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Hypoxia Depresses Synaptic Transmission in the Primary Motor Cortex of the Infant Rat—Role of Adenosine A1 Receptors and Nitric Oxide. Biomedicines 2022; 10:biomedicines10112875. [DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines10112875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2022] [Revised: 11/02/2022] [Accepted: 11/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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The acute and long-term consequences of perinatal asphyxia have been extensively investigated, but only a few studies have focused on postnatal asphyxia. In particular, electrophysiological changes induced in the motor cortex by postnatal asphyxia have not been examined so far, despite the critical involvement of this cortical area in epilepsy. In this study, we exposed primary motor cortex slices obtained from infant rats in an age window (16–18 day-old) characterized by high incidence of hypoxia-induced seizures associated with epileptiform motor behavior to 10 min of hypoxia. Extracellular field potentials evoked by horizontal pathway stimulation were recorded in layers II/III of the primary motor cortex before, during, and after the hypoxic event. The results show that hypoxia reversibly depressed glutamatergic synaptic transmission and neuronal excitability. Data obtained in the presence of specific blockers suggest that synaptic depression was mediated by adenosine acting on pre-synaptic A1 receptors to decrease glutamate release, and by a nitric oxide (NO)/cGMP postsynaptic pathway. These effects are neuroprotective because they limit energy failure. The present findings may be helpful in the preclinical search for therapeutic strategies aimed at preventing acute and long-term neurological consequences of postnatal asphyxia.
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Ghasemi M, Claunch J, Niu K. Pathologic role of nitrergic neurotransmission in mood disorders. Prog Neurobiol 2018; 173:54-87. [PMID: 29890213 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2018.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2017] [Revised: 05/30/2018] [Accepted: 06/05/2018] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Mood disorders are chronic, recurrent mental diseases that affect millions of individuals worldwide. Although over the past 40 years the biogenic amine models have provided meaningful links with the clinical phenomena of, and the pharmacological treatments currently employed in, mood disorders, there is still a need to examine the contribution of other systems to the neurobiology and treatment of mood disorders. This article reviews the current literature describing the potential role of nitric oxide (NO) signaling in the pathophysiology and thereby the treatment of mood disorders. The hypothesis has arisen from several observations including (i) altered NO levels in patients with mood disorders; (ii) antidepressant effects of NO signaling blockers in both clinical and pre-clinical studies; (iii) interaction between conventional antidepressants/mood stabilizers and NO signaling modulators in several biochemical and behavioral studies; (iv) biochemical and physiological evidence of interaction between monoaminergic (serotonin, noradrenaline, and dopamine) system and NO signaling; (v) interaction between neurotrophic factors and NO signaling in mood regulation and neuroprotection; and finally (vi) a crucial role for NO signaling in the inflammatory processes involved in pathophysiology of mood disorders. These accumulating lines of evidence have provided a new insight into novel approaches for the treatment of mood disorders.
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- Mehdi Ghasemi
- Department of Neurology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01655, USA.
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- Department of Neurology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01655, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01655, USA
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Syringaresinol suppresses excitatory synaptic transmission and picrotoxin-induced epileptic activity in the hippocampus through presynaptic mechanisms. Neuropharmacology 2017; 131:68-82. [PMID: 29225041 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2017.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2017] [Revised: 11/20/2017] [Accepted: 12/05/2017] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Many neuromodulating drugs acting on the nervous system originate from botanical sources. These plant-derived substances modulate the activity of receptors, ion channels, or transporters in neurons. Their properties make the substances useful for medicine and research. Here, we show that the plant lignan (+)-syringaresinol (SYR) suppresses excitatory synaptic transmission via presynaptic modulation. Bath application of SYR rapidly reduced the slopes of the field excitatory postsynaptic potentials (fEPSPs) at the hippocampal Schaffer collateral (SC)-CA1 synapse in a dose-dependent manner. SYR preferentially affected excitatory synapses, while inhibitory synaptic transmission remained unchanged. SYR had no effect on the conductance or the desensitization of AMPARs but increased the paired-pulse ratios of synaptic responses at short (20-200 ms) inter-stimulus intervals. These presynaptic changes were accompanied by a reduction of the readily releasable pool size. Pretreatment of hippocampal slices with the Gi/o protein inhibitor N-ethylmaleimide (NEM) abolished the effect of SYR on excitatory synaptic transmission, while the application of SYR significantly decreased Ca2+ currents and hyperpolarized the resting membrane potentials of hippocampal neurons. In addition, SYR suppressed picrotoxin-induced epileptiform activity in hippocampal slices. Overall, our study identifies SYR as a new neuromodulating agent and suggests that SYR suppresses excitatory synaptic transmission by modulating presynaptic transmitter release.
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Pinto I, Serpa A, Sebastião AM, Cascalheira JF. The Role of cGMP on Adenosine A 1 Receptor-mediated Inhibition of Synaptic Transmission at the Hippocampus. Front Pharmacol 2016; 7:103. [PMID: 27148059 PMCID: PMC4840265 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2016.00103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2016] [Accepted: 04/05/2016] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Both adenosine A1 receptor and cGMP inhibit synaptic transmission at the hippocampus and recently it was found that A1 receptor increased cGMP levels in hippocampus, but the role of cGMP on A1 receptor-mediated inhibition of synaptic transmission remains to be established. In the present work we investigated if blocking the NOS/sGC/cGMP/PKG pathway using nitric oxide synthase (NOS), protein kinase G (PKG), and soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC) inhibitors modify the A1 receptor effect on synaptic transmission. Neurotransmission was evaluated by measuring the slope of field excitatory postsynaptic potentials (fEPSPs) evoked by electrical stimulation at hippocampal slices. N6-cyclopentyladenosine (CPA, 15 nM), a selective A1 receptor agonist, reversibly decreased the fEPSPs by 54 ± 5%. Incubation of the slices with an inhibitor of NOS (L-NAME, 200 μM) decreased the CPA effect on fEPSPs by 57 ± 9% in female rats. In males, ODQ (10 μM), an sGC inhibitor, decreased the CPA inhibitory effect on fEPSPs by 23 ± 6%, but only when adenosine deaminase (ADA,1 U/ml) was present; similar results were found in females, where ODQ decreased CPA-induced inhibition of fEPSP slope by 23 ± 7%. In male rats, the presence of the PKG inhibitor (KT5823, 1 nM) decreased the CPA effect by 45.0 ± 9%; similar results were obtained in females, where KT5823 caused a 32 ± 9% decrease on the CPA effect. In conclusion, the results suggest that the inhibitory action of adenosine A1 receptors on synaptic transmission at hippocampus is, in part, mediated by the NOS/sGC/cGMP/PKG pathway.
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- Isa Pinto
- CICS-UBI - Health Sciences Research Center, University of Beira Interior Covilhã, Portugal
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- CICS-UBI - Health Sciences Research Center, University of Beira Interior Covilhã, Portugal
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of LisbonLisboa, Portugal; Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of LisbonLisboa, Portugal
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- CICS-UBI - Health Sciences Research Center, University of Beira InteriorCovilhã, Portugal; Department of Chemistry, University of Beira InteriorCovilhã, Portugal
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Padamsey Z, Emptage N. Two sides to long-term potentiation: a view towards reconciliation. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2013; 369:20130154. [PMID: 24298155 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Almost since the discovery of long-term potentiation (LTP) in the hippocampus, its locus of expression has been debated. Throughout the years, convincing evidence has accumulated to suggest that LTP can be supported either presynaptically, by an increase in transmitter release, or postsynaptically, by an increase in α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) receptor number. However, whereas postsynaptic enhancement appears to be consistently obtained across studies following LTP induction, presynaptic enhancement is not as reliably observed. Such discrepancies, along with the failure to convincingly identify a retrograde messenger required for presynaptic change, have led to the general view that LTP is mainly supported postsynaptically, and certainly, research within the field for the past decade has been heavily focused on the postsynaptic locus. Here, we argue that LTP can be expressed at either synaptic locus, but that pre- and postsynaptic forms of LTP are dissociable phenomena mediated by distinct mechanistic processes, which are sensitive to different patterns of neuronal activity. This view of LTP helps to reconcile discrepancies across the literature and may put to rest a decades-long debate.
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- Zahid Padamsey
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, , Oxford OX1 3QT, UK
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Berlinguer-Palmini R, Masi A, Narducci R, Cavone L, Maratea D, Cozzi A, Sili M, Moroni F, Mannaioni G. GPR35 activation reduces Ca2+ transients and contributes to the kynurenic acid-dependent reduction of synaptic activity at CA3-CA1 synapses. PLoS One 2013; 8:e82180. [PMID: 24312407 PMCID: PMC3843712 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2013] [Accepted: 10/22/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Limited information is available on the brain expression and role of GPR35, a Gi/o coupled receptor activated by kynurenic acid (KYNA). In mouse cultured astrocytes, we detected GPR35 transcript using RT-PCR and we found that KYNA (0.1 to 100 µM) decreased forskolin (FRSK)-induced cAMP production (p<0.05). Both CID2745687 (3 µM, CID), a recently described GPR35 antagonist, and GPR35 gene silencing significantly prevented the action of KYNA on FRSK-induced cAMP production. In these cultures, we then evaluated whether GPR35 activation was able to modulate intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i ) and [Ca2+]i fluxes. We found that both KYNA and zaprinast, a phosphodiesterase (PDE) inhibitor and GPR35 agonist, did not modify either basal or peaks of [Ca2+]i induced by challenging the cells with ATP (30 µM). However, the [Ca2+]i plateau phase following peak was significantly attenuated by these compounds in a store-operated Ca2+ channel (SOC)-independent manner. The activation of GPR35 by KYNA and zaprinast was also studied at the CA3-CA1 synapse in the rat hippocampus. Evoked excitatory post synaptic currents (eEPSCs) were recorded from CA1 pyramidal neurons in acute brain slices. The action of KYNA on GPR35 was pharmacologically isolated by using NMDA and α7 nicotinic receptor blockers and resulted in a significant reduction of eEPSC amplitude. This effect was prevented in the presence of CID. Moreover, zaprinast reduced eEPSC amplitude in a PDE5- and cGMP-independent mechanism, thus suggesting that glutamatergic transmission in this area is modulated by GPR35. In conclusion, GPR35 is expressed in cultured astrocytes and its activation modulates cAMP production and [Ca2+]i. GPR35 activation may contribute to KYNA effects on the previously reported decrease of brain extracellular glutamate levels and reduction of excitatory transmission.
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- Rolando Berlinguer-Palmini
- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health, Section of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health, Section of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health, Section of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Health Science, Section of Clinical Pharmacology and Oncology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health, Section of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health, Section of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health, Section of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health, Section of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health, Section of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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In the hippocampus, as in many other CNS areas, nitric oxide (NO) participates in synaptic plasticity, manifested as changes in pre- and/or postsynaptic function. While it is known that these changes are brought about by cGMP following activation of guanylyl cyclase-coupled NO receptors attempts to locate cGMP by immunocytochemistry in hippocampal slices in response to NO have failed to detect the cGMP elevation where expected, i.e. in the pyramidal neurones. Instead, astrocytes, unidentified varicose fibres and GABA-ergic nerve terminals are reported to be the prominent NO targets, raising the possibility that NO acts indirectly via other cells. We have re-investigated the distribution of cGMP generated in response to endogenous and exogenous NO in hippocampal slices using immunohistochemistry and new conditions designed to optimise cGMP accumulation and, hence, its detectability. The conditions included use of tissue from the developing rat hippocampus, a potent inhibitor of phosphodiesterase-2, and an allosteric enhancer of the NO-receptive guanylyl cyclase. Under these conditions, cGMP was formed in response to endogenous NO and was found in a population of pyramidal cell somata in area CA3 and subiculum as well as in structures described previously. The additional presence of exogenous NO resulted in hippocampal cGMP reaching the highest level recorded for brain tissue (1700 pmol/mg protein) and in cGMP immunolabelling throughout the pyramidal cell layer. Populations of axons and interneurones were also stained. According with these results, immunohistochemistry for the common NO receptor β1-subunit indicated widespread expression. A similar staining pattern for the α1-subunit with an antibody used previously in the hippocampus and elsewhere, however, proved to be artefactual. The results indicate that the targets of NO in the hippocampus are more varied and extensive than previous evidence had suggested and, in particular, that the pyramidal neurones participating in NO-dependent synaptic plasticity are direct NO targets.
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Kostin A, McGinty D, Szymusiak R, Alam M. Mechanisms mediating effects of nitric oxide on perifornical lateral hypothalamic neurons. Neuroscience 2012; 220:179-90. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2012] [Revised: 05/31/2012] [Accepted: 06/07/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Dolu N, Süer C, Artis S, Aydogan S, Bitiktaş S. Sodium Nitroprusside Does Not Prevent an Inhibitory Effect of Carnosine on Long-Term Potentiation in the Dentate Gyrus of Rats. NEUROPHYSIOLOGY+ 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s11062-012-9290-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Upreti C, Zhang XL, Alford S, Stanton PK. Role of presynaptic metabotropic glutamate receptors in the induction of long-term synaptic plasticity of vesicular release. Neuropharmacology 2012; 66:31-9. [PMID: 22626985 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2012.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2012] [Revised: 05/07/2012] [Accepted: 05/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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While postsynaptic ionotropic and metabotropic glutamate receptors have received the lions share of attention in studies of long-term activity-dependent synaptic plasticity, it is becoming clear that presynaptic metabotropic glutamate receptors play critical roles in both short-term and long-term plasticity of vesicular transmitter release, and that they act both at the level of voltage-dependent calcium channels and directly on proteins of the vesicular release machinery. Activation of G protein-coupled receptors can transiently inhibit vesicular release through the release of Gβγ which binds to both voltage-dependent calcium channels to reduce calcium influx, and directly to the C-terminus region of the SNARE protein SNAP-25. Our recent work has revealed that the binding of Gβγ to SNAP-25 is necessary, but not sufficient, to elicit long-term depression (LTD) of vesicular glutamate release, and that the concomitant release of Gα(i) and the second messenger nitric oxide are also necessary steps in the presynaptic LTD cascade. Here, we review the current state of knowledge of the molecular steps mediating short-term and long-term plasticity of vesicular release at glutamatergic synapses, and the many gaps that remain to be addressed. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled 'Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors'.
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- Chirag Upreti
- Department of Cell Biology & Anatomy, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA
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Pose I, Silveira V, Morales FR. Inhibition of excitatory synaptic transmission in the trigeminal motor nucleus by the nitric oxide-cyclic GMP signaling pathway. Brain Res 2011; 1393:1-16. [PMID: 21396351 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2011.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2010] [Revised: 02/24/2011] [Accepted: 03/01/2011] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Nitric oxide (NO) and cyclic GMP (cGMP) suppressed glutamatergic synaptic transmission to trigeminal motoneurons in brain stem slices of neonatal rats. Histological studies showed guanylate cyclase (GC) containing fibers in the trigeminal motor pool. Glutamatergic excitatory postsynaptic currents (EPSCs) were recorded from neonatal trigeminal motoneurons in response to stimulation of the supratrigeminal nucleus (SuV). The NO donors DETA/NONOate (DETA/NO), at a concentration which released 275.1 nM of NO, and Spermine/NONOate (Sper/NO) reduced the amplitude of the EPSC to 52.7±0.6% and 60.1±10.8% of control values, respectively. These actions were not blocked by the GC inhibitors, ODQ or NS-2028. However, in the presence of YC-1 or BAY41-2272, modulators of GC that act as NO sensitizers, lower and otherwise ineffective concentrations of DETA/NO induced a reduction of the EPSC to 60.6±5.2%. Moreover, NO effects were mimicked by 8BrcGMP and by Zaprinast, an inhibitor of Phosphodiesterase 5. Glutamatergic currents evoked by exogenous glutamate were not reduced by DETA/NO nor 8BrcGMP. Paired-pulse facilitation was increased by NO donors. Under "minimal stimulation" conditions NO donors and cGMP increased the failure rate of evoked EPSCs. Protein kinase inhibitors antagonized cGMP effects. The results suggest that NO, through the synthesis of cGMP, presynaptically inhibits glutamatergic synaptic transmission on trigeminal motoneurons. We propose that NO has complex actions on motor pools; specific studies are needed to elucidate their physiological significance in the behaving animal.
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- Inés Pose
- Laboratorio de Neurofisiología Celular, Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Gral Flores 2125, Montevideo 11800, Uruguay.
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Lee JJ. Nitric oxide modulation of GABAergic synaptic transmission in mechanically isolated rat auditory cortical neurons. THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY & PHARMACOLOGY : OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY AND THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF PHARMACOLOGY 2009; 13:461-7. [PMID: 20054493 DOI: 10.4196/kjpp.2009.13.6.461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2009] [Revised: 11/27/2009] [Accepted: 11/30/2009] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The auditory cortex (A1) encodes the acquired significance of sound for the perception and interpretation of sound. Nitric oxide (NO) is a gas molecule with free radical properties that functions as a transmitter molecule and can alter neural activity without direct synaptic connections. We used whole-cell recordings under voltage clamp to investigate the effect of NO on spontaneous GABAergic synaptic transmission in mechanically isolated rat auditory cortical neurons preserving functional presynaptic nerve terminals. GABAergic spontaneous inhibitory postsynaptic currents (sIPSCs) in the A1 were completely blocked by bicuculline. The NO donor, S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine (SNAP), reduced the GABAergic sIPSC frequency without affecting the mean current amplitude. The SNAP-induced inhibition of sIPSC frequency was mimicked by 8-bromoguanosine cyclic 3',5'-monophosphate, a membrane permeable cyclic-GMP analogue, and blocked by 2-(4-carboxyphenyl)-4,4,5,5-tetramethylimidazoline-1-oxyl-3-oxide, a specific NO scavenger. Blockade of presynaptic K(+) channels by 4-aminopyridine, a K(+) channel blocker, increased the frequencies of GABAergic sIPSCs, but did not affect the inhibitory effects of SNAP. However, blocking of presynaptic Ca(2+) channels by Cd(2+), a general voltage-dependent Ca(2+) channel blocker, decreased the frequencies of GABAergic sIPSCs, and blocked SNAP-induced reduction of sIPSC frequency. These findings suggest that NO inhibits spontaneous GABA release by activation of cGMP-dependent signaling and inhibition of presynaptic Ca(2+) channels in the presynaptic nerve terminals of A1 neurons.
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- Jong-Ju Lee
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 700-412, Korea
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Gupta R, Deshpande SB. Involvement of nitric oxide in 3-nitropropionic acid-induced depression of spinal reflexes in neonatal rat spinal cord in vitro. Eur J Pharmacol 2009; 617:74-8. [PMID: 19577555 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2009.06.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2008] [Revised: 06/21/2009] [Accepted: 06/25/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The objective of the present investigation is to study the involvement of nitric oxide (NO) in 3-nitropropionic acid (3-NPA)-induced depression of spinal reflexes. Experiments were conducted on preparations of hemisected spinal cord isolated from 4 to 8 day old rats. Stimulation of a dorsal root evoked reflex potentials (monosynaptic, MSR; polysynaptic, PSR) in the corresponding segmental ventral root. Superfusion of 3-NPA (3.4 mM) depressed the spinal reflexes in a time-dependent manner and the reflexes were abolished after 35 min. The time required to produce 50% depression of the reflexes (T-50) was 17.8+/-5.3 min for MSR and 17.5+/-2.1 min for PSR. L-NAME (Nomega-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester; 100 microM), a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, antagonized the 3-NPA (3.4 mM)-induced depression of reflexes and increased the T-50 values (34 and 30 min for MSR and PSR, respectively) significantly (P<0.05). In addition, hemoglobin (Hb, 100 microM), a NO scavenger, blocked the 3-NPA-induced depression of reflexes significantly (P<0.05). T-50 values in Hb pretreated cords were 57 and 45 min for MSR and PSR, respectively which were greater than the cords pretreated with L-NAME. The nitrite (NO(2)(-)) content of the 3-NPA exposed cords was 84 microM/g of tissue which was significantly greater than the control (13 microM/g; P<0.05). Pretreatment of cords with L-NAME or Hb antagonized the 3-NPA-induced increase in NO(2)(-). The results indicate that NO produced by 3-NPA is involved in the 3-NPA-induced depression of spinal reflexes.
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- Rajesh Gupta
- Department of Physiology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, UP, India
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Harooni HE, Naghdi N, Sepehri H, Rohani AH. The role of hippocampal nitric oxide (NO) on learning and immediate, short- and long-term memory retrieval in inhibitory avoidance task in male adult rats. Behav Brain Res 2009; 201:166-72. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2008] [Revised: 02/02/2009] [Accepted: 02/09/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Domek-Łopacińska K, Strosznajder JB. The effect of selective inhibition of cyclic GMP hydrolyzing phosphodiesterases 2 and 5 on learning and memory processes and nitric oxide synthase activity in brain during aging. Brain Res 2008; 1216:68-77. [PMID: 18499090 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.02.108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2007] [Revised: 02/26/2008] [Accepted: 02/27/2008] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Our previous studies have shown that there is a lower cGMP concentration in the aged brain as well as an alteration in the activity of cGMP-hydrolyzing phosphodiesterases (PDEs) and nitric oxide synthase (NOS). The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of specific inhibitors of selected PDEs on object recognition memory and locomotor activity during aging, and to correlate their action with NOS activity in the following brain regions: hippocampus, striatum, and cerebral cortex. The study was carried out using 3, 12, and 24 month-old rats. Inhibitors of PDE2 and PDE5 (Bayer 60-7550 and zaprinast, respectively) were used. Evaluation of memory and locomotor activity was carried out using an object recognition task and the open field test. NOS activity was determined using a radiochemical method after behavioral analysis in the cytosolic fraction from all brain areas investigated. We have found that the inhibitor of PDE2, Bay60-7550, improves object recognition memory in all age groups investigated and increases basal constitutive NOS activity in the hippocampus and striatum. Moreover, in 3 month-old rats, additional inhibition of PDE5 by zaprinast improves object memory and elevates NOS activity in all brain regions studied. Specific inhibition of nNOS eliminates the effect of Bay60-7550 on memory function and on NOS activity in 24 month-old rats. In summary, our results indicate that inhibition of PDE2 is able to improve cognition and memory function in 3, 12, and 24 month-old rats through the enhancement of nNOS activity in the brain, whereas inhibition of PDE5 is effective only in 3 month-old animals.
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- K Domek-Łopacińska
- Department of Cellular Signaling, Medical Research Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawińskiego 5, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland.
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Tuning adenosine A1 and A2A receptors activation mediates l-citrulline-induced inhibition of [3H]-acetylcholine release depending on nerve stimulation pattern. Neurochem Int 2008; 52:834-45. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2007.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2007] [Revised: 09/20/2007] [Accepted: 09/24/2007] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Chai Y, Lin YF. Dual regulation of the ATP-sensitive potassium channel by activation of cGMP-dependent protein kinase. Pflugers Arch 2008; 456:897-915. [PMID: 18231807 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-008-0447-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2007] [Revised: 12/09/2007] [Accepted: 01/04/2008] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channels couple cellular metabolic status to membrane electrical activity. In this study, we performed patch-clamp recordings to investigate how cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP)-dependent protein kinase (PKG) regulates the function of K(ATP) channels, using both transfected human SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells and embryonic kidney (HEK) 293 cells. In intact SH-SY5Y cells, the single-channel currents of Kir6.2/sulfonylurea receptor (SUR) 1 channels, a neuronal-type K(ATP) isoform, were enhanced by zaprinast, a cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase inhibitor; this enhancement was abolished by inhibition of PKG, suggesting a stimulatory role of cGMP/PKG signaling in regulating the function of neuronal K(ATP) channels. Similar effects of cGMP accumulation were confirmed in intact HEK293 cells expressing Kir6.2/SUR1 channels. In contrast, direct application of purified PKG suppressed rather than activated Kir6.2/SUR1 channels in excised, inside-out patches, while tetrameric Kir6.2LRKR368/369/370/371AAAA channels expressed without the SUR subunit were not modulated by zaprinast or purified PKG. Lastly, reconstitution of the soluble guanylyl cyclase/cGMP/PKG signaling pathway by generation of nitric oxide led to Kir6.2/SUR1 channel activation in both cell types. Taken together, here, we report novel findings that PKG exerts dual functional regulation of neuronal K(ATP) channels in a SUR subunit-dependent manner, which may provide new means of therapeutic intervention for manipulating neuronal excitability and/or survival.
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- Yongping Chai
- Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, University of California, Rm. 4144, Tupper Hall, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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Giraldi-Guimarães A, Batista CM, Carneiro K, Tenório F, Cavalcante LA, Mendez-Otero R. A critical survey on nitric oxide synthase expression and nitric oxide function in the retinotectal system. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 56:403-26. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2007.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2007] [Revised: 08/31/2007] [Accepted: 09/12/2007] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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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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Exploratory behaviour in NO-dependent cyclase mutants of Drosophila shows defects in coincident neuronal signalling. BMC Neurosci 2007; 8:65. [PMID: 17683617 PMCID: PMC1963332 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-8-65] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2007] [Accepted: 08/06/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Background Drosophila flies explore the environment very efficiently in order to colonize it. They explore collectively, not individually, so that when a few land on a food spot, they attract the others by signs. This behaviour leads to aggregation of individuals and optimizes the screening of mates and egg-laying on the most favourable food spots. Results Flies perform cycles of exploration/aggregation depending on the resources of the environment. This behavioural ecology constitutes an excellent model for analyzing simultaneous processing of neurosensory information. We reasoned that the decision of flies to land somewhere in order to achieve aggregation is based on simultaneous integration of signals (visual, olfactory, acoustic) during their flight. On the basis of what flies do in nature, we designed laboratory tests to analyze the phenomenon of neuronal coincidence. We screened many mutants of genes involved in neuronal metabolism and the synaptic machinery. Conclusion Mutants of NO-dependent cyclase show a specifically-marked behaviour phenotype, but on the other hand they are associated with moderate biochemical defects. We show that these mutants present errors in integrative and/or coincident processing of signals, which are not reducible to the functions of the peripheral sensory cells.
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Nickels TJ, Reed GW, Drummond JT, Blevins DE, Lutz MC, Wilson DF. Does nitric oxide modulate transmitter release at the mammalian neuromuscular junction? Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2007; 34:318-26. [PMID: 17324144 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2007.04562.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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1. Application of the nitric oxide (NO) donor, sodium nitrite and the NO synthase substrate l-arginine had no effect on nerve-evoked transmitter release in the rat isolated phrenic nerve/hemidiaphragm preparation; however, when adenosine A(1) receptors were blocked with the adenosine A(1) receptor antagonist 1,3-dipropyl-8-cyclopentylxanthine (DPCPX) prior to application of sodium nitrate or l-arginine, a significant increase in transmitter release was observed. In addition, the NO donor s-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine (SNAP) significantly increased transmitter release in the presence of DPCPX. In the present study, we have made the assumption that these NO donors elevate the level of NO in the tissue. Future studies should test other NO-donating compounds and also monitor the NO concentrations in the tissue to ensure that these effects are, in fact, NO induced. 2. Elevation of cGMP in this preparation with the guanylyl cyclase activator 3-(5'-hydroxymethyl-2'-furyl)-1-benzyl indazole (YC-1) significantly enhanced transmitter release. In the presence of DPCPX and the selective guanylyl cyclase inhibitor 1H-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo[4,3-a]quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ), which blocks the production of cGMP, the excitatory effects of sodium nitrite and l-arginine were abolished. 3. These results suggest that NO serves to enhance transmitter release at the rat neuromuscular junction (NMJ) via a cGMP pathway and this facilitation of transmitter release can be blocked with adenosine. Previously, we demonstrated that adenosine inhibits N-type calcium channels. Because NO only affects transmitter release when adenosine A(1) receptors are blocked, we suggest that NO enhances transmitter release by enhancing calcium influx via N-type calcium channels. Further studies are needed to confirm that NO alters transmitter release via cGMP and that this action involves the N-type calcium channel. 4. The results of the present study are consistent with a model of NO neuromodulation that has been proposed for the mammalian vagal-atrial junction. This model suggests that NO acts on NO-sensitive guanylyl cyclase to increase the intracellular levels of cGMP. In turn, cGMP inhibits phosphodiesterase-3, increasing levels of cAMP, which then acts on the N-type calcium channels to enhance calcium influx, leading to an increase in transmitter release. Our only modification to this model for the NMJ is that adenosine serves to block the modulation of transmitter release by NO.
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- Travis J Nickels
- Center for Neuroscience, Department of Zoology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA
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Barroso A, Oliveira L, Campesatto-Mella E, Silva C, Timóteo MA, Magalhães-Cardoso MT, Alves-do-Prado W, Correia-de-Sá P. L-citrulline inhibits [3H]acetylcholine release from rat motor nerve terminals by increasing adenosine outflow and activation of A1 receptors. Br J Pharmacol 2007; 151:541-50. [PMID: 17401439 PMCID: PMC2013966 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0707242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Nitric oxide (NO) production and depression of neuromuscular transmission are closely related, but little is known about the role of L-citrulline, a co-product of NO biosynthesis, on neurotransmitter release. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Muscle tension recordings and outflow experiments were performed on rat phrenic nerve-hemidiaphragm preparations stimulated electrically. KEY RESULTS L-citrulline concentration-dependently inhibited evoked [(3)H]ACh release from motor nerve terminals and depressed nerve-evoked muscle contractions. The NO synthase (NOS) substrate, L-arginine, and the NO donor, 3-morpholinosydnonimine chloride (SIN-1), also inhibited [(3)H]ACh release with a potency order of SIN-1>L-arginine>L-citrulline. Co-application of L-citrulline and SIN-1 caused additive effects. NOS inactivation with N(omega)-nitro-L-arginine prevented L-arginine inhibition, but not that of L-citrulline. The NO scavenger, haemoglobin, abolished inhibition of [(3)H]ACh release caused by SIN-1, but not that caused by L-arginine. Inactivation of guanylyl cyclase with 1H-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo[4,3-a]quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ) fully blocked SIN-1 inhibition, but only partially attenuated the effects of L-arginine. Reduction of extracellular adenosine accumulation with adenosine deaminase or with the nucleoside transport inhibitor, S-(p-nitrobenzyl)-6-thioinosine, attenuated the effects of L-arginine and L-citrulline, while not affecting inhibition by SIN-1. Similar results were obtained with the selective adenosine A(1) receptor antagonist, 1,3-dipropyl-8-cyclopentylxanthine. L-citrulline increased the resting extracellular concentration of adenosine, without changing that of the adenine nucleotides. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS NOS catalyses the formation of two neuronally active products, NO and L-citrulline. While, NO may directly reduce transmitter release through stimulation of soluble guanylyl cyclase, the inhibitory action of L-citrulline may be indirect through increasing adenosine outflow and subsequently activating inhibitory A(1) receptors.
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- A Barroso
- Laboratório de Farmacologia e Neurobiologia/UMIB, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto Porto, Portugal
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- Laboratório de Farmacologia e Neurobiologia/UMIB, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto Porto, Portugal
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- Departamento de Farmácia e Farmacologia, Universidade Estadual de Maringá Paraná, Brasil
- Departamento de Farmácia, Centro Universitário de Maringá Paraná, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Farmacologia e Neurobiologia/UMIB, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto Porto, Portugal
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- Laboratório de Farmacologia e Neurobiologia/UMIB, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto Porto, Portugal
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- Laboratório de Farmacologia e Neurobiologia/UMIB, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto Porto, Portugal
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- Departamento de Farmácia e Farmacologia, Universidade Estadual de Maringá Paraná, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Farmacologia e Neurobiologia/UMIB, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto Porto, Portugal
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Ramamoorthy S, Samuvel DJ, Buck ER, Rudnick G, Jayanthi LD. Phosphorylation of threonine residue 276 is required for acute regulation of serotonin transporter by cyclic GMP. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:11639-47. [PMID: 17310063 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m611353200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Cellular protein kinases, phosphatases, and other serotonin transporter (SERT) interacting proteins participate in several signaling mechanisms regulating SERT activity. The molecular mechanisms of protein kinase G (PKG)-mediated SERT regulation and the site of transporter phosphorylation were investigated. Treatment of rat midbrain synaptosomes with 8-bromo-cGMP increased SERT activity, and the increase was selectively blocked by PKG inhibitors. The V(max) value for serotonin (5-HT) transport increased following cGMP treatment. However, surface biotinylation studies showed no change in SERT surface abundance following PKG activation. (32)P metabolic labeling experiments showed increased SERT phosphorylation in the presence of cGMP that was abolished by selectively inhibiting PKG. Phosphoamino acid analysis revealed that cGMP-stimulated native SERT phosphorylation occurred only on threonine residues. When added to CHO-1 cells expressing SERT, 8-bromo-cGMP stimulated 5-HT transport and SERT phosphorylation. Mutation of SERT threonine 276 to alanine completely abolished cGMP-mediated stimulation of 5-HT transport and SERT phosphorylation. Although the T276A mutation had no significant effect on 5-HT transport or SERT protein expression, mutation to aspartate (T276D) increased the level of 5-HT uptake to that of cGMP-stimulated 5-HT uptake in wild-type SERT-expressing cells and was no longer sensitive to cGMP. These findings provide the first identification of a phosphorylation site in SERT and demonstrate that phosphorylation of Thr-276 is required for cGMP-mediated SERT regulation. They also constitute the first evidence that in the central nervous system PKG activation stimulates endogenous SERT activity by a trafficking-independent mechanism.
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- Sammanda Ramamoorthy
- Department of Neurosciences, Division of Neuroscience Research, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425
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Gipson KE, Yeckel MF. Coincident glutamatergic and cholinergic inputs transiently depress glutamate release at rat schaffer collateral synapses. J Neurophysiol 2007; 97:4108-19. [PMID: 17303811 PMCID: PMC2878610 DOI: 10.1152/jn.01051.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The mammalian hippocampus, together with subcortical and cortical areas, is responsible for some forms of learning and memory. Proper hippocampal function depends on the highly dynamic nature of its circuitry, including the ability of synapses to change their strength for brief to long periods of time. In this study, we focused on a transient depression of glutamatergic synaptic transmission at Schaffer collateral synapses in acute hippocampal slices. The depression of evoked excitatory postsynaptic current (EPSC) amplitudes, herein called transient depression, follows brief trains of synaptic stimulation in stratum radiatum of CA1 and lasts for 2-3 min. Depression results from a decrease in presynaptic glutamate release, as NMDA-receptor-mediated EPSCs and composite EPSCs are depressed similarly and depression is accompanied by an increase in the paired-pulse ratio. Transient depression is prevented by blockade of metabotropic glutamate and acetylcholine receptors, presumably located presynaptically. These two receptor types--acting together--cause depression. Blockade of a single receptor type necessitates significantly stronger conditioning trains for triggering depression. Addition of an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor enables depression from previously insufficient conditioning trains. Furthermore, a strong coincident, but not causal, relationship existed between presynaptic depression and postsynaptic internal Ca(2+) release, emphasizing the potential importance of functional interactions between presynaptic and postsynaptic effects of convergent cholinergic and glutamatergic inputs to CA1. These convergent afferents, one intrinsic to the hippocampus and the other likely originating in the medial septum, may regulate CA1 network activity, the induction of long-term synaptic plasticity, and ultimately hippocampal function.
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- Keith E Gipson
- Department of Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
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Arrigoni E, Rosenberg PA. Nitric oxide-induced adenosine inhibition of hippocampal synaptic transmission depends on adenosine kinase inhibition and is cyclic GMP independent. Eur J Neurosci 2007; 24:2471-80. [PMID: 17100836 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.05124.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Adenosine is an important inhibitory neuromodulator that regulates neuronal excitability. Several studies have shown that nitric oxide induces release of adenosine. Here we investigated the mechanism of this release. We studied the effects of nitric oxide on evoked field excitatory postsynaptic potentials (fEPSPs) recorded in the CA1 area of rat hippocampal slices. The nitric oxide donor 1,1-diethyl-2-hydroxy-2-nitroso-hydrazine sodium (DEA/NO; 100 microm) depressed the fEPSP by 77.6 +/- 4.1%. This effect was abolished by the adenosine A1 antagonist 8-cyclopentyl-1,3-dipropylxanthine (DPCPX; 400 nm), indicating that the nitric oxide effect was mediated by adenosine accumulation. The DEA/NO effect was unaltered by the 5'-ectonucleotidase inhibitor alpha,beta-methylene-adenosine 5'-diphosphate (AMP-CP; 100 microm), indicating that extracellular adenosine did not derive from ATP or cAMP release. The guanylyl cyclase inhibitor 1H-[1,2,4]oxadiazole[4,3-a]quinoxaline-1-one (ODQ; 5 microm) did not affect nitric oxide depression of the fEPSPs, indicating that nitric oxide-mediated adenosine release was not mediated through a cGMP signaling cascade. This conclusion was confirmed by the observation that 8-(4-chlorophenylthio)-guanosine-3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (8-pCPT-cGMP; 1 mm) reversibly depressed the fEPSP by 24.9 +/- 4.5%, but this effect was not blocked by adenosine antagonists. Adenosine kinase inhibitor 5-iodotubercidin (ITU; 7 microm) occluded the nitric oxide effects by 74%, suggesting that inhibition of adenosine kinase activity contributes to adenosine release. In conclusion, exogenous nitric oxide evokes adenosine release by a cGMP-independent pathway. Intracellular cGMP elevation partially inhibits the fEPSP but not through adenosine release. Although a direct block of adenosine kinase by nitric oxide can not be excluded, the depression of adenosine kinase activity may be due to inhibition by its own substrate adenosine.
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- Elda Arrigoni
- Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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Saransaari P, Oja SS. Modulation of GABA release by second messenger substances and NO in mouse brain stem slices under normal and ischemic conditions. Neurochem Res 2006; 31:1317-25. [PMID: 17053971 DOI: 10.1007/s11064-006-9174-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2006] [Accepted: 09/14/2006] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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GABA is the inhibitory neurotransmitter in most brain stem nuclei. The properties of release of preloaded [(3)H]GABA were now investigated with slices from the mouse brain stem under normal and ischemic (oxygen and glucose deprivation) conditions, using a superfusion system. The ischemic GABA release increased about fourfold in comparison with normal conditions. The tyrosine kinase inhibitor genistein had no effect on GABA release, while the phospholipase inhibitor quinacrine reduced both the basal and K(+)-evoked release in normoxia and ischemia. The activator of protein kinase C (PKC) 4beta-phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate had no effects on the releases, whereas the PKC inhibitor chelerythrine reduced the basal release in ischemia. When the cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) levels were increased by superfusion with zaprinast and other phosphodiesterase inhibitors, GABA release was reduced under normal conditions. The NO donors S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine (SNAP) and hydroxylamine (HA) enhanced the basal and K(+)-stimulated release by acting directly on presynaptic terminals. Under ischemic conditions GABA release was enhanced when cGMP levels were increased by zaprinast. This effect was confirmed by inhibition of the release by the guanylate cyclase inhibitor 1H-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo[4,3-a]quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ). The NO-producing agents SNAP, HA, and sodium nitroprusside potentiated GABA release in ischemia. These effects were reduced by the NO synthase inhibitor N(G)-nitro-L: -arginine, but not by ODQ. The results show that particularly NO and cGMP regulate both normal and ischemic GABA release in the brain stem. Their effects are however complex.
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- Pirjo Saransaari
- Brain Research Center, Medical School, 33014 University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland.
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Fragata IR, Ribeiro JA, Sebastião AM. Nitric oxide mediates interactions between GABAA receptors and adenosine A1 receptors in the rat hippocampus. Eur J Pharmacol 2006; 543:32-9. [PMID: 16831416 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2006.05.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2006] [Revised: 05/16/2006] [Accepted: 05/18/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Adenosine and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) are both major inhibitory neuromodulators/neurotransmitters in the CNS. We now investigated if endogenous GABA modulates adenosine A(1)-mediated action on synaptic transmission in the hippocampus. Field excitatory postsynaptic potentials (fEPSP) were recorded from the CA(1) area of rat hippocampal slices. The adenosine analogue 2-chloroadenosine (0.15-1 microM) inhibited synaptic transmission with an EC(50) of 398 nM. Blocking GABA(A) receptors with the specific antagonists, bicuculline (10 microM) or picrotoxin (10 microM) potentiated the inhibitory effect of 2-chloroadenosine. The concentration-response curve for 2-chloroadenosine was displaced to the left by a factor of 2 (EC(50)=210 nM) in the presence of bicuculline (10 microM). GABA(A) receptor blockade also potentiated the action of N(6)-cyclopentyladenosine (CPA, 10 nM), a specific adenosine A(1) receptor agonist. Prevention of adenosine accumulation with adenosine deaminase (1 U/ml) did not influence bicuculline-induced potentiation of the effect of 2-chloroadenosine. The potentiation of adenosine A(1)-mediated response by bicuculline was abolished when nitric oxide (NO) synthase was inhibited with nitroarginine (100 microM), and when guanylyl cyclase was inhibited with 1H-[1,2,4]Oxadiazolo[4,3-a] quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ, 20 microM). The NO donors, (+/-)-S-nitroso-N-acetylpencillamine (SNAP, 300 microM) and diethylamine NONate diethylammonium salt (DEA/NO, 100 microM), significantly enhanced the inhibitory action of 2-chloroadenosine (150 nM). It is concluded that the blockade of GABA(A) receptors induces a potentiation of adenosine A(1) receptor-mediated inhibitory action, an effect that involves NO acting through guanylyl cyclase. Therefore, endogenous GABA might exert an inhibitory effect over adenosine A(1)-mediated responses in the hippocampus, which may represent a physiologic regulatory mechanism between the two inhibitory mediators.
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- Isabel R Fragata
- Instituto de Farmacologia e Neurociências, Faculdade de Medicina e Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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MAKHINSON M, OPAZO P, CARLISLE HJ, GODSIL B, GRANT SGN, O’DELL TJ. A novel role for cyclic guanosine 3',5'monophosphate signaling in synaptic plasticity: a selective suppressor of protein kinase A-dependent forms of long-term potentiation. Neuroscience 2006; 140:415-31. [PMID: 16549271 PMCID: PMC1832102 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.02.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2005] [Revised: 02/02/2006] [Accepted: 02/08/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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At excitatory synapses onto hippocampal CA1 pyramidal cells, activation of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase and subsequent down-regulation of protein phosphatases has a crucial role in the induction of long-term potentiation by low-frequency patterns of synaptic stimulation. Because the second messenger cyclic guanosine 3',5'monophosphate can regulate the activity of different forms of the cyclic AMP degrading enzyme phosphodiesterase, we examined whether increases in cyclic guanosine 3',5'monophosphate can modulate long-term potentiation induction in the mouse hippocampal CA1 region through effects on cyclic AMP signaling. Using the cyclic guanosine 3',5'monophosphate-specific phosphodiesterase inhibitor zaprinast or the nitric oxide donor S-nitroso-D,L-penicillamine to elevate cyclic guanosine 3',5'monophosphate levels we found that increases in cyclic guanosine 3',5'monophosphate strongly inhibit the induction of long-term potentiation by low-frequency patterns of synaptic stimulation where protein kinase A activation is required for long-term potentiation induction. In contrast, zaprinast and S-nitroso-D,L-penicillamine had no effect on the induction of long-term potentiation by high-frequency patterns of synaptic stimulation that induce long-term potentiation in a protein kinase A-independent manner. Directly activating protein kinase A with the phosphodiesterase-resistant cyclic AMP analog 8-Br-cAMP, blocking all phosphodiesterases with 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine, or inhibiting protein phosphatases rescued long-term potentiation induction in zaprinast-treated slices. Together, these results suggest that increases in cyclic guanosine 3',5'monophosphate inhibit long-term potentiation by activating phosphodiesterases that interfere with the protein kinase A-mediated suppression of protein phosphatases needed for long-term potentiation induction. Consistent with the notion that this cyclic guanosine 3',5'monophosphate-mediated inhibitory pathway is recruited by some patterns of synaptic activity, blocking cyclic guanosine 3',5'monophosphate production strongly facilitated the induction of long-term potentiation by long trains of theta-frequency synaptic stimulation. Together, our results indicate that increases in cyclic guanosine 3',5'monophosphate can act as a long-term potentiation suppressor mechanism that selectively constrains the induction of protein kinase A-dependent forms of long-term potentiation induced by low-frequency patterns of synaptic stimulation.
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- M. MAKHINSON
- Department of Physiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 53-231 Center for Health Sciences, Box 951751, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
- Department Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Physiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 53-231 Center for Health Sciences, Box 951751, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Interdepartmental Ph.D. Program for Neuroscience, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Department of Physiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 53-231 Center for Health Sciences, Box 951751, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
- *Corresponding author. Tel: +1-310-206-4654; fax: +1-310-206-5661. E-mail address: (T. J. O’Dell)
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Anwyl R. Induction and expression mechanisms of postsynaptic NMDA receptor-independent homosynaptic long-term depression. Prog Neurobiol 2006; 78:17-37. [PMID: 16423442 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2005.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2005] [Revised: 11/21/2005] [Accepted: 12/01/2005] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The induction of long-term depression (LTD) can be divided into two main forms, one dependent upon activation of postsynaptic NMDAR, and another independent of postsynaptic NMDAR. Non-postsynaptic NMDAR-LTD (non-NMDAR-LTD) occurs in many regions of the brain, and encompasses a wide variety of induction and expression mechanisms. In this article, the induction and expression mechanisms of such LTD in over 10 brain regions are described, with a number of common mechanisms compared across a large range of types of LTD. The article describes the involvement of different presynaptic or postsynaptic receptors in the induction of non-NMDAR-LTD, especially metabotropic glutamate receptors, cannabinoid receptors and dopamine receptors. An increase in presynaptic or postsynaptic intracellular Ca concentration is a key event in induction, commonly followed by activation of certain kinases, especially PKC, p38 MAPK and ERK. Expression mechanisms are either presynaptic via a reduction in release probability, or postsynaptic involving a decrease in AMPAR via phosphorylation of a glutamate receptor subunit, especially GluR2, followed by clathrin-mediated endocytosis. Retrograde signalling from postsynaptic to presynaptic occurs when induction is postsynaptic and expression is presynaptic.
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- Roger Anwyl
- Department of Physiology, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland.
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Chan JYH, Chang AYW, Chan SHH. New insights on brain stem death: From bedside to bench. Prog Neurobiol 2005; 77:396-425. [PMID: 16376477 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2005.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2005] [Revised: 10/31/2005] [Accepted: 11/03/2005] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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As much as brain stem death is currently the clinical definition of death in many countries and is a phenomenon of paramount medical importance, there is a dearth of information on its mechanistic underpinnings. A majority of the clinical studies are concerned only with methods to determine brain stem death. Whereas a vast amount of information is available on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of cell death, rarely are these studies directed specifically towards the understanding of brain stem death. This review presents a framework for translational research on brain stem death that is based on systematically coordinated clinical and laboratory efforts that center on this phenomenon. It begins with the identification of a novel clinical marker from patients that is related specifically to brain stem death. After realizing that this "life-and-death" signal is related to the functional integrity of the brain stem, its origin is traced to the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM). Subsequent laboratory studies on this neural substrate in animal models of brain stem death provide credence to the notion that both "pro-life" and "pro-death" programs are at work during the progression towards death. Those programs (mitochondrial functions, nitric oxide, peroxynitrite, superoxide anion, coenzyme Q10, heat shock proteins and ubiquitin-proteasome system) hitherto identified from the RVLM are presented, along with their cellular and molecular mechanisms. It is proposed that outcome of the interplay between the "pro-life" and "pro-death" programs (dying) in this neural substrate determines the final fate of the individual (being dead). Thus, identification of additional programs in the RVLM and delineation of their regulatory mechanisms should shed new lights on future directions for clinical management of life-and-death.
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- Julie Y H Chan
- Department of Medical Education and Research, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung 81346, Taiwan, ROC
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Le M, Lu Y, Li Y, Greene RW, Epstein PM, Rosenberg PA. Zaprinast stimulates extracellular adenosine accumulation in rat pontine slices. Neurosci Lett 2005; 371:12-7. [PMID: 15500958 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.07.090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2004] [Revised: 07/28/2004] [Accepted: 07/28/2004] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Adenosine appears to be an endogenous somnogen. The lateral dorsal tegmental/pedunculopontine nucleus (LDT/PPT) located in the mesopontine tegmentum is important in the regulation of arousal. Neurons in this nucleus are strongly hyperpolarized by adenosine and express neuronal nitric oxide synthase. Zaprinast is a cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase inhibitor, and has been shown in the hippocampal slice to inhibit the field excitatory postsynaptic potential. This action could be blocked by an adenosine receptor antagonist, and therefore is presumably due to adenosine release stimulated by zaprinast. In the present study we tested the effect of zaprinast on extracellular adenosine accumulation in pontine slices containing the LDT. Zaprinast at 10 microM evoked an increase in extracellular adenosine concentration. This effect was blocked by impermeant inhibitors of 5'-nucleotidase, indicating that the extracellular adenosine was derived from extracellular AMP. However, inhibitors of cAMP degradation had little or no effect on zaprinast-evoked adenosine accumulation, suggesting that extracellular cAMP was not the source. Removal of extracellular calcium inhibited the effect of zaprinast. These results demonstrate that a pathway exists by which zaprinast stimulates extracellular adenosine accumulation, and the presence of this pathway in the pontine slice suggests the possibility that it may be relevant for the regulation of behavioral state.
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- Minou Le
- Department of Neurology and Program in Neuroscience, Enders Research Building, Room 349, Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Schimanski LA, Nguyen PV. Impaired fear memories are correlated with subregion-specific deficits in hippocampal and amygdalar LTP. Behav Neurosci 2005; 119:38-54. [PMID: 15727511 DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.119.1.38] [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: 11/08/2022]
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Inbred mouse strains have different genetic backgrounds that likely influence memory and long-term potentiation (LTP). LTP, a form of synaptic plasticity, is a candidate cellular mechanism for some forms of learning and memory. Strains with impaired fear memory may have selective LTP deficits in different hippocampal subregions or in the amygdala. The authors assessed fear memory in 4 inbred strains: C57BL/6NCrlBR (B6), 129S1/SvImJ (129), C3H/HeJ (C3H), and DBA/2J (D2). The authors also measured LTP in the hippocampal Schaeffer collateral (SC) and medial perforant pathways (MPP) and in the basolateral amygdala. Contextual and cued fear memory, and SC and amygdalar LTP, were intact in B6 and 129, but all were impaired in C3H and D2. MPP LTP was similar in all 4 strains. Thus, SC, but not MPP, LTP correlates with hippocampus-dependent contextual memory expression, and amygdalar LTP correlates with amygdala-dependent cued memory expression, in these inbred strains.
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- Lesley A Schimanski
- Department of Physiology, University of Alberta, School of Medicine, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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Patil CS, Jain NK, Singh VP, Kulkarni SK. Differential effect of the PDE5 inhibitors, sildenafil and zaprinast, in aging- and lipopolysaccharide-induced cognitive dysfunction in mice. Drug Dev Res 2005. [DOI: 10.1002/ddr.10398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Already 30 years ago, it became apparent that there exists a relationship between acetylcholine and cGMP in the brain. Acetylcholine plays a role in a great number of processes in the brain, however, the role of cGMP in these processes is not known. A review of the data shows that, although the connection between NO-mediated cGMP synthesis and acetylcholine is firmly established, the complexities of the heterosynaptic pathways and the oligosynaptic structures involved preclude a clear definition of the role of cGMP in the functioning of acetylcholine presently.
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- Jan de Vente
- Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, European Graduate School of Neuroscience (EURON), Maastricht University, UNS50, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Lu Y, Li Y, Herin GA, Aizenman E, Epstein PM, Rosenberg PA. Elevation of intracellular cAMP evokes activity-dependent release of adenosine in cultured rat forebrain neurons. Eur J Neurosci 2004; 19:2669-81. [PMID: 15147301 DOI: 10.1111/j.0953-816x.2004.03396.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Adenosine is an important regulator of neuronal excitability. Zaprinast is a cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase inhibitor, and has been shown in the hippocampal slice to suppress excitation. This action can be blocked by an adenosine receptor antagonist, and therefore is presumably due to adenosine release stimulated by exposure to zaprinast. To explore the mechanism of this phenomenon further, we examined the effect of zaprinast on adenosine release itself in cultured rat forebrain neurons. Zaprinast significantly stimulated extracellular adenosine accumulation. The effect of zaprinast on adenosine appeared to be mediated by increasing intracellular cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) and activation of protein kinase A (PKA): (i) zaprinast stimulated intracellular cAMP accumulation; (ii) a cAMP antagonist (Rp-8-Br-cAMP) significantly reduced the zaprinast effect on adenosine; (iii) an inhibitor of phosphodiesterase (PDE)1 (vinpocetine) and an activator of adenylate cyclase (forskolin) mimicked the effect of zaprinast on adenosine. We also found that zaprinast had no effect on adenosine in astrocyte cultures, and tetrodotoxin completely blocked zaprinast-evoked adenosine accumulation in neuronal cultures, suggesting that neuronal activity was likely to be involved. Consistent with a dependence on neuronal activity, NMDA receptor antagonists (MK-801 and D-APV) and removal of extracellular glutamate by glutamate-pyruvate transaminase blocked the effect of zaprinast. In addition, zaprinast was shown to stimulate glutamate release. Thus, our data suggest that zaprinast-evoked adenosine accumulation is likely to be mediated by stimulation of glutamate release by a cAMP- and PKA-dependent mechanism, most likely by inhibition of PDE1 in neurons. Furthermore, regulation of cAMP, either by inhibiting cAMP-PDE activity or by stimulating adenylate cyclase activity, may play an important role in modulating neuronal excitability. These data suggest the existence of a homeostatic negative feedback loop in which increases in neuronal activity are damped by release of adenosine following activation of glutamate receptors.
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- Yin Lu
- Department of Neurology and Program in Neuroscience, Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Imran N Mungrue
- Department of Physiology, University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine, 513 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143-0444, USA
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Nitric oxide (NO) is generated in central synapses on activation of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors and exerts physiological effects by changing cGMP levels. NO has frequently also been claimed to engage a different mechanism, namely the covalent modification of thiol residues (S-nitrosation), and thereby exert a negative feedback on NMDA receptors. Tests of this hypothesis were conducted by recording NMDA receptor-mediated synaptic potentials in the CA1 area of rat hippocampal slices. Manipulations designed to increase or decrease endogenous NO levels had no effect. Addition of exogenous NO using a NONOate donor in concentrations up to 30-fold higher than those needed to evoke maximal cGMP accumulation also had no effect. Nevertheless, in agreement with previous findings, photolysis of a caged NO derivative with UV light led to an enduring block of synaptic NMDA receptors. To address these contradictory results, NMDA receptor-mediated currents were recorded from HEK-293 cells transfected with NR1 and NR2A subunits. As found in slices, photolysis of caged NO inhibited the currents whereas perfusion of NO (up to 5 microM) was ineffective. However, when NO was supplied at a concentration found to be effective when released photolytically (5 microM) and the cells simultaneously exposed to the UV light used for photolysis, NMDA receptor-mediated currents were inhibited. This effect was not observed at more physiological NO concentrations (10 nM range). The results indicate that neither endogenous NO nor exogenous NO in supra-physiological concentration inhibits synaptic NMDA receptors; the combination of high NO concentration and UV light can give an artifactual result.
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- Rachel Hopper
- Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, Cruciform Building, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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Li DP, Chen SR, Finnegan TF, Pan HL. Signalling pathway of nitric oxide in synaptic GABA release in the rat paraventricular nucleus. J Physiol 2004; 554:100-10. [PMID: 14678495 PMCID: PMC1664752 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.053371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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In the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of the hypothalamus, nitric oxide (NO) inhibits sympathetic outflow through increased GABA release. However, the signal transduction pathways involved in its action remain unclear. In the present study, we determined the role of cGMP, soluble guanylyl cyclase, and protein kinase G in the potentiating effect of NO on synaptic GABA release to spinally projecting PVN neurones. The PVN neurones were retrogradely labelled by a fluorescent tracer injected into the thoracic spinal cord of rats. Whole-cell voltage-clamp recordings were performed on labelled PVN neurones in the hypothalamic slice. Bath application of the NO donor, S-nitroso-N-acetyl-penicillamine (SNAP), reproducibly increased the frequency of miniature GABAergic inhibitory postsynaptic currents (mIPSCs) without changing the amplitude and the decay time constant. Neither replacement of Ca2+ with Co2+ nor application of Cd2+ to block the Ca2+ channel altered the effect of SNAP on mIPSCs. Also, the effect of SNAP on mIPSCs was not significantly affected by thapsigargin, a Ca2+-ATPase inhibitor that depletes intracellular Ca2+ stores. Application of a membrane-permeant cGMP analogue, pCPT-cGMP, mimicked the effect of SNAP on mIPSCs in the presence of a phosphodiesterase inhibitor, IBMX. Furthermore, both the soluble guanylyl cyclase inhibitor, ODQ, and the specific protein kinase G inhibitor, Rp pCPT cGMP, abolished the effect of SNAP on mIPSCs. Thus, these data provide substantial new information that NO potentiates GABAergic synaptic inputs to spinally projecting PVN neurones through a cGMP-protein kinase G pathway.
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- De-Pei Li
- Department of Anaesthesiology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
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Saransaari P, Oja SS. Involvement of nitric oxide in ischemia-evoked taurine release in the mouse hippocampus. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2004; 526:453-61. [PMID: 12908630 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-0077-3_54] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/04/2023]
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- Pirjo Saransaari
- Tampere Brain Research Center, Medical School, FIN-33014 University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
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Saransaari P, Oja SS. Characteristics of GABA release modified by glutamate receptors in mouse hippocampal slices. Neurochem Int 2003; 43:453-9. [PMID: 12742091 DOI: 10.1016/s0197-0186(03)00034-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The major part of hippocampal innervation is glutamatergic, regulated by inhibitory GABA-releasing interneurons. The modulation of [(3)H]GABA release by ionotropic and metabotropic glutamate receptors and by nitric oxide was here characterized in superfused mouse hippocampal slices. The ionotropic glutamate receptor agonists kainate, N-methyl-D-aspartate and 2-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionate potentiated the basal GABA release. These effects were blocked by their respective antagonists 6-nitro-7-cyanoquinoxaline-2,3-dione (CNQX), dizocilpine and 2,3-dioxo-6-nitro-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrobenzo(f)quinoxaline-7-sulfonamide (NBQX), indicating receptor-mediated mechanisms. The NO-generating compounds S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine (SNAP), sodiumnitroprusside and hydroxylamine enhanced the basal GABA release. Particularly the sodiumnitroprusside-evoked release was attenuated by the NO synthase inhibitor N(G)-nitro-L-arginine (L-NNA) and the inhibitor of soluble guanylyl cyclase 1H-(1,2,4)oxadiazolo(4,3a)quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ), indicating the involvement of the NO/cGMP pathway. This inference is corroborated by the enhancing effect of zaprinast, a phosphodiesterase inhibitor, which is known to increase cGMP levels. The K(+)-stimulated hippocampal GABA release was reduced by the groups I and III agonists of metabotropic glutamate receptors (+/-)-1-aminocyclopentane-trans-1,3-dicarboxylate (t-ACPD) and L-(+)-2-amino-4-phosphonobutyrate (L-AP4), which effects were abolished by their respective antagonists (RS)-1-aminoindan-1,5-dicarboxylate (AIDA) and (RS)-2-cyclopropyl-4-phosphonophenylglycine (CPPG), again indicating modification by receptor-mediated mechanisms.
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- Pirjo Saransaari
- Tampere Brain Research Center, Medical School, University of Tampere, FIN 33014 Tampere, Finland.
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Huang CC, Chan SHH, Hsu KS. cGMP/protein kinase G-dependent potentiation of glutamatergic transmission induced by nitric oxide in immature rat rostral ventrolateral medulla neurons in vitro. Mol Pharmacol 2003; 64:521-32. [PMID: 12869658 DOI: 10.1124/mol.64.2.521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Although both nitric oxide (NO) and glutamate within the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) are important mediators of the central cardiovascular regulation, little is known about the functional interactions between these two mediators. Herein, we investigated the possible role of NO on the glutamatergic transmission of RVLM neurons. Whole-cell patch-clamp recordings were performed on visualized RVLM neurons in the brainstem slice preparation of rats. We found that bath application of l-arginine, the substrate for NO production, significantly increased the amplitude of excitatory postsynaptic currents (EPSCs). This enhancement was completely abolished by coadministration of the NO synthase inhibitor 7-nitroindazole and mimicked by the NO donors 3-morpholinylsydnoneimine and spermine NONOate. Bath application of a NO-sensitive guanylyl cyclase inhibitor, 1H-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo[4,3-a]quinoxalin-1-one, or a protein kinase G (PKG) inhibitor, Rp-8-bromo-guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphorothioate, fully prevented the l-arginine-, 3-morpholinylsydnoneimine-, and N-[4-[1-(3-aminopropyl)-2-hydroxy-2-nitrosohydrazino]-butyl]-1,3-propanediamin (spermine NONOate)-induced synaptic potentiation. Direct activation of PKG with 8-(4-chlorophenylthio)-cGMP mimicked the action of NO donors. Furthermore, the augmentation by spermine NONOate of EPSC was accompanied by a reduction of the paired-pulse facilitation and synaptic failure rate of EPSCs. Spermine NONOate also significantly increased the frequency of both spontaneous and miniature EPSCs without altering their amplitude distribution. Pretreatment with the N-type Ca2+ channel blocker omega-conotoxin GVIA selectively blocked the spermine NONOate-induced synaptic potentiation. These results suggest that NO acts presynaptically to elicit a synaptic potentiation on the RVLM neurons through an enhancement of presynaptic N-type Ca2+ channel activity leading to facilitating glutamate release. The presynaptic action of NO is mediated by a cGMP/PKG-coupled signaling pathway.
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- Chiung-Chun Huang
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, 1, Ta-Hsiue Rd., Tainan 701, Taiwan
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Tan Y, Hori N, Carpenter DO. The mechanism of presynaptic long-term depression mediated by group I metabotropic glutamate receptors. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2003; 23:187-203. [PMID: 12735631 DOI: 10.1023/a:1022949922364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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1. Metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) are known to play a role in synaptic plasticity. In a study of rat hippocampal brain slices, we find that a brief perfusion of a group I mGluR agonist, (S)-3,5-dihydroxyphenylglycine (DHPG), induced a robust long-term depression (DHPG-LTD) in area CA1. 2. The action was accompanied by an enhancement of the paired-pulse facilitation (PPF) ratio. 3. At the same time DHPG enhanced ionophoretic responses to alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole-propionic acid (AMPA), kainic acid (KA), and N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) in CA1 pyramidal neurons. This was only partially reversed by washing. 4. These observations indicate that DHPG exerts two opposing actions, suppression of the synaptic transmission and facilitation of postsynaptic responses. However, the presynaptic action dominates, since the net effect of monosynaptic activation is a reduction of response. 5. Perfusion of DHPG reduced three calcium-dependent responses in CA3 pyramidal neurons, which are presynaptic to CA1 neurons. These are calcium spike width and amplitude, after-hyperpolarization (AHP), and spike frequency adaptation (SFA). 6. These results suggest that the DHPG-LTD results from modulation of the presynaptic calcium currents by group I mGluRs.
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- Yuansheng Tan
- Department of Environmental Health and Toxicology, School of Public Health, University at Albany, Rensselear, New York 12144, USA
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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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Nitric oxide (NO) functions in several types of synaptic plasticity, including hippocampal long-term potentiation (LTP), in which it may serve as a retrograde messenger after postsynaptic NMDA receptor activation. In accordance with a prediction of this hypothesis, and with previous findings using guinea pig tissue, exogenous NO, when paired with a short tetanus (ST) to afferent fibers, generated a stable NMDA receptor-independent potentiation of rat CA1 hippocampal synaptic transmission that occluded LTP. Contrary to predictions, however, the pairing-induced potentiation was abolished in the presence of NO synthase inhibitors, indicating that endogenous NO is required for exogenous NO to facilitate LTP. Periodic application of NO while endogenous NO synthesis was blocked indicated that a tonic low level is necessary on both sides of the NO-ST pairing for the plasticity to occur. A similar dependence on tonic NO seems to extend to LTP, because application of an NO synthase inhibitor 5 min after tetanic stimulation blocked LTP as effectively as adding it beforehand. The posttetanus time window during which NO operated was restricted to <15 min. Inhibition of the guanylyl cyclase-coupled NO receptor indicated that the potentiation resulting from NO-ST pairing and the NO signal transduction pathway during early LTP are both through cGMP. We conclude that NO does not function simply as an acute signaling molecule in LTP induction but has an equally important role outside this phase. The results resonate with observations concerning the role of the hippocampal NO-cGMP pathway in certain types of learning behavior.
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Lu Y, Chung HJ, Li Y, Rosenberg PA. NMDA receptor-mediated extracellular adenosine accumulation in rat forebrain neurons in culture is associated with inhibition of adenosine kinase. Eur J Neurosci 2003; 17:1213-22. [PMID: 12670309 DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02554.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The effect of N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) on regulation of extracellular adenosine was investigated in rat forebrain neurons in culture. NMDA evoked accumulation of extracellular adenosine with an EC50 value of 4.8 +/- 1.2 microM. The effect of NMDA was blocked by (+)-5-methyl-10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo [a, d] cyclohepten-5,10-imine hydrogen maleate indicating that NMDA receptor activation was involved. The NMDA effect was also blocked by chelation of extracellular Ca2+ indicating that influx of calcium was required. The nitric oxide-cyclic GMP signalling pathway was not involved, as nitric oxide synthase inhibitors were unable to block, and cGMP analogs were unable to mimic, the effect of NMDA. The source for extracellular adenosine was likely to be intracellular adenosine as the ecto-5'-nucleotidase inhibitor alpha beta-methylene-ADP was unable to block the effect of NMDA. One possible cause of intracellular adenosine accumulation might be NMDA receptor-mediated inhibition of mitochondrial function and ATP hydrolysis. We found that NMDA caused a concentration dependent depletion of intracellular ATP with an EC50 value of 21 +/- 8 microM. NMDA also caused a significant decrease in adenosine kinase activity, assayed by two different methods. Consistent with the hypothesis that inhibition of adenosine kinase is sufficient to cause an increase in extracellular adenosine, inhibition of adenosine kinase by 5'-iodotubercidin resulted in elevation of extracellular adenosine. However, in the presence of a concentration of 5'-iodotubercidin that inhibited over 90% of adenosine kinase activity, exposure to NMDA still caused adenosine accumulation. These studies suggest that several possible mechanisms are likely to be involved in NMDA-evoked extracellular adenosine accumulation.
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- Yin Lu
- Department of Neurology and Program in Neuroscience, Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Santschi LA, Stanton PK. A paired-pulse facilitation analysis of long-term synaptic depression at excitatory synapses in rat hippocampal CA1 and CA3 regions. Brain Res 2003; 962:78-91. [PMID: 12543458 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(02)03846-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Paired-pulse facilitation (PPF) is a form of short-term, activity-dependent synaptic plasticity common to most chemically transmitting synapses, manifested as an enhancement in the amplitude of the second of two rapidly evoked excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs). The generally accepted explanation of PPF posits that residual intraterminal free [Ca(2+)] from the first action potential facilitates the probability of transmitter release evoked by the second stimulus. A common extension of this hypothesis postulates that any plastic change which alters the probability of transmitter release, should also alter the magnitude of PPF. In the present study, we examined the relationship between PPF and both stimulus- and chemically-evoked long-term depression of synaptic strength (LTD) at Schaffer collateral-CA1, commissural/associational-CA3 and mossy fiber-CA3 synapses in rat hippocampal slices. We observed no significant change in mean PPF associated with either electrically- or chemically-induced LTD at any of these synapses. However, a correlation analysis revealed a complex pattern of PPF changes with LTD, such that low initial PPF was correlated with increases in PPF, while high initial PPF was associated with decreases. Combined with previous findings supporting a presynaptic site for chemical and stimulus-evoked LTD, our current data suggests a complex set of neurosecretory modifications downstream of presynaptic Ca(2+) influx, may, at least in part, underlie the expression of LTD.
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- Linda A Santschi
- Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461-1602, USA
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Bailey CP, Trejos JA, Schanne FAX, Stanton PK. Pairing elevation of [cyclic GMP] with inhibition of PKA produces long-term depression of glutamate release from isolated rat hippocampal presynaptic terminals. Eur J Neurosci 2003; 17:903-8. [PMID: 12603282 DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02507.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Data suggest both presynaptic and postsynaptic changes contribute to activity-dependent long-term synaptic plasticity. We have shown that pairing elevation of intracellular [cyclic GMP], using the type V phosphodiesterase inhibitor zaprinast, with inhibition of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA), is sufficient to elicit chemical long-term depression (CLTD) of synaptic transmission at Schaffer collateral-CA1 and mossy fibre-CA3 synapses in rat hippocampus. CLTD does not require synaptic activity, and selective postsynaptic drug injections do not affect it, suggesting it is presynaptically induced and expressed. To directly evaluate this hypothesis, we tested whether CLTD of transmitter release can be expressed in isolated presynaptic nerve terminals. Presynaptic nerve terminals (synaptosomes) were isolated from rat hippocampi by Percoll density gradient centrifugation. Synaptosomes were loaded with [3H]glutamate, and basal and depolarisation-induced release of [3H]glutamate measured in control medium versus medium containing zaprinast (20 microm) plus or minus the PKA inhibitor H-89 (10 microm). Zaprinast produced a significant decrease in basal [3H]glutamate release. However, only combining zaprinast with H-89 significantly depressed K+-evoked [3H]glutamate release. After a 20-min drug washout, basal release returned to normal in all conditions, but K+-evoked [3H]glutamate release was persistently reduced only by the combination of zaprinast plus H-89. Long-term reduction of [3H]glutamate release from synaptosomes was completely prevented by the PKG inhibitor KT5823 (5 microm). These data demonstrate the existence of a presynaptic, cyclic GMP-PKG dependent cascade capable of expressing LTD of glutamate release from isolated hippocampal nerve terminals.
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- Christopher P Bailey
- Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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Nedvetsky PI, Kleinschnitz C, Schmidt HHHW. Regional distribution of protein and activity of the nitric oxide receptor, soluble guanylyl cyclase, in rat brain suggests multiple mechanisms of regulation. Brain Res 2002; 950:148-54. [PMID: 12231239 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(02)03015-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Nitric oxide (NO) is an unconventional neuromodulator that signals by intercellular diffusion. Its effects are often mediated by activation of its cytosolic receptor, the hemoprotein soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC). Regional distribution of heterodimeric (alpha/beta) sGC at both the activity and protein level and its regulation are still unclear. Here, sGC was analyzed in rat brain by Western blot and NO donor-stimulated cyclic GMP accumulation. sGCalpha(1) and sGCbeta(1) immunoreactive protein signals strongly correlated with each other. However, V(max) values depended on the type of NO donor used. Sodium nitroprusside, the most widely used compound and formally an NO(+) donor, was up to 20-fold less effective in stimulating sGC activity than the NO donor diethylamine NONOate. In contrast to the rather even distribution of sGC proteins and SNP-stimulated cGMP accumulation in various regions of rat brain, diethylamine NONOate-stimulated sGC activity varied up to 8-fold between the different brain regions tested. In conclusion, we show that expression of both sGCalpha(1) and sGCbeta(1) subunits is tightly coregulated in rat brain, while yet unknown additional mechanisms affect the V(max) of sGC.
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- Pavel I Nedvetsky
- Rudolf-Buchheim-Institute for Pharmacology, Justus-Liebig-University, Frankfurter Str. 107, D-35392, Giessen, Germany.
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Buerk DG, Riva CE. Adenosine enhances functional activation of blood flow in cat optic nerve head during photic stimulation independently from nitric oxide. Microvasc Res 2002; 64:254-64. [PMID: 12204650 DOI: 10.1006/mvre.2002.2432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Blood flow studies in the brain, heart, and other organs suggest that there could be interaction between nitric oxide (NO) and adenosine. This possibility was investigated in the optic nerve head (ONH) during photic stimulation of the dark-adapted cat eye. Functional activation of ONH blood flow was measured by laser Doppler flowmetry, simultaneously with NO and PO(2) using double-barrel recessed electrochemical sensors. Photic stimulation (diffuse luminance flickering light at 30 Hz) increased ONH blood flow to 127.4 +/- 4.7% (mean +/- SEM) of baseline with a transient increase in NO by 79.8 +/- 12.8 nM, while PO(2) decreased from 24.5 +/- 2.7 to 22.7 +/- 2.4 Torr (control responses, 15 trials, 10 cats). Adenosine (3 mg/kg iv) increased baseline ONH blood flow to 113.8 +/- 8.4% of control within 5 min. Functional activation of ONH blood flow was enhanced during photic stimulation, reaching a maximum of 155.8 +/- 8.1% within 5 min, and remained enhanced for 30 to 45 min. NO responses during photic stimulation were not different from control responses. Treatment with a nonspecific NO synthase inhibitor (N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester, 40 mg/kg iv, 5 cats) did not alter the increase in resting ONH blood flow or the enhanced functional activation after adenosine. We conclude that there is no interaction between NO and adenosine during functional activation of cat ONH blood flow by photic stimulation.
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- Donald G Buerk
- Department of Physiology, Department of Bioengineering, and the Institute for Environmental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, 19104-6085, USA.
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- Anthony R Butler
- School of Chemistry, Purdie Building, University of St. Andrews, Fife KY16 9ST, Scotland, UK.
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