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Nelissen E, Schepers M, Ponsaerts L, Foulquier S, Bronckaers A, Vanmierlo T, Sandner P, Prickaerts J. Soluble guanylyl cyclase: A novel target for the treatment of vascular cognitive impairment? Pharmacol Res 2023; 197:106970. [PMID: 37884069 DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2023.106970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2023] [Revised: 10/16/2023] [Accepted: 10/23/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023]
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Vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) describes neurodegenerative disorders characterized by a vascular component. Pathologically, it involves decreased cerebral blood flow (CBF), white matter lesions, endothelial dysfunction, and blood-brain barrier (BBB) impairments. Molecularly, oxidative stress and inflammation are two of the major underlying mechanisms. Nitric oxide (NO) physiologically stimulates soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) to induce cGMP production. However, under pathological conditions, NO seems to be at the basis of oxidative stress and inflammation, leading to a decrease in sGC activity and expression. The native form of sGC needs a ferrous heme group bound in order to be sensitive to NO (Fe(II)sGC). Oxidation of sGC leads to the conversion of ferrous to ferric heme (Fe(III)sGC) and even heme-loss (apo-sGC). Both Fe(III)sGC and apo-sGC are insensitive to NO, and the enzyme is therefore inactive. sGC activity can be enhanced either by targeting the NO-sensitive native sGC (Fe(II)sGC), or the inactive, oxidized sGC (Fe(III)sGC) and the heme-free apo-sGC. For this purpose, sGC stimulators acting on Fe(II)sGC and sGC activators acting on Fe(III)sGC/apo-sGC have been developed. These sGC agonists have shown their efficacy in cardiovascular diseases by restoring the physiological and protective functions of the NO-sGC-cGMP pathway, including the reduction of oxidative stress and inflammation, and improvement of vascular functioning. Yet, only very little research has been performed within the cerebrovascular system and VCI pathology when focusing on sGC modulation and its potential protective mechanisms on vascular and neural function. Therefore, within this review, the potential of sGC as a target for treating VCI is highlighted.
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- Ellis Nelissen
- Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNS), Maastricht University, Universiteitssingel 50, 6229 ER Maastricht, the Netherlands.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNS), Maastricht University, Universiteitssingel 50, 6229 ER Maastricht, the Netherlands; Neuro-immune connect and repair lab, Biomedical Research Institute, Hasselt University, Hasselt 3500, Belgium
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- Neuro-immune connect and repair lab, Biomedical Research Institute, Hasselt University, Hasselt 3500, Belgium; Department of Cardio & Organ Systems (COS), Biomedical Research Institute, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNS), School for Cardiovascular Diseases (CARIM), Maastricht University, Universiteitssingel 50, 6229 ER Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cardio & Organ Systems (COS), Biomedical Research Institute, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNS), Maastricht University, Universiteitssingel 50, 6229 ER Maastricht, the Netherlands; Neuro-immune connect and repair lab, Biomedical Research Institute, Hasselt University, Hasselt 3500, Belgium
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- Bayer AG, Pharmaceuticals R&D, Pharma Research Center, 42113 Wuppertal, Germany; Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNS), Maastricht University, Universiteitssingel 50, 6229 ER Maastricht, the Netherlands
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Lee H, Kang SW, Jeong H, Kwon JT, Kim YO, Kim HJ. Alteration in Cngb1 Expression upon Maternal Immune Activation in a Mouse Model and Its Possible Association with Schizophrenia Susceptibility. CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE 2021; 19:618-627. [PMID: 34690117 PMCID: PMC8553526 DOI: 10.9758/cpn.2021.19.4.618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2020] [Revised: 10/20/2020] [Accepted: 11/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Objective The cyclic nucleotide-gated channel (Cng) regulates synaptic efficacy in brain neurons by modulating Ca2+ levels in response to changes in cyclic nucleotide concentrations. This study investigated whether the expression of Cng channel, cyclic nucleotide-gated channel subunit beta 1 (Cngb1) exhibited any relationship with the pathophysiology of schizophrenia in an animal model and whether genetic polymorphisms of the human gene were associated with the progression of schizophrenia in a Korean population. Methods We investigated whether Cngb1 expression was related to psychiatric disorders in a mouse model of schizophrenia induced by maternal immune activation. A case-control study was conducted of 275 schizophrenia patients and 410 controls with single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the 5′-near region of CNGB1. Results Cngb1 expression was decreased in the prefrontal cortex in the mouse model. Furthermore, the genotype frequency of a SNP (rs3756314) of CNGB1 was associated with the risk of schizophrenia. Conclusion Our results suggest that CNGB1 might be associated with schizophrenia susceptibility and maternal immune activation. Consequently, it is hypothesized that CNGB1 may be involved in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia.
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- Hwayoung Lee
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Cardiovascular Center of Excellence, Louisiana State University Health Science Center, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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Karstensen HG, Mang Y, Fark T, Hummel T, Tommerup N. The first mutation in CNGA2 in two brothers with anosmia. Clin Genet 2014; 88:293-6. [PMID: 25156905 DOI: 10.1111/cge.12491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2014] [Revised: 08/03/2014] [Accepted: 08/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Isolated congenital anosmia (ICA) is a rare disorder, where otherwise healthy individuals present with an inability to smell since birth. A list of studies have described the genes involved in syndromic anosmia; however, the genetics of ICA is still in its infancy. Studies in mice show that the cyclic nucleotide-gated channel subunit CNGA2, expressed in the olfactory epithelium has a crucial role in olfactory signal transduction. We have identified a novel X-linked stop mutation in CNGA2 (c.634C>T, p.R212*) in two brothers with ICA using exome sequencing. No additional mutations in CNGA2 were identified in a cohort of 31 non-related ICA individuals. Magnetic resonance brain imaging revealed diminished olfactory bulbs and flattened olfactory sulci. This is the first report of a mutation in the cyclic nucleotide-gated gene CNGA2 and supports the critical role of this gene in human olfaction.
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- H G Karstensen
- Willhelm Johannsen Centre for Functional Genome Research, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, The Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Copenhagen, DK-2200, Copenhagen N, Denmark
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- Willhelm Johannsen Centre for Functional Genome Research, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, The Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Copenhagen, DK-2200, Copenhagen N, Denmark
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- Interdisciplinary Center for Smell & Taste, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Technical University of Dresden Medical School, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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- Interdisciplinary Center for Smell & Taste, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Technical University of Dresden Medical School, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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- Willhelm Johannsen Centre for Functional Genome Research, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, The Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Copenhagen, DK-2200, Copenhagen N, Denmark
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Rekha KR, Selvakumar GP, Santha K, Inmozhi Sivakamasundari R. Geraniol attenuates α-synuclein expression and neuromuscular impairment through increase dopamine content in MPTP intoxicated mice by dose dependent manner. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2013; 440:664-70. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.09.122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2013] [Accepted: 09/26/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Podda MV, Grassi C. New perspectives in cyclic nucleotide-mediated functions in the CNS: the emerging role of cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) channels. Pflugers Arch 2013; 466:1241-57. [PMID: 24142069 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-013-1373-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2013] [Revised: 09/27/2013] [Accepted: 09/28/2013] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Cyclic nucleotides play fundamental roles in the central nervous system (CNS) under both physiological and pathological conditions. The impact of cAMP and cGMP signaling on neuronal and glial cell functions has been thoroughly characterized. Most of their effects have been related to cyclic nucleotide-dependent protein kinase activity. However, cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) channels, first described as key mediators of sensory transduction in retinal and olfactory receptors, have been receiving increasing attention as possible targets of cyclic nucleotides in the CNS. In the last 15 years, consistent evidence has emerged for their expression in neurons and astrocytes of the rodent brain. Far less is known, however, about the functional role of CNG channels in these cells, although several of their features, such as Ca(2+) permeability and prolonged activation in the presence of cyclic nucleotides, make them ideal candidates for mediators of physiological functions in the CNS. Here, we review literature suggesting the involvement of CNG channels in a number of CNS cellular functions (e.g., regulation of membrane potential, neuronal excitability, and neurotransmitter release) as well as in more complex phenomena, like brain plasticity, adult neurogenesis, and pain sensitivity. The emerging picture is that functional and dysfunctional cyclic nucleotide signaling in the CNS has to be reconsidered including CNG channels among possible targets. However, concerted efforts and multidisciplinary approaches are still needed to get more in-depth knowledge in this field.
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- Maria Vittoria Podda
- Institute of Human Physiology, Medical School, Università Cattolica, Largo Francesco Vito 1, 00168, Rome, Italy
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Podda MV, Piacentini R, Barbati SA, Mastrodonato A, Puzzo D, D’Ascenzo M, Leone L, Grassi C. Role of cyclic nucleotide-gated channels in the modulation of mouse hippocampal neurogenesis. PLoS One 2013; 8:e73246. [PMID: 23991183 PMCID: PMC3750014 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2013] [Accepted: 07/18/2013] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Neural stem cells generate neurons in the hippocampal dentate gyrus in mammals, including humans, throughout adulthood. Adult hippocampal neurogenesis has been the focus of many studies due to its relevance in processes such as learning and memory and its documented impairment in some neurodegenerative diseases. However, we are still far from having a complete picture of the mechanism regulating this process. Our study focused on the possible role of cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) channels. These voltage-independent channels activated by cyclic nucleotides, first described in retinal and olfactory receptors, have been receiving increasing attention for their involvement in several brain functions. Here we show that the rod-type, CNGA1, and olfactory-type, CNGA2, subunits are expressed in hippocampal neural stem cells in culture and in situ in the hippocampal neurogenic niche of adult mice. Pharmacological blockade of CNG channels did not affect cultured neural stem cell proliferation but reduced their differentiation towards the neuronal phenotype. The membrane permeant cGMP analogue, 8-Br-cGMP, enhanced neural stem cell differentiation to neurons and this effect was prevented by CNG channel blockade. In addition, patch-clamp recording from neuron-like differentiating neural stem cells revealed cGMP-activated currents attributable to ion flow through CNG channels. The current work provides novel insights into the role of CNG channels in promoting hippocampal neurogenesis, which may prove to be relevant for stem cell-based treatment of cognitive impairment and brain damage.
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- Maria Vittoria Podda
- Institute of Human Physiology, Medical School, Università Cattolica, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Human Physiology, Medical School, Università Cattolica, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Human Physiology, Medical School, Università Cattolica, Rome, Italy
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- Section of Physiology, Department of Bio-Medical Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Institute of Human Physiology, Medical School, Università Cattolica, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Human Physiology, Medical School, Università Cattolica, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Human Physiology, Medical School, Università Cattolica, Rome, Italy
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Geraniol ameliorates the motor behavior and neurotrophic factors inadequacy in MPTP-induced mice model of Parkinson's disease. J Mol Neurosci 2013; 51:851-62. [PMID: 23943375 PMCID: PMC3824202 DOI: 10.1007/s12031-013-0074-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2013] [Accepted: 07/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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Many experiments affirm the notion that augmentation of neurotrophic factors (NTFs) activity, especially brain-derived neurotrophic factors and glial cell-derived neurotrophic factors, could prevent or halt the progress of neurodegeneration in Parkinson's disease (PD). In this study, we investigated the therapeutic accomplishment of geraniol (GE 100 mg/kg) on 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1, 2, 3, 6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP)-induced mice model of PD. Current investigation proved that pretreatment with GE ameliorates the MPTP-induced alterations in behavioral, biochemical, immunohistochemical, and immunoblotting manifestations in mice. Systematically, the loss of dopaminergic neurons and reduced NTFs mRNA expressions induced by MPTP was ameliorated to a significant extent by pretreatment with GE. We found that GE confers a potent neuroprotective agent against MPTP-induced dopaminergic denervation and may become a potential therapeutic agent for PD and/or its progression.
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Uversky VN. The alphabet of intrinsic disorder: II. Various roles of glutamic acid in ordered and intrinsically disordered proteins. INTRINSICALLY DISORDERED PROTEINS 2013; 1:e24684. [PMID: 28516010 PMCID: PMC5424795 DOI: 10.4161/idp.24684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2013] [Revised: 03/27/2013] [Accepted: 04/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The ability of a protein to fold into unique functional state or to stay intrinsically disordered is encoded in its amino acid sequence. Both ordered and intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are natural polypeptides that use the same arsenal of 20 proteinogenic amino acid residues as their major building blocks. The exceptional structural plasticity of IDPs, their capability to exist as heterogeneous structural ensembles and their wide array of important disorder-based biological functions that complements functional repertoire of ordered proteins are all rooted within the peculiar differential usage of these building blocks by ordered proteins and IDPs. In fact, some residues (so-called disorder-promoting residues) are noticeably more common in IDPs than in sequences of ordered proteins, which, in their turn, are enriched in several order-promoting residues. Furthermore, residues can be arranged according to their “disorder promoting potencies,” which are evaluated based on the relative abundances of various amino acids in ordered and disordered proteins. This review continues a series of publications on the roles of different amino acids in defining the phenomenon of protein intrinsic disorder and concerns glutamic acid, which is the second most disorder-promoting residue.
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- Vladimir N Uversky
- Department of Molecular Medicine and USF Health Byrd Alzheimer's Research Institute; College of Medicine; University of South Florida; Tampa, FL USA.,Institute for Biological Instrumentation; Russian Academy of Sciences; Moscow, Russia
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Podda MV, Leone L, Piacentini R, Cocco S, Mezzogori D, D'Ascenzo M, Grassi C. Expression of olfactory-type cyclic nucleotide-gated channels in rat cortical astrocytes. Glia 2012; 60:1391-405. [PMID: 22653779 DOI: 10.1002/glia.22360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2011] [Accepted: 05/03/2012] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) channels are nonselective cation channels activated by cyclic AMP (cAMP) or cyclic GMP (cGMP). They were originally identified in retinal and olfactory receptors, but evidence has also emerged for their expression in several mammalian brain areas. Because cGMP and cAMP control important aspects of glial cell physiology, we wondered whether CNG channels are expressed in astrocytes, the most functionally relevant glial cells in the CNS. Immunoblot and immunofluorescence experiments demonstrated expression of the CNG channel olfactory-type A subunit, CNGA2, in cultured rat cortical astrocytes. In patch-clamp experiments, currents elicited in these cells by voltage ramps from -100 to +100 mV in the presence of the cGMP analogue, dB-cGMP, were significantly reduced by the CNG channel blockers, L-cis-diltiazem (LCD) and Cd(2+) . The reversal potentials of the LCD- and Cd(2+) -sensitive currents were more positive than that of K(+) , as expected for a mixed cation current. Noninactivating, voltage-independent currents were also elicited by extracellular application of the membrane permeant cGMP analogue, 8-Br-cGMP. These effects were blocked by LCD and were mimicked by natriuretic peptide receptor activation and inhibition of phosphodiesterase activity. Voltage-independent, LCD-sensitive currents were also elicited by 8-Br-cGMP in astrocytes of hippocampal and neocortical brain slices. Immunohistochemistry confirmed a broad distribution of CNG channels in astrocytes of the rat forebrain, midbrain, and hindbrain. These findings suggest that CNG channels are downstream targets of cyclic nucleotides in astrocytes, and they may be involved in the glial-mediated regulation of CNS functions under physiological and pathological conditions.
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- Maria Vittoria Podda
- Institute of Human Physiology, Medical School, Università Cattolica, Rome, Italy
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Lopez-Jimenez ME, González JC, Lizasoain I, Sánchez-Prieto J, Hernández-Guijo JM, Torres M. Functional cGMP-gated channels in cerebellar granule cells. J Cell Physiol 2012; 227:2252-63. [PMID: 21809342 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.22964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Cyclic nucleotide-gated channels (CNGCs) are important transducers of external signals in sensory processes. These channels are ubiquitously expressed in a variety of neurons, and are necessary to transduce signals for growth cone guidance and plasticity. Here, we demonstrate that the CNGC subunits (CNGA1 and CNGB1, presumably the 1b isoform) are expressed in rat cerebellar granule cells and that they combine to form functional channels. The expression of the mRNAs that encode these proteins is maximal after 7 days in cell culture, when the channels are expressed at synapses and co-localize with the synaptic marker synapsin I. These ligand-gated channels are functional and can be blocked by Mg(2+) or L-cis-diltiazem. Moreover, channel opening in response to increases in intracellular cGMP results in Ca(2+) entry into the cell. Chronic blockade (96 h) of these channels with L-cis-diltiazem significantly decreases the number of functional boutons, as determined by their capacity to load and unload the styryl dye FM1-43 when stimulated. Moreover, the unloading kinetics is modified from a biphasic to a monophasic profile in a subset of synaptic boutons. These channels are also expressed in early developmental stages, both in the soma and in emerging processes, and CNGA1 can be detected in growth cones. Pharmacological blockade of these channels with L-cis-diltiazem causes an overall change in growth cone morphology, impairing the formation of lamellipodia between filopodia and increasing the number of filopodia. J
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- Ma Elena Lopez-Jimenez
- Facultad de Veterinaria, Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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The role of visual experience for the neural basis of spatial cognition. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2012; 36:1179-87. [PMID: 22330729 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2012.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2011] [Revised: 01/16/2012] [Accepted: 01/28/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Blindness often results in the adaptive neural reorganization of the remaining modalities, producing sharper auditory and haptic behavioral performance. Yet, non-visual modalities might not be able to fully compensate for the lack of visual experience as in the case of congenital blindness. For example, developmental visual experience seems to be necessary for the maturation of multisensory neurons for spatial tasks. Additionally, the ability of vision to convey information in parallel might be taken into account as the main attribute that cannot be fully compensated by the spared modalities. Therefore, the lack of visual experience might impair all spatial tasks that require the integration of inputs from different modalities, such as having to represent a set of objects on the basis of the spatial relationships among the objects, rather than the spatial relationship that each object has with oneself. Here we integrate behavioral and neural evidence to conclude that visual experience is necessary for the neural development of normal spatial cognition.
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Suer C, Dolu N, Artis AS, Sahin L, Aydogan S. Electrophysiological evidence of biphasic action of carnosine on long-term potentiation in urethane-anesthetized rats. Neuropeptides 2011; 45:77-81. [PMID: 21163526 DOI: 10.1016/j.npep.2010.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2010] [Revised: 11/24/2010] [Accepted: 11/24/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Carnosine is a dipeptide synthesized by the carnosine synthetase from β-alanine and l-histidine. The well-known effects of carnosine may be related with mechanisms producing long-term potentiation which is one of the electrophysiological signs of memory. In the present study we aimed to investigate the effect of four different doses of carnosine on long-term potentiation in urethane-anesthetized rat. A bipolar stimulating electrode was placed in the medial perforant path and a double-barrel glass micropipette was placed in the dentate gyrus as the recording electrode. Artificial cerebrospinal fluid (in the control group) or carnosine (0.1, 1, 10, and 100μg/μL) was infused into the dentate gyrus. Our results showed that the I/O curve of the excitatory postsynaptic potential slope or population spike amplitude was not significantly shifted by carnosine. We found that population spike amplitude increased to 244% and 287% at the dose of 100μg/μL in the post-tetanic and induction phases, respectively, but decreased to 163% and 186% at the dose of 0.1μg/μL and to 145% and 162% at the dose of 1μg/μL when compared with 203% and 232% of the control values. However, there were no significant differences for the slope of excitatory postsynaptic potential. Carnosine had no effect on the EPSP slope or PS amplitude recorded from the dentate gyrus in response to test stimuli when high-frequency stimulation was not delivered. In the present study, we speculated that the effects of carnosine in lower or higher doses could be explained by its effect on different processes, such as soluble guanylyl cyclase inhibition or the conversion of carnosine into histamine.
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- Cem Suer
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, 38039 Kayseri, Turkey.
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Triguero D, Sancho M, García-Flores M, García-Pascual A. Presence of cyclic nucleotide-gated channels in the rat urethra and their involvement in nerve-mediated nitrergic relaxation. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2009; 297:F1353-60. [PMID: 19710238 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00403.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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We have addressed the distribution of cGMP-gated channels (CNG) in the rat urethra for the first time, as well as their putative role in mediating of the relaxation elicited by electrical field stimulation of nitrergic nerves. Functional studies have shown that specifically blocking CNG with L-cis-diltiazem leads to the rapid inhibition of urethral relaxation induced either by nitric oxide (NO) released by the nerves or by soluble guanylate cyclase activated with YC-1. By contrast, nerve-mediated noradrenergic contractions were only slowly and mildly reduced by L-cis-diltiazem. This effect was mimicked by lower concentrations of the D-diltiazem isomer, probably due to the nonspecific inhibition of voltage-dependent calcium channels. However, D-diltiazem did not affect relaxation responses. The expression of heteromeric retinal-like CNGA1 channels was demonstrated by conventional PCR on mRNA from the rat urethra. These channels were located in a subpopulation of intramuscular interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) as well as in smooth muscle cells, although they were less abundant in the latter. CNG channels could not be visualized in any nervous structure within the urethral wall, in agreement with the emerging view that a subset of ICC serves as a target for NO. These channels could provide a suitable ionic mechanism to associate the changes in cytosolic calcium with the activation of the nitric NO-cGMP pathway and relaxation although the precise mechanisms involved remain to be elucidated.
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- Domingo Triguero
- Department of Physiology, Veterinary School, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain.
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The second messenger cyclic guanosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cGMP) plays a crucial role in the control of cardiovascular and gastrointestinal homeostastis, but its effects on neuronal functions are less established. This review summarizes recent biochemical and functional data on the role of the cGMP signalling pathway in the mammalian brain, with a focus on the regulation of synaptic plasticity, learning, and other complex behaviours. Expression profiling, along with pharmacological and genetic manipulations, indicates important functions of nitric oxide (NO)-sensitive soluble guanylyl cyclases (sGCs), cGMP-dependent protein kinases (cGKs), and cGMP-regulated phosphodiesterases (PDEs) as generators, effectors, and modulators of cGMP signals in the brain, respectively. In addition, neuronal cGMP signalling can be transmitted through cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) or hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) ion channels. The canonical NO/sGC/cGMP/cGK pathway modulates long-term changes of synaptic activity in the hippocampus, amygdala, cerebellum, and other brain regions, and contributes to distinct forms of learning and memory, such as fear conditioning, motor adaptation, and object recognition. Behavioural studies indicate that cGMP signalling is also involved in anxiety, addiction, and the pathogenesis of depression and schizophrenia. At the molecular level, different cGK isoforms appear to mediate effects of cGMP on presynaptic transmitter release and postsynaptic functions. The cGKs have been suggested to modulate cytoskeletal organization, vesicle and AMPA receptor trafficking, and gene expression via phosphorylation of various substrates including VASP, RhoA, RGS2, hSERT, GluR1, G-substrate, and DARPP-32. These and other components of the cGMP signalling cascade may be attractive new targets for the treatment of cognitive impairment, drug abuse, and psychiatric disorders.
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Cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) channels are ion channels which are activated by the binding of cGMP or cAMP. The channels are important cellular switches which transduce changes in intracellular concentrations of cyclic nucleotides into changes of the membrane potential and the Ca2+ concentration. CNG channels play a central role in the signal transduction pathways of vision and olfaction. Structurally, the channels belong to the superfamily of pore-loop cation channels. They share a common domain structure with hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) channels and Eag-like K+ channels. In this chapter, we give an overview on the molecular properties of CNG channels and describe the signal transduction pathways these channels are involved in. We will also summarize recent insights into the physiological and pathophysiological role of CNG channel proteins that have emerged from the analysis of CNG channel-deficient mouse models and human channelopathies.
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- Martin Biel
- Center for Integrated Protein Science CIPS-M and Zentrum für Pharmaforschung-Department Pharmazie, Pharmakologie für Naturwissenschaften, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Butenandtstr. 5-13, München, 81377, Germany.
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Stricker S, Manahan-Vaughan D. Regulation of long-term depression by increases in [guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate] in the hippocampal CA1 region of freely behaving rats. Neuroscience 2008; 158:159-66. [PMID: 18472342 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.03.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2007] [Revised: 03/11/2008] [Accepted: 03/17/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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A role for guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) and the protein kinase G (PKG) pathway in synaptic long-term depression (LTD) in the hippocampal CA1 region has been proposed, based on observations in vitro, where, for example, increases of [cGMP] result in short-term depression (STD) coupled with a reduction in presynaptic glutamate release. To date, no evidence exists to support that LTD in the intact, freely behaving animal involves these mechanisms. We examined the effect of increases of [cGMP] on basal transmission and electrically-induced STD at hippocampal CA1 synapses in vivo. We found that elevating [cGMP] dose-dependently caused a chemically-induced STD which occluded electrically-induced STD. Repeated administration of Zaprinast, an inhibitor of cGMP-degrading phosphodiesterase, resulted in persistent LTD (>24 h). Paired-pulse analysis supported a presynaptic mechanism of action. Application of an inhibitor of soluble guanylate cyclase prevented LTD induced by low-frequency stimulation (LFS), and impaired LFS-STD elicited in the presence of Zaprinast. These data suggest the involvement of cGMP in LTD in the CA1 region of freely behaving adult rats.
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- S Stricker
- Institute for Physiology of the Charité, Synaptic Plasticity Research Group, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
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Function and dysfunction of CNG channels: insights from channelopathies and mouse models. Mol Neurobiol 2008; 35:266-77. [PMID: 17917115 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-007-0025-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2006] [Revised: 11/30/1999] [Accepted: 01/05/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Channels directly gated by cyclic nucleotides (CNG channels) are important cellular switches that mediate influx of Na+ and Ca2+ in response to increases in the intracellular concentration of cAMP and cGMP. In photoreceptors and olfactory receptor neurons, these channels serve as final targets for cGMP and cAMP signaling pathways that are initiated by the absorption of photons and the binding of odorants, respectively. CNG channels have been also found in other types of neurons and in non-excitable cells. However, in most of these cells, the physiological role of CNG channels has yet to be determined. CNG channels have a complex heteromeric structure. The properties of individual subunits that assemble in specific stoichiometries to the native channels have been extensively investigated in heterologous expression systems. Recently, mutations in human CNG channel genes leading to inherited diseases (so-called channelopathies) have been functionally characterized. Moreover, mouse knockout models were generated to define the role of CNG channel proteins in vivo. In this review, we will summarize recent insights into the physiological and pathophysiological role of CNG channel proteins that have emerged from genetic studies in mice and humans.
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Nitric oxide (NO) is a multifunctional messenger in the CNS that can signal both in antero- and retrograde directions across synapses. Many effects of NO are mediated through its canonical receptor, the soluble guanylyl cyclase, and the second messenger cyclic guanosine-3',5'-monophosphate (cGMP). An increase of cGMP can also arise independently of NO via activation of membrane-bound particulate guanylyl cyclases by natriuretic peptides. The classical targets of cGMP are cGMP-dependent protein kinases (cGKs), cyclic nucleotide hydrolysing phosphodiesterases, and cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) cation channels. The NO/cGMP/cGK signalling cascade has been linked to the modulation of transmitter release and synaptic plasticity by numerous pharmacological and genetic studies. This review focuses on the role of NO as a retrograde messenger in long-term potentiation of transmitter release in the hippocampus. Presynaptic mechanisms of NO/cGMP/cGK signalling will be discussed with recently identified potential downstream components such as CaMKII, the vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein, and regulators of G protein signalling. NO has further been suggested to increase transmitter release through presynaptic clustering of a-synuclein. Alternative modes of NO/cGMP signalling resulting in inhibition of transmitter release and long-term depression of synaptic activity will also be addressed, as well as anterograde NO signalling in the cerebellum. Finally, emerging evidence for cGMP signalling through CNG channels and hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) channels will be discussed.
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Podda MV, D'Ascenzo M, Leone L, Piacentini R, Azzena GB, Grassi C. Functional role of cyclic nucleotide-gated channels in rat medial vestibular nucleus neurons. J Physiol 2007; 586:803-15. [PMID: 18048449 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.146019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Although cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) channels are expressed in numerous brain areas, little information is available on their functions in CNS neurons. The aim of the present study was to define the distribution of CNG channels in the rat medial vestibular nucleus (MVN) and their possible involvement in regulating MVN neuron (MVNn) excitability. The majority of MVNn expressed both CNG1 and CNG2 A subunits. In whole-cell current-clamp experiments carried out on brainstem slices containing the MVNn, the membrane-permeant analogues of cyclic nucleotides, 8-Br-cGMP and 8-Br-cAMP (1 mM), induced membrane depolarizations (8.9 +/- 0.8 and 9.2 +/- 1.0 mV, respectively) that were protein kinase independent. The cGMP-induced depolarization was associated with a significant decrease in the membrane input resistance. The effects of cGMP on membrane potential were almost completely abolished by the CNG channel blockers, Cd(2+) and L-cis-diltiazem, but they were unaffected by blockade of hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated channels. In voltage-clamp experiments, 8-Br-cGMP induced non-inactivating inward currents (-22.2 +/- 3.9 pA) with an estimated reversal potential near 0 mV, which were markedly inhibited by reduction of extracellular Na(+) and Ca(2+) concentrations. Membrane depolarization induced by CNG channel activation increased the firing rate of MVNn without changing the action potential shape. Collectively, these findings provide novel evidence that CNG channels affect membrane potential and excitability of MVNn. Such action should have a significant impact on the function of these neurons in sensory-motor integration processes. More generally, it might represent a broad mechanism for regulating the excitability of different CNS neurons.
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- Maria Vittoria Podda
- Institute of Human Physiology, Medical School, Catholic University S. Cuore, I-00168 Rome, Italy
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Szabadits E, Cserép C, Ludányi A, Katona I, Gracia-Llanes J, Freund TF, Nyíri G. Hippocampal GABAergic synapses possess the molecular machinery for retrograde nitric oxide signaling. J Neurosci 2007; 27:8101-11. [PMID: 17652601 PMCID: PMC6672734 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1912-07.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Nitric oxide (NO) plays an important role in synaptic plasticity as a retrograde messenger at glutamatergic synapses. Here we describe that, in hippocampal pyramidal cells, neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) is also associated with the postsynaptic active zones of GABAergic symmetrical synapses terminating on their somata, dendrites, and axon initial segments in both mice and rats. The NO receptor nitric oxide-sensitive guanylyl cyclase (NOsGC) is present in the brain in two functional subunit compositions: alpha1beta1 and alpha2beta1. The beta1 subunit is expressed in both pyramidal cells and interneurons in the hippocampus. Using immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization methods, we describe that the alpha1 subunit is detectable only in interneurons, which are always positive for beta1 subunit as well; however, pyramidal cells are labeled only for beta1 and alpha2 subunits. With double-immunofluorescent staining, we also found that most cholecystokinin- and parvalbumin-positive and smaller proportion of the somatostatin- and nNOS-positive interneurons are alpha1 subunit positive. We also found that the alpha1 subunit is present in parvalbumin- and cholecystokinin-positive interneuron terminals that establish synapses on somata, dendrites, or axon initial segments. Our results demonstrate that NOsGC, composed of alpha1beta1 subunits, is selectively expressed in different types of interneurons and is present in their presynaptic GABAergic terminals, in which it may serve as a receptor for NO produced postsynaptically by nNOS in the very same synapse.
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- Eszter Szabadits
- Department of Cellular and Network Neurobiology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1450 Budapest, Hungary, and
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- Department of Cellular and Network Neurobiology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1450 Budapest, Hungary, and
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- Department of Cellular and Network Neurobiology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1450 Budapest, Hungary, and
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- Department of Cellular and Network Neurobiology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1450 Budapest, Hungary, and
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- Departamento de Biología Celular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Valencia, E-46100 Burjasot, Spain
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- Department of Cellular and Network Neurobiology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1450 Budapest, Hungary, and
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- Department of Cellular and Network Neurobiology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1450 Budapest, Hungary, and
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Edwards TM, Rickard NS. New perspectives on the mechanisms through which nitric oxide may affect learning and memory processes. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2007; 31:413-25. [PMID: 17188748 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2006.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2006] [Revised: 11/01/2006] [Accepted: 11/02/2006] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Nitric oxide (NO) has been well established as a molecule necessary for memory consolidation. Interestingly, the majority of research has focused on only a single mechanism through which NO acts, namely the up-regulation of guanylate cyclase (GC). However, since NO and NO-derived reactive nitrogen species are capable of interacting with a broad array of enzymes, ion channels and receptors, a singular focus on GC appears short-sighted. Although NO inhibits the action of a number of molecules there are four, in addition to GC, which are up-regulated by the direct presence of NO, or NO-derived radicals, and implicated in memory processing. They are: cyclic nucleotide-gated channels; large conductance calcium-activated potassium channels; ryanodine receptor calcium release (RyR) channels; and the enzyme mono(ADP-ribosyl) transferase. This review presents evidence that not only are these four molecules worthy of investigation as GC-independent mechanisms through which NO may act, but that behavioural evidence already exists suggesting a relationship between NO and the RyR channel.
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- T M Edwards
- School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, Monash University-Clayton, Wellington Road, Clayton, 3800 Vic., Australia.
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Campbell E, Edwards T. Zaprinast consolidates long-term memory when administered to neonate chicks trained using a weakly reinforced single trial passive avoidance task. Behav Brain Res 2006; 169:181-5. [PMID: 16472878 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2006.01.004] [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: 11/23/2004] [Revised: 12/31/2005] [Accepted: 01/03/2006] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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A weakly reinforced variant of the single trial passive avoidance task developed for the day-old chick typically fails to consolidate long-term memory. However, administration of zaprinast, a phosphodiesterase (PDE) type 5 inhibitor, (ic; 10 microl/side) immediately post-training resulted in a dose-dependent increase in retention at test 180 min post-training. Further, 100 microM zaprinast resulted in high levels of retention at test 180 min post-training when administered from 10 min before training to 10 min after training. Finally, 100 microM zaprinast, when administered immediately post-training, resulted in the consolidation of long-term memory at a number of times of test extending as late as 24 h post-training. Inhibition of PDE type 5 is known to increase cellular cGMP levels. Previous investigations using a strongly reinforced variant of this task have suggested a role for cGMP in memory retrieval, we now postulate that cGMP is also necessary for memory formation in chicks trained using passive avoidance.
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- Emma Campbell
- School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Wellington Rd., Clayton, Vic. 3800, Australia
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Podda MV, Marcocci ME, Del Carlo B, Palamara AT, Azzena GB, Grassi C. Expression of cyclic nucleotide-gated channels in the rat medial vestibular nucleus. Neuroreport 2006; 16:1939-43. [PMID: 16272883 DOI: 10.1097/01.wnr.0000187633.91375.c8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The role of cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) channels in sensory signal transduction in retinal and olfactory cells is widely recognized, but there is increasing evidence that they also play more general functions in the central nervous system as downstream effectors of cyclic nucleotides. Here, we demonstrate the expression of the alpha-subunit of rod- and olfactory-type CNG channels (CNG1 and CNG2, respectively) in the rat medial vestibular nucleus (MVN). Nested polymerase chain reaction revealed CNG channel mRNA in the MVN, and CNG1 and CNG2 proteins were also detected by Western blotting and immunohistochemistry. Finally, electrophysiological evidence is provided suggesting that CNG channels play a functional role in the MVN.
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- Maria V Podda
- Institute of Human Physiology, Medical School, Catholic University S. Cuore, Largo F. Vito 1, I-00168 Rome, Italy
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Vallazza-Deschamps G, Cia D, Gong J, Jellali A, Duboc A, Forster V, Sahel JA, Tessier LH, Picaud S. Excessive activation of cyclic nucleotide-gated channels contributes to neuronal degeneration of photoreceptors. Eur J Neurosci 2006; 22:1013-22. [PMID: 16176343 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04306.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In different animal models, photoreceptor degeneration was correlated to an abnormal increase in cGMP concentration. The cGMP-induced photoreceptor toxicity was demonstrated by applying the phosphodiesterase inhibitor 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine on retinal explants. To assess the role of cGMP-gated channels in this cGMP toxicity, the Ca(2+) channel blockers verapamil and L- and D-diltiazem, which block cGMP-gated channels with different efficacies, were applied to in vitro animal models of photoreceptor degeneration. These models included: (i) adult rat retinal explants incubated with zaprinast, a more specific inhibitor of the rod phosphodiesterase than 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine and (ii) rd mouse retinal explants. Photoreceptor apoptosis was assessed by terminal dUTP nick end labelling and caspase 3 activation. Effects of the blockers on the synaptic rod Ca(2+) channels were measured by patch-clamp recording. In the zaprinast-induced photoreceptor degeneration model, both diltiazem isomers rescued photoreceptors whereas verapamil had no influence. Their neuroprotective efficacy was correlated to their inhibition of cGMP-gated channels (l-diltiazem>d-diltiazem>verapamil=0). In contrast, all three Ca(2+) channel blockers suppressed rod Ca(2+) channel currents similarly. This suppression of the currents by the diltiazem isomers was very weak (16.5%) at the neuroprotective concentration (10 microm). In rd retinal explants, both diltiazem isomers also slowed down rod degeneration in contrast to verapamil. L-diltiazem exhibited this effect at concentrations ranging from 1 to 20 microm. This study further supports the photoreceptor neuroprotection by diltiazem particularly in the rd mouse retina, whereas the absence of neuroprotection by verapamil further suggests the role of cGMP-gated channel activation in the induction of photoreceptor degeneration.
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- Géraldine Vallazza-Deschamps
- Laboratoire de Physiopathologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire de la Rétine, INSERM U-592, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Bâtiment Kourilsky 6ème étage, 75571 Paris Cedex 12, France
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Almholt K, Tullin S, Skyggebjerg O, Scudder K, Thastrup O, Terry R. Changes in intracellular cAMP reported by a Redistribution assay using a cAMP-dependent protein kinase-green fluorescent protein chimera. Cell Signal 2005; 16:907-20. [PMID: 15157670 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2004.01.006] [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: 12/11/2003] [Revised: 01/08/2004] [Accepted: 01/08/2004] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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We report on a novel method to monitor changes in intracellular cAMP concentration ([cAMP]i) within intact living cells using a chimeric fusion of the catalytic subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase to green fluorescent protein (PKAcat-GFP). In stably transfected unstimulated fibroblasts, fusion protein fluorescence is highly concentrated in aggregates throughout the cytoplasm and absent in the nucleus. Elevation of [cAMP]i disperses GFP fluorescence from the cytoplasmic aggregates within minutes. Spot-photobleach measurements show that the rate of exchange of GFP-labeled catalytic subunits at these aggregates increases in proportion to [cAMP]i. For any given stimulus, the response curve for dispersal of GFP fluorescence from aggregates agrees closely with the increase in total [cAMP]i as measured by standard in vitro methods (SPA). The redistribution of fluorescence is completely reversible: reduction of [cAMP]i results in return of fluorescence to the cytoplasmic aggregates. Consistent behaviour of PKAcat-GFP is seen in different cell backgrounds. We demonstrate that PKA Redistribution assays are suitable for measurement of changes in [cAMP]i brought about by both Gs- and Gi-protein-coupled receptor stimulation as well as by inhibition of cAMP phosphodiesterases.
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- Kasper Almholt
- BioImage A/S, 28 Mørkhøj Bygade, DK-2860 Søborg, Denmark
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Díaz D, Krejsa CM, White CC, Charleston JS, Kavanagh TJ. Effect of methylmercury on glutamate-cysteine ligase expression in the placenta and yolk sac during mouse development. Reprod Toxicol 2005; 19:117-29. [PMID: 15336720 DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2004.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2003] [Revised: 05/21/2004] [Accepted: 06/04/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The placenta and the yolk sac play critical roles in fetal development, including protection from oxidative stress through the presence of detoxifying enzymes. Glutathione (GSH; gamma-glutamylcysteinylglycine), a crucial molecule in the maintenance of cellular redox status, plays a critical role in development, and it is also protective against methylmercury toxicity. Glutamate-cysteine ligase (GCL), the enzyme that catalyzes the rate-limiting step in GSH synthesis, is widely expressed in the mouse embryo and extraembryonic membranes throughout development. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of low-level subchronic methylmercury exposure on GCL expression in the mouse placenta and yolk sac, after describing the basal developmental expression of the enzyme in these tissues. We found that basal mRNA expression levels increased dramatically in the placenta and the yolk sac at gd 18, whereas protein levels did not increase in parallel with the mRNA. We also found that methylmercury induced GCLc mRNA expression in the placenta at gd 18 in a dose-dependent manner, suggesting an important role for this enzyme in the response of the placenta to toxicants. These changes in expression may be useful as a biomarker of MeHg exposure during development.
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- Dolores Díaz
- Department of Environmental Health, University of Washington, Mail Box 354695, 4225 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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Wang HG, Lu FM, Jin I, Udo H, Kandel ER, de Vente J, Walter U, Lohmann SM, Hawkins RD, Antonova I. Presynaptic and postsynaptic roles of NO, cGK, and RhoA in long-lasting potentiation and aggregation of synaptic proteins. Neuron 2005; 45:389-403. [PMID: 15694326 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2005.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2004] [Revised: 12/06/2004] [Accepted: 01/09/2005] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Recent results suggest that long-lasting potentiation at hippocampal synapses involves the rapid formation of clusters or puncta of presynaptic as well as postsynaptic proteins, both of which are blocked by antagonists of NMDA receptors and an inhibitor of actin polymerization. We have investigated whether the increase in puncta involves retrograde signaling through the NO-cGMP-cGK pathway and also examined the possible roles of two classes of molecules that regulate the actin cytoskeleton: Ena/VASP proteins and Rho GTPases. Our results suggest that NO, cGMP, cGK, actin, and Rho GTPases including RhoA play important roles in the potentiation and act directly in both the presynaptic and postsynaptic neurons, where they contribute to the increase in puncta of synaptic proteins. cGK phosphorylates synaptic VASP during the potentiation, whereas Rho GTPases act both in parallel and upstream of cGMP, in part by maintaining the synaptic localization of soluble guanylyl cyclase.
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- Hong-Gang Wang
- Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Podda MV, Marcocci ME, Oggiano L, D'Ascenzo M, Tolu E, Palamara AT, Azzena GB, Grassi C. Nitric oxide increases the spontaneous firing rate of rat medial vestibular nucleus neurons in vitro via a cyclic GMP-mediated PKG-independent mechanism. Eur J Neurosci 2004; 20:2124-32. [PMID: 15450091 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03674.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The effects of nitric oxide (NO) on the discharge rate of medial vestibular nucleus neurons (MVNn) were investigated in rat brainstem slices. The NO-donor sodium nitroprusside (SNP, 200 microM) caused a marked enhancement (+36.7%) of MVNn spontaneous firing rate, which was prevented by the NO-scavenger, carboxy-PTIO (300 microM). The SNP effects were not modified (+37.4%) by synaptic uncoupling, suggesting that NO influences intrinsic membrane properties of MVNn rather than the synaptic input they receive. The excitatory action of SNP was virtually abolished by slice pretreatment with the soluble guanylyl cyclase inhibitor, ODQ (10 microM), and it was mimicked (+33.1%) by the cGMP analogue 8-Br-cGMP (400 microM). Protein kinase G (PKG) and cAMP/protein kinase A (PKA) were both excluded as downstream effectors of the NO/cGMP-induced excitation. However, the cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) channel blockers, L-cis-diltiazem (LCD, 100 microM) and Sp-8-Br-PET-cGMPS (100 microM), significantly reduced the firing rate increase produced by 8-Br-cGMP. Moreover, LCD alone decreased spontaneous MVNn firing (-19.7%), suggesting that putative CNG channels may contribute to the tonic control of resting MVNn discharge. 8-Br-cAMP (1 mM) also elicited excitatory effects in MVNn (+40.8%), which occluded those induced by 8-Br-cGMP, indicating that the two nucleotides share a common target. Finally, nested-polymerase chain reaction assay revealed the expression of CNG channel alpha subunit transcript in MVNn. Our data provide the first demonstration that NO/cGMP signalling modulates MVNn spontaneous firing through a mechanism that is independent of PKG or PKA and probably involves activation of CNG channels.
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- Maria Vittoria Podda
- Institute of Human Physiology, Medical School, Catholic University S. Cuore, I-00168 Rome, Italy
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Barnstable CJ, Wei JY, Han MH. Modulation of synaptic function by cGMP and cGMP-gated cation channels. Neurochem Int 2004; 45:875-84. [PMID: 15312982 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2004.03.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Cyclic nucleotide-gated cation channels have been studied intensively in the primary sensory neurons of the visual and olfactory systems. Using both anatomical and physiological methods we have shown that they have a much more widespread distribution in the nervous system. In many retinal ganglion cells cGMP, but not cAMP, activates a non-selective conductance that has many of the properties of CNG channels. As many neurons also contain cGMP-dependent protein kinases (PKGs), we have used a variety of cGMP analogues to distinguish the actions of cGMP. Sp-8-Br-PET-cGMPS is a potent non-hydrolyzable cGMP analogue that is an agonist of PKG. We found that Sp-8-Br-PET-cGMPS acts as a competitive inhibitor of at least the rod CNG channel. Rp-8-Br-cGMPS has shown the opposite effects, namely as an agonist of the rod CNG channel and an inhibitor of PKG. In dissociated cell cultures and slices of rodent visual cortex cGMP had multiple rapid and reversible effects on transmission at glutamatergic synapses. Extracellular application of 8-Br-cGMP or Sp-8-Br-PET-cGMPS reduced stimulus evoked EPSPs in cortical slices. In cortical cultures both analogs reduced the frequency of spontaneous EPSCs, but not their amplitude. The effects on both EPSPs and EPSCs were presynaptic. The effects on evoked EPSPs may be due, in part, to reduced calcium influx through voltage-gated calcium channels. The effects on spontaneous EPSCs may be due, in part, to modulation of calcium fluxes through internal stores. Similar modulations of synaptic transmission have been found at gabaergic synapses. On postsynaptic cells, PKG activation produced a dramatic enhancement of the responses to applied NMDA. No effects were detected on applied AMPA/kainate or GABA. Together the results suggest that cGMP may use multiple mechanisms to modulate synaptic efficacy and that its actions may include regulating synaptic plasticity and the relative strength of excitatory and inhibitory drive through neural pathways.
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- Colin J Barnstable
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yale University School of Medicine, 330 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520-8061, USA.
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Cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) ion channels were first discovered in rod photoreceptors, where they are responsible for the primary electrical signal of the photoreceptor in response to light. CNG channels are highly specialized membrane proteins that open an ion-permeable pore across the membrane in response to the direct binding of intracellular cyclic nucleotides. CNG channels have been identified in a number of other tissues, including the brain, where their roles are only beginning to be appreciated. Recently, significant progress has been made in understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying their functional specializations. From these studies, a picture is beginning to emerge for how the binding of cyclic nucleotide is transduced into the opening of the pore and how this allosteric transition is modulated by various physiological effectors.
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- Kimberly Matulef
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
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Nguyen PV, Woo NH. Regulation of hippocampal synaptic plasticity by cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinases. Prog Neurobiol 2003; 71:401-37. [PMID: 15013227 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2003.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 233] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2003] [Accepted: 12/02/2003] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Protein kinases critically regulate synaptic plasticity in the mammalian hippocampus. Cyclic-AMP dependent protein kinase (PKA) is a serine-threonine kinase that has been strongly implicated in the expression of specific forms of long-term potentiation (LTP), long-term depression (LTD), and hippocampal long-term memory. We review the roles of PKA in activity-dependent forms of hippocampal synaptic plasticity by highlighting particular themes that have emerged in ongoing research. These include the participation of distinct isoforms of PKA in specific types of synaptic plasticity, modification of the PKA-dependence of LTP by multiple factors such as distinct patterns of imposed activity, environmental enrichment, and genetic manipulation of signalling molecules, and presynaptic versus postsynaptic mechanisms for PKA-dependent LTP. We also discuss many of the substrates that have been implicated as targets for PKA's actions in hippocampal synaptic plasticity, including CREB, protein phosphatases, and glutamatergic receptors. Future prospects for shedding light on the roles of PKA are also described from the perspective of specific aspects of synaptic physiology and brain function that are ripe for investigation using incisive genetic, cell biological, and electrophysiological approaches.
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- P V Nguyen
- Departments of Physiology and Psychiatry, Centre for Neuroscience, University of Alberta School of Medicine, Edmonton, Alta., Canada T6G 2H7.
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Cheng KT, Chan FL, Huang Y, Chan WY, Yao X. Expression of olfactory-type cyclic nucleotide-gated channel (CNGA2) in vascular tissues. Histochem Cell Biol 2003; 120:475-81. [PMID: 14618336 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-003-0596-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/04/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) ion channels are Ca2+-permeable nonselective cation channels that are directly gated by the binding of cAMP or cGMP. Previous studies have identified the expression of CNGA1 channels in vascular endothelial cells. The opening of CNG channels is expected to result in a rise in endothelial cytosolic Ca2+, which may trigger multiple physiological changes. In the present study, we extensively studied the expression pattern of the functional subunit of olfactory-type CNG channels (CNGA2) in vascular tissues. Northern blot analysis detected a transcript of approximately 2.6 kb in mRNA isolated from rat aorta. RT-PCR amplified a 582-bp CNGA2 fragment from RNA samples isolated from rat aorta, bovine endothelia cell CCL-209, and rat smooth muscle cell A7r5. Furthermore, in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry revealed that CNGA2 mRNA and proteins were expressed in the endothelium and smooth muscle layers of human coronary and cerebral arteries. In conclusion, our study indicates that CNGA2 channels are widely expressed in vascular tissues across different species. These results suggest a potential ubiquitous role of CNGA2 channels in mediating Ca2+ influx in vascular cells.
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- Kwong-Tai Cheng
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Nalaskowski MM, Bertsch U, Fanick W, Stockebrand MC, Schmale H, Mayr GW. Rat inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate 3-kinase C is enzymatically specialized for basal cellular inositol trisphosphate phosphorylation and shuttles actively between nucleus and cytoplasm. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:19765-76. [PMID: 12649294 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m211059200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The calcium-liberating second messenger inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (Ins(1,4,5)P3) is converted to inositol 1,3,4,5-tetrakisphosphate (Ins(1,3,4,5)P4) by Ins(1,4,5)P3 3-kinases (IP3Ks) that add a fourth phosphate group to the 3-position of the inositol ring. Two isoforms of IP3Ks (named A and B) from different vertebrate species have been well studied. Recently the cloning and examination of a human full-length cDNA encoding a novel isoform, termed human IP3K-C (HsIP3K-C), has been reported. In the present study we report the cloning of a full-length cDNA encoding a rat homologue of HsIP3K-C with a unique mRNA expression pattern, which differs remarkably from the tissue distribution of HsIP3K-C. Of the rat tissues examined, rat IP3K-C (RnIP3K-C) is mainly present in heart, brain, and testis and shows the strongest expression in an epidermal tissue, namely tongue epithelium. RnIP3K-C has a calculated molecular mass of approximately 74.5 kDa and shows an overall identity of approximately 75% with HsIP3K-C. A bacterially expressed, enzymatically active and Ca2+-calmodulin-regulated fragment of this isoform displays remarkable enzymatic properties like a very low Km for Ins(1,4,5)P3 ( approximately 0.2 microm), substrate inhibition by high concentrations of Ins(1,4,5)P3, allosteric product activation by Ins(1,3,4,5)P4 in absence of Ca2+-calmodulin (Ka(app) 0.52 microm), and the ability to efficiently phosphorylate a second InsP3 substrate, inositol 2,4,5-trisphosphate, to inositol 2,4,5,6-tetrakisphosphate in the presence of Ins(1,3,4,5)P4. Furthermore, the RnIP3K-C fused with a fluorescent protein tag is actively transported into and out of the nucleus when transiently expressed in mammalian cells. A leucine-rich nuclear export signal and an uncharacterized nuclear import activity are localized in the N-terminal domain of the protein and determine its nucleocytoplasmic shuttling. These findings point to a particular role of RnIP3K-C in nuclear inositol trisphosphate phosphorylation and cellular growth.
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- Marcus M Nalaskowski
- Institute for Cellular Signal Transduction, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, Germany
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Kuenzi F, Rosahl TW, Morton RA, Fitzjohn SM, Collingridge GL, Seabrook GR. Hippocampal synaptic plasticity in mice carrying the rd mutation in the gene encoding cGMP phosphodiesterase type 6 (PDE6). Brain Res 2003; 967:144-51. [PMID: 12650975 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(02)04241-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Cyclic GMP (cGMP) has been implicated in the modulation of long-term potentiation (LTP) and depression (LTD) in the hippocampus. Transcripts for subunits of several types of cGMP specific phosphodiesterase are found in the mammalian brain but their relative role in hippocampal function is unclear. The retinal degeneration (rd) mutation in the gene encoding the PDE6B subunit causes a loss of function in PDE6 enzyme and in adult mice homozygous to the mutation it causes blindness. We have used this natural mutation, and the cGMP phosphodiesterase inhibitor zaprinast, in wild-type and rd/rd mouse littermates to investigate whether PDE5 and/or PDE6 regulates excitatory synaptic transmission in the hippocampus. Mice were genotyped using two independent PCR methods. Glutamate-mediated synaptic transmission in the CA1 region or dentate gyrus was unaffected in hippocampal brain slices from mice carrying the rd mutation. Similarly the facilitation of synaptic events by paired-pulse stimuli, and LTP induced by a theta-burst (10 bursts of four events at 100 Hz with a 200-ms inter-burst interval) were normal in rd/rd mice. Inhibition of cGMP-specific PDE activity by zaprinast (10 microM, an inhibitor of PDE5 and PDE6) induced a slowly developing and sustained depression of field synaptic potentials that was quantitatively similar in both wild-type and rd/rd mice. Thus in the CA1 region synaptic plasticity is likely to be regulated by the PDE5 rather than the PDE6 isoform.
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- Frederick Kuenzi
- The Neuroscience Research Centre, Merck Sharp and Dohme Research Laboratories, Terlings Park, Eastwick Road, Harlow, Essex CM20 2QR, UK.
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Tegeder I, Schmidtko A, Niederberger E, Ruth P, Geisslinger G. Dual effects of spinally delivered 8-bromo-cyclic guanosine mono-phosphate (8-bromo-cGMP) in formalin-induced nociception in rats. Neurosci Lett 2002; 332:146-50. [PMID: 12384231 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(02)00938-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The rat formalin assay was used to assess effects of the cyclic guanosine mono-phosphate (cGMP) analog, 8-bromo-cGMP on nociception and cGMP dependent protein kinase I (protein kinase G; PKG-I) expression in lumbar spinal cord. Intrathecal (i.t.) delivery of low doses of 8-bromo-cGMP (0.1-0.25 micromol) reduced nociceptive behavior and formalin-induced upregulation of PKG-I in the spinal cord. Medium doses (0.5-1 micromol i.t.) had no effect and high doses (2.5 micromol i.t.) caused hyperalgesia associated with a further increase of PKG-I expression and a PKG-I clip. To explain these dose-dependent contrary effects we assessed the potential involvement of various cGMP targets: protein kinase G, cyclic nucleotide gated cation channels (CNGs), phosphodiesterases (PDE2 and PDE3) and AMPA-receptors. The PKG inhibitor, Rp-8-bromo-cGMPS did not antagonize the antinociceptive effects of 8-bromo-cGMP but caused antinociception itself. Inhibitors of CNGs, PDE2 and PDE3 had no effect on formalin evoked nociceptive behavior. S-AMPA however, antagonized the antinociceptive effects of 8-bromo-cGMP. Since AMPA receptor currents were found to be reduced by 8-bromo-cGMP in vitro a direct or indirect reduction of AMPA receptor currents might possibly contribute to the antinociceptive effects of 8-bromo-cGMP. On the other hand, 8-bromo-cGMP evoked antinociception appears to be largely independent of PKG-I, CNGs, PDE2 and PDE3. The antinociceptive effects of the PKG inhibitor suggest that a strong PKG activation may be responsible for 'high dose' 8-bromo-cGMP evoked hyperalgesia.
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- Irmgard Tegeder
- Pharmazentrum Frankfurt, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Theodor Stern Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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Cheng CH, Yew DTW, Kwan HY, Zhou Q, Huang Y, Liu Y, Chan WY, Yao X. An endogenous RNA transcript antisense to CNG(alpha)1 cation channel mRNA. Mol Biol Cell 2002; 13:3696-705. [PMID: 12388767 PMCID: PMC129976 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e02-03-0127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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CNG channels are cyclic nucleotide-gated Ca(2+)-permeable channels that are suggested to be involved in the activity-dependent alterations of synaptic strength that are thought to underlie information storage in the CNS. In this study, we isolated an endogenous RNA transcript antisense to CNG(alpha)1 mRNA. This transcript was capable of down-regulating the expression of sense CNG(alpha)1 in the Xenopus oocyte expression system. RT-PCR, Northern blot, and in situ hybridization analyses showed that the transcript was coexpressed with CNG(alpha)1 mRNA in many regions of human brain, notably in those regions that were involved in long-term potentiation and long-term depression, such as hippocampal CA1 and CA3, dentate gyrus, and cerebellar Purkinje layer. Comparison of expression patterns between adult and fetal cerebral cortex revealed that there were concurrent developmental changes in the expression levels of anti-CNG1 and CNG(alpha)1. Treatment of human glioma cell T98 with thyroid hormone T(3) caused a significant increase in anti-CNG1 expression and a parallel decrease in sense CNG(alpha)1 expression. These data suggest that the suppression of CNG(alpha)1 expression by anti-CNG1 may play an important role in neuronal functions, especially in synaptic plasticity and cortical development. Endogenous antisense RNA-mediated regulation may represent a new mechanism through which the activity of ion channels can be regulated in the human CNS.
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- Chin-Hung Cheng
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) channels are nonselective cation channels first identified in retinal photoreceptors and olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs). They are opened by the direct binding of cyclic nucleotides, cAMP and cGMP. Although their activity shows very little voltage dependence, CNG channels belong to the superfamily of voltage-gated ion channels. Like their cousins the voltage-gated K+ channels, CNG channels form heterotetrameric complexes consisting of two or three different types of subunits. Six different genes encoding CNG channels, four A subunits (A1 to A4) and two B subunits (B1 and B3), give rise to three different channels in rod and cone photoreceptors and in OSNs. Important functional features of these channels, i.e., ligand sensitivity and selectivity, ion permeation, and gating, are determined by the subunit composition of the respective channel complex. The function of CNG channels has been firmly established in retinal photoreceptors and in OSNs. Studies on their presence in other sensory and nonsensory cells have produced mixed results, and their purported roles in neuronal pathfinding or synaptic plasticity are not as well understood as their role in sensory neurons. Similarly, the function of invertebrate homologs found in Caenorhabditis elegans, Drosophila, and Limulus is largely unknown, except for two subunits of C. elegans that play a role in chemosensation. CNG channels are nonselective cation channels that do not discriminate well between alkali ions and even pass divalent cations, in particular Ca2+. Ca2+ entry through CNG channels is important for both excitation and adaptation of sensory cells. CNG channel activity is modulated by Ca2+/calmodulin and by phosphorylation. Other factors may also be involved in channel regulation. Mutations in CNG channel genes give rise to retinal degeneration and color blindness. In particular, mutations in the A and B subunits of the CNG channel expressed in human cones cause various forms of complete and incomplete achromatopsia.
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- U Benjamin Kaupp
- Institut für Biologische Informationsverarbeitung, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany.
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The olfactory system sits at the interface of the environment and the nervous system and is responsible for correctly coding sensory information from thousands of odorous stimuli. Many theories existed regarding the signal transduction mechanism that mediates this difficult task. The discovery that odorant transduction utilizes a unique variation (a novel family of G protein-coupled receptors) based upon a very common theme (the G protein-coupled adenylyl cyclase cascade) to accomplish its vital task emphasized the power and versatility of this motif. We now must understand the downstream consequences of this cascade that regulates multiple second messengers and perhaps even gene transcription in response to the initial interaction of ligand with G protein-coupled receptor.
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- Gabriele V Ronnett
- Departments of Neuroscience and Neurology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
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de Vente J, Asan E, Gambaryan S, Markerink-van Ittersum M, Axer H, Gallatz K, Lohmann SM, Palkovits M. Localization of cGMP-dependent protein kinase type II in rat brain. Neuroscience 2002; 108:27-49. [PMID: 11738129 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(01)00401-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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In brain, signaling pathways initiated by atrial natriuretic peptide, or transmitters which stimulate nitric oxide synthesis, increase cGMP as their second messenger. One important class of target molecules for cGMP is cGMP-dependent protein kinases, and in the present study, biochemical and immunocytochemical analyses demonstrate the widespread distribution of type II cGMP-dependent protein kinase in rat brain, from the cerebral cortex to the brainstem and cerebellum. Also, colocalization of cGMP-dependent protein kinase type II with its activator, cGMP, was found in several brain regions examined after in vitro stimulation of brain slices with sodium nitroprusside. In western blots, cGMP-dependent protein kinase type II was observed in all brain regions examined, although cerebellar cortex and pituitary contained comparatively less of the kinase. Immunocytochemistry revealed cGMP-dependent protein kinase type II in certain neurons, and occasionally in putative oligodendrocytes and astrocytes, however, its most striking and predominant localization was in neuropil. Electron microscopy examination of neuropil in the medial habenula showed localization of the kinase in both axon terminals and dendrites. As a membrane-associated protein, cGMP-dependent protein kinase type II often appeared to be transported to cell processes to a greater extent than being retained in the cell body. Thus, immunocytochemical labeling of cGMP-dependent protein kinase type II often did not coincide with the localization of kinase mRNA previously observed by others using in situ hybridization. We conclude that in contrast to cGMP-dependent protein kinase type I, which has a very restricted localization to cerebellar Purkinje cells and a few other sites, cGMP-dependent protein kinase type II is a very ubiquitous brain protein kinase and thus a more likely candidate for relaying myriad cGMP effects in brain requiring protein phosphorylation.
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- J de Vente
- European Graduate School of Neuroscience (EURON), Department of Psychiatry, Maastricht University, The Netherlands.
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Drescher MJ, Barretto RL, Chaturvedi D, Beisel KW, Hatfield JS, Khan KM, Drescher DG. Expression of subunits for the cAMP-sensitive 'olfactory' cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channel in the cochlea: implications for signal transduction. BRAIN RESEARCH. MOLECULAR BRAIN RESEARCH 2002; 98:1-14. [PMID: 11834291 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-328x(01)00289-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) ion channels have been implicated as functioning in sensory transduction and in second-messenger modulation of synaptic neurotransmitter release. The olfactory, cAMP-sensitive CNG ion channel in vivo is considered to comprise the pore-forming CNG2 subunit together with CNG5 and CNG4.3 modulatory subunits. The expression of these 'olfactory' CNG subunit transcripts in microdissected subfractions of the rat cochlea and hair cell libraries has been investigated with RT-PCR. Unmodified transcripts of CNG2 were detected in the organ of Corti, lateral wall and spiral ganglion subfractions. CNG5 message was found in both the sensory organ of Corti and the non-sensory lateral wall subfractions but not in the spiral ganglion subfraction. The CNG5 sequence obtained for the organ of Corti fraction encompassed 78% of the olfactory CNG5 cDNA sequence. CNG5 message has also been detected in an inner hair cell cDNA library. In the lateral wall, unmodified CNG5 sequence was observed as well as truncated versions of CNG5 transcripts, one of which was also found in the rat brain. The truncated versions were characterized by deletions that resulted in a shift in reading frame and the premature appearance of a stop codon. The 'olfactory' CNG4.3 cDNA was amplified from all three subfractions. Within the cochlea, CNG2 immunoreactivity was selectively distributed in a pattern similar to that of adenylyl cyclase type I. Immunoreactivity to CNG2 has been localized to stereocilia of inner hair cells. CNG5 immunoreactivity was associated with stereocilia and lateral plasma membranes of outer hair cells. We conclude that transcripts necessary for a functional cAMP-sensitive CNG ion channel are present in the cochlea resulting from combinations of CNG2 with CNG5 and CNG4.3. Further, the localization of CNG2 and CNG5 immunoreactivity to hair cell stereocilia suggests a role for cAMP-sensitive CNG channels in hair cell signal transduction.
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- Marian J Drescher
- Laboratory of Bio-otology, Department of Otolaryngology, Wayne State University, 261 Lande Medical Research Building, 540 E. Canfield, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
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Cyclic nucleotide-gated channels contribute to the cholinergic plateau potential in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons. J Neurosci 2001. [PMID: 11698582 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.21-22-08707.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Plateau potentials are prolonged membrane depolarizations that are observed in hippocampal pyramidal neurons when spiking and Ca(2+) entry occur in combination with muscarinic receptor activation. In this study, we used whole-cell voltage clamping to study the current underlying the plateau potential and to determine the cellular signaling pathways contributing to this current. When combined with muscarinic stimulation, depolarizing command potentials that evoked Ca(2+) influx elicited a prolonged tail current (I(tail)) that had an extrapolated reversal potential of -20 mV. I(tail) was not observed when intracellular Ca(2+) levels were chelated with 10 mm intracellular BAPTA, and I(tail) was reversibly depressed in low external sodium. When I(tail) was evoked at intervals >3 min, current amplitudes were stable for up to 1 hr. However, at shorter intervals, I(tail) was refractory, with a time constant of recovery of 43.5 sec. The inhibitors of soluble guanylate cyclase 1H-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo[4,3-a]quinoxalin-1-one and 6-anilino-5,8-quinolinequinone depressed I(tail) and zaprinast, which blocks cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase, enhanced I(tail), suggesting that a component of I(tail) was activated by cGMP. The inhibitors of cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) channels l-cis-diltiazem and 2',4'-dichlorobenzamil reversibly depressed I(tail). However, protein kinase G inhibition had no effect. Therefore, these results indicate that a component of I(tail) is attributable to activation of CNG channels. We conclude that Ca(2+) influx when combined with muscarinic receptor activation activates soluble guanylate cyclase and increases cGMP levels. The increased cGMP activates CNG channels and leads to prolonged depolarization. The cation conductance of the CNG channel contributes to the prolonged depolarization of the plateau potential.
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Kuzmiski JB, MacVicar BA. Cyclic nucleotide-gated channels contribute to the cholinergic plateau potential in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons. J Neurosci 2001; 21:8707-14. [PMID: 11698582 PMCID: PMC6762286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023] Open
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Plateau potentials are prolonged membrane depolarizations that are observed in hippocampal pyramidal neurons when spiking and Ca(2+) entry occur in combination with muscarinic receptor activation. In this study, we used whole-cell voltage clamping to study the current underlying the plateau potential and to determine the cellular signaling pathways contributing to this current. When combined with muscarinic stimulation, depolarizing command potentials that evoked Ca(2+) influx elicited a prolonged tail current (I(tail)) that had an extrapolated reversal potential of -20 mV. I(tail) was not observed when intracellular Ca(2+) levels were chelated with 10 mm intracellular BAPTA, and I(tail) was reversibly depressed in low external sodium. When I(tail) was evoked at intervals >3 min, current amplitudes were stable for up to 1 hr. However, at shorter intervals, I(tail) was refractory, with a time constant of recovery of 43.5 sec. The inhibitors of soluble guanylate cyclase 1H-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo[4,3-a]quinoxalin-1-one and 6-anilino-5,8-quinolinequinone depressed I(tail) and zaprinast, which blocks cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase, enhanced I(tail), suggesting that a component of I(tail) was activated by cGMP. The inhibitors of cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) channels l-cis-diltiazem and 2',4'-dichlorobenzamil reversibly depressed I(tail). However, protein kinase G inhibition had no effect. Therefore, these results indicate that a component of I(tail) is attributable to activation of CNG channels. We conclude that Ca(2+) influx when combined with muscarinic receptor activation activates soluble guanylate cyclase and increases cGMP levels. The increased cGMP activates CNG channels and leads to prolonged depolarization. The cation conductance of the CNG channel contributes to the prolonged depolarization of the plateau potential.
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- J B Kuzmiski
- Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada
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Charles A, Weiner R, Costantin J. cAMP modulates the excitability of immortalized H=hypothalamic (GT1) neurons via a cyclic nucleotide gated channel. Mol Endocrinol 2001; 15:997-1009. [PMID: 11376117 DOI: 10.1210/mend.15.6.0653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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GT1 cells are immortalized hypothalamic neurons that show spontaneous bursts of action potentials and oscillations in intracellular calcium concentration [Ca(2+)](i), as well as pulsatile release of GNRH: We investigated the role of cyclic nucleotide gated (CNG) channels in the activity of GT1 neurons using patch clamp and calcium imaging techniques. Excised patches from GT1 cells revealed single channels and macroscopic currents that were activated by either cAMP or cGMP. CNG channels from GT1 cells showed rapid transitions from open to closed states typical of heteromeric CNG channels, were selective for cations, and had an estimated single channel conductance of 60 picosiemens (pS). Ca(2+) inhibited the conductance of macroscopic currents and caused rectification of currents at increasingly positive and negative potentials. The membrane permeant cAMP analog Sp-cAMP-monophosphorothioate (Sp-cAMPS) increased the frequency of spontaneous Ca(2+) oscillations in GT1 cells, whereas the Rp-cAMPS isomer had only a slight stimulatory effect on Ca(2+) signaling. Forskolin, norepinephrine, and dopamine, all of which stimulate cAMP production in GT1 cells, each increased the frequency of Ca(2+) oscillations. The effects of Sp-cAMPS or NE on Ca(2+) signaling did not appear to be mediated by protein kinase A, since treatment with either H9 or Rp-cAMPS did not inhibit the response. The CNG channel inhibitor L-cis-diltiazem inhibited cAMP-activated channels in GT1 cells. Both L-cis-diltiazem and elevated extracellular Ca(2+) reversibly inhibited the stimulatory effects of cAMP-generating ligands or Sp-cAMP on Ca(2+) oscillations. These results indicate that CNG channels play a primary role in mediating the effects of cAMP on excitability in GT1 cells, and thereby may be important in the modulation of GnRH release.
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- A Charles
- Department of Neurology , University of California Los Angeles, School of Medicine, 710 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
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Díaz D, Krejsa CM, White CC, Keener CL, Farin FM, Kavanagh TJ. Tissue specific changes in the expression of glutamate-cysteine ligase mRNAs in mice exposed to methylmercury. Toxicol Lett 2001; 122:119-29. [PMID: 11439218 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4274(01)00341-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Glutamate-cysteine ligase (GLCL), the rate-limiting enzyme in glutathione (GSH) synthesis is composed of two subunits, a catalytic (GLCLc) and a regulatory subunit (GLCLr). These two subunits are known to be differentially regulated in vitro, in different cell types and in response to various xenobiotic exposures. In this study, we examined whether these two subunits can also be differentially regulated in vivo. We found that GLCLc and GLCLr are differentially regulated at the transcriptional level in a tissue-dependent manner in female mice treated with methylmercury (MeHg). MeHg caused a downregulation of both subunit mRNAs in the liver, upregulation of both subunit mRNAs in the kidney and upregulation of only the catalytic subunit mRNA in the small intestine of female mice treated with a single dose of MeHg (6 mg/kg) by intraperitoneal injection. These results suggest that GLCLc and GLCLr can be differentially regulated in vivo, and that this regulation is tissue dependent in the mouse.
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- D Díaz
- Department of Environmental Health, Centre for Ecogenetics and Environmental Health, University of Washington, Suite 100, 4225 Roosevelt Way NE, Mail Box 354695, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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Lee HM, Park YS, Kim W, Park CS. Electrophysiological characteristics of rat gustatory cyclic nucleotide--gated channel expressed in Xenopus oocytes. J Neurophysiol 2001; 85:2335-49. [PMID: 11387380 DOI: 10.1152/jn.2001.85.6.2335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The complementary DNA encoding gustatory cyclic nucleotide--gated ion channel (or gustCNG channel) cloned from rat tongue epithelial tissue was expressed in Xenopus oocytes, and its electrophysiological characteristics were investigated using tight-seal patch-clamp recordings of single and macroscopic channel currents. Both cGMP and cAMP directly activated gustCNG channels but with markedly different affinities. No desensitization or inactivation of gustCNG channel currents was observed even in the prolonged application of the cyclic nucleotides. Single-channel conductance of gustCNG channel was estimated as 28 pS in 130 mM of symmetric Na(+). Single-channel current recordings revealed fast open-close transitions and longer lasting closure states. The distribution of both open and closed events could be well fitted with two exponential components and intracellular cGMP increased the open probability (P(o)) of gustCNG channels mainly by increasing the slower opening rate. Under bi-ionic conditions, the selectivity order of gustCNG channel among divalent cations was determined as Na(+) approximately K(+) > Rb(+) > Li(+) > Cs(+) with the permeability ratio of 1:0.95:0.74:0.63:0.49. Magnesium ion blocked Na(+) currents through gustCNG channels from both intracellular and extracellular sides in voltage-dependent manners. The inhibition constants (K(i)s) of intracellular Mg(2+) were determined as 360 +/- 40 microM at 70 mV and 8.2 +/- 1.5 mM at -70 mV with z delta value of 1.04, while K(i)s of extracellular Mg(2+) were as 1.1 +/- 0.3 mM at 70 mV and 20.0 +/- 0.1 microM at -70 mV with z delta of 0.94. Although 100 microM l-cis-diltiazem blocked significant portions of outward Na(+) currents through both bovine rod and rat olfactory CNG channels, the gustCNG channel currents were minimally affected by the same concentration of the drug.
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- H M Lee
- Department of Life Science, Kwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Kwangju 500-712, Korea
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Previous research has suggested that cGMP-dependent protein kinases (cGKs) may play a role in long-term potentiation in hippocampus, but their site of action has been unknown. We examined this question at synapses between pairs of hippocampal neurons in dissociated cell culture. Injection of a specific peptide inhibitor of cGK into the presynaptic but not the postsynaptic neuron blocked long-lasting potentiation induced by tetanic stimulation of the presynaptic neuron. As controls, injection of a scrambled peptide or a peptide inhibitor of cAMP-dependent protein kinase into either neuron did not block potentiation. Conversely, injection of the alpha isozyme of cGK type I into the presynaptic but not the postsynaptic neuron produced activity-dependent potentiation that did not require NMDA receptor activation. Evidence from Western blots, reverse transcription-PCR, activity assays, and immunocytochemistry indicates that endogenous cGK type I is present in the neurons, including presynaptic terminals. These results support the idea that cGK plays an important presynaptic role during the induction of long-lasting potentiation in hippocampal neurons.
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Evidence from the last several decades indicates that the excitatory amino acid glutamate plays a significant role in nociceptive processing. Glutamate and glutamate receptors are located in areas of the brain, spinal cord and periphery that are involved in pain sensation and transmission. Glutamate acts at several types of receptors, including ionotropic (directly coupled to ion channels) and metabotropic (directly coupled to intracellular second messengers). Ionotropic receptors include those selectively activated by N-methyl-D-aspartate, alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionic acid and kainate. Metabotropic glutamate receptors are classified into 3 groups based on sequence homology, signal transduction mechanisms and receptor pharmacology. Glutamate also interacts with the opioid system, and intrathecal or systemic coadministration of glutamate receptor antagonists with opioids may enhance analgesia while reducing the development of opioid tolerance and dependence. The actions of glutamate in the brain seem to be more complex. Activation of glutamate receptors in some brain areas seems to be pronociceptive (e.g. thalamus, trigeminal nucleus), although activation of glutamate receptors in other brain areas seems to be antinociceptive (e.g. periaqueductal grey, ventrolateral medulla). Application of glutamate, or agonists selective for one of the several types of glutamate receptor, to the spinal cord or periphery induces nociceptive behaviours. Inhibition of glutamate release, or of glutamate receptors, in the spinal cord or periphery attenuates both acute and chronic pain in animal models. Similar benefits have been seen in studies involving humans (both patients and volunteers); however, results have been inconsistent. More research is needed to clearly define the role of existing treatment options and explore the possibilities for future drug development.
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- M E Fundytus
- Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Arancio O, Antonova I, Gambaryan S, Lohmann SM, Wood JS, Lawrence DS, Hawkins RD. Presynaptic role of cGMP-dependent protein kinase during long-lasting potentiation. J Neurosci 2001; 21:143-9. [PMID: 11150330 PMCID: PMC6762426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023] Open
Abstract
Previous research has suggested that cGMP-dependent protein kinases (cGKs) may play a role in long-term potentiation in hippocampus, but their site of action has been unknown. We examined this question at synapses between pairs of hippocampal neurons in dissociated cell culture. Injection of a specific peptide inhibitor of cGK into the presynaptic but not the postsynaptic neuron blocked long-lasting potentiation induced by tetanic stimulation of the presynaptic neuron. As controls, injection of a scrambled peptide or a peptide inhibitor of cAMP-dependent protein kinase into either neuron did not block potentiation. Conversely, injection of the alpha isozyme of cGK type I into the presynaptic but not the postsynaptic neuron produced activity-dependent potentiation that did not require NMDA receptor activation. Evidence from Western blots, reverse transcription-PCR, activity assays, and immunocytochemistry indicates that endogenous cGK type I is present in the neurons, including presynaptic terminals. These results support the idea that cGK plays an important presynaptic role during the induction of long-lasting potentiation in hippocampal neurons.
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- O Arancio
- Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA
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Crary JI, Dean DM, Maroof F, Zimmerman AL. Mutation of a single residue in the S2-S3 loop of CNG channels alters the gating properties and sensitivity to inhibitors. J Gen Physiol 2000; 116:769-80. [PMID: 11099346 PMCID: PMC2231820 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.116.6.769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We previously found that native cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) cation channels from amphibian rod cells are directly and reversibly inhibited by analogues of diacylglycerol (DAG), but little is known about the mechanism of this inhibition. We recently determined that, at saturating cGMP concentrations, DAG completely inhibits cloned bovine rod (Brod) CNG channels while only partially inhibiting cloned rat olfactory (Rolf) channels (Crary, J.I., D.M. Dean, W. Nguitragool, P.T. Kurshan, and A.L. Zimmerman. 2000. J. Gen. Phys. 116:755-768; in this issue). Here, we report that a point mutation at position 204 in the S2-S3 loop of Rolf and a mouse CNG channel (Molf) found in olfactory epithelium and heart, increased DAG sensitivity to that of the Brod channel. Mutation of this residue from the wild-type glycine to a glutamate (Molf G204E) or aspartate (Molf G204D) gave dramatic increases in DAG sensitivity without changing the apparent cGMP or cAMP affinities or efficacies. However, unlike the wild-type olfactory channels, these mutants demonstrated voltage-dependent gating with obvious activation and deactivation kinetics. Interestingly, the mutants were also more sensitive to inhibition by the local anesthetic, tetracaine. Replacement of the position 204 glycine with a tryptophan residue (Rolf G204W) not only gave voltage-dependent gating and an increased sensitivity to DAG and tetracaine, but also showed reduced apparent agonist affinity and cAMP efficacy. Sequence comparisons show that the glycine at position 204 in the S2-S3 loop is highly conserved, and our findings indicate that its alteration can have critical consequences for channel gating and inhibition.
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- Jennifer I. Crary
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology and Biotechnology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology and Biotechnology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology and Biotechnology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology and Biotechnology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912
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Middendorf TR, Aldrich RW. Effects of ultraviolet modification on the gating energetics of cyclic nucleotide-gated channels. J Gen Physiol 2000; 116:253-82. [PMID: 10919870 PMCID: PMC2229492 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.116.2.253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Middendorf et al. (Middendorf, T.R., R.W. Aldrich, and D.A. Baylor. 2000. J. Gen. Physiol. 116:227-252) showed that ultraviolet light decreases the current through cloned cyclic nucleotide-gated channels from bovine retina activated by high concentrations of cGMP. Here we probe the mechanism of the current reduction. The channels' open probability before irradiation, P(o)(0), determined the sign of the change in current amplitude that occurred upon irradiation. UV always decreased the current through channels with high initial open probabilities [P(o)(0) > 0.3]. Manipulations that promoted channel opening antagonized the current reduction by UV. In contrast, UV always increased the current through channels with low initial open probabilities [P(o)(0) < or = 0.02], and the magnitude of the current increase varied inversely with P(o)(0). The dual effects of UV on channel currents and the correlation of both effects with P(o)(0) suggest that the channels contain two distinct classes of UV target residues whose photochemical modification exerts opposing effects on channel gating. We present a simple model based on this idea that accounts quantitatively for the UV effects on the currents and provides estimates for the photochemical quantum yields and free energy costs of modifying the UV targets. Simulations indicate that UV modification may be used to produce and quantify large changes in channel gating energetics in regimes where the associated changes in open probability are not measurable by existing techniques.
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- Thomas R. Middendorf
- Neurobiology Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305
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