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Fenech C, Winters BL, Otsu Y, Aubrey KR. Supraspinal glycinergic neurotransmission in pain: A scoping review of current literature. J Neurochem 2024. [PMID: 39075923 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.16191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2024] [Revised: 07/16/2024] [Accepted: 07/16/2024] [Indexed: 07/31/2024]
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The neurotransmitter glycine is an agonist at the strychnine-sensitive glycine receptors. In addition, it has recently been discovered to act at two new receptors, the excitatory glycine receptor and metabotropic glycine receptor. Glycine's neurotransmitter roles have been most extensively investigated in the spinal cord, where it is known to play essential roles in pain, itch, and motor function. In contrast, less is known about supraspinal glycinergic functions, and their contributions to pain circuits are largely unrecognized. As glycinergic neurons are absent from cortical regions, a clearer understanding of how supraspinal glycine modulates pain could reveal new pharmacological targets. This review aims to synthesize the published research on glycine's role in the adult brain, highlighting regions where glycine signaling may modulate pain responses. This was achieved through a scoping review methodology identifying several key regions of supraspinal pain circuitry where glycine signaling is involved. Therefore, this review unveils critical research gaps for supraspinal glycine's potential roles in pain and pain-associated responses, encouraging researchers to consider glycinergic neurotransmission more widely when investigating neural mechanisms of pain.
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- Caitlin Fenech
- Pain Management Research Institute, Kolling Institute, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Pain Management Research Institute, Kolling Institute, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
- Discipline of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Pain Management Research Institute, Kolling Institute, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Pain Management Research Institute, Kolling Institute, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Beau M, Herzfeld DJ, Naveros F, Hemelt ME, D’Agostino F, Oostland M, Sánchez-López A, Chung YY, Michael Maibach, Kyranakis S, Stabb HN, Martínez Lopera MG, Lajko A, Zedler M, Ohmae S, Hall NJ, Clark BA, Cohen D, Lisberger SG, Kostadinov D, Hull C, Häusser M, Medina JF. A deep-learning strategy to identify cell types across species from high-density extracellular recordings. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.01.30.577845. [PMID: 38352514 PMCID: PMC10862837 DOI: 10.1101/2024.01.30.577845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2024]
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High-density probes allow electrophysiological recordings from many neurons simultaneously across entire brain circuits but don't reveal cell type. Here, we develop a strategy to identify cell types from extracellular recordings in awake animals, revealing the computational roles of neurons with distinct functional, molecular, and anatomical properties. We combine optogenetic activation and pharmacology using the cerebellum as a testbed to generate a curated ground-truth library of electrophysiological properties for Purkinje cells, molecular layer interneurons, Golgi cells, and mossy fibers. We train a semi-supervised deep-learning classifier that predicts cell types with greater than 95% accuracy based on waveform, discharge statistics, and layer of the recorded neuron. The classifier's predictions agree with expert classification on recordings using different probes, in different laboratories, from functionally distinct cerebellar regions, and across animal species. Our classifier extends the power of modern dynamical systems analyses by revealing the unique contributions of simultaneously-recorded cell types during behavior.
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- Maxime Beau
- Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Neurobiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
- Department of Computer Engineering, Automation and Robotics, Research Centre for Information and Communication Technologies, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Neurobiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
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- Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, London, UK
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- Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, London, UK
- Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, London, UK
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- Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, London, UK
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- Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, London, UK
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- Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
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- Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, London, UK
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- The Leslie and Susan Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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- Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, London, UK
- Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, King’s College London, London, UK
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- Department of Neurobiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
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- Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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Gómez-Martínez M, Rincón H, Gómez-Álvarez M, Gómez-Nieto R, Saldaña E. The nuclei of the lateral lemniscus: unexpected players in the descending auditory pathway. Front Neuroanat 2023; 17:1242245. [PMID: 37621862 PMCID: PMC10445163 DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2023.1242245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2023] [Accepted: 07/10/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023] Open
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Introduction In the mammalian auditory pathway, the nuclei of the lateral lemniscus (NLL) are thought to be exclusively involved in the bottom-up transmission of auditory information. However, our repeated observation of numerous NLL neurons labeled after injection of retrograde tracers into the superior olivary complex (SOC) led us to systematically investigate with retrograde tracers the descending projections from the NLL to the SOC of the rat. Methods We performed large injections of FluoroGold into the SOC to determine NLL contributions to descending projections, and focal injections of biotinylated dextran amine (BDA) to pinpoint the specific nuclei of the SOC innervated by each NLL. Results The SOC is innervated by thousands of neurons distributed across four nuclei or regions associated with the lateral lemniscus: the ipsilateral ventral and intermediate nuclei of the lateral lemniscus (VNLL and INLL); the medial paralemniscal region (PL) of both sides; and the ipsilateral semilunar nucleus (SLN), a previously unrecognized nucleus that wraps around the INLL dorsally, medially, and caudally and consists of small, flat neurons. In some experiments, at least 30% of neurons in the VNLL and INLL were retrogradely labeled. All nuclei of the SOC, except the medial and lateral superior olives, are innervated by abundant lemniscal neurons, and each SOC nucleus receives a unique combination of lemniscal inputs. The primary target of the projections from the VNLL is the ventral nucleus of the trapezoid body (VNTB), followed by the superior paraolivary nucleus (SPON), and the medial nucleus of the trapezoid body (MNTB). The INLL selectively innervates the VNTB. The PL innervates dorsal periolivary regions bilaterally. The SLN preferentially innervates the MNTB and may provide the first identified non-calyceal excitatory input to MNTB neurons. Discussion Our novel findings have strong implications for understanding acoustic information processing in the initial stages of the auditory pathway. Based on the proportion of lemniscal neurons involved in all the projections described, the NLL should be considered major players in the descending auditory pathway.
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- Mario Gómez-Martínez
- Neuroscience Institute of Castilla y León, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
- Department of Cell Biology and Pathology, Medical School, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
- Institute of Biomedical Research of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Neuroscience Institute of Castilla y León, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
- Department of Cell Biology and Pathology, Medical School, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
- Institute of Biomedical Research of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Neuroscience Institute of Castilla y León, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
- Department of Cell Biology and Pathology, Medical School, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
- Institute of Biomedical Research of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Neuroscience Institute of Castilla y León, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
- Department of Cell Biology and Pathology, Medical School, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
- Institute of Biomedical Research of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Neuroscience Institute of Castilla y León, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
- Department of Cell Biology and Pathology, Medical School, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
- Institute of Biomedical Research of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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García-Guillén IM, Aroca P, Marín F. Molecular identity of the lateral lemniscus nuclei in the adult mouse brain. Front Neuroanat 2023; 17:1098352. [PMID: 36999169 PMCID: PMC10044012 DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2023.1098352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2022] [Accepted: 02/20/2023] [Indexed: 03/11/2023] Open
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IntroductionThe dorsal (DLL), intermediate (ILL), and ventral (VLL) lateral lemniscus nuclei are relay centers in the central auditory pathway of the brainstem, commonly referred to as the lateral lemniscus nuclei (LLN). The LLN are situated in the prepontine and pontine hindbrain, from rhombomeres 1 to 4, extending from the more rostral DLL to the caudal VLL, with the ILL lying in between. These nuclei can be distinguished morphologically and by topological and connectivity criteria, and here, we set out to further characterize the molecular nature of each LLN.MethodsWe searched in situ hybridization studies in the Allen Mouse Brain Atlas for genes differentially expressed along the rostrocaudal axis of the brainstem, identifying 36 genes from diverse functional families expressed in the LLN.ResultsAvailable information in the databases indicated that 7 of these 36 genes are either associated with or potentially related to hearing disorders.DiscussionIn conclusion, the LLN are characterized by specific molecular profiles that reflect their rostrocaudal organization into the three constituent nuclei. This molecular regionalization may be involved in the etiology of some hearing disorders, in accordance with previous functional studies of these genes.
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Dubois CJ, Cardoit L, Simmers J, Lambert FM, Thoby-Brisson M. Perinatal development of central vestibular neurons in mice. Front Neurosci 2022; 16:935166. [PMID: 36117641 PMCID: PMC9475070 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.935166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2022] [Accepted: 08/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Central circuitry of the vestibular nuclei integrates sensory inputs in the adaptive control of motor behaviors such as posture, locomotion, and gaze stabilization. Thus far, such circuits have been mostly examined at mature stages, whereas their emergence and early development have remained poorly described. Here, we focused on the perinatal period of murine development, from embryonic day E14.5 to post-natal day P5, to investigate the ontogeny of two functionally distinct vestibular neuronal groups, neurons projecting to the spinal cord via the lateral vestibulospinal tract (LVST) and commissural neurons of the medial vestibular nucleus that cross the midline to the contralateral nucleus. Using transgenic mice and retrograde labeling, we found that network-constitutive GABAergic and glycinergic neurons are already established in the two vestibular groups at embryonic stages. Although incapable of repetitive firing at E14.5, neurons of both groups can generate spike trains from E15.5 onward and diverge into previously established A or B subtypes according to the absence (A) or presence (B) of a two-stage spike after hyperpolarization. Investigation of several voltage-dependent membrane properties indicated that solely LVST neurons undergo significant maturational changes in their electrophysiological characteristics during perinatal development. The proportions of A vs B subtypes also evolve in both groups, with type A neurons remaining predominant at all stages, and type B commissural neurons appearing only post-natally. Together, our results indicate that vestibular neurons acquire their distinct morpho-functional identities after E14.5 and that the early maturation of membrane properties does not emerge uniformly in the different functional subpopulations of vestibulo-motor pathways.
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Diaz C, Glover JC. The Vestibular Column in the Mouse: A Rhombomeric Perspective. Front Neuroanat 2022; 15:806815. [PMID: 35173589 PMCID: PMC8842660 DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2021.806815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2021] [Accepted: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The vestibular column is located in the hindbrain between the sensory auditory (dorsal) and trigeminal (ventral) columns, spanning rhombomeres r1 (or r2) to r9. It contains the vestibular nuclear complex that receives sensory innervation from the labyrinthine end organs in the inner ear. Gene expression studies and experimental manipulations of developmental genes, particularly Hox genes and other developmental patterning genes, are providing insight into the morphological and functional organization of the vestibular nuclear complex, particularly from a segmental standpoint. Here, we will review studies of the classical vestibular nuclei and of vestibular projection neurons that innervate distinct targets in relation to individual rhombomeres and the expression of specific genes. Studies in different species have demonstrated that the vestibular complex is organized into a hodological mosaic that relates axon trajectory and target to specific hindbrain rhombomeres and intrarhombomeric domains, with a molecular underpinning in the form of transcription factor signatures, which has been highly conserved during the evolution of the vertebrate lineage.
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- Carmen Diaz
- Department of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine and Institute for Research in Neurological Disabilities, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain
- *Correspondence: Carmen Diaz,
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Joel C. Glover,
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Guo C, Rudolph S, Neuwirth ME, Regehr WG. Purkinje cell outputs selectively inhibit a subset of unipolar brush cells in the input layer of the cerebellar cortex. eLife 2021; 10:e68802. [PMID: 34369877 PMCID: PMC8352585 DOI: 10.7554/elife.68802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2021] [Accepted: 07/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Circuitry of the cerebellar cortex is regionally and functionally specialized. Unipolar brush cells (UBCs), and Purkinje cell (PC) synapses made by axon collaterals in the granular layer, are both enriched in areas that control balance and eye movement. Here, we find a link between these specializations in mice: PCs preferentially inhibit metabotropic glutamate receptor type 1 (mGluR1)-expressing UBCs that respond to mossy fiber (MF) inputs with long lasting increases in firing, but PCs do not inhibit mGluR1-lacking UBCs. PCs inhibit about 29% of mGluR1-expressing UBCs by activating GABAA receptors (GABAARs) and inhibit almost all mGluR1-expressing UBCs by activating GABAB receptors (GABABRs). PC to UBC synapses allow PC output to regulate the input layer of the cerebellar cortex in diverse ways. Based on optogenetic studies and a small number of paired recordings, GABAAR-mediated feedback is fast and unreliable. GABABR-mediated inhibition is slower and is sufficiently large to strongly influence the input-output transformations of mGluR1-expressing UBCs.
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- Chong Guo
- Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical SchoolBostonUnited States
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- Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical SchoolBostonUnited States
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- Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical SchoolBostonUnited States
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- Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical SchoolBostonUnited States
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A Discrete Glycinergic Neuronal Population in the Ventromedial Medulla That Induces Muscle Atonia during REM Sleep and Cataplexy in Mice. J Neurosci 2021; 41:1582-1596. [PMID: 33372061 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0688-20.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2020] [Revised: 12/13/2020] [Accepted: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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During rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, anti-gravity muscle tone and bodily movements are mostly absent, because somatic motoneurons are inhibited by descending inhibitory pathways. Recent studies showed that glycine/GABA neurons in the ventromedial medulla (VMM; GlyVMM neurons) play an important role in generating muscle atonia during REM sleep (REM-atonia). However, how these REM-atonia-inducing neurons interconnect with other neuronal populations has been unknown. In the present study, we first identified a specific subpopulation of GlyVMM neurons that play an important role in induction of REM-atonia by virus vector-mediated tracing in male mice in which glycinergic neurons expressed Cre recombinase. We found these neurons receive direct synaptic input from neurons in several brain stem regions, including glutamatergic neurons in the sublaterodorsal tegmental nucleus (SLD; GluSLD neurons). Silencing this circuit by specifically expressing tetanus toxin light chain (TeTNLC) resulted in REM sleep without atonia. This manipulation also caused a marked decrease in time spent in cataplexy-like episodes (CLEs) when applied to narcoleptic orexin-ataxin-3 mice. We also showed that GlyVMM neurons play an important role in maintenance of sleep. This present study identified a population of glycinergic neurons in the VMM that are commonly involved in REM-atonia and cataplexy.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT We identified a population of glycinergic neurons in the ventral medulla that plays an important role in inducing muscle atonia during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. It sends axonal projections almost exclusively to motoneurons in the spinal cord and brain stem except to those that innervate extraocular muscles, while other glycinergic neurons in the same region also send projections to other regions including monoaminergic nuclei. Furthermore, these neurons receive direct inputs from several brainstem regions including glutamatergic neurons in the sublaterodorsal tegmental nucleus (SLD). Genetic silencing of this pathway resulted in REM sleep without atonia and a decrease of cataplexy when applied to narcoleptic mice. This work identified a neural population involved in generating muscle atonia during REM sleep and cataplexy.
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Marques BL, Oliveira-Lima OC, Carvalho GA, de Almeida Chiarelli R, Ribeiro RI, Parreira RC, da Madeira Freitas EM, Resende RR, Klempin F, Ulrich H, Gomez RS, Pinto MCX. Neurobiology of glycine transporters: From molecules to behavior. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2020; 118:97-110. [PMID: 32712279 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.07.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2020] [Revised: 07/07/2020] [Accepted: 07/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Glycine transporters (GlyTs) are Na+/Cl--dependent neurotransmitter transporters, responsible for l-glycine uptake into the central nervous system. GlyTs are members of the solute carrier family 6 (SLC6) and comprise glycine transporter type 1 (SLC6A9; GlyT1) and glycine transporter type 2 (SLC6A5; Glyt2). GlyT1 and GlyT2 are expressed on both astrocytes and neurons, but their expression pattern in brain tissue is foremost related to neurotransmission. GlyT2 is markedly expressed in brainstem, spinal cord and cerebellum, where it is responsible for glycine uptake into glycinergic and GABAergic terminals. GlyT1 is abundant in neocortex, thalamus and hippocampus, where it is expressed in astrocytes, and involved in glutamatergic neurotransmission. Consequently, inhibition of GlyT1 transporters can modulate glutamatergic neurotransmission through NMDA receptors, suggesting an alternative therapeutic strategy. In this review, we focus on recent progress in the understanding of GlyTs role in brain function and in various diseases, such as epilepsy, hyperekplexia, neuropathic pain, drug addiction, schizophrenia and stroke, as well as in neurodegenerative disorders.
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- Bruno Lemes Marques
- Laboratório de Neuroquímica e Neurofarmacologia - Neurolab, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Neuroquímica e Neurofarmacologia - Neurolab, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Neuroquímica e Neurofarmacologia - Neurolab, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Neuroquímica e Neurofarmacologia - Neurolab, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Neuroquímica e Neurofarmacologia - Neurolab, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Neuroquímica e Neurofarmacologia - Neurolab, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Neuroquímica e Neurofarmacologia - Neurolab, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Cirurgia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Neuroquímica e Neurofarmacologia - Neurolab, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil.
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Ito T. Different coding strategy of sound information between GABAergic and glutamatergic neurons in the auditory midbrain. J Physiol 2020; 598:1039-1072. [DOI: 10.1113/jp279296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2019] [Accepted: 01/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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- Tetsufumi Ito
- Department of AnatomyKanazawa Medical University Uchinada Ishikawa 920‐0293 Japan
- Research and Education Program for Life ScienceUniversity of Fukui Fukui Fukui 910‐8507 Japan
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Kobayashi S, Kim J, Yanagawa Y, Suzuki N, Saito H, Takayama C. Hyper-Formation of GABA and Glycine Co-Releasing Terminals in the Mouse Cerebellar Nuclei after Deprivation of GABAergic Inputs from Purkinje Cells. Neuroscience 2019; 426:88-100. [PMID: 31846755 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2019.11.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2019] [Revised: 11/11/2019] [Accepted: 11/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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GABA and glycine are inhibitory neurotransmitters. However, the mechanisms underlying the formation of GABAergic and glycinergic synapses remain unclear. The influence of GABAergic input deprivation on inhibitory terminal formation was investigated using Purkinje cell (PC)-specific vesicular GABA transporter (VGAT) knockout (L7-VGAT) mice, in which GABA release from PCs diminishes in an age-dependent manner. We compared the late development of GABAergic and glycinergic terminals in the cerebellar nucleus (CN) between control and L7-VGAT mice. In the control CN, the density of glutamate decarboxylase (GAD)-positive dots remained unchanged between postnatal 2 months (P2M) and 13 months (P13M), whereas glycine transporter 2 (GlyT2)-positive dots increased in density during this time frame. No difference in the density of GlyT2-positive dots was observed between control and L7-VGAT mice at P2M, but the density was significantly higher in the L7-VGAT fastigial nuclei (FN) than the control FN at P13M. When VGAT was absent from PC terminals, GlyT2-positive dots included GAD and VGAT and formed synapses. These results indicated that GABAergic terminals were formed by P2M, glycinergic terminals were actively formed after P2M, and more glycinergic terminals were formed in the L7-VGAT FN than in the control FN, suggesting that the increased glycinergic terminals may derive from interneurons within the FN and may also release GABA. These results suggest that the deprivation of GABAergic inputs from PCs may accelerate the formation of co-releasing terminals derived from interneurons and that the inhibitory terminal numbers and types may be regulated by the quantity of functional GABAergic inputs.
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- Shiori Kobayashi
- Department of Molecular Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Uehara 207, Nishihara, Okinawa 9030215, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Uehara 207, Nishihara, Okinawa 9030215, Japan; Department of Veterinary Anatomy, College of Veterinary Medicine and Veterinary Medical Research Institute, Jeju National University, Jeju 63243, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Genetic and Behavioral Neuroscience, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-39-22 Showa-Machi, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8511, Japan
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- Department of Animal Functional Genomics of Advanced Science Research Promotion Center, Mie University Organization for the Promotion of Regional Innovation, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu, Mie 5148507, Japan
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- Department of Animal Functional Genomics of Advanced Science Research Promotion Center, Mie University Organization for the Promotion of Regional Innovation, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu, Mie 5148507, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Uehara 207, Nishihara, Okinawa 9030215, Japan.
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Prestori F, Mapelli L, D'Angelo E. Diverse Neuron Properties and Complex Network Dynamics in the Cerebellar Cortical Inhibitory Circuit. Front Mol Neurosci 2019; 12:267. [PMID: 31787879 PMCID: PMC6854908 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2019.00267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2019] [Accepted: 10/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Neuronal inhibition can be defined as a spatiotemporal restriction or suppression of local microcircuit activity. The importance of inhibition relies in its fundamental role in shaping signal processing in single neurons and neuronal circuits. In this context, the activity of inhibitory interneurons proved the key to endow networks with complex computational and dynamic properties. In the last 50 years, the prevailing view on the functional role of cerebellar cortical inhibitory circuits was that excitatory and inhibitory inputs sum spatially and temporally in order to determine the motor output through Purkinje cells (PCs). Consequently, cerebellar inhibition has traditionally been conceived in terms of restricting or blocking excitation. This assumption has been challenged, in particular in the cerebellar cortex where all neurons except granule cells (and unipolar brush cells in specific lobules) are inhibitory and fire spontaneously at high rates. Recently, a combination of electrophysiological recordings in vitro and in vivo, imaging, optogenetics and computational modeling, has revealed that inhibitory interneurons play a much more complex role in regulating cerebellar microcircuit functions: inhibition shapes neuronal response dynamics in the whole circuit and eventually regulate the PC output. This review elaborates current knowledge on cerebellar inhibitory interneurons [Golgi cells, Lugaro cells (LCs), basket cells (BCs) and stellate cells (SCs)], starting from their ontogenesis and moving up to their morphological, physiological and plastic properties, and integrates this knowledge with that on the more renown granule cells and PCs. We will focus on the circuit loops in which these interneurons are involved and on the way they generate feed-forward, feedback and lateral inhibition along with complex spatio-temporal response dynamics. In this perspective, inhibitory interneurons emerge as the real controllers of cerebellar functioning.
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- Francesca Prestori
- Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.,IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy
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Chen C, Song S. Differential cell-type dependent brain state modulations of sensory representations in the non-lemniscal mouse inferior colliculus. Commun Biol 2019; 2:356. [PMID: 31583287 PMCID: PMC6769006 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-019-0602-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2018] [Accepted: 08/23/2019] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Sensory responses of the neocortex are strongly influenced by brain state changes. However, it remains unclear whether and how the sensory responses of the midbrain are affected. Here we addressed this issue by using in vivo two-photon calcium imaging to monitor the spontaneous and sound-evoked activities in the mouse inferior colliculus (IC). We developed a method enabling us to image the first layer of non-lemniscal IC (IC shell L1) in awake behaving mice. Compared with the awake state, spectral tuning selectivity of excitatory neurons was decreased during isoflurane anesthesia. Calcium imaging in behaving animals revealed that activities of inhibitory neurons were highly correlated with locomotion. Compared with stationary periods, spectral tuning selectivity of excitatory neurons was increased during locomotion. Taken together, our studies reveal that neuronal activities in the IC shell L1 are brain state dependent, whereas the brain state modulates the excitatory and inhibitory neurons differentially.
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- Chenggang Chen
- Tsinghua Laboratory of Brain and Intelligence and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Beijing Innovation Center for Future Chip, Center for Brain-Inspired Computing Research, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084 China
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- Tsinghua Laboratory of Brain and Intelligence and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Beijing Innovation Center for Future Chip, Center for Brain-Inspired Computing Research, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084 China
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Ono M, Ito T. Inhibitory Neural Circuits in the Mammalian Auditory Midbrain. J Exp Neurosci 2018; 12:1179069518818230. [PMID: 30559596 PMCID: PMC6291857 DOI: 10.1177/1179069518818230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2018] [Accepted: 11/15/2018] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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The auditory midbrain is the critical integration center in the auditory pathway of vertebrates. Synaptic inhibition plays a key role during information processing in the auditory midbrain, and these inhibitory neural circuits are seen in all vertebrates and are likely essential for hearing. Here, we review the structure and function of the inhibitory neural circuits of the auditory midbrain. First, we provide an overview on how these inhibitory circuits are organized within different clades of vertebrates. Next, we focus on recent findings in the mammalian auditory midbrain, the most studied of the vertebrates, and discuss how the mammalian auditory midbrain is functionally coordinated.
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- Munenori Ono
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada, Japan
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Ito T, Furuyama T, Hase K, Kobayasi KI, Hiryu S, Riquimaroux H. Organization of subcortical auditory nuclei of Japanese house bat (Pipistrellus abramus) identified with cytoarchitecture and molecular expression. J Comp Neurol 2018; 526:2824-2844. [PMID: 30168138 DOI: 10.1002/cne.24529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2018] [Revised: 08/23/2018] [Accepted: 08/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The auditory system of echolocating bats shows remarkable specialization likely related to analyzing echoes of sonar pulses. However, significant interspecies differences have been observed in the organization of auditory pathways among echolocating bats, and the homology of auditory nuclei with those of non-echolocating species has not been established. Here, in order to establish the homology and specialization of auditory pathways in echolocating bats, the expression of markers for glutamatergic, GABAergic, and glycinergic phenotypes in the subcortical auditory nuclei of Japanese house bat (Pipistrellus abramus) was evaluated. In the superior olivary complex, we identified the medial superior olive and superior paraolivary nuclei as expressing glutamatergic and GABAergic phenotypes, respectively, suggesting these nuclei are homologous with those of rodents. In the nuclei of the lateral lemniscus (NLL), the dorsal nucleus was found to be purely GABAergic, the intermediate nucleus was a mixture of glutamatergic and inhibitory neurons, the compact part of the ventral nucleus was purely glycinergic, and the multipolar part of the ventral nucleus expressed both GABA and glycine. In the inferior colliculus (IC), the central nucleus was found to be further subdivided into dorsal and ventral parts according to differences in the density of terminals and the morphology of large GABAergic neurons, suggesting specialization to sonar pulse structure. Medial geniculate virtually lacked GABAergic neurons, suggesting that the organization of the tectothalamic pathway is similar with that of rodents. Taken together, our findings revealed that specialization primarily occurs with regard to nuclei size and organization of the NLL and IC.
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- Tetsufumi Ito
- Department of Anatomy, Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada, Ishikawa, Japan.,Research and Education Program for Life Science, University of Fukui, Fukui, Fukui, Japan
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- Neuroethology and Bioengineering Laboratory, Faculty of Life and Medical Sciences, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Kyoto, Japan
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- Neuroethology and Bioengineering Laboratory, Faculty of Life and Medical Sciences, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Kyoto, Japan
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- Neuroethology and Bioengineering Laboratory, Faculty of Life and Medical Sciences, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Kyoto, Japan
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- Neuroethology and Bioengineering Laboratory, Faculty of Life and Medical Sciences, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Kyoto, Japan
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Chen C, Cheng M, Ito T, Song S. Neuronal Organization in the Inferior Colliculus Revisited with Cell-Type-Dependent Monosynaptic Tracing. J Neurosci 2018; 38:3318-3332. [PMID: 29483283 PMCID: PMC6596054 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2173-17.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2017] [Revised: 02/02/2018] [Accepted: 02/07/2018] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The inferior colliculus (IC) is a critical integration center in the auditory pathway. However, because the inputs to the IC have typically been studied by the use of conventional anterograde and retrograde tracers, the neuronal organization and cell-type-specific connections in the IC are poorly understood. Here, we used monosynaptic rabies tracing and in situ hybridization combined with excitatory and inhibitory Cre transgenic mouse lines of both sexes to characterize the brainwide and cell-type-specific inputs to specific neuron types within the lemniscal IC core and nonlemniscal IC shell. We observed that both excitatory and inhibitory neurons of the IC shell predominantly received ascending inputs rather than descending or core inputs. Correlation and clustering analyses revealed two groups of excitatory neurons in the shell: one received inputs from a combination of ascending nuclei, and the other received inputs from a combination of descending nuclei, neuromodulatory nuclei, and the contralateral IC. In contrast, inhibitory neurons in the core received inputs from the same combination of all nuclei. After normalizing the extrinsic inputs, we found that core inhibitory neurons received a higher proportion of inhibitory inputs from the ventral nucleus of the lateral lemniscus than excitatory neurons. Furthermore, the inhibitory neurons preferentially received inhibitory inputs from the contralateral IC shell. Because IC inhibitory neurons innervate the thalamus and contralateral IC, the inhibitory inputs we uncovered here suggest two long-range disinhibitory circuits. In summary, we found: (1) dominant ascending inputs to the shell, (2) two subpopulations of shell excitatory neurons, and (3) two disinhibitory circuits.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Sound undergoes extensive processing in the brainstem. The inferior colliculus (IC) core is classically viewed as the integration center for ascending auditory information, whereas the IC shell integrates descending feedback information. Here, we demonstrate that ascending inputs predominated in the IC shell but appeared to be separated from the descending inputs. The presence of inhibitory projection neurons is a unique feature of the auditory ascending pathways, but the connections of these neurons are poorly understood. Interestingly, we also found that inhibitory neurons in the IC core and shell preferentially received inhibitory inputs from ascending nuclei and contralateral IC, respectively. Therefore, our results suggest a bipartite domain in the IC shell and disinhibitory circuits in the IC.
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- Chenggang Chen
- Tsinghua Laboratory of Brain and Intelligence and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Beijing Innovation Center for Future Chip, Center for Brain-Inspired Computing Research, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Tsinghua Laboratory of Brain and Intelligence and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Beijing Innovation Center for Future Chip, Center for Brain-Inspired Computing Research, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, 102206, China, and
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- Anatomy II, School of Medicine, Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada, Ishikawa, 920-0293, Japan
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- Tsinghua Laboratory of Brain and Intelligence and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Beijing Innovation Center for Future Chip, Center for Brain-Inspired Computing Research, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China,
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Roome CJ, Empson RM. Survival strategies for mouse cerebellar Purkinje neurons lacking PMCA2. Neurosci Lett 2018; 663:25-28. [PMID: 29452612 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2017.09.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2017] [Accepted: 09/23/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Expression of the fast calcium extrusion protein, PMCA2, in the cerebellum is amongst the highest found throughout the central nervous system, and unsurprisingly PMCA2 knockout mice exhibit cerebellar ataxia or loss of controlled movement. The sole output neurons of the cerebellar cortex, Purkinje neurons, are functionally compromised in these knockout mice, yet remarkably these neurons survive. In this mini-review we review and speculate on the importance of multiple PMCA2 dependent actions at cellular and synaptic sites within the cerebellar Purkinje neuron network. We also explore how loss of PMCA2-/- can lead to the ataxic phenotype, but can paradoxically also minimise calcium rises in cerebellar Purkinje neurons, thereby ensuring their resilience and survival.
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- Christopher J Roome
- Optical Neuroimaging Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST), 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son, Okinawa, 904-0495, Japan.
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- Department of Physiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Brain Health Research Centre, Brain Research New Zealand, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand.
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Neurons, Connections, and Microcircuits of the Inferior Colliculus. THE MAMMALIAN AUDITORY PATHWAYS 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-71798-2_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Corelease of Inhibitory Neurotransmitters in the Mouse Auditory Midbrain. J Neurosci 2017; 37:9453-9464. [PMID: 28847813 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1125-17.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2017] [Revised: 08/07/2017] [Accepted: 08/23/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The central nucleus of the inferior colliculus (ICC) of the auditory midbrain, which integrates most ascending auditory information from lower brainstem regions, receives prominent long-range inhibitory input from the ventral nucleus of the lateral lemniscus (VNLL), a region thought to be important for temporal pattern discrimination. Histological evidence suggests that neurons in the VNLL release both glycine and GABA in the ICC, but functional evidence for their corelease is lacking. We took advantage of the GlyT2-Cre mouse line (both male and female) to target expression of ChR2 to glycinergic afferents in the ICC and made whole-cell recordings in vitro while exciting glycinergic fibers with light. Using this approach, it was clear that a significant fraction of glycinergic boutons corelease GABA in the ICC. Viral injections were used to target ChR2 expression specifically to glycinergic fibers ascending from the VNLL, allowing for activation of fibers from a single source of ascending input in a way that has not been previously possible in the ICC. We then investigated aspects of the glycinergic versus GABAergic current components to probe functional consequences of corelease. Surprisingly, the time course and short-term plasticity of synaptic signaling were nearly identical for the two transmitters. We therefore conclude that the two neurotransmitters may be functionally interchangeable and that multiple receptor subtypes subserving inhibition may offer diverse mechanisms for maintaining inhibitory homeostasis.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Corelease of neurotransmitters is a common feature of the brain. GABA and glycine corelease is particularly common in the spinal cord and brainstem, but its presence in the midbrain is unknown. We show corelease of GABA and glycine for the first time in the central nucleus of the inferior colliculus of the auditory midbrain. Glycine and GABA are both inhibitory neurotransmitters involved in fast synaptic transmission, so we explored differences between the currents to establish a physiological foundation for functional differences in vivo In contrast to the auditory brainstem, coreleased GABAergic and glycinergic currents in the midbrain are strikingly similar. This apparent redundancy may ensure homeostasis if one neurotransmitter system is compromised.
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Nerlich J, Rübsamen R, Milenkovic I. Developmental Shift of Inhibitory Transmitter Content at a Central Auditory Synapse. Front Cell Neurosci 2017; 11:211. [PMID: 28769768 PMCID: PMC5516124 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2017.00211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2017] [Accepted: 07/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Synaptic inhibition in the CNS is mostly mediated by GABA or glycine. Generally, the use of the two transmitters is spatially segregated, but there are central synapses employing both, which allows for spatial and temporal variability of inhibitory mechanisms. Spherical bushy cells (SBCs) in the mammalian cochlear nucleus receive primary excitatory inputs through auditory nerve fibers arising from the organ of Corti and non-primary inhibition mediated by a dual glycine-GABA transmission. Slow kinetics IPSCs enable activity dependent tonic-like conductance build up, functioning as a gain control by filtering out small or temporally imprecise EPSPs. However, it remained elusive whether GABA and glycine are released as content of the same vesicle or from distinct presynaptic terminals. The developmental profile of quantal release was investigated with whole cell recordings of miniature inhibitory postsynaptic currents (mIPSCs) from P1–P25 SBCs of Mongolian gerbils. GABA is the initial transmitter eliciting slow-rising and -decaying events of relatively small amplitudes, occurring only during early postnatal life. Around and after hearing onset, the inhibitory quanta are predominantly containing glycine that—with maturity—triggers progressively larger and longer mIPSC. In addition, GABA corelease with glycine evokes mIPSCs of particularly large amplitudes consistently occurring across all ages, but with low probability. Together, these results suggest that GABA, as the primary transmitter released from immature inhibitory terminals, initially plays a developmental role. In maturity, GABA is contained in synaptic vesicles only in addition to glycine to increase the inhibitory potency, thereby fulfilling solely a modulatory function.
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- Jana Nerlich
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Carl Ludwig Institute for Physiology, University of LeipzigLeipzig, Germany
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- Faculty of Biosciences, Pharmacy and Psychology, University of LeipzigLeipzig, Germany
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Carl Ludwig Institute for Physiology, University of LeipzigLeipzig, Germany
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Conceição EPSD, Madden CJ, Morrison SF. Glycinergic inhibition of BAT sympathetic premotor neurons in rostral raphe pallidus. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2017; 312:R919-R926. [PMID: 28254751 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00551.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2016] [Revised: 02/02/2017] [Accepted: 02/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The rostral raphe pallidus (rRPa) contains sympathetic premotor neurons controlling thermogenesis in brown adipose tissue (BAT). We sought to determine whether a tonic activation of glycineA receptors (GlyAR) in the rRPa contributes to the inhibitory regulation of BAT sympathetic nerve activity (SNA) and of cardiovascular parameters in anesthetized rats. Nanoinjection of the GlyAR antagonist, strychnine (STR), into the rRPa of intact rats increased BAT SNA (peak: +495%), BAT temperature (TBAT, +1.1°C), expired CO2, (+0.4%), core body temperature (TCORE, +0.2°C), mean arterial pressure (MAP, +4 mmHg), and heart rate (HR, +57 beats/min). STR into rRPa in rats with a postdorsomedial hypothalamus transection produced similar increases in BAT thermogenic and cardiovascular parameters. Glycine nanoinjection into the rRPa evoked a potent inhibition of the cooling-evoked increases in BAT SNA (nadir: -74%), TBAT (-0.2°C), TCORE (-0.2°C), expired CO2 (-0.2%), MAP (-8 mmHg), and HR (-22 beats/min) but had no effect on the increases in these variables evoked by STR nanoinjection into rRPa. Nanoinjection of GABA into the rRPa inhibited the STR-evoked BAT SNA (nadir: -86%) and reduced the expired CO2 (-0.4%). Blockade of glutamate receptors in rRPa reduced the STR-evoked increases in BAT SNA (nadir: -61%), TBAT (-0.5°C), expired CO2 (-0.3%), MAP (-9 mmHg), and HR (-33 beats/min). We conclude that a tonically active glycinergic input to the rRPa contributes to the inhibitory regulation of the discharge of BAT sympathetic premotor neurons and of BAT thermogenesis and energy expenditure.
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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Distinct development of the glycinergic terminals in the ventral and dorsal horns of the mouse cervical spinal cord. Neuroscience 2016; 343:459-471. [PMID: 28039040 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.12.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2016] [Revised: 12/16/2016] [Accepted: 12/19/2016] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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In the spinal cord, glycine and γ-amino butyric acid (GABA) are inhibitory neurotransmitters. However, the ontogeny of the glycinergic network remains unclear. To address this point, we examined the developmental formation of glycinergic terminals by immunohistochemistry for glycine transporter 2 (GlyT2), a marker of glycinergic terminals, in developing mouse cervical spinal cord. Furthermore, the developmental localization of GlyT2 was compared with that of glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD), a marker of GABAergic terminals, and vesicular GABA transporter (VGAT), a marker of inhibitory terminals, by single and double immunolabeling. GlyT2-positive dots (glycinergic terminals) were first detected in the marginal zone on embryonic day 14 (E14). In the ventral horn, they were detected at E16 and increased in observed density during postnatal development. Until postnatal day 7 (P7), GAD-positive dots (GABAergic terminals) were dominant and GlyT2 immunolabeling was localized at GAD-positive dots. During the second postnatal week, GABAergic terminals markedly decreased and glycinergic terminals became dominant. In the dorsal horn, glycinergic terminals were detected at P0 in lamina IV and P7 in lamina III and developmentally increased. GlyT2 was also localized at GAD-positive dots, and colocalizing dots were dominant at P21. VGAT-positive dots (inhibitory terminals) continued to increase until P21. These results suggest that GABAergic terminals first appear during embryonic development and may often change to colocalizing terminals throughout the gray matter during development. The colocalizing terminals may remain in the dorsal horn, whereas in the ventral horn, colocalizing terminals may give rise to glycinergic terminals.
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Irwin C, van Reenen M, Mason S, Mienie LJ, Westerhuis JA, Reinecke CJ. Contribution towards a Metabolite Profile of the Detoxification of Benzoic Acid through Glycine Conjugation: An Intervention Study. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0167309. [PMID: 27907139 PMCID: PMC5132330 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2016] [Accepted: 11/13/2016] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Benzoic acid is widely used as a preservative in food products and is detoxified in humans through glycine conjugation. Different viewpoints prevail on the physiological significance of the glycine conjugation reaction and concerns have been raised on potential public health consequences following uncontrolled benzoic acid ingestion. We performed a metabolomics study which used commercial benzoic acid containing flavored water as vehicle for designed interventions, and report here on the controlled consumption of the benzoic acid by 21 cases across 6 time points for a total of 126 time points. Metabolomics data from urinary samples analyzed by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy were generated in a time-dependent cross-over study. We used ANOVA-simultaneous component analysis (ASCA), repeated measures analysis of variance (RM-ANOVA) and unfolded principal component analysis (unfolded PCA) to supplement conventional statistical methods to uncover fully the metabolic perturbations due to the xenobiotic intervention, encapsulated in the metabolomics tensor (three-dimensional matrices having cases, spectral areas and time as axes). Identification of the biologically important metabolites by the novel combination of statistical methods proved the power of this approach for metabolomics studies having complex data structures in general. The study disclosed a high degree of inter-individual variation in detoxification of the xenobiotic and revealed metabolic information, indicating that detoxification of benzoic acid through glycine conjugation to hippuric acid does not indicate glycine depletion, but is supplemented by ample glycine regeneration. The observations lend support to the view of maintenance of glycine homeostasis during detoxification. The study indicates also that time-dependent metabolomics investigations, using designed interventions, provide a way of interpreting the variation induced by the different factors of a designed experiment-an approach with potential to advance significantly our understanding of normal and pathophysiological perturbations of endogenous or exogenous origin.
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- Cindy Irwin
- Centre for Human Metabolomics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), Potchefstroom, South Africa
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- Centre for Human Metabolomics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), Potchefstroom, South Africa
- Department of Statistics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), Potchefstroom, South Africa
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- Centre for Human Metabolomics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), Potchefstroom, South Africa
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- Centre for Human Metabolomics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), Potchefstroom, South Africa
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- Department of Statistics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), Potchefstroom, South Africa
- Biosystems Data Analysis, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Human Metabolomics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), Potchefstroom, South Africa
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Holstein GR, Friedrich VLJ, Martinelli GP. Glutamate and GABA in Vestibulo-Sympathetic Pathway Neurons. Front Neuroanat 2016; 10:7. [PMID: 26903817 PMCID: PMC4744852 DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2016.00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2015] [Accepted: 01/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The vestibulo-sympathetic reflex (VSR) actively modulates blood pressure during changes in posture. This reflex allows humans to stand up and quadrupeds to rear or climb without a precipitous decline in cerebral perfusion. The VSR pathway conveys signals from the vestibular end organs to the caudal vestibular nuclei. These cells, in turn, project to pre-sympathetic neurons in the rostral and caudal ventrolateral medulla (RVLM and CVLM, respectively). The present study assessed glutamate- and GABA-related immunofluorescence associated with central vestibular neurons of the VSR pathway in rats. Retrograde FluoroGold tract tracing was used to label vestibular neurons with projections to RVLM or CVLM, and sinusoidal galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) was employed to activate these pathways. Central vestibular neurons of the VSR were identified by co-localization of FluoroGold and cFos protein, which accumulates in some vestibular neurons following galvanic stimulation. Triple-label immunofluorescence was used to co-localize glutamate- or GABA- labeling in the identified VSR pathway neurons. Most activated projection neurons displayed intense glutamate immunofluorescence, suggestive of glutamatergic neurotransmission. To support this, anterograde tracer was injected into the caudal vestibular nuclei. Vestibular axons and terminals in RVLM and CVLM co-localized the anterograde tracer and vesicular glutamate transporter-2 signals. Other retrogradely-labeled cFos-positive neurons displayed intense GABA immunofluorescence. VSR pathway neurons of both phenotypes were present in the caudal medial and spinal vestibular nuclei, and projected to both RVLM and CVLM. As a group, however, triple-labeled vestibular cells with intense glutamate immunofluorescence were located more rostrally in the vestibular nuclei than the GABAergic neurons. Only the GABAergic VSR pathway neurons showed a target preference, projecting predominantly to CVLM. These data provide the first demonstration of two disparate chemoanatomic VSR pathways.
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- Gay R. Holstein
- Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiNew York, NY, USA
- Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiNew York, NY, USA
- Department of Anatomy/Functional Morphology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiNew York, NY, USA
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Distribution of glutamatergic, GABAergic, and glycinergic neurons in the auditory pathways of macaque monkeys. Neuroscience 2015; 310:128-51. [PMID: 26391919 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.09.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2015] [Revised: 09/14/2015] [Accepted: 09/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Macaque monkeys use complex communication calls and are regarded as a model for studying the coding and decoding of complex sound in the auditory system. However, little is known about the distribution of excitatory and inhibitory neurons in the auditory system of macaque monkeys. In this study, we examined the overall distribution of cell bodies that expressed mRNAs for VGLUT1, and VGLUT2 (markers for glutamatergic neurons), GAD67 (a marker for GABAergic neurons), and GLYT2 (a marker for glycinergic neurons) in the auditory system of the Japanese macaque. In addition, we performed immunohistochemistry for VGLUT1, VGLUT2, and GAD67 in order to compare the distribution of proteins and mRNAs. We found that most of the excitatory neurons in the auditory brainstem expressed VGLUT2. In contrast, the expression of VGLUT1 mRNA was restricted to the auditory cortex (AC), periolivary nuclei, and cochlear nuclei (CN). The co-expression of GAD67 and GLYT2 mRNAs was common in the ventral nucleus of the lateral lemniscus (VNLL), CN, and superior olivary complex except for the medial nucleus of the trapezoid body, which expressed GLYT2 alone. In contrast, the dorsal nucleus of the lateral lemniscus, inferior colliculus, thalamus, and AC expressed GAD67 alone. The absence of co-expression of VGLUT1 and VGLUT2 in the medial geniculate, medial superior olive, and VNLL suggests that synaptic responses in the target neurons of these nuclei may be different between rodents and macaque monkeys.
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Ito T, Hioki H, Sohn J, Okamoto S, Kaneko T, Iino S, Oliver DL. Convergence of Lemniscal and Local Excitatory Inputs on Large GABAergic Tectothalamic Neurons. J Comp Neurol 2015; 523:2277-96. [PMID: 25879870 DOI: 10.1002/cne.23789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2014] [Revised: 04/07/2015] [Accepted: 04/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Large GABAergic (LG) neurons form a distinct cell type in the inferior colliculus (IC), identified by the presence of dense VGLUT2-containing axosomatic terminals. Although some of the axosomatic terminals originate from local and commissural IC neurons, it has been unclear whether LG neurons also receive axosomatic inputs from the lower auditory brainstem nuclei, i.e., cochlear nuclei (CN), superior olivary complex (SOC), and nuclei of the lateral lemniscus (NLL). In this study we injected recombinant viral tracers that force infected cells to express GFP in a Golgi-like manner into the lower auditory brainstem nuclei to determine whether these nuclei directly innervate LG cell somata. Labeled axons from CN, SOC, and NLL terminated as excitatory axosomatic endings, identified by colabeling of GFP and VGLUT2, on single LG neurons in the IC. Each excitatory axon made only a few axosomatic contacts on each LG neuron. Inputs to a single LG cell are unlikely to be from a single brainstem nucleus, since lesions of individual nuclei failed to eliminate most VGLUT2-positive terminals on the LG neurons. The estimated number of inputs on a single LG cell body was almost proportional to the surface area of the cell body. Double injections of different viruses into IC and a brainstem nucleus showed that LG neurons received inputs from both. These results demonstrated that both ascending and intrinsic sources converge on the LG somata to control inhibitory tectothalamic projections.
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- Tetsufumi Ito
- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, 910-1193, Japan.,Research and Education Program for Life Science, University of Fukui, Fukui, 910-8507, Japan
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- Department of Morphological Brain Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Morphological Brain Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan.,Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), 5-3-1 Koujimachi, Tokyo, 102-8472, Japan
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- Department of Morphological Brain Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Morphological Brain Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, 910-1193, Japan.,Research and Education Program for Life Science, University of Fukui, Fukui, 910-8507, Japan
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, 06030-3401, USA
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Neurons in the cerebellar cortex, cerebellar nuclei, and inferior olive (IO) form a trisynaptic loop critical for motor learning. IO neurons excite Purkinje cells via climbing fibers and depress their parallel fiber inputs. Purkinje cells inhibit diverse cells in the cerebellar nuclei, including small GABAergic nucleo-olivary neurons that project to the IO. To investigate how these neurons integrate synaptic signals from Purkinje cells, we retrogradely labeled nucleo-olivary cells in the contralateral interpositus and lateral nuclei with cholera toxin subunit B-Alexa Fluor 488 and recorded their electrophysiological properties in cerebellar slices from weanling mice. Nucleo-olivary cells fired action potentials over a relatively narrow dynamic range (maximal rate, ∼ 70 spikes/s), unlike large cells that project to premotor areas (maximal rate, ∼ 400 spikes/s). GABA(A) receptor-mediated IPSCs evoked by electrical or optogenetic stimulation of Purkinje cells were more than 10-fold slower in nucleo-olivary cells (decay time, ∼ 25 ms) than in large cells (∼ 2 ms), and repetitive stimulation at 20-150 Hz evoked greatly summating IPSCs. Nucleo-olivary firing rates varied inversely with IPSP frequency, and the timing of Purkinje IPSPs and nucleo-olivary spikes was uncorrelated. These attributes contrast with large cells, whose brief IPSCs and rapid firing rates can permit well timed postinhibitory spiking. Thus, the intrinsic and synaptic properties of these two projection neurons from the cerebellar nuclei tailor them for differential integration and transmission of their Purkinje cell input.
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Differential GABAergic and glycinergic inputs of inhibitory interneurons and Purkinje cells to principal cells of the cerebellar nuclei. J Neurosci 2014; 34:9418-31. [PMID: 25009273 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0401-14.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The principal neurons of the cerebellar nuclei (CN), the sole output of the olivo-cerebellar system, receive a massive inhibitory input from Purkinje cells (PCs) of the cerebellar cortex. Morphological evidence suggests that CN principal cells are also contacted by inhibitory interneurons, but the properties of this connection are unknown. Using transgenic, tracing, and immunohistochemical approaches in mice, we show that CN interneurons form a large heterogeneous population with GABA/glycinergic phenotypes, distinct from GABAergic olive-projecting neurons. CN interneurons are found to contact principal output neurons, via glycine receptor (GlyR)-enriched synapses, virtually devoid of the main GABA receptor (GABAR) subunits α1 and γ2. Those clusters account for 5% of the total number of inhibitory receptor clusters on principal neurons. Brief optogenetic stimulations of CN interneurons, through selective expression of channelrhodopsin 2 after viral-mediated transfection of the flexed gene in GlyT2-Cre transgenic mice, evoked fast IPSCs in principal cells. GlyR activation accounted for 15% of interneuron IPSC amplitude, while the remaining current was mediated by activation of GABAR. Surprisingly, small GlyR clusters were also found at PC synapses onto principal CN neurons in addition to α1 and γ2 GABAR subunits. However, GlyR activation was found to account for <3% of the PC inhibitory synaptic currents evoked by electrical stimulation. This work establishes CN glycinergic neurons as a significant source of inhibition to CN principal cells, forming contacts molecularly distinct from, but functionally similar to, Purkinje cell synapses. Their impact on CN output, motor learning, and motor execution deserves further investigation.
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Liang CL, Quang Nguyen T, Marks GA. Inhibitory and excitatory amino acid neurotransmitters are utilized by the projection from the dorsal deep mesencephalic nucleus to the sublaterodorsal nucleus REM sleep induction zone. Brain Res 2014; 1567:1-12. [PMID: 24751569 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2014.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2014] [Revised: 04/01/2014] [Accepted: 04/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The sublaterodorsal nucleus (SLD) in the pons of the rat is a locus supporting short-latency induction of a REM sleep-like state following local application of a GABAA receptor antagonist or kainate, glutamate receptor agonist. One putatively relevant source of these neurotransmitters is from the region of the deep mesencephalic nucleus (DpMe) just ventrolateral to the periaquiductal gray, termed the dorsal DpMe (dDpMe). Here, the amino acid neurotransmitter innervation of SLD from dDpMe was studied utilizing anterograde tract-tracing with biotinylated dextranamine (BDA) and fluorescence immunohistochemistry visualized with laser scanning confocal microscopy. Both markers for inhibitory and excitatory amino acid neurotransmitters were found in varicose axon fibers in SLD originating from dDpMe. Vesicular glutamate transporter2 (VGLUT2) represented the largest number of anterogradely labeled varicosities followed by vesicular GABA transporter (VGAT). Numerous VGAT and VGLUT2 labeled varicosities were observed apposed to dDpMe-labeled axon fibers indicating both excitatory and inhibitory presynaptic, local modulation within the SLD. Some double-labeled BDA/VGAT varicosities were seen apposed to small somata labeled for glutamate consistent with being presynaptic to the phenotype of REM sleep-active SLD neurons. Results found support the current theoretical framework of the interaction of dDpMe and SLD in control of REM sleep, while also indicating operation of mechanisms with a greater level of complexity.
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- Chang-Lin Liang
- VA North Texas Health Care System, Research, 4500 South Lancaster Rd., Dallas, TX 75216, USA; University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
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- VA North Texas Health Care System, Research, 4500 South Lancaster Rd., Dallas, TX 75216, USA; University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
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- VA North Texas Health Care System, Research, 4500 South Lancaster Rd., Dallas, TX 75216, USA; University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
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Anadón R, Rodríguez-Moldes I, Adrio F. Glycine-immunoreactive neurons in the brain of a shark (Scyliorhinus caniculaL.). J Comp Neurol 2013; 521:3057-82. [DOI: 10.1002/cne.23332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2012] [Revised: 03/07/2013] [Accepted: 03/13/2013] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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- Ramón Anadón
- Department of Cell Biology and Ecology; University of Santiago de Compostela; 15782 Santiago de; Compostela; Spain
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- Department of Cell Biology and Ecology; University of Santiago de Compostela; 15782 Santiago de; Compostela; Spain
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- Department of Cell Biology and Ecology; University of Santiago de Compostela; 15782 Santiago de; Compostela; Spain
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Ishibashi H, Yamaguchi J, Nakahata Y, Nabekura J. Dynamic regulation of glycine-GABA co-transmission at spinal inhibitory synapses by neuronal glutamate transporter. J Physiol 2013; 591:3821-32. [PMID: 23690564 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.250647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Fast inhibitory neurotransmission in the central nervous system is mediated by γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and glycine, which are accumulated into synaptic vesicles by a common vesicular inhibitory amino acid transporter (VIAAT) and are then co-released. However, the mechanisms that control the packaging of GABA + glycine into synaptic vesicles are not fully understood. In this study, we demonstrate the dynamic control of the GABA-glycine co-transmission by the neuronal glutamate transporter, using paired whole-cell patch recording from monosynaptically coupled cultured spinal cord neurons derived from VIAAT-Venus transgenic rats. Short step depolarization of presynaptic neurons evoked unitary (cell-to-cell) inhibitory postsynaptic currents (IPSCs). Under normal conditions, the fractional contribution of postsynaptic GABA or glycine receptors to the unitary IPSCs did not change during a 1 h recording. Intracellular loading of GABA or glycine via a patch pipette enhanced the respective components of inhibitory transmission, indicating the importance of the cytoplasmic concentration of inhibitory transmitters. Raised extracellular glutamate levels increased the amplitude of GABAergic IPSCs but reduced glycine release by enhancing glutamate uptake. Similar effects were observed when presynaptic neurons were intracellularly perfused with glutamate. Interestingly, high-frequency trains of stimulation decreased glycinergic IPSCs more than GABAergic IPSCs, and repetitive stimulation occasionally failed to evoke glycinergic but not GABAergic IPSCs. The present results suggest that the enhancement of GABA release by glutamate uptake may be advantageous for rapid vesicular refilling of the inhibitory transmitter at mixed GABA/glycinergic synapses and thus may help prevent hyperexcitability.
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- Hitoshi Ishibashi
- Department of Developmental Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, 444-8585, Japan
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Barreiro-Iglesias A, Mysiak KS, Adrio F, Rodicio MC, Becker CG, Becker T, Anadón R. Distribution of glycinergic neurons in the brain of glycine transporter-2 transgenic Tg(glyt2:Gfp) adult zebrafish: Relationship to brain-spinal descending systems. J Comp Neurol 2012; 521:389-425. [DOI: 10.1002/cne.23179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2011] [Revised: 01/25/2012] [Accepted: 06/21/2012] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Neuronal classification and marker gene identification via single-cell expression profiling of brainstem vestibular neurons subserving cerebellar learning. J Neurosci 2012; 32:7819-31. [PMID: 22674258 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0543-12.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Identification of marker genes expressed in specific cell types is essential for the genetic dissection of neural circuits. Here we report a new strategy for classifying heterogeneous populations of neurons into functionally distinct types and for identifying associated marker genes. Quantitative single-cell expression profiling of genes related to neurotransmitters and ion channels enables functional classification of neurons; transcript profiles for marker gene candidates identify molecular handles for manipulating each cell type. We apply this strategy to the mouse medial vestibular nucleus (MVN), which comprises several types of neurons subserving cerebellar-dependent learning in the vestibulo-ocular reflex. Ion channel gene expression differed both qualitatively and quantitatively across cell types and could distinguish subtle differences in intrinsic electrophysiology. Single-cell transcript profiling of MVN neurons established six functionally distinct cell types and associated marker genes. This strategy is applicable throughout the nervous system and could facilitate the use of molecular genetic tools to examine the behavioral roles of distinct neuronal populations.
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Saito Y, Shino M, Yanagawa Y. Characterization of ionic channels underlying the specific firing pattern of a novel neuronal subtype in the rat prepositus hypoglossi nucleus. Neurosci Res 2012; 73:32-41. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2012.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2011] [Revised: 01/31/2012] [Accepted: 02/21/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Hossaini M, Goos JAC, Kohli SK, Holstege JC. Distribution of glycine/GABA neurons in the ventromedial medulla with descending spinal projections and evidence for an ascending glycine/GABA projection. PLoS One 2012; 7:e35293. [PMID: 22558137 PMCID: PMC3340372 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2012] [Accepted: 03/14/2012] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The ventromedial medulla (VM), subdivided in a rostral (RVM) and a caudal (CVM) part, has a powerful influence on the spinal cord. In this study, we have identified the distribution of glycine and GABA containing neurons in the VM with projections to the cervical spinal cord, the lumbar dorsal horn, and the lumbar ventral horn. For this purpose, we have combined retrograde tracing using fluorescent microspheres with fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) for glycine transporter 2 (GlyT2) and GAD67 mRNAs to identify glycinergic and/or GABAergic (Gly/GABA) neurons. Since the results obtained with FISH for GlyT2, GAD67, or GlyT2 + GAD67 mRNAs were not significantly different, we concluded that glycine and GABA coexisted in the various projection neurons. After injections in the cervical cord, we found that 29% ± 1 (SEM) of the retrogradely labeled neurons in the VM were Gly/GABA (RVM: 43%; CVM: 21%). After lumbar dorsal horn injections 31% ± 3 of the VM neurons were Gly/GABA (RVM: 45%; CVM: 12%), and after lumbar ventral horn injections 25% ± 2 were Gly/GABA (RVM: 35%; CVM: 17%). In addition, we have identified a novel ascending Gly/GABA pathway originating from neurons in the area around the central canal (CC) throughout the spinal cord and projecting to the RVM, emphasizing the interaction between the ventromedial medulla and the spinal cord. The present study has now firmly established that GABA and glycine are present in many VM neurons that project to the spinal cord. These neurons strongly influence spinal processing, most notably the inhibition of nociceptive transmission.
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- Mehdi Hossaini
- Department of Neuroscience, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neuroscience, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neuroscience, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neuroscience, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Shino M, Kaneko R, Yanagawa Y, Kawaguchi Y, Saito Y. Electrophysiological characteristics of inhibitory neurons of the prepositus hypoglossi nucleus as analyzed in Venus-expressing transgenic rats. Neuroscience 2011; 197:89-98. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2011] [Revised: 09/08/2011] [Accepted: 09/09/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Coleman WL, Fischl MJ, Weimann SR, Burger RM. GABAergic and glycinergic inhibition modulate monaural auditory response properties in the avian superior olivary nucleus. J Neurophysiol 2011; 105:2405-20. [PMID: 21368002 DOI: 10.1152/jn.01088.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The superior olivary nucleus (SON) is the primary source of inhibition in the avian auditory brainstem. While much is known about the role of inhibition at the SON's target nuclei, little is known about how the SON itself processes auditory information or how inhibition modulates these properties. Additionally, the synaptic physiology of inhibitory inputs within the SON has not been described. We investigated these questions using in vivo and in vitro electrophysiological techniques in combination with immunohistochemistry in the chicken, an organism for which the auditory brainstem has otherwise been well characterized. We provide a thorough characterization of monaural response properties in the SON and the influence of inhibitory input in shaping these features. We found that the SON contains a heterogeneous mixture of response patterns to acoustic stimulation and that in most neurons these responses are modulated by both GABAergic and glycinergic inhibitory inputs. Interestingly, many SON neurons tuned to low frequencies have robust phase-locking capability and the precision of this phase locking is enhanced by inhibitory inputs. On the synaptic level, we found that evoked and spontaneous inhibitory postsynaptic currents (IPSCs) within the SON are also mediated by both GABAergic and glycinergic inhibition in all neurons tested. Analysis of spontaneous IPSCs suggests that most SON cells receive a mixture of both purely GABAergic terminals, as well as terminals from which GABA and glycine are coreleased. Evidence for glycinergic signaling within the SON is a novel result that has important implications for understanding inhibitory function in the auditory brainstem.
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- W L Coleman
- Dept. of Biological Sciences, Lehigh University, 111 Research Dr., Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA
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Adrio F, Rodríguez-Moldes I, Anadón R. Distribution of glycine immunoreactivity in the brain of the Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baeri): Comparison with γ-aminobutyric acid. J Comp Neurol 2011; 519:1115-42. [DOI: 10.1002/cne.22556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The deep cerebellar nuclei (DCN) are a major hub in the cerebellar circuitry but the functional classification of their neurons is incomplete. We have previously characterized three cell groups in the lateral cerebellar nucleus: large non-GABAergic neurons and two groups of smaller neurons, one of which express green fluorescence protein (GFP) in a GAD67/GFP mouse line and is therefore GABAergic. However, as a substantial number of glycinergic and glycine/GABA co-expressing neurons have been described in the DCN, this classification needed to be refined by considering glycinergic neurons. To this end we took advantage of a glycine transporter isoform 2 (GlyT2)-eGFP mouse line that allows identification of GlyT2-expressing, presumably glycinergic neurons in living cerebellar slices and compared their electrophysiological properties with previously described DCN neuron populations. We found two electrophysiologically and morphologically distinct sets of GlyT2-expressing neurons in the lateral cerebellar nucleus. One of them showed electrophysiological similarity to the previously characterized GABAergic cell group. The second GlyT2+ cell population, however, differed from all other so far described neuron types in DCN in that the cells (1) are intrinsically silent in slices and only fire action potentials upon depolarizing current injection and (2) have a projecting axon that was often seen to leave the DCN and project in the direction of the cerebellar cortex. Presence of this so far undescribed DCN neuron population in the lateral nucleus suggests a direct inhibitory pathway from the DCN to the cerebellar cortex.
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- Marylka Uusisaari
- Laboratory for Neuronal Circuit Dynamics, Brain Science Institute, RIKEN, Wako-shi, Saitama, Japan
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Co-localisation of markers for glycinergic and GABAergic neurones in rat nucleus of the solitary tract: implications for co-transmission. J Chem Neuroanat 2010; 40:160-76. [PMID: 20434539 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2010.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2010] [Revised: 04/21/2010] [Accepted: 04/22/2010] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Immunoreactive structures visualised with antibodies to glycine were prominent in areas of the nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS) surrounding the tractus solitarius, but scarcer in medial and ventral areas of the nucleus. This contrasted with a higher density, more homogenous distribution of structures labelled for gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). Immunolabelling of adjacent semi-thin sections nonetheless indicated a close correspondence between cells and puncta labelled by glycine and GABA antisera in certain NTS areas. With post-embedding electron microscopic immunolabelling, synaptic terminals with high, presumed transmitter levels of glycine were discriminated from terminals containing low, metabolic levels by quantitative analysis of gold particle labelling densities. In a random sample of terminals, 28.5% qualified on this basis as glycinergic (compared to 44.4% GABAergic); these glycinergic terminals targeted mainly dendritic structures and contained pleomorphic vesicles and symmetrical synapses. Serial section analysis revealed few terminals (5.2%) immunoreactive for glycine alone, with 82% of glycinergic terminals also containing high levels of GABA immunoreactivity. No evidence for co-localisation of glycine and glutamate was found. Light, confocal and electron microscopic labelling with antibodies to proteins specific for glycine and GABA synthesis, release and uptake confirmed that glycinergic terminals also containing GABA are found predominantly in more lateral areas of NTS, despite glycine receptors and the 'glial' glycine transporter (GLYT1) being expressed throughout all areas of the nucleus. The data suggest that synaptic terminals in certain functionally distinct areas of NTS co-release both inhibitory amino acids, which may account for the previously reported differential inhibitory effects of glycine and GABA on NTS neurones.
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The cerebellum funnels its entire output through a small number of presumed glutamatergic premotor projection neurons in the deep cerebellar nuclei and GABAergic neurons that feed back to the inferior olive. Here we use transgenic mice selectively expressing green fluorescent protein in glycinergic neurons to demonstrate that many premotor output neurons in the medial cerebellar (fastigial) nuclei are in fact glycinergic, not glutamatergic as previously thought. These neurons exhibit similar firing properties as neighboring glutamatergic neurons and receive direct input from both Purkinje cells and excitatory fibers. Glycinergic fastigial neurons make functional projections to vestibular and reticular neurons in the ipsilateral brainstem, whereas their glutamatergic counterparts project contralaterally. Together, these data suggest that the cerebellum can influence motor outputs via two distinct and complementary pathways.
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Liang CL, Marks GA. A novel GABAergic afferent input to the pontine reticular formation: the mesopontine GABAergic column. Brain Res 2009; 1297:32-40. [PMID: 19699725 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.08.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2009] [Revised: 08/12/2009] [Accepted: 08/13/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Pharmacological manipulations of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) neurotransmission in the nucleus pontis oralis (PnO) of the rat brainstem produce alterations in sleep/wake behavior. Local applications of GABA(A) receptor antagonists and agonists increase REM sleep and wake, respectively. These findings support a role for GABAergic mechanisms of the PnO in the control of arousal state. We have been investigating sources of GABA innervation of the PnO that may interact with local GABA(A) receptors in the control of state. Utilizing a retrograde tracer, cholera toxin-B subunit (CTb), injected into the PnO and dual-label immunohistochemistry with an antibody against glutamic acid decarboxalase-67 (GAD67), we report on a previously unidentified GABAergic neuronal population projecting to the contralateral PnO appearing as a column of cells, with long-axis in the sagittal plane, extending through the midbrain and pons. We refer to these neurons as the mesopontine GABAergic column (MPGC). The contiguous, columnar, anatomical distribution suggests operation as a functional neural system, which may influence expression of REM sleep, wake and other behaviors subserved by the PnO.
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- Chang-Lin Liang
- Department of Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75216, USA
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The Treasury of the Commons: Making Use of Public Gene Expression Resources to Better Characterize the Molecular Diversity of Inhibitory Interneurons in the Cerebellar Cortex. THE CEREBELLUM 2009; 8:477-89. [DOI: 10.1007/s12311-009-0124-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2009] [Accepted: 06/09/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Villar-Cerviño V, Barreiro-Iglesias A, Anadón R, Rodicio MC. Development of glycine immunoreactivity in the brain of the sea lamprey: Comparison with γ-aminobutyric acid immunoreactivity. J Comp Neurol 2009; 512:747-67. [DOI: 10.1002/cne.21916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The glycine transporter GlyT2 controls the dynamics of synaptic vesicle refilling in inhibitory spinal cord neurons. J Neurosci 2008; 28:9755-68. [PMID: 18815261 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0509-08.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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At inhibitory synapses, glycine and GABA are accumulated into synaptic vesicles by the same vesicular transporter VGAT/VIAAT (vesicular GABA transporter/vesicular inhibitory amino acid transporter), enabling a continuum of glycine, GABA, and mixed phenotypes. Many fundamental aspects of the presynaptic contribution to the inhibitory phenotypes remain unclear. The neuronal transporter GlyT2 is one of the critical presynaptic factors, because glycinergic transmission is impaired in knock-out GlyT2(-/-) mice and mutations in the human GlyT2 gene slc6a5 are sufficient to cause hyperekplexia. Here, we establish that GlyT2-mediated uptake is directly coupled to the accumulation of glycine into recycling synaptic vesicles using cultured spinal cord neurons derived from GlyT2-enhanced green fluorescent protein transgenic mice. Membrane expression of GlyT2 was confirmed by recording glycine-evoked transporter current. We show that GlyT2 inhibition induces a switch from a predominantly glycine to a predominantly GABA phenotype. This effect was mediated by a reduction of glycinergic quantal size after cytosolic depletion of glycine and was entirely reversed by glycine resupply, illustrating that the filling of empty synaptic vesicles is tightly coupled to GlyT2-mediated uptake. Interestingly, high-frequency trains of stimuli elicit two phases of vesicle release with distinct kinetic requirements for glycine refilling. Thus, our results demonstrate the central role played by GlyT2 in determining inhibitory phenotype and therefore in the physiology and pathology of inhibitory circuits.
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Schilling K, Oberdick J, Rossi F, Baader SL. Besides Purkinje cells and granule neurons: an appraisal of the cell biology of the interneurons of the cerebellar cortex. Histochem Cell Biol 2008; 130:601-15. [PMID: 18677503 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-008-0483-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/15/2008] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Ever since the groundbreaking work of Ramon y Cajal, the cerebellar cortex has been recognized as one of the most regularly structured and wired parts of the brain formed by a rather limited set of distinct cells. Its rather protracted course of development, which persists well into postnatal life, the availability of multiple natural mutants, and, more recently, the availability of distinct molecular genetic tools to identify and manipulate discrete cell types have suggested the cerebellar cortex as an excellent model to understand the formation and working of the central nervous system. However, the formulation of a unifying model of cerebellar function has so far proven to be a most cantankerous problem, not least because our understanding of the internal cerebellar cortical circuitry is clearly spotty. Recent research has highlighted the fact that cerebellar cortical interneurons are a quite more diverse and heterogeneous class of cells than generally appreciated, and have provided novel insights into the mechanisms that underpin the development and histogenetic integration of these cells. Here, we provide a short overview of cerebellar cortical interneuron diversity, and we summarize some recent results that are hoped to provide a primer on current understanding of cerebellar biology.
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- Karl Schilling
- Anatomisches Institut, Anatomie und Zellbiologie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Nussalle 10, 53115 Bonn, Germany.
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Villar-Cerviño V, Barreiro-Iglesias A, Anadón R, Rodicio MC. Distribution of glycine immunoreactivity in the brain of adult sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus). Comparison with γ-aminobutyric acid. J Comp Neurol 2008; 507:1441-63. [DOI: 10.1002/cne.21634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Kohara K, Yasuda H, Huang Y, Adachi N, Sohya K, Tsumoto T. A local reduction in cortical GABAergic synapses after a loss of endogenous brain-derived neurotrophic factor, as revealed by single-cell gene knock-out method. J Neurosci 2007; 27:7234-44. [PMID: 17611276 PMCID: PMC6794589 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1943-07.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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To address questions of whether brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) released from active excitatory neurons acts locally only on GABAergic presynaptic terminals contacting these neurons or generally also on GABAergic terminals contacting other inactive neurons, we developed a single-cell gene knock-out method in organotypic slice culture of visual cortex of floxed BDNF transgenic mice. A biolistic transfection of Cre recombinase with green fluorescence protein (GFP) plasmids to layer II/III of the cortex resulted in loss of BDNF in a single neuron or a small number of neurons, which expressed GFP at 13-14 d in vitro. Analysis with in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry confirmed that neurons expressing GFP lacked BDNF mRNA and protein, respectively. Analysis with immunohistochemistry using antibody against GABA synthesizing enzyme showed that the number of GABAergic terminals on the soma of BDNF knock-out neurons was smaller than that of neighboring control neurons. Morphological analysis indicated that there was no significant difference in the soma size and branch points and length of dendrites between the BDNF knock-out and control neurons. Recordings of miniature IPSCs (mIPSCs) showed that the frequency of mIPSCs of BDNF knock-out neurons was lower than that of control neurons, although the amplitude was not significantly different, suggesting the smaller number of functional GABAergic synapses on whole the BDNF knock-out neuron. The present results suggest that BDNF released from postsynaptic target neurons promotes the formation or proliferation of GABAergic synapses through its local actions in layer II/III of visual cortex.
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- Keigo Kohara
- Brain Science Institute, RIKEN, Wako 351-0198, Japan
- Solution-Oriented Research for Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi 442-0012, Japan, and
- Division of Neurophysiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, 565-0871 Japan
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- Solution-Oriented Research for Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi 442-0012, Japan, and
- Division of Neurophysiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, 565-0871 Japan
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- Brain Science Institute, RIKEN, Wako 351-0198, Japan
- Division of Neurophysiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, 565-0871 Japan
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- Solution-Oriented Research for Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi 442-0012, Japan, and
- Division of Neurophysiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, 565-0871 Japan
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- Brain Science Institute, RIKEN, Wako 351-0198, Japan
- Division of Neurophysiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, 565-0871 Japan
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- Brain Science Institute, RIKEN, Wako 351-0198, Japan
- Solution-Oriented Research for Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi 442-0012, Japan, and
- Division of Neurophysiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, 565-0871 Japan
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Ohtaka-Maruyama C, Miwa A, Kawano H, Kasai M, Okado H. Spatial and temporal expression of RP58, a novel zinc finger transcriptional repressor, in mouse brain. J Comp Neurol 2007; 502:1098-108. [PMID: 17447250 DOI: 10.1002/cne.21350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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RP58, a novel zinc finger protein containing a POZ domain, is a sequence-specific transcriptional repressor. To understand the role of this protein, we examined RP58 gene expression in the developing mouse brain by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and in situ hybridization. RP58 mRNA expression was detected at embryonic day (E) 10 in the neuroepithelium, and subsequently in the ventricular zones of the cerebral cortex in the E12 embryo. Strong expression was observed in the preplate in the cerebral cortex from this stage onward. High levels of expression continued to be detected in the cortical plate and subventricular zone of the neocortex, hippocampus, and parts of the amygdala, but not in the thalamus or striatum. These results suggest that RP58 plays a crucial role in neuronal proliferation, migration, and differentiation in the developing cerebral cortex. RP58 is also expressed in the adult mouse neocortex, hippocampus, parts of the amygdala, and granule cells in the cerebellum. Double in situ hybridization using GAD67 or VGLUT1 probes revealed that RP58 is expressed in glutamatergic excitatory neurons.
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- Chiaki Ohtaka-Maruyama
- Department of Molecular Physiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neuroscience, Tokyo 183-8526, Japan
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Bagnall MW, Stevens RJ, du Lac S. Transgenic mouse lines subdivide medial vestibular nucleus neurons into discrete, neurochemically distinct populations. J Neurosci 2007; 27:2318-30. [PMID: 17329429 PMCID: PMC6673471 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4322-06.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The identification of neuron types within circuits is fundamental to understanding their relevance to behavior. In the vestibular nuclei, several classes of neurons have been defined in vivo on the basis of their activity during behavior, but it is unclear how those types correspond to neurons identified in slice preparations. By targeting recordings to neurons labeled in transgenic mouse lines, this study reveals that the continuous distribution of intrinsic parameters observed in medial vestibular nucleus (MVN) neurons can be neatly subdivided into two populations of neurons, one of which is GABAergic and the other of which is exclusively glycinergic or glutamatergic. In slice recordings, GABAergic neurons labeled in the EGFP (enhanced green fluorescent protein)-expressing inhibitory neuron (GIN) line displayed lower maximum firing rates (<250 Hz) than glycinergic and glutamatergic neurons labeled in the yellow fluorescent protein-16 (YFP-16) line (up to 500 Hz). In contrast to cortical and hippocampal interneurons, GABAergic MVN neurons exhibited wider action potentials than glutamatergic (and glycinergic) neurons. Responses to current injection differed between the neurons labeled in the two lines, with GIN neurons modulating their firing rates over a smaller input range, adapting less during steady depolarization, and exhibiting less rebound firing than YFP-16 neurons. These results provide a scheme for robust classification of unidentified MVN neurons by their physiological properties. Finally, dye labeling in slices shows that both GABAergic and glycinergic neurons project to the contralateral vestibular nuclei, indicating that commissural inhibition is accomplished through at least two processing streams with differential input and output properties.
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- Martha W. Bagnall
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, and
- The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, and
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, and
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and
- The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037
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