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Gerace E, Zianni E, Landucci E, Scartabelli T, Berlinguer Palmini R, Iezzi D, Moroni F, Di Luca M, Mannaioni G, Gardoni F, Pellegrini-Giampietro DE. Differential mechanisms of tolerance induced by NMDA and 3,5-dihydroxyphenylglycine (DHPG) preconditioning. J Neurochem 2020; 155:638-649. [PMID: 32343420 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.15033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2020] [Revised: 04/11/2020] [Accepted: 04/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
We investigated the molecular events triggered by NMDA and 3,5-dihydroxyphenylglycine (DHPG) preconditioning, that lead to neuroprotection against excitotoxic insults (AMPA or oxygen and glucose deprivation) in rat organotypic hippocampal slices, with particular attention on glutamate receptors and on cannabinoid system. We firstly evaluated the protein expression of NMDA and AMPA receptor subunits after preconditioning using western blot analysis performed in post-synaptic densities. We observed that following NMDA, but not DHPG preconditioning, the expression of GluA1 was significantly reduced and this reduction appeared to be associated with the internalization of AMPA receptors. Whole-cell voltage clamp recordings on CA1 pyramidal neurons of organotypic slices show that 24 hr after exposure to NMDA and DHPG preconditioning, AMPA-induced currents were significantly reduced. To clarify the mechanisms induced by DHPG preconditioning, we then investigated the involvement of the endocannabinoid system. Exposure of slices to the CB1 antagonist AM251 prevented the development of tolerance to AMPA toxicity induced by DHPG but not NMDA. Accordingly, the MAG-lipase inhibitor URB602, that increases arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG) content, but not the FAAH inhibitor URB597, that limits the degradation of anandamide, was also able to induce tolerance versus AMPA and OGD toxicity, suggesting that 2-AG is responsible for the DHPG-induced tolerance. In conclusion, preconditioning with NMDA or DHPG promotes differential neuroprotective mechanisms: NMDA by internalization of GluA1-AMPA receptors, DHPG by producing the endocannabinoid 2-AG.
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- Elisabetta Gerace
- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health (NeuroFarBa), Section of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.,Department of Health Sciences, Section of Clinical Pharmacology and Oncology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences (DiSFeB), University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, Section of Clinical Pharmacology and Oncology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, Section of Clinical Pharmacology and Oncology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health (NeuroFarBa), Section of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health (NeuroFarBa), Section of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health (NeuroFarBa), Section of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences (DiSFeB), University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health (NeuroFarBa), Section of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences (DiSFeB), University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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Belov Kirdajova D, Kriska J, Tureckova J, Anderova M. Ischemia-Triggered Glutamate Excitotoxicity From the Perspective of Glial Cells. Front Cell Neurosci 2020; 14:51. [PMID: 32265656 PMCID: PMC7098326 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2020.00051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 185] [Impact Index Per Article: 46.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2019] [Accepted: 02/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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A plethora of neurological disorders shares a final common deadly pathway known as excitotoxicity. Among these disorders, ischemic injury is a prominent cause of death and disability worldwide. Brain ischemia stems from cardiac arrest or stroke, both responsible for insufficient blood supply to the brain parenchyma. Glucose and oxygen deficiency disrupts oxidative phosphorylation, which results in energy depletion and ionic imbalance, followed by cell membrane depolarization, calcium (Ca2+) overload, and extracellular accumulation of excitatory amino acid glutamate. If tight physiological regulation fails to clear the surplus of this neurotransmitter, subsequent prolonged activation of glutamate receptors forms a vicious circle between elevated concentrations of intracellular Ca2+ ions and aberrant glutamate release, aggravating the effect of this ischemic pathway. The activation of downstream Ca2+-dependent enzymes has a catastrophic impact on nervous tissue leading to cell death, accompanied by the formation of free radicals, edema, and inflammation. After decades of “neuron-centric” approaches, recent research has also finally shed some light on the role of glial cells in neurological diseases. It is becoming more and more evident that neurons and glia depend on each other. Neuronal cells, astrocytes, microglia, NG2 glia, and oligodendrocytes all have their roles in what is known as glutamate excitotoxicity. However, who is the main contributor to the ischemic pathway, and who is the unsuspecting victim? In this review article, we summarize the so-far-revealed roles of cells in the central nervous system, with particular attention to glial cells in ischemia-induced glutamate excitotoxicity, its origins, and consequences.
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- Denisa Belov Kirdajova
- Department of Cellular Neurophysiology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR), Prague, Czechia.,Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czechia
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- Department of Cellular Neurophysiology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR), Prague, Czechia.,Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czechia
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- Department of Cellular Neurophysiology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR), Prague, Czechia
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- Department of Cellular Neurophysiology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR), Prague, Czechia.,Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czechia
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Konen LM, Wright AL, Royle GA, Morris GP, Lau BK, Seow PW, Zinn R, Milham LT, Vaughan CW, Vissel B. A new mouse line with reduced GluA2 Q/R site RNA editing exhibits loss of dendritic spines, hippocampal CA1-neuron loss, learning and memory impairments and NMDA receptor-independent seizure vulnerability. Mol Brain 2020; 13:27. [PMID: 32102661 PMCID: PMC7045468 DOI: 10.1186/s13041-020-0545-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2019] [Accepted: 01/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Calcium (Ca2+)-permeable AMPA receptors may, in certain circumstances, contribute to normal synaptic plasticity or to neurodegeneration. AMPA receptors are Ca2+-permeable if they lack the GluA2 subunit or if GluA2 is unedited at a single nucleic acid, known as the Q/R site. In this study, we examined mice engineered with a point mutation in the intronic editing complementary sequence (ECS) of the GluA2 gene, Gria2. Mice heterozygous for the ECS mutation (named GluA2+/ECS(G)) had a ~ 20% reduction in GluA2 RNA editing at the Q/R site. We conducted an initial phenotypic analysis of these mice, finding altered current-voltage relations (confirming expression of Ca2+-permeable AMPA receptors at the synapse). Anatomically, we observed a loss of hippocampal CA1 neurons, altered dendritic morphology and reductions in CA1 pyramidal cell spine density. Behaviourally, GluA2+/ECS(G) mice exhibited reduced motor coordination, and learning and memory impairments. Notably, the mice also exhibited both NMDA receptor-independent long-term potentiation (LTP) and vulnerability to NMDA receptor-independent seizures. These NMDA receptor-independent seizures were rescued by the Ca2+-permeable AMPA receptor antagonist IEM-1460. In summary, unedited GluA2(Q) may have the potential to drive NMDA receptor-independent processes in brain function and disease. Our study provides an initial characterisation of a new mouse model for studying the role of unedited GluA2(Q) in synaptic and dendritic spine plasticity in disorders where unedited GluA2(Q), synapse loss, neurodegeneration, behavioural impairments and/or seizures are observed, such as ischemia, seizures and epilepsy, Huntington’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, astrocytoma, cocaine seeking behaviour and Alzheimer’s disease.
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- Lyndsey M Konen
- Centre for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine (CNRM), Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, PO Box 123 Broadway, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia.,St Vincent's Centre for Applied Medical Research, Sydney, 2011, Australia
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, 2109, Australia
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- Middlemore Hospital, Counties Manukau DHB, Otahuhu, Auckland, 1062, New Zealand.,The University of Auckland, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Grafton, Auckland, 1023, New Zealand
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- Centre for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine (CNRM), Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, PO Box 123 Broadway, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia.,St Vincent's Centre for Applied Medical Research, Sydney, 2011, Australia
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- Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Royal North Shore Hospital, The University of Sydney, Sydney, 2065, Australia
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- Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Royal North Shore Hospital, The University of Sydney, Sydney, 2065, Australia
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- Centre for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine (CNRM), Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, PO Box 123 Broadway, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia.,St Vincent's Centre for Applied Medical Research, Sydney, 2011, Australia
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- Centre for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine (CNRM), Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, PO Box 123 Broadway, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia.,St Vincent's Centre for Applied Medical Research, Sydney, 2011, Australia
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- Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Royal North Shore Hospital, The University of Sydney, Sydney, 2065, Australia
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- Centre for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine (CNRM), Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, PO Box 123 Broadway, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia. .,St Vincent's Centre for Applied Medical Research, Sydney, 2011, Australia.
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Lee JC, Shin BN, Cho JH, Lee TK, Kim IH, Noh Y, Kim SS, Lee HA, Kim YM, Kim H, Cho JH, Park JH, Ahn JH, Kang IJ, Hwang IK, Won MH, Shin MC. Brain ischemic preconditioning protects against moderate, not severe, transient global cerebral ischemic injury. Metab Brain Dis 2018; 33:1193-1201. [PMID: 29644488 DOI: 10.1007/s11011-018-0231-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2017] [Accepted: 04/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Ischemic preconditioning (IPC) in the brain increases ischemic tolerance to subsequent ischemic insults. In this study, we examined whether IPC protects neurons and attenuates microgliosis or not in the hippocampus following severe transient global cerebral ischemia (TCI) in gerbils. Gerbils were assigned to 8 groups; 5- and 15-min sham operated groups, 5-min and 15-min TCI operated groups, IPC plus 5- and 15-min sham operated groups, and IPC plus 5- and 15-min TCI operated groups. IPC was induced by subjecting animals to 2-min transient ischemia 1 day before 5-min TCI for a typical transient ischemia and 15-min TCI for severe transient ischemia. Neuronal damage was examined by cresyl violet staining and Fluoro-Jade B histofluorescence staining. In addition, microglial activation was examined using immunohistochemistry for Iba-1 (a marker for microglia). Delayed neuronal death and microgliosis was found in the CA1 alone in the 5-min TCI operated group at 5 days post-ischemia, and, in the 15-min TCI operated group, neuronal death and microgliosis was shown in all CA areas (CA1-3) and the dentate gyrus. IPC displayed neuroprotection and attenuated microglial activation in the 5-min TCI operated group. However, in the 15-min TCI operated group, IPC did not show neuroprotection and not attenuate microglial activation. Our present findings indicate that IPC hardly protect against severe transient cerebral ischemic injury.
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- Jae-Chul Lee
- Department of Neurobiology, School of Medicine, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24341, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurobiology, School of Medicine, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24341, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurobiology, School of Medicine, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24341, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurobiology, School of Medicine, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24341, Republic of Korea
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- Famenity Company, Gwacheon, 13837, Republic of Korea
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- Famenity Company, Gwacheon, 13837, Republic of Korea
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- Famenity Company, Gwacheon, 13837, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24341, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24341, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Chungju Hospital, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Chungju, 27376, Republic of Korea
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Kangwon National University Hospital, School of Medicine, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24341, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Kangwon National University Hospital, School of Medicine, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24341, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hallym University, Chuncheon, 24252, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hallym University, Chuncheon, 24252, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Hallym University, Chuncheon, 24252, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, College of Veterinary Medicine, and Research Institute for Veterinary Science, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Department of Neurobiology, School of Medicine, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24341, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Kangwon National University Hospital, School of Medicine, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24341, Republic of Korea.
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Turovskaya MV, Zinchenko VP, Babaev AA, Epifanova EA, Tarabykin VS, Turovsky EA. Mutation in the Sip1 transcription factor leads to a disturbance of the preconditioning of AMPA receptors by episodes of hypoxia in neurons of the cerebral cortex due to changes in their activity and subunit composition. The protective effects of interleukin-10. Arch Biochem Biophys 2018; 654:126-135. [PMID: 30056076 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2018.07.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2018] [Revised: 07/23/2018] [Accepted: 07/24/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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The Sip1 mutation plays the main role in pathogenesis of the Mowat-Wilson syndrome, which is characterized by the pronounced epileptic symptoms. Cortical neurons of homozygous mice with Sip1 mutation are resistant to AMPA receptor activators. Disturbances of the excitatory signaling components are also observed on such a phenomenon of neuroplasticity as hypoxic preconditioning. In this work, the mechanisms of loss of the AMPA receptor's ability to precondition by episodes of short-term hypoxia were investigated on cortical neurons derived from the Sip1 homozygous mice. The preconditioning effect was estimated by the level of suppression of the AMPA receptors activity with hypoxia episodes. Using fluorescence microscopy, we have shown that cortical neurons from the Sip1fl/fl mice are characterized by the absence of hypoxic preconditioning effect, whereas the amplitude of Ca2+-responses to the application of the AMPA receptor agonist, 5-Fluorowillardiine, in neurons from the Sip1 mice brainstem is suppressed by brief episodes of hypoxia. The mechanism responsible for this process is hypoxia-induced desensitization of the AMPA receptors, which is absent in the cortex neurons possessing the Sip1 mutation. However, the appearance of preconditioning in these neurons can be induced by phosphoinositide-3-kinase activation with a selective activator or an anti-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-10.
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- Institute of Biology and Biomedicine, Lobachevsky State University of Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia
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- Institute of Biology and Biomedicine, Lobachevsky State University of Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia
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- Institute of Biology and Biomedicine, Lobachevsky State University of Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia
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- Institute of Cell Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia.
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Hye Kim I, Lee JC, Ha Park J, Hyeon Ahn J, Cho JH, Hui Chen B, Na Shin B, Chun Yan B, Rueol Ryu D, Hong S, Hwi Cho J, Lyul Lee Y, Kim YM, Cho BR, Won MH. Time interval after ischaemic preconditioning affects neuroprotection and gliosis in the gerbil hippocampal CA1 region induced by transient cerebral ischaemia. Neurol Res 2016; 38:210-9. [DOI: 10.1179/1743132815y.0000000098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Semenov DG, Belyakov AV, Glushchenko TS, Samoilov MO, Salinska E, Lazarewicz JW. Hypobaric Preconditioning Modifies Group I mGluRs Signaling in Brain Cortex. Neurochem Res 2015; 40:2200-10. [PMID: 26318863 DOI: 10.1007/s11064-015-1708-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2015] [Revised: 08/18/2015] [Accepted: 08/20/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The study assessed involvement of Ca(2+) signaling mediated by the metabotropic glutamate receptors mGluR1/5 in brain tolerance induced by hypoxic preconditioning. Acute slices of rat piriform cortex were tested 1 day after exposure of adult rats to mild hypobaric hypoxia for 2 h at a pressure of 480 hPa once a day for three consecutive days. We detected 44.1 ± 11.6 % suppression of in vitro anoxia-induced increases of intracellular Ca(2+) levels and a fivefold increase in Ca(2+) transients evoked by selective mGluR1/5 agonist, DHPG. Western blot analysis of cortical homogenates demonstrated a 11 ± 4 % decrease in mGluR1 immunoreactivity (IR), and in the nuclei-enriched fraction a 12 ± 3 % increase in IR of phospholipase Cβ1 (PLCβ1), which is a major mediator of mGluR1/5 signaling. Immunocytochemical analysis of the cortex revealed increase in the mGluR1/5 and PLCβ1 IR in perikarya, and a decrease in IR of the neuronal inositol trisphosphate receptors (IP3Rs). We suggest that enhanced expression of mGluR5 and PLCβ1 and potentiation of Ca(2+) signaling may represent pro-survival upregulation of Ca(2+)-dependent genomic processes, while decrease in mGluR1 and IP3R IR may be attributed to a feedback mechanism preventing excessive intracellular Ca(2+) release.
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- Dmitry G Semenov
- Pavlov Institute of Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nab. Makarova, 6, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 199034.
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- Pavlov Institute of Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nab. Makarova, 6, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 199034.
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- Pavlov Institute of Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nab. Makarova, 6, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 199034.
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- Pavlov Institute of Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nab. Makarova, 6, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 199034.
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- Mossakowski Medical Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland.
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- Mossakowski Medical Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland.
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Quintana P, Soto D, Poirot O, Zonouzi M, Kellenberger S, Muller D, Chrast R, Cull-Candy SG. Acid-sensing ion channel 1a drives AMPA receptor plasticity following ischaemia and acidosis in hippocampal CA1 neurons. J Physiol 2015; 593:4373-86. [PMID: 26174503 PMCID: PMC4594240 DOI: 10.1113/jp270701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2015] [Accepted: 07/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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KEY POINTS The hippocampal CA1 region is highly vulnerable to ischaemic stroke. Two forms of AMPA receptor (AMPAR) plasticity - an anoxic form of long-term potentiation and a delayed increase in Ca(2+) -permeable (CP) AMPARs - contribute to this susceptibility by increasing excitotoxicity. In CA1, the acid-sensing ion channel 1a (ASIC1a) is known to facilitate LTP and contribute to ischaemic acidotoxicity. We have examined the role of ASIC1a in AMPAR ischaemic plasticity in organotypic hippocampal slice cultures exposed to oxygen glucose deprivation (a model of ischaemic stroke), and in hippocampal pyramidal neuron cultures exposed to acidosis. We find that ASIC1a activation promotes both forms of AMPAR plasticity and that neuroprotection, by inhibiting ASIC1a, circumvents any further benefit of blocking CP-AMPARs. Our observations establish a new interaction between acidotoxicity and excitotoxicity, and provide insight into the role of ASIC1a and CP-AMPARs in neurodegeneration. Specifically, we propose that ASIC1a activation drives certain post-ischaemic forms of CP-AMPAR plasticity. ABSTRACT The CA1 region of the hippocampus is particularly vulnerable to ischaemic damage. While NMDA receptors play a major role in excitotoxicity, it is thought to be exacerbated in this region by two forms of post-ischaemic AMPA receptor (AMPAR) plasticity - namely, anoxic long-term potentiation (a-LTP), and a delayed increase in the prevalence of Ca(2+) -permeable GluA2-lacking AMPARs (CP-AMPARs). The acid-sensing ion channel 1a (ASIC1a), which is expressed in CA1 pyramidal neurons, is also known to contribute to post-ischaemic neuronal death and to physiologically induced LTP. This raises the question does ASIC1a activation drive the post-ischaemic forms of AMPAR plasticity in CA1 pyramidal neurons? We have tested this by examining organotypic hippocampal slice cultures (OHSCs) exposed to oxygen glucose deprivation (OGD), and dissociated cultures of hippocampal pyramidal neurons (HPNs) exposed to low pH (acidosis). We find that both a-LTP and the delayed increase in the prevalence of CP-AMPARs are dependent on ASIC1a activation during ischaemia. Indeed, acidosis alone is sufficient to induce the increase in CP-AMPARs. We also find that inhibition of ASIC1a channels circumvents any potential neuroprotective benefit arising from block of CP-AMPARs. By demonstrating that ASIC1a activation contributes to post-ischaemic AMPAR plasticity, our results identify a functional interaction between acidotoxicity and excitotoxicity in hippocampal CA1 cells, and provide insight into the role of ASIC1a and CP-AMPARs as potential drug targets for neuroprotection. We thus propose that ASIC1a activation can drive certain forms of CP-AMPAR plasticity, and that inhibiting ASIC1a affords neuroprotection.
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- Patrice Quintana
- Department of Basic Neurosciences, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland.,Department of Medical Genetics, University of Lausanne, 1005, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Molecular Nociception Group, Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.,Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Lausanne, 1005, Lausanne, Switzerland.,Department of Medical Genetics, University of Lausanne, 1005, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Lausanne, 1005, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Basic Neurosciences, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Lausanne, 1005, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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Involvement of GluR2 up-regulation in neuroprotection by electroacupuncture pretreatment via cannabinoid CB1 receptor in mice. Sci Rep 2015; 5:9490. [PMID: 25830356 PMCID: PMC4381620 DOI: 10.1038/srep09490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2014] [Accepted: 02/19/2015] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
Abstract
We investigated whether glutamate receptor subunit 2 (GluR2) is involved in EA pretreatment-induced neuroprotection via cannabinoid CB1 receptors (CB1R) after global cerebral ischemia in mice. Two hours after electric acupuncture (EA) pretreatment, global cerebral ischemia (GCI) was induced by bilateral common carotid artery occlusion (BCCAO) for 20 min. The GluR2 expression was examined in the hippocampus after reperfusion. Cell survival, neuronal apoptosis, the Bax/Bcl-2 ratio and neurological scores were evaluated at 24 h after BCCAO in the presence or absence of the GluR2 inhibitor. Furthermore, the GluR2 was determined in the presence and absence of CB1R inhibitor. Our results showed EA pretreatment enhanced expression of GluR2 in the hippocampus 2 h after reperfusion. Moreover, EA pretreatment improved neurological outcome, promoted cell survival, inhibited neuronal apoptosis, and decreased the Bax/Bcl-2 ratio after reperfusion. GluR2 knockdown by GluR2 siRNA effectively reversed the beneficial effects of EA pretreatment. Furthermore, CB1R siRNA and two CB1R antagonists blocked the elevation of GluR2 expression by EA pretreatment, whereas the two CB1R agonists up-regulated GluR2 expression as EA pretreatment. In conclusion, GluR2 up-regulation is involved in neuroprotection of EA pretreatment against GCI through CB1R, suggesting that GluR2 may be a novel target for stroke intervention.
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Parihar VK, Allen BD, Tran KK, Chmielewski NN, Craver BM, Martirosian V, Morganti JM, Rosi S, Vlkolinsky R, Acharya MM, Nelson GA, Allen AR, Limoli CL. Targeted overexpression of mitochondrial catalase prevents radiation-induced cognitive dysfunction. Antioxid Redox Signal 2015; 22:78-91. [PMID: 24949841 PMCID: PMC4270160 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2014.5929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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AIMS Radiation-induced disruption of mitochondrial function can elevate oxidative stress and contribute to the metabolic perturbations believed to compromise the functionality of the central nervous system. To clarify the role of mitochondrial oxidative stress in mediating the adverse effects of radiation in the brain, we analyzed transgenic (mitochondrial catalase [MCAT]) mice that overexpress human catalase localized to the mitochondria. RESULTS Compared with wild-type (WT) controls, overexpression of the MCAT transgene significantly decreased cognitive dysfunction after proton irradiation. Significant improvements in behavioral performance found on novel object recognition and object recognition in place tasks were associated with a preservation of neuronal morphology. While the architecture of hippocampal CA1 neurons was significantly compromised in irradiated WT mice, the same neurons in MCAT mice did not exhibit extensive and significant radiation-induced reductions in dendritic complexity. Irradiated neurons from MCAT mice maintained dendritic branching and length compared with WT mice. Protected neuronal morphology in irradiated MCAT mice was also associated with a stabilization of radiation-induced variations in long-term potentiation. Stabilized synaptic activity in MCAT mice coincided with an altered composition of the synaptic AMPA receptor subunits GluR1/2. INNOVATION Our findings provide the first evidence that neurocognitive sequelae associated with radiation exposure can be reduced by overexpression of MCAT, operating through a mechanism involving the preservation of neuronal morphology. CONCLUSION Our article documents the neuroprotective properties of reducing mitochondrial reactive oxygen species through the targeted overexpression of catalase and how this ameliorates the adverse effects of proton irradiation in the brain.
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- Vipan K. Parihar
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California
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- Departments of Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Science and Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Departments of Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Science and Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
- Brain and Spinal Injury Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Departments of Radiation Medicine and Basic Sciences, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California
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- Departments of Radiation Medicine and Basic Sciences, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California
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- Division of Radiation Health, University of Arkansas Medical School, Little Rock, Arkansas
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California
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Alò R, Mele M, Avolio E, Fazzari G, Canonaco M. Distinct Amygdalar AMPAergic/GABAergic Mechanisms Promote Anxiolitic-Like Effects in an Unpredictable Stress Model of the Hamster. J Mol Neurosci 2014; 55:541-51. [DOI: 10.1007/s12031-014-0386-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2014] [Accepted: 07/14/2014] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Krzyżanowska W, Pomierny B, Filip M, Pera J. Glutamate transporters in brain ischemia: to modulate or not? Acta Pharmacol Sin 2014; 35:444-62. [PMID: 24681894 DOI: 10.1038/aps.2014.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2013] [Accepted: 01/03/2014] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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In this review, we briefly describe glutamate (Glu) metabolism and its specific transports and receptors in the central nervous system (CNS). Thereafter, we focus on excitatory amino acid transporters, cystine/glutamate antiporters (system xc-) and vesicular glutamate transporters, specifically addressing their location and roles in CNS and the molecular mechanisms underlying the regulation of Glu transporters. We provide evidence from in vitro or in vivo studies concerning alterations in Glu transporter expression in response to hypoxia or ischemia, including limited human data that supports the role of Glu transporters in stroke patients. Moreover, the potential to induce brain tolerance to ischemia through modulation of the expression and/or activities of Glu transporters is also discussed. Finally we present strategies involving the application of ischemic preconditioning and pharmacological agents, eg β-lactam antibiotics, amitriptyline, riluzole and N-acetylcysteine, which result in the significant protection of nervous tissues against ischemia.
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Yang DJ, Wang XL, Ismail A, Ashman CJ, Valori CF, Wang G, Gao S, Higginbottom A, Ince PG, Azzouz M, Xu J, Shaw PJ, Ning K. PTEN regulates AMPA receptor-mediated cell viability in iPS-derived motor neurons. Cell Death Dis 2014; 5:e1096. [PMID: 24577094 PMCID: PMC3944269 DOI: 10.1038/cddis.2014.55] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2013] [Revised: 01/19/2014] [Accepted: 01/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Excitatory transmission in the brain is commonly mediated by the α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionic acid (AMPA) receptors. In amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), AMPA receptors allow cytotoxic levels of calcium into neurons, contributing to motor neuron injury. We have previously shown that oculomotor neurons resistant to the disease process in ALS show reduced AMPA-mediated inward calcium currents compared with vulnerable spinal motor neurons. We have also shown that PTEN (phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10) knockdown via siRNA promotes motor neuron survival in models of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and ALS. It has been reported that inhibition of PTEN attenuates the death of hippocampal neurons post injury by decreasing the effective translocation of the GluR2 subunit into the membrane. In addition, leptin can regulate AMPA receptor trafficking via PTEN inhibition. Thus, we speculate that manipulation of AMPA receptors by PTEN may represent a potential therapeutic strategy for neuroprotective intervention in ALS and other neurodegenerative disorders. To this end, the first step is to establish a fibroblast-iPS-motor neuron in vitro cell model to study AMPA receptor manipulation. Here we report that iPS-derived motor neurons from human fibroblasts express AMPA receptors. PTEN depletion decreases AMPA receptor expression and AMPA-mediated whole-cell currents, resulting in inhibition of AMPA-induced neuronal death in primary cultured and iPS-derived motor neurons. Taken together, our results imply that PTEN depletion may protect motor neurons by inhibition of excitatory transmission that represents a therapeutic strategy of potential benefit for the amelioration of excitotoxicity in ALS and other neurodegenerative disorders.
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- D-J Yang
- East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neuroscience, Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience, Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience, Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neuroscience, Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience, Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience, Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neuroscience, Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- 1] East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China [2] Department of Neuroscience, Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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Ma ZF, Chen W, Cao CC, Chen X. Ischemic preconditioning attenuates brain injury induced by ischemia/reperfusion during moderate hypothermia low-flow procedures. Int J Neurosci 2014; 124:824-33. [DOI: 10.3109/00207454.2014.884088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Hamidi GA, Faraji A, Zarmehri HA, Haghdoost-Yazdi H. Prolonged hyperoxia preconditioning attenuates behavioral symptoms of 6-hydroxydopamine-induced Parkinsonism. Neurol Res 2013; 34:636-42. [DOI: 10.1179/1743132812y.0000000056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Gholam Ali Hamidi
- Physiological Research CenterKashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran
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- Cellular and Molecular Research CenterQazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran
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- Cellular and Molecular Research CenterQazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran
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Tang XJ, Xing F. Calcium-permeable AMPA receptors in neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (Review). Biomed Rep 2013; 1:828-832. [PMID: 24649036 DOI: 10.3892/br.2013.154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2013] [Accepted: 07/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) is an important cause of brain injury in the newborn and may result in long-term devastating consequences. Excessive stimulation of glutamate receptors (GluRs) is a pivotal mechanism underlying ischemia-induced selective and delayed neuronal death. Although initial studies focused on N-methyl-D-aspartic acid (NMDA) receptors as critical mediators in HIE, subsequent studies supported a more central role for α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) receptors (AMPARs), particularly Ca2+-permeable AMPARs, in brain damage associated with hypoxia-ischemia. This study reviewed the important role of Ca2+-permeable AMPARs in HIE and the future potential neuroprotective strategies associated with Ca2+-permeable AMPARs.
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- Xiao-Juan Tang
- Department of Neonatology, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215003, P.R. China
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- Department of Neonatology, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215003, P.R. China
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Vandresen-Filho S, Hoeller AA, Herculano BA, Duzzioni M, Duarte FS, Piermartiri TCB, Boeck CC, de Lima TCM, Marino-Neto J, Tasca CI. NMDA preconditioning attenuates cortical and hippocampal seizures induced by intracerebroventricular quinolinic acid infusion. Neurotox Res 2012. [PMID: 23184648 DOI: 10.1007/s12640-012-9359-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Searching for new therapeutic strategies through modulation of glutamatergic transmission using effective neuroprotective agents is essential. Glutamatergic excitotoxicity is a common factor to neurodegenerative diseases and acute events such as cerebral ischemia, traumatic brain injury, and epilepsy. This study aimed to evaluate behavioral and electroencephalographic (EEG) responses of mice cerebral cortex and hippocampus to subconvulsant and convulsant application of NMDA and quinolinic acid (QA), respectively. Moreover, it aimed to evaluate if EEG responses may be related to the neuroprotective effects of NMDA. Mice were preconditioned with NMDA (75 mg/kg, i.p.) and EEG recordings were performed for 30 min. One day later, QA was injected (36.8 nmol/site) and EEG recordings were performed during 10 min. EEG analysis demonstrated NMDA preconditioning promotes spike-wave discharges (SWDs), but it does not display behavioral manifestation of seizures. Animals that were protected by NMDA preconditioning against QA-induced behavioral seizures, presented higher number of SWD after NMDA administration, in comparison to animals preconditioned with NMDA that did display behavioral seizures after QA infusion. No differences were observed in latency for the first seizure or duration of seizures. EEG recordings after QA infusion demonstrated there were no differences in the number of SWD, latency for the first seizure or duration of seizures in animals pretreated with saline or in animals preconditioned by NMDA that received QA. A negative correlation was identified between the number of NMDA-induced SWD and QA-induced seizures severity. These results suggest a higher activation during NMDA preconditioning diminishes mice probability to display behavioral seizures after QA infusion.
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- Samuel Vandresen-Filho
- Departamento de Bioquímica, CCB, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Trindade, Florianópolis, SC, 88040-900, Brazil.
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Lagali PS, Picketts DJ. Matters of life and death: the role of chromatin remodeling proteins in retinal neuron survival. J Ocul Biol Dis Infor 2012; 4:111-20. [PMID: 23289056 PMCID: PMC3382293 DOI: 10.1007/s12177-012-9080-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2012] [Accepted: 03/05/2012] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Retinal neurons are highly vulnerable to a diverse array of neurotoxic stimuli that leads to their degeneration, which is a major contributor to blindness. This review summarizes the role of epigenetic factors in mediating neuronal homeostasis and survival to protect against cell death and neurodegenerative conditions. Studies in human patients and mouse models implicate numerous chromatin modifications in neuroprotective processes including histone protein acetylation and methylation, DNA methylation, and ATP-dependent nucleosome remodeling. Recent research has begun to uncover specific epigenetic mechanisms invoked by neurotoxic stimuli. Continued investigation in this area will be the key to the generation of therapeutic strategies for the intervention of retinal neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Pamela S Lagali
- Regenerative Medicine Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, 501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON Canada K1H 8L6 ; Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON Canada K1H 8M5
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Lin Y, Jones BW, Liu A, Vazquéz-Chona FR, Lauritzen JS, Ferrell WD, Marc RE. Rapid glutamate receptor 2 trafficking during retinal degeneration. Mol Neurodegener 2012; 7:7. [PMID: 22325330 PMCID: PMC3296582 DOI: 10.1186/1750-1326-7-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2011] [Accepted: 02/10/2012] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Background Retinal degenerations, such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and retinitis pigmentosa (RP), are characterized by photoreceptor loss and anomalous remodeling of the surviving retina that corrupts visual processing and poses a barrier to late-stage therapeutic interventions in particular. However, the molecular events associated with retinal remodeling remain largely unknown. Given our prior evidence of ionotropic glutamate receptor (iGluR) reprogramming in retinal degenerations, we hypothesized that the edited glutamate receptor 2 (GluR2) subunit and its trafficking may be modulated in retinal degenerations. Results Adult albino Balb/C mice were exposed to intense light for 24 h to induce light-induced retinal degeneration (LIRD). We found that prior to the onset of photoreceptor loss, protein levels of GluR2 and related trafficking proteins, including glutamate receptor-interacting protein 1 (GRIP1) and postsynaptic density protein 95 (PSD-95), were rapidly increased. LIRD triggered neuritogenesis in photoreceptor survival regions, where GluR2 and its trafficking proteins were expressed in the anomalous dendrites. Immunoprecipitation analysis showed interaction between KIF3A and GRIP1 as well as PSD-95, suggesting that KIF3A may mediate transport of GluR2 and its trafficking proteins to the novel dendrites. However, in areas of photoreceptor loss, GluR2 along with its trafficking proteins nearly vanished in retracted retinal neurites. Conclusions All together, LIRD rapidly triggers GluR2 plasticity, which is a potential mechanism behind functionally phenotypic revisions of retinal neurons and neuritogenesis during retinal degenerations.
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- Yanhua Lin
- Department of Ophthalmology, John A, Moran Eye Center, University of Utah School of Medicine, 65 Mario Capecchi Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA
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Bhuiyan MIH, Kim YJ. Mechanisms and prospects of ischemic tolerance induced by cerebral preconditioning. Int Neurourol J 2010; 14:203-12. [PMID: 21253330 PMCID: PMC3021810 DOI: 10.5213/inj.2010.14.4.203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2010] [Accepted: 12/14/2010] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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In the brain, brief episodes of ischemia induce tolerance against a subsequent severe episode of ischemia. This phenomenon of endogenous neuroprotection is known as preconditioning-induced ischemic tolerance. The purpose of this review is to summarize the current state of knowledge about mechanisms and potential applications of cerebral preconditioning and ischemic tolerance. Articles related to the terms ischemic preconditioning and ischemic tolerance were systematically searched via MEDLINE/PubMed, and articles published in English related to the nervous system were selected and analyzed. The past two decades have provided interesting insights into the molecular mechanisms of this neuroprotective phenomenon. Although both rapid and delayed types of tolerance have been documented in experimental settings, the delayed type has been found to be more prominent in the case of neuronal ischemic tolerance. Many intracellular signaling pathways have been implicated regarding ischemic preconditioning. Most of these are associated with membrane receptors, kinase cascades, and transcription factors. Moreover, ischemic tolerance can be induced by exposing animals or cells to diverse types of endogenous and exogenous stimuli that are not necessarily hypoxic or ischemic in nature. These cross-tolerances raise the hope that, in the future, it will be possible to pharmacologically activate or mimic ischemic tolerance in the human brain. Another promising approach is remote preconditioning in which preconditioning of one organ or system leads to the protection of a different (remote) organ that is difficult to target, such as the brain. The preconditioning strategy and related interventions can confer neuroprotection in experimental ischemia, and, thus, have promise for practical applications in cases of vascular neurosurgery and endo-vascular therapy.
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- Kyung Hee University College of Nursing Science, Seoul, Korea
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Traynelis SF, Wollmuth LP, McBain CJ, Menniti FS, Vance KM, Ogden KK, Hansen KB, Yuan H, Myers SJ, Dingledine R. Glutamate receptor ion channels: structure, regulation, and function. Pharmacol Rev 2010; 62:405-96. [PMID: 20716669 PMCID: PMC2964903 DOI: 10.1124/pr.109.002451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2579] [Impact Index Per Article: 184.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The mammalian ionotropic glutamate receptor family encodes 18 gene products that coassemble to form ligand-gated ion channels containing an agonist recognition site, a transmembrane ion permeation pathway, and gating elements that couple agonist-induced conformational changes to the opening or closing of the permeation pore. Glutamate receptors mediate fast excitatory synaptic transmission in the central nervous system and are localized on neuronal and non-neuronal cells. These receptors regulate a broad spectrum of processes in the brain, spinal cord, retina, and peripheral nervous system. Glutamate receptors are postulated to play important roles in numerous neurological diseases and have attracted intense scrutiny. The description of glutamate receptor structure, including its transmembrane elements, reveals a complex assembly of multiple semiautonomous extracellular domains linked to a pore-forming element with striking resemblance to an inverted potassium channel. In this review we discuss International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology glutamate receptor nomenclature, structure, assembly, accessory subunits, interacting proteins, gene expression and translation, post-translational modifications, agonist and antagonist pharmacology, allosteric modulation, mechanisms of gating and permeation, roles in normal physiological function, as well as the potential therapeutic use of pharmacological agents acting at glutamate receptors.
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- Stephen F Traynelis
- Department of Pharmacology, Emory University School of Medicine, Rollins Research Center, 1510 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30322-3090, USA.
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Du X, Chen Z, Li W, Tan Y, Lu J, Zhu X, Zhao T, Dong G, Zeng L. Development of novel microsatellite DNA markers by cross-amplification and analysis of genetic variation in gerbils. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 101:710-6. [PMID: 20525768 DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esq066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The objectives of this study are to establish microsatellite loci for the Mongolian gerbil based on mouse microsatellite DNA sequences and to investigate genetic variation in the laboratory gerbil (Capital Medical University, CMU) and 2 wild gerbil populations (from Yin Chuan city [YIN] and the Hohehot Municipality [HOH]). In total, 536 mouse microsatellite markers were chosen to identify polymorphic dinucleotide repeat loci in the gerbil by cross-amplification. Of these markers, 313 (58.39%) have been discretely amplified from the CMU laboratory gerbil and been sequenced. Of the 313 sequenced markers, 130 were confirmed as simple sequence repeat (SSR) loci in the gerbil. In total, 6 of those newly identified loci plus 6 identified in previous reports were used to estimate the genetic polymorphism for 30 laboratory gerbils and 54 wild gerbils (27 each of the HOH and YIN groups). A total of 29 alleles were observed in the 3 populations, and 11 of 12 loci (91.67%) are polymorphic markers. Nei's standard genetic distances of 0.0592 (CMU vs. HOH) and 0.1033 (CMU vs. YIN) were observed. The averages of observed versus expected heterozygosity are 0.5231/0.4008, 0.5051/0.3882, and 0.4825/0.3665 for the YIN, HOH, and CMU populations, respectively. These results show that cross-amplification using mouse microsatellite primers is an efficient way to identify gerbil SSR loci. By using these 12 selected markers, we have demonstrated that genetic variation level within the CMU population is higher than that has been reported previously and are comparable with the levels found in 2 wild populations.
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- Xiaoyan Du
- the Department of Laboratory Animal Science, School of Basic Medical Science, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China
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Durukan A, Tatlisumak T. Preconditioning-induced ischemic tolerance: a window into endogenous gearing for cerebroprotection. EXPERIMENTAL & TRANSLATIONAL STROKE MEDICINE 2010; 2:2. [PMID: 20298534 PMCID: PMC2830184 DOI: 10.1186/2040-7378-2-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2009] [Accepted: 01/21/2010] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Ischemic tolerance defines transient resistance to lethal ischemia gained by a prior sublethal noxious stimulus (i.e., preconditioning). This adaptive response is thought to be an evolutionarily conserved defense mechanism, observed in a wide variety of species. Preconditioning confers ischemic tolerance if not in all, in most organ systems, including the heart, kidney, liver, and small intestine. Since the first landmark experimental demonstration of ischemic tolerance in the gerbil brain in early 1990's, basic scientific knowledge on the mechanisms of cerebral ischemic tolerance increased substantially. Various noxious stimuli can precondition the brain, presumably through a common mechanism, genomic reprogramming. Ischemic tolerance occurs in two temporally distinct windows. Early tolerance can be achieved within minutes, but wanes also rapidly, within hours. Delayed tolerance develops in hours and lasts for days. The main mechanism involved in early tolerance is adaptation of membrane receptors, whereas gene activation with subsequent de novo protein synthesis dominates delayed tolerance. Ischemic preconditioning is associated with robust cerebroprotection in animals. In humans, transient ischemic attacks may be the clinical correlate of preconditioning leading to ischemic tolerance. Mimicking the mechanisms of this unique endogenous protection process is therefore a potential strategy for stroke prevention. Perhaps new remedies for stroke are very close, right in our cells.
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- Aysan Durukan
- Department of Neurology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
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Thiersch M, Lange C, Joly S, Heynen S, Le YZ, Samardzija M, Grimm C. Retinal neuroprotection by hypoxic preconditioning is independent of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha expression in photoreceptors. Eur J Neurosci 2009; 29:2291-302. [PMID: 19508692 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06781.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Hypoxic preconditioning stabilizes hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) 1 alpha in the retina and protects photoreceptors against light-induced cell death. HIF-1 alpha is one of the major transcription factors responding to low oxygen tension and can differentially regulate a large number of target genes. To analyse whether photoreceptor-specific expression of HIF-1 alpha is essential to protect photoreceptors by hypoxic preconditioning, we knocked down expression of HIF-1 alpha specifically in photoreceptor cells, using the cyclization recombinase (Cre)-lox system. The Cre-mediated knockdown caused a 20-fold reduced expression of Hif-1 alpha in the photoreceptor cell layer. In the total retina, RNA expression was reduced by 65%, and hypoxic preconditioning led to only a small increase in HIF-1 alpha protein levels. Accordingly, HIF-1 target gene expression after hypoxia was significantly diminished. Retinas of Hif-1 alpha knockdown animals did not show any pathological alterations, and tolerated hypoxic exposure in a comparable way to wild-type retinas. Importantly, the strong neuroprotective effect of hypoxic preconditioning against light-induced photoreceptor degeneration persisted in knockdown mice, suggesting that hypoxia-mediated survival of light exposure does not depend on an autocrine action of HIF-1 alpha in photoreceptor cells. Hypoxia-mediated stabilization of HIF-2 alpha and phosphorylation of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT 3) were not affected in the retinas of Hif-1 alpha knockdown mice. Thus, these factors are candidates for regulating the resistance of photoreceptors to light damage after hypoxic preconditioning, along with several potentially neuroprotective genes that were similarly induced in hypoxic knockdown and control mice.
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- Markus Thiersch
- Department of Ophthalmology, Laboratory of Retinal Cell Biology, Center for Integrative Human Physiology and Neuroscience Center Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Neuronal plasticity after ischemic preconditioning and TIA-like preconditioning ischemic periods. Acta Neuropathol 2009; 117:511-23. [PMID: 19084975 DOI: 10.1007/s00401-008-0473-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2008] [Revised: 11/29/2008] [Accepted: 12/06/2008] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) have recently become the center of attention since they are thought to share some characteristics with experimental ischemic preconditioning (IPC). This phenomenon describes the situation that a brief, per se harmless, cerebral ischemic period renders the brain resistant to a subsequent severe and normally damaging ischemia. Preconditioning (PC) is not restricted to the brain but also occurs in other organs. Furthermore, apart from a short ischemia, the PC event may comprise nearly any noxious stimulus which, however, must not exceed the threshold to tissue damage. In the last two decades, our knowledge concerning the underlying molecular basis of PC has substantially grown and there is hope to potentially imitate the induction of an endogenous neuroprotective state in patients with a high risk of cerebral ischemia. While, at present, there is virtually no neuropathological data on changes after TIAs or TIA-like PC ischemic periods in human brains, the following review will briefly summarize the current knowledge of plastic neuronal changes after PC in animal models, still awaiting their detection in the human brain.
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Dirnagl U, Becker K, Meisel A. Preconditioning and tolerance against cerebral ischaemia: from experimental strategies to clinical use. Lancet Neurol 2009; 8:398-412. [PMID: 19296922 DOI: 10.1016/s1474-4422(09)70054-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 455] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Neuroprotection and brain repair in patients after acute brain damage are still major unfulfilled medical needs. Pharmacological treatments are either ineffective or confounded by adverse effects. Consequently, endogenous mechanisms by which the brain protects itself against noxious stimuli and recovers from damage are being studied. Research on preconditioning, also known as induced tolerance, over the past decade has resulted in various promising strategies for the treatment of patients with acute brain injury. Several of these strategies are being tested in randomised clinical trials. Additionally, research into preconditioning has led to the idea of prophylactically inducing protection in patients such as those undergoing brain surgery and those with transient ischaemic attack or subarachnoid haemorrhage who are at high risk of brain injury in the near future. In this Review, we focus on the clinical issues relating to preconditioning and tolerance in the brain; specifically, we discuss the clinical situations that might benefit from such procedures. We also discuss whether preconditioning and tolerance occur naturally in the brain and assess the most promising candidate strategies that are being investigated.
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- Ulrich Dirnagl
- Department of Neurology, Center for Stroke Research, Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz, D-10098, Berlin, Germany.
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Schaller B, Cornelius JF, Sandu N, Ottaviani G, Perez-Pinzon MA. Oxygen-conserving reflexes of the brain: the current molecular knowledge. J Cell Mol Med 2009; 13:644-7. [PMID: 19438971 PMCID: PMC3822871 DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2009.00659.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2008] [Accepted: 01/06/2009] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The trigemino-cardiac reflex (TCR) may be classified as a sub-phenomenon in the group of the so-called 'oxygen-conserving reflexes'. Within seconds after the initiation of such a reflex, there is neither a powerful and differentiated activation of the sympathetic system with subsequent elevation in regional cerebral blood flow (CBF) with no changes in the cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen (CMRO(2)) or in the cerebral metabolic rate of glucose (CMRglc). Such an increase in regional CBF without a change of CMRO(2) or CMRglc provides the brain with oxygen rapidly and efficiently and gives substantial evidence that the TCR is an oxygen-conserving reflex. This system, which mediates reflex protection projects via currently undefined pathways from the rostral ventrolateral medulla oblongata to the upper brainstem and/or thalamus which finally engage a small population of neurons in the cortex. This cortical centre appears to be dedicated to reflexively transduce a neuronal signal into cerebral vasodilatation and synchronization of electrocortical activity. Sympathetic excitation is mediated by cortical-spinal projection to spinal pre-ganglionic sympathetic neurons whereas bradycardia is mediated via projections to cardiovagal motor medullary neurons. The integrated reflex response serves to redistribute blood from viscera to brain in response to a challenge to cerebral metabolism, but seems also to initiate a preconditioning mechanism. Better and more detailed knowledge of the cascades, transmitters and molecules engaged in such endogenous (neuro) protection may provide new insights into novel therapeutic options for a range of disorders characterized by neuronal death and into cortical organization of the brain.
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- B Schaller
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Paris, France.
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Duszczyk M, Ziembowicz A, Gadamski R, Wieronska JM, Smialowska M, Lazarewicz JW. Changes in the NPY immunoreactivity in gerbil hippocampus after hypoxic and ischemic preconditioning. Neuropeptides 2009; 43:31-9. [PMID: 19012964 DOI: 10.1016/j.npep.2008.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2008] [Revised: 08/19/2008] [Accepted: 09/28/2008] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Preconditioning with sublethal ischemia or hypoxia may reduce the high susceptibility of CA1 pyramidal neurons to ischemic injury. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that enhanced level of neuropeptide Y (NPY) might play a role in the mechanisms responsible for this induced tolerance. Changes in NPY immunoreactivity in the hippocampal formation of preconditioned Mongolian gerbils were compared with the level of tolerance to test ischemia. Tolerance was induced by preconditioning with 2-min of ischemia or with three trials of mild hypobaric hypoxia (360 Torr, 2 h), separated by 24 h, that were completed 48 h before the 3-min test ischemia. The number of NPY-positive neurons in the gerbil hippocampal formation was assessed 2, 4 and 7 days after preconditioning. Survival of the CA1 pyramidal neurons was examined 14 days after the insult. Our experiments demonstrated that ischemic and hypoxic preconditioning produced equal attenuation of the damage evoked by 3-min ischemia, although the pattern of NPY immunoreactivity in the hippocampus differed. Preconditioning ischemia resulted in a 20% rise in the number of NPY-positive neurons 2 days later that disappeared 4 days after the ischemic episode, while mild hypobaric hypoxia induced a twofold increase in the number of NPY-positive neurons that lasted for at least 7 days. Although induced tolerance to ischemia 2 days after ischemic or hypoxic preconditioning was accompanied by increased immunoreactivity of NPY, there was no correlation between its intensity and the level of neuroprotection.
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- Malgorzata Duszczyk
- Medical Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, 5 Pawinskiego Street, Warsaw 02-106, Poland
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Yenari M, Kitagawa K, Lyden P, Perez-Pinzon M. Metabolic downregulation: a key to successful neuroprotection? Stroke 2008; 39:2910-7. [PMID: 18658035 DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.108.514471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The search for effective neuroprotectants remains frustrating, particularly with regard to specific pharmaceuticals. However, laboratory studies have consistently shown remarkable neuroprotection with 2 nonpharmacological strategies-therapeutic hypothermia and ischemic preconditioning. Recent studies have shown that the mechanism of protection underlying both of these treatments is correlated to downregulation of cellular and tissue metabolism. Thus, understanding the mechanisms underlying such robust protective effects could lead to appropriate translation at the clinical level. In fact, hypothermia is already being used at many centers to improve neurological outcome from cardiac arrest. METHODS A systematic review of both topics is presented in terms of underlying pathophysiological mechanisms and application at the clinical level. RESULTS Although the mechanisms of protection for both therapeutic strategies are multifold, both share features of downregulating metabolism. Both therapeutic strategies are robust neuroprotectants, but translating them to the clinical arena is challenging, though not impossible, and clinical studies have shown or suggest benefits of both treatments. CONCLUSIONS The strategy of metabolic downregulation should be further explored to identify effective neuroprotectants that can be easily applied clinically.
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- Midori Yenari
- Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San , San Francisco, CA 94121, USA.
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Obrenovitch TP. Molecular physiology of preconditioning-induced brain tolerance to ischemia. Physiol Rev 2008; 88:211-47. [PMID: 18195087 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00039.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 170] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Ischemic tolerance describes the adaptive biological response of cells and organs that is initiated by preconditioning (i.e., exposure to stressor of mild severity) and the associated period during which their resistance to ischemia is markedly increased. This topic is attracting much attention because preconditioning-induced ischemic tolerance is an effective experimental probe to understand how the brain protects itself. This review is focused on the molecular and related functional changes that are associated with, and may contribute to, brain ischemic tolerance. When the tolerant brain is subjected to ischemia, the resulting insult severity (i.e., residual blood flow, disruption of cellular transmembrane gradients) appears to be the same as in the naive brain, but the ensuing lesion is substantially reduced. This suggests that the adaptive changes in the tolerant brain may be primarily directed against postischemic and delayed processes that contribute to ischemic damage, but adaptive changes that are beneficial during the subsequent test insult cannot be ruled out. It has become clear that multiple effectors contribute to ischemic tolerance, including: 1) activation of fundamental cellular defense mechanisms such as antioxidant systems, heat shock proteins, and cell death/survival determinants; 2) responses at tissue level, especially reduced inflammatory responsiveness; and 3) a shift of the neuronal excitatory/inhibitory balance toward inhibition. Accordingly, an improved knowledge of preconditioning/ischemic tolerance should help us to identify neuroprotective strategies that are similar in nature to combination therapy, hence potentially capable of suppressing the multiple, parallel pathophysiological events that cause ischemic brain damage.
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- Tihomir Paul Obrenovitch
- Division of Pharmacology, School of Life Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford, United Kingdom.
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Wang Z, Du Q, Wang F, Xu Q, Liu Z, Li B, Wang A, Wang Y. Large scale analysis of genes contributing to the herbal preparation dependent hippocampal plasticity in postischemic rehabilitation. Vascul Pharmacol 2007; 47:319-27. [PMID: 17945543 DOI: 10.1016/j.vph.2007.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2007] [Accepted: 09/07/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Herbal preparations can affect the expression of many genes involved in the ischemic process. These genes have been providing insights into the molecular basis of brain plasticity in stroke rehabilitation. However, the extent of plasticity has not been investigated using a chemogenomic approach. A herbal preparation (270 mg/kg) used to treat ischemic mice for 45 days after global ischemia resulted in a significant decrease in infarct volume and neurological score compared with that of vehicle. This effect was characterized by investigating chemical genomic profiles of the mouse hippocampus with a cDNA microarray containing 1176 known genes. Treatment with the herbal preparation reversed the expression of 46 genes out of 100 genes altered in untreated ischemic mouse hippocampus. These data indicated that more genes were upregulated (60.78%) than downregulated (30.61%), and only 46 genes (46%) appear to be prime targets for therapeutic intervention in ischemia. The altered genes can be classified into seven groups, including signal transduction (12 genes, 27%), oncogene (8 genes, 17%), and transcriptional regulation (7 genes, 15%). Such multiple plasticity of expression could be considered as the beneficial role of this herbal preparation in stroke rehabilitation. Changes in gene expression of nuclear factor of activated T cells, 14-3-3 eta, and beta-arrestin suggest a potential role for the immune system in this plasticity. Brain plasticity originates from a balance of up and downregulated genes (Yin and Yang), and reversal of gene expression in multiple pathways indicates that a complex signaling network may be constructed and investigated further.
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- Zhong Wang
- Institute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, 18 Baixincang, Dongzhimennei, Beijing 100700, China.
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Van Damme P, Bogaert E, Dewil M, Hersmus N, Kiraly D, Scheveneels W, Bockx I, Braeken D, Verpoorten N, Verhoeven K, Timmerman V, Herijgers P, Callewaert G, Carmeliet P, Van Den Bosch L, Robberecht W. Astrocytes regulate GluR2 expression in motor neurons and their vulnerability to excitotoxicity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007; 104:14825-30. [PMID: 17804792 PMCID: PMC1976195 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0705046104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Influx of Ca(2+) ions through alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionic acid (AMPA) receptors contributes to neuronal damage in stroke, epilepsy, and neurodegenerative disorders such as ALS. The Ca(2+) permeability of AMPA receptors is largely determined by the glutamate receptor 2 (GluR2) subunit, receptors lacking GluR2 being permeable to Ca(2+) ions. We identified a difference in GluR2 expression in motor neurons from two rat strains, resulting in a difference in vulnerability to AMPA receptor-mediated excitotoxicity both in vitro and in vivo. Astrocytes from the ventral spinal cord were found to mediate this difference in GluR2 expression in motor neurons. The presence of ALS-causing mutant superoxide dismutase 1 in astrocytes abolished their GluR2-regulating capacity and thus affected motor neuron vulnerability to AMPA receptor-mediated excitotoxicity. These results reveal a mechanism through which astrocytes influence neuronal functioning in health and disease.
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, University of Antwerp, B-2610 Antwerpen, Belgium
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, University of Antwerp, B-2610 Antwerpen, Belgium
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, University of Antwerp, B-2610 Antwerpen, Belgium
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- The Center for Transgene Technology and Gene Therapy, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, University of Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium; and
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- Laboratories of *Neurobiology
- To whom correspondence should be addressed at:
Campus Gasthuisberg Onderwijs & Navorsing 2 (O&N2), Herestraat 49, PB1022, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium. E-mail:
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Werner CG, Scartabelli T, Pancani T, Landucci E, Moroni F, Pellegrini-Giampietro DE. Differential role of mGlu1 and mGlu5 receptors in rat hippocampal slice models of ischemic tolerance. Eur J Neurosci 2007; 25:3597-604. [PMID: 17610579 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05614.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Activation of glutamate receptors has been proposed as a key factor in the induction of ischemic tolerance. We used organotypic rat hippocampal slices exposed to 30 min oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD) to evaluate postischemic pyramidal cell death in the CA1 subregion. In this model, 10 min exposure to OGD 24 h before the exposure to toxic OGD was not lethal and reduced the subsequent OGD neurotoxicity by approximately 53% (ischemic preconditioning). Similarly, a 30 min exposure to the group I mGlu receptor agonist DHPG (10 microM) significantly reduced OGD neurotoxicity 24 h later (pharmacological preconditioning). Ischemic tolerance did not develop when either the selective mGlu1 antagonists LY367385 and 3-MATIDA or the AMPA/KA antagonist CNQX were present in the incubation medium during exposure to sublethal OGD. Neither the NMDA antagonist MK801 nor the mGlu5 antagonist MPEP affected the preconditioning process. On the other hand, pharmacological preconditioning was prevented not only by LY367385 or CNQX, but also by MPEP. In preconditioned slices, the toxic responses to AMPA or NMDA were reduced. The neurotoxicty of 100 microM DHPG in slices simultaneously exposed to a mild (20 min) OGD was differentially altered in the two preconditioning paradigms. After ischemic preconditioning, DHPG neurotoxicity was reduced in a manner that was sensitive to LY367385 but not to MPEP, whereas after pharmacological preconditioning it was enhanced in a manner that was sensitive to MPEP but not to LY367385. Our results show that mGlu1 and mGlu5 receptors are differentially involved in the induction and expression of ischemic tolerance following two diverse preconditioning stimuli.
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- Claudia G Werner
- Dipartimento di Farmacologia Preclinica e Clinica, Universitá di Firenze, Viale G. Pieraccini 6, 50139 Firenze, Italy
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Buldakova SL, Kim KK, Tikhonov DB, Magazanik LG. Selective blockade of Ca2+ permeable AMPA receptors in CA1 area of rat hippocampus. Neuroscience 2007; 144:88-99. [PMID: 17097234 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2006] [Revised: 09/04/2006] [Accepted: 09/10/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Using whole cell patch-clamp recording from pyramidal cells and interneurons in the CA1 area of hippocampal slices, the effect of IEM-1460, a selective channel blocker of Ca2+ permeable AMPA receptors (AMPARs), on postsynaptic currents (PSCs) was studied. Excitatory postsynaptic currents (EPSCs) were evoked by stimulation of Schaffer collaterals (SCs) in the presence of APV and bicuculline to pharmacologically isolate the EPSCs mediated by AMPAR activation. IEM-1460 (50 microM) did not affect the amplitude of EPSCs in CA1 pyramidal cells but reversibly decreased their amplitude in interneurons of pyramidal layer (15 cells), radiatum (37 cells) and border radiatum-lacunosum-moleculare (R-LM) (55 cells) layers. The ability of IEM-1460 to decrease EPSC amplitude correlated with EPSC rectification properties in CA1 interneurons, providing evidence for synaptic localization of Ca2+ permeable AMPARs at the SC synaptic input. Independent of their localization, the majority of interneurons studied exhibited only modest sensitivity to IEM-1460 (EPSC amplitude decreased by less than 30%), while in 15% of interneurons IEM-1460 induced more than 50% reduction in EPSC amplitude. To reveal possible afferent-specific localization of Ca2+ permeable AMPARs on R-LM interneurons, the effect of IEM-1460 on EPSCs evoked by stimulation of SC was compared with that of perforant path (PP). Although average sensitivities did not differ significantly, in 61% of R-LM layer interneurons, the SC-evoked EPSCs exhibited higher sensitivity to IEM-1460 than the PP-evoked EPSCs. Moreover, in 54% of R-LM layer interneurons the EPSCs evoked by SC stimulation were complex, having an initial peak followed by one or several late components. Kinetics, latency distribution and reversal potential of late components suggest di- and polysynaptic origin of the late components. Late EPSCs were strongly and reversibly inhibited by IEM-1460 indicating that Ca2+ permeable AMPARs are involved in the indirect excitation of R-LM layer interneurons. Despite the ability to decrease the excitatory synaptic input to interneurons, IEM-1460 did not affect interneuron-mediated inhibitory postsynaptic currents (IPSCs) evoked in pyramidal neurons by SC stimulation. These data suggest that interneurons with a synaptic input highly sensitive to IEM-1460 do not contribute specifically to the feed-forward inhibition of hippocampal pyramidal neurons.
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- S L Buldakova
- I. M. Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 44 Thorez pr., 194223, St. Petersburg, Russia
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Perez-Pinzon MA. Mechanisms of neuroprotection during ischemic preconditioning: lessons from anoxic tolerance. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2006; 147:291-9. [PMID: 17045830 PMCID: PMC2743109 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.08.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2006] [Revised: 08/14/2006] [Accepted: 08/14/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Different physiological adaptations for anoxia resistance have been described in the animal kingdom. These adaptations are particularly important in organs that are highly susceptible to energy deprivation such as the heart and brain. Among vertebrates, turtles are one of the species that are highly tolerant to anoxia. In mammals however, insults such as anoxia, ischemia and hypoglycemia, all cause major histopathological events to the brain. However, in mammals even ischemic or anoxic tolerance is found when a sublethal ischemic/anoxic insult is induced sometime before a lethal ischemic/anoxic insult is induced. This phenomenon is defined as ischemic preconditioning. Better understanding of the mechanisms inducing both anoxic tolerance in turtles or ischemic preconditioning in mammals may provide novel therapeutic interventions that may aide mammalian brain to resist the ravages of cerebral ischemia. In this review, we will summarize some of the mechanisms implemented in both models of tolerance, emphasizing physiological and biochemical similarities.
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- Miguel A Perez-Pinzon
- Cerebral Vascular Disease Research Center, Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33101, USA.
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Bonanni L, Chachar M, Jover-Mengual T, Li H, Jones A, Yokota H, Ofengeim D, Flannery RJ, Miyawaki T, Cho CH, Polster BM, Pypaert M, Hardwick JM, Sensi SL, Zukin RS, Jonas EA. Zinc-dependent multi-conductance channel activity in mitochondria isolated from ischemic brain. J Neurosci 2006; 26:6851-62. [PMID: 16793892 PMCID: PMC4758341 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.5444-05.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Transient global ischemia is a neuronal insult that induces delayed cell death. A hallmark event in the early post-ischemic period is enhanced permeability of mitochondrial membranes. The precise mechanisms by which mitochondrial function is disrupted are, as yet, unclear. Here we show that global ischemia promotes alterations in mitochondrial membrane contact points, a rise in intramitochondrial Zn2+, and activation of large, multi-conductance channels in mitochondrial outer membranes by 1 h after insult. Mitochondrial channel activity was associated with enhanced protease activity and proteolytic cleavage of BCL-xL to generate its pro-death counterpart, deltaN-BCL-xL. The findings implicate deltaN-BCL-xL in large, multi-conductance channel activity. Consistent with this, large channel activity was mimicked by introduction of recombinant deltaN-BCL-xL to control mitochondria and blocked by introduction of a functional BCL-xL antibody to post-ischemic mitochondria via the patch pipette. Channel activity was also inhibited by nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, indicative of a role for the voltage-dependent anion channel (VDAC) of the outer mitochondrial membrane. In vivo administration of the membrane-impermeant Zn2+ chelator CaEDTA before ischemia or in vitro application of the membrane-permeant Zn2+ chelator tetrakis-(2-pyridylmethyl) ethylenediamine attenuated channel activity, suggesting a requirement for Zn2+. These findings reveal a novel mechanism by which ischemic insults disrupt the functional integrity of the outer mitochondrial membrane and implicate deltaN-BCL-xL and VDAC in the large, Zn2+-dependent mitochondrial channels observed in post-ischemic hippocampal mitochondria.
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Lizasoain I, Cárdenas A, Hurtado O, Romera C, Mallolas J, Lorenzo P, Castillo J, Moro MA. Targets of cytoprotection in acute ischemic stroke: present and future. Cerebrovasc Dis 2006; 21 Suppl 2:1-8. [PMID: 16651809 DOI: 10.1159/000091698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Although the management of stroke has improved remarkably over the last decade due mainly to the advent of thrombolysis, most neuroprotective agents, although successful in animal studies, have failed in humans. Our increasing knowledge concerning the ischemic cascade is leading to a considerable development of pharmacological tools suggesting that each step of this cascade might be a target for cytoprotection. Glutamate has long been recognized to play key roles in the pathophysiology of ischemia. However, although some trials are still ongoing, the results from several completed trials with drugs interfering with the glutamatergic pathway have been disappointing. Regarding the inhibition of glutamate release as a possible target for cytoprotection, it might be afforded either by decreasing glutamate efflux or by increasing glutamate uptake. In this context, it has been shown that glutamate transport is the primary and only mechanism for maintaining extracellular glutamate concentrations below excitotoxic levels. This transport is executed by the five high-affinity, sodium-dependent plasma membrane glutamate transporters. Among them, the transporter EAAT2 is responsible for up to 90% of all glutamate transport. We will discuss the effect of different neuroprotective tools (membrane stabilizers or endogenous neuroprotection) affecting glutamate efflux and/or expression of EAAT2. We will also describe the finding of a novel polymorphism in the EAAT2 promoter region which could be responsible for differences in both gene function and regulation under pathological conditions such as cerebral ischemia, and which might well account for the failure of glutamate antagonists in the clinical practice. These results may possess important therapeutic implications in the management of patients at risk of ischemic events, since it has been demonstrated that those patients with progressing stroke have higher plasma concentrations of glutamate which remain elevated up to 24 h when compared to the levels in patients without neurological deterioration.
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- I Lizasoain
- Departamento de Farmacología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.
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Kaur J, Zhao Z, Geransar RM, Papadakis M, Buchan AM. Prior deafferentation confers long term protection to CA1 against transient forebrain ischemia and sustains GluR2 expression. Brain Res 2006; 1075:201-12. [PMID: 16480690 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.12.123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2005] [Revised: 12/12/2005] [Accepted: 12/15/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons undergo delayed neurodegeneration after transient forebrain ischemia, and the phenomenon is dependent upon hyperactivation of l-alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionate (AMPA) subtype of glutamate receptors, resulting in aberrant intracellular calcium influx. The GluR2 subunit of AMPA receptors is critical in limiting the influx of calcium. The CA1 pyramidal neurons are very sensitive to ischemic damage and attempts to achieve neuroprotection, mediated by drugs, have been unsuccessful. Moreover, receptor antagonism strategies in the past have failed to provide long-term protection against ischemic injury. Long-term protection against severe forebrain ischemia can be conferred by fimbria-fornix (FF) deafferentation, which interrupts the afferent input to CA1. Our study evaluated the long-term protective effect of FF deafferentation, 12 days prior to induction of ischemia, on vulnerable CA1 neurons. Our results indicate that at 7 and 28 days post-ischemia, prior FF deafferentation protected 60% of neurons against ischemic cell death. Furthermore, we sought to evaluate whether FF deafferentation also sustained GluR2 levels in these neurons. GluR2 protein and mRNA expression were sustained by deafferentation at 70% of control following ischemia. Correlation studies revealed a positive correlation between GluR2 protein and mRNA level. These results demonstrate that protection conferred by FF deafferentation was long-term and related to sustained GluR2 expression.
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- Jaspreet Kaur
- Hotchkiss Brain Institute and Calgary Stroke Program, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, 157-3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, Canada T2N 2T8
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Seal JB, Buchh BN, Marks JD. New variability in cerebrovascular anatomy determines severity of hippocampal injury following forebrain ischemia in the Mongolian gerbil. Brain Res 2006; 1073-1074:451-9. [PMID: 16443202 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.12.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2005] [Revised: 11/28/2005] [Accepted: 12/05/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Transient bilateral carotid artery occlusion in the Mongolian gerbil is a widely used model of forebrain ischemia due to species-specific absence of communicating arteries between the middle and posterior cerebral arteries. We have found that transient carotid occlusion induces a wide variation in histological injury of the hippocampus, suggesting that Mongolian gerbils currently available in the US have anomalous connections between the vertebral and carotid circulations. We subjected Mongolian gerbils from Harlan Sprague-Dawley and Charles River Laboratories to 5 min of bilateral carotid occlusion under continuous striatal temperature control and assessed hippocampal injury histologically 5 or 14 days later. The severity of occlusion-induced hippocampal injury depended on the presence and size of posterior cerebral communicating arteries. Injury was markedly attenuated in hippocampi having ipsilateral communicating arteries >50 microm in diameter. In contrast, severe ischemic injury occurred when either no posterior communicating artery was present, or when communicating arteries were smaller than 50 microm in diameter. Ischemic injury was independent of any communicating arteries on the contralateral side. Communicating arteries were present in 90% of gerbils from each vendor, ranging from 19 microm to 125 microm in diameter. The high prevalence of posterior communicating arteries and their profound effect on attenuating hippocampal injury indicates that an understanding of the presence and size of posterior communicating cerebral arteries in each animal is now required to interpret the extent of hippocampal injury following bilateral carotid artery occlusion in this species.
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- John B Seal
- Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Ischaemic preconditioning (IPC), also known as ischaemic tolerance (IT), is a phenomenon whereby tissue is exposed to a brief, sublethal period of ischaemia, which activates endogenous protective mechanisms, thereby reducing cellular injury that may be caused by subsequent lethal ischaemic events. The first description of this phenomenon was in the heart, which was reported by Murry and co-workers in 1986. Subsequent studies demonstrated IPC in lung, kidney and liver tissue, whereas more recent studies have concentrated on the brain. The cellular mechanisms underlying the beneficial effects of IPC remain largely unknown. This phenomenon, which has been demonstrated by using various injury paradigms in both cultured neurons and animal brain tissue, may be utilised to identify and characterise therapeutic targets for small-molecule, antibody, or protein intervention. This review will examine the experimental evidence demonstrating the phenomenon termed IPC in models of cerebral ischaemia, the cellular mechanisms that may be involved and the therapeutic implications of these findings.
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- Kevin Pong
- Wyeth Research, Department of Neuroscience, Princeton, NJ 08543, USA.
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Geocadin RG, Malhotra AD, Tong S, Seth A, Moriwaki G, Hanley DF, Thakor NV. Effect of acute hypoxic preconditioning on qEEG and functional recovery after cardiac arrest in rats. Brain Res 2005; 1064:146-54. [PMID: 16289119 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.04.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2004] [Revised: 04/07/2005] [Accepted: 04/13/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Acute hypoxic preconditioning (AHPC) can confer neuroprotection from global cerebral ischemia such as cardiac arrest. We hypothesize that acute neuroprotection by AHPC will be detected early by quantitative EEG (qEEG) entropy analysis after asphyxial cardiac arrest (aCA). Cerebral ischemia lowers EEG signal randomness leading to low entropy. A qEEG entropy index defined as the duration when the entropy measure is 15% below uninjured baseline entropy is used as a measure of injury. We compared 3 groups of adult Wistar rats: (1) untreated controls that were subjected to 5 min of aCA and were resuscitated (n = 5); (2) AHPC-treated group with 10% FI O2 for 30 min, then 25 min of room air, 5 min of aCA followed by resuscitation (n = 5); and (3) a surgical sham group (no aCA) (n = 3). Functional outcome was assessed by neurodeficit score (NDS) which consisted of level of consciousness, cranial nerve, motor-sensory function, and simple behavioral tests (best = 100 and brain dead = 0). We found that increasing entropy index of injury at 0-5 h from return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) is associated with worsening NDS at 24 h (linear regression: r = 0.81, P < 0.001). The NDS of the group sham (84.7 +/- 2.8) (mean +/- SEM) and AHPC group (84.6 +/- 2.9, P > 0.05) was better than control injury group (52.2 +/- 8.4, P < 0.05) (ANOVA with Tukey test). We therefore conclude that AHPC confers acute neuroprotection at 24 h, which was detected by qEEG entropy during the first 5 h after injury.
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- Romergryko G Geocadin
- Department of Neurology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Sharp FR, Ran R, Lu A, Tang Y, Strauss KI, Glass T, Ardizzone T, Bernaudin M. Hypoxic preconditioning protects against ischemic brain injury. NeuroRx 2005; 1:26-35. [PMID: 15717005 PMCID: PMC534910 DOI: 10.1602/neurorx.1.1.26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Animals exposed to brief periods of moderate hypoxia (8% to 10% oxygen for 3 hours) are protected against cerebral and cardiac ischemia between 1 and 2 days later. This hypoxia preconditioning requires new RNA and protein synthesis. The mechanism of this hypoxia-induced tolerance correlates with the induction of the hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF), a transcription factor heterodimeric complex composed of inducible HIF-1alpha and constitutive HIF-1beta proteins that bind to the hypoxia response elements in a number of HIF target genes. Our recent studies show that HIF-1alpha correlates with hypoxia induced tolerance in neonatal rat brain. HIF target genes, also induced following hypoxia-induced tolerance, include vascular endothelial growth factor, erythropoietin, glucose transporters, glycolytic enzymes, and many other genes. Some or all of these genes may contribute to hypoxia-induced protection against ischemia. HIF induction of the glycolytic enzymes accounts in part for the Pasteur effect in brain and other tissues. Hypoxia-induced tolerance is not likely to be equivalent to treatment with a single HIF target gene protein since other transcription factors including Egr-1 (NGFI-A) have been implicated in hypoxia regulation of gene expression. Understanding the mechanisms and genes involved in hypoxic tolerance may provide new therapeutic targets to treat ischemic injury and enhance recovery.
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- Frank R Sharp
- Department of Neurology, University of Cincinnati, Ohio 45267, USA.
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Endogenous tolerance to cerebral ischemia is nature's strategy for neuroprotection. Exploring the physiologic and molecular mechanism of this phenomenon may give us new means of protection against ischemia and other degenerative disorders. This article reviews the currently available experimental methods to induce ischemic tolerance in the brain and gives a brief summary of the potential mode of action.
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- K J Kapinya
- Department of Experimental Neurology, Medical Faculty Charité, Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany.
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Ueda M, Nowak TS. Protective preconditioning by transient global ischemia in the rat: components of delayed injury progression and lasting protection distinguished by comparisons of depolarization thresholds for cell loss at long survival times. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2005; 25:949-58. [PMID: 15758943 DOI: 10.1038/sj.jcbfm.9600107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Robust ischemic preconditioning has been shown in rodent brain, but there are concerns regarding the persistence of neuron protection. This issue was examined in rat hippocampus following 4-vessel occlusion (4-VO) ischemia, using DC shifts characteristic of ischemic depolarization to reproducibly define insult severity. Preconditioning ischemia producing 2 to 3.5 mins depolarization was followed at intervals of 2, 5, or 7 days by test insults of varied duration, after which CA1 counts were obtained at 1, 2, 4, or 12 weeks. Neuron loss in naive animals increased with depolarization time longer than 4 mins regardless of postischemic survival interval. Preconditioning 2, 5, or 7 days before test insults prolonged the injury threshold evaluated at 1 week survival to 15, 9, or 6 mins, respectively, showing robust protection and a rapid decay of the protected state. However, by 2 weeks survival after preconditioning at a 2-day interval, the injury threshold dramatically regressed from 15 to 9 mins. Thereafter protection remained relatively stable through 1 month, but slight progression of neuron injury was evident at 3 months. Inflammatory responses were seen in both naive and preconditioned hippocampi throughout this interval, appropriate to the extent of neuron injury. These studies show distinct components of transient and lasting protection after ischemic preconditioning. Finally, it was found that ischemic depolarization was delayed by approximately 1 min in optimally preconditioned rat hippocampus, in contrast to previous results in the gerbil, identifying one specific mechanism by which insult severity is reduced in this model.
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- Masayuki Ueda
- Department of Neurology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, USA
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Kato K, Shimazaki K, Kamiya T, Amemiya S, Inaba T, Oguro K, Katayama Y. Differential effects of sublethal ischemia and chemical preconditioning with 3-nitropropionic acid on protein expression in gerbil hippocampus. Life Sci 2005; 77:2867-78. [PMID: 15961120 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2005.01.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2004] [Accepted: 01/28/2005] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Pretreatment with a low dose of 3-nitropropionic acid (3-NPA) has been shown to induce ischemic tolerance in the gerbil hippocampus. It is well known that sublethal (2-min) ischemia also induces ischemic tolerance. To investigate the acquisition of ischemic tolerance with 3-NPA, we examined the protein expression after 3-NPA treatment in comparison with sublethal ischemia. Immunohistochemical studies revealed intense expression of Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL in the hippocampal CA1 area after 3-NPA treatment. Furthermore, the time course of the expression of Bcl-xL showed a similar pattern to the acquisition of ischemic tolerance by 3-NPA treatment. The induction of Bcl-xL occurred in the hippocampal CA1 area at 24 h after 3-NPA treatment, and significant induction was observed at 48 h. Western blot analysis of hippocampus harvested 48 h after the pretreatment, showed that the expression of Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL was significantly increased by either 3-NPA treatment or 2-min ischemia. However, PMCA1 and HSP70 protein expression increased only in the sublethal ischemia treated group. The difference between 3-NPA treated group and control group was not statistically significant. These results suggest that Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL are essential for acquisition of ischemic tolerance, while HSP70 and PMCA1 play important roles in the enhancement of ischemic tolerance.
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- Kengo Kato
- The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Bunkyo-ku, Sendagi, Tokyo, 113-8603, Japan.
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The hippocampal formation expresses high levels of adrenal steroid receptors and is a malleable brain structure that is important for certain types of learning and memory. It is also vulnerable to the effects of stress and trauma. The amygdala is an important target of stress and mediates physiological and behavioral responses associated with fear and strong emotions. The prefrontal cortex plays an important role in working memory and executive function and is also involved in extinction of learning. All 3 regions are targets of stress hormones, and stress is known to precipitate and exacerbate mood disorders. In long-term depressive illness, the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex undergo atrophy, whereas the amygdala is hyperactive in anxiety and mood disorders and may undergo a biphasic change in structure--increasing in size in acute depression and shrinking on long-term depression. In animal models of acute and chronic stress, neurons in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex respond to repeated stress by showing atrophy that leads to memory impairment, whereas neurons in amygdala show a growth response that leads to increased anxiety and aggression. Yet, these are not necessarily "damaged" and may be treatable with the right medications. The mechanisms that distinguish between protection and damage of brain cells from stress are discussed in this context.
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- Bruce S McEwen
- Harold and Margaret Milliken Hatch Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021, USA.
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Tauskela JS, Morley P. On the role of Ca2+ in cerebral ischemic preconditioning. Cell Calcium 2005; 36:313-22. [PMID: 15261487 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2004.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2004] [Accepted: 02/18/2004] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Cerebral ischemic preconditioning (IPC) represents a potent endogenous method of inducing tolerance to otherwise lethal ischemia, both in in vivo and in vitro models. Investigation into the mechanism of this phenomenon has yet again transformed the way that neuroscientists view Ca2+. Generally viewed as an agent of neuronal death, particularly within an excitotoxic setting of cerebral ischemia, Ca2+ is now regarded as a key mediator of IPC. Classification of the role of Ca2+ in IPC defies simple description, but seems to possess a stimulatory role during the tolerance-inducing ischemia and an inhibitory or modulatory role during or following the second normally lethal ischemia.
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- Joseph S Tauskela
- National Research Council, Institute for Biological Sciences, Montreal Road Campus, Building M-54, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1A 0R6.
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Zemke D, Smith JL, Reeves MJ, Majid A. Ischemia and ischemic tolerance in the brain: an overview. Neurotoxicology 2005; 25:895-904. [PMID: 15474608 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2004.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2003] [Accepted: 03/18/2004] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Stroke is the third leading cause of death and the leading cause of adult disability in the United States. This review outlines the pathways that lead to cell death following stroke, and also summarizes the current literature on the phenomenon of ischemic tolerance. Ischemic tolerance is an endogenous neuroprotective mechanism by which neurons are protected from the deleterious effects of brain ischemia that occur during and after stroke. A better understanding of the processes that lead to cell death after stroke and endogenous neuroprotective mechanisms like ischemic tolerance could help in the development of new treatment strategies for this devastating neurological disease.
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- Daniel Zemke
- Department of Neurology and Ophthalmology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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Preconditioning occurs when a subinjurious exposure renders the brain less vulnerable to a subsequent damaging exposure. In this essay, various models of preconditioning in the immature brain are discussed. Adenosine, excitatory amino acids, nitric oxide, hypoxia-inducible factor, ATP-sensitive K+ channels, caspases, heat shock proteins, inflammatory mediators and gene expression all seem to be involved in sensing, transducing and executing preconditioning resistance. Also reviewed in this essay is evidence that some subinjurious exposures render the brain more vulnerable to a subsequent damaging exposure. We believe that unraveling the mechanisms of how the developing brain becomes inherently resilient or vulnerable will offer important insights into the pathogenesis of injury. Preconditioning of the brain or induction of tolerance of the immune system might be utilized in the future to decrease CNS vulnerability and the occurrence of perinatal brain injury.
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- Henrik Hagberg
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Women's and Children's Health, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden.
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Liu S, Lau L, Wei J, Zhu D, Zou S, Sun HS, Fu Y, Liu F, Lu Y. Expression of Ca(2+)-permeable AMPA receptor channels primes cell death in transient forebrain ischemia. Neuron 2004; 43:43-55. [PMID: 15233916 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2004.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2004] [Revised: 04/07/2004] [Accepted: 06/01/2004] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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CA1 pyramidal neurons degenerate after transient global ischemia, whereas neurons in other regions of the hippocampus remain intact. A step in this selective injury is Ca(2+) and/or Zn(2+) entry through Ca(2+)-permeable AMPA receptor channels; reducing Ca(2+) permeability of AMPA receptors via expression of Ca(2+)-impermeable GluR2(R) channels or activation of CRE transcription in the hippocampus of adult rats in vivo using shutoff-deficient pSFV-based vectors rescues vulnerable CA1 pyramidal neurons from forebrain ischemic injury. Conversely, the induction of Ca(2+) and/or Zn(2+) influx through AMPA receptors by expressing functional Ca(2+)-permeable GluR2(Q) channels causes the postischemic degeneration of hippocampal granule neurons that otherwise are insensitive to ischemic insult. Thus, the AMPA receptor subunit GluR2 gates entry of Ca(2+) and/or Zn(2+) that leads to cell death following transient forebrain ischemia.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Calcium/metabolism
- Calcium Channels/genetics
- Calcium Channels/metabolism
- Calcium Channels, Q-Type/genetics
- Calcium Channels, Q-Type/metabolism
- Calcium Signaling/genetics
- Cell Death/genetics
- Cell Membrane Permeability/genetics
- Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein/genetics
- Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein/metabolism
- Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 5
- Cyclin-Dependent Kinases/genetics
- Cyclin-Dependent Kinases/metabolism
- Disease Models, Animal
- Hippocampus/metabolism
- Hippocampus/physiopathology
- In Vitro Techniques
- Integrases/genetics
- Integrases/metabolism
- Ion Channel Gating/genetics
- Ischemic Attack, Transient/genetics
- Ischemic Attack, Transient/metabolism
- Ischemic Attack, Transient/pathology
- Nerve Degeneration/genetics
- Nerve Degeneration/metabolism
- Nerve Degeneration/pathology
- Prosencephalon/metabolism
- Prosencephalon/pathology
- Protein Binding/genetics
- Pyramidal Cells/metabolism
- Pyramidal Cells/pathology
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Receptors, AMPA/genetics
- Receptors, AMPA/metabolism
- Zinc/metabolism
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- ShuHong Liu
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary T2N 4N1, Canada
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