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Keith CH, Wilson MT. Factors controlling axonal and dendritic arbors. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 2001; 205:77-147. [PMID: 11336394 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(01)05003-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The sculpting and maintenance of axonal and dendritic arbors is largely under the control of molecules external to the cell. These factors include both substratum-associated and soluble factors that can enhance or inhibit the outgrowth of axons and dendrites. A large number of factors that modulate axonal outgrowth have been identified, and the first stages of the intracellular signaling pathways by which they modify process outgrowth have been characterized. Relatively fewer factors and pathways that affect dendritic outgrowth have been described. The factors that affect axonal arbors form an incompletely overlapping set with those that affect dendritic arbors, allowing selective control of the development and maintenance of these critical aspects of neuronal morphology.
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- C H Keith
- Department of Cellular Biology. University of Georgia, Athens, 30605, USA
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van Rossum D, Kuhse J, Betz H. Dynamic interaction between soluble tubulin and C-terminal domains of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor subunits. J Neurochem 1999; 72:962-73. [PMID: 10037467 DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1999.0720962.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The cytoplasmic C-terminal domains (CTs) of the NR1 and NR2 subunits of the NMDA receptor have been implicated in its anchoring to the subsynaptic cytoskeleton. Here, we used affinity chromatography with glutathione S-transferase-NR1-CT and -NR2B-CT fusion proteins to identify novel binding partner(s) of these NMDA receptor subunits. Upon incubation with rat brain cytosolic protein fraction, both NR1-CT and NR2B-CT, but not glutathione S-transferase, specifically bound tubulin. The respective fusion proteins also bound tubulin purified from brain, suggesting a direct interaction between the two binding partners. In tubulin polymerization assays, NR1-CT and NR2B-CT significantly decreased the rate of microtubule formation without destabilizing preformed microtubules. Moreover, only minor fractions of either fusion protein coprecipitated with the newly formed microtubules. Consistent with these findings, ultrastructural analysis of the newly formed microtubules revealed a limited association only with the CTs of the NR1 and NR2B. These data suggest a direct interaction of the NMDA receptor channel subunit CTs and tubulin dimers or soluble forms of tubulin. The efficient modulation of microtubule dynamics by the NR1 and NR2 cytoplasmic domains suggests a functional interaction of the receptor and the subsynaptic cytoskeletal network that may play a role during morphological adaptations, as observed during synaptogenesis and in adult CNS plasticity.
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- D van Rossum
- Department of Neurochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Identification of a survival-promoting peptide in medium conditioned by oxidatively stressed cell lines of nervous system origin. J Neurosci 1998. [PMID: 9736629 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-18-07047.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A survival-promoting peptide has been purified from medium conditioned by Y79 human retinoblastoma cells and a mouse hippocampal cell line (HN 33.1) exposed to H2O2. A 30 residue synthetic peptide was made on the basis of N-terminal sequences obtained during purification, and it was found to exhibit gel mobility and staining properties similar to the purified molecules. The peptide maintains cells and their processes in vitro for the HN 33.1 cell line treated with H2O2, and in vivo for cortical neurons after lesions of the cerebral cortex. It has weak homology with a fragment of a putative bacterial antigen and, like that molecule, binds IgG. The peptide also contains a motif reminiscent of a critical sequence in the catalytic region of calcineurin-type phosphatases; surprisingly, like several members of this family, the peptide catalyzes the hydrolysis of para-nitrophenylphosphate in the presence of Mn2+. Application of the peptide to one side of bilateral cerebral cortex lesions centered on area 2 in rats results in an increase in IgG immunoreactivity in the vicinity of the lesions 7 d after surgery. Microglia immunopositive for IgG and ED-1 are, however, dramatically reduced around the lesions in the treated hemisphere. Furthermore, pyramidal neurons that would normally shrink, die, or disintegrate were maintained, as determined by MAP2 immunocytochemistry and Nissl staining. These survival effects were often found in both hemispheres. The results suggest that this peptide operates by diffusion to regulate the immune response and thereby rescue neurons that would usually degenerate after cortical lesions. The phosphatase activity of this molecule also suggests the potential for direct neuron survival-promoting effects.
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Neuropathic pain accompanies peripheral nerve injury after a wide variety of insults including metabolic disorders, traumatic nerve injury, and neurotoxic drugs. Chemotherapy-induced neuropathic pain, caused by drugs such as vincristine and taxol, occurs in cancer patients who receive these drugs as antineoplastic agents. Although a variety of remediations have been attempted, the absence of knowledge concerning mechanisms of chemotherapy-induced neuropathic pain has hindered the development of treatment strategies. Vincristine, a widely used chemotherapeutic agent, produces painful peripheral neuropathy in humans and mechanical hyperalgesia in rats. To test the hypothesis that alterations in C-fiber nociceptor function occur during vincristine-induced painful peripheral neuropathy, we performed in vivo extracellular recordings of single neurons from the saphenous nerve of vincristine-treated rats. Forty-one percent of C-fiber nociceptors were significantly hyper-responsive to suprathreshold mechanical stimulation. As a population, these mechanically hyper-responsive nociceptors also had significantly greater responses to suprathreshold heat stimulation; however, heat hyper-responsiveness was found only in a subset of these nociceptors and was never detected in the absence of mechanical hyper-responsiveness. In addition, mean conduction velocities of A-fibers and C-fibers in vincristine-treated rats were significantly slowed. Mean heat and mechanical activation thresholds of C-fiber nociceptors, their distribution among subclasses, and the percentage of spontaneously active neurons in vincristine-treated rats were not statistically different from controls. Vincristine does not, therefore, cause generalized impairment of C-fiber nociceptor function but rather specifically interferes with mechanisms underlying responsiveness to suprathreshold stimuli. Furthermore, vincristine-induced nociceptor hyper-responsiveness may involve alterations specifically in mechanotransduction in some nociceptors and alterations in general cellular adaptation mechanisms in others.
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Tanner KD, Levine JD, Topp KS. Microtubule disorientation and axonal swelling in unmyelinated sensory axons during vincristine-induced painful neuropathy in rat. J Comp Neurol 1998. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19980615)395:4<481::aid-cne5>3.0.co;2-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Brook GA, Spitzer C, Nacimiento W, Woodhams PL, Noth J. A novel early component of the cell body response in axotomized Clarke's nucleus neurons revealed by monoclonal antibody Py. Exp Neurol 1998; 149:64-72. [PMID: 9454615 DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1997.6714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The monoclonal antibody Py was initially developed as a tool for the identification of subpopulations of hippocampal neurons. Recently it has also been demonstrated to be a useful marker for other populations of midbrain and spinal cord neurons in which the antigen showed a strong colocalization with cytoskeletal elements. To assess the possible usefulness of Py as a tool for studying lesion-induced cell body changes, densitometric analysis of altered Py-immunoreactivity (Py-IR) has been compared with that of microtubule-associated protein 2 (MAP2) in Clarke's nucleus following axotomy. One week after a unilateral transection of the dorsal spinocerebellar tract at Th9-10, Py-IR in the Clarke's nucleus ipsilateral and caudal to the lesion was reduced by approximately 40%. By 21 days, Py-IR was reduced by approximately 50% (a near maximal reduction) and remained constant up to 5 months after the lesion (the longest survival time studied). Alterations of MAP2-IR in Clarke's nucleus were later in onset, slower to develop, and less marked. The differential distribution of the Py antigen in the CNS and its rapid and long lasting loss indicate that the Py antibody is a sensitive tool for studying novel early alterations of the cytoskeleton which may be important molecular events in axotomy-induced pathological processes.
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- G A Brook
- Department of Neurology, Aachen University Medical School, Germany
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Morris BJ. Stabilization of dendritic mRNAs by nitric oxide allows localized, activity-dependent enhancement of hippocampal protein synthesis. Eur J Neurosci 1997; 9:2334-9. [PMID: 9464927 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1997.tb01650.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: 02/06/2023]
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A small number of mRNA species are not restricted to the neuronal cell body, but are also present in neuronal dendrites. The levels of two of these dendritic mRNAs, encoding the microtubule-associated protein MAP2 and the alpha subunit of calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CamKIIalpha), are increased rapidly by high-frequency synaptic activity or by release of nitric oxide. To test the hypothesis that post-transcriptional mechanisms might contribute to this modulation, primary cultures of rat hippocampal neurons were exposed to s-nitroso-N-acetyl penicillamine (SNAP, 200 microM) or vehicle, and mRNA stability was determined. The stability of both CamKIIalpha mRNA and MAP2 mRNA was increased by SNAP treatment, whereas the stabilities of tubulin T26 mRNA and proenkephalin mRNA were unaffected. When the intensity of staining for MAP2 immunoreactivity and CamKIIalpha immunoreactivity was monitored in cultured hippocampal neurons, nitric oxide-releasing agents induced increases in staining intensity that were dependent on protein synthesis but not on mRNA synthesis. These results show that nitric oxide can selectively stabilize CamKIIalpha mRNA and MAP2 mRNA, leading to increased synthesis of the corresponding proteins. This demonstrates a mechanism whereby the presence of a particular mRNA in the vicinity of a synapse permits the levels of the protein product to be regulated by synaptic activity in a manner that is both prolonged and also highly localized to the region of stimulation. Thus, the dependence of sustained synaptic plasticity on de novo protein synthesis need not entail a loss of anatomical specificity.
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- B J Morris
- Division of Neuroscience and Biomedical Systems, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Glasgow University, UK
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Ratushnyak AS, Zapara TA, Zharkikh AA, Ratushnyak OA. Effects of changes in dynamic equilibrium in microtubule and microfilament systems on the plastic responses of neurons. NEUROSCIENCE AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY 1997; 27:353-9. [PMID: 9252991 DOI: 10.1007/bf02462935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Studies were carried out on the effects of disruption and stabilization of microtubules and microfilaments on the formation of neuronal plastic responses in isolated nerve cells of the mollusk Lymnaea stagnalis. Disruption of these cytoskeletal elements prevented the development of neuronal plastic responses. Microtubule stabilization produced a dynamic relationship between the development and retention of neuronal plastic responses and series of stimuli. Stabilization of microfilaments blocked the development but promoted the retention of these neuronal responses.
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- A S Ratushnyak
- Institute of Computer Technology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch, Novosibirsk
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Huntley GW, Vickers JC, Morrison JH. Quantitative localization of NMDAR1 receptor subunit immunoreactivity in inferotemporal and prefrontal association cortices of monkey and human. Brain Res 1997; 749:245-62. [PMID: 9138725 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(96)00847-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The cellular and synaptic localization of immunoreactivity for the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor subunit, NMDAR1, was investigated in inferotemporal and prefrontal association neocortices of monkeys and humans. In all monkey association areas examined, the laminar distribution patterns of NMDAR1 immunoreactivity were similar, and characterized by predominant pyramidal-like neuronal labeling in layers II, III, V and VI and a dense neuropil labeling consisting of intensely stained puncta and fine-caliber processes present throughout layers I-III, and V-VI. Layer IV, in contrast, contained only very lightly immunostained neurons which mostly lacked extensive dendritic staining. The laminar distribution of NMDAR1 immunolabeling in human association cortex was similar to that observed in monkeys. Electron microscopy of monkey areas 46 and TE1 confirmed that intensely immunoreactive asymmetrical postsynaptic densities were present throughout all cell-dense layers of prefrontal and inferotemporal association cortex. Quantitative analyses of the laminar proportions of immunoreactive synapses demonstrated that in both areas examined, the percentages of immunolabeled synapses were mostly similar across superficial layers, layer IV and infragranular layers. Finally, quantitative double-labeling immunofluorescence for non-NMDA receptor subunits or calcium-binding proteins demonstrated that virtually all GluR2/3 or GluR5/6/7-immunoreactive neurons were also labeled for NMDAR1, while regionally-specific subsets of parvalbumin-, calbindin- and calretinin-immunoreactive neurons were co-labeled. These data indicate that in primate association cortex, NMDA receptors are heterogeneously distributed to subsets of functionally distinct types of neurons and subsets of excitatory synapses, suggesting a critical and highly specific role in mediating the activity of excitatory connectivity which converges on cortical association areas.
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- G W Huntley
- Fishberg Research Center for Neurobiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029-6574, USA
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Hof PR, Nimchinsky EA, Morrison JH. Neurochemical phenotype of corticocortical connections in the macaque monkey: quantitative analysis of a subset of neurofilament protein-immunoreactive projection neurons in frontal, parietal, temporal, and cingulate cortices. J Comp Neurol 1995; 362:109-33. [PMID: 8576425 DOI: 10.1002/cne.903620107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The neurochemical characteristics of the neuronal subsets that furnish different types of corticocortical connections have been only partially determined. In recent years, several cytoskeletal proteins have emerged as reliable markers to distinguish subsets of pyramidal neurons in the cerebral cortex of primates. In particular, previous studies using an antibody to nonphosphorylated neurofilament protein (SMI-32) have revealed a consistent degree of regional and laminar specificity in the distribution of a subpopulation of pyramidal cells in the primate cerebral cortex. The density of neurofilament protein-immunoreactive neurons was shown to vary across corticocortical pathways in macaque monkeys. In the present study, we have used the antibody SMI-32 to examine further and to quantify the distribution of a subset of corticocortically projecting neurons in a series of long ipsilateral corticocortical pathways in comparison to short corticocortical, commissural, and limbic connections. The results demonstrate that the long association pathways interconnecting the frontal, parietal, and temporal neocortex have a high representation of neurofilament protein-enriched pyramidal neurons (45-90%), whereas short corticocortical, callosal, and limbic pathways are characterized by much lower numbers of such neurons (4-35%). These data suggest that different types of corticocortical connections have differential representation of highly specific neuronal subsets that share common neurochemical characteristics, thereby determining regional and laminar cortical patterns of morphological and molecular heterogeneity. These differences in neuronal neurochemical phenotype among corticocortical circuits may have considerable influence on cortical processing and may be directly related to the type of integrative function subserved by each cortical pathway. Finally, it is worth noting that neurofilament protein-immunoreactive neurons are dramatically affected in the course of Alzheimer's disease. The present results support the hypothesis that neurofilament protein may be crucially linked to the development of selective neuronal vulnerability and subsequent disruption of corticocortical pathways that lead to the severe impairment of cognitive function commonly observed in age-related dementing disorders.
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- P R Hof
- Fishberg Research Center for Neurobiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
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Mantyh PW, DeMaster E, Malhotra A, Ghilardi JR, Rogers SD, Mantyh CR, Liu H, Basbaum AI, Vigna SR, Maggio JE. Receptor endocytosis and dendrite reshaping in spinal neurons after somatosensory stimulation. Science 1995; 268:1629-32. [PMID: 7539937 DOI: 10.1126/science.7539937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 371] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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In vivo somatosensory stimuli evoked the release of substance P from primary afferent neurons that terminate in the spinal cord and stimulated endocytosis of substance P receptors in rat spinal cord neurons. The distal dendrites that showed substance P receptor internalization underwent morphological reorganization, changing from a tubular structure to one characterized by swollen varicosities connected by thin segments. This internalization and dendritic structural reorganization provided a specific image of neurons activated by substance P. Thus receptor internalization can drive reversible structural changes in central nervous system neurons in vivo. Both of these processes may be involved in neuronal plasticity.
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- P W Mantyh
- Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN 55417, USA
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Ferroelectric behavior in microtubule dipole lattices: Implications for information processing, signaling and assembly/disassembly. J Theor Biol 1995. [DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1995.0105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Johnston HM, Morris BJ. Selective regulation of dendritic MAP2 mRNA levels in hippocampal granule cells by nitric oxide. Neurosci Lett 1994; 177:5-10. [PMID: 7824180 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(94)90031-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Application of NMDA, or agents releasing nitric oxide (NO), onto the dendrites of hippocampal granule cells increased the levels of the mRNA encoding MAP2, a cytoskeletal component induced during periods of neurite outgrowth. Furthermore, local increases in the hybridisation signal in the molecular layer, representing dendritic MAP2 mRNA, occurred independently of changes in MAP2 mRNA levels in the cell body layer. The selective modulation of MAP2 mRNA in dendrites reveals a mechanism allowing a sustained stimulation of dendritic outgrowth to be confined to those regions of a neuron's dendritic arbour local to glutamate receptor stimulation.
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- H M Johnston
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Glasgow, UK
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Pollard H, Khrestchatisky M, Moreau J, Ben-Ari Y, Represa A. Correlation between reactive sprouting and microtubule protein expression in epileptic hippocampus. Neuroscience 1994; 61:773-87. [PMID: 7838377 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(94)90401-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Temporal lobe epilepsy in both human and rats is associated with a collateral sprouting of hippocampal mossy fibers (i.e. the axons of granule cells). This sprouting generates abnormal recurrent synaptic connections. We previously showed that in the experimental model of temporal lobe epilepsy induced by an intra-amygdaloid injection of kainate, the synaptic remodeling of mossy fibers was preceded by a transient increased expression of alpha-tubulin in granule cells. This suggests that an overproduction of tubulin polymers may be responsible, at least in part, for the elongation and side-branching of mossy fibers, which occurs 12-30 days after seizures. In the present study we show that this increased expression of alpha-tubulin is accompanied by an increased expression of the microtubule-associated proteins MAP2 and TAU. Thus, using in situ hybridization, we observe that MAP2 messenger RNA levels increased in granule cell bodies and dendrites from day 3 to two weeks after kainate treatment. This rise is associated with a concomitant transient increase of MAP2 immunoreactivity in the granule cell dendrites. TAU messenger RNA also increases in granule cell bodies, while TAU immunoreactivity increases in their axons, the mossy fibers. The time course of these changes parallels that of alpha-tubulin, and develops before and during the axonal mossy fiber sprouting. Since MAP2 and TAU are important for the initiation, elongation and stabilization of neurites, we suggest that the overexpression of these proteins via the formation of microtubules may play an important role in the sprouting of mossy fibers in epileptic rats.
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Schoenfeld TA, Obar RA. Diverse distribution and function of fibrous microtubule-associated proteins in the nervous system. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 1994; 151:67-137. [PMID: 7912236 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(08)62631-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- T A Schoenfeld
- Department of Psychology, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts 01610
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Actin filaments are highly concentrated in postsynaptic densities at central excitatory synapses, but their influence on postsynaptic glutamate receptors is unknown. We tested whether actin depolymerization influences NMDA channel activity in whole-cell recording on cultured hippocampal neurons. The ATP- and calcium-dependent rundown of NMDA channels was prevented when actin depolymerization was blocked by phalloidin. Rundown of AMPA/kainate receptors was unaffected by phalloidin. Cytochalasins, which enhance actin-ATP hydrolysis, induced NMDA channel rundown, whereas taxol or colchicine, which stabilize or disrupt microtubule assembly, had no effect. Protease inhibitors also had no effect. Our results suggest that calcium and ATP can influence NMDA channel activity by altering the state of actin polymerization and are consistent with a proposed model in which actin filaments compartmentalize a channel regulatory protein.
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- C Rosenmund
- Vollum Institute, Department of Physiology, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland 97201
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Lahoz-Beltra R, Hameroff SR, Dayhoff JE. Cytoskeletal logic: a model for molecular computation via Boolean operations in microtubules and microtubule-associated proteins. Biosystems 1993; 29:1-23. [PMID: 8318677 DOI: 10.1016/0303-2647(93)90078-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Adaptive behaviors and dynamic activities within living cells are organized by the cytoskeleton: intracellular networks of interconnected protein polymers which include microtubules (MTs), actin, intermediate filaments, microtubule associated proteins (MAPs) and other protein structures. Cooperative interactions among cytoskeletal protein subunit conformational states have been used to model signal transmission and information processing. In the present work we present a theoretical model for molecular computing in which Boolean logic is implemented in parallel networks of individual MTs interconnected by MAPs. Conformational signals propagate on MTs as in data buses and in the model MAPs are considered as Boolean operators, either as bit-lines (like MTs) where a signal can be transported unchanged between MTs ('BUS-MAP'), or as bit-lines where a Boolean operation is performed in one of the two MAP-MT attachments ('LOGIC-MAP'). Three logic MAPs have been defined ('NOT-MAP, 'AND-MAP', 'XOR-MAP') and used to demonstrate addition, subtraction and other arithmetic operations. Although our choice of Boolean logic is arbitrary, the simulations demonstrate symbolic manipulation in a connectionist system and suggest that MT-MAP networks can perform computation in living cells and are candidates for future molecular computing devices.
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- R Lahoz-Beltra
- Department of Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
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Drachman DA, Lippa CF. The etiology of Alzheimer's disease: the pathogenesis of dementia. The role of neurotoxins. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1992; 648:176-86. [PMID: 1637045 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1992.tb24536.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- D A Drachman
- Department of Neurology, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester 01655
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Kerwin RW, Murray RM. A developmental perspective on the pathology and neurochemistry of the temporal lobe in schizophrenia. Schizophr Res 1992; 7:1-12. [PMID: 1350459 DOI: 10.1016/0920-9964(92)90067-f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Neuropathological, neuroimaging, clinical and epidemiological evidence suggests that many cases of schizophrenia are developmental in origin. Dysplastic changes in the medial temporal lobes appear to be of particular importance. However, research implicating a neurodevelopmental origin for schizophrenia has proceeded largely in isolation from knowledge concerning the neurochemistry of the disorder. This paper attempts to integrate these disparate lines of research, and examines the role of trophic mechanisms in the formation of the hippocampus. Those neurotransmitters which have been most consistently found to be abnormal in the temporal lobes of schizophrenics (excitatory amino acids and CCK), are involved in the control of hippocampal development. We suggest that these neurotransmitter findings are the residue of abnormalities in their role as trophic factors in foetal or neonatal life, and that the latter contribute to the developmental aberrations considered fundamental to schizophrenia.
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Bigot D, Hunt SP. The effects of quisqualate and nocodazole on the organization of MAP2 and neurofilaments in spinal cord neurons in vitro. Neurosci Lett 1991; 131:21-6. [PMID: 1791975 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(91)90328-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The relationship between microtubules, neurofilaments and microtubule-associated protein (MAP)2 was investigated in spinal cord neurons grown for up to 14 days in vitro. Neurons were labelled using antibodies against MAP2, neurofilaments and tubulin, and immunofluorescence analyzed by confocal microscopy. A well-structured network of neurofilaments and microtubules was observed in unstimulated cultures. MAP2 staining was poorly structured but became more filamentous following depolymerization of microtubules with nocodazole. Double-staining experiments suggested that MAP2 was now closely associated with neurofilaments in cell bodies and dendrites. Stimulation of cultures with excitatory amino acids increased the resistance of the microtubular cytoskeleton to depolymerization by nocodazole. Again double-labelling experiments demonstrated an increased association between neurofilaments and MAP2 immunofluorescence. Previous results suggested that the stability of the neuronal cytoskeleton could be modulated by glutamate receptors acting through an increased binding of MAP2 to microtubules. From the results presented here, we further suggest that cross-linking of neurofilaments to microtubules may also play a role in this process.
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- D Bigot
- MRC Neurobiology Unit, MRC Centre, Cambridge, U.K
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Koyama Y, Sugimoto T, Shigenaga Y, Baba A, Iwata H. A morphological study on glutamate-induced swelling of cultured astrocytes: involvement of calcium and chloride ion mechanisms. Neurosci Lett 1991; 124:235-8. [PMID: 1676835 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(91)90102-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Morphological changes in cultured astrocytes exposed to L-glutamate (Glu) were examined light and electron microscopically. The treatment with 0.1 mM Glu for 60 min caused marked swelling of the cells, which was characterized by reduction in staining of cytoplasm with Toluidine blue, disappearance of the cytoplasmic granular ground substances, swollen mitochondrion and nucleus, and dispersed chromatin. The above changes were prevented by the removal of Na+, Ca2+ or Cl- from the incubation medium for Glu treatment. However, the Glu treatment in a Cl(-)-free medium caused conspicuous aggregation of 10 nm filaments.
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- Y Koyama
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Japan
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