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Suzuki C, Yamaguchi J, Sanada T, Oliva Trejo JA, Kakuta S, Shibata M, Tanida I, Uchiyama Y. Lack of Cathepsin D in the central nervous system results in microglia and astrocyte activation and the accumulation of proteinopathy-related proteins. Sci Rep 2022; 12:11662. [PMID: 35804072 PMCID: PMC9270453 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-15805-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2021] [Accepted: 06/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis is one of many neurodegenerative storage diseases characterized by excessive accumulation of lipofuscins. CLN10 disease, an early infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis, is associated with a gene that encodes cathepsin D (CtsD), one of the major lysosomal proteases. Whole body CtsD-knockout mice show neurodegenerative phenotypes with the accumulation of lipofuscins in the brain and also show defects in other tissues including intestinal necrosis. To clarify the precise role of CtsD in the central nervous system (CNS), we generated a CNS-specific CtsD-knockout mouse (CtsD-CKO). CtsD-CKO mice were born normally but developed seizures and their growth stunted at around postnatal day 23 ± 1. CtsD-CKO did not exhibit apparent intestinal symptoms as those observed in whole body knockout. Histologically, autofluorescent materials were detected in several areas of the CtsD-CKO mouse's brain, including: thalamus, cerebral cortex, hippocampus, and cerebellum. Expression of ubiquitin and autophagy-associated proteins was also increased, suggesting that the autophagy-lysosome system was impaired. Microglia and astrocytes were activated in the CtsD-CKO thalamus, and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), an inflammation marker, was increased in the microglia. Interestingly, deposits of proteinopathy-related proteins, phosphorylated α-synuclein, and Tau protein were also increased in the thalamus of CtsD-CKO infant mice. Considering these results, we propose thatt the CtsD-CKO mouse is a useful mouse model to investigate the contribution of cathepsin D to the early phases of neurodegenerative diseases in relation to lipofuscins, proteinopathy-related proteins and activation of microglia and astrocytes.
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- Chigure Suzuki
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Neuropathology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan.,Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Neuropathology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan.,Laboratory of Morphology and Image Analysis, Biomedical Research Center, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Neuropathology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Neuropathology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Neuropathology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan.,Laboratory of Morphology and Image Analysis, Biomedical Research Center, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan
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- Division of Morphological Sciences, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima-shi, Kagoshima, 890-8544, Japan
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Neuropathology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan.
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Neuropathology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan.
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Nomura M, Toyama H, Suzuki H, Yamada T, Hatano K, Wilson AA, Ito K, Sawada M. Peripheral benzodiazepine receptor/18 kDa translocator protein positron emission tomography imaging in a rat model of acute brain injury. Ann Nucl Med 2021; 35:8-16. [PMID: 32989663 DOI: 10.1007/s12149-020-01530-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2020] [Accepted: 09/16/2020] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The activation of microglia in various brain pathologies is accompanied by an increase in the expression of peripheral benzodiazepine receptor/18 kDa translocator protein (PBR/TSPO). However, whether activated microglia have a neuroprotective or neurotoxic effect on neurons in the brain is yet to be determined. In this study, we investigated the ability of the novel PBR/TSPO ligand FEPPA to detect activated microglia in an animal model of primary neurotoxic microglia activation. METHODS [18F] FEPPA positron emission tomography (PET) imaging was performed before and after intraperitoneal administration of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) (LPS group) or saline (control group) in a unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) lesion rat model of Parkinson's disease. Images were compared between these groups. After imaging, the brains were collected, and the activated microglia at the disease sites were analyzed by the expression of inflammatory cytokines and immunohistochemistry staining. These results were then comparatively examined with those obtained by PET imaging. RESULTS In the unilateral 6-OHDA lesion rat model, the PBR/TSPO PET signal was significantly increased in the LPS group compared with the saline group. As the increased signal was observed 4 h after the injection, we considered it an acute response to brain injury. In the post-imaging pathological examination, activated microglia were found to be abundant at the site where strong signals were detected, and the expression of the inflammatory cytokines TNF-α and IL-1β was increased. Intraperitoneal LPS administration further increased the expression of inflammatory cytokines, and the PBR/TSPO PET signal increased concurrently. The increase in inflammatory cytokine expression correlated with enhanced signal intensity. CONCLUSIONS PET signal enhancement by PBR/TSPO at the site of brain injury correlated with the activation of microglia and production of inflammatory cytokines. Furthermore, because FEPPA enables the detection of neurotoxic microglia on PET images, we successfully constructed a novel PET detection system that can monitor neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Masahiko Nomura
- Department of Radiology, Fujita Health University, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake, Aichi, 470-1192, Japan.
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- Department of Radiology, Fujita Health University, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake, Aichi, 470-1192, Japan
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- Department of Brain Function, Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Management Nutrition, Faculty of Human Life Science, Nagoya University of Economics, 6-11 Uchikubo, Inuyama, Aichi, Japan
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- PET Centre, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, M5T 1R8, Canada
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Neuroimaging, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, 7-430 Morioka-cho, Obu, Aichi, 474-8511, Japan
- Department of Radiology, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, 7-430 Morioka-cho, Obu, Aichi, 474-8511, Japan
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- Department of Brain Function, Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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The pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration is not inflammatory mediated but is instead due to immunosenescence-related failure of tissue repair. Med Hypotheses 2020; 146:110392. [PMID: 33246696 DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2020.110392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2020] [Accepted: 11/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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A natural consequence of everyday tissue metabolism is cell injury or stress. This injury activates a canonical immune-mediated inflammatory response in order to achieve tissue repair so that homeostasis is maintained. With aging there is increased tissue injury and therefore increasing demands placed on an immune system, which itself is aging (immunosenescence). Thus, the increased reparative demands are reflected by an increased inflammatory load both locally and systemically. Eventually, if the reparative demands are excessive, the aging immune system is overwhelmed and disease ensues. In the macula this age-related failure in repair gives rise to age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The hypothesis proposed herein is therefore, that AMD is due to age-related failure of tissue repair and the chronic inflammation associated with this failure ('inflammaging') is both a surrogate and biomarker of this reparative failure and not in itself the primary cause of disease. Such a hypothesis can be applied to all the diseases of aging and by extension suggests that effective therapies should be aimed at facilitating repair through immunotherapy, possibly and perhaps controversially, through the promotion of inflammation rather than the current approach of its inhibition (anti-inflammatory strategies), the latter which can ultimately only hinder the repair process and thereby lead to the persistence of disease.
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Zhang X, Yin Q, Berridge M, Wang C. Application of molecular imaging technology in neurotoxicology research. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART C, ENVIRONMENTAL CARCINOGENESIS & ECOTOXICOLOGY REVIEWS 2018; 36:113-124. [PMID: 30199343 DOI: 10.1080/10590501.2018.1492200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Molecular imaging has been widely applied in preclinical research. Among these new molecular imaging modalities, microPET imaging can be utilized as a very powerful tool that can obtain the measurements of multiple biological processes in various organs repeatedly in a same subject. This review discusses how this new approach provides noninvasive biomarker for neurotoxicology research and summarizes microPET findings with multiple radiotracers on the variety of neurotoxicity induced by toxic agents in both the rodent and the nonhuman primate brain.
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- Xuan Zhang
- a Division of Neurotoxicology , U.S. Food and Drug Administration, National Center for Toxicological Research , Jefferson , Arkansas , USA
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- a Division of Neurotoxicology , U.S. Food and Drug Administration, National Center for Toxicological Research , Jefferson , Arkansas , USA
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- b 3D Imaging, LLC, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences , Little Rock , Arkansas , USA
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- a Division of Neurotoxicology , U.S. Food and Drug Administration, National Center for Toxicological Research , Jefferson , Arkansas , USA
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Kook MG, Choi SW, Seo Y, Kim DW, Song BK, Son I, Kim S, Kang KS. KCHO-1, a novel herbal anti-inflammatory compound, attenuates oxidative stress in an animal model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. J Vet Sci 2017; 18:487-497. [PMID: 28385005 PMCID: PMC5746442 DOI: 10.4142/jvs.2017.18.4.487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2016] [Revised: 12/27/2016] [Accepted: 02/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by selective death of motor neurons in the central nervous system. The main cause of the disease remains elusive, but several mutations have been associated with the disease process. In particular, mutant superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) protein causes oxidative stress by activating glia cells and contributes to motor neuron degeneration. KCHO-1, a novel herbal combination compound, contains 30% ethanol and the extracts of nine herbs that have been commonly used in traditional medicine to prevent fatigue or inflammation. In this study, we investigated whether KCHO-1 administration could reduce oxidative stress in an ALS model. KCHO-1 administered to ALS model mice improved motor function and delayed disease onset. Furthermore, KCHO-1 administration reduced oxidative stress through gp91phox and the MAPK pathway in both classically activated microglia and the spinal cord of hSOD1G93A transgenic mice. The results suggest that KCHO-1 can function as an effective therapeutic agent for ALS by reducing oxidative stress.
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- Myung Geun Kook
- Adult Stem Cell Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
- Research Institute for Veterinary Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Adult Stem Cell Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
- Research Institute for Veterinary Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Adult Stem Cell Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
- Research Institute for Veterinary Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Center of Integrative Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Wonkwang University Gwangju Hospital, Wonkwang University Gwangju Medical Center, Gwangju 61729, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Oriental Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan 54538, Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Inam Neuroscience Research Center, Wonkwang Univ. Sanbon Hospital, Gunpo 15865, Korea
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- ALS/MND Center of Wonkwang University Korean Medical Hospital, Wonkwang University Gwangju Medical Center, Gwangju 61729, Korea
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- Adult Stem Cell Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
- Research Institute for Veterinary Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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Nagano T, Nishiyama R, Sanada A, Mutaguchi Y, Ioku A, Umeki H, Kishimoto S, Yamanaka D, Kimura SH, Takemura M. Prostaglandin E 2 potentiates interferon-γ-induced nitric oxide production in cultured rat microglia. J Neurochem 2017; 140:605-612. [PMID: 27973680 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.13926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2016] [Revised: 11/30/2016] [Accepted: 12/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2 ) plays crucial roles in managing microglial activation through the prostanoid EP2 receptor, a PGE2 receptor subtype. In this study, we report that PGE2 enhances interferon-γ (IFN-γ)-induced nitric oxide production in microglia. IFN-γ increased the release of nitrite, a metabolite of nitric oxide, which was augmented by PGE2 , although PGE2 by itself slightly affects nitrite release. The potentiating effect of PGE2 was positively associated with increased expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase. In contrast to nitrite release induced by IFN-γ, lipopolysaccharide-induced nitrite release was not affected by PGE2 . An EP2 agonist, ONO-AE1-259-01 also augmented IFN-γ-induced nitrite release, while an EP1 agonist, ONO-DI-004, an EP3 agonist, ONO-AE-248, or an EP4 agonist, ONO-AE1-329, did not. In addition, the potentiating effect of PGE2 was inhibited by an EP2 antagonist, PF-04418948, but not by an EP1 antagonist, ONO-8713, an EP3 antagonist, ONO-AE3-240, or an EP4 antagonist, ONO-AE3-208, at 10-6 M. Among the EP agonists, ONO-AE1-259-01 alone was able to accumulate cyclic adenosine monophosphate (AMP), and among the EP antagonists, PF-04418948 was the only one able to inhibit PGE2 -increased intracellular cyclic AMP accumulation. On the other hand, IFN-γ promoted phosphorylation of signal transducer and activator of transcription 1, which was not affected by PGE2 . Furthermore, other prostanoid receptor agonists, PGD2 , PGF2α , iloprost, and U-46119, slightly affected IFN-γ-induced nitrite release. These results indicate that PGE2 potentiates IFN-γ-induced nitric oxide production in microglia through the EP2 receptor, which may shed light on one of the pro-inflammatory aspects of PGE2 .
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- Takayuki Nagano
- Department of Pharmacology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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Zhang X, Liu F, Slikker W, Wang C, Paule MG. Minimally invasive biomarkers of general anesthetic-induced developmental neurotoxicity. Neurotoxicol Teratol 2016; 60:95-101. [PMID: 27784630 DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2016.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2016] [Revised: 08/29/2016] [Accepted: 10/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The association of general anesthesia with developmental neurotoxicity, while nearly impossible to study in pediatric populations, is clearly demonstrable in a variety of animal models from rodents to nonhuman primates. Nearly all general anesthetics tested have been shown to cause abnormal brain cell death in animals when administered during periods of rapid brain growth. The ability to repeatedly assess in the same subjects adverse effects induced by general anesthetics provides significant power to address the time course of important events associated with exposures. Minimally-invasive procedures provide the opportunity to bridge the preclinical/clinical gap by providing the means to more easily translate findings from the animal laboratory to the human clinic. Positron Emission Tomography or PET is a tool with great promise for realizing this goal. PET for small animals (microPET) is providing valuable data on the life cycle of general anesthetic induced neurotoxicity. PET radioligands (annexin V and DFNSH) targeting apoptotic processes have demonstrated that a single bout of general anesthesia effected during a vulnerable period of CNS development can result in prolonged apoptotic signals lasting for several weeks in the rat. A marker of cellular proliferation (FLT) has demonstrated in rodents that general anesthesia-induced inhibition of neural progenitor cell proliferation is evident when assessed a full 2weeks after exposure. Activated glia express Translocator Protein (TSPO) which can be used as a marker of presumed neuroinflammatory processes and a PET ligand for the TSPO (FEPPA) has been used to track this process in both rat and nonhuman primate models. It has been shown that single bouts of general anesthesia can result in elevated TSPO expression lasting for over a week. These examples demonstrate the utility of specific PET tracers to inform, in a minimally-invasive fashion, processes associated with general anesthesia-induced developmental neurotoxicity. The fact that PET procedures are also used clinically suggests an opportunity to confirm in humans what has been repeatedly observed in animals.
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Kim KH, Moon E, Cha JM, Lee S, Yu JS, Kim CS, Kim SY, Choi SU, Lee KR. Antineuroinflammatory and Antiproliferative Activities of Constituents from Tilia amurensis. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 2016; 63:837-42. [PMID: 26423042 DOI: 10.1248/cpb.c15-00393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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As part of our ongoing search for bioactive constituents of natural Korean medicinal resources, we found in a preliminary study that the methanol (MeOH) extract from the trunks of Tilia amurensis RUPR. showed an inhibitory effect on nitric oxide (NO) production in an activated murine microglial cell line. A bioassay-guided fractionation and chemical investigation of the MeOH extract resulted in the isolation and identification of a new isoflavonoid glycoside, orobol 4'-O-β-D-apiofuranosyl-(1→6)-β-D-glucopyranoside (1) and 16 known compounds (2-17). The structure of the new compound was determined by spectroscopic methods, i.e., one-dimensional (1D) and two-dimensional (2D)-NMR techniques and high resolution (HR)-MS, and chemical methods. The antineuroinflammatory activities of the isolated compounds were determined by measuring NO levels in the medium using murine microglial BV-2 cells. Among them, 12 compounds, including compound 1 (most active with an IC50 value of 23.42 µM), inhibited NO production in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated BV-2 cells. Moreover, compounds 1-4 showed moderate antiproliferative activities against the SK-MEL-2 cell line, with IC50 values ranging from 12.31 to 19.67 µM.
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In Vivo Monitoring of Sevoflurane-induced Adverse Effects in Neonatal Nonhuman Primates Using Small-animal Positron Emission Tomography. Anesthesiology 2016; 125:133-46. [DOI: 10.1097/aln.0000000000001154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Background
Animals exposed to sevoflurane during development sustain neuronal cell death in their developing brains. In vivo micro-positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography imaging has been utilized as a minimally invasive method to detect anesthetic-induced neuronal adverse effects in animal studies.
Methods
Neonatal rhesus monkeys (postnatal day 5 or 6, 3 to 6 per group) were exposed for 8 h to 2.5% sevoflurane with or without acetyl-l-carnitine (ALC). Control monkeys were exposed to room air with or without ALC. Physiologic status was monitored throughout exposures. Depth of anesthesia was monitored using quantitative electroencephalography. After the exposure, microPET/computed tomography scans using 18F-labeled fluoroethoxybenzyl-N-(4-phenoxypyridin-3-yl) acetamide (FEPPA) were performed repeatedly on day 1, 1 and 3 weeks, and 2 and 6 months after exposure.
Results
Critical physiologic metrics in neonatal monkeys remained within the normal range during anesthetic exposures. The uptake of [18F]-FEPPA in the frontal and temporal lobes was increased significantly 1 day or 1 week after exposure, respectively. Analyses of microPET images recorded 1 day after exposure showed that sevoflurane exposure increased [18F]-FEPPA uptake in the frontal lobe from 0.927 ± 0.04 to 1.146 ± 0.04, and in the temporal lobe from 0.859 ± 0.05 to 1.046 ± 0.04 (mean ± SE, P < 0.05). Coadministration of ALC effectively blocked the increase in FEPPA uptake. Sevoflurane-induced adverse effects were confirmed by histopathologic evidence as well.
Conclusions
Sevoflurane-induced general anesthesia during development increases glial activation, which may serve as a surrogate for neurotoxicity in the nonhuman primate brain. ALC is a potential protective agent against some of the adverse effects associated with such exposures.
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Liew HK, Cheng HY, Huang LC, Li KW, Peng HF, Yang HI, Lin PBC, Kuo JS, Pang CY. Acute Alcohol Intoxication Aggravates Brain Injury Caused by Intracerebral Hemorrhage in Rats. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2016; 25:15-25. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2015.08.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2015] [Revised: 08/06/2015] [Accepted: 08/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Yoshioka Y, Sugino Y, Tozawa A, Yamamuro A, Kasai A, Ishimaru Y, Maeda S. Dopamine inhibits lipopolysaccharide-induced nitric oxide production through the formation of dopamine quinone in murine microglia BV-2 cells. J Pharmacol Sci 2015; 130:51-9. [PMID: 26908040 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphs.2015.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2015] [Revised: 10/30/2015] [Accepted: 11/01/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Dopamine (DA) has been suggested to modulate functions of glial cells including microglial cells. To reveal the regulatory role of DA in microglial function, in the present study, we investigated the effect of DA on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced nitric oxide (NO) production in murine microglial cell line BV-2. Pretreatment with DA for 24 h concentration-dependently attenuated LPS-induced NO production in BV-2 cells. The inhibitory effect of DA on LPS-induced NO production was not inhibited by SCH-23390 and sulpiride, D1-like and D2-like DA receptor antagonists, respectively. In addition, pretreatment with (-)-(6aR,12bR)-4,6,6a,7,8,12b-Hexahydro-7-methylindolo[4,3-a]phenanthridin (CY 208-243) and bromocriptine, D1-like and D2-like DA receptor agonists, respectively, did not affect the LPS-induced NO production. N-Acetylcysteine, which inhibits DA oxidation, completely inhibited the effect of DA. Tyrosinase, which catalyzes the oxidation of DA to DA quionone (DAQ), accelerated the inhibitory effect of DA on LPS-induced NO production. These results suggest that DA attenuates LPS-induced NO production through the formation of DAQ in BV-2 cells.
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- Yasuhiro Yoshioka
- Department of Pharmacotherapeutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Setsunan University, 45-1 Nagaotoge-cho, Hirakata, Osaka 573-0101, Japan.
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- Department of Pharmacotherapeutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Setsunan University, 45-1 Nagaotoge-cho, Hirakata, Osaka 573-0101, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacotherapeutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Setsunan University, 45-1 Nagaotoge-cho, Hirakata, Osaka 573-0101, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacotherapeutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Setsunan University, 45-1 Nagaotoge-cho, Hirakata, Osaka 573-0101, Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Program for Biomedical Sciences, Institute for Academic Initiatives, and Laboratory of Molecular Neuropharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacotherapeutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Setsunan University, 45-1 Nagaotoge-cho, Hirakata, Osaka 573-0101, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacotherapeutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Setsunan University, 45-1 Nagaotoge-cho, Hirakata, Osaka 573-0101, Japan
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Yang JY, Xue X, Tian H, Wang XX, Dong YX, Wang F, Zhao YN, Yao XC, Cui W, Wu CF. Role of microglia in ethanol-induced neurodegenerative disease: Pathological and behavioral dysfunction at different developmental stages. Pharmacol Ther 2014; 144:321-37. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2014.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2014] [Accepted: 07/03/2014] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Zhang X, Paule MG, Wang C, Slikker W. Application of microPET imaging approaches in the study of pediatric anesthetic-induced neuronal toxicity. J Appl Toxicol 2013; 33:861-8. [DOI: 10.1002/jat.2857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2012] [Revised: 12/13/2012] [Accepted: 12/14/2012] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Xuan Zhang
- Division of Neurotoxicology; National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR)/FDA; Jefferson; AR; USA
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- Division of Neurotoxicology; National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR)/FDA; Jefferson; AR; USA
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- Division of Neurotoxicology; National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR)/FDA; Jefferson; AR; USA
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- Office of the Director; National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR)/FDA; Jefferson; AR; USA
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Zhang X, Paule MG, Newport GD, Liu F, Callicott R, Liu S, Berridge MS, Apana SM, Slikker W, Wang C. MicroPET/CT Imaging of [18F]-FEPPA in the Nonhuman Primate: A Potential Biomarker of Pathogenic Processes Associated with Anesthetic-Induced Neurotoxicity. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.5402/2012/261640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Background. The inhalation anesthetics nitrous oxide (N2O) and isoflurane (ISO) are used in surgical procedures for human infants. Injury to the central nervous system is often accompanied by localization of activated microglia or astrocytosis at the site of injury. The tracer that targets to the peripheral benzodiazepine receptor (PBR), [18F]N-2-(2-fluoroethoxy)benzyl)-N-(4-phenoxypyridin-3-yl)acetamide ([18F]-FEPPA), has been reported as a sensitive biomarker for the detection of neuronal damage/inflammation. Methods. On postnatal day (PND) 5 or 6 rhesus monkey neonates were exposed to a mixture of N2O/oxygen and ISO for 8 hours and control monkeys were exposed to room air. MicroPET/CT images with [18F]-FEPPA were obtained for each monkey 1 day, one week, three weeks, and 6 months after the anesthetic exposure. Results. The radiotracer quickly distributed into the brains of both treated and control monkeys on all scan days. One day after anesthetic exposure, the uptake of [18F]-FEPPA was significantly increased in the temporal lobe. One week after exposure, the uptake of [18F]-FEPPA in the frontal lobe of treated animals was significantly greater than that in controls. Conclusions. These findings suggest that microPET imaging is capable of dynamic detection of inhaled anesthetic-induced brain damage in different brain regions of the nonhuman primate.
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- Xuan Zhang
- National Center for Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR 72079, USA
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- National Center for Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR 72079, USA
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- National Center for Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR 72079, USA
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- National Center for Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR 72079, USA
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- National Center for Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR 72079, USA
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- National Center for Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR 72079, USA
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- 3D Imaging, LLC, Little Rock, AR 72113, USA
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA
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- 3D Imaging, LLC, Little Rock, AR 72113, USA
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA
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- National Center for Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR 72079, USA
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- National Center for Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR 72079, USA
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Liu F, Zhang X, A. Patterson T, Liu S, Ali SF, Paule MG, Slikker W, Wang C. Assessment of Potential Neuronal Toxicity of Inhaled Anesthetics in the Developing Nonhuman Primate. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.4303/jdar/235607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Schwartz M, Shechter R. Systemic inflammatory cells fight off neurodegenerative disease. Nat Rev Neurol 2010; 6:405-10. [DOI: 10.1038/nrneurol.2010.71] [Citation(s) in RCA: 174] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Takeuchi A, Hosokawa M, Nojima T, Hagiwara M. Splicing reporter mice revealed the evolutionally conserved switching mechanism of tissue-specific alternative exon selection. PLoS One 2010; 5:e10946. [PMID: 20532173 PMCID: PMC2880598 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2010] [Accepted: 05/10/2010] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Since alternative splicing of pre-mRNAs is essential for generating tissue-specific diversity in proteome, elucidating its regulatory mechanism is indispensable to understand developmental process or tissue-specific functions. We have been focusing on tissue-specific regulation of mutually exclusive selection of alternative exons because this implies the typical molecular mechanism of alternative splicing regulation and also can be good examples to elicit general rule of “splice code”. So far, mutually exclusive splicing regulation has been explained by the outcome from the balance of multiple regulators that enhance or repress either of alternative exons discretely. However, this “balance” model is open to questions of how to ensure the selection of only one appropriate exon out of several candidates and how to switch them. To answer these questions, we generated an original bichromatic fluorescent splicing reporter system for mammals using fibroblast growth factor-receptor 2 (FGFR2) gene as model. By using this splicing reporter, we demonstrated that FGFR2 gene is regulated by the “switch-like” mechanism, in which key regulators modify the ordered splice-site recognition of two mutually exclusive exons, eventually ensure single exon selection and their distinct switching. Also this finding elucidated the evolutionally conserved “splice code,” in which combination of tissue-specific and broadly expressed RNA binding proteins regulate alternative splicing of specific gene in a tissue-specific manner. These findings provide the significant cue to understand how a number of spliced genes are regulated in various tissue-specific manners by a limited number of regulators, eventually to understand developmental process or tissue-specific functions.
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- Akihide Takeuchi
- Department of Functional Genomics, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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- Laboratory of Gene Expression, School of Biomedical Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Functional Genomics, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Laboratory of Gene Expression, School of Biomedical Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Functional Genomics, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Laboratory of Gene Expression, School of Biomedical Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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Yoshioka Y, Takeda N, Yamamuro A, Kasai A, Maeda S. Nitric oxide inhibits lipopolysaccharide-induced inducible nitric oxide synthase expression and its own production through the cGMP signaling pathway in murine microglia BV-2 cells. J Pharmacol Sci 2010; 113:153-60. [PMID: 20484865 DOI: 10.1254/jphs.10060fp] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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The present study examined the effect of the nitric oxide (NO) donor NOC18 on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced NO production to investigate a regulation mechanism of NO production by microglial cells. LPS increased the levels of NO and inducible NO synthase (iNOS) protein in BV-2 murine microglial cells in a concentration-dependent manner. Pretreatment with NOC18 for 24 h concentration-dependently attenuated the LPS-induced iNOS protein expression and NO production. The inhibitory effect of NOC18 on LPS-induced NO production was partially blocked by LY83583, a soluble guanylate cyclase inhibitor. Pretreatment with dibutyryl guanosine-3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (DBcGMP), a cell-permeable cGMP analogue, for 24 h attenuated partially LPS-induced iNOS protein expression and NO production. Furthermore, the effects of LPS on iNOS and NO production were inhibited by the c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) inhibitor SP600125, and LPS-induced phosphorylation of JNK and c-Jun was inhibited by NOC18 and DBcGMP. These results suggest that NO production by microglial cells is controlled by a negative feedback mechanism via the NO/cGMP signaling pathway.
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- Yasuhiro Yoshioka
- Department of Pharmacotherapeutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Setsunan University, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
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Ono K, Suzuki H, Sawada M. Delayed neural damage is induced by iNOS-expressing microglia in a brain injury model. Neurosci Lett 2010; 473:146-50. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.02.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2010] [Revised: 02/12/2010] [Accepted: 02/13/2010] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Ito F, Toyama H, Kudo G, Suzuki H, Hatano K, Ichise M, Katada K, Ito K, Sawada M. Two activated stages of microglia and PET imaging of peripheral benzodiazepine receptors with [11C]PK11195 in rats. Ann Nucl Med 2010; 24:163-9. [PMID: 20101481 DOI: 10.1007/s12149-009-0339-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2009] [Accepted: 12/08/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Toyama H, Hatano K, Suzuki H, Ichise M, Momosaki S, Kudo G, Ito F, Kato T, Yamaguchi H, Katada K, Sawada M, Ito K. In vivo imaging of microglial activation using a peripheral benzodiazepine receptor ligand: [11C]PK-11195 and animal PET following ethanol injury in rat striatum. Ann Nucl Med 2008; 22:417-24. [PMID: 18600420 DOI: 10.1007/s12149-008-0136-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2007] [Accepted: 02/19/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate whether [(11)C]PK-11195, a specific peripheral benzodiazepine receptors (PBRs) ligand for positron emission tomography (PET), can show activated microglia in a rat brain injury model. METHODS On day 1, ethanol was injected into the rat's right striatum (ST) using a stereotaxic operative procedure. On day 3, head magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans for surgically treated rats were performed to evaluate ethanol injury morphologically. On day 4, dynamic PET scans (17 injured rats and 7 non-injured controls) were performed for 60 min with an animal PET scanner under chloral hydrate anesthesia following a bolus injection of [(11)C]PK-11195 through tail vein. Because PBRs are present throughout the brain, there is no suitable receptor-free reference region. The reference tissue model may not be applicable because of low target to background ratio for low affinity of [(11)C]PK-11195 to PBRs. We evaluated the PBRs binding with regions of interest (ROIs)-based approach to estimate total distribution volume (V). We used an integral from 0 min to 60 min (V (60)) as an estimate of V. On the coronal PET image, ROIs were placed on bilateral ST. Differences in right/left ST V (60) ratios between lesioned and unlesioned control rats were compared using unpaired t tests. Immunohistochemical staining was performed for confirming the presence of activated microglia following decapitation on the PET experiment day. RESULTS The right/left ST V (60) ratios in lesioned rats (1.07 +/- 0.08) were significantly higher than those in unlesioned control rats (1.00 +/- 0.06, P < 0.05). On immunohistochemical staining, activated microglia were exclusively observed in the injured right ST but not in the noninjured left ST of the injury rats and the bilateral ST of the non-injured control rats. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that [(11)C]PK-11195 PET imaging would be a useful tool for evaluating microglial activation in a rat brain injury model.
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- Hiroshi Toyama
- Department of Radiology, Fujita Health University, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan.
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Rojo LE, Fernández JA, Maccioni AA, Jimenez JM, Maccioni RB. Neuroinflammation: implications for the pathogenesis and molecular diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. Arch Med Res 2007; 39:1-16. [PMID: 18067990 DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2007.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 245] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2007] [Accepted: 05/31/2007] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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During the past few years, an increasing set of evidence has supported the major role of deregulation of the interaction patterns between glial cells and neurons in the pathway toward neuronal degeneration. Neurons and glial cells, together with brain vessels, constitute an integrated system for brain function. Inflammation is a process related with the onset of several neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer's disease (AD). Several hypotheses have been postulated to explain the pathogenesis of AD, but none provides insight into the early events that trigger metabolic and cellular alterations in neuronal degeneration. The amyloid hypothesis was sustained on the basis that Abeta-peptide deposition into senile plaques is responsible for neurodegeneration. However, recent findings point to Abeta oligomers as responsible for synaptic impairment in neuronal degeneration. Amyloid is only one among many other major factors affecting the quality of neuronal cells. Another explanation derives from the tau hypothesis, supported by the observations that tau hyperphosphorylations constitute a common feature of most of the altered signaling pathways in degenerating neurons. Altered tau patterns have been detected in the cerebrospinal fluids of AD patients, and a close correlation was observed between the levels of hyperphosphorylated tau isoforms and the degree of cognitive impairment. On the other hand, the anomalous effects of cytokines and trophic factors share in common the activation of tau hyperphosphorylation patterns. In this context, a neuroimmunological approach to AD becomes relevant. When glial cells that normally provide neurotrophic factors essential for neurogenesis are activated by a set of stressing events, they overproduce cytokines and NGF, thus triggering altered signaling patterns in the etiopathogenesis of AD. A solid set of discoveries has strengthened the idea that altered patterns in the glia-neuron interactions constitute early molecular events within the cascade of cellular signals that lead to neurodegeneration in AD. A direct correlation has been established between the Abeta-induced neurodegeneration and cytokine production and its subsequent release. In effect, neuroinflammation is responsible for an abnormal secretion of proinflammatory cytokines that trigger signaling pathways that activate brain tau hyperphosphorylation in residues that are not modified under normal physiological conditions. Other cytokines such as IL-3 and TNF-alpha seem to display neuroprotective activities. Elucidation of the events that control the transitions from neuroprotection to neurodegeneration should be a critical point toward elucidation of AD pathogenesis.
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- Leonel E Rojo
- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Neurosciences, Faculty of Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Maeda J, Higuchi M, Inaji M, Ji B, Haneda E, Okauchi T, Zhang MR, Suzuki K, Suhara T. Phase-dependent roles of reactive microglia and astrocytes in nervous system injury as delineated by imaging of peripheral benzodiazepine receptor. Brain Res 2007; 1157:100-11. [PMID: 17540348 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.04.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2006] [Revised: 04/11/2007] [Accepted: 04/13/2007] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Elevated levels of peripheral benzodiazepine receptor (PBR) in glia have been documented in diverse nervous system injuries, while the identity and spatiotemporal characteristics of the cells showing upregulation of PBR remain elusive. We examined the astrocytic and microglial expressions of PBR in rat brains during the duration of ethanol-induced neuronal insults in order to clarify the significance of PBR as a biomarker capable of detecting a distinctive subpopulation of these glial cells involved in the impairment and protection of neurons. The levels of PBR, as determined by autoradiographic analysis using a specific radioligand, [11C]DAA1106, began to significantly increase at 3 days after intrastriatal injection of ethanol, and peaked at 7 days. This was consistent with the results of double immunofluorescence staining and high-resolution emulsion autoradiography, which revealed upregulation of PBR in both microglia and astrocytes proliferating in nonoverlapping compartments of the injury site. Notably, increased expression of PBR in astrocytes was transiently observed in a manner parallel to the centripetal migration of these cells to the inflammatory lesion, which may be a response indispensable to the protection of intact tissue. Thereafter, astrocytic PBR was barely detectable, despite the presence of numerous glial fibrillary acidic protein-immunoreactive astrocytes forming glial scarring. By contrast, intense PBR signals were persistently present in microglia localized to the injury epicenter up to 90 days, notwithstanding a gradual reduction in the number of ionized calcium binding adapter molecule-1-positive amoeboid microglia between 7 and 90 days. The long-lasting PBR expression in microglia was finally supported by in vivo positron emission tomography imaging, and suggests that inflammatory tissue damage is potentially expandable unless it is tightly sealed by astrocytic scar. The present findings collectively support the utility of PBR in identifying a unique temporal pattern of astrocytic and microglial activation that conventional glial markers hardly pursue.
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- Jun Maeda
- Department of Molecular Neuroimaging, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
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Nakanishi M, Mori T, Nishikawa K, Sawada M, Kuno M, Asada A. The Effects of General Anesthetics on P2X7 and P2Y Receptors in a Rat Microglial Cell Line. Anesth Analg 2007; 104:1136-44, tables of contents. [PMID: 17456664 DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000260615.12553.4e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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BACKGROUND Microglial cells play important roles in coordinating the inflammatory brain responses to hypoxia and trauma. Ionotropic P2X receptors and metabotropic P2Y receptors (P2YRs) expressed in microglia can be activated by extracellular adenosine triphosphate (ATP) derived from damaged cells or astrocytes, and participate in the signaling pathways evoked in brain insult. Although several inhaled and IV anesthetics produce neuroprotective effects through neuronal mechanisms, little is known about how general anesthetics modulate microglial responses in the pathological state. We examined the effects of various general anesthetics on purinergic responses in a rat microglial cell line. METHODS Currents were consistently activated by applications of ATP via a U-tube system under the whole-cell configuration. ATP-induced nondesensitizing currents observed after several applications of ATP exhibited characteristics of P2X7 receptors. The P2YRs-mediated mobilization of intracellular Ca2+ was measured using a Ca2+-sensitive fluorescent dye (fura-2). RESULTS Inhaled anesthetics (sevoflurane, isoflurane, and halothane) at doses three times as high as minimum alveolar concentrations had no effect on the P2X7Rs-mediated currents. IV anesthetics (ketamine, propofol, and thiopental) enhanced the P2X7Rs-mediated currents reversibly. The potencies for activation of P2X7Rs were not correlated with the octanol/buffer partition coefficients. Thiopental, at low concentrations, slightly inhibited the P2X7Rs-mediated currents, suggesting its dual actions on P2X7Rs. The P2YRs-mediated mobilization of intracellular Ca2+ was not affected by any of the general anesthetics tested. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that IV anesthetics, particularly thiopental and propofol, may modulate microglial functions through P2X7Rs in pathological conditions.
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- Mika Nakanishi
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan.
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Prow NA, Irani DN. The opioid receptor antagonist, naloxone, protects spinal motor neurons in a murine model of alphavirus encephalomyelitis. Exp Neurol 2007; 205:461-70. [PMID: 17459376 PMCID: PMC1939803 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2007.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2006] [Revised: 03/02/2007] [Accepted: 03/05/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Spread of neuroadapted Sindbis virus (NSV) to motor neurons (MN) of the spinal cord (SC) causes severe hind limb weakness in C57BL/6 mice and models the paralysis that can accompany alphavirus and flavivirus encephalomyelitis in humans. The fate of spinal MN dictates the severity of NSV-induced paralysis, and recent data suggest that MN damage can occur indirectly via the actions of activated microglial cells. Because the opioid receptor antagonist, naloxone (NAL), blocks microglial-mediated neurodegeneration in other models, we examined its effects during NSV infection. Drug treatment prevented paralysis and enhanced the survival of MN without altering NSV tropism, replication, or clearance from SC tissue. Further studies showed that NAL most effectively inhibited paralysis in a 72-h window after NSV challenge, suggesting that the drug inhibits an early event in SC pathogenesis. Histochemical studies demonstrated that NAL blocked early microglial activation in SC tissue sections, and protein assays showed that the early induction of pathogenic IL-1 beta was blunted in SC homogenates. Finally, loss of glutamate transporter-1 (GLT-1) expression in SC, an astrocyte glutamate reuptake protein responsible for lowering toxic extracellular levels of glutamate and preventing MN damage, was reversed by NAL treatment. This GLT-1 loss proved to be highly IL-1 beta-dependent. Taken together, these data suggest that NAL is neuroprotective in the SC by inhibiting microglial activation that, in turn, maintains normal astrocyte glutamate homeostasis. We propose that drugs targeting such microglial responses may have therapeutic benefit in humans with related viral infections.
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- Natalie A Prow
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Ashki N, Hayes KC, Shi R. Nitric oxide reversibly impairs axonal conduction in Guinea pig spinal cord. J Neurotrauma 2007; 23:1779-93. [PMID: 17184188 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2006.23.1779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Increased expression of the inducible and neuronal isoforms of nitric oxide synthase (NOS), and elevated concentrations of nitric oxide (NO) metabolites, are present within the central nervous system (CNS) following neurotrauma and are implicated in the pathogenesis of the accompanying neurologic deficits. We tested the hypothesis that elevated extracellular concentrations of NO introduced by the donor Spermine NONOate, induce reversible axonal conduction deficits in neurons of the guinea pig spinal cord. The compound action potential (CAP) and compound membrane potential (CMP) of excised ventral cord white matter were recorded before, during, and after bathing the tissue (30 min) in varying concentrations (0.25-3.0 mM) of Spermine NONOate. The principal results were a rapid onset, dose-dependent, reduction in amplitude of the CAP (p < 0.05) accompanied by depolarization of the CMP during NO exposure. These effects were largely reversible on washout, at low concentration of the donor (0.5 mM), but were only partially reversed at higher concentrations. Changes in the electrophysiological properties were not evident when the donor had been a priori depleted of NO. The results extend previous reports that NO induces reversible axonal conduction deficits. They provide new evidence of dissociation of the effects of NO on CAP and CMP during washout, and after prolonged exposure to the donor. They add support to the emerging concept that immune-mediated axonal conduction failure contributes to reversible neurologic deficits following neurotrauma and aid in understanding clinical phenomena such as spinal shock and neurologic recovery.
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- Negin Ashki
- Neuroscience Program, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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Lee JC, Cho GS, Kwon JH, Shin MH, Lim JH, Kim WK. Macrophageal/microglial cell activation and cerebral injury induced by excretory–secretory products secreted by Paragonimus westermani. Neurosci Res 2006; 54:133-9. [PMID: 16325294 DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2005.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2005] [Revised: 10/11/2005] [Accepted: 11/02/2005] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Cerebral paragonimiasis causes various neurological disorders including seizures, visual impairment and hemiplegia. The excretory-secretory product (ESP) released by Paragonimus westermani has a cysteine protease activity and plays important roles in its migration in the host tissue and modulation of host immune responses. To gain more insight into the pathogenesis of ESP in the brain, we investigated the inflammatory reaction and cerebral injury following microinjection of ESP into rat striatum. The size of injury was maximally observed 3 days after microinjection of ESP and then declined to control levels as astrocytes have repopulated the injury. ED1-positive monocytes and microglia were confluently found inside the injury. The mRNA expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) occurred as early as 9h after ESP injection and then declined to control levels within 1 day. The iNOS inhibitor aminoguanidine largely decreased the expression of iNOS but did not reduce the size of lesion caused by ESP. Interestingly, however, heat inactivation of ESP caused a decrease of injury formation with no altered expression of iNOS. The data indicate that ESP produces brain tissue injury by recruiting activated monocytes/microglia via heat-labile protease activity.
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- Jae-Chul Lee
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Ewha Women's Univeristy, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Cunningham C, Wilcockson DC, Campion S, Lunnon K, Perry VH. Central and systemic endotoxin challenges exacerbate the local inflammatory response and increase neuronal death during chronic neurodegeneration. J Neurosci 2005; 25:9275-84. [PMID: 16207887 PMCID: PMC6725757 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2614-05.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 547] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The contribution of inflammation to the progression of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and prion diseases is poorly understood. Brain inflammation in animal models of these diseases is dominated by chronic microglial activation with minimal proinflammatory cytokine expression. However, these inflammatory cells are "primed" to produce exaggerated inflammatory responses to subsequent lipopolysaccharide (LPS) challenges. We show that, using the ME7 model of prion disease, intracerebral challenge with LPS results in dramatic interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) expression, neutrophil infiltration, and inducible nitric oxide synthase expression in the brain parenchyma of prion-diseased mice compared with the same challenge in normal mice. Systemic inflammation evoked by LPS also produced greater increases in proinflammatory cytokines, pentraxin 3, and inducible nitric oxide synthase transcription in prion-diseased mice than in control mice and induced microglial expression of IL-1beta. These systemic challenges also increased neuronal apoptosis in the brains of ME7 animals. Thus, both central and peripheral inflammation can exacerbate local brain inflammation and neuronal death. The finding that a single acute systemic inflammatory event can induce neuronal death in the CNS has implications for therapy in neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Colm Cunningham
- CNS Inflammation Group, School of Biological Sciences, Southampton, Hampshire SO16 7PX, United Kingdom.
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Lee P, Hur J, Lee J, Kim J, Jeong J, Kang I, Kim SY, Kim H. 15,16-dihydrotanshinone I suppresses the activation of BV-2 cell, a murine microglia cell line, by lipopolysaccharide. Neurochem Int 2005; 48:60-6. [PMID: 16298020 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2005.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2005] [Revised: 07/05/2005] [Accepted: 07/11/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Microglial activation has been implicated in neurodegenerative diseases. Therefore, inhibition of inflammation mediated by microglia is a strategy in neurodegenerative disease therapy. In this study, we isolated cryptotanshinone and 15,16-dihydrotanshinone I from Salvia miltiorrhiza, a traditional Korean herb medicine, by bioactivity-guided fractionation based on inhibitory effect on nitric oxide in a lipopolysaccharide-stimulated BV-2 cells, a murine microglial cell line. 15,16-Dihydotanshinoe I suppressed the expression of not only inducible nitric oxide synthase but also of interleukin-1beta, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, and of TNF-alpha converting enzyme.
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- Pyeongjae Lee
- Department of Herbal Pharmacology, Graduate School of East-West Medical Science, Kyung Hee University, 1 Hoegi-dong, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 130-701, Republic of Korea
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Zaltzman R, Alexandrovich A, Trembovler V, Shohami E, Gozes I. The influence of the peptide NAP on Mac-1-deficient mice following closed head injury. Peptides 2005; 26:1520-7. [PMID: 16042992 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2005.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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A single administration of the neuroprotective peptide NAP was previously shown to protect against death associated with closed head injury (CHI) and enhance recovery of the surviving mice. The protective effect was accompanied by down-regulation of the relative mRNA content of the complement receptor 3 (Mac-1, a marker for inflammation) as measured about a month after the injury. In contrast, the mRNA transcripts for activity-dependent neuroprotective protein (ADNP, the NAP containing protein) were shown to increase 29 days post CHI in the injured hemisphere of Mac-1 expressing mice. The present study was set out to investigate: (1) are Mac-1-deficient mice less susceptible to the adverse outcome of traumatic head injury; (2) does NAP treatment affect Mac-1-deficient mice subjected to head injury; and (3) is Mac-1 expression associated with ADNP expression. Results showed that (1) Mac-1-deficient mice were partially protected against death associated with severe head injury as compared to Mac-1 expressing mice. (2) Significant protection against death was observed in NAP-treated mice and an increase in recovery was observed in the NAP-treated Mac-1 mice 4 weeks after injury. (3) ADNP expression did not change in the Mac-1-deficient mice following head injury. Our working hypothesis is that a month following injury, gene expression in the injured brain is altered and competing proteins are expressed such as Mac-1 that is associated with inflammation and ADNP that is associated with neuroprotection. Obviously, this plasticity in gene expression is intimately interwoven with the genetic background of the animal. NAP treatment tilts the balance toward neuroprotection.
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- Roy Zaltzman
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Sackler Medical School, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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Cho BP, Song DY, Sugama S, Shin DH, Shimizu Y, Kim SS, Kim YS, Joh TH. Pathological dynamics of activated microglia following medial forebrain bundle transection. Glia 2005; 53:92-102. [PMID: 16206155 DOI: 10.1002/glia.20265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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To elucidate the role and pathological dynamics of activated microglia, this study assessed the phagocytic, immunophenotypic, morphological, and migratory properties of activated microglia in the medial forebrain bundle (MFB) axotomized rat brain. Activated microglia were identified using two different monoclonal antibodies: ED1 for phagocytic activity and OX6 for major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II. Phagocytic microglia, characterized by ED1-immunoreactivity or ED1- and OX6-immunoreactivity, appeared in the MFB and substantia nigra (SN) as early as 1-3 days post-lesion (dpl), when there was no apparent loss of SN dopamine (DA) neurons. Thereafter, a great number of activated microglia selectively adhered to degenerating axons, dendrites and DA neuronal somas of the SN. This was followed by significant loss of these fibers and nigral DA neurons. Activation of microglia into phagocytic stage was most pronounced between 14 approximately 28 dpl and gradually subsided, but phagocytic microglia persisted until 70 dpl, the last time point examined. ED1 expression preceded MHC II expression in phagocytic microglia. All phagocytic microglia sticking to DA neurons showed activated but ramified form with enlarged somas and thickened processes. They were recruited to the SNc from cranial, dorsal and ventral aspects along various structures and finally stuck to DA neurons of the SNc. Characteristic rod-shaped microglia in the white matter were thought to migrate a long distance. The present study strongly suggests that neurons undergoing delayed neurodegeneration may be phagocytosed by numerous phagocytic, ramified microglia at various sites where specific surface signals are exposed or diffusible molecules are released.
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- Byung P Cho
- Burke Medical Research Institute, Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, White Plains, NY 10605, USA
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Davis RL, Syapin PJ. Acute ethanol exposure modulates expression of inducible nitric-oxide synthase in human astroglia: evidence for a transcriptional mechanism. Alcohol 2004; 32:195-202. [PMID: 15282113 DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2004.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2003] [Revised: 01/10/2004] [Accepted: 01/11/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Astroglia are important in immunocompetence and response to injury within the CNS. Activated astroglia respond, in part, by expressing inducible nitric-oxide synthase (iNOS) and subsequent catalytic production of nitric oxide. Results from a previous study in our laboratory, in the human A172 astroglial cell line, revealed that induction of iNOS activity by tumor necrosis factor-alpha + interferon-gamma + interleukin-1 beta was inhibited by 24-h exposure to a high ethanol concentration (200 mM), but enhanced by 50 mM ethanol. In the work reported in this article, we tested the working hypothesis that ethanol acts transcriptionally to modulate cytokine-induced expression of the iNOS gene, NOS2A, in human astroglia. Ethanol, 50 or 200 mM, did not directly alter in vitro catalytic activity of the iNOS enzyme, indicating that ethanol does not affect the enzyme directly. Likewise, ethanol exposure after a 12-h cytokine-stimulation period had no effect on in vivo iNOS activity. However, when cells were simultaneously exposed to ethanol and cytokines for 12 h, in vivo iNOS activity was altered. That ethanol must be present during cytokine stimulation to influence iNOS activity is consistent with a transcriptional mechanism of action. In addition, steady-state expression of iNOS protein and NOS2A mRNA levels were modulated in a biphasic manner by ethanol similar to that noted previously for iNOS activity. These findings strongly support the suggestion that ethanol modulates cytokine-induced iNOS expression in A172 cells at a pretranslational site. These findings should be instrumental in the identification of the critical ethanol-sensitive elements involved in the regulation of NOS2A in human astroglia.
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- Randall L Davis
- Alcohol and Brain Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 3601 4th Street, Lubbock, TX 79430-0001, USA.
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Lee P, Son D, Lee J, Kim YS, Kim H, Kim SY. Excessive production of nitric oxide induces the neuronal cell death in lipopolysaccharide-treated rat hippocampal slice culture. Neurosci Lett 2003; 349:33-6. [PMID: 12946580 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(03)00697-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In this study, we investigated the role of nitric oxide (NO) in neuronal cell death in the lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-treated rat hippocampal slice culture. Neuronal cell death was induced after a LPS treatment in a rat hippocampal slice. The region and time course of the cell death caused by LPS were different from those by N-methyl-D-aspartate. Cell death was inhibited when the slice was co-treated with both LPS and N-monomethyl-L-arginine, a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor. On the other hand, sodium nitroprusside, a NO donor, induced cell death significantly. A reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and Western analysis showed that inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) was induced in the LPS-treated hippocampal slice culture. These results suggest that NO produced by iNOS is a major mediator of cell death in LPS-treated hippocampal slice culture.
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- Pyeongjae Lee
- Department of Herbal Pharmacology, Graduate School of East-West Medical Science, Kyunghee University, #1 Hoigi-dong, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 130-701, South Korea
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Ogata T, Chuai M, Morino T, Yamamoto H, Nakamura Y, Schubert P. Adenosine triphosphate inhibits cytokine release from lipopolysaccharide-activated microglia via P2y receptors. Brain Res 2003; 981:174-83. [PMID: 12885439 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(03)03028-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Microglial proliferation and activation have been reported to occur after several central nervous system injuries. In this study, we tested the effects of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) on cultured microglia obtained from the spinal cord of rat embryos. The amounts of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin 1beta and interleukin 6 released from the microglia, which were stimulated by lipopolysaccharide (LPS; 100 ng/ml), were inhibited by the simultaneous addition of ATP in a dose dependent manner (10-300 microM). We examined the effect of several endogenous purines (ATP, ADP, CTP, UDP, UTP) and P(2)y receptor agonists (ADPbetaS and 2-methylthio-ATP) on LPS-induced TNF-alpha release. The rank order of inhibitory potency of endogenous purines on TNF-alpha release was: ATP>ADP>>UTP>UDP>CTP. The latter three were much less potent than the former two. The addition of 10 microM 2-methylthio-ATP showed a potency similar to 100 microM ATP. The addition of ADPbetaS, however, showed less effect. These endogenous purines and selective ATP receptor agonists showed a similar inhibitory effect in their rank order on LPS-induced interleukin 6 release. We demonstrate that ATP inhibits cytokine release from LPS-activated microglia via metabotropic receptors. The application of P(2)y receptor agonists might be considered as a pharmacological treatment of several pathological conditions of the spinal cord, including toxic immunoreactions.
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- Tadanori Ogata
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Ehime University, Shigenobu, Ehime 791-0295, Japan.
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Kojima E, Takeuchi A, Haneda M, Yagi A, Hasegawa T, Yamaki KI, Takeda K, Akira S, Shimokata K, Isobe KI. The function of GADD34 is a recovery from a shutoff of protein synthesis induced by ER stress: elucidation by GADD34-deficient mice. FASEB J 2003; 17:1573-5. [PMID: 12824288 DOI: 10.1096/fj.02-1184fje] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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GADD34 is a protein that is induced by stresses such as DNA damage. The function of mammalian GADD34 has been proposed by in vitro transfection, but its function in vivo has not yet been elucidated. Here we generated and analyzed GADD34 knockout mice. Despite their embryonic stage- and tissue-specific expressions, GADD34 knockout mice showed no abnormalities at fetal development and in early adult life. However, in GADD34-/- mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs), recovery from a shutoff of protein synthesis was delayed when MEFs were exposed to endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. The phosphorylation of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 alpha (eIF2alpha) at Ser51 induced by thapsigargin or DTT was prolonged in GADD34-/- MEF, although following treatment with tunicamycin, the eIF2alpha phosphorylation level did not change in either GADD34+/+ or GADD34-/- cells. ER stress stimuli induced expressions of Bip (binding Ig protein) and CHOP (C/EBP homologous protein) in MEF of wild-type mice. These expressions were strongly reduced in GADD34-/- MEF, which suggests that GADD34 up-regulates Bip and CHOP. These results indicate that GADD34 works as a sensor of ER stress stimuli and recovers cells from shutoff of protein synthesis.
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- Eiji Kojima
- Department of Basic Gerontology, National Institute for Longevity Sciences, 36-3, Gengo, Morioka-cho, Obu, Aichi 474-8522, Japan
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Takeuchi A, Mishina Y, Miyaishi O, Kojima E, Hasegawa T, Isobe KI. Heterozygosity with respect to Zfp148 causes complete loss of fetal germ cells during mouse embryogenesis. Nat Genet 2003; 33:172-6. [PMID: 12524542 DOI: 10.1038/ng1072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2002] [Accepted: 11/25/2002] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Zfp148 belongs to a large family of C2H2-type zinc-finger transcription factors. Zfp148 is expressed in fetal germ cells in 13.5-d-old (E13.5) mouse embryos. Germ-line transmission of mutations were not observed in chimeric Zfp148(+/-) mice, and some of these mice completely lacked spermatogonia. The number of primordial germ cells in Zfp148(+/-) tetraploid embryos was normal until E11.5, but declined from E11.5 to E13.5 and continued to decline until few germ cells were present at E18.5. This phenotype was not rescued by wild-type Sertoli or stromal cells, and is therefore a cell-autonomous phenotype. These results indicate that two functional alleles of Zfp148 are required for the normal development of fetal germ cells. Recent studies have shown that Zfp148 activates p53, which has an important role in cell-cycle regulation. Primordial germ cells stop proliferating at approximately E13.5, which correlates with induction of phosphorylation of p53 and its translocation to the nucleus. Phosphorylation of p53 is impaired in Zfp148(+/-) embryonic stem cells and in fetal germ cells from chimeric Zfp148(+/-) embryos. Thus, Zfp148 may be required for regulating p53 in the development of germ cells.
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- Akihide Takeuchi
- Department of Basic Gerontology, National Institute for Longevity Sciences, 36-3 Gengo, Morioka-cho, Obu-city, Aichi 474-8522, Japan
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Matsuo K, Mori S, Ijichi T, Nakajima K, Kokufu T, Ihara N. EPC-K1 reduces the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in delayed neuronal death (DND). Ann N Y Acad Sci 2002; 977:292-5. [PMID: 12480763 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb04828.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Koushun Matsuo
- Department of Neurology, Saiseikai Shiga Hospital, Ohashi 2-4-1, Ritto, Shiga 520-3046, Japan.
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Chuai M, Ogata T, Morino T, Okumura H, Yamamoto H, Schubert P. Prostaglandin E1 analog inhibits the microglia function: suppression of lipopolysaccharide-induced nitric oxide and TNF-alpha release. J Orthop Res 2002; 20:1246-52. [PMID: 12472236 DOI: 10.1016/s0736-0266(02)00068-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Release of nitric oxide and TNF-alpha, a toxic cytokine, have been reported to accelerate neuronal damage under several pathological conditions, such as trauma or ischemia in the central nervous system. In the present study, we tested the effect of alprostadil alfadex, a prostaglandin E1 analog, on cultured microglia from the rat spinal cord. The cultured microglia were exposed to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) (100 ng/ml), an endotoxin, for 24 h, then the released nitric oxide and TNF-alpha in the culture media was analyzed. The released nitric oxide was detected by the Griess reaction and released TNF-alpha was measured using ELISA method. The LPS-induced nitric oxide release was inhibited by the simultaneous addition of alprostadil alfadex in a dose-dependent manner (0.1-100 microM). The LPS-induced TNF-alpha release was also inhibited by alprostadil alfadex addition (0.1-100 microM). The IC50 values of alprostadil alfadex on nitric oxide and TNF-alpha release were about 1 and 10 microM, respectively. These results suggest that prostaglandin E1 possibly protects spinal cord neurons from several types of neurodegenerative damage, not only via increased blood supply, but also via inhibition of pathological immunoreactions of activated microglia.
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Leong SK, Ruan RS, Zhang Z. A critical assessment of the neurodestructive and neuroprotective effects of nitric oxide. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2002; 962:161-81. [PMID: 12076973 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb04066.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Whether nitric oxide is cytodestructive or cytoprotective is of obvious clinical importance. The debate on this subject in the past decade has generated much "heat and light". This paper focuses on the actions of NO on the nervous system and reexamines the controversial issue and the contribution of the authors and their colleagues in the light of recent findings. We also report new findings, critically assesses previous experimental data, and share perspectives on this important subject.
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- Seng-Kee Leong
- Department of Anatomy, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
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Chatzipanteli K, Garcia R, Marcillo AE, Loor KE, Kraydieh S, Dietrich WD. Temporal and segmental distribution of constitutive and inducible nitric oxide synthases after traumatic spinal cord injury: effect of aminoguanidine treatment. J Neurotrauma 2002; 19:639-51. [PMID: 12042098 DOI: 10.1089/089771502753754109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Nitric oxide (NO) has been shown to play an important role in the pathophysiology of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and cerebral ischemia. However, its contribution to the pathogenesis of traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) remains to be clarified. This study determined the time course of constitutive and inducible nitric oxide synthases (cNOS and iNOS, respectively) after SCI. Rats underwent moderate SCI at T10 using the NYU impactor device and were allowed to survive for 3, 6, or 24 h and 3 days after SCI (n = 5 in each group). For the determination of enzymatic activities, spinal cords were dissected into five segments, including levels rostral and caudal (remote) to the injury site. Other rats were perfusion fixed for the immunohistochemical localization of iNOS protein levels. cNOS activity was significantly decreased at 3 and 6 h within the traumatized T10 segment and at 3, 6, and 24 h at the rostral (T9) level (p < 0.05). Rostral (T8) and caudal (T11, T12) to the injury site cNOS activity was also decreased at 3 h after injury (p < 0.05). However, cNOS activity returned to control levels within 6 h at T8, T11 and T12 and at one day at T10 and T9 segments. iNOS enzymatic activity was elevated at all time points tested (p < 0.05), with the most robust increase observed at 24 h. Immunostaining for iNOS at 24 h revealed that a significant cellular source of iNOS protein appeared to be invading polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNLs). To assess the functional consequences of iNOS inhibition, aminoguanidine treatment was initiated 5 min after SCI and rats tested using the BBB open field locomotor score. Treated rats demonstrated significantly improved hindlimb function up to 7 weeks after SCI. Histopathological analysis of contusion volume showed that aminoguanidine treatment decreased lesion volume by 37% (p < 0.05). In conclusion, these results indicate that (1) cNOS and iNOS activities are regionally and temporally affected after moderate SCI, (2) the early accumulation of PMNLs are a potentially significant source of NO-induced cytotoxic products, and (3) acute aminoguanidine treatment significantly improves functional and histopathological outcome after SCI.
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- Katina Chatzipanteli
- The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33101, USA.
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Involvement of nitric oxide released from microglia-macrophages in pathological changes of cathepsin D-deficient mice. J Neurosci 2001. [PMID: 11567042 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.21-19-07526.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Cathepsin D (CD) deficiency has been shown to induce ceroid-lipofuscin storage in lysosomes of mouse CNS neuron (Koike et al., 2000). To understand the behavior of microglial cells corresponding to these neuronal changes, CD-deficient (CD-/-) mice, which die at approximately postnatal day (P) 25 by intestinal necrosis, were examined using morphological as well as biochemical approaches. Light and electron microscopic observations revealed that microglia showing large round cell bodies with few processes appeared in the cerebral cortex and thalamus after P16. At P24, microglia often encircled neurons that were occupied with autolysosomes, indicating increased phagocytic activity. These morphologically transformed microglia markedly expressed inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), which was also detected in the intestine of the mice. To assess the role of microglial nitric oxide (NO) in neuropathological changes in CD-/- mice, l-N(G)-nitro-arginine methylester (l-NAME), a competitive NOS inhibitor, or S-methylisothiourea hemisulfate (SMT), an iNOS inhibitor, was administered intraperitoneally for 13 consecutive days. The total number of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated biotinylated UTP nick end labeling-positive cells counted in the thalamus was found to be significantly decreased by chronic treatment of l-NAME or SMT, whereas neither the neuronal accumulation of ceroid-lipofuscin nor the microglial phagocytic activity was affected by these treatments. Moreover, the chronic treatment of l-NAME or SMT completely suppressed hemorrhage-necrotic changes in the small intestine of CD-/- mice, resulting in normal growth of the body weight of the mice. These results suggest that NO production via iNOS activity in microglia and peripheral macrophages contributes to secondary tissue damages such as neuronal apoptosis and intestinal necrosis, respectively.
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Haynes LE, Griffiths MR, Hyde RE, Barber DJ, Mitchell IJ. Dexamethasone induces limited apoptosis and extensive sublethal damage to specific subregions of the striatum and hippocampus: implications for mood disorders. Neuroscience 2001; 104:57-69. [PMID: 11311531 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(01)00070-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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It has been shown previously that the synthetic corticosteroid dexamethasone induces apoptosis of granule cells in the dentate gyrus and striatopallidal neurons in the dorsomedial caudate-putamen. We investigated whether or not dexamethasone can induce damage to other neuronal populations. This issue was addressed using OX42 immunohistochemistry to visualise activated microglia and thereby gauge the extent of dexamethasone-induced neuronal death. A single dose of dexamethasone (20mg/kg, i.p.) administered to young male Sprague-Dawley rats induced a strong microglial reaction which was restricted to the striatum, the dentate gyrus and all of the CA subfields of the hippocampus. Some OX42-immunoreactive cells were also seen in the lateral septal nucleus. Subsequent quantitative analysis of silver/methenamine-stained sections confirmed that acute administration of dexamethasone induced apoptosis in the striatum and all regions of the hippocampus at doses as low as 0.7mg/kg. In contrast, dexamethasone failed to induce apoptosis in the lateral septal nucleus at doses up to 20mg/kg. The levels of dexamethasone-induced striatal and hippocampal apoptosis were attenuated by pretreatment with the corticosteroid receptor antagonist RU38486 (Mifepristone), which implies that the cell death was mediated by a corticosteroid receptor-dependent process. We further determined whether dexamethasone induced sublethal damage to neurons by quantifying reductions in the number of microtubule-associated protein-2-immunoreactive striatal and hippocampal cells following injection of the corticosteroid. Dexamethasone induced dramatic decreases in the striatum, with the dorsomedial caudate-putamen being particularly affected. Similar damage was seen in the hippocampus, with the dentate gyrus and CA1 and CA3 subfields being particularly vulnerable.Equivalent corticosteroid-induced neuronal damage may occur in mood disorders, where the levels of endogenous corticosteroids are often raised. Corticosteroid-induced damage of striatal and hippocampal neurons may also account for some of the cognitive deficits seen following administration of the drugs to healthy volunteers.
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- L E Haynes
- School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, Birmingham, UK
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Takeuchi A, Miyaishi O, Kiuchi K, Isobe K. Macrophage colony-stimulating factor is expressed in neuron and microglia after focal brain injury. J Neurosci Res 2001; 65:38-44. [PMID: 11433427 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.1125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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In a previous study, we have demonstrated that damaged neurons within a boundary area around necrosis fall into delayed neuronal death owing to the cytotoxic effect of microglial nitric oxide (NO), and these neurons are finally eliminated by activated microglia. In this process, microglia are activated to release NO, increase in number, and accumulate toward the damaged area. In this study, we investigated the expression of macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF, also called colony stimulating factor-1; CSF-1) and other cytokines, which are reported to relate to activation, proliferation, or migration of microglia. The mRNA of M-CSF arose biphasically from 30 min to 1 hr and from 6 to 72 hr after the injury, as demonstrated by semiquantitative RT-PCR. However, another cytokine of granulocyte-macrophage CSF (GM-CSF) or interleukin-3 (IL-3), which causes proliferation of microglia in vitro, was not detected. From immunohistochemical studies, positive staining of M-CSF was observed mainly in neuron-specific enolase (NSE)-positive cells from 1 to 12 hr after the injury, and after that M-CSF became positive in Griffonia simplicifolia isolectin-B4 (GSA-I-B4)-positive cells from 24 to 72 hr in the boundary area around necrosis. These results suggest that neurons around the damaged area express M-CSF in the early phase after injury, which may initially activate microglia, and these activated microglia also express M-CSF later, causing further proliferation or migration of microglia themselves to eliminate damaged neurons or necrotic brain tissue.
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- A Takeuchi
- Department of Basic Gerontology, National Institute for Longevity Sciences, Oobu-city, Aichi, Japan
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Harry GJ, Sills R, Schlosser MJ, Maier WE. Neurodegeneration and glia response in rat hippocampus following nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME). Neurotox Res 2001; 3:307-19. [PMID: 15111256 DOI: 10.1007/bf03033270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Hippocampal neurodegeneration and glia response was examined following administration of the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, Nomega-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME). Male Long-Evans rats received L-NAME (50 mg/kg, ip) either once or twice a day for 4 days. Both dosing schedules decreased NOS-activity by approximately 90%. At 10 and 30 days following cessation of L-NAME (2x/day), moderate neuronal death was evident in CA1-2 pyramidal cells and dentate granule cells. Neurodegeneration was accompanied by increased astrocyte glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) immunoreactivity yet, minimal astrocyte hypertrophy. Microglia response was limited to an increase in ramified microglia at 10 days, returning to normal by 30 days. As early as 4 days post-dosing (2x/day), GFAP mRNA levels were significantly elevated as were mRNA levels for tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFalpha), interleukin-1alpha (IL-1alpha), and interleukin 6 (IL-6). No alterations were seen with L-NAME dosing limited to once a day. The co-administration of a hippocampal neurotoxicant, trimethyltin (TMT), with the last dose of L-NAME (2x/day), produced an additive response pattern of neuronal degeneration including both CA1-2 and CA3-4 pyramidal neurons accompanied by TMT-induced astrocyte hypertrophy and prominent microglia reactivity. This was preceded by elevations in mRNA levels for GFAP, TNFalpha, IL-1alpha, and IL-6 similar to those seen with each substance alone. These data suggest that high levels of L-NAME can produce a pro-inflammatory environment in the brain and that neurodegeneration and neuroglia responses in the hippocampus can be induced by an alteration in the balance and regulation of local nitric oxide levels.
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- G J Harry
- National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA.
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Shih CL, Chi SI, Chiu TH, Sun GY, Lin TN. Ethanol Effects on Nitric Oxide Production in Cerebral Pial Cultures. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2001. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2001.tb02258.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Satake K, Matsuyama Y, Kamiya M, Kawakami H, Iwata H, Adachi K, Kiuchi K. Nitric oxide via macrophage iNOS induces apoptosis following traumatic spinal cord injury. BRAIN RESEARCH. MOLECULAR BRAIN RESEARCH 2000; 85:114-22. [PMID: 11146113 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-328x(00)00253-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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To investigate the pathophysiological mechanisms involved in post-traumatic impairment of the spinal cord, we analyzed expression patterns of the inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) gene following acute injury of rat spinal cord using a weight drop technique. PCR analysis revealed that iNOS mRNA appeared at 3-12 h after injury and declined thereafter. Immunohistochemical analysis showed that iNOS-positive cells invaded the lesioned area through the perivascular space at 6 h after injury. The population of these cells peaked at 24 h and then declined to disappear 3 days after injury. The iNOS-positive cells were also stained with ED-2 but not with ED-1 or OX-42, indicating that these cells were macrophages and/or perivascular cells. In parallel with the appearance of iNOS-positive cells, other cells emerged that were positively stained by the terminal deoxynucleotidyl-transferase-mediated dUDP-biotin nick end-labeling (TUNEL) assay. TUNEL-positive cells were scattered in the lesioned area 1 day after injury, but some in the surrounding area close to iNOS-positive cells. Administration of L-Ng-nitro-arginine methylester, a competitive inhibitor of NOS, resulted in a reduction of TUNEL-positive cells in the lesioned area. These results suggest that nitric oxide generated by iNOS of macrophages and/or perivascular cells plays a significant role in eliminating damaged cells from the lesioned area by apoptosis.
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- K Satake
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
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Takeuchi A, Miyaishi O, Kiuchi K, Isobe K. Cu/Zn- and Mn-superoxide dismutases are specifically up-regulated in neurons after focal brain injury. JOURNAL OF NEUROBIOLOGY 2000; 45:39-46. [PMID: 10992255 DOI: 10.1002/1097-4695(200010)45:1<39::aid-neu4>3.0.co;2-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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In previous studies, we have demonstrated that damaged neurons within a boundary area around necrosis fall into delayed cell death due to the cytotoxic effect of microglial nitric oxide (NO), and are finally eliminated by activated microglia. In contrast, neurons in a narrow surrounding region nearby this boundary area remain alive even though they may encounter cytotoxic NO. To investigate the mechanism by which neurons tolerate this oxidative stress, we examined the in vitro and in vivo expression levels of superoxide dismutase (SOD) under pathological conditions. Results from our in situ hybridization and immunohistochemical studies showed up-regulation of Cu/Zn-SOD only in neurons outside the boundary area, whereas up-regulation of Mn-SOD was detected in both neurons and glial cells in the same region. In vitro experiments using rat PC12 pheochromocytoma and C6 glioma cell lines showed that induction of both Cu/Zn- and Mn-SOD mRNA could only be detected in PC12 cells after treatment with NO donors, while a slight induction of Mn-SOD mRNA alone could be seen in C6 glioma cells. The mechanism of resistance toward oxidative stress therefore appears to be quite different between neuronal and glial cells. It is assumed that these two types of SOD might play a critical role in protecting neurons from NO cytotoxicity in vivo, and the inability of SOD induction in damaged neurons seems to cause their selective elimination after focal brain injury.
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- A Takeuchi
- Department of Basic Gerontology, National Institute for Longevity Sciences, 36-3 Gengo, Morioka-cho, Oobu 474-8522, Japan
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Lu X, Bing G, Hagg T. Naloxone prevents microglia-induced degeneration of dopaminergic substantia nigra neurons in adult rats. Neuroscience 2000; 97:285-91. [PMID: 10799760 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(00)00033-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Resident microglia are involved in immune responses of the central nervous system and may contribute to neuronal degeneration and death. Here, we tested in adult rats whether injection of bacterial lipopolysaccharide (which causes inflammation and microglial activation) just above the substantia nigra, results in the death of dopaminergic substantia nigra pars compacta neurons. Two weeks after lipopolysaccharide injection, microglial activation was evident throughout the nigra and the number of retrogradely-labeled substantia nigra neurons was reduced to 66% of normal. This suggests that inflammation and/or microglial activation can lead to neuronal cell death in a well-defined adult animal model. The opioid receptor antagonist naloxone reportedly reduces release of cytotoxic substances from microglia and protects cortical neurons in vitro. Here, a continuous two-week infusion of naloxone at a micromolar concentration close to the substantia nigra, prevented most of the neuronal death caused by lipopolysaccharide, i.e. 85% of the neurons survived. In addition, with systemic (subcutaneous) infusion of 0. 1mg/d naloxone, 94% of the neurons survived. Naloxone infusions did not obviously affect the morphological signs of microglial activation, suggesting that naloxone reduces the release of microglial-derived cytotoxic substances. Alternatively, microglia might not cause the neuronal loss, or naloxone might act by blocking opioid receptors on (dopaminergic or GABAergic) neurons.Thus, local inflammation induces and the opioid antagonist naloxone prevents the death of dopaminergic substantia nigra neurons in adult rats. This may be relevant to the understanding of the pathology and treatment of Parkinson's disease, where these neurons degenerate.
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- X Lu
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
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