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Chodkowski M, Zielezinski A, Anbalagan S. A ligand-receptor interactome atlas of the zebrafish. iScience 2023; 26:107309. [PMID: 37539027 PMCID: PMC10393773 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2023] [Revised: 05/25/2023] [Accepted: 07/04/2023] [Indexed: 08/05/2023] Open
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Studies in zebrafish can unravel the functions of cellular communication and thus identify novel bench-to-bedside drugs targeting cellular communication signaling molecules. Due to the incomplete annotation of zebrafish proteome, the knowledge of zebrafish receptors, ligands, and tools to explore their interactome is limited. To address this gap, we de novo predicted the cellular localization of zebrafish reference proteome using deep learning algorithm. We combined the predicted and existing annotations on cellular localization of zebrafish proteins and created repositories of zebrafish ligands, membrane receptome, and interactome as well as associated diseases and targeting drugs. Unlike other tools, our interactome atlas is based on both the physical interaction data of zebrafish proteome and existing human ligand-receptor pair databases. The resources are available as R and Python scripts. DanioTalk provides a novel resource for researchers interested in targeting cellular communication in zebrafish, as we demonstrate in applications studying synapse and axo-glial interactome. DanioTalk methodology can be applied to build and explore the ligand-receptor atlas of other non-mammalian model organisms.
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- Milosz Chodkowski
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poznań, Poland
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poznań, Poland
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poznań, Poland
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Chen C, Jiang Z, Fu X, Yu D, Huang H, Tasker JG. Astrocytes Amplify Neuronal Dendritic Volume Transmission Stimulated by Norepinephrine. Cell Rep 2020; 29:4349-4361.e4. [PMID: 31875545 PMCID: PMC7010232 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.11.092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2018] [Revised: 10/10/2019] [Accepted: 11/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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In addition to their support role in neurotransmitter and ion buffering, astrocytes directly regulate neurotransmission at synapses via local bidirectional signaling with neurons. Here, we reveal a form of neuronal-astrocytic signaling that transmits retrograde dendritic signals to distal upstream neurons in order to activate recurrent synaptic circuits. Norepinephrine activates α1 adrenoreceptors in hypothalamic corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) neurons to stimulate dendritic release, which triggers an astrocytic calcium response and release of ATP; ATP stimulates action potentials in upstream glutamate and GABA neurons to activate recurrent excitatory and inhibitory synaptic circuits to the CRH neurons. Thus, norepinephrine activates a retrograde signaling mechanism in CRH neurons that engages astrocytes in order to extend dendritic volume transmission to reach distal presynaptic glutamate and GABA neurons, thereby amplifying volume transmission mediated by dendritic release.
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- Chun Chen
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA; Tulane Brain Institute, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA; Tulane Brain Institute, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA; Tulane Brain Institute, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA; Tulane Brain Institute, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA.
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Verkhratsky A, Parpura V, Vardjan N, Zorec R. Physiology of Astroglia. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2019; 1175:45-91. [PMID: 31583584 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-9913-8_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Astrocytes are principal cells responsible for maintaining the brain homeostasis. Additionally, these glial cells are also involved in homocellular (astrocyte-astrocyte) and heterocellular (astrocyte-other cell types) signalling and metabolism. These astroglial functions require an expression of the assortment of molecules, be that transporters or pumps, to maintain ion concentration gradients across the plasmalemma and the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum. Astrocytes sense and balance their neurochemical environment via variety of transmitter receptors and transporters. As they are electrically non-excitable, astrocytes display intracellular calcium and sodium fluctuations, which are not only used for operative signalling but can also affect metabolism. In this chapter we discuss the molecules that achieve ionic gradients and underlie astrocyte signalling.
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- Alexei Verkhratsky
- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK. .,Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Center for Basic and Translational Neuroscience, University of Copenhagen, 2200, Copenhagen, Denmark. .,Achucarro Center for Neuroscience, IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, 48011, Bilbao, Spain.
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- Department of Neurobiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology-Molecular Cell Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Pathophysiology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.,Celica Biomedical, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology-Molecular Cell Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Pathophysiology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.,Celica Biomedical, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Rodríguez E, Guerra M, Peruzzo B, Blázquez JL. Tanycytes: A rich morphological history to underpin future molecular and physiological investigations. J Neuroendocrinol 2019; 31:e12690. [PMID: 30697830 DOI: 10.1111/jne.12690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2018] [Revised: 01/21/2019] [Accepted: 01/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Tanycytes are located at the base of the brain and retain characteristics from their developmental origins, such as radial glial cells, throughout their life span. With transport mechanisms and modulation of tight junction proteins, tanycytes form a bridge connecting the cerebrospinal fluid with the external limiting basement membrane. They also retain the powers of self-renewal and can differentiate to generate neurones and glia. Similar to radial glia, they are a heterogeneous family with distinct phenotypes. Although the four subtypes so far distinguished display distinct characteristics, further research is likely to reveal new subtypes. In this review, we have re-visited the work of the pioneers in the field, revealing forgotten work that is waiting to inspire new research with today's cutting-edge technologies. We have conducted a systematic ultrastructural study of α-tanycytes that resulted in a wealth of new information, generating numerous questions for future study. We also consider median eminence pituicytes, a closely-related cell type to tanycytes, and attempt to relate pituicyte fine morphology to molecular and functional mechanism. Our rationale was that future research should be guided by a better understanding of the early pioneering work in the field, which may currently be overlooked when interpreting newer data or designing new investigations.
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- Esteban Rodríguez
- Facultad de Medicina, Instituto de Anatomía, Histología y Patología, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
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- Facultad de Medicina, Instituto de Anatomía, Histología y Patología, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
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- Facultad de Medicina, Instituto de Anatomía, Histología y Patología, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
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- Departamento de Anatomía e Histología Humanas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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Astrocytes are neural cells of ectodermal, neuroepithelial origin that provide for homeostasis and defense of the central nervous system (CNS). Astrocytes are highly heterogeneous in morphological appearance; they express a multitude of receptors, channels, and membrane transporters. This complement underlies their remarkable adaptive plasticity that defines the functional maintenance of the CNS in development and aging. Astrocytes are tightly integrated into neural networks and act within the context of neural tissue; astrocytes control homeostasis of the CNS at all levels of organization from molecular to the whole organ.
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- Alexei Verkhratsky
- The University of Manchester , Manchester , United Kingdom ; Achúcarro Basque Center for Neuroscience, IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science , Bilbao , Spain ; Department of Neuroscience, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU and CIBERNED, Leioa, Spain ; Center for Basic and Translational Neuroscience, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark ; and Center for Translational Neuromedicine, University of Rochester Medical Center , Rochester, New York
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- The University of Manchester , Manchester , United Kingdom ; Achúcarro Basque Center for Neuroscience, IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science , Bilbao , Spain ; Department of Neuroscience, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU and CIBERNED, Leioa, Spain ; Center for Basic and Translational Neuroscience, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark ; and Center for Translational Neuromedicine, University of Rochester Medical Center , Rochester, New York
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Verkhratsky A, Nedergaard M. Physiology of Astroglia. Physiol Rev 2018; 98:239-389. [PMID: 29351512 PMCID: PMC6050349 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00042.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 916] [Impact Index Per Article: 152.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2016] [Revised: 03/22/2017] [Accepted: 04/27/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Astrocytes are neural cells of ectodermal, neuroepithelial origin that provide for homeostasis and defense of the central nervous system (CNS). Astrocytes are highly heterogeneous in morphological appearance; they express a multitude of receptors, channels, and membrane transporters. This complement underlies their remarkable adaptive plasticity that defines the functional maintenance of the CNS in development and aging. Astrocytes are tightly integrated into neural networks and act within the context of neural tissue; astrocytes control homeostasis of the CNS at all levels of organization from molecular to the whole organ.
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- Alexei Verkhratsky
- The University of Manchester , Manchester , United Kingdom ; Achúcarro Basque Center for Neuroscience, IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science , Bilbao , Spain ; Department of Neuroscience, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU and CIBERNED, Leioa, Spain ; Center for Basic and Translational Neuroscience, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark ; and Center for Translational Neuromedicine, University of Rochester Medical Center , Rochester, New York
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- The University of Manchester , Manchester , United Kingdom ; Achúcarro Basque Center for Neuroscience, IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science , Bilbao , Spain ; Department of Neuroscience, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU and CIBERNED, Leioa, Spain ; Center for Basic and Translational Neuroscience, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark ; and Center for Translational Neuromedicine, University of Rochester Medical Center , Rochester, New York
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Miyata S. Advances in Understanding of Structural Reorganization in the Hypothalamic Neurosecretory System. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2017; 8:275. [PMID: 29089925 PMCID: PMC5650978 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2017.00275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2017] [Accepted: 09/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The hypothalamic neurosecretory system synthesizes neuropeptides in hypothalamic nuclei and releases them from axonal terminals into the circulation in the neurohypophysis (NH) and median eminence (ME). This system plays a crucial role in regulating body fluid homeostasis and social behaviors as well as reproduction, growth, metabolism, and stress responses, and activity-dependent structural reorganization has been reported. Current knowledge on dynamic structural reorganization in the NH and ME, in which the axonal terminals of neurosecretory neurons directly contact the basement membrane (BM) of a fenestrated vasculature, is discussed herein. Glial cells, pituicytes in the NH and tanycytes in the ME, engulf axonal terminals and interpose their cellular processes between axonal terminals and the BM when hormonal demands are low. Increasing demands for neurosecretion result in the retraction of the cellular processes of glial cells from axonal terminals and the BM, permitting increased neurovascular contact. The shape conversion of pituicytes and tanycytes is mediated by neurotransmitters and sex steroid hormones, respectively. The NH and ME have a rough vascular BM profile of wide perivascular spaces and specialized extension structures called "perivascular protrusions." Perivascular protrusions, the insides of which are occupied by the cellular processes of vascular mural cells pericytes, contribute to increasing neurovascular contact and, thus, the efficient diffusion of hypothalamic neuropeptides. A chronic physiological stimulation has been shown to increase perivascular protrusions via the shape conversion of pericytes and the profile of the vascular surface. Continuous angiogenesis occurs in the NH and ME of healthy normal adult rodents depending on the signaling of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). The inhibition of VEGF signaling suppresses the proliferation of endothelial cells (ECs) and promotes their apoptosis, which results in decreases in the population of ECs and axonal terminals. Pituicytes and tanycytes are continuously replaced by the proliferation and differentiation of stem/progenitor cells, which may be regulated by matching those of ECs and axonal terminals. In conclusion, structural reorganization in the NH and ME is caused by the activity-dependent shape conversion of glial cells and vascular mural cells as well as the proliferation of endothelial and glial cells by angiogenesis and gliogenesis, respectively.
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- Seiji Miyata
- Department of Applied Biology, The Center for Advanced Insect Research Promotion (CAIRP), Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan
- *Correspondence: Seiji Miyata,
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Neuronal-derived nitric oxide and somatodendritically released vasopressin regulate neurovascular coupling in the rat hypothalamic supraoptic nucleus. J Neurosci 2015; 35:5330-41. [PMID: 25834057 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3674-14.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The classical model of neurovascular coupling (NVC) implies that activity-dependent axonal glutamate release at synapses evokes the production and release of vasoactive signals from both neurons and astrocytes, which dilate arterioles, increasing in turn cerebral blood flow (CBF) to areas with increased metabolic needs. However, whether this model is applicable to brain areas that also use less conventional neurotransmitters, such as neuropeptides, is currently unknown. To this end, we studied NVC in the rat hypothalamic magnocellular neurosecretory system (MNS) of the supraoptic nucleus (SON), in which dendritic release of neuropeptides, including vasopressin (VP), constitutes a key signaling modality influencing neuronal and network activity. Using a multidisciplinary approach, we investigated vasopressin-mediated vascular responses in SON arterioles of hypothalamic brain slices of Wistar or VP-eGFP Wistar rats. Bath-applied VP significantly constricted SON arterioles (Δ-41 ± 7%) via activation of the V1a receptor subtype. Vasoconstrictions were also observed in response to single VP neuronal stimulation (Δ-18 ± 2%), an effect prevented by V1a receptor blockade (V2255), supporting local dendritic VP release as the key signal mediating activity-dependent vasoconstrictions. Conversely, osmotically driven magnocellular neurosecretory neuronal population activity leads to a predominant nitric oxide-mediated vasodilation (Δ19 ± 2%). Activity-dependent vasodilations were followed by a VP-mediated vasoconstriction, which acted to limit the magnitude of the vasodilation and served to reset vascular tone following activity-dependent vasodilation. Together, our results unveiled a unique and complex form of NVC in the MNS, supporting a competitive balance between nitric oxide and activity-dependent dendritic released VP, in the generation of proper NVC responses.
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Selvam R, Jurkevich A, Kuenzel WJ. Distribution of the vasotocin type 4 receptor throughout the brain of the chicken,Gallus gallus. J Comp Neurol 2014; 523:335-58. [DOI: 10.1002/cne.23684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2014] [Revised: 09/21/2014] [Accepted: 09/23/2014] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Rajamani Selvam
- Center of Excellence for Poultry Science; University of Arkansas; Fayetteville Arkansas 72701
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- Molecular Cytology Research Core Facility; University of Missouri; Columbia Missouri 65211
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- Center of Excellence for Poultry Science; University of Arkansas; Fayetteville Arkansas 72701
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Hertz L, Xu J, Chen Y, Gibbs ME, Du T, Hertz L, Xu J, Chen Y, Gibbs ME, Du T. Antagonists of the Vasopressin V1 Receptor and of the β(1)-Adrenoceptor Inhibit Cytotoxic Brain Edema in Stroke by Effects on Astrocytes - but the Mechanisms Differ. Curr Neuropharmacol 2014; 12:308-23. [PMID: 25342939 PMCID: PMC4207071 DOI: 10.2174/1570159x12666140828222723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2014] [Revised: 06/13/2014] [Accepted: 06/20/2014] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Brain edema is a serious complication in ischemic stroke because even relatively small changes in brain volume can compromise cerebral blood flow or result in compression of vital brain structures on account of the fixed volume of the rigid skull. Literature data indicate that administration of either antagonists of the V1 vasopressin (AVP) receptor or the β1-adrenergic receptor are able to reduce edema or infarct size when administered after the onset of ischemia, a key advantage for possible clinical use. The present review discusses possible mechanisms, focusing on the role of NKCC1, an astrocytic cotransporter of Na(+), K(+), 2Cl(-) and water and its activation by highly increased extracellular K(+) concentrations in the development of cytotoxic cell swelling. However, it also mentions that due to a 3/2 ratio between Na(+) release and K(+) uptake by the Na(+),K(+)-ATPase driving NKCC1 brain extracellular fluid can become hypertonic, which may facilitate water entry across the blood-brain barrier, essential for development of edema. It shows that brain edema does not develop until during reperfusion, which can be explained by lack of metabolic energy during ischemia. V1 antagonists are likely to protect against cytotoxic edema formation by inhibiting AVP enhancement of NKCC1-mediated uptake of ions and water, whereas β1-adrenergic antagonists prevent edema formation because β1-adrenergic stimulation alone is responsible for stimulation of the Na(+),K(+)-ATPase driving NKCC1, first and foremost due to decrease in extracellular Ca(2+) concentration. Inhibition of NKCC1 also has adverse effects, e.g. on memory and the treatment should probably be of shortest possible duration.
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- Leif Hertz
- Laboratory of Brain Metabolic Diseases, Institute of Metabolic Disease Research and Drug Development, China Medical University, P.R. China
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- Laboratory of Brain Metabolic Diseases, Institute of Metabolic Disease Research and Drug Development, China Medical University, P.R. China
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- Henry M. Jackson Foundation 6720A Rockledge Dr #100, Bethesda MD 20817, USA
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- Drug Discovery Biology, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Laboratory of Brain Metabolic Diseases, Institute of Metabolic Disease Research and Drug Development, China Medical University, P.R. China
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- Laboratory of Brain Metabolic Diseases, Institute of Metabolic Disease Research and Drug Development, China Medical University, P.R. China
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- Laboratory of Brain Metabolic Diseases, Institute of Metabolic Disease Research and Drug Development, China Medical University, P.R. China
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- Henry M. Jackson Foundation 6720A Rockledge Dr #100, Bethesda MD 20817, USA
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- Drug Discovery Biology, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Laboratory of Brain Metabolic Diseases, Institute of Metabolic Disease Research and Drug Development, China Medical University, P.R. China
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Wang DD, Bansal V, Fisher TE. The Ca2+ channel β2 subunit is selectively targeted to the axon terminals of supraoptic neurons. Channels (Austin) 2014; 8:216-21. [PMID: 24755552 DOI: 10.4161/chan.28863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The assembly of high voltage-activated Ca(2+) channels with different β subunits influences channel properties and possibly subcellular targeting. We studied β subunit expression in the somata and axon terminals of the magnocellular neurosecretory cells, which are located in the supraoptic nucleus (SON) and neurohypophysis, respectively. Antibodies directed against the 4 Ca(V)β subunits (Ca(V)β(1)-Ca(V)β(4)) were used for immunoblots and for immunostaining of slices of these two tissues. We found that all 4 β subunits are expressed in both locations, but that Ca(V)β(2) had the highest relative expression in the neurohypophysis. These data suggest that the Ca(V)β(2) subunit is selectively targeted to axon terminals and may play a role in targeting and/or regulating the properties of Ca(2+) channels.
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Kimelberg HK, Nedergaard M. Functions of astrocytes and their potential as therapeutic targets. Neurotherapeutics 2010; 7:338-53. [PMID: 20880499 PMCID: PMC2982258 DOI: 10.1016/j.nurt.2010.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 278] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2010] [Accepted: 07/27/2010] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Astrocytes are often referred to, and historically have been regarded as, support cells of the mammalian CNS. Work over the last decade suggests otherwise-that astrocytes may in fact play a more active role in higher neural processing than previously recognized. Because astrocytes can potentially serve as novel therapeutic targets, it is critical to understand how astrocytes execute their diverse supportive tasks while maintaining neuronal health. To that end, this review focuses on the supportive roles of astrocytes, a line of study relevant to essentially all acute and chronic neurological diseases, and critically re-evaluates our concepts of the functional properties of astrocytes and relates these functions and properties to the intricate morphology of these cells.
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- grid.16416.340000000419369174Center for Translational Neuromedicine, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Prochester Medical School, 601 Elmwood Avenue, 114642 Rochester, New York
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In December 2009, Glenn Hatton died, and neuroendocrinology lost a pioneer who had done much to forge our present understanding of the hypothalamus and whose productivity had not faded with the passing years. Glenn, an expert in both functional morphology and electrophysiology, was driven by a will to understand the significance of his observations in the context of the living, behaving organism. He also had the wit to generate bold and challenging hypotheses, the wherewithal to expose them to critical and elegant experimental testing, and a way with words that gave his papers and lectures clarity and eloquence. The hypothalamo-neurohypophysial system offered a host of opportunities for understanding how physiological functions are fulfilled by the electrical activity of neurones, how neuronal behaviour changes with changing physiological states, and how morphological changes contribute to the physiological response. In the vision that Glenn developed over 35 years, the neuroendocrine brain is as dynamic in structure as it is adaptable in function. Its adaptability is reflected not only by mere synaptic plasticity, but also by changes in neuronal morphology and in the morphology of the glial cells. Astrocytes, in Glenn's view, were intimate partners of the neurones, partners with an essential role in adaptation to changing physiological demands.
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- G Leng
- Centre for Integrative Physiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9XD, UK.
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Wang D, Yan B, Rajapaksha WRAKJS, Fisher TE. The expression of voltage-gated ca2+ channels in pituicytes and the up-regulation of L-type ca2+ channels during water deprivation. J Neuroendocrinol 2009; 21:858-66. [PMID: 19686441 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2009.01906.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The primary components of the neurohypophysis are the neuroendocrine terminals that release vasopressin and oxytocin, and pituicytes, which are astrocytes that normally surround and envelop these terminals. Pituicytes regulate neurohormone release by secreting the inhibitory modulator taurine in an osmotically-regulated fashion and undergo a marked structural reorganisation in response to dehydration as well as during lactation and parturition. Because of these unique functions, and the possibility that Ca2+ influx could regulate their activity, we tested for the expression of voltage-gated Ca2+ channel alpha1 subunits in pituicytes both in situ and in primary culture. Colocalisation studies in neurohypophysial slices show that pituicytes (identified by their expression of the glial marker S100beta), are immunoreactive for antibodies directed against Ca2+ channel alpha1 subunits Ca(V)2.2 and Ca(V)2.3, which mediate N- and R-type Ca2+ currents, respectively. Pituicytes in primary culture express immunoreactivity for Ca(V)1.2, Ca(V)2.1, Ca(V)2.2, Ca(V)2.3 and Ca(V)3.1 (which mediate L-, P/Q-, N-, R- and T-type currents, respectively) and immunoblotting studies confirmed the expression of these Ca2+ channel alpha1 subunits. This increase in Ca2+ channel expression may occur only in pituicytes in culture, or may reflect an inherent capability of pituicytes to initiate the expression of multiple types of Ca2+ channels when stimulated to do so. We therefore performed immunohistochemistry studies on pituitaries obtained from rats that had been deprived of water for 24 h. Pituicytes in these preparations showed a significantly increased immunoreactivity to Ca(V)1.2, suggesting that expression of these channels is up-regulated during the adaptation to long-lasting dehydration. Our results suggest that Ca2+ channels may play important roles in pituicyte function, including a contribution to the adaptation that occurs in pituicytes when the need for hormone release is elevated.
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- D Wang
- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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Espallergues J, Solovieva O, Técher V, Bauer K, Alonso G, Vincent A, Hussy N. Synergistic activation of astrocytes by ATP and norepinephrine in the rat supraoptic nucleus. Neuroscience 2007; 148:712-23. [PMID: 17693027 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.03.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2006] [Revised: 03/02/2007] [Accepted: 04/04/2007] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Supraoptic nucleus (SON) neurons receive a dense innervation from noradrenergic fibers, the activity of which stimulates vasopressin (VP) and oxytocin (OT) release, notably during homeostatic regulation of blood pressure and volume. This regulation is known to involve the co-release of norepinephrine (NE) and ATP, which act in synergy to stimulate Ca(2+) increase in SON neurons and to enhance release of VP and OT from hypothalamo-neurohypophysial explants. We here demonstrate that both ATP and NE also trigger transient intracellular Ca(2+) rise in rat SON astrocytes, the two agonists showing a synergistic action similarly to what has been reported in SON neurons. The responses to both agonists are not or are only moderately affected after blockade of neuronal activity by tetrodotoxin, or of neurotransmitter release by removal of extracellular Ca(2+), suggesting that the receptors involved are located on the astrocytes themselves. ATP acts via P2Y(1) receptors, as indicated by the pharmacological profile of Ca(2+) responses and the strong immunolabeling for this receptor in SON astrocytes. Responses to NE involve both alpha and beta adrenergic receptors, the latter showing a permissive role on the former. These results point to further implication of SON astrocytes in the regulation of VP and OT secretion, and suggest that they are potentially important elements participating in all regulatory processes of hypothalamo-neurohypophysial function that involve activation of noradrenergic pathways.
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- J Espallergues
- INSERM U710, University of Montpellier II, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 9, France
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Kawasaki A, Hoshi K, Kawano M, Nogami H, Yoshikawa H, Hisano S. Up-regulation of VGLUT2 expression in hypothalamic-neurohypophysial neurons of the rat following osmotic challenge. Eur J Neurosci 2005; 22:672-80. [PMID: 16101749 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04240.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A second vesicular glutamate transporter (VGLUT2) has been reported to be expressed in neurosecretory neurons of the hypothalamic-neurohypophysial system. To study its role in the neurosecretory neurons, we evaluated the expression of the VGLUT2 gene in the paraventricular (PVN) and supraoptic (SON) nuclei as well as the immunoreactivity in the neurohypophysis under euhydrated and chronic hyperosmotic conditions with in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry. The intensity of hybridization signals in the PVN, SON and thalamus of rats subjected to water deprivation for 7 days, or drinking 2% NaCl for 4 or 7 days, was compared with that of euhydrated rats (control). The overall intensity in the entire PVN or SON, but not the thalamus, was higher in osmotically stimulated rats than in controls. Within the PVN, a significantly higher intensity of signals than that of controls was found only in the dorsolateral posterior magnocellular region in 4-day salt-loaded rats and in all subregions in water-deprived or 7-day salt-loaded rats. The intensity in the SON was higher in the stimulated rats than in controls, regardless of subregions. In the neurohypophysis, VGLUT2 staining was frequently localized in vasopressin terminals of control rats and was apparently reduced in stimulated rats. These results indicate that VGLUT2 is principally expressed in magnocellular vasopressin neurons, suggesting some local effect of intrinsic glutamate on neurohypophysial hormone secretion.
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- Akiko Kawasaki
- Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan
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Armstrong WE, Rubrum A, Teruyama R, Bond CT, Adelman JP. Immunocytochemical localization of small-conductance, calcium-dependent potassium channels in astrocytes of the rat supraoptic nucleus. J Comp Neurol 2005; 491:175-85. [PMID: 16134141 DOI: 10.1002/cne.20679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Supraoptic nucleus (SON) neurons possess a prominent afterhyperpolarization (AHP) that contributes to spike patterning. This AHP is probably underlain by a small-conductance, CA2+-dependent, K+ type 3 (SK3) channel. To determine the distribution of SK3 channels within the SON, we used immunocytochemistry in rats and in transgenic mice with a regulatory cassette on the SK3 gene, allowing regulated expression with dietary doxycycline (DOX). In rats and wild-type mice, SK3 immunostaining revealed an intense lacy network surrounding SON neurons, with weak staining in neuronal somata and dendrites. In untreated, conditional SK3 knockout mice, SK3 was overexpressed, but the pericellular pattern in the SON was similar to that of rats. DOX-treated transgenic mice exhibited no SK3 staining in the SON. Double staining for oxytocin or vasopressin neurons revealed weak co-localization with SK3 but strong staining surrounding each neuron type. Electron microscopy showed that SK3-like immunoreactivity was intense between neuronal somata and dendrites, in apparent glial processes, but weak in neurons. This was confirmed by using confocal microscopy and double staining for glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and SK3: many GFAP-positive processes in the SON, and in the ventral dendritic/glial lamina, were shown to contain SK3-like immunoreactivity. These studies suggest a prominent role of SK3 channels in astrocytes. Given the marked plasticity in glial/neuronal relationships, as well as studies suggesting that astrocytes in the central nervous system can generate prominent CA2+ transients to various stimuli, a CA2+-dependent K+ channel may help SON astrocytes with K+ buffering whenever astrocyte intracellular CA2+ is increased.
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- William E Armstrong
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Medical School, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, USA.
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Types and activities of voltage-operated calcium channels change during development of rat pituitary neurointermediate lobe. Int J Dev Neurosci 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/0736-5748(96)00034-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Amorim JBO, Musa-Aziz R, Mello-Aires M, Malnic G. Signaling path of the action of AVP on distal K+ secretion. Kidney Int 2004; 66:696-704. [PMID: 15253724 DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00800.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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BACKGROUND Previous studies from our laboratory have shown that luminal perfusion with arginine vasopressin (AVP) stimulates distal tubule secretory potassium flux (JK) via V1 receptors (Am J Physiol 278:F809-F816, 2000). In the present work, we investigate the cell signaling mechanism of this process. METHODS In vivo stationary microperfusion was performed in rat cortical distal tubules and luminal K+ was measured using double K+ resin/reference microelectrodes. RESULTS In control conditions, JK was 0.71 +/- 0.05 nmol.cm(-2).second(-1); this process was inhibited (14%) by 10(-5) mol/L 8-bromo-cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP), and increased by 35% with 10(-8) mol/L phorbol ester [phorbol12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), which activates protein kinase C (PKC)]. During luminal perfusion with 10(-11) mol/L AVP, JK increased to 0.88 +/- 0.08 nmol.cm(-2).seconds(-1). In the presence of 10(-11) mol/L AVP, JK was not affected by 10(-4) mol/L H89, a blocker of protein kinase A (PKA), but was inhibited (45%) by 10(-5) mol/L staurosporine, an inhibitor of PKC, and by 41% during perfusion with 5 x 10(-5) mol/L of the cell Ca2+ chelator bis (2-aminophenoxy) ethane-tetraacetic acid (BAPTA). In order to study the role of Ca(2+)-dependent K channels in the luminal hormonal action, the tubules were perfused with 5 mmol/L tetraethylammonium chloride (TEA) or 10(-7) mol/L iberiotoxin, in the presence of AVP, and JK was significantly reduced by both agents. Iberiotoxin reduced AVP-stimulated JK by 36.4%, and AVP-independent JK (after blocking V1 receptors) by only 16%. CONCLUSION The results suggest that the luminal V1-receptor effect of AVP on JK was mediated by the phospholipase C (PLC)/Ca2+/PKC signaling path and not byadenylate cyclase/cAMP/PKA, therefore probably acting on maxi-potassium channels.
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- José B O Amorim
- Basic Science Deparment, Faculdade de Odontologia de São José dos Campos, UNESP, São Paulo, Brazil
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Rosso L, Peteri-Brunbäck B, Poujeol P, Hussy N, Mienville JM. Vasopressin-induced taurine efflux from rat pituicytes: a potential negative feedback for hormone secretion. J Physiol 2003; 554:731-42. [PMID: 14617676 PMCID: PMC1664805 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.056267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Previous work on the whole neurohypophysis has shown that hypotonic conditions increase release of taurine from neurohypophysial astrocytes (pituicytes). The present work confirms that taurine is present in cultured pituicytes, and that its specific release increases in response to a hypotonic shock. We next show that vasopressin (VP) and oxytocin (OT) also specifically release taurine from pituicytes. With an EC(50) of approximately 2 nm, VP is much more potent than OT, and the effects of both hormones are blocked by SR 49059, a V(1a) receptor antagonist. This pharmacological profile matches the one for VP- and OT-evoked calcium signals in pituicytes, consistent with the fact that VP-induced taurine efflux is blocked by BAPTA-AM. However, BAPTA-AM also blocks the taurine efflux induced by a 270 mosmol l(-1) challenge, which per se does not evoke any calcium signal, suggesting a permissive role for calcium in this case. Nevertheless, the fact that structurally unrelated calcium-mobilizing agents and ionomycin are able to induce taurine efflux suggests that calcium may also play a signalling role in this event. It is widely accepted that in hypotonic conditions taurine exits cells through anionic channels. Antagonism by the chloride channel inhibitors 4,4'-diisothiocyanatostilbene-2,2'-disulphonic acid (DIDS) and 5-nitro-2-(3-phenylpropylamino)-benzoic acid (NPPB) suggests the same pathway for VP-induced taurine efflux, which is also blocked in hypertonic conditions (330 mosmol l(-1)). Moreover, it is likely that the osmosensitivity of the taurine channel is up-regulated by calcium. These results, together with our in situ experiments showing stimulation of taurine release by endogenous VP, strengthen the concept of a glial control of neurohormone output.
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- Lia Rosso
- Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, UMR 6548, Parc Valrose, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, 06108 Nice cedex 2
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Mercier F, Hatton GI. Meninges and perivasculature as mediators of CNS plasticity. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s1569-2558(03)31010-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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Hussy N. Glial cells in the hypothalamo-neurohypophysial system: key elements of the regulation of neuronal electrical and secretory activity. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 2002; 139:95-112. [PMID: 12436929 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(02)39010-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/25/2023]
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- Nicolas Hussy
- CNRS-UMR 5101, CCIPE, 141 rue de la Cardonille, 34094 Montpellier, France.
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Recognition of the importance of glial cells in nervous system functioning is increasing, specifically regarding the modulation of neural activity. This brief review focuses on some of the morphological and functional interactions that take place between astroglia and neurons. Astrocyte-neuron interactions are of special interest because this glia cell type has intimate and dynamic associations with all parts of neurons, i.e., somata, dendrites, axons, and terminals. Activation of certain receptors on astrocytes produces morphological changes that result in new contacts between neurons, along with physiological and functional changes brought about by the new contacts. In response to activation of other receptors or changes in the extracellular microenvironment, astrocytes release neuroactive substances that directly excite or inhibit nearby neurons and may modulate synaptic transmission. Although some of these glial-neuronal interactions have been known for many years, others have been quite recently revealed, but together they are forming a compelling story of how these two major cell types in the brain carry out the complex tasks that mammalian nervous systems perform.
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- Glenn I Hatton
- Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA.
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Rosso L, Peteri-Brunbäck B, Vouret-Craviari V, Deroanne C, Van Obberghen-Schilling E, Mienville JM. Vasopressin and oxytocin reverse adenosine-induced pituicyte stellation via calcium-dependent activation of Cdc42. Eur J Neurosci 2002; 16:2324-32. [PMID: 12492427 DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.02401.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In view of the potential impact of pituicyte morphology on neurohypophysial hormone secretion, we have studied the mechanisms involved in the shape changes induced by vasopressin (AVP) and oxytocin (OXT) in cultured rat pituicytes. Pituicytes induced to become stellate in the presence of 10 micro m adenosine revert to their nonstellate shape approximately 20 min after application of AVP or OXT. The IC50 for this effect is 0.1 nm for AVP and 36 nm for OXT. Both agonists induce Ca2+ signals in pituicytes, comprised of a transient peak and a plateau phase that is dependent on the presence of extracellular Ca2+. The EC50 values of AVP for the transient and sustained responses are 4.5 and 0.1 nm, respectively; corresponding values for OXT are 180 and 107 nm. We determined pharmacologically that these hormone-induced Ca2+ signals are mediated by the V1a subtype of vasopressin receptors, similar to what we previously observed for hormone-induced reversal of stellation. Removal of extracellular Ca2+ or chelation of intracellular Ca2+ partially prevented AVP from reversing stellation, suggesting a role for Ca2+ in this event. We previously established that adenosine-induced stellation of pituicytes occurs via RhoA inhibition. However, pharmacological experiments and pull-down assays presented here show that AVP-induced reversal of stellation does not involve RhoA activation. Rather, AVP was found to induce a time-dependent activation of Cdc42, another small GTPase involved in cytoskeletal plasticity. Activation of Cdc42 by AVP is sensitive to intra- and extracellular Ca2+ depletion, similar to AVP-induced reversal of stellation. Furthermore, AVP-induced reversal of stellation is blocked by expression of an NWASP fragment known to inhibit endogenous Cdc42.
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- Lia Rosso
- CNRS-UMR 6548, Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France
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Rosso L, Peteri-Brunbäck B, Vouret-Craviari V, Deroanne C, Troadec JD, Thirion S, Van Obberghen-Schilling E, Mienville JM. RhoA inhibition is a key step in pituicyte stellation induced by A(1)-type adenosine receptor activation. Glia 2002; 38:351-62. [PMID: 12007147 DOI: 10.1002/glia.10072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Pituicyte stellation in vitro represents a useful model with which to study morphological changes that occur in vivo in these cells during times of high neurohypophysial hormone output. This model has helped us establish the hypothesis of a purinergic regulation of pituicyte morphological plasticity. We first show that ATP induces stellation in 37% of pituicytes, an effect that is secondary to the metabolism of ATP to adenosine. Adenosine-induced stellation of pituicytes appears to be mediated by A(1)-type receptors. The effect is independent of intracellular calcium and does not involve the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway. The basal (nonstellate) state of pituicytes depends on tonic activation of a Rho GTPase because both C3 transferase (a Rho inhibitor) and Y-27632 (an inhibitor of p160Rho kinase) can induce stellation. Lysophosphatidic acid, a Rho activator, blocks the morphogenic effect of adenosine dose-dependently. Using a specific RhoA pull-down assay, we also show that downregulation of activated RhoA is the key event coupling A(1) receptor activation to pituicyte stellation, via F-actin depolymerization and microtubule reorganization. Finally, both vasopressin and oxytocin can prevent or reverse adenosine-induced stellation. The effects of vasopressin, and those of high concentrations of oxytocin, are mediated through V(1a) receptors. Placed within the context of the relevant literature, our data suggest the possibility of a purinergic regulation of pituicyte morphological plasticity and subsequent modulation of hormone release, with these hormones providing a negative feedback mechanism.
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- Lia Rosso
- Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France
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Miyata S, Hatton GI. Activity-related, dynamic neuron-glial interactions in the hypothalamo-neurohypophysial system. Microsc Res Tech 2002; 56:143-57. [PMID: 11810717 DOI: 10.1002/jemt.10012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Magnocellular neurons located in the supraoptic nucleus send their principal axons to terminate in the neurohypophysis, where they release vasopressin and oxytocin into the blood circulation. This magnocellular hypothalamo-neurohypophysial system is known to undergo dramatic activity-dependent structural plasticity during chronic physiological stimulation, such as dehydration and lactation. This structural plasticity is accompanied not only by synaptic remodeling, increased direct neuronal membrane apposition, and dendritic bundling in the supraoptic nucleus, but also organization of neurovascular contacts in the neurohypophysis. The adjacent glial cells actively participate in these plastic changes in addition to magnocellular neurons themselves. Many molecules that are possibly concerned with dynamic structural remodeling are highly expressed in the hypothalamo-neurohypophysial system, although they are generally at low expression levels in other regions of adult brains. Interestingly, some of them are highly expressed only in embryonic brains. On the basis of function, these molecules are classified mainly into two categories. Cytoskeletal proteins, such as tubulin, microtubule-associated proteins, and intermediate filament proteins, are responsible for changing both glial and neuronal morphology and location. Cell adhesion molecules, belonging to immunoglobulin superfamily proteins and extracellular matrix glycoproteins, also participate in neuronal-glial, neuronal-neuronal, and glial-glial recognition and guidance. Thus, the hypothalamo-neurohypophysial system is an interesting model for elucidating physiological significance and molecular mechanisms of activity-dependent structural plasticity in adult brains.
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- Seiji Miyata
- Department of Applied Biology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8585 Japan.
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Loesch A, Burnstock G. Immunoreactivity to P2X(6) receptors in the rat hypothalamo-neurohypophysial system: an ultrastructural study with extravidin and colloidal gold-silver labelling. Neuroscience 2002; 106:621-31. [PMID: 11591462 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(01)00288-3] [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: 11/22/2022]
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The distribution of the purine receptor P2X(6) subtype was studied in the rat hypothalamo-neurohypophysial system at the electron microscope level. Receptors were visualised with ExtrAvidin peroxidase conjugate and immunogold-silver pre-embedding immunocytochemistry using a polyclonal antibody against an intracellular domain of the receptor. Application of ExtrAvidin labelling revealed P2X(6) receptors in subpopulations of: (i) neurosecretory cell bodies, neurosecretory and non-neurosecretory axons and dendrites of neurones in the paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei; and (ii) pituicytes and neurosecretory axons of the neurohypophysis. Some of the neurosecretory granules observed in the supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei neurone cell bodies, dendrites and axons as well as those in neurohypophysial axons were also positive for the P2X(6) receptors. In the paraventricular nucleus, some axons and dendrites of non-neurosecretory neurones positive for P2X(6) receptors formed synapses between themselves. Using the immunogold-silver method, the electron-dense particles labelling P2X(6) receptors were found in neurosecretory cell bodies of the supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei, in relation to the cytoplasm, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi complex and neurosecretory granules. The particles indicative of P2X(6) receptors were also located in neurosecretory and non-neurosecretory axons including axonal buttons making synapses with P2X(6)-negative dendrites. In the neurohypophysis, the electron-dense particles were localised in a subpopulation of pituicytes and neurosecretory axons. In neurohypophysial axons, particles were at times seen over the membrane of some neurosecretory granules (immunogold label) or microvesicles (immunoperoxidase label). We speculate that the P2X(6) receptors at the neurohypophysial level may be implicated not only in hormone release from the axon terminals, but also in membrane recycling of the granular vesicles and microvesicles.
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- A Loesch
- Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, University College London, UK.
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Hertz L, Chen Y, Spatz M. Involvement of non-neuronal brain cells in AVP-mediated regulation of water space at the cellular, organ, and whole-body level. J Neurosci Res 2000; 62:480-90. [PMID: 11070491 DOI: 10.1002/1097-4547(20001115)62:4<480::aid-jnr2>3.0.co;2-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Vasopressin (AVP) influences non-neuronal brain cells in cell-type specific manners: (1) it regulates water balance at the cellular level of brain parenchyma by adjusting astrocytic water permeability; (2) it contributes to the control of extracellular K(+) concentration ([K(+)](e)) in brain by stimulation of K(+) transfer from blood to brain, due to activation of an inwardly directed Na(+),K(+),Cl(-) cotransporter at the luminal membrane of capillary endothelial cells and opening of K(+) channels at their abluminal membrane; (3) it decreases formation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) by decreasing Cl(-) secretion into CSF by epithelial cells of the choroid plexus, probably by inhibition of Cl(-)/HCO(-)(3) exchange at their basolateral membrane; (4) it contributes to regulation of intracellular volume within the brain by regulation of water permeability in ependymal cells and subpial astrocytes; and (5) it exerts effects on specialized astrocytes in circumventricular organs, their adjacent glia limitans, and the neural pituitary, which regulate AVP release to the systemic circulation by altering the spatial relationship between neurons and their adjacent glial cells. A unified mechanism is proposed, which integrates most of the effects of AVP and may be of considerable importance for neuronal excitability and, thus, for behavior.
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- L Hertz
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
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Fisher TE, Carrion-Vazquez M, Fernandez JM. Intracellular Ca(2+) channel immunoreactivity in neuroendocrine axon terminals. FEBS Lett 2000; 482:131-8. [PMID: 11018536 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(00)02043-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The concentration of neuroendocrine terminals in the neurohypophysis facilitates the identification and localization of Ca(2+) channel subtypes near neuroendocrine release sites. Immunoblots of rat neurohypophysial tissue identified the alpha(1)1.3, alpha(1)2.1, alpha(1)2.2, and alpha(1)2.3 Ca(2+) channel subunits. Immunofluorescence staining of axon terminal plasma membranes was weak, suggesting that Ca(2+) channels are dispersed. This contrasts with the highly punctate alpha(1)2.2 immunoreactivity in bovine chromaffin cells; the neurohypophysial terminals may therefore lack the specialized release zones found in those cells. Immunofluorescence and immunogold labeling identify dense core granule-like structures in the terminal cytoplasm containing multiple Ca(2+) channel types. Ca(2+) channels in internal membranes may play an important role in channel targeting and distribution in neuroendocrine cells.
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- T E Fisher
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Mayo Foundation, 1-117 Medical Sciences Building, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
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Hurbin A, Orcel H, Ferraz C, Moos FC, Rabié A. Expression of the genes encoding the vasopressin-activated calcium-mobilizing receptor and the dual angiotensin II/vasopressin receptor in the rat central nervous system. J Neuroendocrinol 2000; 12:677-84. [PMID: 10849213 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.2000.00499.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The distributions of two newly discovered receptors, the vasopressin-activated calcium-mobilizing receptor (VACM-1) and the dual angiotensin II/vasopressin receptor (AII/AVP), in the central nervous system (CNS) of the rat were determined using reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction and in situ hybridization. The sequence of the rat VACM-1 cDNA was determined and found very homologous to the rabbit and human sequences. Both VACM-1 and AII/AVP receptor genes were widely expressed in the brain, but differed according to the cell type studied. Glial cells were very faintly labelled. The epithelial cells of the choroid plexuses, the ependymal cells and the pia mater were all labelled. Both genes were most active in neurones throughout the CNS. VACM-1 and AII/AVP receptors were detected in neurones previously shown to possess V1a and V1b vasopressin receptors, and/or the AT1 and AT2 angiotensin II receptors in many brain areas. This was the case for the magnocellular neurones of the supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei of the hypothalamus. We suggest that the VACM-1 and AII/AVP receptors may account for the V2-like responses to vasopressin by these neurones which lack a genuine V2 vasopressin receptor.
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- A Hurbin
- CNRS-UPR 9055, Biologie des Neurones Endocrines, CCIPE and CNRS-UPR 1142, Institut de Génétique Humaine, Montpellier, France
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Chen Y, Zhao Z, Hertz L. Vasopressin increases [Ca(2+)](i) in differentiated astrocytes by activation of V1b/V3 receptors but has no effect in mature cortical neurons. J Neurosci Res 2000; 60:761-6. [PMID: 10861788 DOI: 10.1002/1097-4547(20000615)60:6<761::aid-jnr8>3.0.co;2-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Vasopressin (AVP) plays an important role in regulation of astrocytic, but not neuronal, water content and cell volume during hydro-osmotic challenge. To investigate the intracellular mechanism(s) signaling this response, [Ca(2+)](i) was measured fluorometrically in cultured cerebrocortical astrocytes and neurons, obtained from neonatal and fetal mouse brains, and matured during the culturing period. In astrocytes, [Ca(2+)](i) increased with an EC(50) of between 10(-10) and 10(-9) M AVP, the maximum increase was approximately 100 nM, and the response was independent of extracellular Ca(2+), identifying the receptor as being of the V1b/V3 subtype. In contrast, AVP had no effect on [Ca(2+)](i) in cortical neurons. This cellular difference is consistent with the ability of AVP to increase water permeability in astrocytes but not in neurons.
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- Y Chen
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Nakai S, Furuya K, Miyata S, Kiyohara T. Intracellular Ca2+ responses to nucleotides, peptides, amines, amino acids and prostaglandins in cultured pituicytes from adult rat neurohypophysis. Neurosci Lett 1999; 266:185-8. [PMID: 10465704 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(99)00286-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The present study aimed to investigate the reactivity of cultured pituicytes from adult neurohypophysis to various bioactive substances using Ca2+ indicator dye Fura-2. A transient increase of intracellular Ca2+ [Ca2+]i was observed when pituicytes were treated with nucleotides (ATP, ADP, UTP, and UDP) and amines (5-HT2 and alpha2-agonist). Treatment with peptides such as endothelin-1 (ET-1), endothelin-3 (ET-3), bradykinin (BK), vasopressin (AVP), and angiotensin II (Ang II) also induced [Ca2+]i increase in pituicytes. Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and F2alpha (PGF2alpha) increased [Ca2+]i, but amino acids of GABA, glutamate (Glu), and taurine had no effect. Serum-free culture condition augmented [Ca2+]i responses to ATP, Ang II and 5-HT within 24 h. These results indicate that pituicytes express many of receptors for neurotransmitters or neuromodulators.
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- S Nakai
- Department of Applied Biology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan
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Hatton GI. Astroglial modulation of neurotransmitter/peptide release from the neurohypophysis: present status. J Chem Neuroanat 1999; 16:203-21. [PMID: 10422739 DOI: 10.1016/s0891-0618(98)00067-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Reviewed in this article are those studies that have contributed heavily to our current conceptualizations of glial participation in the functioning of the magnocellular hypothalamo-neurohypophysial system. This system undergoes remarkable morphological and functional reorganization induced by increased demand for peptide synthesis and release, and this reorganization involves the astrocytic elements in primary roles. Under basal conditions, these glia appear to be vested with the responsibility of controlling the neuronal microenvironment in ways that reduce neuronal excitability, restrict access to neuronal membranes by neuroactive substances and deter neuron neuron interactions within the system. With physiological activation, the glial elements, via receptor-mediated mechanisms, take up new positions. This permissively facilitates neuron neuron interactions such as the exposure of neuronal membranes to released peptides and the formation of gap junctions and new synapses, enhances and prolongs the actions of those excitatory neurotransmitters for which there are glial uptake mechanisms, and facilitates the entry of peptides into the blood. In addition, subpopulations of these glia either newly synthesize or increase synthesis of neuroactive peptides for which their neuronal neighbors have receptors. Release of these peptides by the glia or their functional roles in the system have not yet been demonstrated.
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- G I Hatton
- Department of Neuroscience, University of California, Riverside 92521, USA.
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Sabatier N, Richard P, Dayanithi G. Activation of multiple intracellular transduction signals by vasopressin in vasopressin-sensitive neurones of the rat supraoptic nucleus. J Physiol 1998; 513 ( Pt 3):699-710. [PMID: 9824711 PMCID: PMC2231311 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.699ba.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/1998] [Accepted: 09/11/1998] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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1. The intracellular mechanisms activated by the binding of vasopressin to its receptor(s) and which result in the increase of [Ca2+]i were investigated in freshly dissociated supraoptic nucleus neurones. Various pharmacological agents were used to investigate the possible involvement of phospholipase C (PLC) and adenylate cyclase (AC) intracellular pathways in the transduction of the vasopressin action. 2. Both the PLC inhibitor U-73122 and the protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor calphostin C, reduced the [Ca2+]i rise elicited by vasopressin. The cAMP analogue, 8-Br-cAMP produced an increase in [Ca2+]i and IBMX, a phosphodiesterase inhibitor, potentiated the response to vasopressin. 3. After pre-incubation with the AC inhibitor SQ-22536, 7 out of 18 vasopressin-sensitive neurones showed no inhibition of the vasopressin response, while the response to vasopressin was reduced by greater than 35 % in each of the other 11 neurones. 4. The activation of protein kinase A (PKA) with Sp-cAMPS caused an increase in [Ca2+]i which was additive to the vasopressin-elicited [Ca2+]i increase. After incubation with the PKA inhibitors Rp-cAMPS or H-89, the [Ca2+]i responses triggered by Sp-cAMPS and vasopressin were, respectively, abolished and greatly reduced. 5. A combined administration of SQ-22536 (AC inhibitor) followed by U-73122 (PLC inhibitor), or U-73122 followed by H-89 (PKA inhibitor), virtually abolished the response to vasopressin. 6. In vasopressin-responsive neurones, the pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) induced a [Ca2+]i increase similar to the response to vasopressin and in both cases the increase was inhibited to the same extent by a combination of U-73122 and Rp-cAMPS. 7. In conclusion, we suggest that the autoregulation exerted specifically by vasopressin on vasopressin-sensitive neurones involves the activation of both PLC- and AC-linked pathways.
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- N Sabatier
- UPR 9055-CNRS, Biologie des Neurones Endocrines, CCIPE, 141 rue de la Cardonille, F-34094 Montpellier cedex 5,, France
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Brinton RD, Yamazaki R, Gonzalez CM, O'Neill K, Schreiber SS. Vasopressin-induction of the immediate early gene, NGFI-A, in cultured hippocampal glial cells. BRAIN RESEARCH. MOLECULAR BRAIN RESEARCH 1998; 57:73-85. [PMID: 9630527 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-328x(98)00069-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Our earlier autoradiographic work had documented a wide distribution of vasopressin receptors in the hippocampus [R.E. Brinton, K.W. Gee, J.K. Wamsley, T.P. Davis, H.I. Yamamura, Regional distribution of putative vasopressin receptors in rat brain and pituitary by quantitative autoradiography, in: Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 81 (1984) pp. 7248-7252; C. Chen, R.D. Brinton, T.J. Shors, R.F. Thompson, [Arg 8]-Vasopressin-induction of long lasting potentiation of synaptic transmission in the dentate gyrus, Hippocampus 3 (1993) 193-203.] which suggested the possibility that receptors for vasopressin were present in both neurons and glia. In the periphery, vasopressin is a potent mitogen in select proliferative cell types [E. Rozengurt, A. Legg, P. Pettican, Vasopressin stimulation of mouse 3T3 cell growth, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 76 (1979) pp. 1284-1287.] which also suggested a possible association between vasopressin receptor activation and the proliferative capacity of astrocytes. We therefore investigated whether vasopressin would induce the expression of the immediate early response gene, NGFI-A (also known as zif/268, ZENK, egr-1, krox 24), which is associated with initiation of mitogenesis [M. Sheng, M.E. Greenberg, The regulation and function of c-fos and other immediate early genes in the nervous system, Neuron, 4 (1990) pp. 477-485.]. Cultured hippocampal glial cells were exposed to vasopressin or a selective V1 vasopressin receptor agonist and in situ hybridization for NGFI-A mRNA was conducted. Results of these experiments demonstrated that vasopressin induced a highly significant dose-dependent increase in the number of cells expressing NGFI-A. Studies to determine the receptor subtype mediating vasopressin induction of NGFI-A were conducted utilizing the specific V1 agonist, [Phe2, Ile3, Orn8]-vasopressin. The V1 receptor agonist induced a highly significant dose dependent increase in the number of grains per NGFI-A positive cell. Time course analysis demonstrated that V1 agonist induction of NGFI-A occurred within 5 min, was maximally induced at 15 min of exposure and exhibited a gradual decline within 30 min of exposure which continued to decline over the 60 min time course. Glial cell responsivity was selective in that vasopressin and V1 agonist induction of NGFI-A occurred in a subpopulation of glial cells. Within a sea of glial cells, vasopressin and V1 agonist would induce islands of NGFI-A positive cells. Results of combined immunocytochemical labeling for the astrocyte specific marker, GFAP, and in situ hybridization for NGFI-A demonstrated that V1 agonist-induced NGFI-A expression occurred in GFAP positive cells. We observed no evidence for V1 agonist induction of NGFI-A in neurons. Collectively, these data document that vasopressin, acting via V1 vasopressin receptors, induces a highly significant increase in NGFI-A expression in select GFAP positive hippocampal astrocytes. To our knowledge, these data are the first report of a vasopressin mediated response in hippocampal glial cells. The potential functional significance of these findings is discussed.
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- R D Brinton
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Southern California, 1985 Zonal Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.
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Earlier autoradiographic studies from our laboratory detected vasopressin recognition sites in the mammalian cerebral cortex [R.E. Brinton, K.W. Gee, J.K. Wamsley, T.P. Davis, H.I. Yamamura, Regional distribution of putative vasopressin receptors in rat brain and pituitary by quantitative autoradiography, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S.A., 81 (1984) 7248-7252; C. Chen, R.D. Brinton, T.J. Shors, R.F. Thompson, Vasopressin induction of long-lasting potentiation of synaptic transmission in the dentate gyrus, Hippocampus, 3 (1993) 193-204]. More recently, we have detected mRNA for the V1a vasopressin receptors (V1aRs) in cultured cortical neurons [R.S. Yamazaki, Q. Chen, S.S. Schreiber, R.D. Brinton, V1a Vasopressin receptor mRNA expression in cultured neurons, astroglia, and oligodendroglia of rat cerebral cortex, Mol. Brain Res., 45 (1996) 138-140]. To determine whether these recognition sites are functional receptors, we have pursued the signal transduction mechanism associated with the V1a vasopressin receptor in enriched cultures of cortical neurons. Results of these studies demonstrate that exposure of cortical neurons to the selective V1 vasopressin receptor agonist, [Phe2,Orn8]-vasotocin, (V1 agonist) induced a significant accumulation of [3H]inositol-1-phosphate ([3H]IP1). V1 agonist-induced accumulation of [3H]IP1 was concentration dependent and exhibited a linear dose response curve. Time course analysis of V1 agonist-induced accumulation of [3H]IP1 revealed a significant increase by 20 min which then decreased gradually over the remaining 60 min observation period. V1 agonist-induced accumulation of [3H]IP1 was blocked by a selective V1a vasopressin receptor antagonist, (Phenylac1, D-Tyr(Me)2, Arg6,8, Lys-NH29)-vasopressin. Results of calcium fluorometry studies indicated that V1 agonist exposure induced a marked and sustained rise in intracellular calcium which was abolished in the absence of extracellular calcium. The loss of the rise in intracellular calcium was not due to a failure to induce PIP2 hydrolysis since activation of the phosphatidylinositol pathway occurred in the absence of extracellular calcium. V1 agonist activation of calcium influx was then investigated. V1 agonist-induced 45Ca2+ uptake was concentration dependent with a biphasic time course at 250 nM. Preincubation with the L-type calcium channel blocker, nifedipine, blocked V1 agonist-induced calcium influx suggesting V1 agonist-induced L-type calcium channel activation in cortical neurons. Furthermore, V1 agonist-induced calcium influx was blocked by both bisindolyleimide I (PKC inhibitor) and U-73122 (PLC inhibitor) suggesting a modulation of V1 agonist-induced L-type calcium channel activation by downstream components of the phosphatidylinositol signaling pathway such as protein kinase C. These results indicate that in cultured cortical neurons, V1a vasopressin receptor activation leads to induction of the phosphatidylinositol signaling pathway, influx of extracellular calcium via L-type calcium channel activation, and a rise in intracellular calcium which is dependent on V1a receptor activated influx of extracellular calcium. These data are the first to demonstrate an effector mechanism for the V1 vasopressin receptor in the cerebral cortex and provide a potential biochemical mechanism that may underlie vasopressin enhancement of memory function.
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- M C Son
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology, USC, 1985 Zonal Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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The hypothalamo-hypophyseal system is supplied with two types of specialized glial cells that interact in neuroendocrine functional dynamics: the tanycytes and the pituicytes. Tanycytes are the dominating glial cells within the median eminence. Similar to radial glia, they extend from the floor of the third ventricle to the neurohemal surface of the median eminence. Pituicytes, as specialized astrocytes, are the main glial cells of the neural lobe. They are in intimate contact with the perivascular space of the sinusoidal vessels. Morphological similarities between the two cell types focus on their interaction with terminal branches of hypothalamic neurons in both regions of the neurohypophysis, the median eminence and the neural lobe. Release of hypothalamic hormones is apparently influenced by pituicytes and tanycytes. For instance, both types of cells are capable of closing or opening the access to the vessels. Thereby, in contrast to the "blood-brain-barrier" function of astrocytes, pituicytes and tanycytes display "brain-blood-barrier" functions. Pituicytes are characterized by the expression of specific membrane-bound receptors for opioids, vasopressin, and beta-adrenoceptors, indicating that they receive input by numerous neuroactive substances. Integration of these incoming signals may result in a regulation of neurosecretion, especially by morphological changes and by modulation of extracellular ion concentrations. Comparable modulatory mechanisms of tanycytes have not yet been elucidated in a convincing manner. Besides possible regulatory functions, tanycytes are considered to possess guiding functions for hypothalamic axons and to be involved in transport mechanisms between ventricle and blood vessels of the portal system.
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- W Wittkowski
- Institut für Anatomie der Universität Münster, Germany
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In recent years, it has become apparent that astrocytes (at least in vitro) harbor functional receptors to almost all possible neurotransmitters (with the potential noticeable exception of acetylcholine nicotinic receptors). Peptides are no exception, since receptors to all neuropeptides known to be produced in the CNS have been found on cultured astrocytes, and the presence of many of these has been confirmed on astrocytes in vivo. A variety of methodologies have been used to detect peptide receptors on astrocytes, as summarized in the current review. Special emphasis is also put on the possible roles that peptides may play in the regulation of astrocyte functions. These include proliferation, morphology, release of eicosanoids and arachidonic acid, induction of calcium transients and calcium waves, and control of internal pH, glucose uptake, glycogen metabolism, and gap junctional conductance. Recent data concerning the effects of natriuretic peptides on astrocytes are reviewed, and why these peptides may constitute priviledged tools to test the effects of peptides on astrocyte-neuron interactions is also discussed.
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- C F Deschepper
- Neurobiology and Vasoactive Peptide Laboratory, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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Glial cells respond to various electrical, mechanical, and chemical stimuli, including neurotransmitters, neuromodulators, and hormones, with an increase in intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i). The increases exhibit a variety of temporal and spatial patterns. These [Ca2+]i responses result from the coordinated activity of a number of molecular cascades responsible for Ca2+ movement into or out of the cytoplasm either by way of the extracellular space or intracellular stores. Transplasmalemmal Ca2+ movements may be controlled by several types of voltage- and ligand-gated Ca(2+)-permeable channels as well as Ca2+ pumps and a Na+/Ca2+ exchanger. In addition, glial cells express various metabotropic receptors coupled to intracellular Ca2+ stores through the intracellular messenger inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate. The interplay of different molecular cascades enables the development of agonist-specific patterns of Ca2+ responses. Such agonist specificity may provide a means for intracellular and intercellular information coding. Calcium signals can traverse gap junctions between glial cells without decrement. These waves can serve as a substrate for integration of glial activity. By controlling gap junction conductance, Ca2+ waves may define the limits of functional glial networks. Neuronal activity can trigger [Ca2+]i signals in apposed glial cells, and moreover, there is some evidence that glial [Ca2+]i waves can affect neurons. Glial Ca2+ signaling can be regarded as a form of glial excitability.
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- A Verkhratsky
- Department of Cellular Neurosciences, Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin-Buch, Germany
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Yamazaki RS, Chen Q, Schreiber SS, Brinton RD. Localization of V1a vasopressin receptor mRNA expression in cultured neurons, astroglia, and oligodendroglia of rat cerebral cortex. BRAIN RESEARCH. MOLECULAR BRAIN RESEARCH 1997; 45:138-40. [PMID: 9105680 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-328x(96)00285-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Previous studies suggested the existence of V1a vasopressin receptors (V1aR) in the cerebral cortex. Here, we investigated the cellular and regional localization of V1aR in the E18 rat cerebral cortex using RT-PCR and Southern blot analysis of V1aR mRNA derived from enriched cultures of neurons, astroglia, and oligodendroglia from four cortical regions (rostral, caudal, dorsal and ventral). V1aR mRNA was detected in each of the cell types within each of the regions studied. These data indicate that V1aR is broadly distributed throughout the cerebral cortex and suggest that vasopressin plays an important role in cortical functions.
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- R S Yamazaki
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Southern California Pharmaceutical Sciences Center, Los Angeles 90033, USA
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Stuenkel EL, Dayanithi G, Nordmann JJ. Arachidonic acid regulation of vasopressin release and intracellular Ca2+ in neurohypophysial nerve endings. Brain Res 1996; 742:129-40. [PMID: 9117386 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(96)00973-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The effects of arachidonic acid (AA) and arachidonic acid metabolites on vasopressin secretion and on intracellular free calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) from both intact and streptolysin-O permeabilized isolated nerve endings of the rat neurohypophysis were studied. Arachidonic acid induced a dose-dependent increase in resting vasopressin (AVP) secretion in both intact and streptolysin-O permeabilized nerve endings. Although AA also dose-dependently induced an increase in [Ca2+]i in intact nerve endings, the AA-induced secretory response was largely independent of an increase in [Ca2+]i. Secretory responses in intact nerve endings showed AA-induced secretion to be sustained and that AA-induced vasopressin secretion occurs via exocytosis. Arachidonic acid also dose-dependently potentiated K+-depolarization evoked vasopressin release. The potentiation of secretion occurred despite an AA-induced reduction in K+-evoked Ca2+ influx. In addition, AA reinitiated secretion following a decline in the Ca2+-dependent exocytotic secretory response suggesting a separate secretory mechanism from Ca2+-induced secretion. Inhibition of the metabolic pathways for AA suggested that AA itself mediates the secretory effects and that AA is likely subject to rapid metabolism by lipoxygenases.
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- E L Stuenkel
- Department of Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109, USA.
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Kirischuk S, Tuschick S, Verkhratsky A, Kettenmann H. Calcium signalling in mouse Bergmann glial cells mediated by alpha1-adrenoreceptors and H1 histamine receptors. Eur J Neurosci 1996; 8:1198-208. [PMID: 8752590 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1996.tb01288.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The presence of adrenergic and histaminergic receptors in Bergmann glial cells from cerebellar slices from mice aged 20-25 days was determined using fura-2 Ca2+ microfluorimetry. To measure the cytoplasmic concentration of Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i), either individual cells were loaded with the Ca2+-sensitive probe fura-2 using the whole-cell patch-clamp technique or slices were incubated with a membrane permeable form of the dye (fura-2/AM) and the microfluorimetric system was focused on individual cells. The monoamines adrenalin and noradrenalin (0.1-10 microM) and histamine (10-100 microM) triggered a transient increase in [Ca2+]i. The involvement of the alpha1-adrenoreceptor was inferred from the observations that monoamine-triggered [Ca2+]i responses were locked by the selective alpha1-adreno-antagonist prazosin and were mimicked by the alpha1-adreno-agonist phenylephrine. The monoamine-induced [Ca2+]i signals were not affected by beta- and alpha2-adrenoreceptor antagonists (propranolol and yohimbine), and were not mimicked by beta- and alpha2-adrenoreceptor agonists (isoproterenol and clonidine). Histamine-induced [Ca2+]i responses demonstrated specific sensitivity to only H1 histamine receptor modulators. [Ca2+]i responses to monoamines and histamine did not require the presence of extracellular Ca2+ and they were blocked by preincubation of slices with thapsigargin (500 nM), indicating that the [Ca2+]i responses were recorded after application of aspartate, bradykinin, dopamine, GABA, glycine, oxytocin, serotonin, somatostatin, substance P, taurine or vasopressin. We conclude that cerebellar Bergmann glial cells are endowed with alpha1-adrenoreceptors and H1 histamine receptors which induce the generation of intracellular [Ca2+]i signals via activation of Ca2+ release from inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate-sensitive intracellular stores.
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- S Kirischuk
- Max-Delbruck Centre for Molecular Medicine, Robert-Rossle Strasse 10, Berlin-Buch, Germany
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Dayanithi G, Widmer H, Richard P. Vasopressin-induced intracellular Ca2+ increase in isolated rat supraoptic cells. J Physiol 1996; 490 ( Pt 3):713-27. [PMID: 8683470 PMCID: PMC1158709 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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1. The intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]1) was monitored in single magnocellular neurones freshly isolated from rat supraoptic nucleus. Application of 100 nM vasopressin increased [Ca2+]1. Two types of [Ca2+]1 responses were observed: (i) a transient response, displayed by 86% of the vasopressin-sensitive neurones, and (ii) a sustained response displayed by 14% of the vasopressin-sensitive neurones. 2. Among responding neurones, 52% were vasopressin sensitive, 44% were oxytocin sensitive and 4% were sensitive to both peptides. 3. Responses to vasopressin were dose dependent, showed a progressive desensitization after successive applications, were specifically blocked by the V1a vasopressin receptor antagonist, SR 49059, and were unaffected by the oxytocin receptor antagonist, d(CH2)5OVT. 4. Vasopressin responses were completely suppressed by the removal of external Ca2+. 5. The intracellular Ca2+ mobilizers, caffeine and tBuBHQ, did not affect resting or vasopressin-induced [Ca2+]1 changes. Thapsigargin (200 nM) on its own evoked an increase in [Ca2+]1, and reduced the [Ca2+]1 increase evoked by vasopressin by 52%, suggesting that thapsigargin-sensitive Ca2+ stores are partially involved in the vasopressin response. 6. Immunocytochemical identification revealed that vasopressin-responding neurones synthesize vasopressin whereas oxytocin-responding neurones synthesize oxytocin. 7. In conclusion, vasopressin- (partially external Ca2+ dependent) and oxytocin (totally external Ca2+ independent)-induced [Ca2+]1 changes are mediated by specific receptors. In addition, vasopressin and oxytocin neurones are specifically autoregulated by their own peptides.
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- G Dayanithi
- Laboratoire de Neurobiologie Endocrinologique, URA 1197-CNRS, Université Montpellier, France
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- S J Lolait
- Laboratory of Cell Biology, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Vallet P, Bouras C, Barberis C, Dreifuss JJ, Dubois-Dauphin M. Vasopressin binding in the cerebral cortex of the Mongolian gerbil is reduced by transient cerebral ischemia. J Comp Neurol 1995; 362:223-32. [PMID: 8576435 DOI: 10.1002/cne.903620206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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In Mongolian gerbils, the content of vasopressin in the cerebral cortex, the striatum, and the hypothalamus is increased after induction of acute cerebral ischemia. We used an iodinated vasopressin analogue and light microscopic autoradiography to study the distribution of vasopressin V1 receptors in the brain of adult male gerbils and to evaluate the effects of a transient bilateral cerebral ischemia (6 minutes) on the density of this receptor population. The animals were killed immediately or 10, 30, or 100 hours after transient bilateral occlusion of the common carotid arteries. In control animals, specific [125I]-VPA binding sites were present in various structures of the brain (olfactory bulb, anterior olfactory nucleus, lateral septum, bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, median preoptic area, ventral pallidum, substantia innominata, amygdala, thalamus, hypothalamic mammillary nuclei, superior colliculus, subiculum, central gray, nucleus of the solitary tract, hypoglossal nucleus). The strongest labeling was detected in the cerebral cortex, layers 5-6. After 30-100 hours of survival time following ischemia there was a marked decrease in [125I]-VPA binding site density in these cerebral cortex layers. To a lesser degree, a decrease was also detected in the lateral septal nucleus. In contrast, labeling in other noncortical structures remained unchanged. All animals with 100 hours recovery showed a loss of cells in hippocampus (CA1 layer) and striatum. In addition, ischemia induced concomitant and proliferative changes in cortical and hippocampal astrocytes assessed by glial fibrillary acid protein immunoreactivity. These observations indicate a role for vasopressin in the cerebral cortex either on neurons or on glial cells and the modulation of vasopressin receptor expression by transient cerebral ischemia.
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- P Vallet
- Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center, Geneva, Switzerland
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Horstman LL, Valle-Riestra BJ, Jy W, Wang F, Mao W, Ahn YS. Desmopressin (DDAVP) acts on platelets to generate platelet microparticles and enhanced procoagulant activity. Thromb Res 1995; 79:163-74. [PMID: 7676403 DOI: 10.1016/0049-3848(95)00102-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Desmopressin (DDAVP), an analog of vasopressin (AVP), has wide clinical application as an anti-hemorrhagic (AH) agent. DDAVP in vivo releases vWF from endothelial cells but is reported to have little action on platelets. However, DDAVP is often used to improve hemostasis in platelet dysfunctions. We examined the effect of DDAVP on platelet microparticle (PMP) formation and procoagulant activity in vitro using platelets from normal volunteers and in vivo in six patients receiving DDAVP therapy. In the former, platelets were incubated with DDAVP (0.5 to 25 nM) and PMP released were stained with FITC-labeled MAb alpha-GP IIb/IIIa for flow cytometry. Procoagulant activity was measured in a clot-based assay using Russel's viper venom (RVV) calibrated with cephalin. A mean increase of 2-3 fold was observed in both PMP and procoagulant activity. Parallel to these observations was a dose-dependent rise in organelle-associated Ca2+. The assays were also performed on six patients prior to and at one hour after infusion of DDAVP, and similar but lesser effects were observed. We conclude that DDAVP acts on platelets in vitro, and that these effects may contribute to the hemostatic action of DDAVP in platelet dysfunctions in vivo.
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- L L Horstman
- William J. Harrington Sr. Center for Blood Diseases, Dept. of Medicine, University of Miami, FL 33136, USA
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Jurzak M, Müller AR, Gerstberger R. Characterization of vasopressin receptors in cultured cells derived from the region of rat brain circumventricular organs. Neuroscience 1995; 65:1145-59. [PMID: 7617168 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(94)00539-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The aim of the present study was to characterize vasopressin receptors within the two circumventricular organs located in the lamina terminalis of the rat brain, namely the organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis and the subfornical organ. Cells derived from both structures were isolated, cultured and intracellular Ca2+ concentrations were measured in single fura-2 loaded neurons and astrocytes after application of vasopressin and various vasopressin analogues. Subsequent to Ca2+ measurements, the identification of neurons and astrocytes was verified using immunocytochemistry with cell type-specific antibodies. High proportions of subfornical organ (34%) and organum vasculosum laminae terminalis (28%) neurons exhibited increased intracellular Ca2+ concentration after exposure to 1-1000 nM vasopressin. Within single cells, the response was dose-dependent. Similar results were obtained in subfornical organ (62%) and organum vasculosum laminae terminalis (38%) astrocytes with minor differences in the transient amplitude and pattern distribution when compared with neurons. Since omission of extracellular Ca2+ preserved vasopressin responsiveness, it is likely that intracellular stores were the main source of mobilized Ca2+. The preincubation of neurons and astrocytes with the V1 receptor-specific antagonist d(CH2)5[Tyr(Me)2]8-arginine vasopressin (10-100 nM) selectively and reversibly blocked the vasopressin-mediated response. Oxytocin-induced Ca2+ transients (0.32-1000 nM), which were observed in 32% (63%) or organum vasculosum laminae terminalis and in 54% (42%) of subfornical organ neurons (astrocytes), were not affected by the V1-specific antagonist. These data indicate the presence of a V1-like vasopressin receptor and an oxytocin receptor in cultured neurons and astrocytes from both circumventricular organ structures. In addition, the exposure to the highly selective V2 receptor agonist, 1-desamino,8-D-arginine vasopressin, evoked Ca2+ transients almost exclusively in organum vasculosum laminae terminalis neurons (eight of 18 tested). Only 1 (n = 14) subfornical organ neuron and none of the astrocytes tested (n = 26) responded to 1-desamino,8-D-arginine vasopressin. Since 1-desamino,8-D-arginine vasopressin acting via "classical" V2 receptors is not expected to affect the intracellular Ca2+ concentration, these data indicate the tissue and cell type-specific expression of a 1-desamino,8-D-arginine vasopressin-sensitive vasopressin receptor in neurons of the organum vasculosum laminae terminalis. In summary, the results indicate a heterogeneity of neurohypophyseal peptide receptor subtypes in the primary cell culture of both circumventricular structures.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- M Jurzak
- Max-Planck-Institut für physiologische und klinische Forschung, W. G. Kerckhoff-Institut, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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Jurzak M, Müller AR, Gerstberger R. AVP-fragment peptides induce Ca2+ transients in cells cultured from rat circumventricular organs. Brain Res 1995; 673:349-55. [PMID: 7606452 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)00017-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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To investigate receptors for the naturally occurring fragments of [Arg8]vasopressin (AVP), Ca2+ measurements were performed in cells cultured from the subfornical organ (SFO) and the organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis (OVLT). AVP(4-9) and AVP(4-8) applied in nanomolar concentrations triggered rises in the intracellular Ca2+ concentration in neurons and astrocytes cultured from both circumventricular organs (CVOs) which are located in the lamina terminalis of the rat brain. The determination of the investigated cell type was confirmed by immunocytochemistry with cell type-specific antibodies. The functional data from single cultured cells and receptor autoradiographic studies on tissue slices favour the existence of specific receptors for AVP fragments which are different from those for the parental AVP.
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- M Jurzak
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physiologische, W.G. Kerckhoff-Institut, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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Oh Y, Waxman SG. Differential Na+ channel beta 1 subunit mRNA expression in stellate and flat astrocytes cultured from rat cortex and cerebellum: a combined in situ hybridization and immunocytochemistry study. Glia 1995; 13:166-73. [PMID: 7782102 DOI: 10.1002/glia.440130303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Astrocytes have been shown to express voltage-sensitive Na+ channels, but the molecular structure of these channels is not yet known. Recent studies have demonstrated the expression of rat brain voltage-sensitive Na+ channel mRNAs in astrocytes. In this study, we used a combined non-radioactive in situ hybridization/immunocytochemistry method to investigate the expression of voltage-sensitive Na+ channel beta 1 subunit (Na beta 1) mRNA in definitively identified, GFAP-positive astrocytes cultured from two different regions of the rat brain, cerebrum and cerebellum. In general, two morphologically distinct types of GFAP-positive astrocytes were observed in culture: flat, fibroblast-like and stellate, process-bearing. We observed a differential expression of Na beta 1 mRNA in GFAP-positive astrocytes: 1) stellate astrocytes expressed Na beta 1 mRNA, although the level of Na beta 1 mRNA expression was variable, and 2) flat astrocytes generally did not express Na beta 1 mRNA. Moreover, Bergmann-like cells from cerebellum did not express Na beta 1 mRNA, while the granule cells associated with Bergmann-like cell expressed Na beta 1 mRNA. These observations indicate that Na beta 1 mRNA is differentially expressed in rat astrocytes with various morphologies in vitro.
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- Y Oh
- Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA
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