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Hammoud H, Netsyk O, Tafreshiha AS, Korol SV, Jin Z, Li J, Birnir B. Insulin differentially modulates GABA signalling in hippocampal neurons and, in an age-dependent manner, normalizes GABA-activated currents in the tg-APPSwe mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2021; 232:e13623. [PMID: 33559388 DOI: 10.1111/apha.13623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2020] [Revised: 01/29/2021] [Accepted: 02/03/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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AIM We examined if tonic γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-activated currents in primary hippocampal neurons were modulated by insulin in wild-type and tg-APPSwe mice, an Alzheimer's disease (AD) model. METHODS GABA-activated currents were recorded in dentate gyrus (DG) granule cells and CA3 pyramidal neurons in hippocampal brain slices, from 8 to 10 weeks old (young) wild-type mice and in dorsal DG granule cells in adult, 5-6 and 10-12 (aged) months old wild-type and tg-APPSwe mice, in the absence or presence of insulin, by whole-cell patch-clamp electrophysiology. RESULTS In young mice, insulin (1 nmol/L) enhanced the total spontaneous inhibitory postsynaptic current (sIPSCT ) density in both dorsal and ventral DG granule cells. The extrasynaptic current density was only increased by insulin in dorsal CA3 pyramidal neurons. In absence of action potentials, insulin enhanced DG granule cells and dorsal CA3 pyramidal neurons miniature IPSC (mIPSC) frequency, consistent with insulin regulation of presynaptic GABA release. sIPSCT densities in DG granule cells were similar in wild-type and tg-APPSwe mice at 5-6 months but significantly decreased in aged tg-APPSwe mice where insulin normalized currents to wild-type levels. The extrasynaptic current density was increased in tg-APPSwe mice relative to wild-type littermates but, only in aged tg-APPSwe mice did insulin decrease and normalize the current. CONCLUSION Insulin effects on GABA signalling in hippocampal neurons are selective while multifaceted and context-based. Not only is the response to insulin related to cell-type, hippocampal axis-location, age of animals and disease but also to the subtype of neuronal inhibition involved, synaptic or extrasynaptic GABAA receptors-activated currents.
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- Hayma Hammoud
- Department of Medical Cell Biology Uppsala University Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Medical Cell Biology Uppsala University Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Medical Cell Biology Uppsala University Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Medical Cell Biology Uppsala University Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology Uppsala University Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Medical Cell Biology Uppsala University Uppsala Sweden
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Gaydukov AE, Dzhalagoniya IZ, Tarasova EO, Balezina OP. The Participation of Endocannabinoid Receptors in the Regulation of Spontaneous Synaptic Activity at Neuromuscular Junctions of Mice. BIOCHEMISTRY MOSCOW SUPPLEMENT SERIES A-MEMBRANE AND CELL BIOLOGY 2020. [DOI: 10.1134/s1990747819060059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Silveira PE, Lima RF, Guimarães JDS, Molgó J, Naves LA, Kushmerick C. Ryanodine and inositol triphosphate receptors modulate facilitation and tetanic depression at the frog neuromuscular junction. Muscle Nerve 2015; 52:623-30. [PMID: 25600698 DOI: 10.1002/mus.24571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/07/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Short-term plasticity of synaptic function is an important physiological control of transmitter release. Short-term plasticity can be regulated by intracellular calcium released by ryanodine and inositol triphosphate (IP3) receptors, but the role of these receptors at the neuromuscular junction is understood incompletely. METHODS We measured short-term plasticity of evoked endplate potential (EPP) amplitudes from frog neuromuscular junctions treated with ryanodine, 2-aminoethoxydiphenylborane (2-APB), or 1-[6-[[(17β)-3-methoxyestra-1,3,5(10)-trien-17-yl]amino]hexyl]-1H-pyrrole-2,5-dione (U- 73122). RESULTS Ryanodine decreases paired-pulse facilitation for intervals <20 ms and markedly decreases tetanic depression. Treatment with 2-APB reduces EPP amplitude, increases paired-pulse facilitation for intervals of <20 ms, and significantly reduces tetanic depression. U-73122 decreases EPP amplitude and decreases paired-pulse depression for intervals <20 ms. CONCLUSIONS Ryanodine, IP3 receptors, and phospholipase C modulate short-term plasticity of transmitter release at the neuromuscular junction. These results suggest possible targets for improving the safety factor of neuromuscular transmission during repetitive activity of the neuromuscular junction.
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- Priscila E Silveira
- Departamento de Fisiologia e Biofísica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Antonio Carlos 6627, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fisiologia e Biofísica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Antonio Carlos 6627, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil.,Departamento Fisiologia e Farmacologia, UFC, Fortaleza, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fisiologia e Biofísica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Antonio Carlos 6627, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil
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- Institut Fédératif de Neurobiologie Alfred Fessard Laboratoire de Neurobiologie et Dévelopement, CNRS, Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Departamento de Fisiologia e Biofísica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Antonio Carlos 6627, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fisiologia e Biofísica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Antonio Carlos 6627, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil
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Métais C, Hughes B, Herron CE. Simvastatin increases excitability in the hippocampus via a PI3 kinase-dependent mechanism. Neuroscience 2015; 291:279-88. [PMID: 25701710 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.02.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2014] [Revised: 02/09/2015] [Accepted: 02/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Simvastatin is an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor commonly used in the clinic to treat hypercholesterolemia. In addition, simvastatin has been shown to cross the blood-brain barrier and pleiotropic effects of simvastatin have been reported including anti-inflammatory properties, enhancement of neurite outgrowth, and memory enhancement properties. However, little has been reported on the effects of simvastatin on basal synaptic transmission and neuronal excitability. Here we report that simvastatin increases the fEPSP, the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor-mediated fEPSP using extracellular recordings in the dendritic region of the CA1 of hippocampal slices taken from 8-week-old C57Black6J mice. In addition, we found that simvastatin perfusion causes a change in the input/output curve and a decrease of the paired-pulse facilitation ratio, indicating respectively an increase of the neuronal excitability and neurotransmitter release. We have also observed that acute application of simvastatin increased the amplitude of the compound action potential in the CA1 region. Notably, using LY294002, we have demonstrated that this effect was PI3K dependent and was occluded if the animals had previously received a diet supplemented with simvastatin. We have finally shown that the simvastatin-mediated increase of the compound action potential amplitude was also present in hippocampal slices from aged mice.
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- C Métais
- School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Sciences, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Sciences, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Sciences, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland.
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Marrs TC, Maynard RL. Neurotranmission systems as targets for toxicants: a review. Cell Biol Toxicol 2013; 29:381-96. [PMID: 24036955 DOI: 10.1007/s10565-013-9259-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2013] [Accepted: 08/29/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Neurotransmitters are chemicals that transmit impulses from one nerve to another or from nerves to effector organs. Numerous neurotransmitters have been described in mammals, amongst them acetylcholine, amino acids, amines, peptides and gases. Toxicants may interact with various parts of neurotransmission systems, including synthetic and degradative enzymes, presynaptic vesicles and the specialized receptors that characterize neurotransmission systems. Important toxicants acting on the cholinergic system include the anticholinesterases (organophosphates and carbamates) and substances that act on receptors such as nicotine and the neonicotinoid insecticides, including imidacloprid. An important substance acting on the glutamatergic system is domoic acid, responsible for amnesic shellfish poisoning. 4-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) and glycine are inhibitory neurotransmitters and their antagonists, fipronil (an insecticide) and strychnine respectively, are excitatory. Abnormalities of dopamine neurotransmission occur in Parkinson's disease, and a number of substances that interfere with this system produce Parkinsonian symptoms and clinical signs, including notably 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine, which is the precursor of 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium. Fewer substances are known that interfere with adrenergic, histaminergic or seroninergic neurotransmission, but there are some examples. Among peptide neurotransmission systems, agonists of opioids are the only well-known toxic compounds.
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- Timothy C Marrs
- Edentox Associates, Pinehurst, Four Elms Road Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 6AQ, UK,
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Purine P2Y receptors in ATP-mediated regulation of non-quantal acetylcholine release from motor nerve endings of rat diaphragm. Neurosci Res 2011; 71:219-25. [PMID: 21821069 DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2011.07.1829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2011] [Revised: 07/15/2011] [Accepted: 07/21/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We established the effect of ATP, which is released together with acetylcholine (ACh), on the non-quantal ACh release (NQR) in rat diaphragm endplates and checked what kind of purine receptors are involved. NQR was estimated by the amplitude of endplate hyperpolarization (the H-effect) following the blockade of postsynaptic nicotinic receptors and cholinesterase. 100 μM ATP reduced the H-effect to 66% of the control. The action of ATP remained unchanged after the inhibition of ionotropic P2X receptors by Evans blue and PPADS, but disappeared after the application of the broad spectrum P2 receptor antagonist suramin, metabotropic P2Y receptor blocker reactive blue 2 and U73122, an inhibitor of phospholipase C. P2Y-mediated regulation is not coupled to presynaptic voltage-dependent Ca(2+) channels. During the simultaneous application of ATP and glutamate (which is another ACh cotransmitter reducing non-quantal release), the additive depressant effect led to a disappearance of the H-effect. This can be explained by the independence of the action of ATP and glutamate. Unlike the effects of purines on the spontaneous quantal secretion of ACh, its non-quantal release is regulated via P2Y receptors coupled to G(q/11) and PLC. ATP thus regulates the neuromuscular synapse by two different pathways.
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Logonder U, Jenko-Praznikar Z, Scott-Davey T, Pungercar J, Krizaj I, Harris JB. Ultrastructural evidence for the uptake of a neurotoxic snake venom phospholipase A2 into mammalian motor nerve terminals. Exp Neurol 2009; 219:591-4. [PMID: 19631643 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2009.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2009] [Revised: 07/07/2009] [Accepted: 07/15/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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A mutant form of ammodytoxin A, a neurotoxic phospholipase A(2) from the venom of the long nosed viper Vipera ammodytes ammodytes, was prepared by site-directed mutagenesis, conjugated to a nanogold particle and inoculated into the antero-lateral aspect of one hind limb of female mice. Eight hours later the mice were killed, the soleus muscles of both ipsi- and contra-lateral hind limbs were removed, exposed to a silver enhancing medium and then prepared for transmission electron microscopy. Silver-enhanced particles were subsequently found concentrated in the peri-synaptic area, particularly within the synaptic gutter and the deep synaptic folds, and in many cases had been taken up into the cytoplasm of the terminal boutons of the motor axon. The results suggest that the presynaptic neurotoxicity of snake venom phospholipases A(2) involves several components of the neuromuscular apparatus, including intracellular organelles of the motor nerve terminal.
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- U Logonder
- Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Wu PF, Chang LS, Kao YL, Wang KT. Beta-Bungarotoxin induction of neurite outgrowth in NB41A3 cells. Toxicon 2008; 52:354-60. [PMID: 18619988 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2008.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2008] [Revised: 05/20/2008] [Accepted: 06/05/2008] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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In this study, different concentrations of beta-Bgt were used to treat cultured NB41A3 cells. Inverted phase contrast microscopy was then used 24h after treatment to observe the outgrowth of neurite. We found a clear outgrowth of neurite at beta-Bgt concentrations of 357 nM. However, using a cytotoxicity assay to study apoptosis, we found no significant difference in the rate of cell death in cell cultures treated with either 357 nM or 714 nM. Western blotting showed that after treatment with beta-Bgt, there was a notable decrease in small G protein Cdc42 and a marked increase in RhoA protein. Flow cytometry revealed that beta-Bgt did not alter the calcium influx in NB41A3 cells. The neurite outgrowth induced by beta-Bgt was not affected by extracellular EGTA, suggesting that the internalization of beta-Bgt from extracellular was independent of phospholipase. Taken together, our results suggest the beta-Bgt-induced outgrowth of neurite from NB41A3 cells may be mediated by small G proteins.
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- Pei-Fung Wu
- Department of Kinesiology, Health and Leisure Studies, National Kaohsiung University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
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Cheng YC, Wang JJ, Chang LS. B chain is a functional subunit of β-bungarotoxin for inducing apoptotic death of human neuroblastoma SK-N-SH cells. Toxicon 2008; 51:304-15. [DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2007.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2007] [Revised: 10/05/2007] [Accepted: 10/10/2007] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Pungercar J, Krizaj I. Understanding the molecular mechanism underlying the presynaptic toxicity of secreted phospholipases A2. Toxicon 2007; 50:871-92. [PMID: 17905401 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2007.07.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2007] [Revised: 07/13/2007] [Accepted: 07/20/2007] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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An important group of toxins, whose action at the molecular level is still a matter of debate, is secreted phospholipases A(2) (sPLA(2)s) endowed with presynaptic or beta-neurotoxicity. The current belief is that these beta-neurotoxins (beta-ntxs) exert their toxicity primarily due to their extracellular enzymatic action on the plasma membrane of motoneurons at the neuromuscular junction. However, the discovery of several extra- and intracellular proteins, with high binding affinity for snake venom beta-ntxs, has raised the question as to whether this explanation is adequate to account for all the observed phenomena in the process of presynaptic toxicity. The purpose of this review is to critically examine the various published studies, including the most recent results on internalization of a beta-ntx into motor nerve terminals, in order to contribute to a better understanding of the molecular mechanism of beta-neurotoxicity. As a result, we propose that presynaptic neurotoxicity of sPLA(2)s is a result of both extra- and intracellular actions of beta-ntxs, involving enzymatic activity as well as interaction of the toxins with intracellular proteins affecting the cycling of synaptic vesicles in the axon terminals of vertebrate motoneurons.
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- Joze Pungercar
- Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, Jozef Stefan Institute, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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