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Different changes in pre- and postsynaptic components in the hippocampal CA1 subfield after transient global cerebral ischemia. Brain Struct Funct 2021; 227:345-360. [PMID: 34626230 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-021-02404-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2021] [Accepted: 09/29/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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To date, ischemia-induced damage to dendritic spines has attracted considerable attention, while the possible effects of ischemia on presynaptic components has received relatively less attention. To further examine ischemia-induced changes in pre- and postsynaptic specializations in the hippocampal CA1 subfield, we modeled global cerebral ischemia with two-stage 4-vessel-occlusion in rats, and found that three postsynaptic markers, microtubule-associated protein 2 (MAP2), postsynaptic density protein 95 (PSD95), and filamentous F-actin (F-actin), were all substantially decreased in the CA1 subfield after ischemia/reperfusion (I/R). Although no significant change was detected in synapsin I, a presynaptic marker, in the CA1 subfield at the protein level, confocal microscopy revealed that the number and size of synapsin I puncta were significantly changed in the CA1 stratum radiatum after I/R. The size of synapsin I puncta became slightly, but significantly reduced on Day 1.5 after I/R. From Days 2 to 7 after I/R, the number of synapsin I puncta became moderately decreased, while the size of synapsin I puncta was significantly increased. Interestingly, some enlarged puncta of synapsin I were observed in close proximity to the dendritic shafts of CA1 pyramidal cells. Due to the more substantial decrease in the number of F-actin puncta, the ratio of synapsin I/F-actin puncta was significantly increased after I/R. The decrease in synapsin I puncta size in the early stage of I/R may be the result of excessive neurotransmitter release due to I/R-induced hyperexcitability in CA3 pyramidal cells, while the increase in synapsin I puncta in the later stage of I/R may reflect a disability of synaptic vesicle release due to the loss of postsynaptic contacts.
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Effective connectivity alteration according to recurrence in transient global amnesia. Neuroradiology 2021; 63:1441-1449. [PMID: 33486582 DOI: 10.1007/s00234-021-02645-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Accepted: 01/11/2021] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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PURPOSE This study aimed to evaluate alterations in structural covariance network and effective connectivity of the intrahippocampal circuit in patients with transient global amnesia (TGA). We also investigated whether there were differences of them according to recurrence. METHODS We enrolled 88 patients with TGA and 50 healthy controls. We classified patients with TGA into two groups: the single event group (N = 77) and recurrent events group (N = 11). We performed volumetric analysis using the FreeSurfer program and structural covariance network analysis based on the structural volumes using a graph theoretical analysis in patients with TGA and healthy controls. The effective connectivity of the intrahippocampal circuit was also evaluated using structural equation modeling. RESULTS There were no significant differences between patients with all TGA events/a single TGA event and healthy controls with regard to global structural covariance network. However, patients with recurrent events had significant alterations in global structural covariance network with a decrease in the small-worldness index (0.907 vs. 0.970, p = 0.032). In patients with all events/a single, there were alterations in effective connectivity from the entorhinal cortex to CA4, only. However, in patients with recurrent events, there were alterations in effective connectivity from the subiculum to the fimbria as well as from the entorhinal cortex to CA4 in bilateral hemispheres. CONCLUSION Our study revealed significant alterations in structural covariance network and disruption of the intrahippocampal circuit in patients with TGA compared to healthy controls, which is more prominent when amnestic events recurred. It could be related to the pathogenesis of TGA.
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Xiong TQ, Chen LM, Gui Y, Jiang T, Tan BH, Li SL, Li YC. The effects of epothilone D on microtubule degradation and delayed neuronal death in the hippocampus following transient global ischemia. J Chem Neuroanat 2019; 98:17-26. [PMID: 30872184 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2019.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2018] [Revised: 03/10/2019] [Accepted: 03/10/2019] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Disruption of microtubule cytoskeleton plays an important role during the evolution of brain damage after transient cerebral ischemia. However, it is still unclear whether microtubule-stabilizing drugs such as epothilone D (EpoD) have a neuroprotective action against the ischemia-induced brain injury. This study examined the effects of pre- and postischemic treatment with different doses of EpoD on the microtubule damage and the delayed neuronal death in the hippocampal CA1 subfield on day 2 following reperfusion after 13-min global cerebral ischemia. Our results showed that systemic treatment with 0.5 mg/kg EpoD only slightly alleviated the microtubule disruption and the CA1 neuronal death, while treatment with 3.0 mg/kg EpoD was not only ineffective against the CA1 neuronal death, but also produced additional damage in the dentate gyrus in some ischemic rats. Since the pyramidal cells in the CA1 subfield and the granule neurons in the dentate gyrus are known to be equipped with dynamically different microtubule systems, this finding indicates that the effects of microtubule-disrupting drugs may be unpredictably complicated in the central nervous system.
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- Tian-Qing Xiong
- Department of Histology and Embryology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Norman Bethune Health Science Center of Jilin University, Jilin Province, 130021, PR China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Norman Bethune Health Science Center of Jilin University, Jilin Province, 130021, PR China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Norman Bethune Health Science Center of Jilin University, Jilin Province, 130021, PR China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Norman Bethune Health Science Center of Jilin University, Jilin Province, 130021, PR China
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- Laboratory Teaching Center of Basic Medicine, Norman Bethune Health Science Center of Jilin University, Jilin Province, 130021, PR China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Norman Bethune Health Science Center of Jilin University, Jilin Province, 130021, PR China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Norman Bethune Health Science Center of Jilin University, Jilin Province, 130021, PR China.
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Happ DF, Tasker RA. Effects of α7 Nicotinic Receptor Activation on Cell Survival in Rat Organotypic Hippocampal Slice Cultures. Neurotox Res 2017; 33:887-895. [DOI: 10.1007/s12640-017-9854-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2017] [Revised: 12/04/2017] [Accepted: 12/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Zhang B, Zhang JW, Wang WP, Dong RF, Tian S, Zhang C. Effect of lamotrigine on epilepsy-induced cognitive impairment and hippocampal neuronal apoptosis in pentylenetetrazole-kindled animal model. Synapse 2016; 71. [PMID: 27733018 DOI: 10.1002/syn.21945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2016] [Revised: 10/08/2016] [Accepted: 10/10/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Bing Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Neurology of Hebei Province; The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University; Shijiazhuang 050000 China
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- Key Laboratory of Neurology of Hebei Province; The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University; Shijiazhuang 050000 China
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- Key Laboratory of Neurology of Hebei Province; The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University; Shijiazhuang 050000 China
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- Department of Neurology; Cangzhou central Hospital; Cangzhou 061000 China
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- Department of Neurology; the First Hospital of Shijiazhuang; Shijiazhuang 050000 China
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- Department of Neurology; the First Hospital of Shijiazhuang; Shijiazhuang 050000 China
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Adolescent mice show anxiety- and aggressive-like behavior and the reduction of long-term potentiation in mossy fiber-CA3 synapses after neonatal maternal separation. Neuroscience 2016; 316:221-31. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.12.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2015] [Revised: 12/05/2015] [Accepted: 12/21/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Serpa A, Pinto I, Bernardino L, Cascalheira JF. Combined neuroprotective action of adenosine A1 and cannabinoid CB1 receptors against NMDA-induced excitotoxicity in the hippocampus. Neurochem Int 2015; 87:106-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2015.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2015] [Revised: 06/03/2015] [Accepted: 06/04/2015] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Montori S, DosAnjos S, Poole A, Regueiro-Purriños MM, Llorente IL, Darlison MG, Fernández-López A, Martínez-Villayandre B. Differential effect of transient global ischaemia on the levels of γ-aminobutyric acid type A (GABAA) receptor subunit mRNAs in young and older rats. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol 2012; 38:710-22. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2012.01254.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Tse YC, Bagot RC, Wong TP. Dynamic regulation of NMDAR function in the adult brain by the stress hormone corticosterone. Front Cell Neurosci 2012; 6:9. [PMID: 22408607 PMCID: PMC3294281 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2012.00009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2011] [Accepted: 02/17/2012] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Stress and corticosteroids dynamically modulate the expression of synaptic plasticity at glutamatergic synapses in the developed brain. Together with alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-methyl-4-isoxazole propionic acid receptors (AMPAR), N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDAR) are critical mediators of synaptic function and are essential for the induction of many forms of synaptic plasticity. Regulation of NMDAR function by cortisol/corticosterone (CORT) may be fundamental to the effects of stress on synaptic plasticity. Recent reports of the efficacy of NMDAR antagonists in treating certain stress-associated psychopathologies further highlight the importance of understanding the regulation of NMDAR function by CORT. Knowledge of how corticosteroids regulate NMDAR function within the adult brain is relatively sparse, perhaps due to a common belief that NMDAR function is stable in the adult brain. We review recent results from our laboratory and others demonstrating dynamic regulation of NMDAR function by CORT in the adult brain. In addition, we consider the issue of how differences in the early life environment may program differential sensitivity to modulation of NMDAR function by CORT and how this may influence synaptic function during stress. Findings from these studies demonstrate that NMDAR function in the adult hippocampus remains sensitive to even brief exposures to CORT and that the capacity for modulation of NMDAR may be programmed, in part, by the early life environment. Modulation of NMDAR function may contribute to dynamic regulation of synaptic plasticity and adaptation in the face of stress, however, enhanced NMDAR function may be implicated in mechanisms of stress-related psychopathologies including depression.
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- Yiu Chung Tse
- Neuroscience Division, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, Montreal QC, Canada
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Vinet J, Weering HRJV, Heinrich A, Kälin RE, Wegner A, Brouwer N, Heppner FL, Rooijen NV, Boddeke HWGM, Biber K. Neuroprotective function for ramified microglia in hippocampal excitotoxicity. J Neuroinflammation 2012; 9:27. [PMID: 22293457 PMCID: PMC3292937 DOI: 10.1186/1742-2094-9-27] [Citation(s) in RCA: 200] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2011] [Accepted: 01/31/2012] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Most of the known functions of microglia, including neurotoxic and neuroprotective properties, are attributed to morphologically-activated microglia. Resting, ramified microglia are suggested to primarily monitor their environment including synapses. Here, we show an active protective role of ramified microglia in excitotoxicity-induced neurodegeneration. METHODS Mouse organotypic hippocampal slice cultures were treated with N-methyl-D-aspartic acid (NMDA) to induce excitotoxic neuronal cell death. This procedure was performed in slices containing resting microglia or slices that were chemically or genetically depleted of their endogenous microglia. RESULTS Treatment of mouse organotypic hippocampal slice cultures with 10-50 μM N-methyl-D-aspartic acid (NMDA) induced region-specific excitotoxic neuronal cell death with CA1 neurons being most vulnerable, whereas CA3 and DG neurons were affected less. Ablation of ramified microglia severely enhanced NMDA-induced neuronal cell death in the CA3 and DG region rendering them almost as sensitive as CA1 neurons. Replenishment of microglia-free slices with microglia restored the original resistance of CA3 and DG neurons towards NMDA. CONCLUSIONS Our data strongly suggest that ramified microglia not only screen their microenvironment but additionally protect hippocampal neurons under pathological conditions. Morphological activation of ramified microglia is thus not required to influence neuronal survival.
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- Jonathan Vinet
- Department of Neuroscience, Section Medical Physiology, University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (RUG), Groningen, The Netherlands
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Jeong HS, Moon JS, Baek IC, Lee AY, Kim JM. Transient global amnesia with post-hyperventilation temporal sharp waves--a case report. Seizure 2010; 19:609-11. [PMID: 20951337 DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2010.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2010] [Revised: 08/19/2010] [Accepted: 09/02/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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We report a 55-year-old woman, who presented with transient amnesia for 7h following underwater swimming. There was no evidence of neurological disturbance except global amnesia. Sharp waves in both temporal regions were registered during the initial EEG recording, which was accentuated by hyperventilation. Right hippocampal high signal intensity was observed in DWI performed 56 h after symptom onset. The sharp waves were all disappeared on follow-up EEG recordings.
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- Hye Seon Jeong
- Department of Neurology, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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Selective vulnerability of hippocampal cornu ammonis 1 pyramidal cells to excitotoxic insult is associated with the expression of polyamine-sensitive N-methyl-D-asparate-type glutamate receptors. Neuroscience 2010; 165:525-34. [PMID: 19837138 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.10.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2009] [Revised: 10/08/2009] [Accepted: 10/09/2009] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Excess glutamate release and stimulation of post-synaptic glutamatergic receptors have been implicated in the pathophysiology of many neurological diseases. The hippocampus, and the pyramidal cell layer of the cornu ammonus 1 (CA1) region in particular, has been noted for its selective sensitivity to excitotoxic insults. The current studies examined the role of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor subunit composition and sensitivity to stimulatory effects of the polyamine spermidine, an allosteric modulator of NMDA NR2 subunit activity, in hippocampal CA1 region sensitivity to excitotoxic insult. Organotypic hippocampal slice cultures of 8 day-old neonatal rat were obtained and maintained in vitro for 5 days. At this time, immunohistochemical analysis of mature neuron density (NeuN); microtubule associated protein-2(a,b) density (MAP-2); and NMDA receptor NR1 and NR2B subunit density in the primary cell layers of the dentate gyrus (DG), CA3, and CA1 regions, was conducted. Further, autoradiographic analysis of NMDA receptor distribution and density (i.e. [(125)I]MK-801 binding) and spermidine (100 microM)-potentiated [(125)I]MK-801 binding in the primary cell layers of these regions was examined. A final series of studies examined effects of prolonged exposure to NMDA (0.1-10 microM) on neurodegeneration in the primary cell layers of the DG, CA3, and CA1 regions, in the absence and presence of spermidine (100 microM) or ifenprodil (100 microM), an allosteric inhibitor of NR2B polypeptide subunit activity. The pyramidal cell layer of the CA1 region demonstrated significantly greater density of mature neurons, MAP-2, NR1 and NR2B subunits, and [(125)I]MK-801 binding than the CA3 region or DG. Twenty-four hour NMDA (10 microM) exposure produced marked neurodegeneration (approximately 350% of control cultures) in the CA1 pyramidal cell region that was significantly reduced by co-exposure to ifenprodil or DL-2-Amino-5-phosphonopentanoic acid (APV). The addition of spermidine significantly potentiated [(125)I]MK-801 binding and neurodegeneration induced by exposure to a non-toxic concentration of NMDA, exclusively in the CA1 region. This neurodegeneration was markedly reduced with co-exposure to ifenprodil. These data suggest that selective sensitivity of the CA1 region to excitotoxic stimuli may be attributable to the density of mature neurons expressing polyamine-sensitive NR2B polypeptide subunits.
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- Thorsten Bartsch
- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany.
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Dos-Anjos S, Martínez-Villayandre B, Montori S, Regueiro-Purriños MM, Gonzalo-Orden JM, Fernández-López A. Transient global ischemia in rat brain promotes different NMDA receptor regulation depending on the brain structure studied. Neurochem Int 2009; 54:180-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2008.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2008] [Revised: 08/21/2008] [Accepted: 09/12/2008] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Kosuge Y, Imai T, Kawaguchi M, Kihara T, Ishige K, Ito Y. Subregion-specific vulnerability to endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced neurotoxicity in rat hippocampal neurons. Neurochem Int 2008; 52:1204-11. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2007.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2007] [Revised: 12/14/2007] [Accepted: 12/19/2007] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Sarkey S, Azcoitia I, Garcia-Segura LM, Garcia-Ovejero D, DonCarlos LL. Classical androgen receptors in non-classical sites in the brain. Horm Behav 2008; 53:753-64. [PMID: 18402960 PMCID: PMC2413135 DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2007] [Revised: 02/13/2008] [Accepted: 02/14/2008] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Androgen receptors are expressed in many different neuronal populations in the central nervous system where they often act as transcription factors in the cell nucleus. However, recent studies have detected androgen receptor immunoreactivity in neuronal and glial processes of the adult rat neocortex, hippocampal formation, and amygdala as well as in the telencephalon of eastern fence and green anole lizards. This review discusses previously published findings on extranuclear androgen receptors, as well as new experimental results that begin to establish a possible functional role for androgen receptors in axons within cortical regions. Electron microscopic studies have revealed that androgen receptor immunoreactive processes in the rat brain correspond to axons, dendrites and glial processes. New results show that lesions of the dorsal CA1 region by local administration of ibotenic acid reduce the density of androgen receptor immunoreactive axons in the cerebral cortex and the amygdala, suggesting that these axons may originate in the hippocampus. Androgen receptor immunoreactivity in axons is also decreased by the intracerebroventricular administration of colchicine, suggesting that androgen receptor protein is transported from the perikaryon to the axons by fast axonal transport. Androgen receptors in axons located in the cerebral cortex and amygdala and originating in the hippocampus may play an important role in the rapid behavioral effects of androgens.
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- Sara Sarkey
- Neuroscience Graduate Program and Neuroscience Institute, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, 2160 South First Avenue, Maywood, Illinois 60153, USA
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- Departamento de Biología Celular, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense, E-28040 Madrid, Spain. Tel: +34-913944861Fax: +34-913944981 e-mail:
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- Laboratorio de Neuroinflamación, Unidad de Neurología Experimental (assocciated with the Instituto Cajal, CSIC, Madrid, Spain), Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos, SESCAM, 45071-Toledo, Spain. Tel:+34-925247754; e-mail:
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program and Neuroscience Institute, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, 2160 South First Avenue, Maywood, Illinois 60153, USA
- Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, and Neuroscience Institute, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, 2160 South First Avenue, Maywood, Illinois 60153, USA
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Mioduszewska B, Jaworski J, Szklarczyk AW, Klejman A, Kaczmarek L. Inducible cAMP early repressor (ICER)-evoked delayed neuronal death in the organotypic hippocampal culture. J Neurosci Res 2007; 86:61-70. [PMID: 17722060 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Programmed cell death involving gene regulation and de novo protein synthesis is a major component of both normal development and a number of disease conditions. Hence, knowledge of its mechanisms, especially transcription factors, that regulate expression of the genes involved in neurodegenerative disorders is of great importance. cAMP-responsive element-binding protein (CREB) has repeatedly been implicated in the neuronal survival. In the present study we showed that inducible cAMP early repressor (ICER), an endogenous CREB antagonist, is expressed during both excitotoxic and spontaneous neuronal cell death in organotypic hippocampal slice cultures in vitro. Furthermore, overexpression of ICER via an adenoviral vector evoked neuronal cell loss in such cultures. The time course of ICER-dependent cell death was hippocampal subdivision specific, with dentate gyrus neurons dying mostly 3-7 days after the adenovector infection, followed by CA3, where neuronal death peaked after 7 days, and then CA1, where most neuronal death occurred after 7-14 days. These results underscore the usefulness of the organotypic cultures for studies of neurodegeneration and point to neuronal loss having a multifaceted nature in a complex cellular environment.
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Boscia F, Annunziato L, Taglialatela M. Retigabine and flupirtine exert neuroprotective actions in organotypic hippocampal cultures. Neuropharmacology 2006; 51:283-94. [PMID: 16697426 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2006.03.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2006] [Revised: 03/07/2006] [Accepted: 03/18/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Retigabine and flupirtine are two structurally related molecules provided of anticonvulsant and analgesic actions. The present study has investigated the neuroprotective potential, as well as the possible underlying molecular mechanisms, exerted by retigabine and flupirtine in rat organotypic hippocampal slice cultures (OHSCs) exposed to N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA), oxygen and glucose deprivation followed by reoxygenation (OGD), or serum withdrawal (SW). Region-specific vulnerability of hippocampal subfields occurred with each of these injury models. Specifically, CA1 was the most susceptible region to both NMDA and OGD-induced neurodegeneration, whereas selective cell death in the dentate gyrus (DG) occurred upon OHSCs exposure to SW. The NMDA antagonist MK-801 (10-30 microM), despite blocking NMDA- and OGD-induced cell death, failed to prevent SW-induced neurodegeneration. Interestingly, retigabine (0.01-10 microM) and flupirtine (0.01-10 microM) dose-dependently prevented DG neuronal death induced by SW, with IC50 s of 0.4 microM and 0.7 microM, respectively. By contrast, retigabine and flupirtine (each at 10 microM) were less effective in counteracting NMDA- or OGD-induced toxicity in the CA1 region. Both retigabine and flupirtine (0.1-10 microM) reduced SW-induced ROS production in the DG with IC50 s of approximately 1 microM. This suggested that antioxidant actions of these compounds participated in OHSC neuroprotection during SW. By contrast, activation of KCNQ K+ channels seemed not to be involved in retigabine-induced OHSCs neuroprotection during SW, since linopirdine (20 microM) and XE-991 (10 microM), two KCNQ blockers, failed to reverse retigabine-induced neuronal rescue.
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- Francesca Boscia
- Division of Pharmacology, Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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Coultrap SJ, Nixon KM, Alvestad RM, Valenzuela CF, Browning MD. Differential expression of NMDA receptor subunits and splice variants among the CA1, CA3 and dentate gyrus of the adult rat. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 135:104-11. [PMID: 15857673 DOI: 10.1016/j.molbrainres.2004.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2004] [Revised: 11/20/2004] [Accepted: 12/05/2004] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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N-Methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA)-type glutamate receptors in the hippocampus are important mediators of both memory formation and excitotoxicity. It is thought that glutamatergic neurons of the CA1, CA3 and dentate gyrus regions of the hippocampus contribute differentially to memory formation and are differentially sensitive to excitotoxicity. The subunit and/or splice variant composition of the NMDA receptor controls many aspects of receptor function such as ligand affinity, calcium permeability and channel kinetics, as well as interactions with intracellular anchoring and regulatory proteins. Thus, one possible explanation of the differences in NMDA receptor-dependent processes, such as synaptic plasticity and excitotoxicity, among the hippocampal sub-regions is that they differ in subunit and/or splice variant expression. Here we report that the NMDA receptor subunits NR1 and NR2B, along with the four splice variant cassettes of the NR1 subunit are differentially expressed in the CA1, CA3 and dentate gyrus of the hippocampus. Expression of the AMPA receptor subunits GluR1 and GluR2 also differ. These differences may contribute to functional differences, such as with excitotoxicity and synaptic plasticity, that exist between the sub-regions of the hippocampus.
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- Steven J Coultrap
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Mail Stop 8303, PO Box 6511, Aurora, CO 80045-0511, USA.
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The Ca2+ influx controlled by intracellular Ca2+ stores, called store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOC), occurs in various eukaryotic cells, but whether CNS neurons are endowed with SOC capability and how they may operate have been contentious issues. Using Ca2+ imaging, we present evidence for the presence of SOC in cultured hippocampal pyramidal neurons. Depletion of internal Ca2+ stores by thapsigargin caused intracellular Ca2+ elevation, which was prevented by SOC channel inhibitors 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate (2-APB), SKF96365, and La3+. Interestingly, these inhibitors also accelerated the decay of NMDA-induced Ca2+ transients without affecting their peak amplitude. In addition, SOC channel inhibitors attenuated tetanus-induced dendritic Ca2+ accumulation and long-term potentiation at Schaffer collateral-CA1 synapses in hippocampal slice preparations. These data suggest a novel link between ionotropic receptor-activated SOC and neuroplasticity.
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