD) is one of the leading causes of brain injury in infant with high risk of mortality and disability; therefore, it is important to explore more feasible and effective treatment strategies. Here, we assessed the neuroprotective effects of different hydrogen inhalation times for the treatment of HIBD. We induced hypoxia–ischemia in Sprague–Dawley rats (postnatal day 7, both sexes), followed by treatment with hydrogen inhalation for 30, 60, or 90 min. Morphological brain injury was assessed by Nissl and TUNEL staining. Acute inflammation was evaluated by examining the expression of interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and NF-κB p65, as well as Iba-1 immunofluorescence in the brain. Neural apoptosis was evaluated by examining the expression of P-JNK and p53 as well as NeuN immunofluorescence. Neurobehavioral function of rats was evaluated by Morris water maze test at 36 days after surgery. The results showed that hypoxia–ischemia injury induced the inflammatory response of microglia; however, these changes were inhibited by hydrogen inhalation. The inhibitory effects became more apparent as the treatment duration increased ( P < 0.05). Furthermore, hypoxia–ischemia induced neuronal damage and increased the expression of the apoptotic factors, P-JNK, and p53, which were attenuated by hydrogen inhalation ( P < 0.05). Hypoxia–ischemia caused long-term spatial memory deficits during brain maturation, which were ameliorated by hydrogen inhalation ( P < 0.01). In conclusion, hypoxia–ischemia induced severe long-term damage to the brain, which could be alleviated by hydrogen inhalation in a time-dependent manner. Impact statement Oxidative stress is known to be involved in the main pathological progression of neonatal hypoxic–ischemic brain damage (HIBD). Hydrogen (H2) is an antioxidant that can be used to treat HIBD; however, the mechanism by which hydrogen may be used as a promising treatment for neonates with HIBD is not very clear. This study demonstrated that inhaled H2 is neuroprotective against HIBD in SpragueDawley rats by inhibiting the brain’s inflammatory response and neuronal apoptosis or damage and protecting against spatial memory decline. Further, this study showed that inhaled H2 has potential as a therapeutic approach for HIBD. This is relevant to clinical treatment protocols when hypoxia–ischemia is suspected in neonates.
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- Guojiao Wu
- 1 Department of Pediatrics, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China
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- 1 Department of Pediatrics, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China
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- 1 Department of Pediatrics, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China
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- 1 Department of Pediatrics, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China
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- 2 Division of Transplantation Immunology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo 157-8535, Japan.,3 AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
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- 1 Department of Pediatrics, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China
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- 1 Department of Pediatrics, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China
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- 1 Department of Pediatrics, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China.,2 Division of Transplantation Immunology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo 157-8535, Japan
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- 1 Department of Pediatrics, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China
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Sinnamon JR, Torkenczy KA, Linhoff MW, Vitak SA, Mulqueen RM, Pliner HA, Trapnell C, Steemers FJ, Mandel G, Adey AC. The accessible chromatin landscape of the murine hippocampus at single-cell resolution. Genome Res 2019; 29:857-869. [PMID: 30936163 PMCID: PMC6499306 DOI: 10.1101/gr.243725.118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2018] [Accepted: 03/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Here we present a comprehensive map of the accessible chromatin landscape of the mouse hippocampus at single-cell resolution. Substantial advances of this work include the optimization of a single-cell combinatorial indexing assay for transposase accessible chromatin (sci-ATAC-seq); a software suite, scitools, for the rapid processing and visualization of single-cell combinatorial indexing data sets; and a valuable resource of hippocampal regulatory networks at single-cell resolution. We used sci-ATAC-seq to produce 2346 high-quality single-cell chromatin accessibility maps with a mean unique read count per cell of 29,201 from both fresh and frozen hippocampi, observing little difference in accessibility patterns between the preparations. By using this data set, we identified eight distinct major clusters of cells representing both neuronal and nonneuronal cell types and characterized the driving regulatory factors and differentially accessible loci that define each cluster. Within pyramidal neurons, we identified four major clusters, including CA1 and CA3 neurons, and three additional subclusters. We then applied a recently described coaccessibility framework, Cicero, which identified 146,818 links between promoters and putative distal regulatory DNA. Identified coaccessibility networks showed cell-type specificity, shedding light on key dynamic loci that reconfigure to specify hippocampal cell lineages. Lastly, we performed an additional sci-ATAC-seq preparation from cultured hippocampal neurons (899 high-quality cells, 43,532 mean unique reads) that revealed substantial alterations in their epigenetic landscape compared with nuclei from hippocampal tissue. This data set and accompanying analysis tools provide a new resource that can guide subsequent studies of the hippocampus.
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- John R Sinnamon
- The Vollum Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA
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- The Vollum Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- The Vollum Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA
- Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA
- Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA
- Knight Center for Early Detection Advanced Research, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA
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Sevoflurane Exacerbates Cognitive Impairment Induced by A β 1-40 in Rats through Initiating Neurotoxicity, Neuroinflammation, and Neuronal Apoptosis in Rat Hippocampus. Mediators Inflamm 2018; 2018:3802324. [PMID: 30402039 PMCID: PMC6198580 DOI: 10.1155/2018/3802324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2018] [Accepted: 07/25/2018] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Objective This study was aimed at investigating whether sevoflurane inhalation induced cognitive impairment in rats with a possible mechanism involved in the event. Methods Thirty-two rats were randomly divided into four groups of normal saline (NS) + O2, NS + sevoflurane (sevo), amyloid-β peptide (Aβ) + O2, and Aβ + sevo. The rats in the four groups received bilateral intrahippocampus injections of NS or Aβ. The treated hippocampus was harvested after inhaling 30% O2 or 2.5% sevoflurane. Evaluation of cognitive function was performed by Morris water maze (MWZ) and an Aβ1–42 level was determined by ELISA. Protein and mRNA expressions were executed by immunohistochemical (IHC) staining, Western blotting, and qRT-PCR. Results Compared with the NS-treated group, sevoflurane only caused cognitive impairment and increased the level of Aβ1–42 of the brain in the Aβ-treated group. Sevoflurane inhalation but not O2 significantly increased glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and ionized calcium-binding adaptor molecule (IBA)1 expression in Aβ-treated hippocampus of rats. Expression levels for Bcl-xL, caspase-9, receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) were significantly different in quantification of band intensity between the rats that inhaled O2 and sevoflurane in Aβ-treated groups (all P < 0.05). Interleukin- (IL-) 1β, nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB), and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) mRNA expression increased after the rats inhaled sevoflurane in the Aβ-treated group (both P < 0.01). There were no significant differences in the change of GFAP, IBA1, Bcl-xL, caspase-9, RAGE, BDNF, IL-1β, NF-κB, and iNOS in the NS + O2 and NS + sevo group (all P > 0.05). Conclusion Sevoflurane exacerbates cognitive impairment induced by Aβ1–40 in rats through initiating neurotoxicity, neuroinflammation, and neuronal apoptosis in rat hippocampus.
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Rajkowska G, Clarke G, Mahajan G, Licht C, van de Werd HM, Yuan P, Stockmeier C, Manji H, Uylings H. Differential effect of lithium on cell number in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex in adult mice: a stereological study. Bipolar Disord 2016; 18:41-51. [PMID: 26842627 PMCID: PMC4836867 DOI: 10.1111/bdi.12364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2015] [Revised: 10/19/2015] [Accepted: 11/16/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Neuroimaging studies have revealed lithium-related increases in the volume of gray matter in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and hippocampus. Postmortem human studies have reported alterations in neuronal and glial cell density and size in the PFC of lithium-treated subjects. Rodents treated with lithium exhibit cell proliferation in the dentate gyrus (DG) of the hippocampus. However, it is not known whether hippocampal and PFC volume are also increased in these animals or whether cell number in the PFC is altered. METHODS Using stereological methods, this study estimated the total numbers of neurons and glia, and the packing density of astrocytes in the DG and PFC of normal adult mice treated with lithium, and evaluated the total volume of these regions and the entire neocortex. RESULTS Lithium treatment increased the total numbers of neurons and glia in the DG (by 25% and 21%, respectively) and the density of astrocytes but did not alter total numbers in the PFC. However, the volumes of the hippocampus and its subfields, the PFC and its subareas, and the entire neocortex were not altered by lithium. CONCLUSIONS Both neuronal and glial cells accounted for lithium-induced cell proliferation in the DG. That the numbers of neurons and glia were unchanged in the PFC is consistent with the view that this region is not a neurogenic zone. Further studies are required to clarify the impact of lithium treatment on the PFC under pathological conditions and to investigate the dissociation between increased cell proliferation and unchanged volume in the hippocampus.
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- G. Rajkowska
- Dept. Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA
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- Dept. Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA,Department of Psychiatry and Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Dept. Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA
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- Dept. Anatomy & Neuroscience, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands,Dept. Epidemiology & Biostatistics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Dept. Anatomy & Neuroscience, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pathophysiology and Experimental Therapeutics, NIMH, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Dept. Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pathophysiology and Experimental Therapeutics, NIMH, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA,Janssen Research and Development LLC of Johnson & Johnson, Titusville, NJ, USA
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- Dept. Anatomy & Neuroscience, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Zhang J, Dai H, Deng Y, Tian J, Zhang C, Hu Z, Bing G, Zhao L. Neonatal chlorpyrifos exposure induces loss of dopaminergic neurons in young adult rats. Toxicology 2015. [PMID: 26215101 DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2015.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Increasing epidemiological and toxicological evidence suggests that pesticides and other environmental exposures may be associated with the development of Parkinson's disease (PD). Chlorpyrifos (CPF) is a widely used organophosphorous pesticide with developmental neurotoxicity. Its neurotoxicity, notably on the monoamine system, suggests that exposure of CPF may induce dopaminergic neuronal injury. We investigated whether neonatal exposure to CPF contributes to initiation and progression of dopaminergic neurotoxicity and explored the possible underlying mechanisms. The newborn rats were administrated 5 mg/kg CPF subcutaneously from postnatal day (PND) 11 to PND 14 daily. The effect of CPF on dopaminergic neurons, microglia, astrocyte, nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) p. 65 and p. 38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathways was analyzed in the substantia nigra of rats at 12h, 24h, 72 h, 16d and 46 d after exposure. CPF-treated rats exhibited significant reduction of dopaminergic neurons at 16d and 46 d after exposure, and a significant increase in the expression of microglia and astrocytes in the substantia nigra after CPF exposure. Intense activation of NF-κB p. 65 and p. 38 MAPK inflammatory signaling pathways was observed. Our findings indicate that neonatal exposure to CPF may induce long-term dopaminergic neuronal damage in the substantia nigra mediated by the activation of inflammatory response via NF-κB p. 65 and p. 38 MAPK pathways in the nigrostriatal system.
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- Jie Zhang
- Department of Neurology, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Paediatrics, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Paediatrics, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Paediatrics, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Paediatrics, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Kentucky, School of Medicine, Lexington, KY 40502, USA
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- Department of Paediatrics, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
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Schreiner AE, Durry S, Aida T, Stock MC, Rüther U, Tanaka K, Rose CR, Kafitz KW. Laminar and subcellular heterogeneity of GLAST and GLT-1 immunoreactivity in the developing postnatal mouse hippocampus. J Comp Neurol 2014; 522:204-24. [PMID: 23939750 DOI: 10.1002/cne.23450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2012] [Revised: 05/23/2013] [Accepted: 08/02/2013] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Astrocytes express two sodium-coupled transporters, glutamate-aspartate transporter (GLAST) and glutamate transporter-1 (GLT-1), which are essential for the maintenance of low extracellular glutamate levels. We performed a comparative analysis of the laminar and subcellular expression profile of GLAST and GLT-1 in the developing postnatal mouse hippocampus by using immunohistochemistry and western blotting and employing high-resolution fluorescence microscopy. Astrocytes were identified by costaining with glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) or S100β. In CA1, the density of GFAP-positive cells and GFAP expression rose during the first 2 weeks after birth, paralleled by a steady increase in GLAST immunoreactivity and protein content. Upregulation of GLT-1 was completed only at postnatal days (P) P20-25 and was thus delayed by about 10 days. GLAST staining was highest along the stratum pyramidale and was especially prominent in astrocytes at P3-5. GLAST immunoreactivity indicated no preferential localization to a specific cellular compartment. GLT-1 exhibited a laminar expression pattern from P10-15 on, with the highest immunoreactivity in the stratum lacunosum-moleculare. At the cellular level, GLT-1 immunoreactivity did not entirely cover astrocyte somata and exhibited clusters at processes. In neonatal and juvenile animals, discrete clusters of GLT-1 were also detected at perivascular endfeet. From these results, we conclude there is a remarkable subcellular heterogeneity of GLAST and GLT-1 expression in the developing hippocampus. The clustering of GLT-1 at astrocyte endfeet indicates that it might serve a specialized functional role at the blood-brain barrier during formation of the hippocampal network.
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- Alexandra E Schreiner
- Institute of Neurobiology, Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf, 40225, Duesseldorf, Germany
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Castle MJ, Gershenson ZT, Giles AR, Holzbaur ELF, Wolfe JH. Adeno-associated virus serotypes 1, 8, and 9 share conserved mechanisms for anterograde and retrograde axonal transport. Hum Gene Ther 2014; 25:705-20. [PMID: 24694006 DOI: 10.1089/hum.2013.189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors often undergo long-distance axonal transport after brain injection. This leads to transduction of brain regions distal to the injection site, although the extent of axonal transport and distal transduction varies widely among AAV serotypes. The mechanisms driving this variability are poorly understood. This is a critical problem for applications that require focal gene expression within a specific brain region, and also impedes the utilization of vector transport for applications requiring widespread delivery of transgene to the brain. Here, we compared AAV serotypes 1 and 9, which frequently demonstrate distal transduction, with serotype 8, which rarely spreads beyond the injection site. To examine directional AAV transport in vitro, we used a microfluidic chamber to apply dye-labeled AAV to the axon termini or to the cell bodies of primary rat embryonic cortical neurons. All three serotypes were actively transported along axons, with transport characterized by high velocities and prolonged runs in both the anterograde and retrograde directions. Coinfection with pairs of serotypes indicated that AAV1, 8, and 9 share the same intracellular compartments for axonal transport. In vivo, both AAV8 and 9 demonstrated anterograde and retrograde transport within a nonreciprocal circuit after injection into adult mouse brain, with highly similar distributions of distal transduction. However, in mass-cultured neurons, we found that AAV1 was more frequently transported than AAV8 or 9, and that the frequency of AAV9 transport could be enhanced by increasing receptor availability. Thus, while these serotypes share conserved mechanisms for axonal transport both in vitro and in vivo, the frequency of transport can vary among serotypes, and axonal transport can be markedly increased by enhancing vector uptake. This suggests that variability in distal transduction in vivo likely results from differential uptake at the plasma membrane, rather than fundamental differences in transport mechanisms among AAV serotypes.
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- Michael J Castle
- 1 Research Institute of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia , Philadelphia, PA 19104
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Raissi AJ, Staudenmaier EK, David S, Hu L, Paradis S. Sema4D localizes to synapses and regulates GABAergic synapse development as a membrane-bound molecule in the mammalian hippocampus. Mol Cell Neurosci 2013; 57:23-32. [PMID: 24036351 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2013.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2013] [Revised: 08/01/2013] [Accepted: 08/31/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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While numerous recent advances have contributed to our understanding of excitatory synapse formation, the processes that mediate inhibitory synapse formation remain poorly defined. Previously, we discovered that RNAi-mediated knockdown of a Class 4 Semaphorin, Sema4D, led to a decrease in the density of inhibitory synapses without an apparent effect on excitatory synapse formation. Our current work has led us to new insights about the molecular mechanisms by which Sema4D regulates GABAergic synapse development. Specifically, we report that the extracellular domain of Sema4D is proteolytically cleaved from the surface of neurons. However, despite this cleavage event, Sema4D signals through its extracellular domain as a membrane-bound, synaptically localized protein required in the postsynaptic membrane for proper GABAergic synapse formation. Thus, as Sema4D is one of only a few molecules identified thus far that preferentially regulates GABAergic synapse formation, these findings have important implications for our mechanistic understanding of this process.
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- Aram J Raissi
- National Center for Behavioral Genomics and Volen Center for Complex Systems, Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454, USA
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Pathogenesis of neonatal herpes simplex 2 disease in a mouse model is dependent on entry receptor expression and route of inoculation. J Virol 2012; 87:474-81. [PMID: 23097453 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01849-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Herpes simplex virus (HSV) pathogenesis in mice differs based on availability of the principal entry receptors herpesvirus entry mediator (HVEM) and nectin-1 in a manner dependent upon route of inoculation. After intravaginal or intracranial inoculation of adult mice, nectin-1 is a major mediator of neurologic disease, while the absence of either receptor attenuates disease after ocular infection. We tested the importance of receptor availability and route of infection on disease in mouse models of neonatal HSV. We infected 7-day-old mice lacking neither or one principal HSV receptor or both principal HSV receptors with HSV-2 via a peripheral route (intranasal), via a systemic route (intraperitoneal), or by inoculation directly into the central nervous system (intracranial). Mortality, neurologic disease, and visceral dissemination of virus were significantly attenuated in nectin-1 knockout mice compared with HVEM knockout or wild-type mice after intranasal inoculation. Mice lacking both entry receptors (double-knockout mice) showed no evidence of disease after inoculation by any route. Nectin-1 knockout mice had delayed mortality after intraperitoneal inoculation relative to wild-type and HVEM knockout mice, but virus was able to spread to the brain and viscera in all genotypes except double-knockout mice. Unlike in adult mice, HVEM was sufficient to mediate disease in neonatal mice after direct intracranial inoculation, and the absence of HVEM delayed time to mortality relative to that of wild-type mice. Additionally, in wild-type neonatal mice inoculated intracranially, HSV antigen did not primarily colocalize with NeuN-positive neurons. Our results suggest that differences in receptor expression between adults and newborns may partially explain differences in susceptibility to HSV-2.
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Poblete-Naredo I, Guillem AM, Juárez C, Zepeda RC, Ramírez L, Caba M, Hernández-Kelly LC, Aguilera J, López-Bayghen E, Ortega A. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor and its receptors in Bergmann glia cells. Neurochem Int 2011; 59:1133-44. [PMID: 22019477 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2011.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2011] [Revised: 09/27/2011] [Accepted: 10/09/2011] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Brain-derived neurotrophic factor is an abundant and widely distributed neurotrophin expressed in the Central Nervous System. It is critically involved in neuronal differentiation and survival. The expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and that of its catalytic active cognate receptor (TrkB) has been extensively studied in neuronal cells but their expression and function in glial cells is still controversial. Despite of this fact, brain-derived neurotrophic factor is released from astrocytes upon glutamate stimulation. A suitable model to study glia/neuronal interactions, in the context of glutamatergic synapses, is the well-characterized culture of chick cerebellar Bergmann glia cells. Using, this system, we show here that BDNF and its functional receptor are present in Bergmann glia and that BDNF stimulation is linked to the activation of the phosphatidyl-inositol 3 kinase/protein kinase C/mitogen-activated protein kinase/Activator Protein-1 signaling pathway. Accordingly, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) experiments predicted the expression of full-length and truncated TrkB isoforms. Our results suggest that Bergmann glia cells are able to express and respond to BDNF stimulation favoring the notion of their pivotal role in neuroprotection.
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- Irais Poblete-Naredo
- Departamento de Genética y Biología Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Apartado Postal 14-740, México D.F. 07000, Mexico
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Features of microglia and neuroinflammation relevant to environmental exposure and neurotoxicity. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2011; 8:2980-3018. [PMID: 21845170 PMCID: PMC3155341 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph8072980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 204] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2011] [Revised: 07/05/2011] [Accepted: 07/13/2011] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Microglia are resident cells of the brain involved in regulatory processes critical for development, maintenance of the neural environment, injury and repair. They belong to the monocytic-macrophage lineage and serve as brain immune cells to orchestrate innate immune responses; however, they are distinct from other tissue macrophages due to their relatively quiescent phenotype and tight regulation by the CNS microenvironment. Microglia actively survey the surrounding parenchyma and respond rapidly to changes such that any disruption to neural architecture or function can contribute to the loss in regulation of the microglia phenotype. In many models of neurodegeneration and neurotoxicity, early events of synaptic degeneration and neuronal loss are accompanied by an inflammatory response including activation of microglia, perivascular monocytes, and recruitment of leukocytes. In culture, microglia have been shown to be capable of releasing several potentially cytotoxic substances, such as reactive oxygen intermediates, nitric oxide, proteases, arachidonic acid derivatives, excitatory amino acids, and cytokines; however, they also produce various neurotrophic factors and quench damage from free radicals and excitotoxins. As the primary source for pro-inflammatory cytokines, microglia are implicated as pivotal mediators of neuroinflammation and can induce or modulate a broad spectrum of cellular responses. Neuroinflammation should be considered as a balanced network of processes whereby subtle modifications can shift the cells toward disparate outcomes. For any evaluation of neuroinflammation and microglial responses, within the framework of neurotoxicity or degeneration, one key question in determining the consequence of neuroinflammation is whether the response is an initiating event or the consequence of tissue damage. As examples of environmental exposure-related neuroinflammation in the literature, we provide an evaluation of data on manganese and diesel exhaust particles.
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Yoo DY, Yoo KY, Choi JW, Kim W, Lee CH, Choi JH, Park JH, Won MH, Hwang IK. Time course of postnatal distribution of doublecortin immunoreactive developing/maturing neurons in the somatosensory cortex and hippocampal CA1 region of C57BL/6 mice. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2011; 31:729-36. [PMID: 21360195 DOI: 10.1007/s10571-011-9670-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2010] [Accepted: 02/18/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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In this study, we observed neuroblast differentiation in the somatosensory cortex (SSC) and hippocampal CA1 region (CA1), which is vulnerable to oxidative stress, of the mouse at various early postnatal days (P) 1, 7, 14, and 21 using doublecortin (DCX, a marker for neuroblasts). Cresyl violet and NeuN (Neuronal Nuclei) staining showed development of layers as well as neurons in the SSC and CA1. At P1, DCX-positive neuroblasts expressed strong DCX immunoreactivity in both the SSC and CA1. Thereafter, DCX immunoreactivity was decreased with time. At P7, many DCX-immunoreactive neuroblasts were well detected in the SSC and CA1. At P14, some DCX-positive neuroblasts were found in the SSC and CA1: The immunoreactivity was weak. At P21, DCX immunoreactivity was hardly found in cells in the SSC and CA1. These results suggest that DCX-positive neuroblasts were significantly decreased in the mouse SSC and CA1 from P14.
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- Dae Young Yoo
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, College of Veterinary Medicine, and Research Institute for Veterinary Science, Seoul National University, South Korea
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Xiao J, Wong AW, Willingham MM, van den Buuse M, Kilpatrick TJ, Murray SS. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor promotes central nervous system myelination via a direct effect upon oligodendrocytes. Neurosignals 2011; 18:186-202. [PMID: 21242670 DOI: 10.1159/000323170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 178] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2010] [Accepted: 11/29/2010] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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The extracellular factors that are responsible for inducing myelination in the central nervous system (CNS) remain elusive. We investigated whether brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is implicated, by first confirming that BDNF heterozygous mice exhibit delayed CNS myelination during early postnatal development. We next established that the influence of BDNF upon myelination was direct, by acting on oligodendrocytes, using co-cultures of dorsal root ganglia neurons and oligodendrocyte precursor cells. Importantly, we found that BDNF retains its capacity to enhance myelination of neurons or by oligodendrocytes derived from p75NTR knockout mice, indicating the expression of p75NTR is not necessary for BDNF-induced myelination. Conversely, we observed that phosphorylation of TrkB correlated with myelination, and that inhibiting TrkB signalling also inhibited the promyelinating effect of BDNF, suggesting that BDNF enhances CNS myelination via activating oligodendroglial TrkB-FL receptors. Together, our data reveal a previously unknown role for BDNF in potentiating the normal development of CNS myelination, via signalling within oligodendrocytes.
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- Junhua Xiao
- Centre for Neuroscience, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic., Australia.
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Fernandez LL, de Lima MNM, Scalco F, Vedana G, Miwa C, Hilbig A, Vianna M, Schröder N. Early Post-Natal Iron Administration Induces Astroglial Response in the Brain of Adult and Aged Rats. Neurotox Res 2010; 20:193-9. [DOI: 10.1007/s12640-010-9235-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2010] [Revised: 11/30/2010] [Accepted: 12/03/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Adachi M, Abe M, Sasaki T, Kato H, Kasahara J, Araki T. Role of inducible or neuronal nitric oxide synthase in neurogenesis of the dentate gyrus in aged mice. Metab Brain Dis 2010; 25:419-24. [PMID: 21082337 DOI: 10.1007/s11011-010-9224-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2010] [Accepted: 10/19/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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We evaluated mainly the iNOS (inducible nitric oxide synthase) and nNOS (neuronal NOS) expression in the subgranular zone (SGZ) of the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus in young adult (8-week-old) and aged (60-week-old) mice. The present study demonstrates that the expression of nNOS was more pronounced than that of iNOS expression in the dentate gyrus of aged mice. Our study also suggests that aged mice exhibited a significant loss of motor activity as compared with young adult animals. Furthermore, our results provide that no significant change in the number of Neu N (Neuronal nuclei)-immunopositive neurons and GFAP (glial fibrillary acidic protein)-immunopositive astrocytes was observed in the dentate gyrus between young adult and aged mice. In contrast, a significant change in the number of Iba 1(ionized calcium-binding adaptor molecule 1)-immunopositive microglia in aged mice was observed in the dentate gyrus as compared to young adult animals. These results provide the novel evidence showing that the expression of nNOS may be crucial for the role of neurogenesis of the SGZ of the dentate gyrus in aged mice. Furthermore, our present findings demonstrate that the inhibition of nNOS expression in the SGZ of the dentate gyrus during aging processes may offer novel therapeutic strategies for anti-aging in humans.
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- Minami Adachi
- Department of Neurobiology and Therapeutics, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, 1-78, Sho-machi, Tokushima, 770-8505, Japan
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Kraft AD, McPherson CA, Harry GJ. Heterogeneity of microglia and TNF signaling as determinants for neuronal death or survival. Neurotoxicology 2009; 30:785-93. [PMID: 19596372 PMCID: PMC3329780 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2009.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2009] [Accepted: 07/01/2009] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Microglia do not constitute a single, uniform cell population, but rather comprise cells with varied phenotypes, some which are beneficial and others that may require active regulatory control. Thus, gaining a better understanding of the heterogeneity of resident microglia responses will contribute to any interpretation regarding the impact of any such response in the brain. Microglia are the primary source of the pro-inflammatory cytokine, tumor necrosis factor (TNF) that can initiate various effects through the activation of membrane receptors. The TNF p55 receptor contains a death domain and activation normally leads to cellular apoptosis; however, under specific conditions, receptor activation can also lead to the activation of NF-kappaB and contribute to cell survival. These divergent outcomes have been linked to receptor localization with receptor internalization leading to cell death and membrane localization supporting cell survival. A second TNF receptor, TNF p75 receptor, is normally linked to cell growth and survival, however, it can cooperate with the p55 receptor and contribute to cell death. Thus, while an elevation in TNFalpha in the brain is often considered an indicator of microglia activation and neuroinflammation, a number of factors come into play to determine the final outcome. Data are reviewed demonstrating that heterogeneity in morphological response of microglia and the expression of TNFalpha and TNF receptors are critical in identifying and characterizing neurotoxic events as they relate to neuroinflammation, neuronal damage and in stimulating neuroprotection.
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- Andrew D. Kraft
- Neurotoxicology Group, Laboratory of Molecular Toxicology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Dept of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, NC
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- Neurotoxicology Group, Laboratory of Molecular Toxicology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Dept of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, NC
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- Neurotoxicology Group, Laboratory of Molecular Toxicology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Dept of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, NC
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