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Urban P, Rezaei Tabar V, Denkiewicz M, Bokota G, Das N, Basu S, Plewczynski D. The Mixture of Autoregressive Hidden Markov Models of Morphology for Dentritic Spines During Activation Process. J Comput Biol 2020; 27:1471-1485. [PMID: 32175768 DOI: 10.1089/cmb.2019.0383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
The dendritic spines play a crucial role in learning and memory processes, epileptogenesis, drug addiction, and postinjury recovery. The shape of the dendritic spine is a morphological key to understand learning and memory process. The classification of the dendritic spines is based on their shapes but the major questions are how the shapes changes in time, how the synaptic strength changes, and is there a correlation between shapes and synaptic strength? Because the changes of the classes by dendritic spines during activation are time dependent, the forward-directed autoregressive hidden Markov model (ARHMM) can be used to model these changes. It is also more appropriate to use an ARHMM directed backward in time. Thus, the mixture of forward-directed ARHMM and backward-directed ARHMM (MARHMM) is used to model time-dependent data related to the dendritic spines. In this article, we discuss (1) how to choose the initial probability vector and transition and dependence matrices in ARHMM and MARHMM for modeling the dendritic spines changes and (2) how to estimate these matrices. Many descriptors to classify dendritic spines in two-dimensional or/and three-dimensional (3D) are available. Our results from sensitivity analysis show that the classification that comes from 3D descriptors is closer to the truth, and estimated transition and dependence probability matrices are connected with the molecular mechanism of the dendritic spines activation.
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- Paulina Urban
- Center of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.,College of Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Center of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.,Department of Statistics, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran.,School of Biological Science, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), Tehran, Iran
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- Center of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.,College of Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Center of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.,Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
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- Center of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.,Faculty of Mathematics and Information Science, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
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Zhang L, Tang W, Chao FL, Zhou CN, Jiang L, Zhang Y, Liang X, Tang J, Qi YQ, Yang H, He Q, Zhang SS, Zhu L, Peng Y, Tang Y. Four-month treadmill exercise prevents the decline in spatial learning and memory abilities and the loss of spinophilin-immunoreactive puncta in the hippocampus of APP/PS1 transgenic mice. Neurobiol Dis 2019; 136:104723. [PMID: 31887353 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2019.104723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2019] [Revised: 12/20/2019] [Accepted: 12/26/2019] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Previous studies have reported that exercise could improve the plasticity of hippocampal synapses. However, the effects of exercise on synapses in the hippocampus in Alzheimer's disease (AD) are not completely known. METHODS In this study, thirty 12-month-old male APP/PS1 double transgenic mice were randomly divided into a sedentary group (n = 15) and a running group (n = 15). Fifteen 12-month-old male wild-type littermates were assigned to the control group (n = 15). While running mice were assigned to treadmill running for four months, the control mice and sedentary mice did not run during the study period. After Morris water maze testing, five mice in each group were randomly selected for a stereological assessment of spinophilin-immunoreactive puncta in the CA1, CA2-3 and dentate gyrus (DG) of the hippocampus. RESULTS Morris water maze testing revealed that while the learning and memory abilities in sedentary APP/PS1 mice were significantly worse than those in wild-type control mice, the learning and memory abilities in running APP/PS1 mice were significantly better than those in sedentary APP/PS1 mice. The stereological results showed that the spinophilin-immunoreactive puncta numbers of the CA1, CA2-3 and DG in the hippocampus of sedentary APP/PS1 mice were significantly lower than those of wild-type control mice and that the numbers of these spines in the CA1, CA2-3 and DG in the hippocampus of running APP/PS1 mice were significantly higher than those of sedentary APP/PS1 mice. Moreover, a running-induced improvement in spatial learning and memory abilities was significantly correlated with running-induced increases in the spinophilin-immunoreactive puncta numbers in the CA1 and DG of the hippocampus. CONCLUSIONS Four-month treadmill exercise induced a significant improvement in spatial learning and memory abilities and a significant increase in the number of spinophilin-immunoreactive puncta of the CA1, CA2-3 and DG in the hippocampus of APP/PS1 mice. Running-induced improvements in spatial learning and memory abilities were significantly correlated with running-induced increases in the spinophilin-immunoreactive puncta numbers in the CA1 and DG of the hippocampus.
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- Lei Zhang
- Department of Histology and Embryology, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China; Laboratory of Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China; Laboratory of Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China; Laboratory of Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China; Laboratory of Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China; Laboratory of Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China; Laboratory of Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China; Laboratory of Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China; Laboratory of Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China; Laboratory of Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China; Laboratory of Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China; Laboratory of Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China; Laboratory of Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China; Laboratory of Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China; Laboratory of Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China; Laboratory of Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, PR China.
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Mellström B, Kastanauskaite A, Knafo S, Gonzalez P, Dopazo XM, Ruiz-Nuño A, Jefferys JGR, Zhuo M, Bliss TVP, Naranjo JR, DeFelipe J. Specific cytoarchitectureal changes in hippocampal subareas in daDREAM mice. Mol Brain 2016; 9:22. [PMID: 26928278 PMCID: PMC4772309 DOI: 10.1186/s13041-016-0204-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2015] [Accepted: 02/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Background Transcriptional repressor DREAM (downstream regulatory element antagonist modulator) is a Ca2+-binding protein that regulates Ca2+ homeostasis through gene regulation and protein-protein interactions. It has been shown that a dominant active form (daDREAM) is implicated in learning-related synaptic plasticity such as LTP and LTD in the hippocampus. Neuronal spines are reported to play important roles in plasticity and memory. However, the possible role of DREAM in spine plasticity has not been reported. Results Here we show that potentiating DREAM activity, by overexpressing daDREAM, reduced dendritic basal arborization and spine density in CA1 pyramidal neurons and increased spine density in dendrites in dentate gyrus granule cells. These microanatomical changes are accompanied by significant modifications in the expression of specific genes encoding the cytoskeletal proteins Arc, Formin 1 and Gelsolin in daDREAM hippocampus. Conclusions Our results strongly suggest that DREAM plays an important role in structural plasticity in the hippocampus. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13041-016-0204-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Britt Mellström
- Spanish Network for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, CIBERNED, Madrid, Spain. .,National Biotechnology Center. CSIC, Darwin, 3. E-28049, Madrid, Spain.
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- Spanish Network for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, CIBERNED, Madrid, Spain. .,Cajal Institute, CSIC Madrid, Av Dr. Arce,37 E-28006, Madrid, Spain. .,Biomedical Technology Center, Politecnica University Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
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- Cajal Institute, CSIC Madrid, Av Dr. Arce,37 E-28006, Madrid, Spain. .,Present address: IkerBasque Basque Foundation for Science and BioCruces, Health Research Institute, Bizkaia, Spain.
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- Spanish Network for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, CIBERNED, Madrid, Spain. .,National Biotechnology Center. CSIC, Darwin, 3. E-28049, Madrid, Spain.
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- Spanish Network for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, CIBERNED, Madrid, Spain. .,National Biotechnology Center. CSIC, Darwin, 3. E-28049, Madrid, Spain.
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- Neuronal Networks Group, School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
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- Neuronal Networks Group, School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. .,Center for Neuron and Disease, Frontier Institute of Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
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- MRC National Institutes for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, UK.
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- Spanish Network for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, CIBERNED, Madrid, Spain. .,National Biotechnology Center. CSIC, Darwin, 3. E-28049, Madrid, Spain.
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- Spanish Network for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, CIBERNED, Madrid, Spain. .,Cajal Institute, CSIC Madrid, Av Dr. Arce,37 E-28006, Madrid, Spain. .,Biomedical Technology Center, Politecnica University Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
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Life extension factor klotho prevents mortality and enhances cognition in hAPP transgenic mice. J Neurosci 2015; 35:2358-71. [PMID: 25673831 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.5791-12.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Aging is the principal demographic risk factor for Alzheimer disease (AD), the most common neurodegenerative disorder. Klotho is a key modulator of the aging process and, when overexpressed, extends mammalian lifespan, increases synaptic plasticity, and enhances cognition. Whether klotho can counteract deficits related to neurodegenerative diseases, such as AD, is unknown. Here we show that elevating klotho expression decreases premature mortality and network dysfunction in human amyloid precursor protein (hAPP) transgenic mice, which simulate key aspects of AD. Increasing klotho levels prevented depletion of NMDA receptor (NMDAR) subunits in the hippocampus and enhanced spatial learning and memory in hAPP mice. Klotho elevation in hAPP mice increased the abundance of the GluN2B subunit of NMDAR in postsynaptic densities and NMDAR-dependent long-term potentiation, which is critical for learning and memory. Thus, increasing wild-type klotho levels or activities improves synaptic and cognitive functions, and may be of therapeutic benefit in AD and other cognitive disorders.
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Ruszczycki B, Szepesi Z, Wilczynski GM, Bijata M, Kalita K, Kaczmarek L, Wlodarczyk J. Sampling issues in quantitative analysis of dendritic spines morphology. BMC Bioinformatics 2012; 13:213. [PMID: 22920322 PMCID: PMC3468369 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-13-213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2012] [Accepted: 08/16/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Background Quantitative analysis of changes in dendritic spine morphology has become an interesting issue in contemporary neuroscience. However, the diversity in dendritic spine population might seriously influence the result of measurements in which their morphology is studied. The detection of differences in spine morphology between control and test group is often compromised by the number of dendritic spines taken for analysis. In order to estimate the impact of dendritic spine diversity we performed Monte Carlo simulations examining various experimental setups and statistical approaches. The confocal images of dendritic spines from hippocampal dissociated cultures have been used to create a set of variables exploited as the simulation resources. Results The tabulated results of simulations given in this article, provide the number of dendritic spines required for the detection of hidden morphological differences between control and test groups in terms of spine head-width, length and area. It turns out that this is the head-width among these three variables, where the changes are most easily detected. Simulation of changes occurring in a subpopulation of spines reveal the strong dependence of detectability on the statistical approach applied. The analysis based on comparison of percentage of spines in subclasses is less sensitive than the direct comparison of relevant variables describing spines morphology. Conclusions We evaluated the sampling aspect and effect of systematic morphological variation on detecting the differences in spine morphology. The results provided here may serve as a guideline in selecting the number of samples to be studied in a planned experiment. Our simulations might be a step towards the development of a standardized method of quantitative comparison of dendritic spines morphology, in which different sources of errors are considered.
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- Błażej Ruszczycki
- Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pasteura 3, Warszawa, Poland
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Nietzer SL, Bonn M, Jansen F, Heiming RS, Lewejohann L, Sachser N, Asan ES, Lesch KP, Schmitt AG. Serotonin transporter knockout and repeated social defeat stress: impact on neuronal morphology and plasticity in limbic brain areas. Behav Brain Res 2011; 220:42-54. [PMID: 21238500 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2010] [Revised: 12/30/2010] [Accepted: 01/07/2011] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Low expression of the human serotonin transporter (5-HTT) gene presumably interacts with stressful life events enhancing susceptibility for affective disorders. 5-Htt knockout (KO) mice display an anxious phenotype, and behavioural differences compared to wild-type (WT) mice are exacerbated after repeated loser experience in a resident-intruder stress paradigm. To assess whether genotype-dependent and stress-induced behavioural differences are reflected in alterations of neuronal morphology in limbic areas, we studied dendritic length and complexity of pyramidal neurons in the anterior cingulate and infralimbic cortices (CG, IL), hippocampus CA1 region, and of pyramidal neurons and interneurons in the lateral (La) and basolateral (BL) amygdaloid nuclei in Golgi-Cox-stained brains of male WT and 5-Htt KO control and loser mice. Spine density was analysed for IL apical and amygdaloid apical and basal pyramidal neuron dendrites. While group differences were absent for parameters analysed in CG, CA1 and amygdaloid interneurons, pyramidal neurons in the IL displayed tendencies to shorter and less spinous distal apical dendrites in 5-Htt KO controls, and to extended proximal dendrites in WT losers compared to WT controls. In contrast, spine density of several dendritic compartments of amygdaloid pyramids was significantly higher in 5-Htt KO mice compared to WT controls. While a tendency to increased spine density was observed in the same dendritic compartments in WT after stress, changes were lacking in stressed compared to control 5-Htt KO mice. Our findings indicate that disturbed 5-HT homeostasis results in alterations of limbic neuronal morphology, especially in higher spinogenesis in amygdaloid pyramidal neurons. Social stress leads to similar but less pronounced changes in the WT, and neuroplasticity upon stress is reduced in 5-Htt KO mice.
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- S L Nietzer
- Molecular Psychiatry, Laboratory of Translational Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University of Würzburg, Füchsleinstr. 15, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
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Multiple events lead to dendritic spine loss in triple transgenic Alzheimer's disease mice. PLoS One 2010; 5:e15477. [PMID: 21103384 PMCID: PMC2982845 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2010] [Accepted: 09/23/2010] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The pathology of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by the accumulation of amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide, hyperphosphorylated tau protein, neuronal death, and synaptic loss. By means of long-term two-photon in vivo imaging and confocal imaging, we characterized the spatio-temporal pattern of dendritic spine loss for the first time in 3xTg-AD mice. These mice exhibit an early loss of layer III neurons at 4 months of age, at a time when only soluble Aβ is abundant. Later on, dendritic spines are lost around amyloid plaques once they appear at 13 months of age. At the same age, we observed spine loss also in areas apart from amyloid plaques. This plaque independent spine loss manifests exclusively at dystrophic dendrites that accumulate both soluble Aβ and hyperphosphorylated tau intracellularly. Collectively, our data shows that three spatio-temporally independent events contribute to a net loss of dendritic spines. These events coincided either with the occurrence of intracellular soluble or extracellular fibrillar Aβ alone, or the combination of intracellular soluble Aβ and hyperphosphorylated tau.
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González‐Burgos I, García‐Martínez S, Velázquez‐Zamora D, Ponce‐Rolón R. Cytoarchitectural impairments in the medium spiny neurons of the
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core of hyperactive juvenile rats. Int J Dev Neurosci 2010; 28:475-80. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2010.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2010] [Revised: 06/14/2010] [Accepted: 06/15/2010] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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- I. González‐Burgos
- División de NeurocienciasCentro de Investigación Biomédica de Occidente, IMSS.GuadalajaraJalMexico
- Departamento de Biología Celular y MolecularCUCBA, Universidad de GuadalajaraGuadalajaraJalMexico
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- División de NeurocienciasCentro de Investigación Biomédica de Occidente, IMSS.GuadalajaraJalMexico
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- División de NeurocienciasCentro de Investigación Biomédica de Occidente, IMSS.GuadalajaraJalMexico
- Departamento de Biología Celular y MolecularCUCBA, Universidad de GuadalajaraGuadalajaraJalMexico
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- División de NeurocienciasCentro de Investigación Biomédica de Occidente, IMSS.GuadalajaraJalMexico
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Ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCH-L1) is a deubiquitinating enzyme that is selectively and abundantly expressed in the brain, and its activity is required for normal synaptic function. Here, we show that UCH-L1 functions in maintaining normal synaptic structure in hippocampal neurons. We found that UCH-L1 activity is rapidly upregulated by NMDA receptor activation, which leads to an increase in the levels of free monomeric ubiquitin. Conversely, pharmacological inhibition of UCH-L1 significantly reduces monomeric ubiquitin levels and causes dramatic alterations in synaptic protein distribution and spine morphology. Inhibition of UCH-L1 activity increases spine size while decreasing spine density. Furthermore, there is a concomitant increase in the size of presynaptic and postsynaptic protein clusters. Interestingly, however, ectopic expression of ubiquitin restores normal synaptic structure in UCH-L1-inhibited neurons. These findings point to a significant role of UCH-L1 in synaptic remodeling, most likely by modulating free monomeric ubiquitin levels in an activity-dependent manner.
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Smit-Rigter LA, Champagne DL, van Hooft JA. Lifelong impact of variations in maternal care on dendritic structure and function of cortical layer 2/3 pyramidal neurons in rat offspring. PLoS One 2009; 4:e5167. [PMID: 19357777 PMCID: PMC2663818 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2008] [Accepted: 03/15/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Maternal licking and grooming (LG) exerts profound influence on hippocampal development and function in the offspring. However, little information is available on the effects of variations in maternal care on other brain regions. Here we examined the effects of variation in the frequency of maternal LG on morphological and electrophysiological properties of layer 2/3 pyramidal neurons in the somatosensory cortex in adult offspring. Compared to low LG offspring, high LG offspring displayed decreased dendritic complexity, reduced spine density and decreased amplitude of spontaneous postsynaptic currents. These changes were accompanied by higher levels of reelin expression in offspring of high LG mothers. Taken together, these findings suggest that differential amount of naturally-occurring variations in maternal LG is associated with enduring changes in dendritic morphology and synaptic function in layer 2/3 pyramidal neurons of the somatosensory cortex.
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- Laura A. Smit-Rigter
- Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, Center for Neuroscience, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology, Leiden University Medical Center and the Leiden/Amsterdam Center for Drug Research, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, Center for Neuroscience, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Bock J, Murmu RP, Ferdman N, Leshem M, Braun K. Refinement of dendritic and synaptic networks in the rodent anterior cingulate and orbitofrontal cortex: Critical impact of early and late social experience. Dev Neurobiol 2008; 68:685-95. [DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Akram A, Christoffel D, Rocher AB, Bouras C, Kövari E, Perl DP, Morrison JH, Herrmann FR, Haroutunian V, Giannakopoulos P, Hof PR. Stereologic estimates of total spinophilin-immunoreactive spine number in area 9 and the CA1 field: relationship with the progression of Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiol Aging 2007; 29:1296-307. [PMID: 17420070 PMCID: PMC2569870 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2007.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2006] [Revised: 02/27/2007] [Accepted: 03/01/2007] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
The loss of presynaptic markers is thought to represent a strong pathologic correlate of cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Spinophilin is a postsynaptic marker mainly located to the heads of dendritic spines. We assessed total numbers of spinophilin-immunoreactive puncta in the CA1 and CA3 fields of hippocampus and area 9 in 18 elderly individuals with various degrees of cognitive decline. The decrease in spinophilin-immunoreactivity was significantly related to both Braak neurofibrillary tangle (NFT) staging and clinical severity but not A beta deposition staging. The total number of spinophilin-immunoreactive puncta in CA1 field and area 9 were significantly related to MMSE scores and predicted 23.5 and 61.9% of its variability. The relationship between total number of spinophilin-immunoreactive puncta in CA1 field and MMSE scores did not persist when adjusting for Braak NFT staging. In contrast, the total number of spinophilin-immunoreactive puncta in area 9 was still significantly related to the cognitive outcome explaining an extra 9.6% of MMSE and 25.6% of the Clinical Dementia Rating scores variability. Our data suggest that neocortical dendritic spine loss is an independent parameter to consider in AD clinicopathologic correlations.
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- Afia Akram
- Department of Neuroscience, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029
- Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Geneva, School of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Geneva, School of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Pathology (Neuropathology), Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029
- Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029
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- Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, University of Geneva, School of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029
- Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029
- Correspondence to: Patrick R. Hof, Department of Neuroscience, Box 1065, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA, Phone: +1-212-659-5904; Fax: +1-212-849-2510; E-mail:
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Fu Z, Lee SH, Simonetta A, Hansen J, Sheng M, Pak DTS. Differential roles of Rap1 and Rap2 small GTPases in neurite retraction and synapse elimination in hippocampal spiny neurons. J Neurochem 2007; 100:118-31. [PMID: 17227435 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2006.04195.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The Rap family of small GTPases is implicated in the mechanisms of synaptic plasticity, particularly synaptic depression. Here we studied the role of Rap in neuronal morphogenesis and synaptic transmission in cultured neurons. Constitutively active Rap2 expressed in hippocampal pyramidal neurons caused decreased length and complexity of both axonal and dendritic branches. In addition, Rap2 caused loss of dendritic spines and spiny synapses, and an increase in filopodia-like protrusions and shaft synapses. These Rap2 morphological effects were absent in aspiny interneurons. In contrast, constitutively active Rap1 had no significant effect on axon or dendrite morphology. Dominant-negative Rap mutants increased dendrite length, indicating that endogenous Rap restrains dendritic outgrowth. The amplitude and frequency of alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionate (AMPA)-mediated miniature excitatory postsynaptic currents (mEPSCs) decreased in hippocampal neurons transfected with active Rap1 or Rap2, associated with reduced surface and total levels of AMPA receptor subunit GluR2. Finally, increasing synaptic activity with GABA(A) receptor antagonists counteracted Rap2's inhibitory effect on dendrite growth, and masked the effects of Rap1 and Rap2 on AMPA-mediated mEPSCs. Rap1 and Rap2 thus have overlapping but distinct actions that potentially link the inhibition of synaptic transmission with the retraction of axons and dendrites.
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- Zhanyan Fu
- Georgetown University Medical School, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Washington, DC 20057, USA
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Murmu MS, Salomon S, Biala Y, Weinstock M, Braun K, Bock J. Changes of spine density and dendritic complexity in the prefrontal cortex in offspring of mothers exposed to stress during pregnancy. Eur J Neurosci 2006; 24:1477-87. [PMID: 16965544 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.05024.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 227] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Both chronic stress in adulthood and episodes of stress in the early postnatal period have been shown to interfere with neuronal development in limbic prefrontal cortical regions. The present study in rats showed for the first time that the development of layer II/III pyramidal neurons in the dorsal anterior cingulate (ACd) and orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) is significantly affected in offspring of mothers exposed to stress during pregnancy. In prenatally stressed (PS) male rat pups the ACd and OFC showed significantly lower spine densities on the apical dendrite (ACd, -20%; OFC, -25%), on basal dendrites reduced spine densities where found only in the OFC (-20% in PS males). Moreover, in both cortical areas a significant reduction of dendritic length was observed in PS males compared to control offspring, which was confined to the apical dendrites (ACd, -30%, OFC, -26%). Sholl analysis revealed that these alterations were accompanied by a significantly reduced complexity of the dendritic trees in both cortical regions. PS females displayed reductions of dendritic spine densities in the ACd and OFC on both the basal (ACd, -21%; OFC, -20%) and apical dendrites (ACd, -21%; OFC, -21%), however, in contrast to the findings in PS males, no dendritic atrophy was detected in the PS females. These findings demonstrate that gestational stress leads to significant alterations of prefrontal neuronal structure in the offspring of the stressed mothers in a sex-specific manner.
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- Meena Sriti Murmu
- Institute of Biology, Department of Zoology and Developmental Neurobiology, Otto von Guericke University, Brenneckestr. 6, 39118 Magdeburg Germany
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Morando L, Cesa R, Harvey RJ, Strata P. Spontaneous Electrical Activity and Structural Plasticity in the Mature Cerebellar Cortex. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2006; 1048:131-40. [PMID: 16154927 DOI: 10.1196/annals.1342.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The Purkinje cell of the cerebellar cortex presents two distinct dendritic domains: a distal one, with spiny branchlets and a high density of spines innervated by many parallel fibers, and a proximal one, with a few clusters of spines innervated by a single climbing fiber terminal arbor. In adult rats, after 7 days of blocked electrical activity by the administration of TTX into the cerebellar parenchyma, the proximal dendritic domain of the Purkinje cell shows a remarkable growth of new spines that are innervated by parallel fibers. At the same time, the climbing fiber terminal arbor tends to become atrophic. In contrast, in the branchlets, spine density remains unmodified. These changes are reversible when TTX is removed. TTX treatment also leads to a decrease in spine size both in the branchlets and in the new spines of the proximal dendritic compartment. Spontaneous electrical activity should therefore be regarded not simply as noise, but as a significant signal for maintaining the typical profile of afferent innervation of the Purkinje cell and for preventing spines from shrinking.
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- Laura Morando
- Rita Levi Montalcini Center for Brain Repair, Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin, Italy
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Harvey RJ, Morando L, Rasetti R, Strata P. Spontaneous electrical activity and dendritic spine size in mature cerebellar Purkinje cells. Eur J Neurosci 2005; 21:1777-84. [PMID: 15869473 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04010.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Previous experiments have shown that in the mature cerebellum both blocking of spontaneous electrical activity and destruction of the climbing fibres by a lesion of the inferior olive have a similar profound effect on the spine distribution on the proximal dendrites of the Purkinje cells. Many new spines develop that are largely innervated by parallel fibers. Here we show that blocking electrical activity leads to a significant decrease in size of the spines on the branchlets. We have also compared the size of the spines of the proximal dendritic domain that appear during activity block and after an inferior olive lesion. In this region also, the spines in the absence of activity are significantly smaller. In the proximal dendritic domain, the new spines that develop in the absence of activity are innervated by parallel fibers and are not significantly different in size from those of the branchlets, although they are shorter. Thus, the spontaneous activity of the cerebellar cortex is necessary not only to maintain the physiological spine distribution profile in the Purkinje cell dendritic tree, but also acts as a signal that prevents spines from shrinking.
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- Robin J Harvey
- Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, University of Otago Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Glass MJ, Kruzich PJ, Kreek MJ, Pickel VM. Decreased plasma membrane targeting of NMDA-NR1 receptor subunit in dendrites of medial nucleus tractus solitarius neurons in rats self-administering morphine. Synapse 2004; 53:191-201. [PMID: 15266550 DOI: 10.1002/syn.20049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Opioid abuse is associated with repeated administration and escalation of dose that can result in profound adaptations in homeostatic processes. Potential cellular mechanisms and neural sites mediating opiate-dependent adaptations may involve NMDA-dependent synaptic plasticity within brain areas participating in behaviors related to consumption of natural reinforcers, as well as affective-autonomic integration, notably the medial nucleus tractus solitarius (mNTS). NMDA-dependent synaptic plasticity may be mediated by changes in the intracellular and surface targeting of NMDA receptors, particularly in postsynaptic sites including spines or small distal dendrites. High-resolution immunogold electron microscopic immunocytochemistry combined with morphometry were used to measure changes in targeting of the NMDA-NR1 (NR1) receptor subunit between intracellular and plasmalemmal sites in dendrites of neurons of the intermediate mNTS of rats self-administering escalating doses of morphine (EMSA). In control and EMSA rats, the density of plasmalemmal and cytosolic gold particles was inversely related to profile size. Collapsed across all NR1-labeled dendrites, rats self-administering morphine had a lower number of plasmalemmal gold particles per unit surface area (7.1 +/- 0.8 vs. 14.4 +/- 1 per 100 microm), but had a higher number of intracellular gold particles per unit cross-sectional area (169 +/- 6.1 vs. 148 +/- 5.1 per 100 microm2) compared to saline self-administering rats. Morphometric analysis showed that the decrease in plasma membrane labeling of NR1 was most robust in small dendritic profiles (<1 microm), where there was a reciprocal increase in the density of intracellular particles. These results indicate that the plasmalemmal distribution of the essential NR1 subunits in distal sites may prominently contribute to NMDA receptor-dependent modulation of neural circuitry regulating homeostatic processes, and targeting of these proteins can be prominently affected by morphine self-administration.
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- Michael J Glass
- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York 10021, USA
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Contreras D. Electrophysiological classes of neocortical neurons. Neural Netw 2004; 17:633-46. [PMID: 15288889 DOI: 10.1016/j.neunet.2004.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2004] [Accepted: 04/01/2004] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Neocortical network behavior and neocortical function emerge from synaptic interactions among neurons with specific electrophysiological and morphological characteristics. The intrinsic electrophysiological properties of neurons define their firing patterns and their input-output functions with critical consequences for their functional properties within the network. Understanding the role played by the active non-linear properties caused by ionic conductances distributed in the soma and the dendrites is a critical step towards understanding cortical function. Here I present a brief description of electrophysiological and morphological characteristics of neocortical cells that allow their classification in categories. I review some examples of differences in functional properties among different electrophysiological cell classes in the visual cortex, as well as the role played by specific ionic conductances in defining firing and accommodation properties of neocortical neurons.
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- Diego Contreras
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 215 Stemmler Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6074, USA.
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Bock J, Gruss M, Becker S, Braun K. Experience-induced changes of dendritic spine densities in the prefrontal and sensory cortex: correlation with developmental time windows. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 15:802-8. [PMID: 15371297 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhh181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The present study provides evidence for the hypothesis that the extent and the direction of experience-induced synaptic changes in cortical areas correlates with time windows of neuronal as well as endocrine development. Repeated brief exposure to maternal separation prior to the stress hyporesponsive period (SHRP) of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis induced significantly reduced dendritic spine density (-16%) in layer II/III pyramidal neurons of the anterior cingulate cortex (ACd) of 21-day-old rats, whereas separation after termination of the SHRP resulted in increased spine densities (+16%) in this neuron type. In addition, rats of both groups displayed elevated basal plasma levels of corticosterone at this age. Separation during the SHRP (postnatal days 5-7) did not influence spine density in the ACd, and basal corticosterone levels remained unchanged. In contrast, pyramidal neurons in the somatosensory cortex (SSC) displayed significantly enhanced spine densities (up to 52% increase) independent from the time of separation. These results indicate that alterations in the synaptic balance in limbic and sensory cortical regions in response to early emotional experience are region-specific and related to the maturational stage of endocrine and neuronal systems.
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- Jörg Bock
- Institute of Biology, Department of Zoology and Developmental Neurobiology, Otto von Guericke Unversity, Brenneckestr. 6, 39118 Magdeburg Germany.
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Rácz B, Blanpied TA, Ehlers MD, Weinberg RJ. Lateral organization of endocytic machinery in dendritic spines. Nat Neurosci 2004; 7:917-8. [PMID: 15322548 DOI: 10.1038/nn1303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2004] [Accepted: 07/29/2004] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Postsynaptic membrane trafficking plays an important role in synaptic plasticity, but the organization of trafficking machinery within dendritic spines is poorly understood. We use immunocytochemical analysis of rat hippocampal neurons to show that proteins mediating endocytosis are systematically arrayed within dendritic spines, tangential to the synapse. Thus, previously unrecognized lateral domains of the spine organize endocytic protein machinery at sites removed from the postsynaptic density.
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- Bence Rácz
- Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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Gao WJ, Zheng ZH. Target-specific differences in somatodendritic morphology of layer V pyramidal neurons in rat motor cortex. J Comp Neurol 2004; 476:174-85. [PMID: 15248197 DOI: 10.1002/cne.20224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Dendritic geometry has been shown to be a critical determinant of information processing and neuronal computation. However, it is not known whether cortical projection neurons that target different subcortical nuclei have distinct dendritic morphologies. In this study, fast blue retrograde tracing in combination with intracellular Lucifer yellow injection and diaminobenzidine (DAB) photoconversion in fixed slices was used to study the morphological features of corticospinal, corticostriatal, and corticothalamic neurons in layer V of rat motor cortex. Marked differences in the distribution of soma, somal size, and dendritic profiles were found among the three groups of pyramidal neurons. Corticospinal neurons were large, were located in deep layer V, and had the most expansive dendritic fields. The apical dendrites of corticospinal pyramidal neurons were thick, spiny, and branched. In contrast, nearly all corticostriatal neurons were small cells located in superficial layer V. Their apical dendritic shafts were significantly more slender, though spiny like those of corticospinal neurons. Corticothalamic neurons, which were located in superficial layer V and in layer VI, had small or medium-sized soma, slender apical dendritic shafts, and dendrites that were largely spine free. This study indicates that, in layer V of rat motor cortex, each population of projection neurons has a unique somatodendritic morphology and suggests that distinct modes of cortical information processing are operative in corticospinal, corticostriatal, and corticothalamic neurons.
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- Wen-Jun Gao
- Institute of Neuroscience (formerly Shanghai Brain Research Institute), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China.
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