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Jawaid S, Herring AI, Getsy PM, Lewis SJ, Watanabe M, Kolesova H. Differential immunostaining patterns of transient receptor potential (TRP) ion channels in the rat nodose ganglion. J Anat 2022; 241:230-244. [PMID: 35396708 DOI: 10.1111/joa.13656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2021] [Revised: 01/26/2022] [Accepted: 03/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
Abstract
Vagal afferents regulate numerous physiological functions including arterial blood pressure, heart rate, breathing, and nociception. Cell bodies of vagal afferents reside in the inferior vagal (nodose) ganglia and their stimulation by various means is being considered as a way to regulate cardiorespiratory responses and control pain sensations. Stimulation of the nodose by exposure to infrared light is recently being considered as a precise way to elicit responses. These responses would likely involve the activity of temperature-sensitive membrane-bound channels. While papers have been published to track the expression of these transient receptor potential ion channels (TRPs), further studies are warranted to determine the in situ expression of the endogenous TRP proteins in the nodose ganglia to fully understand their pattern of expression, subcellular locations, and functions in this animal model. TRP ion channels are a superfamily of Na+ /Ca2+ -channels whose members are temperature- and/or mechano-sensitive and therefore represent a potential set of proteins that will be activated directly or indirectly by infrared light. Here, we report the spatial localization of six TRP channels, TRPV1, TRPV4, TRPM3, TRPM8, TRPA1, and TRPC1, from nodose ganglia taken from juvenile male Sprague-Dawley rats. The channels were detected using immunohistology with fluorescent tags on cryosections and imaged using confocal microscopy. All six TRP channels were detected with different levels of intensity in neuronal cell bodies and some were also detected in axonal fibers and blood vessels. The TRP receptors differed in their prevalence, in their patterns of expression, and in subcellular expression/localization. More specifically, TRPV1, TRPV4, TRPA1, TRPM8, TRPC1, and TRPM3 were found in vagal afferent cell bodies with a wide range of immunostaining intensity from neuron to neuron. Immunostaining for TRPV1, TRPV4, and TRPA1 appeared as fine particles scattered throughout the cytoplasm of the cell body. Intense TRPV1 immunostaining was also evident in a subset of axonal fibers. TRPM8 and TRPC1 were expressed in courser particles suggesting different subcellular compartments than for TRPV1. The localization of TRPM3 differed markedly from the other TRP channels with an immunostaining pattern that was localized to the periphery of a subset of cell bodies, whereas a scattering or no immunostaining was detected within the bulk of the cytoplasm. TRPV4 and TRPC1 were also expressed on the walls of blood vessels. The finding that all six TRP channels (representing four subfamilies) were present in the nodose ganglia provides the basis for studies designed to understand the roles of these channels in sensory transmission within vagal afferent fibers and in the responses elicited by exposure of nodose ganglia to infrared light and other stimuli. Depending on the location and functionality of the TRP channels, they may regulate the flux of Na+ /Ca2+ -across the membranes of cell bodies and axons of sensory afferents, efferent (motor) fibers coursing through the ganglia, and in vascular smooth muscle.
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- Safdar Jawaid
- Divisions of Pediatric Cardiology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Divisions of Pediatric Cardiology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Pediatric Pulmonology, Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Pediatric Pulmonology, Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Divisions of Pediatric Cardiology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Anatomy, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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Spinal cord injury-mediated changes in electrophysiological properties of rat gastric nodose ganglion neurons. Exp Neurol 2022; 348:113927. [PMID: 34798136 PMCID: PMC8727501 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2021.113927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2021] [Revised: 10/30/2021] [Accepted: 11/11/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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In preclinical rodent models, spinal cord injury (SCI) manifests as gastric vagal afferent dysfunction both acutely and chronically. However, the mechanism that underlies this dysfunction remains unknown. In the current study, we examined the effect of SCI on gastric nodose ganglia (NG) neuron excitability and on voltage-gated Na+ (NaV) channels expression and function in rats after an acute (i.e. 3-days) and chronic (i.e. 3-weeks) period. Rats randomly received either T3-SCI or sham control surgery 3-days or 3-weeks prior to experimentation as well as injections of 3% DiI solution into the stomach to identify gastric NG neurons. Single cell qRT-PCR was performed on acutely dissociated DiI-labeled NG neurons to measure NaV1.7, NaV1.8 and NaV1.9 expression levels. The results indicate that all 3 channel subtypes decreased. Current- and voltage-clamp whole-cell patch-clamp recordings were performed on acutely dissociated DiI-labeled NG neurons to measure active and passive properties of C- and A-fibers as well as the biophysical characteristics of NaV1.8 channels in gastric NG neurons. Acute and chronic SCI did not demonstrate deleterious effects on either passive properties of dissociated gastric NG neurons or biophysical properties of NaV1.8. These findings suggest that although NaV gene expression levels change following SCI, NaV1.8 function is not altered. The disruption throughout the entirety of the vagal afferent neuron has yet to be investigated.
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Meerschaert KA, Adelman PC, Friedman RL, Albers KM, Koerber HR, Davis BM. Unique Molecular Characteristics of Visceral Afferents Arising from Different Levels of the Neuraxis: Location of Afferent Somata Predicts Function and Stimulus Detection Modalities. J Neurosci 2020; 40:7216-7228. [PMID: 32817244 PMCID: PMC7534907 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1426-20.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2020] [Revised: 07/30/2020] [Accepted: 08/07/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Viscera receive innervation from sensory ganglia located adjacent to multiple levels of the brainstem and spinal cord. Here we examined whether molecular profiling could be used to identify functional clusters of colon afferents from thoracolumbar (TL), lumbosacral (LS), and nodose ganglia (NG) in male and female mice. Profiling of TL and LS bladder afferents was also performed. Visceral afferents were back-labeled using retrograde tracers injected into proximal and distal regions of colon or bladder, followed by single-cell qRT-PCR and analysis via an automated hierarchical clustering method. Genes were chosen for assay (32 for bladder; 48 for colon) based on their established role in stimulus detection, regulation of sensitivity/function, or neuroimmune interaction. A total of 132 colon afferents (from NG, TL, and LS ganglia) and 128 bladder afferents (from TL and LS ganglia) were analyzed. Retrograde labeling from the colon showed that NG and TL afferents innervate proximal and distal regions of the colon, whereas 98% of LS afferents only project to distal regions. There were clusters of colon and bladder afferents, defined by mRNA profiling, that localized to either TL or LS ganglia. Mixed TL/LS clustering also was found. In addition, transcriptionally, NG colon afferents were almost completely segregated from colon TL and LS neurons. Furthermore, colon and bladder afferents expressed genes at similar levels, although different gene combinations defined the clusters. These results indicate that genes implicated in both homeostatic regulation and conscious sensations are found at all anatomic levels, suggesting that afferents from different portions of the neuraxis have overlapping functions.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Visceral organs are innervated by sensory neurons whose cell bodies are located in multiple ganglia associated with the brainstem and spinal cord. For the colon, this overlapping innervation is proposed to facilitate visceral sensation and homeostasis, where sensation and pain are mediated by spinal afferents and fear and anxiety (the affective aspects of visceral pain) are the domain of nodose afferents. The transcriptomic analysis performed here reveals that genes implicated in both homeostatic regulation and pain are found in afferents across all ganglia types, suggesting that conscious sensation and homeostatic regulation are the result of convergence, and not segregation, of sensory input.
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- Kimberly A Meerschaert
- Department of Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261
- Pittsburgh Center for Pain Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261
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- Department of Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261
- Pittsburgh Center for Pain Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261
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- Department of Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261
- Pittsburgh Center for Pain Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261
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- Department of Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261
- Pittsburgh Center for Pain Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261
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- Department of Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261
- Pittsburgh Center for Pain Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261
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Development of a Mouse Reporter Strain for the Purinergic P2X 2 Receptor. eNeuro 2020; 7:ENEURO.0203-20.2020. [PMID: 32669344 PMCID: PMC7418537 DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0203-20.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2020] [Revised: 06/23/2020] [Accepted: 07/03/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The ATP-sensitive P2X2 ionotropic receptor plays a critical role in a number of signal processes including taste and hearing, carotid body detection of hypoxia, the exercise pressor reflex and sensory transduction of mechanical stimuli in the airways and bladder. Elucidation of the role of P2X2 has been hindered by the lack of selective tools. In particular, detection of P2X2 using established pharmacological and biochemical techniques yields dramatically different expression patterns, particularly in the peripheral and central nervous systems. Here, we have developed a knock-in P2X2-cre mouse, which we crossed with a cre-sensitive tdTomato reporter mouse to determine P2X2 expression. P2X2 was found in more than 80% of nodose vagal afferent neurons, but not in jugular vagal afferent neurons. Reporter expression correlated in vagal neurons with sensitivity to α,β methylene ATP (αβmATP). P2X2 was expressed in 75% of petrosal afferents, but only 12% and 4% of dorsal root ganglia (DRG) and trigeminal afferents, respectively. P2X2 expression was limited to very few cell types systemically. Together with the central terminals of P2X2-expressing afferents, reporter expression in the CNS was mainly found in brainstem neurons projecting mossy fibers to the cerebellum, with little expression in the hippocampus or cortex. The structure of peripheral terminals of P2X2-expressing afferents was demonstrated in the tongue (taste buds), carotid body, trachea and esophagus. P2X2 was observed in hair cells and support cells in the cochlear, but not in spiral afferent neurons. This mouse strain provides a novel approach to the identification and manipulation of P2X2-expressing cell types.
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Wang YB, de Lartigue G, Page AJ. Dissecting the Role of Subtypes of Gastrointestinal Vagal Afferents. Front Physiol 2020; 11:643. [PMID: 32595525 PMCID: PMC7300233 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2020.00643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2020] [Accepted: 05/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Gastrointestinal (GI) vagal afferents convey sensory signals from the GI tract to the brain. Numerous subtypes of GI vagal afferent have been identified but their individual roles in gut function and feeding regulation are unclear. In the past decade, technical approaches to selectively target vagal afferent subtypes and to assess their function has significantly progressed. This review examines the classification of GI vagal afferent subtypes and discusses the current available techniques to study vagal afferents. Investigating the distribution of GI vagal afferent subtypes and understanding how to access and modulate individual populations are essential to dissect their fundamental roles in the gut-brain axis.
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- Yoko B Wang
- Vagal Afferent Research Group, Adelaide Medical School, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Department of Pharmacodynamics, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States.,Center for Integrative Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Vagal Afferent Research Group, Adelaide Medical School, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.,Nutrition, Diabetes and Gut Health, Lifelong Health Theme, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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Besecker EM, Blanke EN, Deiter GM, Holmes GM. Gastric vagal afferent neuropathy following experimental spinal cord injury. Exp Neurol 2019; 323:113092. [PMID: 31697943 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2019.113092] [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: 07/11/2019] [Revised: 09/11/2019] [Accepted: 10/23/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Dramatic impairment of gastrointestinal (GI) function accompanies high-thoracic spinal cord injury (T3-SCI). The vagus nerve contains mechano- and chemosensory fibers as well as the motor fibers necessary for the central nervous system (CNS) control of GI reflexes. Cell bodies for the vagal afferent fibers are located within the nodose gangla (NG) and the majority of vagal afferent axons are unmyelinated C fibers that are sensitive to capsaicin through activation of transient receptor potential vanilloid-1 (TRPV1) channels. Vagal afferent fibers also express receptors for GI hormones, including cholecystokinin (CCK). Previously, T3-SCI provokes a transient GI inflammatory response as well as a reduction of both gastric emptying and centrally-mediated vagal responses to GI peptides, including CCK. TRPV1 channels and CCK-A receptors (CCKar) expressed in vagal afferents are upregulated in models of visceral inflammation. The present study investigated whether T3-SCI attenuates peripheral vagal afferent sensitivity through plasticity of TRPV1 and CCK receptors. Vagal afferent response to graded mechanical stimulation of the stomach was significantly attenuated by T3-SCI at 3-day and 3-week recovery. Immunocytochemical labeling for CCKar and TRPV1 demonstrated expression on dissociated gastric-projecting NG neurons. Quantitative assessment of mRNA expression by qRT-PCR revealed significant elevation of CCKar and TRPV1 in the whole NG following T3-SCI in 3-day recovery, but levels returned to normal after 3-weeks. Three days after injury, systemic administration of CCK-8 s showed a significantly diminished gastric vagal afferent response in T3-SCI rats compared to control rats while systemic capsaicin infusion revealed a significant elevation of vagal response in T3-SCI vs control rats. These findings demonstrate that T3-SCI provokes peripheral remodeling and prolonged alterations in the response of vagal afferent fibers to the physiological signals associated with digestion.
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- Emily M Besecker
- Department of Neural and Behavioral Sciences, Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, United States of America; Department of Health Sciences, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA 17325, United States of America
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- Department of Neural and Behavioral Sciences, Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, United States of America
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- Department of Neural and Behavioral Sciences, Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, United States of America
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- Department of Neural and Behavioral Sciences, Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, United States of America.
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Transcriptional Profiling of Individual Airway Projecting Vagal Sensory Neurons. Mol Neurobiol 2019; 57:949-963. [DOI: 10.1007/s12035-019-01782-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2019] [Accepted: 09/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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