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Wei HH, Yuan XS, Chen ZK, Chen PP, Xiang Z, Qu WM, Li RX, Zhou GM, Huang ZL. Presynaptic inputs to vasopressin neurons in the hypothalamic supraoptic nucleus and paraventricular nucleus in mice. Exp Neurol 2021; 343:113784. [PMID: 34139240 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2021.113784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2020] [Revised: 05/29/2021] [Accepted: 06/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Arginine vasopressin (AVP) neurons in the hypothalamic supraoptic nucleus (SON) and paraventricular nucleus (PVN) are involved in important physiological behaviors, such as controling osmotic stability and thermoregulation. However, the presynaptic input patterns governing AVP neurons have remained poorly understood due to their heterogeneity, as well as intermingling of AVP neurons with other neurons both in the SON and PVN. In the present study, we employed a retrograde modified rabies-virus system to reveal the brain areas that provide specific inputs to AVP neurons in the SON and PVN. We found that AVP neurons of the SON and PVN received similar input patterns from multiple areas of the brain, particularly massive afferent inputs from the diencephalon and other brain regions of the limbic system; however, PVNAVP neurons received relatively broader and denser inputs compared to SONAVP neurons. Additionally, SONAVP neurons received more projections from the median preoptic nucleus and organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis (a circumventricular organ), compared to PVNAVP neurons, while PVNAVP neurons received more afferent inputs from the bed nucleus of stria terminalis and dorsomedial nucleus of the hypothalamus, both of which are thermoregulatory nuclei, compared to those of SONAVP neurons. In addition, both SONAVP and PVNAVP neurons received direct afferent projections from the bilateral suprachiasmatic nucleus, which is the master regulator of circadian rhythms and is concomitantly responsible for fluctuations in AVP levels. Taken together, our present results provide a comprehensive understanding of the specific afferent framework of AVP neurons both in the SON and PVN, and lay the foundation for further dissecting the diverse roles of SONAVP and PVNAVP neurons.
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- Hao-Hua Wei
- Department of Anatomy and Histoembryology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China; Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Anatomy and Histoembryology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China; Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Anatomy and Histoembryology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Anatomy and Histoembryology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Anatomy and Histoembryology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
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Effect of amisulpride, olanzapine, quetiapine, and aripiprazole single administration on c-Fos expression in vasopressinergic and oxytocinergic neurons of the rat hypothalamic supraoptic nucleus. Endocr Regul 2020; 54:77-84. [PMID: 32597151 DOI: 10.2478/enr-2020-0010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to reveal the impact of four types of atypical antipsychotics including amisulpride (AMI), olanzapine (OLA), quetiapine (QUE), and aripiprazole (ARI), with different receptor-affinity profile and dissociation constant, on the activity of hypothalamic supraoptic nucleus (SON) vasopressinergic and oxytocinergic neurons. METHODS Male Sprague Dawley rats received a single injection of vehicle (VEH) (0.1 ml/100g), AMI (20 mg/kg), OLA (5 mg/kg), QUE (15 mg/kg/) or ARI (10 mg/kg). Ninety min after treatment, the animals were fixed by transcardial perfusion, the brains removed, and cryocut into serial coronal sections of 35 µm thickness. The sections were processed for c-Fos staining using an avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex and visualized by nickel intensified diaminobenzidine to reach black end product. Afterwards, the sections were exposed to vasopressin (AVP) and oxytocin (OXY) antibodies and the reaction product visualized by biotin-labeled fluorescent Alexa Fluor 568 dye. The data were evaluated from c-Fos and AVP or OXY merged sections. RESULTS The present study shows that all four antipsychotics applied induced c-Fos expression in the SON. With respect to the stimulation efficacy of the individual antipsychotics, estimated based on the quantity of c-Fos-labeled AVP and OXY neurons, could be a preferential action assigned to QUE over moderate effect of ARI and lower effect to OLA and reduced effect of AMI (VEH < AMI < OLA < ARI < QUE). CONCLUSION The present data for the first time provide an insight into the quantitative pattern of brain activity within the clusters of SON AVP and OXY cells in response to different atypical antipsychotics single treatment.
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Kawano H. Synaptic contact between median preoptic neurons and subfornical organ neurons projecting to the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus. Exp Brain Res 2017; 235:1053-1062. [DOI: 10.1007/s00221-016-4862-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2016] [Accepted: 12/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Charra R, Datiche F, Casthano A, Gigot V, Schaal B, Coureaud G. Brain processing of the mammary pheromone in newborn rabbits. Behav Brain Res 2011; 226:179-88. [PMID: 21925546 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2011] [Revised: 08/30/2011] [Accepted: 09/04/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Chemosignals strongly contribute to social interactions in mammals, including mother-young relationships. In the European rabbit, a volatile compound emitted by lactating females in milk, the 2-methylbut-2-enal, has been isolated. Carrying the properties of a pheromone, in particular the spontaneous ability to release critical sucking-related movements in newborns, it has been called the mammary pheromone (MP). Lesion of the vomeronasal organ and preliminary 2-deoxyglucose data suggested that the MP could be processed by the main olfactory system. However, the neuronal substrate that sustains the MP-induced response of neonates remained unknown. Here, we evaluated Fos expression in 4-day-old-rabbits exposed to the MP (in comparison with control neonates exposed to non-relevant odorant, no odorant or unmanipulated pups) both at the level of the olfactory bulb and central brain regions. Evidence of high and widespread Fos immunoreactivity in the main olfactory bulb appear in MP pups while the accessory olfactory bulb exhibits a negligible staining. However, no obvious bulbar pattern of Fos expression is observed, when in contrast a certain pattern emerges with the neutral odorant. Compared to this latter, the MP exposure increases Fos expression in the anterior piriform cortex, the organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis and the habenula, with a tendency in the lateral preoptic region. For the first time, a pheromone essential for mother-young interaction is thus highlighted for its processing by the main olfactory system, the whole olfactory bulb, and by brain regions involved in osmoregulation, thirst and motivation-guided motor responses.
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- R Charra
- Developmental Ethology and Cognitive Psychology & Brain, Sensoriality and Metabolism groups, Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, UMR 6265 CNRS, 1324 INRA, Université de Bourgogne, Agrosup Dijon, Dijon, France
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Sudbury JR, Ciura S, Sharif-Naeini R, Bourque CW. Osmotic and thermal control of magnocellular neurosecretory neurons - role of an N-terminal variant of trpv1. Eur J Neurosci 2010; 32:2022-30. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07512.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Bruhn FHP, Corrêa PBF, Oliveira-Pelegrin GR, Rocha MJA. Blocking systemic nitric oxide production alters neuronal activation in brain structures involved in cardiovascular regulation during polymicrobial sepsis. Neurosci Lett 2009; 453:141-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.02.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2008] [Revised: 01/28/2009] [Accepted: 02/16/2009] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Uschakov A, Gong H, McGinty D, Szymusiak R. Sleep-active neurons in the preoptic area project to the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus and perifornical lateral hypothalamus. Eur J Neurosci 2006; 23:3284-96. [PMID: 16820018 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.04860.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The lamina terminalis consists of the organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis (OVLT), median preoptic nucleus (MnPO) and subfornical organ. The MnPO and ventrolateral preoptic area (vlPOA) are known to contain high densities of neurons that are sleep active. The prevalence of sleep-active neurons in the OVLT and subfornical organ is unknown. The vlPOA and subdivisions of the lamina terminalis project to hypothalamic regions involved in the control of behavioral, electrographic or autonomic arousal, including the lateral hypothalamic area (LHA) and paraventricular nucleus (PVN). The extent to which projection neurons are active during sleep is unknown. We quantified c-Fos protein immunoreactivity (IR) in the lamina terminalis and vlPOA in sleeping and awake rats that received injections of retrograde tracer into either the LHA or PVN. Fos IR was also examined in lamina terminalis neurons following tracer injections into the vlPOA. Significantly more projection neurons from the MnPO, OVLT and vlPOA to the LHA were Fos-immunoreactive in sleeping vs. awake animals. Waking Fos IR was more prevalent in lamina terminalis neurons projecting to the PVN although a subset of MnPO projection neurons in sleeping rats was Fos-immunoreactive. Almost 50% of vlPOA-PVN projection neurons expressed Fos IR during sleep, compared with 3% during waking. Significantly more neurons in the OVLT and MnPO projecting to the vlPOA were Fos-immunoreactive in sleeping vs. awake rats. Inhibition of LHA and PVN neurons arising from OVLT, MnPO and vlPOA neurons may contribute to suppression of behavioral, electroencephalographic and sympathetic nervous system activation during sleep.
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- Aaron Uschakov
- Research Service 151A3, V.A. Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, 16111 Plummer Street, North Hills, CA 91343, USA
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Rodovalho GV, Franci CR, Morris M, Anselmo-Franci JA. Locus Coeruleus Lesions Decrease Oxytocin and Vasopressin Release Induced by Hemorrhage. Neurochem Res 2006; 31:259-66. [PMID: 16528616 DOI: 10.1007/s11064-005-9015-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/06/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The role of the noradrenergic nucleus Locus Coeruleus (LC) on hemorrhage-induced vasopressin (AVP) and oxytocin (OT) secretion was examined. Rats with LC lesion were submitted to three 1-min hemorrhage sessions at 5-min intervals; 15% of the total blood volume was withdrawn in each session. OT and AVP were measured in plasma, paraventricular (PVN) and supraoptic (SON) nuclei and in posterior pituitary (PP). LC Lesion did not affect basal plasma AVP or OT levels, but partly blocked the increase in plasma AVP and OT induced by hemorrhage. Hemorrhage produced decreases in content of AVP and OT in the PVN and SON and increased levels in the PP. These responses were attenuated in the lesioned group, but only in the PVN and PP. Data suggest a stimulatory role of the inputs from LC to PVN neurons on hemorrhage-induced OT and AVP secretion and that, this pathway is critical in the hypo-volemic neuroendocrine reflex.
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- G V Rodovalho
- Departamento de Fisiologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil
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de Lucca Junior W, Franci CR. Angiotensinergic pathway through the median preoptic nucleus in the control of oxytocin secretion and water and sodium intake. Brain Res 2004; 1014:236-43. [PMID: 15213008 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.03.077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/31/2004] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Our objective was to study in which situations the median preoptic nucleus (MnPO) interferes with the control of oxytocin secretion and salt intake and the possible mediation of angiotensin II (AII) through their AT1 receptors. Lesion of the MnPO by ibotenic acid in male rats did not change water and NaCl intake in conditions of ad libitum offer, water deprivation or salt load, but it did cause significant decrease of NaCl intake in sodium depleted animals. These animals presented higher water intake or lower NaCl intake after microinjection of AII or losartan into the MnPO, respectively. They decreased plasma oxytocin after microinjection of losartan into the MnPO, but not of AII or isotonic saline. Oxytocin secretion induced by hypertonic saline i.p. was reduced by microinjection of AII, but not losartan into the MnPO. On the other hand, microinjection of losartan in this area, but not AII, reduced plasma oxytocin in animals submitted to the isotonic saline i.p. Thus, it seems that the sodium intake control is performed by MnPO neurons through the stimulatory action of angiotensin II on AT1 receptors under sodium depletion, but not water deprivation or salt overload neither of ad libitum water and salt intake condition. On the other hand, in the high-sodium condition, endogenous angiotensin did not act on MnPO neurons to the control of oxytocin secretion while exogenous angiotensin inhibited oxytocin secretion. These results indicate two possible angiotensinergic neural circuits: one is stimulating and the other is inhibiting oxytocin secretion, depending on sodium balance.
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- Waldecy de Lucca Junior
- Departamento de Fisiologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida bandeirantes, 3900. CEP: 14049-900 Ribeirão Preto-SP, Brazil
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Moos F, Marganiec A, Fontanaud P, Guillou-Duvoid A, Alonso G. Synchronization of oxytocin neurons in suckled rats: possible role of bilateral innervation of hypothalamic supraoptic nuclei by single medullary neurons. Eur J Neurosci 2004; 20:66-78. [PMID: 15245480 DOI: 10.1111/j.0953-816x.2004.03455.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We have previously shown that oxytocin neurons located in the four hypothalamic magnocellular nuclei display synchronous bursts of action potentials before each milk ejection. The mechanisms involved in such a synchronization have, however, not yet been elucidated. In this study, we test the hypothesis of an extranuclear synchronization arising from a common extrahypothalamic input innervating bilateral magnocellular nuclei. First, two different retrograde tracers were injected into the right and left supraoptic nuclei of rats that were fixed 5-7 days later. Each tracer labelled numerous neurons in various brain regions ipsilateral or contralateral to the injection site, but colocalization of the two tracers within the same cell body could only be detected bilaterally in neurons in the ventromedial regions of the medulla oblongata. The axonal projections of these medullary neurons were then visualized by the unilateral microinjection of an anterograde tracer (BDA) within the ventromedial medulla oblongata. BDA-labelled axons afferent to the hypothalamus were found to branch towards both supraoptic nuclei through medial portions of the optic chiasma. Finally, in anaesthetized lactating rats, surgical lesions were placed medially through the optic chiasma and the electrical activity of oxytocin neurons in bilateral supraoptic nuclei was pair-recorded during suckling. The incidence of synchronous bursts in oxytocin neurons located within bilateral supraoptic nuclei were dramatically altered only when the medial portions of the optic chiasma were totally lesioned. Taken together, these data suggest that medullary neurons afferent to bilateral supraoptic nuclei are involved in the recruitment and synchronization of bursting in oxytocin neurons during suckling.
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- Françoise Moos
- CNRS UMR 5101, Biologie des Neurones Endocrines, CCIPE, 141 rue de la Cardonille, 34094 Montpellier Cedex 05, France.
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Antunes-Rodrigues J, de Castro M, Elias LLK, Valença MM, McCann SM. Neuroendocrine control of body fluid metabolism. Physiol Rev 2004; 84:169-208. [PMID: 14715914 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00017.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 336] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Mammals control the volume and osmolality of their body fluids from stimuli that arise from both the intracellular and extracellular fluid compartments. These stimuli are sensed by two kinds of receptors: osmoreceptor-Na+ receptors and volume or pressure receptors. This information is conveyed to specific areas of the central nervous system responsible for an integrated response, which depends on the integrity of the anteroventral region of the third ventricle, e.g., organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis, median preoptic nucleus, and subfornical organ. The hypothalamo-neurohypophysial system plays a fundamental role in the maintenance of body fluid homeostasis by secreting vasopressin and oxytocin in response to osmotic and nonosmotic stimuli. Since the discovery of the atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), a large number of publications have demonstrated that this peptide provides a potent defense mechanism against volume overload in mammals, including humans. ANP is mostly localized in the heart, but ANP and its receptor are also found in hypothalamic and brain stem areas involved in body fluid volume and blood pressure regulation. Blood volume expansion acts not only directly on the heart, by stretch of atrial myocytes to increase the release of ANP, but also on the brain ANPergic neurons through afferent inputs from baroreceptors. Angiotensin II also plays an important role in the regulation of body fluids, being a potent inducer of thirst and, in general, antagonizes the actions of ANP. This review emphasizes the role played by brain ANP and its interaction with neurohypophysial hormones in the control of body fluid homeostasis.
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- José Antunes-Rodrigues
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Azdad K, Piet R, Poulain DA, Oliet SHR. Dopamine D4 receptor-mediated presynaptic inhibition of GABAergic transmission in the rat supraoptic nucleus. J Neurophysiol 2003; 90:559-65. [PMID: 12711714 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00226.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The mechanism by which dopamine induces or facilitates neurohypophysial hormone release is not completely understood. Because oxytocin- and vasopressin-secreting supraoptic neurons are under the control of a prominent GABAergic inhibition, we investigated the possibility that dopamine exerts its action by modulating GABA-mediated transmission. Whole cell voltage-clamp recordings of supraoptic neurons were carried out in acute hypothalamic slices to determine the action of dopamine on inhibitory postsynaptic currents. Application of dopamine caused a consistent and reversible reduction in the frequency, but not the amplitude, of miniature synaptic events, indicating that dopamine was acting presynaptically to reduce GABAergic transmission. The subtype of dopamine receptor involved in this response was characterized pharmacologically. Dopamine inhibitory action was greatly reduced by two highly selective D4 receptor antagonists L745,870 and L750,667 and to a lower extent by the antipsychotic drug clozapine but was unaffected by SCH 23390 and sulpiride, D1/D5 and D2/D3 receptor antagonists, respectively. In agreement with these results, the action of dopamine was mimicked by the potent D4 receptor agonist PD168077 but not by SKF81297 and bromocriptine, D1/D5 and D2/D3 receptor agonists, respectively. Dopamine and PD168077 also reduced the amplitude of evoked inhibitory postsynaptic currents, an effect that was accompanied by an increase in paired-pulse facilitation. These data clearly indicate that D4 receptors are located on GABA terminals in the supraoptic nucleus and that their activation reduces GABA release in the supraoptic nucleus. Therefore dopaminergic facilitation of neurohypophysial hormone release appears to result, at least in part, from disinhibition of magnocellular neurons caused by the depression of GABAergic transmission.
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- Karima Azdad
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U.378, Université Victor Segalen, Institut François Magendie, 33077 Bordeaux, France
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Eiland MM, Ramanathan L, Gulyani S, Gilliland M, Bergmann BM, Rechtschaffen A, Siegel JM. Increases in amino-cupric-silver staining of the supraoptic nucleus after sleep deprivation. Brain Res 2002; 945:1-8. [PMID: 12113945 PMCID: PMC8842515 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(02)02448-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Sleep deprived rats undergo a predictable sequence of physiological changes, including changes in skin condition, increased energy expenditure, and altered thermoregulation. Amino-cupric-silver staining was used to identify sleep deprivation related changes in the brain. A significant increase in staining was observed in the supraoptic nucleus (SON) of the hypothalamus of rats with high sleep loss (>45 h) vs. their yoked controls. Follow-up experiments showed that staining was not significantly different in rats sleep deprived for less than 45 h, suggesting that injurious sleep deprivation-related processes occur above a threshold quantity of sleep loss. These anatomical changes suggest that the effects of sleep deprivation may be related to protein metabolism in certain brain regions.
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- Monica M. Eiland
- University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Neurobiology Research 151A3, 16111 Plummer Street, Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare System, Sepulveda, North Hills, CA 91343, USA
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- University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Neurobiology Research 151A3, 16111 Plummer Street, Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare System, Sepulveda, North Hills, CA 91343, USA
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- University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Neurobiology Research 151A3, 16111 Plummer Street, Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare System, Sepulveda, North Hills, CA 91343, USA
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- University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Neurobiology Research 151A3, 16111 Plummer Street, Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare System, Sepulveda, North Hills, CA 91343, USA
- Corresponding author. Tel.: 11-818-891-7711x7581. (J.M. Siegel)
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Grindstaff RR, Cunningham JT. Cardiovascular regulation of vasopressin neurons in the supraoptic nucleus. Exp Neurol 2001; 171:219-26. [PMID: 11573974 DOI: 10.1006/exnr.2001.7745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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This paper reviews the regulation of hypothalamic vasopressin and oxytocin neurosecretory cells in the neural response to plasma volume expansion. Many questions remain unanswered regarding how an increase in volume affects neurohypophysial hormone secretion, what receptors are important in mediating this response, and which neural pathways are responsible for conveying the signal from those receptors to the hypothalamus. Plasma volume expansion activates regions of the central nervous system associated with inhibition of vasopressin release, oxytocin secretion, and inhibition of sympathetic nerve activity. Cardiac receptors, not arterial baroreceptors, are primarily responsible for activation of the regions associated with regulation of vasopressin secretion and sympathetic outflow. Other stimuli that as yet are undefined account for activation of oxytocin-secreting neurons. Electrophysiology experiments have measured the inhibition of vasopressin-secreting magnocellular neurons in the supraoptic nucleus by select stimulation of cardiac receptors in the caval-atrial junction. Further experiments suggest that the perinuclear zone, a population of neurons surrounding the supraoptic nucleus, is a necessary part of the pathway by which caval-atrial stretch decreases the excitability of vasopressin neurons. The perinuclear zone is also a necessary synapse for arterial baroreceptor-mediated inhibition of vasopressin neurons. This suggests that the neural pathways that inhibit vasopressin release in response to an increase in blood pressure and an increase in blood volume may overlap at the perinuclear zone of the supraoptic nucleus. Finally, the integration of various neural pathways activated by multiple receptors to ultimately determine the activity of magnocellular neurons and vasopressin secretion is discussed.
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- R R Grindstaff
- Department of Physiology and the Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA
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Grindstaff RR, Cunningham JT. Lesion of the perinuclear zone attenuates cardiac sensitivity of vasopressinergic supraoptic neurons. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2001; 280:R630-8. [PMID: 11171639 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.2001.280.3.r630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Discrete stretch of the caval-atrial junction decreases the activity of vasopressin-secreting neurons in the supraoptic nucleus (SON). The perinuclear zone (PNZ) of the SON is necessary for inhibition of vasopressin neurons following an increase in blood pressure. To determine whether the PNZ is necessary for cardiopulmonary regulation of vasopressin neurons, male rats received three unilateral injections of the excitotoxin ibotenic acid (n = 9) or phosphate-buffered saline vehicle (n = 10) into the PNZ. Extracellular activity of antidromically identified phasic vasopressin neurons in the ipsilateral SON was recorded. Of the 26 neurons recorded from vehicle-injected rats 26 were inhibited by an increase in blood pressure and 22 of those neurons were sensitive to caval-atrial distension. Of the neurons recorded from PNZ-lesion rats, only 12 of 29 were inhibited by an increase in blood pressure (P < 0.05), and only 11 neurons were sensitive to caval-atrial stretch (P < 0.05). Functional lesion of the PNZ significantly attenuates both arterial and cardiopulmonary baroreceptor-mediated inhibition of supraoptic vasopressin neurons, suggesting that the PNZ is a necessary component of both pathways.
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- R R Grindstaff
- Department of Physiology and Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA
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Tillet Y, Batailler M, Thiéry JC, Thibault J. Neuronal projections to the lateral retrochiasmatic area of sheep with special reference to catecholaminergic afferents: immunohistochemical and retrograde tract-tracing studies. J Chem Neuroanat 2000; 19:47-67. [PMID: 10882837 DOI: 10.1016/s0891-0618(00)00052-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The retrochiasmatic area contains the A15 catecholaminergic group and numerous monoaminergic afferents whose discrete cell origins are unknown in sheep. Using tract-tracing methods with a specific retrograde fluorescent tracer, fluorogold, we examined the cells of origin of afferents to the retrochiasmatic area in sheep. The retrogradely labeled cells were seen by observation of the tracer by direct fluorescence or by immunohistochemistry with specific antibodies raised in rabbits or horses. Among the retrogradely labeled neurons, double immunohistochemistry for tyrosine hydroxylase, dopamine-beta-hydroxylase, and serotonin were used to characterize catecholamine and serotonin FG labeled neurons. The retrochiasmatic area, which included the A15 dopaminergic group and the accessory supraoptic nucleus (SON), received major inputs from the lateral septum (LS), the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST), the thalamic paraventricular nucleus, hypothalamic paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei, the perimamillary area, the amygdala, the ventral part of the hippocampus and the parabrachial nucleus (PBN). Further, numerous scattered retrogradely labeled neurons were observed in the preoptic area, the ventromedial part of the hypothalamus. the periventricular area, the periaqueductal central gray (CG), the ventrolateral medulla and the dorsal vagal complex. Most of the noradrenergic afferents came from the ventro-lateral medulla (Al group), and only a few from the locus coeruleus complex (A6/A7 groups). A few dopaminergic neurons retrogradely labeled with flurogold were observed in the periventricular area of the hypothalamus. Rare serotoninergic fluorogold labeled neurons belonged to the dorsal raphe nucleus. Most of these afferents came from both sides of the brain, except for hypothalamic supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei. In the light of these anatomical data, we compared our results with data obtained from rats, and we discussed the putative role of these afferents in sheep in the regulation of several specific functions in which the retrochiasmatic area may be involved, such as reproduction.
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- Y Tillet
- Laboratoire de Neuroendocrinologie Sexuelle, INRA-PRMD, Nouzilly, France.
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Pittman QJ, Hirasawa M, Mouginot D, Kombian SB. Neurohypophysial peptides as retrograde transmitters in the supraoptic nucleus of the rat. Exp Physiol 2000; 85 Spec No:139S-143S. [PMID: 10795916 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-445x.2000.tb00017.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A possible role for vasopressin and oxytocin in the physiology of the supraoptic nucleus was investigated using nystatin-perforated patch recording in acute brain slices from the rat containing the supraoptic nucleus. We observed that exogenously applied oxytocin reduced glutamate-mediated synaptic transmission by acting at a presynaptic oxytocin receptor. Endogenous oxytocin, released either by afferent excitation (tetanus) or by postsynaptic depolarization of the recorded magnocellular neurone caused a similar reduction of excitatory input and this could be blocked with an oxytocin antagonist. Thus endogenous oxytocin, released from magnocellular dendrites, acts as a retrograde transmitter to reduce afferent excitation. We discuss the possible significance of these results in terms of the physiological role of oxytocin in the intact animal and suggest possible avenues for further experimentation.
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- Q J Pittman
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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Oliet SH, Poulain DA. Adenosine-induced presynaptic inhibition of IPSCs and EPSCs in rat hypothalamic supraoptic nucleus neurones. J Physiol 1999; 520 Pt 3:815-25. [PMID: 10545146 PMCID: PMC2269632 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1999.00815.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/1999] [Accepted: 08/11/1999] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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1. The effects of adenosine on synaptic transmission in magnocellular neurosecretory cells were investigated using whole-cell patch-clamp recordings in acute rat hypothalamic slices that included the supraoptic nucleus. 2. Adenosine reversibly reduced the amplitude of evoked inhibitory (IPSCs) and excitatory (EPSCs) postsynaptic currents in a dose-dependent manner (IC50 approximately 10 microM for both types of current). 3. Depression of IPSCs and EPSCs by adenosine was reversed by the application of the A1 adenosine receptor antagonist 8-cyclopentyl-1, 3-dimethylxanthine (CPT; 10 microM). 4. When pairs of stimuli were given at short intervals, adenosine inhibitory action was always less effective on the second of the two responses than on the first, resulting in an increased paired-pulse facilitation and suggesting a presynaptic site of action. This observation was confirmed by analysis of spontaneous miniature synaptic currents whose frequency, but not amplitude or kinetics, was reversibly reduced by 100 microM adenosine. 5. CPT had no effect on synaptic responses evoked at a low frequency of stimulation (0.05-0.5 Hz), indicating the absence of tonic activation of A1 receptors under these recording conditions. However, CPT inhibited a time-dependent depression of both IPSCs and EPSCs induced during a 1 Hz train of stimuli. 6. Taken together, these results suggest that adenosine can be released within the supraoptic nucleus at a concentration sufficient to inhibit the release of GABA and glutamate via the activation of presynaptic A1 receptors. By its inhibitory feedback action on the major afferent inputs to oxytocin and vasopressin neurones, adenosine could optimally adjust electrical and secretory activities of hypothalamic magnocellular neurones.
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- S H Oliet
- Laboratoire de Neurobiologie Morphofonctionnelle, INSERM U378, Universite Victor Segalen - Bordeaux 2, 33077 Bordeaux, France.
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Bourque CW. Osmoregulation of vasopressin neurons: a synergy of intrinsic and synaptic processes. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 1999; 119:59-76. [PMID: 10074781 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(08)61562-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The release of vasopressin into the general circulation varies as a function of plasma osmolality and therefore plays a major role in systemic osmoregulation. In vivo, the secretion of this hormone in the neurohypophysis is primarily determined by the rate of action potential discharge of the magnocellular neurosecretory cells (MNCs) in the hypothalamus. Experiments done over the past 20 years have clarified much of the neurophysiological basis underlying this important osmoregulatory reflex. As discussed here, recent findings indicate that the regulation of the firing rate of MNCs during changes in systemic osmolality involves the concerted modulation of mechanosensitive ion channels in MNCs, as well as excitatory glutamatergic inputs derived from forebrain regions such as the organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis.
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- C W Bourque
- Centre for Research in Neuroscience, Montreal General Hospital, QC, Canada
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Bianchi R, Corsetti G, Rodella L, Tredici G, Gioia M. Supraspinal connections and termination patterns of the parabrachial complex determined by the biocytin anterograde tract-tracing technique in the rat. J Anat 1998; 193 ( Pt 3):417-30. [PMID: 9877297 PMCID: PMC1467862 DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-7580.1998.19330417.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We have re-evaluated, using the anterograde tracer biocytin, supraspinal efferent projections from the parabrachial complex (PBN) to gain new information about the nature of its connections and nerve terminal patterns. We selectively injected biocytin into the 3 main regions of the nucleus (lateral PBN, medial PBN and Kölliker-Fuse nucleus). We observed distinct groups of ascending and descending fibres of different calibre from the PBN running throughout the brain and reaching many brain areas involved in the regulation of autonomic function. Here we detected labelled bouton-like terminals and fibres with en-passage varicosities. The ascending efferents from the lateral PBN mainly reached the reticular, raphe and thalamic nuclei, the zona incerta (ZI), central nucleus of the amygdala (CeA) and lateral area of the periaqueductal grey (PAG). Thin descending efferents reached the ventral region of the solitary tract nucleus (STN). The ascending efferents from the medial PBN were seen in the raphe nuclei, reticular nuclei, ventral and lateral areas of the PAG, thalamic nuclei, and in the medial and lateral nuclei of the amygdala. Descending efferents were seen in the STN and in some reticular nuclei. The ascending projections from the Kölliker-Fuse targeted the ventral area of PAG, CeA, ZI, lateral hypothalamic area, ventromedial thalamic nucleus and, with only a few terminals, the ipsi and contralateral reticular area. A large number of descending efferents reached STN, caudal and paragigantocellular reticular nuclei. The higher sensitivity of biocytin compared with other types of markers allowed us to determine more effectively the distribution, nature and extent of the supraspinal PBN connections. This suggested that in several nerve circuits the PBN probably plays a more important role than previously thought.
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- R Bianchi
- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Brescia, Italy.
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Perryman WC, Harlow H. Vasopressin location and relative quantification within the vampire bat (Desmodus rotundas) brain. Brain Res 1998; 792:340-2. [PMID: 9593983 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(98)00216-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Vasopressin was localized in the supraoptic nucleus (SON), paraventricular nucleus, amygdala, habenula, and the posterior pituitary. Microdensitometry analysis revealed an inversely proportionate relationship between the relative vasopressin levels in the SON and the posterior pituitary when exposed to varying periods of dehydration. Short term dehydrated bats displayed increased vasopressin in the SON and decreased levels in the posterior pituitary. Chronically dehydrated bats displayed decreased vasopressin in the SON with increased levels in the posterior pituitary.
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- W C Perryman
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, ND 58202, USA.
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Mouginot D, Kombian SB, Pittman QJ. Activation of presynaptic GABAB receptors inhibits evoked IPSCs in rat magnocellular neurons in vitro. J Neurophysiol 1998; 79:1508-17. [PMID: 9497428 DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.3.1508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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1508-1517, 1998. Whole cell recordings (nystatin-perforated patch) were carried out on magnocellular neurons of the rat supraoptic nucleus (SON) to study the modulation of inhibitory postsynaptic currents (IPSCs) by gamma-aminobutyric acid-B (GABAB) receptors. Field stimulation adjacent to the SON in the presence of kynurenic acid, evoked monosynaptic GABAergic IPSCs. Baclofen reversibly reduced the amplitude of the IPSCs in a dose-dependent manner (EC50: 0.68 microM) without apparent effect on the holding current (Vh = -80 mV) or input resistance and altered neither the kinetic properties, nor the reversal potential of IPSCs. Concomittant to IPSC depression, baclofen enhanced the paired-pulse ratio for two consecutive IPSCs [interstimulus interval (ISI): 50 ms], an effect consistent with a presynaptic locus of action. Both actions of baclofen were abolished by CGP35348 (500 microM), a GABAB receptor antagonist. In testing for involvement of synaptically activated presynaptic GABAB receptors, we only recorded paired-pulse facilitation at most ISIs tested (50-500 ms), suggesting that the classical GABAB autoreceptors may not normally be activated in our conditions. However, enhancement of local GABA concentration by perfusion of a GABA uptake inhibitor (NO-711) revealed an action of endogenous GABA at these presynaptic GABAB receptors. The nonselective K+ channel blocker Ba2+ abolished baclofen's effect and pertussis toxin (PTX) pretreatment (200-500 ng/ml for 18-24 h) was ineffective in blocking the baclofen-induced inhibition, making an involvement of PTX-sensitive G protein unlikely. The present results show that presynaptic GABAB receptors that are coupled to PTX-insensitive G-proteins may be activated by endogenous GABA under conditions of reduced GABA uptake, thus regulating the inhibitory synaptic input to SON.
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- D Mouginot
- Neuroscience Research Group, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4N1, Canada
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Bisset GW, Fairhall KM. Release of vasopressin and oxytocin by excitatory amino acid agonists and the effect of antagonists on release by muscarine and hypertonic saline, in the rat in vivo. Br J Pharmacol 1996; 117:309-14. [PMID: 8789384 PMCID: PMC1909267 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15192.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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1. It has been claimed that glutamate is the dominant excitatory neurotransmitter in neuroendocrine regulation. The evidence is derived mainly from in vitro experiments. 2. We have investigated in vivo a possible role of excitatory amino acids (EAAs) in the neural control of release of vasopressin (AVP) and oxytocin from the neurohypophysis. 3. In rats under ethanol anaesthesia in which a diuresis was maintained by a constant fluid load, the i.c.v. injection of glutamate and the synthetic agonists alpha-amino, 3-hydroxy-5-methyl-isoxazole-4-propionate (AMPA) and N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) produced an antidiuretic response (ADR) which was abolished by an AVP antagonist. For AMPA and NMDA it was shown that this ADR was accompanied by increased urinary excretion of AVP and oxytocin. 4. The selectivity of antagonists was tested in this system. D-2-Amino-5-phosphonopentanoate (D-AP5) blocked the responses to NMDA but not to AMPA; 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2, 3-dione (CNQX) blocked the responses to both agonists. 5. The ADR to muscarine and hypertonic saline i.c.v., and the increase in excretion of AVP and oxytocin in response to muscarine, were blocked by CNQX but not by D-AP5. 6. The results suggest that hypertonic saline releases AVP and muscarine releases both AVP and oxytocin, at least in part, by activating a glutaminergic input to the SON and PVN involving an AMPA receptor. This input could function as a terminal interneurone in afferent neural pathways to these nuclei.
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- G W Bisset
- Division of Neurophysiology, National Institute for Medical Research, London
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Thellier D, Moos F, Richard P, Stoeckel ME. Evidence for connections between a discrete hypothalamic dorsochiasmatic area and the supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei. Brain Res Bull 1994; 34:261-74. [PMID: 7519964 DOI: 10.1016/0361-9230(94)90063-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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In order to check the existence of direct or indirect connections between the hypothalamic supraoptic (SON) and paraventricular (PVN) nuclei, four retrograde traces were iontophoretically injected into these nuclei. The small injection sites were restricted to parts of the SON and PVN, enabling the identification of afferent neurons localized in their immediate vicinity. The tracer injections into any of these hypothalamic nuclei resulted in conspicuous labeling of cells gathered dorsally to the optic chiasma and the optic tract. This neuronal population was tentatively called dorsochiasmatic area. Double retrograde tracers injections into the ipsilateral SON and PVN gave evidence for some neurons containing both tracers in this dorsochiasmatic area. Otherwise, labeled parvocellular neurons were occasionally found in one PVN, after injecting retrograde tracer into either the ipsilateral SON or the contralateral PVN. As few connections exist between the four magnocellular nuclei, the dorsochiasmatic area connected with both the ipsilateral SON and PVN could play an important role in regulating the oxytocin and/or vasopressin systems.
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- D Thellier
- Laboratoire de Physiologie, Université Louis Pasteur, URA CNRS 1446, Strasbourg, France
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Zardetto-Smith AM, Thunhorst RL, Cicha MZ, Johnson AK. Afferent signaling and forebrain mechanisms in the behavioral control of extracellular fluid volume. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1993; 689:161-76. [PMID: 8373012 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1993.tb55545.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The body defends against reduced extracellular fluid volume both by activation of autonomic and endocrine reflexes and by mobilization of behavioral mechanisms. The behaviors that are required to correct an extracellular fluid deficit involve the ingestion of both water and sodium. It is reasonable to hypothesize that afferent neural input from both arterial and cardiopulmonary high pressure and volume receptors, and afferent humoral input in the form of ANG II, are important systemically-generated signals acting as afferent mediators of extracellular depletion-induced thirst and sodium appetite. Neural information from these signals has been shown to converge on forebrain structures located along the lamina terminalis where processing and integration of this input is likely to take place. This paper describes an analysis of the mechanisms of afferent signaling that accompanies a form of rapidly induced sodium appetite. Because volume and pressure-related input in concert with elevated activity of the renin-angiotensin system is likely to be important for generating this form of induced hypertonic sodium chloride and water intake, we have focused on the structures of the lamina terminalis, specifically the SFO, MnPO, and OVLT. Investigations that employ immunocytochemical methods for the detection of the early oncogene, c-fos, indicate that neurons in the lamina terminalis, as well as the SON and PVN, are activated by the composite of systemically derived signals necessary for producing thirst and sodium appetite. So far, there is no thorough understanding of how these visceral signals activate the neural substrates for these motivated behaviors. However, these studies, combining both functional and neuroanatomical approaches, provide a strategy for investigating the neurobiological basis of the behavioral and physiological control systems that maintain fluid balance and cardiovascular homeostasis. This paper describes an analysis of the mechanisms of afferent signaling that accompanies a form of rapidly induced sodium appetite. Because volume and pressure-related input, in concert with elevated activity of the renin-angiotensin system, is likely to be important for generating this form of induced hypertonic sodium chloride and water intake, we have focused on the structures of the lamina terminalis, specifically the SFO, MnPO, and OVLT. Investigations that employ immunocytochemical methods for the detection of the early oncogene, c-fos, indicate that neurons in the lamina terminalis, as well as the SON and PVN, are activated by the composite of systemically derived signals necessary for producing thirst and sodium appetite. So far, there is no thorough understanding of how these visceral sensory-related signals activate the neural substrates for these motivated behaviors.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- A M Zardetto-Smith
- Departments of Psychology and Pharmacology, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242-1407
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Jhamandas JH, Harris KH, Krukoff TL. Parabrachial nucleus projection towards the hypothalamic supraoptic nucleus: electrophysiological and anatomical observations in the rat. J Comp Neurol 1991; 308:42-50. [PMID: 1874981 DOI: 10.1002/cne.903080105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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It has been proposed that the pontine parabrachial nucleus (PBN) participates in the regulation of body fluid balance and the release of vasopressin from the neurohypophysis, although the pathways mediating the latter response are uncertain. This study in the rat, utilizing anatomical and electrophysiological methods, describes a projection from the lateral PBN towards the hypothalamic supraoptic nucleus (SON). Rats received iontophoretic injections of the anterograde tracer Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin (PHA-L, 2% solution). After 14-17 days, rats were sacrificed and their brains prepared for immunofluorescent visualization of projections to the SON region. PHA-L-labelled terminals were found primarily in perinuclear regions immediately dorsal to the SON. In contrast, injections within the medial PBN and the nearby Kölliker-Fuse nucleus did not reveal labelling in or around the SON. Extracellular recordings from 86 of 118 antidromically identified neurons in anaesthetized rats revealed a set of complex synaptic responses after stimulation in the PBN. Excitatory responses (in 82 of 86 cells) of short (less than 100 msec, 39/82 cells) and long (greater than 100 msec, 43/82) duration were observed in both vasopressin- and oxytocin-secreting cells of the SON, while 4/86 cells displayed a depressant response to PBN stimulation. In the adjacent perinuclear zone, 22/39 nonneurosecretory cells responded with an increase in their excitability consequent to an identical stimulus. These data suggest a predominantly facilitatory influence of lateral PBN neurons on SON neurosecretory cells in the rat, and that the PBN-SON projection is an indirect one that utilizes an interneuronal network located in the perinuclear zone adjacent to the SON.
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- J H Jhamandas
- Department of Medicine and Neurology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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Moos F, Ingram CD, Wakerley JB, Guerné Y, Freund-Mercier MJ, Richard P. Oxytocin in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis and lateral septum facilitates bursting of hypothalamic oxytocin neurons in suckled rats. J Neuroendocrinol 1991; 3:163-71. [PMID: 19215518 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.1991.tb00259.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Abstract Several regions of the forebrain possess high densities of oxytocin (OT)-binding sites including the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BST) and lateral septum (LS). In order to examine whether these regions participate in the central facilitation of the milk ejection reflex by OT, microinjections of OT (1 ng in 100 nl containing Janus Green dye) were made into the BST (13 tests) or LS (9 tests) of anaesthetized, suckled rats, while recording the electrical activity of OT neurons in the contralateral supraoptic nucleus. Histological localization of injection sites using Janus Green demonstrated that all BST injections were close to the anterior commissure, and LS injections were all located in the ventral division of the LS. Film autoradiographic visualization of OT-binding sites (in 7 tests using [(125)I]OT antagonist) confirmed that the BST and LS injections were located within regions of high OT binding. Injections into both regions facilitated the milk ejection reflex by increasing either the frequency and/or amplitude of OT neuron bursts, or by triggering bursts in animals that previously had shown no milk ejection responses; the mean number of milk ejections in the 30 min before and after injection increasing from 1.6.0.5 to 3.6.0.5 for BST and from 1.5.0.6 to 3.9.0.4 for LS. The OT microinjections had a more variable effect on background activity of OT neurons, increasing firing in some cases and not in others. This facilitatory effect was similar to that induced by microinjections into the lateral ventricle, but was smaller and delayed compared to that induced by injection into the third ventricle (9 tests), possibly due to unilateral activation of target sites. The facilitatory effect was unlikely to have been due to diffusion of OT into the ventricle, since injections into control sites (striatum and thalamus) at similar distances from the ventricle (9 tests) had no facilitatory effect (number of bursts during 30 min before and after injection; 2.2.0.5 and 1.8.0.5, respectively). These data suggest that limbic structures (BST and LS) participate in the action of central OT on the pattern of milk ejections in the suckled rat.
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- F Moos
- Laboratoire de Physiologie Générale, URA 309 CNRS, Université Louis Pasteur, 21 rue René Descartes, 67084 Strasbourg, France
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