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Yook JH, Rizwan M, Shahid NUA, Naguit N, Jakkoju R, Laeeq S, Reghefaoui T, Zahoor H, Mohammed L. Some Twist of Molecular Circuitry Fast Forwards Overnight Sleep Hours: A Systematic Review of Natural Short Sleepers' Genes. Cureus 2021; 13:e19045. [PMID: 34722012 PMCID: PMC8547374 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.19045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2021] [Accepted: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/09/2022] Open
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This systematic review focuses on different genetic mutations identified in studies on natural short sleepers, who would not be ill-defined as one type of sleep-related disorder. The reviewed literature is from databases such as PubMed, PMC, Scopus, and ResearchGate. Due to the rare prevalence, the number of studies conducted on natural short sleepers is limited. Hence, searching the search of databases was done without any date restriction and included animal studies, since mouse and fly models share similarities with human sleep behaviors. Of the 12 articles analyzed, four conducted two types of studies, animal and human (cross-sectional or randomized-controlled studies), to testify the effects of human mutant genes in familial natural short sleepers via transgenic mouse or fly models. The remaining eight articles mainly focused on one type of study each: animal study (four articles), cross-sectional study (two articles), review (one article), and case report (one article). Hence, those articles brought different perspectives on the natural short sleep phenomenon by identifying intrinsic factors like DEC2, NPSR1, mGluR1, and β1-AR mutant genes. Natural short sleep traits in either point-mutations or single null mutations in those genes have been examined and confirmed its intrinsic nature in affected individuals without any related health concerns. Finally, this review added a potential limitation in these studies, mainly highlighting intrinsic causes since one case study reported an extrinsically triggered short sleep behavior in an older man without any family history. The overall result of the review study suggests that the molecular mechanisms tuned by identified sleep genes can give some potential points of therapeutic intervention in future studies.
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- Ji Hyun Yook
- Department of Research, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA
- Medicine, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai, CHN
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- Department of Research, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA
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- Department of Research, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA
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- Department of Research, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA
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- Department of Research, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA
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- Department of Research, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA
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- Department of Research, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA
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- Department of Research, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA
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- Department of Research, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA
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Xie Y, Zhao Y, Zhou L, Zhao L, Wang J, Ma W, Su X, Hui P, Guo B, Liu Y, Fan J, Zhang S, Yang J, Chen W, Wang J. Gene polymorphisms (rs324957, rs324981) in NPSR1 are associated with increased risk of primary insomnia: A cross-sectional study. Medicine (Baltimore) 2020; 99:e21598. [PMID: 32846769 PMCID: PMC7447491 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000021598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Neuropeptide S and neuropeptide S receptor (NPSR1) are associated with sleep regulation. Herein, the possible contribution of 6 polymorphisms in NPSR1 on the chromosome to primary insomnia (PI) and objective sleep phenotypes was investigated.The study included 157 patients with PI and 133 age- and sex-matched controls. All subjects were investigated by polysomnography for 3 consecutive nights. The genotyping of 6 polymorphisms was carried out by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism method.A significant difference was detected for rs324957 and rs324981 between PI and controls. The PI patients had a higher frequency of AA than controls in rs324957 (P = .02) and rs324981 (P = .04). However, for other single nucleotide polymorphisms (rs323922, rs324377, rs324396, and rs324987), no significant differences were observed between PI patients and controls. There were 2 different allelic combinations that were associated with PI susceptibility (CATGTC, GCCAAT) and its risk factor. A significant difference in sleep latency was observed among 3 genotype carriers of NPSR1 gene polymorphism rs324957 in PI group (P = .04), with carriers of the A/A genotype having the longest sleep latency (mean ± SD: 114.80 ± 58.27), followed by the A/G genotype (112.77 ± 46.54) and the G/G genotype (92.12 ± 42.72).This study provided the evidence that the NPSR1 gene polymorphisms (rs324957, rs324981) might be susceptibility loci for PI. Further studies are needed to explore the role of NPSR1 gene polymorphisms in molecular mechanisms of PI in a larger sample size.
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- Yuping Xie
- Sleep Medicine Center, Gansu Provincial Hospital
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- Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
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- Electroencephalogram Room, Gansu Provincial Hospital, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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- Adelaide Medical School, the University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Sleep Medicine Center, Gansu Provincial Hospital
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- Sleep Medicine Center, Gansu Provincial Hospital
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- Sleep Medicine Center, Gansu Provincial Hospital
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- Sleep Medicine Center, Gansu Provincial Hospital
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- Sleep Medicine Center, Gansu Provincial Hospital
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- Sleep Medicine Center, Gansu Provincial Hospital
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- Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
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- Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
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- Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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Gündüz A, Uygunoğlu U, Uluduz D, Saip S, Siva A, Göksan B, Kızıltan ME. Reduced inhibition in brainstem circuits in classical trigeminal neuralgia. Eur J Pain 2018; 23:142-149. [PMID: 30055103 DOI: 10.1002/ejp.1293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE We hypothesized that prepulse modulation (PPM) would be altered in trigeminal neuralgia (TN) if suprasegmental inhibitory network involvement was present and tested our hypothesis in a group of patients with classical TN. METHODS The study enrolled nine consecutive patients with classical TN and 14 healthy subjects. Diagnosis and classification followed the International Classification of Headache Disorders-third edition (beta version). The blink reflex (BR) and BR-PPM were recorded. Ipsilateral recordings were made after stimulating each trigeminal nerve in the patient group whereas right-sided recordings were performed after stimulating the right trigeminal nerve in the healthy subjects. A conditioning electrical stimulus was applied to the ipsilateral median nerve at interstimulus intervals (ISIs) of 50 and 100 ms before the test stimulus to the supraorbital nerve. RESULTS The unconditioned BR recordings were similar in all groups. In the healthy subjects, the prepulse stimulus resulted in a reduced R2 magnitude (p = 0.000, Friedman's test) and longer R2 latency (p = 0.008, Friedman's test) at ISIs of 50 and 100 ms in comparison with unconditioned recordings. The R2 latency differed significantly between the unconditioned recordings and the ISI of 100 ms. In the patients with TN, no significant change was observed on either the symptomatic or asymptomatic sides. CONCLUSIONS There is a bilateral prepulse inhibition deficit in TN, even on the asymptomatic side. Our findings provide electrophysiological evidence for suprasegmental changes and loss of filtering activity at the brainstem in level TN.
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- A Gündüz
- Department of Neurology, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Istanbul University, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Istanbul University, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Istanbul University, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Istanbul University, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Istanbul University, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Istanbul University, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Istanbul University, Turkey
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Brown DA. Regulation of neural ion channels by muscarinic receptors. Neuropharmacology 2017; 136:383-400. [PMID: 29154951 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2017.11.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2016] [Revised: 10/26/2017] [Accepted: 11/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The excitable behaviour of neurons is determined by the activity of their endogenous membrane ion channels. Since muscarinic receptors are not themselves ion channels, the acute effects of muscarinic receptor stimulation on neuronal function are governed by the effects of the receptors on these endogenous neuronal ion channels. This review considers some principles and factors determining the interaction between subtypes and classes of muscarinic receptors with neuronal ion channels, and summarizes the effects of muscarinic receptor stimulation on a number of different channels, the mechanisms of receptor - channel transduction and their direct consequences for neuronal activity. Ion channels considered include potassium channels (voltage-gated, inward rectifier and calcium activated), voltage-gated calcium channels, cation channels and chloride channels. This article is part of the Special Issue entitled 'Neuropharmacology on Muscarinic Receptors'.
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- David A Brown
- Department of Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
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Sokolov AY, Murzina AA, Osipchuk AV, Lyubashina OA, Amelin AV. Cholinergic mechanisms of headaches. NEUROCHEM J+ 2017. [DOI: 10.1134/s1819712417020131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Shelukhina I, Mikhailov N, Abushik P, Nurullin L, Nikolsky EE, Giniatullin R. Cholinergic Nociceptive Mechanisms in Rat Meninges and Trigeminal Ganglia: Potential Implications for Migraine Pain. Front Neurol 2017; 8:163. [PMID: 28496430 PMCID: PMC5406407 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2017.00163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2017] [Accepted: 04/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Parasympathetic innervation of meninges and ability of carbachol, acetylcholine (ACh) receptor (AChR) agonist, to induce headaches suggests contribution of cholinergic mechanisms to primary headaches. However, neurochemical mechanisms of cholinergic regulation of peripheral nociception in meninges, origin place for headache, are almost unknown. METHODS Using electrophysiology, calcium imaging, immunohistochemistry, and staining of meningeal mast cells, we studied effects of cholinergic agents on peripheral nociception in rat hemiskulls and isolated trigeminal neurons. RESULTS Both ACh and carbachol significantly increased nociceptive firing in peripheral terminals of meningeal trigeminal nerves recorded by local suction electrode. Strong nociceptive firing was also induced by nicotine, implying essential role of nicotinic AChRs in control of excitability of trigeminal nerve endings. Nociceptive firing induced by carbachol was reduced by muscarinic antagonist atropine, whereas the action of nicotine was prevented by the nicotinic blocker d-tubocurarine but was insensitive to the TRPA1 antagonist HC-300033. Carbachol but not nicotine induced massive degranulation of meningeal mast cells known to release multiple pro-nociceptive mediators. Enzymes terminating ACh action, acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase, were revealed in perivascular meningeal nerves. The inhibitor of AChE neostigmine did not change the firing per se but induced nociceptive activity, sensitive to d-tubocurarine, after pretreatment of meninges with the migraine mediator CGRP. This observation suggested the pro-nociceptive action of endogenous ACh in meninges. Both nicotine and carbachol induced intracellular Ca2+ transients in trigeminal neurons partially overlapping with expression of capsaicin-sensitive TRPV1 receptors. CONCLUSION Trigeminal nerve terminals in meninges, as well as dural mast cells and trigeminal ganglion neurons express a repertoire of pro-nociceptive nicotinic and muscarinic AChRs, which could be activated by the ACh released from parasympathetic nerves. These receptors represent a potential target for novel therapeutic interventions in trigeminal pain and probably in migraine.
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- Irina Shelukhina
- Department of Neurobiology, A. I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.,Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Neurobiology, A. I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Neurobiology, A. I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Laboratory of Biophysics of Synaptic Processes, Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Kazan, Russian Federation.,Open Laboratory of Neuropharmacology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russian Federation
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- Laboratory of Biophysics of Synaptic Processes, Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Kazan, Russian Federation.,Open Laboratory of Neuropharmacology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russian Federation
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- Department of Neurobiology, A. I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.,Laboratory of Neurobiology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russian Federation
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Endocannabinoid CB1 receptor-mediated rises in Ca(2+) and depolarization-induced suppression of inhibition within the laterodorsal tegmental nucleus. Brain Struct Funct 2015; 221:1255-77. [PMID: 25573246 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-014-0969-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2014] [Accepted: 12/12/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Cannabinoid type 1 receptors (CB1Rs) are functionally active within the laterodorsal tegmental nucleus (LDT), which is critically involved in control of rapid eye movement sleep, cortical arousal, and motivated states. To further characterize the cellular consequences of activation of CB1Rs in this nucleus, we examined whether CB1R activation led to rises in intracellular Ca(2+) ([Ca(2+)]i) and whether processes shown in other regions to involve endocannabinoid (eCB) transmission were present in the LDT. Using a combination of Ca(2+) imaging in multiple cells loaded with Ca(2+) imaging dye via 'bulk-loading' or in single cells loaded with dye via a patch-clamp electrode, we found that WIN 55212-2 (WIN-2), a potent CB1R agonist, induced increases in [Ca(2+)]i which were sensitive to AM251, a CB1R antagonist. A proportion of rises persisted in TTX and/or low-extracellular Ca(2+) conditions. Attenuation of these increases by a reversible inhibitor of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPases, suggests these rises occurred following release of Ca(2+) from intracellular stores. Under voltage clamp conditions, brief, direct depolarization of LDT neurons resulted in a decrease in the frequency and amplitude of AM251-sensitive, inhibitory postsynaptic currents (IPSCs), which was an action sensitive to presence of a Ca(2+) chelator. Finally, actions of DHPG, a mGlu1R agonist, on IPSC activity were examined and found to result in an AM251- and BAPTA-sensitive inhibition of both the frequency and amplitude of sIPSCs. Taken together, our data further characterize CB1R and eCB actions in the LDT and indicate that eCB transmission could play a role in the processes governed by this nucleus.
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Soni N, Satpathy S, Kohlmeier KA. Neurophysiological evidence for the presence of cannabinoid CB1 receptors in the laterodorsal tegmental nucleus. Eur J Neurosci 2014; 40:3635-52. [PMID: 25251035 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2014] [Revised: 08/13/2014] [Accepted: 08/20/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Marijuana, which acts within the endocannabinoid (eCB) system as an agonist of the cannabinoid type 1 receptor (CB1R), exhibits addictive properties and has powerful actions on the state of arousal of an organism. The laterodorsal tegmental nucleus (LDT), as a component of the reticular activating system, is involved in cortical activation and is important in the development of drug addiction-associated behaviours. Therefore, eCBs might exert behavioural effects by actions on the LDT; however, it is unknown whether eCBs have actions on neurons in this nucleus. Accordingly, whole-cell voltage- and current-clamp recordings were conducted from mouse brain slices, and responses of LDT neurons to the CB1R agonist WIN-2 were monitored. Our results showed that WIN-2 decreased the frequency of spontaneous and miniature inhibitory postsynaptic currents (sIPSCs and mIPSCs). Ongoing activity of endogenous eCBs was confirmed as AM251, a potent CB1R antagonist, elicited sIPSCs. WIN-2 reduced the firing frequency of LDT neurons. In addition, our RT-PCR studies confirmed the presence of CB1R transcript in the LDT. Taken together, we conclude that CB1Rs are functionally active in the LDT, and their activation changes the firing frequency and synaptic activity of neurons in this nucleus. Therefore, endogenous eCB transmission could play a role in processes involving the LDT, such as cortical activation and motivated behaviours and, further, behavioural actions of marijuana are probably mediated, in part, via cellular actions within the LDT induced by this addictive and behavioural state-altering drug.
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- Neeraj Soni
- Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 2, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Zhang Q, Long Q, Ott J. AprioriGWAS, a new pattern mining strategy for detecting genetic variants associated with disease through interaction effects. PLoS Comput Biol 2014; 10:e1003627. [PMID: 24901472 PMCID: PMC4046917 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2013] [Accepted: 04/01/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Identifying gene-gene interaction is a hot topic in genome wide association studies. Two fundamental challenges are: (1) how to smartly identify combinations of variants that may be associated with the trait from astronomical number of all possible combinations; and (2) how to test epistatic interaction when all potential combinations are available. We developed AprioriGWAS, which brings two innovations. (1) Based on Apriori, a successful method in field of Frequent Itemset Mining (FIM) in which a pattern growth strategy is leveraged to effectively and accurately reduce search space, AprioriGWAS can efficiently identify genetically associated genotype patterns. (2) To test the hypotheses of epistasis, we adopt a new conditional permutation procedure to obtain reliable statistical inference of Pearson's chi-square test for the contingency table generated by associated variants. By applying AprioriGWAS to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) data, we found that: (1) angiopoietin 1 (ANGPT1) and four retinal genes interact with Complement Factor H (CFH). (2) GO term “glycosaminoglycan biosynthetic process” was enriched in AMD interacting genes. The epistatic interactions newly found by AprioriGWAS on AMD data are likely true interactions, since genes interacting with CFH are retinal genes, and GO term enrichment also verified that interaction between glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) and CFH plays an important role in disease pathology of AMD. By applying AprioriGWAS on Bipolar disorder in WTCCC data, we found variants without marginal effect show significant interactions. For example, multiple-SNP genotype patterns inside gene GABRB2 and GRIA1 (AMPA subunit 1 receptor gene). AMPARs are found in many parts of the brain and are the most commonly found receptor in the nervous system. The GABRB2 mediates the fastest inhibitory synaptic transmission in the central nervous system. GRIA1 and GABRB2 are relevant to mental disorders supported by multiple evidences. Genes do not operate in vacuum. They interact with each other in many ways. Therefore, to figure out genetic causes of disease by case-control association studies, it is important to take interactions into account. There are two fundamental challenges in interaction-focused analysis. The first is the number of possible combinations of genetic variants easily goes to astronomic which is beyond current computational facility, which is referred as “the curse of dimensionality” in field of computer science. The other is, even if all potential combinations could be exhaustively checked, genuine signals are likely to be buried by false positives that are composed of single variant with large main effect and some other irrelevant variant. In this work, we propose AprioriGWAS that employees Apriori, an algorithm that pioneers the branch of “Frequent Itemset Mining” in computer science to cope with daunting numbers of combinations, and conditional permutation, to enable real signals standing out. By applying AprioriGWAS to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) data and bipolar disorder (BD) in WTCCC data, we found interesting interactions between sensible genes in terms of disease. Consequently, AprioriGWAS could be a good tool to find epistasis interaction from GWA data.
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- Qingrun Zhang
- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Institute of Genomics and Multi-scale Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America
- * E-mail: , (QZ); (QL)
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Institute of Genomics and Multi-scale Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America
- * E-mail: , (QZ); (QL)
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- Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chaoyang District, Beijing, PR China
- Laboratory of Statistical Genetics, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America
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Spada J, Sander C, Burkhardt R, Häntzsch M, Mergl R, Scholz M, Hegerl U, Hensch T. Genetic association of objective sleep phenotypes with a functional polymorphism in the neuropeptide S receptor gene. PLoS One 2014; 9:e98789. [PMID: 24896296 PMCID: PMC4045816 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2014] [Accepted: 05/06/2014] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The neuropeptide S receptor (NPSR1) and its ligand neuropeptide S (NPS) have received increased attention in the last few years, as both establish a previously unknown system of neuromodulation. Animal research studies have suggested that NPS may be involved in arousal/wakefulness and may also have a crucial role in sleep regulation. The single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs324981 in NPSR1 has begun to shed light on a function of the NPS-system in human sleep regulation. Due to an amino acid exchange, the T-allele leads to an increased sensitivity of the NPSR1. In the only genome-wide association study to date on circadian sleep parameters in humans, an association was found between rs324981 and regular bedtime. However, the sleep parameters in this study were only measured by self-rating. Therefore, our study aimed to replicate these findings using an objective measure of sleep. METHODS The study included n = 393 white subjects (62-79 years) who participated in an actigraphic assessment for determining sleep duration, rest duration, sleep onset, rest onset and sleep onset latency. Genotyping of the SNP rs324981 was performed using the TaqMan OpenArray System. RESULTS The genotype at rs324981 was not significantly associated with rest onset (bedtime) or sleep onset (p = .146 and p = .199, respectively). However, the SNP showed a significant effect on sleep- and rest duration (p = .007 and p = .003, respectively). Subjects that were homozygous for the minor T-allele had a significantly decreased sleep- and rest duration compared to A-allele carriers. CONCLUSION The results of this study indicate that the sleep pattern in humans is influenced by the NPS-system. However, the previously reported association between bedtime and rs324981 could not be confirmed. The current finding of decreased sleep duration in T/T allele carriers is in accordance with studies in rodents reporting similar results after NPS application.
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- Janek Spada
- LIFE – Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- LIFE – Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- LIFE – Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- LIFE – Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- LIFE – Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- LIFE – Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology (IMISE), Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- LIFE – Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- LIFE – Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Toscano-Márquez B, Dunn RJ, Krahe R. Distribution of muscarinic acetylcholine receptor mRNA in the brain of the weakly electric fishApteronotus leptorhynchus. J Comp Neurol 2013; 521:1054-72. [DOI: 10.1002/cne.23218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2012] [Revised: 07/18/2012] [Accepted: 08/17/2012] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Tamaddonfard E, Hamzeh-Gooshchi N. Effects of subcutaneous and intracerebroventricular injection of physostigmine on the acute corneal nociception in rats. Pharmacol Rep 2011; 62:858-63. [PMID: 21098868 DOI: 10.1016/s1734-1140(10)70345-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2009] [Revised: 01/13/2010] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The present study investigated the effects of subcutaneous (sc) and intracerebroventricular (icv) injections of physostigmine (a cholinesterase inhibitor), atropine (an antagonist of muscarinic cholinergic receptors) and hexamethonium (an antagonist of nicotinic cholinergic receptors) on the acute corneal nociception in rats. Local application of 5 M NaCl solution on the corneal surface of the eye produced a significant nociceptive behavior, characterized by eye wiping. The number of eye wipes was counted during the first 30 s. The sc (0.25, 0.5 and 1 mg/kg) and icv (1.25, 2.5, 5 and 10 μg) injections of physostigmine significantly (p < 0.05) decreased the number of eye wipes. Atropine and hexamethonium at (2 mg/kg, sc and 20 μg, icv) had no effects when used alone, however, atropine, but not hexamethonium prevented the antinociception induced by physostigmine (sc and icv). The results of this study indicate that the central muscarinic, but not nicotinic receptors might be involved in the antinociceptive effect of physostigmine in the acute corneal model of pain in rats.
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- Esmaeal Tamaddonfard
- Division of Physiology, Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia University, Urmia 57153-1177, Iran.
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Neuronal circuits commonly receive simultaneous inputs from descending, ascending, and hormonal systems. Thus far, however, most such inputs have been studied individually to determine their influence on a given circuit. Here, we examine the integrated action of the hormone crustacean cardioactive peptide (CCAP) and the gastropyloric receptor (GPR) proprioceptor neuron on the biphasic gastric mill (chewing) rhythm driven by the projection neuron modulatory commissural neuron 1 (MCN1) in the isolated crab stomatogastric ganglion. In control saline, GPR stimulation selectively prolongs the gastric mill retractor phase, via presynaptic inhibition of MCN1. In the absence of GPR stimulation, CCAP does not alter retraction duration and modestly prolongs protraction. Here, we show, using computational modeling and dynamic-clamp manipulations, that the presence of CCAP weakens or eliminates the GPR effect on the gastric mill rhythm. This CCAP action results from its ability to activate the same modulator-activated conductance (G(MI)) as MCN1 in the gastric mill circuit neuron lateral gastric (LG). Because GPR prolongs retraction by weakening MCN1 activation of G(MI) in LG, the parallel G(MI) activation by CCAP reduces the impact of GPR regulation of this conductance. The CCAP-activated G(MI) thus counteracts the GPR-mediated decrease in the MCN1-activated G(MI) in LG and reduces the GPR ability to regulate the gastric mill rhythm. Consequently, although CCAP neither changes retraction duration nor alters GPR inhibition of MCN1, its activation of a modulator-activated conductance in a pivotal downstream circuit neuron enables CCAP to weaken or eliminate sensory regulation of motor circuit output.
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Turner J, Hughes LF, Toth LA. Sleep, activity, temperature and arousal responses of mice deficient for muscarinic receptor M2 or M4. Life Sci 2009; 86:158-69. [PMID: 19958780 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2009.11.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2009] [Revised: 11/18/2009] [Accepted: 11/23/2009] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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AIMS The type 2 muscarinic receptor (M2R) differs from the other G-protein-coupled muscarinic receptor (type 4, or M4R) in tissue distribution and physiologic effects. We studied the impact of these receptors on sleep and arousal by using M2R and M4R knock-out (KO) mice. MAIN METHODS M2R and M4R KO and genetically intact mice were compared in terms of normal patterns of sleep, responses to sleep loss, infectious challenge and acoustic startle, and acoustic prepulse inhibition of startle (PPI). KEY FINDINGS Under basal conditions, M2R and M4R KO mice do not differ from the background strain or each other in the amount or diurnal pattern of sleep, locomotor activity, and body temperature. After enforced sleep loss, M2R KO mice, in contrast to the other two strains, show no rebound in slow-wave sleep (SWS) time, although their SWS is consolidated, and they show a greater rebound in time spent in REMS (rapid-eye-movement sleep) and REMS consolidation. During influenza infection, M2R KO mice, as compared with the other strains, show marked hypothermia and a less robust increase in SWS. During Candida albicans infection, M2R KO mice show a greater increase in SWS and a greater inflammatory response than do the other strains. M2R KO mice also show greater acoustic startle amplitude than does the background strain, although PPI was not different across the 3 strains over a range of stimulus intensities. SIGNIFICANCE Taken together, these findings support different roles for M2R and M4R in the modulation of sleep and arousal during homeostatic challenge.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jeremy Turner
- Department of Psychology, Illinois College Jacksonville, IL 62650, USA
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Zhu Z, Bowman HR, Baghdoyan HA, Lydic R. Morphine increases acetylcholine release in the trigeminal nuclear complex. Sleep 2009; 31:1629-37. [PMID: 19090318 DOI: 10.1093/sleep/31.12.1629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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STUDY OBJECTIVES The trigeminal nuclear complex (V) contains cholinergic neurons and includes the principal sensory trigeminal nucleus (PSTN) which receives sensory input from the face and jaw, and the trigeminal motor nucleus (MoV) which innervates the muscles of mastication. Pain associated with pathologies of V is often managed with opioids but no studies have characterized the effect of opioids on acetylcholine (ACh) release in PSTN and MoV. Opioids can increase or decrease ACh release in brainstem nuclei. Therefore, the present experiments tested the 2-tailed hypothesis that microdialysis delivery of opioids to the PSTN and MoV significantly alters ACh release. DESIGN Using a within-subjects design and isoflurane-anesthetized Wistar rats (n=53), ACh release in PSTN during microdialysis with Ringer's solution (control) was compared to ACh release during dialysis delivery of the sodium channel blocker tetrodotoxin, muscarinic agonist bethanechol, opioid agonist morphine, mu opioid agonist DAMGO, antagonists for mu (naloxone) and kappa (nor-binaltorphimine; nor-BNI) opioid receptors, and GABAA antagonist bicuculline. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS Tetrodotoxin decreased ACh, confirming action potential-dependent ACh release. Bethanechol and morphine caused a concentration-dependent increase in PSTN ACh release. The morphine-induced increase in ACh release was blocked by nor-BNI but not by naloxone. Bicuculline delivered to the PSTN also increased ACh release. ACh release in the MoV was increased by morphine, and this increase was not blocked by naloxone or nor-BNI. CONCLUSIONS These data comprise the first direct measures of ACh release in PSTN and MoV and suggest synaptic disinhibition as one possible mechanism by which morphine increases ACh release in the trigeminal nuclei.
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- Zhenghong Zhu
- Department ofAnesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5615, USA
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