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Scaplen KM, Petruccelli E. Receptors and Channels Associated with Alcohol Use: Contributions from Drosophila. Neurosci Insights 2021; 16:26331055211007441. [PMID: 33870197 PMCID: PMC8020223 DOI: 10.1177/26331055211007441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2021] [Accepted: 03/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) is a debilitating disorder that manifests as problematic patterns of alcohol use. At the core of AUD's behavioral manifestations are the profound structural, physiological, cellular, and molecular effects of alcohol on the brain. While the field has made considerable progress in understanding the neuromolecular targets of alcohol we still lack a comprehensive understanding of alcohol's actions and effective treatment strategies. Drosophila melanogaster is a powerful model for investigating the neuromolecular targets of alcohol because flies model many of the core behavioral elements of AUD and offer a rich genetic toolkit to precisely reveal the in vivo molecular actions of alcohol. In this review, we focus on receptors and channels that are often targeted by alcohol within the brain. We discuss the general roles of these proteins, their role in alcohol-associated behaviors across species, and propose ways in which Drosophila models can help advance the field.
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- Kristin M Scaplen
- Department of Psychology, Bryant University, Smithfield, RI, USA
- Center for Health and Behavioral Studies, Bryant University, Smithfield, RI, USA
- Department of Neuroscience, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL, USA
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N'Gouemo P. Voltage-Sensitive Calcium Channels in the Brain: Relevance to Alcohol Intoxication and Withdrawal. Handb Exp Pharmacol 2018; 248:263-280. [PMID: 29500720 DOI: 10.1007/164_2018_93] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Voltage-sensitive Ca2+ (CaV) channels are the primary route of depolarization-induced Ca2+ entry in neurons and other excitable cells, leading to an increase in intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i). The resulting increase in [Ca2+]i activates a wide range of Ca2+-dependent processes in neurons, including neurotransmitter release, gene transcription, activation of Ca2+-dependent enzymes, and activation of certain K+ channels and chloride channels. In addition to their key roles under physiological conditions, CaV channels are also an important target of alcohol, and alcohol-induced changes in Ca2+ signaling can disturb neuronal homeostasis, Ca2+-mediated gene transcription, and the function of neuronal circuits, leading to various neurological and/or neuropsychiatric symptoms and disorders, including alcohol withdrawal induced-seizures and alcoholism.
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- Prosper N'Gouemo
- Department of Pediatrics, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
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Zamudio-Bulcock PA, Morton RA, Valenzuela CF. Third trimester-equivalent ethanol exposure does not alter complex spikes and climbing fiber long-term depression in cerebellar Purkinje neurons from juvenile rats. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2014; 38:1293-300. [PMID: 24689500 DOI: 10.1111/acer.12362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2013] [Accepted: 12/12/2013] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Studies indicate that exposure to ethanol (EtOH) during fetal development damages cerebellar Purkinje cells (PCs). PC proximal dendrites receive glutamatergic input from climbing fibers (CFs) originating at the inferior olive. CF input produces a characteristic response in PCs known as the complex spike (CS). During the first 2 weeks of life in rodents (equivalent to the human third trimester of pregnancy), CF-PC synapses undergo profound refinement. Here, we characterized the impact of EtOH exposure during this period on CF-evoked responses in PCs. METHODS Using vapor chambers, neonatal rat pups and their mothers were exposed to air or EtOH for 4 h/d between postnatal day 2 (P2) and P12 (pup serum EtOH concentration, 0.16 g/dl). The function of CF-PC synapses was characterized using patch-clamp electrophysiological techniques in acute slices from the cerebellar vermis. Experiments were performed soon after EtOH withdrawal, when perisomatic CFs are still being eliminated (P15 to P17), and after weaning when CF dendritic translocation is almost complete (P21 to P34). RESULTS Neither the baseline characteristics of the CS (Na(+) spike amplitude, area, coastline index, and afterhyperpolarization [AHP] amplitude) nor the type-1 metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR1)-mediated component of both the CS and AHP were significantly affected by EtOH exposure at P15 to P17 or P21 to P34. The mGluR1-dependent long-term depression (LTD) of CF-evoked excitatory postsynaptic currents was not significantly affected by EtOH exposure at P21 to P34. CONCLUSIONS EtOH exposure during the third trimester equivalent neither affected basal characteristics of the CS nor CF-LTD at rat cerebellar PCs from juvenile rats.
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- Paula A Zamudio-Bulcock
- Department of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Guo W, Crossey EL, Zhang L, Zucca S, George OL, Valenzuela CF, Zhao X. Alcohol exposure decreases CREB binding protein expression and histone acetylation in the developing cerebellum. PLoS One 2011; 6:e19351. [PMID: 21655322 PMCID: PMC3104983 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2010] [Accepted: 04/03/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background Fetal alcohol exposure affects 1 in 100 children making it the leading cause of mental retardation in the US. It has long been known that alcohol affects cerebellum development and function. However, the underlying molecular mechanism is unclear. Methodology/Principal Findings We demonstrate that CREB binding protein (CBP) is widely expressed in granule and Purkinje neurons of the developing cerebellar cortex of naïve rats. We also show that exposure to ethanol during the 3rd trimester-equivalent of human pregnancy reduces CBP levels. CBP is a histone acetyltransferase, a component of the epigenetic mechanism controlling neuronal gene expression. We further demonstrate that the acetylation of both histone H3 and H4 is reduced in the cerebellum of ethanol- treated rats. Conclusions/Significance These findings indicate that ethanol exposure decreases the expression and function of CBP in the developing cerebellum. This effect of ethanol may be responsible for the motor coordination deficits that characterize fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
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- Weixiang Guo
- Department of Neurosciences, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
- * E-mail: (CV); (XZ)
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
- * E-mail: (CV); (XZ)
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Tanaka M, Duncan RS, McClung N, Yannazzo JAS, Hwang SY, Marunouchi T, Inokuchi K, Koulen P. Homer proteins control neuronal differentiation through IP(3) receptor signaling. FEBS Lett 2006; 580:6145-50. [PMID: 17064693 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2006] [Revised: 09/30/2006] [Accepted: 10/04/2006] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Neurons expand, sustain or prune their dendritic trees during ontogenesis [Cline, H.T. (2001). Dendritic arbor development and synaptogenesis. Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 11, 118-126; Wong, W.T. and Wong, R.O.L. (2000) Rapid dendritic movements during synapse formation and rearrangement. Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 10, 118-124] which critically depends on neuronal activity [Wong, W.T., Faulkner-Jones, B.E., Sanes, J.R. and Wong, R.O.L. (2000) Rapid dendritic remodeling in the developing retina: dependence on neurotransmission and reciprocal regulation by Rac and Rho. J. Neurosci. 20, 5024-5036; Li, Z., Van Aelst, L. and Cline, H.T. (2000) Rho GTPases regulate distinct aspects of dendritic arbor growth in Xenopus central neurons in vivo. Nat. Neurosci. 3, 217-225; Wong, W.T. and Wong, R.O.L. (2001) Changing specificity of neurotransmitter regulation of rapid dendritic remodeling during synaptogenesis. Nat. Neurosci. 4, 351-352.] and sub-cellular Ca(2+) signals [Lohmann, C., Myhr, K.L. and Wong, R.O. (2002) Transmitter-evoked local calcium release stabilizes developing dendrites, Nature 418, 177-181.]. The role of synaptic clustering proteins connecting both processes is unclear. Here, we show that expression levels of Vesl-1/Homer 1 isoforms critically control properties of Ca(2+) release from intracellular stores and dendritic morphology of CNS neurons. Vesl-1L/Homer 1c, an isoform with a functional WH1 and coiled-coil domain, but not isoforms missing these features were capable of potentiating intracellular calcium signaling activity indicating that such regulatory interactions function as a general paradigm in cellular differentiation and are subject to changes in expression levels of Vesl/Homer isoforms.
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- Masahiko Tanaka
- Division of Cell Biology, Institute for Comprehensive Medical Science, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan
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Hendricson AW, Thomas MP, Lippmann MJ, Morrisett RA. Suppression of L-type voltage-gated calcium channel-dependent synaptic plasticity by ethanol: analysis of miniature synaptic currents and dendritic calcium transients. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2003; 307:550-8. [PMID: 12970385 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.103.055137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Intoxicating concentrations of ethanol inhibit N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor-dependent long-term potentiation, an interaction thought to underlie a major component of the central nervous system actions of ethanol. Another form of synaptic potentiation involving activation of L-type dihydropyridine-sensitive voltage-gated calcium channels (VGCCs) has been described, but very little information concerning ethanol effects on VGCC-dependent synaptic potentiation is available. Here, we assessed ethanol effects on VGCC-dependent synaptic potentiation using whole cell patch-clamp recordings of alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-soxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) receptor-mediated miniature excitatory postsynaptic currents (mEPSCs) in area CA1 of the rat hippocampus. No potentiation was observed in artificial cerebrospinal fluid containing 2 to 3 mM Ca2+, but marked potentiation of mEPSCs was consistently observed in 4 mM Ca2+ and with patch pipettes containing an ATP-regenerating system. This potentiation was insensitive to the NMDA receptor antagonist DL-2-amino-5-phosphonovaleric acid, whereas it was completely blocked the L-type VGCC antagonist nifedipine. Potentiation was also blocked dose dependently by bath application of ethanol (25-75 mM), which had no effect on baseline mEPSC amplitude or frequency. The synaptic potentiation involved enhancement of both presynaptic and postsynaptic components because significant increases in both the frequency and amplitude of AMPA mEPSCs were observed. Ethanol inhibition of VGCC-dependent synaptic potentiation seemed to occur at the induction step because both the increases in mEPSC frequency and amplitude were affected. To address that question more directly, we used fluorescent imaging of synaptically evoked dendritic calcium events, which displayed a similarly marked ethanol sensitivity. Thus, ethanol modulates fast excitatory synaptic transmission by inhibiting the induction of an NMDA receptor-independent form of synaptic potentiation observed at excitatory synapses on central neurons.
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- Adam W Hendricson
- Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station, Austin, TX 78712-0125, USA
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N'Gouemo P, Morad M. Ethanol withdrawal seizure susceptibility is associated with upregulation of L- and P-type Ca2+ channel currents in rat inferior colliculus neurons. Neuropharmacology 2003; 45:429-37. [PMID: 12871660 DOI: 10.1016/s0028-3908(03)00191-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Calcium currents in the inferior colliculus (IC) are thought to play an important role in ethanol withdrawal hyperexcitability. Here, we report on the modulation of Ca(2+) channel currents in acutely dissociated IC neurons of rats, exhibiting higher incidence of audiogenic seizures when subjected to ethanol withdrawal. Whole cell Ca(2+) channel currents were activated by depolarizing pulses from a holding potential of -90 mV, in 10 mV increments, using barium (Ba(2+)) as the charge carrier. The high threshold voltage-activated (HVA) Ca(2+) channel current density increased significantly in IC neurons following ethanol withdrawal. The gating parameters of HVA Ca(2+) channel currents were only slightly altered, while the fraction of current that did not fully inactivate at positive potentials increased significantly following ethanol withdrawal. Pharmacological dissection of HVA Ca(2+) channel currents suggested that the enhanced current, associated with increased incidence of audiogenic seizures following ethanol withdrawal, was carried by L- and P-type Ca(2+) channels. The upregulation of L- and P-type currents may be responsible for IC neuronal hyperexcitability associated with increased susceptibility to ethanol withdrawal seizures.
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- Prosper N'Gouemo
- Department of Pharmacology Georgetown University Medical Center, 3900 Reservoir Rd, NW, Washington, DC 20057, USA
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Moulder KL, Fu T, Melbostad H, Cormier RJ, Isenberg KE, Zorumski CF, Mennerick S. Ethanol-induced death of postnatal hippocampal neurons. Neurobiol Dis 2002; 10:396-409. [PMID: 12270700 DOI: 10.1006/nbdi.2002.0523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Fetal alcohol exposure causes severe neuropsychiatric problems, but mechanisms of the ethanol-associated changes in central nervous system development are unclear. In vivo, ethanol's interaction with N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) and gamma-aminobutyric acid type A (GABA(A)) receptors may cause increased apoptosis in the immature forebrain. We examined whether ethanol affects survival of neonatal hippocampal neurons in primary cultures. A 6-day ethanol exposure killed hippocampal neurons with an LD50 of approximately 25 mM. Elevated extracellular potassium or insulin-related growth factor 1 inhibited cell loss. Although potentiation of GABA(A) receptors or complete block of NMDA receptors also kills hippocampal neurons, pharmacological studies suggest that ethanol's interaction with GABA(A) and NMDA receptors is not sufficient to explain ethanol's effects on neuronal survival. Ca(2+) influx in response to depolarization was depressed >50% by chronic ethanol treatment. We suggest that chronic ethanol may promote neuronal loss through a mechanism affecting Ca(2+) influx in addition to effects on postsynaptic GABA and glutamate receptors.
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- Krista L Moulder
- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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Netzeband JG, Schneeloch JR, Trotter C, Caguioa-Aquino JN, Gruol DL. Chronic Ethanol Treatment and Withdrawal Alter ACPD-Evoked Calcium Signals in Developing Purkinje Neurons. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2002. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2002.tb02550.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Chronic Ethanol Treatment and Withdrawal Alter ACPD-Evoked Calcium Signals in Developing Purkinje Neurons. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2002. [DOI: 10.1097/00000374-200203000-00013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Netzeband JG, Trotter C, Caguioa JN, Gruol DL. Chronic ethanol exposure enhances AMPA-elicited Ca2+ signals in the somatic and dendritic regions of cerebellar Purkinje neurons. Neurochem Int 1999; 35:163-74. [PMID: 10406000 DOI: 10.1016/s0197-0186(99)00058-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Intracellular Ca2+ signals produced by the glutamate receptor agonist alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionate (AMPA; 5 microM) were measured in the somatic and dendritic regions of cerebellar Purkinje neurons in mature cerebellar control cultures (> or = 20 days in vitro) and cultures chronically treated with 32 mM ethanol (146 mg%; 8-11 days). Recordings were made in physiological saline without ethanol. The mean peak amplitude of the Ca2+ signal elicited by AMPA (applied by brief 1-s microperfusion) in the somatic region was enhanced 38% in chronic ethanol-treated Purkinje neurons compared with control neurons. In contrast, Ca2+ signals evoked by AMPA in the dendritic region were similar in magnitude between control and chronic ethanol-treated Purkinje neurons. When tetrodotoxin (TTX; 500 nM) was included in the bath saline to block spike activity and synaptically-generated events, the mean peak amplitude of the Ca2+ signal elicited by AMPA was enhanced 60% in both the somatic and dendritic regions of chronic ethanol-treated Purkinje neurons compared with control neurons. Thus, TTX-sensitive mechanisms (i.e., spike or synaptic activity) appear to play a role in normalizing neuronal functions involved in Ca2+ signaling in the chronic ethanol-treated neurons. In parallel current clamp experiments, the resting membrane potential of chronic ethanol-treated neurons was slightly depolarized compared with control neurons. However, no differences were found between control and chronic ethanol-treated Purkinje neurons in input resistance or the peak amplitude or duration of the depolarizations or hyperpolarizations elicited by AMPA. AMPA receptors mediate fast excitatory neurotransmission in the majority of neurons in the central nervous system (CNS) and Ca2+ signals in response to AMPA receptor activation contribute to synaptic function. Thus, our results suggest that modulation of Ca2+ signals to AMPA receptor activation (or other cellular inputs) may provide an important mechanism contributing to the actions of prolonged ethanol exposure in the CNS.
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- J G Netzeband
- Department of Neuropharmacology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Netzeband JG, Trotter C, Parsons KL, Gruol DL. Chronic ethanol treatment alters AMPA-induced calcium signals in developing Purkinje neurons. Brain Res 1999; 826:270-80. [PMID: 10224304 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(99)01309-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Cerebellar Purkinje neurons developing in culture were treated chronically with 30 mM (140 mg%; 3-11 days in vitro) ethanol to study the actions of prolonged ethanol exposure on responses to exogenous application of AMPA, a selective agonist at the AMPA subtype of ionotropic glutamate receptors. There was no consistent difference between control and chronic ethanol-treated neurons in resting membrane potential, input resistance, or the amplitude or duration of the membrane responses to AMPA (1 or 5 microM applied by brief microperfusion) as measured using the nystatin patch method of whole cell recording. In additional studies, the Ca2+ signal to AMPA was examined using the Ca2+ sensitive dye fura-2. The mean peak Ca2+ signal elicited by 5 microM AMPA was enhanced in the dendritic region (but not the somatic region) of chronic ethanol-treated Purkinje neurons compared to control neurons. In contrast, there was no difference between control and chronic ethanol-treated neurons in the peak amplitude of the Ca2+ signal to 1 microM AMPA, whereas the recovery of the Ca2+ signals was more rapid in both somatic and dendritic regions of ethanol-treated neurons. Resting Ca2+ levels in the somatic and dendritic regions were similar between control and ethanol-treated neurons. These data show that the membrane and Ca2+ responses to AMPA in Purkinje neurons are differentially affected by prolonged ethanol exposure during development. Moreover, chronic ethanol exposure produces a selective enhancement of AMPA-evoked dendritic Ca2+ signals under conditions reflecting intense activation (i.e., 5 microM AMPA), whereas both somatic and dendritic Ca2+ signals are attenuated with smaller levels of activation (i.e., 1 microM AMPA). Because Ca2+ is an important regulator of numerous intracellular functions, chronic ethanol exposure during development could produce widespread changes in the development and function of the cerebellum.
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- J G Netzeband
- Department of Neuropharmacology, CVN-11, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Chronic interleukin-6 alters NMDA receptor-mediated membrane responses and enhances neurotoxicity in developing CNS neurons. J Neurosci 1999. [PMID: 9852582 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-24-10445.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Recent studies show that the cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6) is expressed at elevated levels in the CNS in several disease states and contributes to the neuropathological process. The mechanisms through which IL-6 exerts its CNS effects are primarily unknown. We have investigated the pathophysiological effects of IL-6 on developing CNS neurons using a culture model system and a chronic treatment paradigm. Here, we show, using current- and voltage-clamp recordings, that chronic IL-6 treatment of developing cerebellar granule neurons increases the membrane and current response to NMDA and that these effects are the primary mechanism through which IL-6 produces an enhanced calcium signal to NMDA. We also show that calcium influx through voltage-sensitive calcium channels contributes to the enhanced calcium signal to NMDA in the IL-6-treated neurons in a developmentally regulated manner and that the membrane depolarization to NMDA is more sensitive to the NMDA receptor antagonist ifenprodil in the IL-6-treated neurons compared with control neurons at a late developmental stage, consistent with a larger proportion of NMDA receptors containing the NMDAR2B subunit in the IL-6-treated neurons. Additional studies show that IL-6 treatment reduces the number of granule neurons in culture and enhances neurotoxicity involving NMDA receptors. These results support a pathological role for IL-6 in the CNS and indicate that NMDA receptor-mediated functions are likely to play a critical role in neuropathological changes observed in CNS diseases associated with elevated CNS levels of IL-6.
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Catlin MC, Guizzetti M, Costa LG. Effects of ethanol on calcium homeostasis in the nervous system: implications for astrocytes. Mol Neurobiol 1999; 19:1-24. [PMID: 10321969 DOI: 10.1007/bf02741375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Ethanol is a major health concern, with neurotoxicity occurring after both in utero exposure and adult alcohol abuse. Despite a large amount of research, the mechanism(s) underlying the neurotoxicity of ethanol remain unknown. One of the cellular aspects that has been investigated in relationship to the neuroteratogenicity and neurotoxicity of ethanol is the maintenance of calcium homeostasis. Studies in neuronal cells and other cells have shown that ethanol can alter intracellular calcium levels and affect voltage and receptor-operated calcium channels, as well as G protein-mediated calcium responses. Despite increasing evidence of the important roles of glial cells in the nervous systems, few studies exist on the potential effects of ethanol on calcium homeostasis in these cells. This brief review discusses a number of reported effects of alcohol on calcium responses that may be relevant to astrocytes' functions.
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- M C Catlin
- Department of Environmental Health, University of Washington, Seattle 98105, USA
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Backman C, West JR, Mahoney JC, Palmer MR. Electrophysiological Characterization of Cerebellar Neurons from Adult Rats Exposed to Ethanol during Development. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 1998. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1998.tb03713.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Lee YH, Spuhler-Phillips K, Randall PK, Leslle SW. Effects of prenatal ethanol exposure on voltage-dependent calcium entry into neonatal whole brain-dissociated neurons. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 1996; 20:921-8. [PMID: 8865969 DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1996.tb05272.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The effect of prenatal ethanol exposure on voltage-dependent calcium entry into neonatal-dissociated neurons was studied. Dissociated whole brain cells were isolated from neonates of prenatally ethanol-treated (ET), pair-fed (PF) control, and ad libitum (AL) control groups and loaded with fura-2. Prenatal ethanol exposure resulted in a significant reduction of calcium entry into K(+)-depolarized cells, compared with AL and PF control treatments. Initially, in dissociated cells from AL control animals, it was found that nifedipine (1 microM), omega-agatoxin (100 nM), and omega-conotoxin (500 nM), to a much lesser extent, significantly inhibited the 45 mM KCl-stimulated calcium entry. To determine the inhibitory action of prenatal ethanol exposure on N-, P-, and L-type voltage-dependent calcium channels, treatment of neonatal-dissociated neurons with different combinations of omega-conotoxin, omega-agatoxin, and nifedipine, respectively, was compared in the prenatal ethanol and control treatment groups. The inhibition of K(+)-stimulated increase in calcium entry by prenatal ethanol exposure was significantly less in the presence or absence of single antagonist conditions (ET < AL and PF). There was no apparent interaction of ethanol exposure and antagonist condition. However, the reduced calcium entry after prenatal ethanol exposure was superseded by the stronger inhibition in dual and triple antagonist conditions. The magnitude of the calcium response inhibition by the antagonist combinations was similar among the ET, PF, and AL groups. Thus, these results suggest that prenatal ethanol exposure decreases voltage-dependent calcium entry into neonatal-dissociated neurons in a manner that does not seem to involve the selective inhibition of any individual N-, P-, or L-type calcium channel.
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- Y H Lee
- Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, University of Texas at Austin 78712-1074, USA
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Gruol DL, Parsons KL. Chronic alcohol reduces calcium signaling elicited by glutamate receptor stimulation in developing cerebellar neurons. Brain Res 1996; 728:166-74. [PMID: 8864478 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00185-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The effect of chronic alcohol (33 mM ethanol) on Ca2+ signals elicited by glutamate receptor agonists (quisqualate and NMDA) was examined in developing cerebellar Purkinje and granule neurons in culture. The neurons were exposed to alcohol during the second week in culture, the main period of morphological and physiological development. The Ca2+ signals were measured with fura-2 based microscopic video imaging. Chronic exposure to alcohol during development significantly reduced the peak amplitude of the Ca2+ signals to quisqualate (1 microM; Quis) in both the somatic and dendritic regions of the Purkinje neurons. The dendritic region was affected to a greater extent than the somatic region. Granule neurons also showed a reduced somatic Ca2+ signal to Quis (dendrites not measured) in the alcohol-treated cultures, indicating that the effect was not limited to Purkinje neurons. In addition to the effects on in the response to Quis, the peak amplitude of the Ca2+ signals to NMDA (100 microM) was reduced by chronic alcohol exposure during development in both the cultured Purkinje and granule neurons. Resting Ca2+ levels were not consistently affected by alcohol treatment in either neuronal type. These results indicate that Ca2+ signaling linked to glutamate receptor activation is an important target of alcohol in the developing nervous system and could be a contributing factor in the altered CNS function and development observed in animal models of fetal alcohol syndrome.
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- D L Gruol
- Department of Neuropharmacology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Studies from our laboratory have shown that in ovo exposure of chick embryos to ethanol decreases neuronal survival in culture, and shifts neurotransmitter phenotypic from cholinergic to catecholaminergic and GABAergic. In this study we attempted to determine if the shift from cholinergic expression is a result of selective loss of cholinergic neurons. Neuron-enriched primary cultures were prepared from 3-day-old whole chick embryos. Cells proliferating during the first 3 days in culture were labeled with BrdU, and one half of the cultures were exposed to 50 mM ethanol during the same time period. Selective survival in vitro of the cholinergic, catecholaminergic. GABAergic, glutamatergic, and somatostatinergic phenotypes was determined by counting cells double-stained for BrdU and either ChAT, TH, GAD, Glu, or SRIF. We found that ethanol exposure resulted in a significant reduction in neuronal survival within the cholinergic phenotype, both in the total number of ChAT+ cells and in the subpopulation born between 0-3 DIV. In addition, survival of glutamatergic neurons "born" between 0-3 days in vitro was significantly enhanced, while survival in catecholaminergic, GABAergic, and somatostatinergic phenotypes was also enhanced slightly. These results corroborate our earlier biochemical findings and suggest that the differential cholinotoxic effect of ethanol is due, at least in part, to enhancement of cell-death of cholinergic neuroblasts. This does not preclude the possibility that multipotent neuroblasts are also influenced to express alternative phenotypes, and analyses of these data, in fact, support this notion as well.
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- S Kentroti
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, USA
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Heaton MB, Paiva M, Swanson DJ, Walker DW. Alterations in responsiveness to ethanol and neurotrophic substances in fetal septohippocampal neurons following chronic prenatal ethanol exposure. BRAIN RESEARCH. DEVELOPMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH 1995; 85:1-13. [PMID: 7781156 DOI: 10.1016/0165-3806(94)00180-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Pregnant Long-Evans rats were maintained on three diets: a liquid diet in which ethanol accounted for 35-39% of the total calories, a similar diet with the isocaloric substitution of sucrose for ethanol, and a lab chow control diet. At gestation day 18, the fetuses were taken and cultures of septal and hippocampal neurons prepared. Neuronal survival and neurite outgrowth were compared in cultures from the three diet groups, using the following media supplements: ethanol (1.2, 1.8 or 2.4 g/dl), neurotrophic factors (nerve growth factor [NGF] with the septal cultures, basic fibroblast growth factor [bFGF] with the hippocampal cultures), or ethanol plus neurotrophic factors. Both the septal and hippocampal neurons responded to ethanol in a dose-dependent manner. The neurons from both populations from fetuses which had been exposed prenatally to ethanol, however, tolerated considerably higher ethanol concentrations before decreases in survival or outgrowth were seen. These ethanol-exposed neuronal populations were also less responsive to neurotrophic factors: in hippocampal cultures, process outgrowth was significantly enhanced by bFGF in control but not ethanol-derived cultures, and in septal and hippocampal cultures, the neurotrophic factors significantly ameliorated ethanol neurotoxicity in control cultures, but not in those from the ethanol-exposed fetuses. The possible relevance of these observations to the fetal alcohol syndrome is discussed.
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- M B Heaton
- University of Florida Brain Institute, Department of Neuroscience, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville 32610-0244, USA
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Gruol DL, Curry JG. Calcium signals elicited by quisqualate in cultured Purkinje neurons show developmental changes in sensitivity to acute alcohol. Brain Res 1995; 673:1-12. [PMID: 7757461 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(94)01324-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The effect of acute alcohol (33 mM ethanol) on calcium signaling evoked by glutamate receptor activation was studied in cultured cerebellar Purkinje and granule neurons at different stages of development. Calcium signals were measured by microscopic imaging using the calcium sensitive dye fura-2. At an early stage in development (10 days in vitro), acute alcohol enhanced the calcium signals evoked in Purkinje neurons by exogenous application of quisqualate, an agonist at ionotropic and metabotropic glutamate receptors. In contrast, in mature cultured Purkinje neurons (21-24 days in vitro) the calcium signals produced by quisqualate were reduced by alcohol. At an intermediate stage of development (14 days in vitro) reflecting the main period of morphological and physiological maturation, alcohol had no significant effect on the response to quisqualate. Alcohol's actions were significantly altered by manipulation of the intracellular stores with caffeine, implicating intracellular stores in alcohol's actions. Calcium signals produced by quisqualate in the cultured granule neurons were also altered by acute alcohol, in a manner similar to that observed in the Purkinje neurons. These data demonstrate that calcium signaling pathways are a site of alcohol action in developing CNS neurons and that the cellular consequences of alcohol exposure can change with development. Such actions of alcohol could have significant effects on the immature nervous system, where the precise timing of appropriate signaling levels are important aspects of the maturation process.
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- D L Gruol
- Department of Neuropharmacology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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