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Escobar AP, Cornejo FA, Olivares-Costa M, González M, Fuentealba JA, Gysling K, España RA, Andrés ME. Reduced dopamine and glutamate neurotransmission in the nucleus accumbens of quinpirole-sensitized rats hints at inhibitory D2 autoreceptor function. J Neurochem 2015; 134:1081-90. [PMID: 26112331 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.13209] [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: 01/24/2015] [Revised: 06/02/2015] [Accepted: 06/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Dopamine from the ventral tegmental area and glutamate from several brain nuclei converge in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) to drive motivated behaviors. Repeated activation of D2 receptors with quinpirole (QNP) induces locomotor sensitization and compulsive behaviors, but the mechanisms are unknown. In this study, in vivo microdialysis and fast scan cyclic voltammetry in adult anesthetized rats were used to investigate the effect of repeated QNP on dopamine and glutamate neurotransmission within the NAc. Following eight injections of QNP, a significant decrease in phasic and tonic dopamine release was observed in rats that displayed locomotor sensitization. Either a systemic injection or the infusion of QNP into the NAc decreased dopamine release, and the extent of this effect was similar in QNP-sensitized and control rats, indicating that inhibitory D2 autoreceptor function is maintained despite repeated activation of D2 receptors and decreased dopamine extracellular levels. Basal extracellular levels of glutamate in the NAc were also significantly lower in QNP-treated rats than in controls. Moreover, the increase in NAc glutamate release induced by direct stimulation of medial prefrontal cortex was significantly lower in QNP-sensitized rats. Together, these results indicate that repeated activation of D2 receptors disconnects NAc from medial prefrontal cortex and ventral tegmental area. Repeated administration of the dopamine D2 receptor agonist quinpirole (QNP) induces locomotor sensitization. We found that the NAc of QNP-sensitized rats has reduced glutamate levels coming from prefrontal cortex together with a decreased phasic and tonic dopamine neurotransmission but a conserved presynaptic D2 receptor function. We suggest that locomotor sensitization is because of increased affinity state of D2 post-synaptic receptors.
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- Angélica P Escobar
- Millennium Science Nucleus in Stress and Addiction, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biological Science, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Millennium Science Nucleus in Stress and Addiction, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biological Science, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Millennium Science Nucleus in Stress and Addiction, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biological Science, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Millennium Science Nucleus in Stress and Addiction, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biological Science, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Millennium Science Nucleus in Stress and Addiction, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Chemistry, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Millennium Science Nucleus in Stress and Addiction, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biological Science, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Millennium Science Nucleus in Stress and Addiction, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biological Science, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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O'Connor WT, O'Shea SD. Clozapine and GABA transmission in schizophrenia disease models. Pharmacol Ther 2015; 150:47-80. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2015.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2015] [Accepted: 01/06/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Kemppainen H, Nurmi H, Raivio N, Kiianmaa K. Enhanced Extracellular Glutamate and Dopamine in the Ventral Pallidum of Alcohol-Preferring AA and Alcohol-Avoiding ANA Rats after Morphine. Front Psychiatry 2015; 6:1. [PMID: 25653621 PMCID: PMC4299289 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2014] [Accepted: 01/01/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the role of ventral pallidal opioidergic mechanisms in the control of ethanol intake by studying the effects of acute administration of morphine on the levels of GABA, glutamate, and dopamine in the ventral pallidum. The study was conducted using the alcohol-preferring Alko Alcohol (AA) and alcohol-avoiding Alko Non-Alcohol (ANA) rat lines that have well-documented differences in their voluntary ethanol intake and brain opioidergic systems. Therefore, examination of neurobiological differences between the lines is supposed to help to identify the neuronal mechanisms underlying ethanol intake, since selection pressure is assumed gradually to lead to enrichment of alleles promoting high or low ethanol intake, respectively. The effects of an acute dose of morphine (1 or 10 mg/kg s.c.) on the extracellular levels of GABA and glutamate in the ventral pallidum were monitored with in vivo microdialysis. The concentrations of GABA and glutamate in the dialyzates were determined with a high performance liquid chromatography system using fluorescent detection, while electrochemical detection was used for dopamine. The levels of glutamate in the rats injected with morphine 1 mg/kg were significantly above the levels found in the controls and in the rats receiving morphine 10 mg/kg. Morphine 10 mg/kg also increased the levels of dopamine. Morphine could not, however, modify the levels of GABA. The rat lines did not differ in any of the effects of morphine. The data suggest that the glutamatergic and dopaminergic systems in the ventral pallidum may mediate some effects of morphine. Since there were no differences between the AA and ANA lines, the basic hypothesis underlying the use of the genetic animal model suggests that the effects of morphine detected probably do not underlie the different intake of ethanol by the lines and contribute to the control of ethanol intake in these animals.
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- Heidi Kemppainen
- Department of Alcohol, Drugs and Addiction, National Institute for Health and Welfare , Helsinki , Finland
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- Department of Alcohol, Drugs and Addiction, National Institute for Health and Welfare , Helsinki , Finland
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- Department of Alcohol, Drugs and Addiction, National Institute for Health and Welfare , Helsinki , Finland
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- Department of Alcohol, Drugs and Addiction, National Institute for Health and Welfare , Helsinki , Finland
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Beggiato S, Tanganelli S, Fuxe K, Antonelli T, Schwarcz R, Ferraro L. Endogenous kynurenic acid regulates extracellular GABA levels in the rat prefrontal cortex. Neuropharmacology 2014; 82:11-8. [PMID: 24607890 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2014.02.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2013] [Revised: 02/07/2014] [Accepted: 02/25/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The tryptophan metabolite kynurenic acid (KYNA) is an endogenous antagonist of the α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (α7nAChR) and, at higher concentrations, inhibits ionotropic glutamate receptors. Increases in KYNA levels are seen in brain and cerebrospinal fluid in individuals with schizophrenia (SZ) and may be causally related to cognitive deficits in SZ and other psychiatric diseases. As dysfunction of circuits involving GABAergic neurons in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) likely plays a role in the cognitive impairments seen in these disorders, we examined the effects of KYNA on extracellular GABA in this brain area. Applied to awake rats for 2 h by reverse dialysis, KYNA concentration-dependently and reversibly reduced extracellular GABA levels, with 300 nM KYNA causing a nadir of ∼45% of baseline concentrations. This effect was not duplicated by reverse dialysis of the selective glycineB receptor antagonist 7-Cl-KYNA (100 nM) or the AMPA/kainate receptor antagonist CNQX (100 μM), and was prevented by co-application of galantamine (5 μM), a positive allosteric modulator of the α7nAChR. Conversely, inhibition of endogenous KYNA formation by reverse dialysis of (S)-4-(ethylsulfonyl)benzoylalanine (ESBA; 5 mM) reversibly increased GABA levels in the PFC, reaching a peak of ∼160% of baseline concentrations. Co-infusion of 30 nM KYNA neutralized this effect. Taken together, these results demonstrate a role for endogenous KYNA in the bi-directional control of GABAergic neurotransmission in the PFC. Pharmacological manipulation of KYNA may therefore be useful in the treatment of GABAergic impairments in SZ and other brain disorders involving the PFC.
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- Sarah Beggiato
- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Italy; Laboratory for the Technology of Advanced Therapies (LTTA Centre), University of Ferrara, Italy.
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- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Italy; Laboratory for the Technology of Advanced Therapies (LTTA Centre), University of Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Italy; Laboratory for the Technology of Advanced Therapies (LTTA Centre), University of Ferrara, Italy
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- Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Laboratory for the Technology of Advanced Therapies (LTTA Centre), University of Ferrara, Italy; Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Italy
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Fliegel S, Brand I, Spanagel R, Noori HR. Ethanol-induced alterations of amino acids measured by in vivo microdialysis in rats: a meta-analysis. In Silico Pharmacol 2013; 1:7. [PMID: 25505652 PMCID: PMC4230485 DOI: 10.1186/2193-9616-1-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2013] [Accepted: 05/07/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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PURPOSE In recent years in vivo microdialysis has become an important method in research studies investigating the alterations of neurotransmitters in the extracellular fluid of the brain. Based on the major involvement of glutamate and γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in mediating a variety of alcohol effects in the mammalian brain, numerous microdialysis studies have focused on the dynamical behavior of these systems in response to alcohol. METHODS Here we performed multiple meta-analyses on published datasets from the rat brain: (i) we studied basal extracellular concentrations of glutamate and GABA in brain regions that belong to a neurocircuitry involved in neuropsychiatric diseases, especially in alcoholism (Noori et al., Addict Biol 17:827-864, 2012); (ii) we examined the effect of acute ethanol administration on glutamate and GABA levels within this network and (iii) we studied alcohol withdrawal-induced alterations in glutamate and GABA levels within this neurocircuitry. RESULTS For extraction of basal concentrations of these neurotransmitters, datasets of 6932 rats were analyzed and the absolute basal glutamate and GABA levels were estimated for 18 different brain sites. In response to different doses of acute ethanol administration, datasets of 529 rats were analyzed and a non-linear dose response (glutamate and GABA release) relationship was observed in several brain sites. Specifically, glutamate in the nucleus accumbens shows a decreasing logarithmic dose response curve. Finally, regression analysis of 11 published reports employing brain microdialysis experiments in 104 alcohol-dependent rats reveals very consistent augmented extracellular glutamate and GABA levels in various brain sites that correlate with the intensity of the withdrawal response were identified. CONCLUSIONS In summary, our results provide standardized basal values for future experimental and in silico studies on neurotransmitter release in the rat brain and may be helpful to understand the effect of ethanol on neurotransmitter release. Furthermore, this study illustrates the benefit of meta-analyses using the generalization of a wide range of preclinical data.
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- Sarah Fliegel
- Institute of Psychopharmacology, Central Institute of Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, J5, 68159 Mannheim, Germany
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- Institute of Psychopharmacology, Central Institute of Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, J5, 68159 Mannheim, Germany
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- Institute of Psychopharmacology, Central Institute of Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, J5, 68159 Mannheim, Germany
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- Institute of Psychopharmacology, Central Institute of Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, J5, 68159 Mannheim, Germany
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Cooperative interaction between the basolateral amygdala and ventral tegmental area modulates the consolidation of inhibitory avoidance memory. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2013; 40:54-61. [PMID: 23063440 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2012.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2012] [Revised: 09/16/2012] [Accepted: 10/04/2012] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The aim of the current study was to examine the existence of a cooperative interaction between the basolateral nucleus of amygdala (BLA) and the ventral tegmental area (VTA) in inhibitory avoidance task. The BLA and the VTA regions of adult male Wistar rats were simultaneously cannulated and memory consolidation was measured in a step-through type inhibitory avoidance apparatus. Post-training microinjection of muscimol, a potent GABA-A receptor agonist (0.01-0.02 μg/rat), into the VTA impaired memory in a dose-dependent manner. Post-training intra-BLA microinjection of NMDA (0.02-0.04 μg/rat), 5 min before the intra-VTA injection of muscimol (0.02 μg/rat), attenuated muscimol-induced memory impairment. Microinjection of a NMDA receptor antagonist, D-AP5 (0.02-0.06 μg/rat) into the BLA inhibited NMDA effect on the memory impairment induced by intra-VTA microinjection of muscimol. On the other hand, post-training intra-BLA microinjection of muscimol (0.02-0.04 μg/rat) dose-dependently decreased step-through latency, indicating an impairing effect on memory. This impairing effect was however significantly attenuated by intra-VTA microinjection of NMDA (0.01-0.03 μg/rat). Intra-VTA microinjection of D-AP5 (0.02-0.08 μg/rat), 5 min prior to NMDA injection, inhibited NMDA response on the impairing effect induced by intra-BLA microinjection of muscimol. It should be considered that post-training microinjection of the same doses of NMDA or D-AP5 into the BLA or the VTA alone had no effect on memory consolidation. The data suggest that the relationship between the BLA and the VTA in mediating memory consolidation in inhibitory avoidance learning may be dependent on a cooperative interaction between the glutamatergic and GABAergic systems via NMDA and GABA-A receptors.
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Simultaneous quantification of d- vs. l-serine, taurine, kynurenate, phosphoethanolamine and diverse amino acids in frontocortical dialysates of freely-moving rats: Differential modulation by N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) and other pharmacological agents. J Neurosci Methods 2011; 202:143-57. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.08.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2011] [Revised: 08/08/2011] [Accepted: 08/25/2011] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Tonic and phasic release of glutamate and acetylcholine neurotransmission in sub-regions of the rat prefrontal cortex using enzyme-based microelectrode arrays. J Neurosci Methods 2011; 202:199-208. [PMID: 21896284 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.08.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2011] [Revised: 08/10/2011] [Accepted: 08/11/2011] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) is an area of the brain critical for higher cognitive processes and implicated in disorders of the CNS such as drug addiction, depression and schizophrenia. Glutamate and acetylcholine are neurotransmitters that are essential for cortical functioning, yet little is known about the dynamic function of these neurotransmitters in subregions of the mPFC. In these studies we used a novel microelectrode array technology to measure resting levels (tonic release) of glutamate and acetylcholine as well as KCl-evoked release (stimulated phasic release) in the mPFC of the anesthetized rat to further our understanding of both tonic and phasic neurotransmission in the cingulate cortex, prelimbic cortex, and infralimbic cortex of the mPFC. Studies revealed homogeneity of tonic and phasic signaling among brain subregions for each neurotransmitter. However, resting levels of glutamate were significantly higher as compared to acetylcholine levels in all subregions. Additionally, KCl-evoked acetylcholine release in the cingulate cortex (7.1 μM) was significantly greater than KCl-evoked glutamate release in any of the three subregions (Cg1, 2.9 μM; PrL, 2.0 μM; IL, 1.8 μM). Interestingly, the time for signal decay following KCl-evoked acetylcholine release was significantly longer by an average of 240% as compared to KCL-evoked glutamate release for all three brain subregions. Finally, we observed a negative relationship between acetylcholine resting levels and KCl-evoked release in the Cg1. These data suggest a homogenous distribution of both glutamatergic and acetylcholinergic innervation in the mPFC, with alterations in tonic and phasic release regulation accounting for differences between these neurotransmitters.
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O'Connor WT, Smyth A, Gilchrist MD. Animal models of traumatic brain injury: A critical evaluation. Pharmacol Ther 2011; 130:106-13. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2011.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2010] [Accepted: 11/17/2010] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Kemppainen H, Raivio N, Nurmi H, Kiianmaa K. GABA and Glutamate Overflow in the VTA and Ventral Pallidum of Alcohol-Preferring AA and Alcohol-Avoiding ANA Rats after Ethanol. Alcohol Alcohol 2010; 45:111-8. [DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agp086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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McKee AG, Loscher JS, O'Sullivan NC, Chadderton N, Palfi A, Batti L, Sheridan GK, O'Shea S, Moran M, McCabe O, Fernández AB, Pangalos MN, O'Connor JJ, Regan CM, O'Connor WT, Humphries P, Farrar GJ, Murphy KJ. AAV-mediated chronic over-expression of SNAP-25 in adult rat dorsal hippocampus impairs memory-associated synaptic plasticity. J Neurochem 2009; 112:991-1004. [PMID: 20002519 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.06516.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Long-term memory is formed by alterations in glutamate-dependent excitatory synaptic transmission, which is in turn regulated by synaptosomal protein of 25 kDa (SNAP-25), a key component of the soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor complex essential for exocytosis of neurotransmitter-filled synaptic vesicles. Both reduced and excessive SNAP-25 activity has been implicated in various disease states that involve cognitive dysfunctions such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, schizophrenia and Alzheimer's disease. Here, we over-express SNAP-25 in the adult rat dorsal hippocampus by infusion of a recombinant adeno-associated virus vector, to evaluate the consequence of late adolescent-adult dysfunction of the soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor protein in the absence of developmental disruption. We report a specific and significant increase in the levels of extracellular glutamate detectable by microdialysis and a reduction in paired-pulse facilitation in the hippocampus. In addition, SNAP-25 over-expression produced cognitive deficits, delaying acquisition of a spatial map in the water maze and impairing contextual fear conditioning, both tasks known to be dorsal hippocampal dependent. The high background transmission state and pre-synaptic dysfunction likely result in interference with requisite synapse selection during spatial and fear memory consolidation. Together these studies provide the first evidence that excess SNAP-25 activity, restricted to the adult period, is sufficient to mediate significant deficits in the memory formation process.
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- Alex G McKee
- Applied Neurotherapeutics Research Group, Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
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Mørk A, Witten LM, Arnt J. Effect of sertindole on extracellular dopamine, acetylcholine, and glutamate in the medial prefrontal cortex of conscious rats: a comparison with risperidone and exploration of mechanisms involved. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2009; 206:39-49. [PMID: 19506838 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-009-1578-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2008] [Accepted: 05/21/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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RATIONALE Second-generation antipsychotics have some beneficial effect on cognition. Recent studies, furthermore, indicate differential effects of second-generation antipsychotics on impairment in executive cognitive function. OBJECTIVE We evaluated the effect of the second-generation antipsychotic drug, sertindole, on extracellular levels of dopamine (DA), acetylcholine (ACh), and glutamate (Glu) in the rat medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC). Risperidone was studied for comparison. Moreover, selective serotonin 5-HT(2A), 5-HT(2C), and 5-HT(6) receptor antagonists were used, given alone and in combination with the preferential DA D(2) receptor antagonist, haloperidol, to further clarify the action of the two drugs. MATERIALS AND METHODS Rats were treated acutely with vehicle or drugs, and extracellular levels of neurotransmitters were assessed by microdialysis in freely moving animals. RESULTS Sertindole and risperidone significantly increased extracellular levels of DA. Haloperidol; the 5-HT(2A) receptor antagonist, M100907; the 5-HT(2C) receptor antagonist, SB242084; and the 5-HT(6) receptor antagonist, GSK-742457, induced minor increases in levels of DA, but the three latter compounds raised the DA levels notably in combination with haloperidol. Sertindole and risperidone significantly increased the extracellular levels of ACh but only sertindole raised the extracellular levels of Glu. The selective 5-HT(6) receptor antagonist, SB-271046, significantly increased the extracellular levels of Glu. CONCLUSION Sertindole and risperidone markedly increased extracellular levels of DA in mPFC. The built-in 5-HT(2A)/5-HT(2C)/D(2) receptor antagonism of the two drugs might be involved in this action. Both drugs increased the extracellular levels of ACh but only sertindole enhanced Glu levels. The high affinity of sertindole for the 5-HT(6) receptor compared to risperidone may differentiate sertindole from risperidone.
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- Arne Mørk
- Department of Neurophysiology, Discovery Pharmacology Research, H. Lundbeck A/S, Ottiliavej 9, 2500, Valby, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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O'Shea SD, Smith IM, McCabe OM, Cronin MM, Walsh DM, O'Connor WT. Intracerebroventricular Administration of Amyloid β-protein Oligomers Selectively Increases Dorsal Hippocampal Dialysate Glutamate Levels in the Awake Rat. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2008; 8:7428-7437. [PMID: 27873937 PMCID: PMC3787453 DOI: 10.3390/s8117428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2008] [Revised: 11/10/2008] [Accepted: 11/11/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Extensive evidence supports an important role for soluble oligomers of the amyloid β-protein (Aβ) in Alzheimer's Disease pathogenesis. In the present study we combined intracerebroventricular (icv) injections with brain microdialysis technology in the fully conscious rat to assess the effects of icv administered SDS-stable low-n Aβ oligomers (principally dimers and trimers) on excitatory and inhibitory amino acid transmission in the ipsilateral dorsal hippocampus. Microdialysis was employed to assess the effect of icv administration of Aβ monomers and Aβ oligomers on dialysate glutamate, aspartate and GABA levels in the dorsal hippocampus. Administration of Aβ oligomers was associated with a +183% increase (p.
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- Sean D. O'Shea
- Applied Neurotherapeutics Research Group, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Laboratory for Neurodegenerative Research, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland; E-mail:
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- Applied Neurotherapeutics Research Group, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Applied Neurotherapeutics Research Group, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Laboratory for Neurodegenerative Research, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland; E-mail:
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- Applied Neurotherapeutics Research Group, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
- Graduate Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland; E-mail:
- Materials and Surface Science Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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Ballini C, Corte LD, Pazzagli M, Colivicchi MA, Pepeu G, Tipton KF, Giovannini MG. Extracellular levels of brain aspartate, glutamate and GABA during an inhibitory avoidance response in the rat. J Neurochem 2008; 106:1035-43. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2008.05452.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Ojanen SP, Palmén M, Hyytiä P, Kiianmaa K. Extracellular glutamate and GABA in the ventral tegmental area of alcohol-preferring AA and alcohol-avoiding ANA rats treated repeatedly with morphine. Eur J Pharmacol 2007; 559:38-45. [PMID: 17198699 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2006.11.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2006] [Revised: 10/30/2006] [Accepted: 11/20/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
Abstract
Glutamate and gamma-amino-butyric acid (GABA) have been implicated in neuronal plasticity related to behavioral sensitization. In the present study, we examined morphine-induced changes in the extracellular concentrations of glutamate and GABA in the ventral tegmental area in alcohol-preferring Alko Alcohol (AA) and alcohol-avoiding Alko Non-Alcohol (ANA) rats that have previously been shown to differ in morphine-induced sensitization. The rats were given escalating doses (5-20 mg/kg) of morphine every other day for five days. This treatment produced behavioral sensitization to locomotor effects of morphine in AA, but not in ANA rats, when challenged with an additional injection of morphine (10 mg/kg) 10 days later. Morphine also increased the levels of glutamate in the ventral tegmental area only in AA rats, while no significant changes were found in the extracellular concentrations of GABA between the lines. Challenging the morphine-treated AA rats with ethanol (1.5 g/kg) did not modify the levels of glutamate or GABA. No changes in the concentrations of glutamate or GABA were seen in saline-treated AA and ANA rats after morphine challenge. These results render increased glutamate transmission in the ventral tegmental area a potential contributor to the higher susceptibility of AA rats to morphine-induced behavioral and neurochemical effects relative to ANA rats.
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- Sami P Ojanen
- Department of Mental Health and Alcohol Research, National Public Health Institute, POB 33, 00251 Helsinki, Finland
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Harte M, O'Connor WT. Evidence for a selective prefrontal cortical gabab receptor-mediated inhibition of glutamate release in the ventral tegmental area: A dual probe microdialysis study in the awake rat. Neuroscience 2005; 130:215-22. [PMID: 15561437 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2004.08.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/30/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Glutamate-containing pyramidal neurons in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPfc) project to the ventral tegmental area (VTA) where they synapse on mesocorticolimbic dopamine containing cell bodies and GABA interneurons. In the present study we employed dual probe microdialysis in intact conscious rat brain to investigate the effects of intra-mPfc perfusion with a depolarising concentration of potassium chloride (KCl) (100 mM, 20 min) alone and in the presence of local GABA(A) and GABA(B) receptor blockade on VTA glutamate release. Intra-mPfc KCl transiently increased VTA glutamate release (+71.48+/-14.29%, 20 min). Intra-mPfc perfusion with a concentration of the GABA(A) receptor antagonist bicuculline (10 microM, 120 min) did not influence the intra-mPfc KCl-induced increase in VTA glutamate release (+102.35+/-33.61%, 20 min). In contrast, intra-mPfc perfusion with a concentration of the GABA(B) receptor antagonist CGP35348 (100 microM, 120 min) which when given alone did not influence basal glutamate levels in the VTA was associated with an enhanced KCl-induced stimulation of VTA glutamate release (+375.19+/-89.69%, 40 min). Furthermore, this enhancement was reversed in the presence of the selective GABA(B) receptor agonist baclofen (10 microM, 120 min). The present findings suggest a key role for the prefrontal cortex in the regulation of glutamate release in the VTA. Furthermore, we demonstrate a selective cortical GABA(B) receptor-mediated inhibition of glutamate transmission in the VTA. These findings may be important in the context of abnormalities in amino acid neurotransmission at the network level in schizophrenia.
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- M Harte
- Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK.
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Adell A, Artigas F. The somatodendritic release of dopamine in the ventral tegmental area and its regulation by afferent transmitter systems. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2004; 28:415-31. [PMID: 15289006 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2004.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2004] [Revised: 05/12/2004] [Accepted: 05/12/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The release of dopamine in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) plays an important role in the autoinhibition of the dopamine neurons of the mesocorticolimbic system through the activation of somatodendritic dopamine D2 autoreceptors. Accordingly, the intra-VTA application of dopamine D2 receptor agonists reduces the firing rate and release of dopamine in the VTA, and this control appears to possess a tonic nature because the corresponding antagonists enhance the somatodendritic release of the transmitter. In addition, the release of dopamine in the VTA is increased by potassium or veratridine depolarization and abolished by tetrodotoxin and calcium omission. Overall, it appears that the somatodendritic release of dopamine is consistently lower than that in nerve endings. Apart from intrinsic dopaminergic mechanisms, other transmitter systems such as serotonin, noradrenaline, acetylcholine, GABA and glutamate play a role in the control of the activity of dopaminergic neurons of the VTA, although the final action depends on the particular receptor involved as well as the neuronal type where it is localized. Given the involvement of the mesocorticolimbic dopaminergic systems in the pathogenesis of severe neuropsychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, the knowledge of the factors that regulate the release of dopamine in the VTA could provide new insight into the ethiogenesis of the disease as well as its implication on the mechanisms of action of therapeutic drugs.
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- Albert Adell
- Department of Neurochemistry, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques de Barcelona, CSIC (IDIBAPS), Carrer Rosselló 161, 6th floor, E-08036 Barcelona, Spain.
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Harte M, O'Connor WT. Evidence for a differential medial prefrontal dopamine D1 and D2 receptor regulation of local and ventral tegmental glutamate and GABA release: a dual probe microdialysis study in the awake rat. Brain Res 2004; 1017:120-9. [PMID: 15261107 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.05.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/01/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The effects of perfusion with two selective dopamine receptor agonists SKF38393 and pergolide into the medial prefrontal cortex (mPfc) on local and ventral tegmental area (VTA) glutamate and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) release were investigated using dual probe microdialysis in the awake rat. Intracortical SKF38393 (10, 100, 500 microM, 60 min) decreased glutamate and increased GABA release in the mPfc but had no effect on either amino acid neurotransmitter in the VTA. Intracortical perfusion with the selective GABA(A) receptor antagonist bicuculline (0.1 microM, 140 min) reversed the SKF38393 (100 microM, 60 min)-induced decrease in local glutamate release, while the selective GABA(B) receptor antagonist CGP35348 (100 microM, 140 min) was without effect. Intracortical pergolide (1 microM, 60 min) was associated with a prolonged reversible decrease in local and VTA glutamate release that was also associated with a decrease in VTA GABA release, which was reversed in the presence of intracortical raclopride (10 microM, 140 min). Taken together, the present findings indicate a differential regulation of glutamate and GABA release in the mPfc and VTA by dopamine D(1) and D(2) receptors in the mPfc whereby (a) activation of the dopamine D(1) receptor in the mPfc decreases local glutamate release possibly via a feed-forward activation of the local GABA interneurons; (b) activation of the dopamine D(2) receptor in the mPfc inhibits both local glutamate release and the excitatory glutamate drive on the VTA.
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- M Harte
- Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK.
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Khandelwal P, Beyer CE, Lin Q, Schechter LE, Bach AC. Studying Rat Brain Neurochemistry Using Nanoprobe NMR Spectroscopy: a Metabonomics Approach. Anal Chem 2004; 76:4123-7. [PMID: 15253652 DOI: 10.1021/ac049812u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In the present experiments, in vivo microdialysis techniques together with nanoprobe NMR spectroscopy were used to evaluate the neurochemical environment of the rat frontal cortex. Metabonomics techniques of data reduction and pattern recognition were used to examine whether collected neurochemicals were sensitive to tetrodotoxin (TTX), a neurotoxin that when infused into discrete brain regions can help distinguish between the neuronal versus glial origin of neurochemicals in cerebrospinal fluid microdialysate. (1)H NMR spectra recorded on samples collected from the rat frontal cortex before and after an intracortical TTX infusion (10 microM for 60 min) were subjected to multivariate statistical analysis. Glutamate, isoleucine, valine, alanine, and alpha- and beta-hydroxybutyrate were found to have decreased concentrations after the addition of TTX, suggesting that their release is likely from cortical neurons. In contrast, lactate, formate, acetate, glucose, creatinine, pyruvate, and other neurochemicals remained unchanged following local application of TTX. The present findings extend our previous work combining the analytical technology of small-volume nanoprobe NMR spectroscopy with in vivo microdialysis in freely moving animals and show that it is possible to apply metabonomics methodology to this important class of biofluid to monitor changes in neurochemical composition of the rat brain.
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- Purnima Khandelwal
- Chemical and Screening Sciences, Discovery Analytical Chemistry and Neuroscience Discovery Research, Wyeth Research, CN 8000, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-8000, USA
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