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Kim JE, Lee DS, Kim TH, Park H, Kim MJ, Kang TC. PLPP/CIN-mediated NF2 S10 dephosphorylation distinctly regulates kainate-induced seizure susceptibility and neuronal death through PAK1-NF-κB-COX-2-PTGES2 signaling pathway. J Neuroinflammation 2023; 20:99. [PMID: 37118736 PMCID: PMC10141957 DOI: 10.1186/s12974-023-02788-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 04/23/2023] [Indexed: 04/30/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Pyridoxal-5'-phosphate phosphatase/chronophin (PLPP/CIN) selectively dephosphorylates serine (S) 10 site on neurofibromin 2 (NF2, also known as merlin (moesin-ezrin-radixin-like protein) or schwannomin). p21-activated kinase 1 (PAK1) is a serine/threonine protein kinase, which is involved in synaptic activity and plasticity in neurons. NF2 and PAK1 reciprocally regulate each other in a positive feedback manner. Thus, the aim of the present study is to investigate the effects of PLPP/CIN-mediated NF2 S10 dephosphorylation on PAK1-related signaling pathways under physiological and neuroinflammatory conditions, which are largely unknown. METHODS After kainate (KA) injection in wild-type, PLPP/CIN-/- and PLPP/CINTg mice, seizure susceptibility, PAK1 S204 autophosphorylation, nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) p65 S276 phosphorylation, cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) upregulation, prostaglandin E synthase 2 (PTGES2) induction and neuronal damage were measured. The effects of 1,1'-dithiodi-2-naphthtol (IPA-3, a selective inhibitor of PAK1) pretreatment on these responses to KA were also validated. RESULTS PLPP/CIN overexpression increased PAK1 S204 autophosphorylation concomitant with the enhanced NF2 S10 dephosphorylation in hippocampal neurons under physiological condition. Following KA treatment, PLPP/CIN overexpression delayed the seizure on-set and accelerated PAK1 S204 phosphorylation, NF-κB p65 S276 phosphorylation, COX-2 upregulation and PTGES2 induction, which were ameliorated by PLPP/CIN deletion or IPA-3. Furthermore, IPA-3 pretreatment shortened the latency of seizure on-set without affecting seizure severity (intensity) and ameliorated CA3 neuronal death induced by KA. CONCLUSIONS These findings indicate that PLPP/CIN may regulate seizure susceptibility (the latency of seizure on-set) and CA3 neuronal death in response to KA through NF2-PAK1-NF-κB-COX-2-PTGES2 signaling pathway.
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- Ji-Eun Kim
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Institute of Epilepsy Research, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Kangwon-Do, 24252, South Korea
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Institute of Epilepsy Research, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Kangwon-Do, 24252, South Korea
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Institute of Epilepsy Research, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Kangwon-Do, 24252, South Korea
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Institute of Epilepsy Research, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Kangwon-Do, 24252, South Korea
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Institute of Epilepsy Research, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Kangwon-Do, 24252, South Korea
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Institute of Epilepsy Research, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Kangwon-Do, 24252, South Korea.
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CA3 Synaptic Silencing Attenuates Kainic Acid-Induced Seizures and Hippocampal Network Oscillations. eNeuro 2016; 3:eN-NWR-0003-16. [PMID: 27022627 PMCID: PMC4797997 DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0003-16.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2016] [Revised: 01/29/2016] [Accepted: 02/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Epilepsy is a neurological disorder defined by the presence of seizure activity, manifest both behaviorally and as abnormal activity in neuronal networks. An established model to study the disorder in rodents is the systemic injection of kainic acid, an excitatory neurotoxin that at low doses quickly induces behavioral and electrophysiological seizures. Although the CA3 region of the hippocampus has been suggested to be crucial for kainic acid-induced seizure, because of its strong expression of kainate glutamate receptors and its high degree of recurrent connectivity, the precise role of excitatory transmission in CA3 in the generation of seizure and the accompanying increase in neuronal oscillations remains largely untested. Here we use transgenic mice in which CA3 pyramidal cell synaptic transmission can be inducibly silenced in the adult to demonstrate CA3 excitatory output is required for both the generation of epileptiform oscillatory activity and the progression of behavioral seizures.
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Assessing the sensitivity of diffusion MRI to detect neuronal activity directly. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2016; 113:E1728-37. [PMID: 26941239 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1519890113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Functional MRI (fMRI) is widely used to study brain function in the neurosciences. Unfortunately, conventional fMRI only indirectly assesses neuronal activity via hemodynamic coupling. Diffusion fMRI was proposed as a more direct and accurate fMRI method to detect neuronal activity, yet confirmative findings have proven difficult to obtain. Given that the underlying relation between tissue water diffusion changes and neuronal activity remains unclear, the rationale for using diffusion MRI to monitor neuronal activity has yet to be clearly established. Here, we studied the correlation between water diffusion and neuronal activity in vitro by simultaneous calcium fluorescence imaging and diffusion MR acquisition. We used organotypic cortical cultures from rat brains as a biological model system, in which spontaneous neuronal activity robustly emerges free of hemodynamic and other artifacts. Simultaneous fluorescent calcium images of neuronal activity are then directly correlated with diffusion MR signals now free of confounds typically encountered in vivo. Although a simultaneous increase of diffusion-weighted MR signals was observed together with the prolonged depolarization of neurons induced by pharmacological manipulations (in which cell swelling was demonstrated to play an important role), no evidence was found that diffusion MR signals directly correlate with normal spontaneous neuronal activity. These results suggest that, whereas current diffusion MR methods could monitor pathological conditions such as hyperexcitability, e.g., those seen in epilepsy, they do not appear to be sensitive or specific enough to detect or follow normal neuronal activity.
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Miller JA, Kirkley KA, Padmanabhan R, Liang LP, Raol YH, Patel M, Bialecki RA, Tjalkens RB. Repeated exposure to low doses of kainic acid activates nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) prior to seizure in transgenic NF-κB/EGFP reporter mice. Neurotoxicology 2014; 44:39-47. [PMID: 24813937 PMCID: PMC4610362 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2014.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2014] [Revised: 04/29/2014] [Accepted: 04/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Predicting seizurogenic properties of pharmacologically active compounds is difficult due to the complex nature of the mechanisms involved and because of the low sensitivity and high variability associated with current behavioral-based methods. To identify early neuronal signaling events predictive of seizure, we exposed transgenic NF-κB/EGFP reporter mice to multiple low doses of kainic acid (KA), postulating that activation of the stress-responsive NF-κB pathway could be a sensitive indicator of seizurogenic potential. The sub-threshold dose level proximal to the induction of seizure was determined as 2.5mg/kg KA, using video EEG monitoring. Subsequent analysis of reporter expression demonstrated significant increases in NF-κB activation in the CA3 and CA1 regions of the hippocampus 24h after a single dose of 2.5mg/kg KA. This response was primarily observed in pyramidal neurons with little non-neuronal expression. Neuronal NF-κB/EGFP expression was observed in the absence of glial activation, indicating a lack of neurodegeneration-induced neuroinflammation. Protein expression of the immediate-early gene, Nurr1, increased in neurons in parallel to NF-κB activation, supporting that the sub-threshold doses of KA employed directly caused neuronal stress. Lastly, KA also stimulated NF-κB activation in organotypic hippocampal slice cultures established from NF-κB/EGFP reporter mice. Collectively, these data demonstrate the potential advantages of using genetically encoded stress pathway reporter models in the screening of seizurogenic properties of new pharamacologically active compounds.
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- James A Miller
- Center for Environmental Medicine, Colorado State University, USA
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- Center for Environmental Medicine, Colorado State University, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neurology, Translational Epilepsy Research Program, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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Chan CB, Chen Y, Liu X, Papale L, Escayg A, Mei L, Ye K. Essential role of PIKE GTPases in neuronal protection against excitotoxic insults. Adv Biol Regul 2013; 52:66-76. [PMID: 21925531 DOI: 10.1016/j.advenzreg.2011.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2011] [Accepted: 09/06/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- Chi Bun Chan
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, USA
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Karunakaran S, Grasse DW, Moxon KA. Changes in network dynamics during status epilepticus. Exp Neurol 2012; 234:454-65. [PMID: 22309830 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2012.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2011] [Revised: 12/29/2011] [Accepted: 01/19/2012] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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- S Karunakaran
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Claycomb RJ, Hewett SJ, Hewett JA. Neuromodulatory role of endogenous interleukin-1β in acute seizures: possible contribution of cyclooxygenase-2. Neurobiol Dis 2011; 45:234-42. [PMID: 21856425 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2011.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2011] [Revised: 07/20/2011] [Accepted: 08/03/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022] Open
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The function of endogenous interleukin-1β (IL-1β) signaling in acute seizure activity was examined using transgenic mice harboring targeted deletions in the genes for either IL-1β (Il1b) or its signaling receptor (Il1r1). Acute epileptic seizure activity was modeled using two mechanistically distinct chemoconvulsants, kainic acid (KA) and pentylenetetrazole (PTZ). KA-induced seizure activity was more severe in homozygous null (-/-) Il1b mice compared to their wild-type (+/+) littermate controls, as indicated by an increase in the incidence of sustained generalized convulsive seizure activity. In the PTZ seizure model, the incidence of acute convulsive seizures was increased in both Il1b and Il1r1-/- mice compared to their respective +/+ littermate controls. Interestingly, the selective cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 inhibitor, rofecoxib, mimicked the effect of IL-1β deficiency on PTZ-induced convulsions in Il1r1+/+ but not -/- mice. Together, these results suggest that endogenous IL-1β possesses anticonvulsive properties that may be mediated by arachidonic acid metabolites derived from the catalytic action of COX-2.
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- Robert J Claycomb
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
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Juuri J, Clarke VRJ, Lauri SE, Taira T. Kainate receptor-induced ectopic spiking of CA3 pyramidal neurons initiates network bursts in neonatal hippocampus. J Neurophysiol 2010; 104:1696-706. [PMID: 20660426 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00840.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Kainate receptors (KARs) are expressed at high levels in the brain during early development and may be critical for the proper development of neuronal networks. Here we elucidated a physiological role of high-affinity KARs in developing hippocampal network by studying the effects of 25-100 nM kainate (KA) on intrinsic network activity in slice preparations. Whereas 100 nM KA resulted in hyperexcitability of the network and the disruption of natural activity patterns, ≤ 50 nM KA concentrations enhanced the initiation of network bursts yet preserved the characteristic patterns of endogenous activity. This was not dependent on changes in GABAergic transmission or on activation of GluK1 subunit containing KARs. However, the activation of high-affinity KARs increased glutamatergic drive by promoting spontaneous firing of CA3 pyramidal neurons without affecting action potential independent glutamate release. This was not because of changes in the intrinsic somatic properties of pyramidal neurons but seemed to reside in an electrically remote site, most probably in an axonal compartment. Although application of KAR agonists has mainly been used to study pathological type of network activities, this study provides a novel mechanism by which endogenous activity of KARs can modulate intrinsic activities of the emerging neuronal network in a physiologically relevant manner. The results support recent studies that KARs play a central role in the activity-dependent maturation of synaptic circuitries.
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- Juuso Juuri
- Neuroscience Center and Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Mazzone G, Margaryan G, Kuzhandaivel A, Nasrabady S, Mladinic M, Nistri A. Kainate-induced delayed onset of excitotoxicity with functional loss unrelated to the extent of neuronal damage in the in vitro spinal cord. Neuroscience 2010; 168:451-62. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.03.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2010] [Revised: 03/19/2010] [Accepted: 03/26/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Bragin A, Azizyan A, Almajano J, Engel J. The cause of the imbalance in the neuronal network leading to seizure activity can be predicted by the electrographic pattern of the seizure onset. J Neurosci 2009; 29:3660-71. [PMID: 19295168 PMCID: PMC2688438 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.5309-08.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2008] [Revised: 02/10/2009] [Accepted: 02/15/2009] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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This study investigates the temporal dynamics of ictal electrical activity induced by injection of the GABA(A) receptor antagonist bicuculline, and the glutamate agonist kainic acid, into the CA3 area of hippocampus. Experiments were conducted in freely moving adult Wistar rats implanted with microelectrodes in multiple brain areas. Wide-band electrical activity (0.1-3000 Hz) was recorded, and the latency of seizure onset as well as the pattern of electrical activity were investigated for each drug. The latencies between injection and the occurrence of first epileptiform events were 3.93 +/- 2.76 (+/-STD) min for bicuculline and 6.37 +/- 7.66 min for kainic acid, suggesting the existence of powerful seizure-suppressive mechanisms in the brain. Bicuculline evoked high-amplitude rhythmic epileptiform events at the site of injection which resembled interictal EEG spikes and rapidly propagated to adjacent and remote brain areas. Kainic acid evoked a completely different pattern with a gradual increase in the amplitude of 30-80 Hz activity. Whereas there was strong temporal correlation between EEG events at the site of bicuculline injection and discharges in distant areas, much less correlation was seen with kainic acid injection. Both patterns were followed by generalized ictal EEG discharges and behavioral seizures. Our results illustrate that the same area of the brain can trigger seizures with different electrographic patterns. The knowledge of the network mechanisms underlying these two distinct electrographic patterns might be helpful in designing differential strategies for preventing seizure occurrence.
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- Anatol Bragin
- Departments of Neurology and
- The Brain Research Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095
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- Departments of Neurology and
- Neurobiology, and
- The Brain Research Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095
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GLUK1 receptor antagonists and hippocampal mossy fiber function. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF NEUROBIOLOGY 2009; 85:13-27. [PMID: 19607958 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7742(09)85002-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Kainate receptors, one of the three subtypes of ionotropic receptors for the excitatory transmitter l-glutamate, play a variety of functions in the regulation of synaptic activity. Their physiological properties and functional roles have been identified only recently, following the discovery of selective pharmacological tools that allow for isolation of kainate receptor-mediated events. A considerable amount of data indicates that this class of glutamate receptors is located both at the pre- and postsynaptic site, playing a special role in regulating transmission and controlling short- and long-term plasticity. In this review, we summarize some data obtained in our laboratory over the last decade illustrating how various ligands have contributed to our understanding of the physiological role for neuronal kainate receptors. In particular, we show that the GluK1-containing KARs are important for regulating synaptic facilitation and LTP induction at hippocampal mossy fiber synapses.
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Vincent P, Mulle C. Kainate receptors in epilepsy and excitotoxicity. Neuroscience 2009; 158:309-23. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.02.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2007] [Revised: 02/12/2008] [Accepted: 02/21/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Sakatani S, Seto-Ohshima A, Itohara S, Hirase H. Impact of S100B on local field potential patterns in anesthetized and kainic acid-induced seizure conditions in vivo. Eur J Neurosci 2007; 25:1144-54. [PMID: 17331210 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05337.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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S100B is a calcium-binding protein predominantly expressed in astrocytes. Previous studies using gene-manipulated animals have suggested that the protein has a role in synaptic plasticity and learning. In order to assess the physiological roles of the protein in active neural circuitry, we recorded spontaneous neural activities from various layers of the neocortex and hippocampus in urethane-anesthetized S100B knockout (KO) and wildtype (WT) control mice. Typical local field oscillation patterns including the slow (0.5-2 Hz) oscillations in the neocortex, theta (3-8 Hz) and sharp wave-associated ripple (120-180 Hz) oscillations in the hippocampus were observed in both genotypes. Comparisons of the frequency, power and peak amplitude have shown that these oscillatory patterns were virtually indistinguishable between WT and KO. When seizure was induced by intraperitoneal injection of kainic acid, a difference between WT and KO appeared in the CA1 radiatum local field potential pattern, where seizure events were characterized by prominent appearance of hyper-synchronous gamma band (30-80 Hz) activity. Although both genotypes developed seizures within 40 min, the gamma amplitude was significantly smaller during the development of seizures in KO mice. Our results suggest that deficiency of S100B does not have a profound impact on spontaneous neural activity in normal conditions. However, when neural activity was sufficiently raised, activation of S100B-related pathways may take effect, resulting in modulation of neural activities.
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- Seiichi Sakatani
- Hirase Research Unit, Neuronal Circuit Mechanisms Research Group, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako-shi, 351-0198, Japan
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Davila NG, Houpt TA, Trombley PQ. Expression and function of kainate receptors in the rat olfactory bulb. Synapse 2007; 61:320-34. [PMID: 17318880 DOI: 10.1002/syn.20376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Although recent results suggest roles for NMDA and AMPA receptors in odor encoding, little is known about kainate receptors (KARs) in the olfactory bulb (OB). Molecular, immunological, and electrophysiological techniques were used to provide a functional analysis of KARs in the OB. Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction revealed that the relative level of expression of KAR subunits was GluR5 approximately GluR6 approximately KA2 > KA1 >> GluR7. In situ hybridization data imply that mitral/tufted cells express mostly GluR5 and KA2, whereas interneurons express mostly GluR6 and KA2. Immunohistochemical double-labeling experiments (GluR5/6/7 or GluR5 + synapsin) suggest that KARs are expressed at both synaptic and extrasynaptic loci. This heterogeneous expression of KAR subunits suggests that KARs may play a multitude of roles in odor processing, each tailored to the function of specific OB circuits. A functional analysis, using whole-cell electrophysiology, suggests that one such role is to increase the frequency of glutamate transmission while attenuating the amplitude of individual events, likely via a presynaptic depolarizing mechanism. Such effects would be important to odor processing particularly by OB glomeruli. In these highly compartmentalized structures, an increase in the frequency of glutamate release and the high density of extrasynaptic KARs, activated by spillover, could enhance glomerular synchronization and thus the transfer of more specific sensory information to cortical structures.
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- Nestor G Davila
- Department of Biological Science, Program in Neuroscience, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
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Le Duigou C, Wittner L, Danglot L, Miles R. Effects of focal injection of kainic acid into the mouse hippocampus in vitro and ex vivo. J Physiol 2005; 569:833-47. [PMID: 16239280 PMCID: PMC1464260 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2005.094599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Intra-hippocampal kainate injection induces an epileptiform activity termed status epilepticus. We examined the emergence of this activity with extracellular and intracellular records of responses (1) to focal kainate (KA) application in slices of mouse hippocampus and (2) of slices from mice injected with KA. The effects varied with distance from the injection site of KA. At distances less than approximately 800 microm, KA injection induced a strong increase in extracellular firing which ceased after 2-4 min. Pyramidal cells in this zone fired and depolarized to a potential at which action potentials were no longer evoked. No further activity was detected near the injection site for 3-5 h. In longitudinal slices of the CA3 region, firing induced by KA injection spread at a velocity close to 1 x 10(-)(4) mm ms(-)(1). The velocity increased to approximately 1 x 10(-)(1) mm ms(-)(1) when synaptic inhibition was blocked, suggesting that inhibitory processes normally restrict the spread of firing. At distances of 1.5-2.5 mm, KA injection induced a short-term increase in firing which was maintained, and often increased and rhythmic at gamma frequencies at 2-5 h after injection. We also examined slices prepared from animals injected with KA, at a delay of 2-5 h corresponding to the expression of status epilepticus. Near the injection site, Gallyas silver staining revealed cellular degeneration, and no activity was recorded. Interictal-like activity was generated by ipsilateral slices distant from KA injection. Contralateral slices also generated an interictal-like activity, but no cell death was detected. Hippocampal oscillations generated at distant sites may be associated with status epilepticus.
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- Caroline Le Duigou
- INSERM U739, CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, 105 boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France
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Lubin FD, Johnston LD, Sweatt JD, Anderson AE. Kainate mediates nuclear factor-kappa B activation in hippocampus via phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase and extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase. Neuroscience 2005; 133:969-81. [PMID: 15916859 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.03.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2005] [Revised: 03/24/2005] [Accepted: 03/26/2005] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The transcription factor nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappaB) is an inducible regulator of genes that plays a crucial role in the nervous system. Glutamate receptor stimulation is one well-described mechanism for NF-kappaB activation. In the studies presented here we used the glutamate analog, kainate to investigate the signaling mechanisms that couple to NF-kappaB activation in hippocampus. Kainate (250 nM) application to hippocampal slices elicited a time-dependent increase in nuclear NF-kappaB levels in areas CA3 and CA1, but not dentate, compared with controls. Further analysis focused on hippocampal area CA3, revealed increased NF-kappaB DNA binding activity in response to kainate stimulation. Supershift electrophoretic mobility shift assay indicated that the kainate-mediated NF-kappaB complex binding DNA was composed of p65, p50, and c-Rel subunits. Through inhibition studies we found that extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase (ERK) and phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase (PI3K) couple to basal and kainate-mediated NF-kappaB DNA binding activity in area CA3. Kainate elicited decreased total and increased phospho-inhibitor kappa B alpha (IkappaBalpha), suggesting that kainate-mediated activation of NF-kappaB is via the classical IkappaB kinase pathway. Interestingly, inhibition of ERK but not PI3K blocked the kainate-mediated increase in phospho-IkappaBalpha. Thus, our findings support a role for the ERK and PI3K pathways in kainate-mediated NF-kappaB activation in hippocampal area CA3, but these kinases may target the NF-kappaB pathway at different loci.
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- F D Lubin
- The Cain Foundation Laboratories, Texas Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, MC 3-6365, 1102 Bates Street, Houston, TX 77030-2399, USA
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Melyan Z, Lancaster B, Wheal HV. Metabotropic regulation of intrinsic excitability by synaptic activation of kainate receptors. J Neurosci 2004; 24:4530-4. [PMID: 15140923 PMCID: PMC1351223 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.5356-03.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Prolonged modification of intrinsic neuronal excitability is gaining prominence as an activity-dependent form of plasticity. Here we describe a potential synaptic initiation mechanism for these changes in which release of the transmitter glutamate acts on kainate receptors to regulate the postspike slow afterhyperpolarization (sAHP). This action of synaptically released glutamate was occluded by previous kainate application. Furthermore, inhibition of glutamate uptake enhanced the effects of synaptic activation. Glutamate-mediated kainate receptor inhibition of sAHP current (I(sAHP)) was blocked by the PKC inhibitor calphostin C, confirming the requirement for a metabotropic signaling cascade. These data describe a new physiological function for glutamate release: activation of metabotropic kainate receptors, which control directly the excitability of pyramidal cells and probably contribute to prolonged excitability changes.
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- Zare Melyan
- Neuroscience Group, School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO16 7PX, United Kingdom
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Excitatory glutamatergic transmission involves a variety of different receptor types, each with distinct properties and functions. Physiological studies have identified both post- and presynaptic roles for kainate receptors, which are a subtype of the ionotropic glutamate receptors. Kainate receptors contribute to excitatory postsynaptic currents in many regions of the central nervous system including hippocampus, cortex, spinal cord and retina. In some cases, postsynaptic kainate receptors are co-distributed with alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) and N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors, but there are also synapses where transmission is mediated exclusively by postsynaptic kainate receptors: for example, in the retina at connections made by cones onto off bipolar cells. Modulation of transmitter release by presynaptic kainate receptors can occur at both excitatory and inhibitory synapses. The depolarization of nerve terminals by current flow through ionotropic kainate receptors appears sufficient to account for most examples of presynaptic regulation; however, a number of studies have provided evidence for metabotropic effects on transmitter release that can be initiated by activation of kainate receptors. Recent analysis of knockout mice lacking one or more of the subunits that contribute to kainate receptors, as well as studies with subunit-selective agonists and antagonists, have revealed the important roles that kainate receptors play in short- and long-term synaptic plasticity. This review briefly addresses the properties of kainate receptors and considers in greater detail the physiological analysis of their contributions to synaptic transmission.
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- James E Huettner
- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
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Khalilov I, Hirsch J, Cossart R, Ben-Ari Y. Paradoxical anti-epileptic effects of a GluR5 agonist of kainate receptors. J Neurophysiol 2002; 88:523-7. [PMID: 12091575 DOI: 10.1152/jn.2002.88.1.523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Kainate generates in adult hippocampal neurons a seizure but also a massive excitation of interneurons and a dramatic increase of the inhibitory drive that impinges on principal cells. This "overinhibition" is largely mediated by GluR5-containing kainate receptors that are enriched on interneurons. Here, using the neonatal intact hippocampus in vitro and the triple chamber, we first show that this mechanism is fully operative in neonatal neurons. We then report that application to one hippocampus of (RS)-2-amino-3-(5-tert-butyl-3-hydroxy-4-isoxazolyl)propionic acid-a relatively selective agonist of GluR5 containing kainate receptors-depresses the propagation of seizure generated in the opposite hippocampus by a convulsive agent. We conclude that the selective excitation of interneurons by GluR5-containing kainate receptor agonists opens a new therapeutic approach for the epilepsies.
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- Ilgam Khalilov
- Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditerranée, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U29, Marseille, France
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Melyan Z, Wheal HV, Lancaster B. Metabotropic-mediated kainate receptor regulation of IsAHP and excitability in pyramidal cells. Neuron 2002; 34:107-14. [PMID: 11931745 DOI: 10.1016/s0896-6273(02)00624-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Kainate receptors (KARs) on CA1 pyramidal cells make no detectable contribution to EPSCs. We report that these receptors have a metabotropic function, as shown previously for CA1 interneurons. Brief kainate exposure caused long-lasting inhibition of a postspike potassium current (I(sAHP)) in CA1 pyramidal cells. The pharmacological profile was independent of AMPA receptors or the GluR5 subunit, indicating a possible role for the GluR6 subunit. KAR inhibition of I(sAHP) did not require ionotropic action or network activity, but was blocked by the inhibitor of pertussis toxin-sensitive G proteins, N-ethylmaleimide (NEM), or the PKC inhibitor calphostin C. These data suggest how KARs, putatively containing GluR6, directly increase excitability of CA1 pyramidal cells and help explain the propensity for seizure activity following KAR activation.
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- Zare Melyan
- Centre for Neuroscience, University of Southampton, Bassett Crescent East, Southampton SO16 7PX, United Kingdom
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Staley KJ, Bains JS, Yee A, Hellier J, Longacher JM. Statistical model relating CA3 burst probability to recovery from burst-induced depression at recurrent collateral synapses. J Neurophysiol 2001; 86:2736-47. [PMID: 11731533 DOI: 10.1152/jn.2001.86.6.2736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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When neuronal excitability is increased in area CA3 of the hippocampus in vitro, the pyramidal cells generate periodic bursts of action potentials that are synchronized across the network. We have previously provided evidence that synaptic depression at the excitatory recurrent collateral synapses in the CA3 network terminates each population burst so that the next burst cannot begin until these synapses have recovered. These findings raise the possibility that burst timing can be described in terms of the probability of recovery of this population of synapses. Here we demonstrate that when neuronal excitability is changed in the CA3 network, the mean and variance of the interburst interval change in a manner that is consistent with a timing mechanism comprised of a pool of exponentially relaxing pacemakers. The relaxation time constant of these pacemakers is the same as the time constant describing the recovery from activity-dependent depression of recurrent collateral synapses. Recovery was estimated from the rate of spontaneous transmitter release versus time elapsed since the last CA3 burst. Pharmacological and long-term alterations of synaptic strength and network excitability affected CA3 burst timing as predicted by the cumulative binomial distribution if the burst pace-maker consists of a pool of recovering recurrent synapses. These findings indicate that the recovery of a pool of synapses from burst-induced depression is a sufficient explanation for burst timing in the in vitro CA3 neuronal network. These findings also demonstrate how information regarding the nature of a pacemaker can be derived from the temporal pattern of synchronous network activity. This information could also be extracted from less accessible networks such as those generating interictal epileptiform discharges in vivo.
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- K J Staley
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80262, USA.
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Lauri SE, Delany C, J Clarke VR, Bortolotto ZA, Ornstein PL, T R Isaac J, Collingridge GL. Synaptic activation of a presynaptic kainate receptor facilitates AMPA receptor-mediated synaptic transmission at hippocampal mossy fibre synapses. Neuropharmacology 2001; 41:907-15. [PMID: 11747895 DOI: 10.1016/s0028-3908(01)00152-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The development of GluR5-selective kainate receptor ligands is helping to elucidate the functions of kainate receptors in the CNS. Here we have further characterised the actions of a GluR5 selective agonist, ATPA, and a GluR5 selective antagonist, LY382884, in the CA3 region of rat hippocampal slices. In addition, we have used LY382884 to study a novel synaptic mechanism. This antagonist substantially reduces frequency facilitation of mossy fibre synaptic transmission, monitored as either AMPA or NMDA receptor-mediated EPSCs. This suggests that GluR5-containing kainate receptors on mossy fibres function as autoreceptors to facilitate the synaptic release of L-glutamate, in a frequency-dependent manner.
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- S E Lauri
- MRC Centre for Synaptic Plasticity, Department of Anatomy, Medical School, University of Bristol, BS8 1TD, Bristol, UK
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Lauri SE, Bortolotto ZA, Bleakman D, Ornstein PL, Lodge D, Isaac JT, Collingridge GL. A critical role of a facilitatory presynaptic kainate receptor in mossy fiber LTP. Neuron 2001; 32:697-709. [PMID: 11719209 DOI: 10.1016/s0896-6273(01)00511-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The mechanisms involved in mossy fiber LTP in the hippocampus are not well established. In the present study, we show that the kainate receptor antagonist LY382884 (10 microM) is selective for presynaptic kainate receptors in the CA3 region of the hippocampus. At a concentration at which it blocks mossy fiber LTP, LY382884 selectively blocks the synaptic activation of a presynaptic kainate receptor that facilitates AMPA receptor-mediated synaptic transmission. Following the induction of mossy fiber LTP, there is a complete loss of the presynaptic kainate receptor-mediated facilitation of synaptic transmission. These results identify a central role for the presynaptic kainate receptor in the induction of mossy fiber LTP. In addition, these results suggest that the pathway by which kainate receptors facilitate glutamate release is utilized for the expression of mossy fiber LTP.
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- S E Lauri
- MRC Centre for Synaptic Plasticity, Department of Anatomy, Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, United Kingdom
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Sari P, Kerr DS. Domoic acid-induced hippocampal CA1 hyperexcitability independent of region CA3 activity. Epilepsy Res 2001; 47:65-76. [PMID: 11673022 DOI: 10.1016/s0920-1211(01)00295-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Domoic acid (DOM) is a potent agonist of AMPA and kainic acid (KA) receptors in the CNS and is known to produce seizures acutely, and lasting excitotoxic damage in several brain regions. While the excitotoxic effects of DOM are well documented, its seizurogenic properties are less clear. In this study, we assessed the acute effects of DOM and KA in region CA1 of intact rat hippocampal slices (CA3-on) and in slices lacking region CA3 (CA3-off). Orthodromic Schaffer collateral-evoked CA1 field potentials (population spikes and somal EPSP's) were monitored during DOM and KA (10-500 nM) administration. In CA3-off slices both KA and DOM produced immediate increases in CA1 population spike amplitude. With prolonged exposure, lasting dose-dependent reductions in spike amplitude and EPSP slope were observed, possibly due to depolarising conduction block following excessive AMPA/KA receptor activation; DOM was several-fold more potent than KA in this regard. Population spike threshold did not vary with DOM, but in CA3-on slices a dose-dependent steepening of the I/O curve and increase in maximum spike amplitude was seen. CA1 hyperexcitability, as evidenced by the appearance of prominent second and third population spikes, was equivalently increased across a range of DOM concentrations in both CA3-on and CA3-off slices and, in general, DOM-induced CA1 hyperexcitability was not enhanced by the presence of CA3 for any of the other variables assessed in this study. These findings show that DOM directly promotes neuronal hyperactivity in region CA1, presumably due to tonic AMPA and/or KA-receptor mediated depolarization, and further suggests that DOM-induced hyperactivity in the recurrently networked, AMPA/KA-receptor rich region CA3 does not contribute to the onset and spread of limbic seizures during relatively mild DOM intoxication.
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- P Sari
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Otago School of Medical Sciences, PO Box 913, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Lerma J, Paternain AV, Rodríguez-Moreno A, López-García JC. Molecular physiology of kainate receptors. Physiol Rev 2001; 81:971-98. [PMID: 11427689 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.2001.81.3.971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 224] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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A decade ago, our understanding of the molecular properties of kainate receptors and their involvement in synaptic physiology was essentially null. A plethora of recent studies has altered this situation profoundly such that kainate receptors are now regarded as key players in the modulation of transmitter release, as important mediators of the postsynaptic actions of glutamate, and as possible targets for the development of antiepileptic and analgesic drugs. In this review, we summarize our current knowledge of the properties of kainate receptors focusing on four key issues: 1) their structural and biophysical features, 2) the important progress in their pharmacological characterization, 3) their pre- and postsynaptic mechanisms of action, and 4) their involvement in a series of physiological and pathological processes. Finally, although significant progress has been made toward the elucidation of their importance for brain function, kainate receptors remain largely an enigma and, therefore, we propose some new roads that should be explored to obtain a deeper understanding of this young, but intriguing, class of proteins.
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- J Lerma
- Instituto Cajal, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain.
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Benes FM, Todtenkopf MS, Kostoulakos P. GluR5,6,7 subunit immunoreactivity on apical pyramidal cell dendrites in hippocampus of schizophrenics and manic depressives. Hippocampus 2001; 11:482-91. [PMID: 11732702 DOI: 10.1002/hipo.1065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Recent postmortem studies have suggested that changes in the regulation of kainate-sensitive glutamate receptors (kainate receptors) in the hippocampus may play a role in schizophrenia. To explore this possibility further, the distribution of immunoreactivity (IR) for the GluR5,6,7 subunits of the KR was assessed in a cohort consisting of 15 normal controls, 15 schizophrenics, and 9 manic depressives matched for age and postmortem interval (PMI). Cross sections of hippocampus showed abundant GluR5,6,7-IR on apical dendrites of pyramidal neurons in the stratum radiatum and stratum moleculare. In normal controls, both the numerical and length density of IR dendrites were much higher in sector CA2 than in sectors CA3 or CA1. When data for the individual groups were separately examined, the schizophrenics showed a 30-35% reduction in the density of GluR5,6,7-IR dendrites found in both stratum radiatum and stratum moleculare of sectors CA3 and CA2, as well as proximal and middle portions of CA1. In CA2, the magnitude of this decrease in schizophrenia was 2.5 times larger than that seen in any of the other sectors. For the manic depressive group, no significant differences were observed in any sectors or laminae examined. The potential confounding effects of either age, PMI, or neuroleptic exposure do not explain the reduced density of IR dendrites detected in the schizophrenic group. Taken together, the preferential reduction of GluR5,6,7-IR observed on apical dendrites of pyramidal neurons is consistent with a functional downregulation of the kainate receptor in the hippocampus of schizophrenic brain.
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- F M Benes
- Laboratory of Structural Neuroscience, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts 02178, USA
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Studies using kainate, an excitatory amino acid extracted from a seaweed, have provided major contributions to the understanding of epileptogenesis. Here we review pioneering and more recent studies aimed at determining how kainate generates seizures and, in particular, how inhibition is altered during seizures. We focus on target and subunit-specific effects of kainate on hippocampal pyramidal neurons and interneurons that lead to an excitation of both types of neurons and thus to the parallel increase of glutamatergic and GABAergic spontaneous currents. We propose that kainate excites all its targets, the net consequence depending on the level of activity of the network.
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- Y Ben-Ari
- The INMED, INSERM U29, Parc scientifique de Luminy, BP 13, 13273, Marseille, France
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Kamiya H, Ozawa S. Kainate receptor-mediated presynaptic inhibition at the mouse hippocampal mossy fibre synapse. J Physiol 2000; 523 Pt 3:653-65. [PMID: 10718745 PMCID: PMC2269840 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.2000.t01-1-00653.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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1. The presynaptic action of kainate (KA) receptor activation at the mossy fibre-CA3 synapse was examined using fluorescence measurement of presynaptic Ca2+ influx as well as electrophysiological recordings in mouse hippocampal slices. 2. Bath application of a low concentration (0.2 microM) of KA reversibly increased the amplitude of presynaptic volley evoked by stimulation of mossy fibres to 146 +/- 6 % of control (n = 6), whereas it reduced the field excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSPs) to 30 +/- 4 %. 3. The potentiating effect of KA on the presynaptic volleys was also observed in Ca2+-free solution, and was partly antagonized by (2S, 4R)-4-methylglutamic acid (SYM 2081, 1 microM), which selectively desensitizes KA receptors. 4. The antidromic population spike of dentate granule cells evoked by stimulation of mossy fibres was increased by application of 0.2 microM KA to 160 +/- 10 % of control (n = 6). Whole-cell current-clamp recordings revealed that the stimulus threshold for generating antidromic spikes recorded from a single granule cell was lowered by KA application. 5. Application of KA (0.2 microM) suppressed presynaptic Ca2+ influx to 78 +/- 4 % of control (n = 6), whereas the amplitude of the presynaptic volley was increased. 6. KA at 0.2 microM reversibly suppressed excitatory postsynaptic currents (EPSCs) evoked by mossy fibre simulation to 38 +/- 9 % of control (n = 5). 7. These results suggest that KA receptor activation enhances the excitability of mossy fibres, probably via axonal depolarization, and reduces action potential-induced Ca2+ influx, thereby inhibiting mossy fibre EPSCs presynaptically. This novel presynaptic inhibitory action of KA at the mossy fibre-CA3 synapse may regulate the excitability of highly interconnected CA3 networks.
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- H Kamiya
- Department of Physiology, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8511, Japan.
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Nonaka M, Kohmura E, Yamashita T, Yamauchi A, Fujinaka T, Yoshimine T, Tohyama M, Hayakawa T. Kainic acid-induced seizure upregulates Na(+)/myo-inositol cotransporter mRNA in rat brain. BRAIN RESEARCH. MOLECULAR BRAIN RESEARCH 1999; 70:179-86. [PMID: 10407166 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-328x(99)00127-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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A major organic osmolyte, myo-inositol protects cells from perturbing effects of high intracellular concentrations of electrolytes. Myo-inositol is accumulated into cells through Na(+)/myo-inositol cotransporter (SMIT). In order to investigate the regulation of SMIT in generalized seizure, we employed Northern blot analysis and in situ hybridization to study the changes in SMIT mRNA expression in kainic acid-injected rats. Northern blot analysis demonstrated that SMIT mRNA began to increase in the brain 2 h after onset of seizure, and peaked at 12 h. In situ hybridization revealed rapid increase of SMIT mRNA (2 h of seizure) in the CA3 hippocampal pyramidal cells and in the dentate granular cells. Then, at 4-6 h SMIT mRNA expression was observed in the other limbic structure such as amygdala and piriform cortex. Finally, in neocortex and in CA1 pyramidal cells, SMIT mRNA was slowly increased and peaked at 12 h. Microautoradiogram demonstrated that cells expressed SMIT mRNA were mainly neurons. These results suggest that SMIT mRNA is upregulated by kainic acid-induced seizure primarily in structures involved in seizure activity.
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- M Nonaka
- Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka University School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
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Kainate receptors are abundantly expressed in the hippocampus. Mice with disruption of kainate receptor subunits allow the genetic dissection of the role of each kainate receptor subunits in the synaptic physiology of the hippocampus, as well as in excitotoxic processes. We have compared the action of domoate and kainate on CA1 pyramidal neurons in slices from wild-type and GluR6-/- mice. The difference in the amplitude of inward currents evoked by domoate and kainate between wild-type and GluR6-/- mice demonstrates the presence of functional kainate receptors in CA1 pyramidal neurons. Block of domoate-activated inward currents by the AMPA receptor antagonists 2,3-dihydroxy-6-nitro-7-sulfonyl-benzo(F)quinoxaline (1 microM) and 1-(4-aminophenyl)-3-methylcarbamyl-4-methyl7, 8-methylenedioxy-3,4-dihydro-5H-2,3-benzodiazepine) (GYKI 53655) (50 microM) is complete in GluR6-/- mice but only partial in wild-type mice. In the presence of GYKI 53655, kainate receptor activation dramatically increases the frequency of spontaneous IPSCs in CA1 pyramidal cells from wild-type, as well as GluR6-/-, mice. This results from the kainate receptor-mediated activation of a sustained inward current and an increased action potential firing in afferent GABAergic interneurons of the CA1 field. These effects are observed in wild-type, as well as GluR6-/-, mice. Kainate receptors also decrease the amplitude of evoked IPSCs in CA1 pyramidal cells by increasing synaptic failures in wild-type and GluR6-/- mice. These results indicate that in CA1 pyramidal cells, distinct subtypes of kainate receptors mediate several functionally antagonistic effects.
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Cossart R, Esclapez M, Hirsch JC, Bernard C, Ben-Ari Y. GluR5 kainate receptor activation in interneurons increases tonic inhibition of pyramidal cells. Nat Neurosci 1998; 1:470-8. [PMID: 10196544 DOI: 10.1038/2185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 260] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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We studied the modulation of GABAergic inhibition by glutamate and kainate acting on GluR5-containing kainate receptors in the CA1 hippocampal region. Glutamate, kainate or ATPA, a selective agonist of GluR5-containing receptors, generates an inward current in inhibitory interneurons and cause repetitive action potential firing. This results in a massive increase of tonic GABAergic inhibition in the somata and apical dendrites of pyramidal neurons. These effects are prevented by the GluR5 antagonist LY 293558. Electrical stimulation of excitatory afferents generates kainate receptor-mediated excitatory postsynaptic currents (EPSCs) and action potentials in identified interneurons that project to the dendrites and somata of pyramidal neurons. Therefore glutamate acting on kainate receptors containing the GluR5 subunit may provide a protective mechanism against hyperexcitability.
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- R Cossart
- Epilepsie et Ischémie Cérébrale, INSERM U29, Hôpital de Port Royal, Paris, France
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- D Bleakman
- Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly & Company, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, IN 46285, USA.
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Vignes M, Clarke VR, Parry MJ, Bleakman D, Lodge D, Ornstein PL, Collingridge GL. The GluR5 subtype of kainate receptor regulates excitatory synaptic transmission in areas CA1 and CA3 of the rat hippocampus. Neuropharmacology 1998; 37:1269-77. [PMID: 9849664 DOI: 10.1016/s0028-3908(98)00148-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Activation of kainate receptors depresses excitatory synaptic transmission in the hippocampus. In the present study, we have utilised a GluR5 selective agonist, ATPA [(RS)-2-amino-3-(3-hydroxy-5-tert-butylisoxazol-4-yl)propanoic acid], and a GluR5 selective antagonist, LY294486 [(3SR,4aRS,6SR,8aRS)-6-([[(1H-tetrazol-5-y l)methyl]oxy]methyl)-1,2,3,4,4a,5,6,7,8,8a-decahydroisoquinoline-3 -carboxylic acid], to determine whether GluR5 subunits are involved in this effect. ATPA mimicked the presynaptic depressant effects of kainate in the CA1 region of the hippocampus. It depressed reversibly AMPA (alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionic acid) receptor-mediated field excitatory postsynaptic potentials (field EPSPs) with an IC50 value of approximately 0.60 microM. The dual-component excitatory postsynaptic current (EPSC) and the pharmacologically isolated NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate) receptor-mediated EPSC were depressed to a similar extent by 2 microM ATPA (61 +/- 7% and 58 +/- 6%, respectively). Depressions were associated with an increase in the paired-pulse facilitation ratio suggesting a presynaptic locus of action. LY294486 (20 microM) blocked the effects of 2 microM ATPA on NMDA receptor-mediated EPSCs in a reversible manner. In area CA3, 1 microM ATPA depressed reversibly mossy fibre-evoked synaptic transmission (by 82 +/- 10%). The effects of ATPA were not accompanied by any changes in the passive properties of CA1 or CA3 neurones. However, in experiments where K+, rather than Cs+, containing electrodes were used, a small outward current was observed. These results show that GluR5 subunits comprise or contribute to a kainate receptor that regulates excitatory synaptic transmission in both the CA1 and CA3 regions of the hippocampus.
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- M Vignes
- Department of Anatomy, University of Bristol, UK
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Frerking M, Malenka RC, Nicoll RA. Synaptic activation of kainate receptors on hippocampal interneurons. Nat Neurosci 1998; 1:479-86. [PMID: 10196545 DOI: 10.1038/2194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 263] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Although kainate receptor activation has been known to evoke epileptiform activity, little is known about the role of kainate receptors in synaptic transmission. Here we report that kainate (KA) receptors are present on interneurons and, when activated, cause a large increase in the frequency of spontaneous inhibitory postsynaptic currents (IPSCs) driven by action potentials. Stimulation of excitatory afferents generates a pharmacologically identifiable synaptic current mediated by KA receptors in interneurons. This synaptic current is similar to that mediated by AMPA receptors in its response to short stimulus trains, current-voltage relations and coefficient of variation, but it is much smaller in peak amplitude and much slower. KA application also considerably depresses evoked IPSCs. This depression seems to be in large part an indirect consequence of the repetitive firing evoked by the activation of the interneuronal somatic/dendritic KA receptors.
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- M Frerking
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco 94143, USA
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Gatherer M, Sundstrom LE. Mossy fibre innervation is not required for the development of kainic acid toxicity in organotypic hippocampal slice cultures. Neurosci Lett 1998; 253:119-22. [PMID: 9774164 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(98)00619-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The glutamate analogue kainic acid (KA) generates convulsions when applied systemically or directly into the brain and produces lesions comparable to those seen in Ammon's horn sclerosis, observed in many patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. The neurotoxic actions of KA in-vivo appear to be mediated by a combination of direct effects on neurons and indirect effects mediated by seizures. Understanding the contribution of both direct and indirect effects of KA towards neuronal cell death is important for elucidating excitotoxic mechanisms, which may represent a common final pathway in a variety of neurodegenerative disorders including stroke, traumatic brain injury and epilepsy. We have investigated the effects of mossy fibre innervation on the development of KA toxicity in organotypic hippocampal slice cultures in order to assess the role of this input pathway on the specific toxicity of KA toward CA3 pyramidal neurones in vitro.
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- M Gatherer
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Southampton University, Southampton General Hospital, UK
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Mathern GW, Pretorius JK, Kornblum HI, Mendoza D, Lozada A, Leite JP, Chimelli L, Born DE, Fried I, Sakamoto AC, Assirati JA, Peacock WJ, Ojemann GA, Adelson PD. Altered hippocampal kainate-receptor mRNA levels in temporal lobe epilepsy patients. Neurobiol Dis 1998; 5:151-76. [PMID: 9848088 DOI: 10.1006/nbdi.1998.0200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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This study determined whether hippocampal kainate (KA) receptor mRNA levels were increased or decreased in temporal lobe epilepsy patients compared with nonseizure autopsies. Hippocampal sclerosis (HS; n = 17), nonsclerosis (non-HS; n = 11), and autopsy hippocampi (n = 9) were studied for KA1-2 and GluR5-7 mRNA levels using semiquantitative in situ hybridization techniques, along with neuron densities. Compared with autopsy hippocampi, HS and non-HS cases showed decreased GluR5 and GluR6 hybridization densities per CA2 and/or CA3 pyramid. Furthermore, HS patients demonstrated increased KA2 and GluR5 hybridization densities per granule cell compared with autopsy hippocampi. These findings indicate that chronic temporal lobe seizures were associated with differential changes in hippocampal KA1-2 and GluR5-7 hybridization densities that vary by subfield and pathology group. In temporal lobe epilepsy patients, these results support the hypothesis that pyramidal cell GluR5 and GluR6 mRNA levels are decreased as a consequence of seizures, and in HS patients granule cell KA2 and GluR5 mRNA levels are increased in association with aberrant fascia dentata mossy fiber sprouting and/or hippocampal neuronal loss.
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- G W Mathern
- Division of Neurosurgery, University of California, Los Angeles 90095, USA
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Ding R, Asada H, Obata K. Changes in extracellular glutamate and GABA levels in the hippocampal CA3 and CA1 areas and the induction of glutamic acid decarboxylase-67 in dentate granule cells of rats treated with kainic acid. Brain Res 1998; 800:105-13. [PMID: 9685600 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(98)00507-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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For the evaluation of glutamatergic and GABAergic transmission during seizures, rat hippocampal CA1 and CA3 areas were separately assessed by brain microdialysis, and extracelluar glutamate and GABA were measured through the course of the seizures after a systemic administration of kainic acid (KA). The generalized convulsion started at about 1.5 h and was suppressed by diazepam at 2 h after the KA treatment. In the CA3 area, extracellular glutamate started to increase soon after the KA injection and returned to the control level at about 1.5 h. A decrease and then slight increase of the extracellular glutamate level in CA3 followed the diazepam injection. In the CA1 area, in contrast, a long-lasting decrease of extracellular glutamate was observed. The extracellular GABA concentration in the CA3 area increased immediately after the systemic administration of KA and returned to the normal level at about 3.5 h. A second increase in the extracellular GABA in this area began at about 4.5 h after the KA treatment. In the CA1 area, an increase of extracellular GABA began at about 3.5 h after KA administration (much later than that observed in the CA3 area) and was maintained throughout the observation. In situ hybridization showed a transient expression of glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD)-67 mRNA in the granule cell layer of the dentate gyrus at 4 and 6 h, whereas GAD65 mRNA was unaffected. GABA immunoreactivity in the same area and mossy fibers in the CA3 were increased most significantly at 8 h after administration of KA. The possible relation of GABA induction in mossy fibers with the delayed increase in extracellular GABA in CA3 was discussed.
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- R Ding
- Laboratory of Neurochemistry, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan
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Kamiya H, Ozawa S. Kainate receptor-mediated inhibition of presynaptic Ca2+ influx and EPSP in area CA1 of the rat hippocampus. J Physiol 1998; 509 ( Pt 3):833-45. [PMID: 9596803 PMCID: PMC2230988 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.833bm.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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1. The effect of a low concentration (1 microM) of kainate (kainic acid; KA) on presynaptic calcium (Ca2+) influx at the Schaffer collateral-commissural (SCC) synapse was examined in rat hippocampal slices. 2. Following selective loading of the presynaptic terminals with the fluorescent Ca2+ indicator rhod-2 AM, transient increases in the presynaptic Ca2+ concentration (pre[Ca2+]t) and field excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs) evoked by electrical stimulation of the SCC pathway were recorded simultaneously. 3. Bath application of 1 microM KA reversibly suppressed field EPSPs and pre[Ca2+]t to 37.7 +/- 4.0 % and 72.9 +/- 2.4 % of control, respectively. Excitatory postsynaptic currents (EPSCs) recorded with the use of the whole-cell patch-clamp technique were also suppressed by 1 microM KA to 42.6 +/- 6.3 % of control. A quantitative analysis of the decreases in pre[Ca2+]t and the amplitude of field EPSP during KA application suggests that KA inhibits transmission primarily by reducing the pre[Ca2+]t. 4. Consistent with a presynaptic site for these effects, paired-pulse facilitation (PPF) was enhanced by 1 microM KA. 5. A substantial KA-induced suppression of NMDA receptor-mediated EPSPs was detected when AMPA receptors were blocked by the AMPA receptor-selective antagonist GYKI 52466 (100 microM). 6. The suppressive effect of KA on field EPSPs and pre[Ca2+]t was antagonized by the KA antagonist NS-102 (10 microM). 7. These results suggest that the presynaptic inhibitory action of KA at the hippocampal CA1 synapse is primarily due to the inhibition of Ca2+ influx into the presynaptic terminals.
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- H Kamiya
- Department of Physiology, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8511, Japan.
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Mulle C, Sailer A, Pérez-Otaño I, Dickinson-Anson H, Castillo PE, Bureau I, Maron C, Gage FH, Mann JR, Bettler B, Heinemann SF. Altered synaptic physiology and reduced susceptibility to kainate-induced seizures in GluR6-deficient mice. Nature 1998; 392:601-5. [PMID: 9580260 DOI: 10.1038/33408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 367] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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L-glutamate, the neurotransmitter of the majority of excitatory synapses in the brain, acts on three classes of ionotropic receptors: NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate), AMPA (alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionic acid) and kainate receptors. Little is known about the physiological role of kainate receptors because in many experimental situations it is not possible to distinguish them from AMPA receptors. Mice with disrupted kainate receptor genes enable the study of the specific role of kainate receptors in synaptic transmission as well as in the neurotoxic effects of kainate. We have now generated mutant mice lacking the kainate-receptor subunit GluR6. The hippocampal neurons in the CA3 region of these mutant mice are much less sensitive to kainate. In addition, a postsynaptic kainate current evoked in CA3 neurons by a train of stimulation of the mossy fibre system is absent in the mutant. We find that GluR6-deficient mice are less susceptible to systemic administration of kainate, as judged by onset of seizures and by the activation of immediate early genes in the hippocampus. Our results indicate that kainate receptors containing the GluR6 subunit are important in synaptic transmission as well as in the epileptogenic effects of kainate.
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- C Mulle
- Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Yamamoto C, Sawada S, Ohno-Shosaku T. Distribution and properties of kainate receptors distinct in the CA3 region of the hippocampus of the guinea pig. Brain Res 1998; 783:227-35. [PMID: 9507146 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(97)01350-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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To characterize the nature of kainate (KA) receptors distinct in the CA3 region of the hippocampus, properties of depolarizations induced by pulses of KA or AMPA (alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionate) applied to dendrites of CA3 neurons with micropipettes were studied in thin transverse slices of the guinea pig hippocampus. KA induced depolarizations at negligible latencies only when administered to the most proximal dendritic areas. The depolarization was unaffected by tetrodotoxin or by a decrease in Ca2+ and an increase in Mg2+ concentrations. The declining slope of the KA-induced depolarization was significantly slower than that of the AMPA-induced depolarization. In comparison with the AMPA-induced depolarization, the KA-induced depolarization was much less susceptible to antagonists such as 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2, 3-dione (CNQX) and 1-(4-aminophenyl)-4-methyl-7, 8-methylenedioxy-5H-2,3-benzodiazepine hydrochloride (GYKI52466). 6, 7,8,9-Tetrahydro-5-nitro-1H-benz[g]indole-2,3-dione-3-oxime (NS-102) and (2S,4R)-4-methylglutamate (SYM 2081) were without effects. The threshold concentration of pressure-ejected KA to induce depolarizations was about 200 nM. Excitatory postsynaptic potentials elicited by mossy fiber stimulation were more potently suppressed by CNQX than by GYKI52466. These results indicate that receptors responsible for the slow KA depolarization in the CA3 region of the hippocampus are not AMPA receptors but KA receptors. They are localized in the most proximal part of the apical dendrite and distinct from those observed in primary cultures of hippocampal neurons.
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- C Yamamoto
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920, Japan
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Grigorenko E, Glazier S, Bell W, Tytell M, Nosel E, Pons T, Deadwyler SA. Changes in glutamate receptor subunit composition in hippocampus and cortex in patients with refractory epilepsy. J Neurol Sci 1997; 153:35-45. [PMID: 9455976 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-510x(97)00180-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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An assessment of glutamate receptor subunit profiles was made in hippocampus and temporal lobe cortex of patients with refractory epilepsy. Molecular biological analyses using reverse transcription reaction (RT) followed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) revealed changes in the distribution profile of the transcripts of AMPA/KA glutamate receptor subunits in hippocampal and cortical tissue from patients with refractory epilepsy when compared to similar tissue from six human and four non-human primate samples with no history of seizures or seizure medication. A severe mean decrease (38% of control) in mRNA for the GluR1 subunit was found in 400 mm cross-sections of hippocampus from patients with epilepsy. Less severe but significant reductions in that GluR1 subunit expression (54% of control) were exhibited in samples of excised temporal pole cortex from the same subjects. Message for the GluR4 subunit was also significantly decreased in hippocampus (68% of control), but in contrast to GluR1, GluR4 mRNA level was not decreased in temporal cortex. Levels of GluR2 mRNA were not significantly changed in epileptic hippocampal and cortical tissue relative to control samples. Protein levels of the GluR1 and GluR4 subunits quantified by Western blot analysis were also reduced in hippocampal and cortical tissue from epilepsy patients. Two other kainate subunit transcripts, GluR6 and KA1 also showed significant changes compared to non-epileptic tissue (136% and 71% of control, respectively). Results are discussed in terms of possible mechanisms by which protracted seizures could produce selective loss of certain AMPA/KA subunits.
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- E Grigorenko
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1800, USA.
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Vignes M, Bleakman D, Lodge D, Collingridge GL. The synaptic activation of the GluR5 subtype of kainate receptor in area CA3 of the rat hippocampus. Neuropharmacology 1997; 36:1477-81. [PMID: 9517417 DOI: 10.1016/s0028-3908(97)00158-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Two new compounds (LY293558 and LY294486), that antagonize homomeric human GluR5 receptors, were examined against responses mediated by kainate receptors in the CA3 region of rat hippocampal slices. Both compounds (applied at a concentration of 10 microM) antagonized reversibly currents induced by 200 nM kainate. They also antagonized reversibly the synaptic activation of kainate receptors, evoked by high-frequency stimulation of mossy fibres, in the presence of NMDA and AMPA receptor antagonists. These results show that GluR5 subunits are likely to contribute to a kainate receptor on CA3 neurones that mediates responses to both kainate and synaptically-released L-glutamate.
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- M Vignes
- Department of Anatomy, University of Bristol, UK
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Clarke VR, Ballyk BA, Hoo KH, Mandelzys A, Pellizzari A, Bath CP, Thomas J, Sharpe EF, Davies CH, Ornstein PL, Schoepp DD, Kamboj RK, Collingridge GL, Lodge D, Bleakman D. A hippocampal GluR5 kainate receptor regulating inhibitory synaptic transmission. Nature 1997; 389:599-603. [PMID: 9335499 DOI: 10.1038/39315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 356] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The principal excitatory neurotransmitter in the vertebrate central nervous system, L-glutamate, acts on three classes of ionotripic glutamate receptors, named after the agonists AMPA (alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxalole-4-propionic acid), NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate) and kainate. The development of selective pharmacological agents has led to a detailed understanding of the physiological and pathological roles of AMPA and NMDA receptors. In contrast, the lack of selective kainate receptor ligands has greatly hindered progress in understanding the roles of kainate receptors. Here we describe the effects of a potent and selective agonist, ATPA ((RS)-2-amino-3-(3-hydroxy-5-tert-butylisoxazol-4-yl)propanoic acid) and a selective antagonist, LY294486 ((3SR, 4aRS, 6SR, 8aRS)-6-((((1H-tetrazol-5-yl) methyl)oxy)methyl)-1, 2, 3, 4, 4a, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8a-decahydroisoquinoline-3-carboxylic acid), of the GluR5 subtype of kainate receptor. We have used these agents to show that kainate receptors, comprised of or containing GluR5 subunits, regulate synaptic inhibition in the hippocampus, an action that could contribute to the epileptogenic effects of kainate.
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- V R Clarke
- Department of Anatomy, University of Bristol, UK
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L-Glutamate, the principal excitatory neurotransmitter in the vertebrate central nervous system, acts on three classes of ionotropic glutamate receptors, named after the agonists AMPA, NMDA and kainate. AMPA receptors are known to mediate fast synaptic responses and NMDA receptors to mediate slow synaptic responses at most excitatory synapses in the brain. Kainate receptors are formed from a separate set of genes (GluR5-7, KA-1 and KA-2) and are widely distributed throughout the brain. They are implicated in epileptogenesis and cell death. However, the physiological functions of kainate receptors are not known. The development of 2,3-benzodiazepine antagonists that are selective for AMPA receptors enables kainate receptors to be specifically activated by exogenous ligands, such as kainate. Here we demonstrate that high-frequency stimulation of mossy fibres in rat hippocampal slices, in the presence of the highly selective AMPA receptor antagonist GYKI 53655 plus NMDA- and GABA-receptor antagonists, activates an inward current in CA3 neurons that has a pharmacology typical of kainate receptors. The finding that kainate receptors can be activated synaptically adds to the diversity of information transfer at glutamatergic synapses.
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- M Vignes
- Department of Anatomy, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, UK
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Castillo PE, Malenka RC, Nicoll RA. Kainate receptors mediate a slow postsynaptic current in hippocampal CA3 neurons. Nature 1997; 388:182-6. [PMID: 9217159 DOI: 10.1038/40645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 398] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Glutamate, the neurotransmitter at most excitatory synapses in the brain, activates a variety of receptor subtypes that can broadly be divided into ionotropic (ligand-gated ion channels) and metabotropic (G-protein-coupled) receptors. Ionotropic receptors mediate fast excitatory synaptic transmission, and based on pharmacological and molecular biological studies are divided into NMDA and non-NMDA subtypes. The non-NMDA receptor group is further divided into AMPA and kainate subtypes. Virtually all fast excitatory postsynaptic currents studied so far in the central nervous system are mediated by the AMPA and NMDA subtypes of receptors. Surprisingly, despite extensive analysis of their structure, biophysical properties and anatomical distribution, a synaptic role for kainate receptors in the brain has not been found. Here we report that repetitive activation of the hippocampal mossy fibre pathway, which is associated with high-affinity kainate binding and many of the kainate receptor subtypes, generates a slow excitatory synaptic current with all of the properties expected of a kainate receptor. This activity-dependent synaptic current greatly augments the excitatory drive of CA3 pyramidal cells.
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- P E Castillo
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California at San Francisco, 94143, USA
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We have used whole-cell recordings and rapid agonist applications to characterize the physiological properties of kainate receptors expressed by rat hippocampal neurons in dissociated cell culture. Activation of NMDA and AMPA receptors was prevented by inclusion of the noncompetitive antagonists MK-801 (2 microM) and GYKI 53655 (100 microM), respectively. In the presence of these inhibitors, both kainate (EC50 = 23 microM) and glutamate (EC50 = 310 microM) evoked desensitizing currents. Maximal peak currents for kainate with GYKI 53655 were 15 +/- 3% as large as in control solutions without GYKI. In contrast to currents mediated by AMPA receptors, kainate currents recorded in GYKI were blocked potently by lanthanum (IC50 = 2 microM) and were desensitized by 1 microM 2S,4R-4-methylglutamate (SYM 2081). Coapplication of either 5 microM AMPA or 500 microM aspartate had little effect on responses to kainate, although AMPA alone elicited current at 1 mM. In most cells, the currents evoked by kainate, glutamate, and SYM 2081 varied linearly with membrane potential and reversed near 0 mV. Kainate elicited substantial current at steady state (approximately 30% of peak), whereas responses to glutamate and SYM 2081 desensitized almost completely within 0.2-2 sec. Inhibition produced by a 10 sec desensitizing prepulse was half-maximal at 0.22 microM for SYM 2081 and 13 microM for glutamate. Recovery from desensitization to kainate and glutamate was >80% complete within 60 sec but was three- to fourfold slower after exposure to SYM 2081. Exposure to Concanavalin A blocked desensitization of the currents but also reduced the peak current amplitudes. Collectively, these results confirm that kainate-preferring receptors underlie the currents evoked by kainate, glutamate, or SYM-2081 in the presence of GYKI 53655; they are not mediated by electrogenic transport or by AMPA-preferring receptors that are insensitive to GYKI. In contrast to previous work on embryonic hippocampal neurons, our results show that the properties of kainate receptors expressed by cells from older animals are distinct from those displayed by homomeric assemblies of the GluR6 subunit.
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Schauwecker PE, Steward O. Genetic determinants of susceptibility to excitotoxic cell death: implications for gene targeting approaches. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1997; 94:4103-8. [PMID: 9108112 PMCID: PMC20575 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.8.4103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 425] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/1996] [Accepted: 02/05/1997] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Recent studies have sought to identify the genes involved in excitotoxic neurodegeneration. Here we report that certain strains of mice, including strains that are used for gene targeting studies, do not exhibit excitotoxic cell death after kainic acid seizures. Kainic acid produced excitotoxic cell death in the CA3 and CA1 subfields of the hippocampus in 129/SvEMS and FVB/N mice, in the same pattern as described in rats. C57BL/6 and BALB/c mice exhibited excitotoxic cell death only at very high doses of kainate, and then only in a very restricted area, although they exhibited comparable seizures. Hybrids of 129/SvEMS x C57BL/6 mice created using embryonic stem cells from 129/SvEMS mice also did not exhibit excitotoxic cell death. These results demonstrate that C57BL/6 and BALB/c strains carry gene(s) that convey protection from glutamate-induced excitotoxicity. This differential susceptibility to excitotoxicity represents a potential complication for gene targeting studies.
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- P E Schauwecker
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville 22908, USA
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Polischuk TM, Andrew RD. Real-time imaging of intrinsic optical signals during early excitotoxicity evoked by domoic acid in the rat hippocampal slice. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 1996. [DOI: 10.1139/y96-066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Joëls M, Bosma A, Hendriksen H, Diegenbach P, Kamphuis W. Corticosteroid actions on the expression of kainate receptor subunit mRNAs in rat hippocampus. BRAIN RESEARCH. MOLECULAR BRAIN RESEARCH 1996; 37:15-20. [PMID: 8738131 DOI: 10.1016/0169-328x(95)00267-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Previous studies have shown that corticosteroid hormones affect kainate-induced excitotoxic processes in the rat hippocampus. In the present study we employed in situ hybridization to examine the effect of adrenalectomy, and subsequent treatment with a low or a high lose of corticosterone on the mRNA levels for kainate receptor subunits in the hippocampus. We observed that adrenalectomy by itself does not affect the expression pattern for the GluR6, GluR7, KAR1 and KAR2 subunits. However, treatment of the adrenalectomized animals with a low dose of corticosterone (3 micrograms/100 g bodyweight) resulted in an enhanced expression of the KAR1, KAR2 and GluR6 subunit mRNAs, when compared to the expression levels in the untreated rats or the sham operated controls. Treatment with a high dose of corticosterone (1 mg/100 g bodyweight) yielded expression levels which were significantly lower than those observed in animals treated with a low corticosterone dose, for the KAR1, KAR2 and GluR7 subunit mRNAs; the levels did not differ from those in untreated rats or in the sham group. We conclude that changes in corticosteroid receptor occupancy, which may occur daily due to circadian or stress-induced variations in the circulating corticosterone level, potentially regulate high affinity kainate receptor activation and the processes in which these receptors are involved.
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- M Joëls
- Graduate School for Neurosciences, Department of Experimental Zoology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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