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Hung YW, Leung YM, Lin NN, Lee TJF, Kuo JS, Tung KC, Gong CL. P2 purinergic receptor activation of neuronal nitric oxide synthase and guanylyl cyclase in the dorsal facial area of the medulla increases blood flow in the common carotid arteries of cats. Neuroscience 2014; 286:231-41. [PMID: 25433238 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.11.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2014] [Revised: 11/13/2014] [Accepted: 11/15/2014] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
Abstract
In the dorsal facial area (DFA) of the medulla, an activation of either P2 purinergic receptor or nitric oxide synthase (NOS) results in the release of glutamate, leading to an increase in blood flow of the common carotid artery (CCA). It is not known whether activation of the P2 receptor by ATP may mediate activation of NOS/guanylyl cyclase to cause glutamate release and/or whether L-Arg (nitric oxide (NO) precursor) may also cause ATP release from any other neuron, to cause an increase in CCA flow. We demonstrated that microinjections of P2 receptor agonists (ATP, α,β-methylene ATP) or NO precursor (L-arginine) into the DFA increased CCA blood flow. The P2-induced CCA blood flow increase was dose-dependently reduced by pretreatment with NG-nitro-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME, a non-specific NOS inhibitor), 7-nitroindazole (7-NI, a relatively selective neuronal NOS inhibitor) or methylene blue (MB, a guanylyl cyclase inhibitor) but not by that with D-NAME (an isomer of L-NAME) or N5-(1-iminoethyl)-L-ornithine (L-NIO, a potent endothelial NOS inhibitor). Involvement of glutamate release in these responses were substantiated by microdialysis studies, in which perfusions of ATP into the DFA increased the glutamate concentration in dialysates, but co-perfusion of ATP with L-NAME or 7-NI did not. Nevertheless, the arginine-induced CCA blood flow increase was abolished by combined pretreatment of L-NAME and MB, but not affected by pretreatment with a selective P2 receptor antagonist, pyridoxalphosphate-6-azophenyl-2',4'-disulphonic acid (PPADS). In conclusion, ATP activation of the P2 receptor in the DFA induced activation of neuronal NOS/guanylyl cyclase, which causes glutamate release leading to an increase in CCA blood flow. However, arginine activation of neuronal NOS/guanylyl cyclase, which also caused glutamate release and CCA blood flow increase, did not induce activation of P2 receptors. These findings provide important information for drug design and/or developing therapeutic strategies for the diseases associated with CCA blood flow that supplies intra- and extra-cranial tissues.
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- Y-W Hung
- Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan; Department of Medicine Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Neural and Cognitive Sciences, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Medicine Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Neuro-Medical Scientific Center and Center for Vascular Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital and Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan; Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
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- Neuro-Medical Scientific Center and Center for Vascular Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital and Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan; Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan.
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
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Yu LF, Zhang HK, Caldarone BJ, Eaton JB, Lukas RJ, Kozikowski AP. Recent developments in novel antidepressants targeting α4β2-nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. J Med Chem 2014; 57:8204-23. [PMID: 24901260 PMCID: PMC4207546 DOI: 10.1021/jm401937a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
Abstract
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Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors
(nAChRs) have been investigated
for developing drugs that can potentially treat various central nervous
system disorders. Considerable evidence supports the hypothesis that
modulation of the cholinergic system through activation and/or desensitization/inactivation
of nAChR holds promise for the development of new antidepressants.
The introductory portion of this Miniperspective discusses the basic
pharmacology that underpins the involvement of α4β2-nAChRs
in depression, along with the structural features that are essential
to ligand recognition by the α4β2-nAChRs. The remainder
of this Miniperspective analyzes reported nicotinic ligands in terms
of drug design considerations and their potency and selectivity, with
a particular focus on compounds exhibiting antidepressant-like effects
in preclinical or clinical studies. This Miniperspective aims to provide
an in-depth analysis of the potential for using nicotinic ligands
in the treatment of depression, which may hold some promise in addressing
an unmet clinical need by providing relief from depressive symptoms
in refractory patients.
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Affiliation(s)
- Li-Fang Yu
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, University of Illinois at Chicago , 833 South Wood Street, Chicago, Illinois 60612, United States
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Gong CL, Leung YM, Wang MR, Lin NN, Lee TJF, Kuo JS. Neurochemicals involved in medullary control of common carotid blood flow. Curr Neuropharmacol 2014; 11:513-20. [PMID: 24403875 PMCID: PMC3763759 DOI: 10.2174/1570159x113119990044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2012] [Revised: 01/22/2013] [Accepted: 07/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
The common carotid artery (CCA) supplies intra- and extra-cranial vascular beds. An area in the medulla controlling CCA blood flow is defined as the dorsal facial area (DFA) by Kuo et al. in 1987. In the DFA, presynaptic nitrergic and/or glutamatergic fibers innervate preganglionic nitrergic and/or cholinergic neurons which give rise to the preganglionic fibers of the parasympathetic 7th and 9th cranial nerves. Released glutamate from presynaptic nitrergic and/or glutamatergic fibers can activate N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) and α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionic acid (AMPA) receptors on preganglionic nitrergic and/or cholinergic neurons. By modulating this glutamate release, several neurochemicals including serotonin, arginine, nitric oxide, nicotine, choline and ATP in the DFA regulate CCA blood flow. Understanding the neurochemical regulatory mechanisms can provide important insights of the physiological roles of the DFA, and may help develop therapeutic strategies for diseases involving CCA blood flow, such as migraine, hypertensive disease, Alzheimer’s disease and cerebral ischemic stroke.
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- Chi-Li Gong
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taiwan
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taiwan; ; Graduate Institute of Neural and Cognitive Sciences, China Medical University, Taiwan
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- Yuhing Junior College of Health Care and Management, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Education and Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Neuro-Medical Scientific Center and Center for Vascular Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital and Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan; ; Department of Medical Research, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital and Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
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- Neuro-Medical Scientific Center and Center for Vascular Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital and Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan; ; Department of Medical Research, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital and Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan; ; Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
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Zakharova EI, Dudchenko AM, Germanova EL. Effects of preconditioning on the resistance to acute hypobaric hypoxia and their correction with selective antagonists of nicotinic receptors. Bull Exp Biol Med 2012; 151:179-82. [PMID: 22238744 DOI: 10.1007/s10517-011-1283-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
Abstract
Hypobaric hypoxic preconditioning increased the resistance of low resistant and highly resistant rats to acute hypobaric hypoxia at a critical height. Intergroup differences in the resistance of rats to acute hypobaric hypoxia were not observed after hypobaric hypoxia and one variational series with a wide range of resistance (4.5-24.5 min) appeared. Methyllycaconitine, an antagonist of subtype α(7) nicotinic cholinergic receptors, abolished the influence of hypobaric hypoxia on low resistant rats, but had no effect on highly resistant animals. Mecamylamine, a preferential antagonist of subtype α(4)β(2) and α(3)-containing cholinergic receptors, did not modulate the effect of hypobaric hypoxia. By contrast, hypobaric hypoxia abolished the effect of mecamylamine on the resistance of rats that were not trained under conditions of hypobaric hypoxia (low resistant and highly resistant animals with low sensitivity to hypobaric hypoxia). We conclude that the same effect of hypobaric hypoxia is mediated by various mechanisms, which involve different nicotinic cholinergic receptors. They differ from the resistance mechanisms in non-trained rats.
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- E I Zakharova
- Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
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Yu LF, Tückmantel W, Eaton JB, Caldarone B, Fedolak A, Hanania T, Brunner D, Lukas RJ, Kozikowski AP. Identification of novel α4β2-nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) agonists based on an isoxazole ether scaffold that demonstrate antidepressant-like activity. J Med Chem 2012; 55:812-23. [PMID: 22148173 DOI: 10.1021/jm201301h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
Abstract
There is considerable evidence to support the hypothesis that the blockade of nAChR is responsible for the antidepressant action of nicotinic ligands. The nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) antagonist, mecamylamine, has been shown to be an effective add-on in patients that do not respond to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. This suggests that nAChR ligands may address an unmet clinical need by providing relief from depressive symptoms in refractory patients. In this study, a new series of nAChR ligands based on an isoxazole-ether scaffold have been designed and synthesized for binding and functional assays. Preliminary structure-activity relationship (SAR) efforts identified a lead compound 43, which possesses potent antidepressant-like activity (1 mg/kg, IP; 5 mg/kg, PO) in the classical mouse forced swim test. Early stage absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, and toxicity (ADME-Tox) studies also suggested favorable drug-like properties, and broad screening toward other common neurotransmitter receptors indicated that compound 43 is highly selective for nAChRs over the other 45 neurotransmitter receptors and transporters tested.
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- Li-Fang Yu
- Drug Discovery Program, Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, University of Illinois at Chicago, 833 South Wood Street, Chicago, Illinois 60612, United States
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Nicotine activation of neuronal nitric oxide synthase and guanylyl cyclase in the medulla increases blood flow of the common carotid artery in cats. Neurosci Lett 2010; 486:122-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.08.072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2010] [Revised: 07/30/2010] [Accepted: 08/25/2010] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Nicotine stimulation of the medulla increases blood flow of the common carotid artery in cats. Auton Neurosci 2010; 152:49-54. [DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2009.08.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2009] [Revised: 08/28/2009] [Accepted: 08/28/2009] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Kuo JS, Huang YP, Chiu YT, Lin NN, Cheng CC, Hung YW, Lee TJF, Gong CL. Glutamate release upon purinergic action in the dorsal facial area of the medulla increases blood flow in the common carotid artery in cats. Neuroscience 2009; 163:898-908. [PMID: 19559757 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.06.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2009] [Revised: 05/22/2009] [Accepted: 06/20/2009] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Interactions of glutamatergic and purinergic actions in the medulla regulate important cardiovascular functions. The glutamatergic action in dorsal facial area (DFA) of the medulla increases blood flow of common carotid artery (CCA) in cats. We hypothesized that interactions of glutamatergic and purinergic actions in the DFA may regulate the CCA blood flow. Purinergic and glutamatergic agonists and antagonists were microinjected into the DFA through a four-barrel tubing in anesthetized cats. Drug effects were evaluated by changes in the CCA blood flow. Microinjection with 20 nmol ATP or alpha,beta-methyleneATP (alpha,beta-MeATP, a P2 purinergic receptor agonist) induced an increase of the CCA blood flow. This increase was dose-dependently reduced by prior administration with 1,3-dipropyl-8-p-sulfophenylxanthine (DPSPX, a specific P1 purinergic receptor antagonist), or pyridoxalphosphate-6-azophenyl-2',4'-disulfonic acid (PPADS, a selective P2 purinergic receptor antagonist) as well as with MK-801 (a non-competitive NMDA receptor antagonist) or glutamate diethyl ester (GDEE, a competitive AMPA/kainate receptor antagonist). It was almost completely blocked by administrations with combined maximal doses of P1 and P2 receptor antagonists as well as NMDA and AMPA receptor antagonists. Nevertheless, P1 receptor agonist induced only mild and poorly reproducible increase in the CCA blood flow. In conclusion, prominent P2 and minor P1 purinergic receptors appear to be present in the DFA; the purinergic activation can mediate a release of glutamate that stimulates NMDA and AMPA to induce the increase of the CCA blood flows. These findings may provide important information for developing therapeutic strategy for diseases involving the CCA blood flow, such as hypertensive disease and cerebral ischemia.
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- J-S Kuo
- Neuro-Medical Scientific Center and Center for Vascular Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital and Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
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Kuo JS, Lee TJF, Chiu YT, Li HT, Lin NN, Tsai TT, Gong CL. Nitric oxide and glutamate in the dorsal facial area regulate common carotid blood flow in the cat. Eur J Pharmacol 2008; 594:55-63. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2008.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2008] [Revised: 06/30/2008] [Accepted: 07/09/2008] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Vernooij MW, van der Lugt A, Ikram MA, Wielopolski PA, Vrooman HA, Hofman A, Krestin GP, Breteler MMB. Total cerebral blood flow and total brain perfusion in the general population: the Rotterdam Scan Study. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2008; 28:412-9. [PMID: 17622253 DOI: 10.1038/sj.jcbfm.9600526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
Reduced cerebral perfusion may contribute to the development of cerebrovascular and neurodegenerative diseases. Little is known on cerebral perfusion in the general population, as most measurement techniques are too invasive for application in large groups of healthy individuals. Total cerebral blood flow (tCBF) can be noninvasively measured by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) but is highly correlated with brain volume. We calculated total brain perfusion by dividing tCBF by brain volume, and we investigated determinants of total brain perfusion in comparison with tCBF. Secondly, we studied whether persons with a low tCBF or low total brain perfusion have a larger volume of white matter lesions (WML). This study is based on 892 persons aged 60 to 91 years from the Rotterdam Study, a population-based cohort study. We performed two-dimensional (2D) phase-contrast MRI for tCBF measurement. Brain volume and WML volume were quantitatively assessed. Cardiovascular determinants were assessed by interview and physical examination. We assessed associations between cardiovascular determinants and flow measures with linear regression models, adjusted for age and sex. Associations between tCBF or total brain perfusion and WML volume were assessed using general linear models. We found that determinants of tCBF and total brain perfusion differed largely due to the large influence of brain volume on tCBF values. Persons with low total brain perfusion had a significantly larger WML volume compared with those with high total brain perfusion. Prospective studies are required to unravel whether hypoperfusion contributes to WML formation or that tissue damage, manifested by WML, leads to brain hypoperfusion.
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- Meike W Vernooij
- Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Gong CL, Chiu YT, Lin NN, Cheng CC, Li HT, Kuo JS. Regulation of common carotid arterial blood flow by nitrergic neurons in the medulla of cats. Eur J Pharmacol 2006; 556:84-8. [PMID: 17156775 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2006.10.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2006] [Revised: 10/15/2006] [Accepted: 10/19/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Glutamate stimulation of the dorsal facial area, an area located dorsal to the facial nucleus, increases common carotid arterial blood flow. Nitrergic neurons are important in cardiovascular regulatory areas. We investigated whether the nitrergic neurons might be present and play a role in the dorsal facial area to regulate the arterial blood flow. Injections of L-arginine (an NO precursor) and sodium nitroprusside (an NO donor) into the area caused dose-dependent increases in the arterial blood flow. Injection of N(G)-nitro-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME, an NO synthase inhibitor) or methylene blue (a guanylate cyclase inhibitor) decreased the arterial blood flow. Nitrergic neurons and fibers were found in the dorsal facial area by histochemical staining of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) diaphorase, a maker of NO synthase. In conclusion, nitrergic neurons are present in the dorsal facial area and appear to release NO tonically in stimulating the area to cause increase in common carotid arterial blood flow.
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- Chi-Li Gong
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC
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