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Salvati KA, Ritger ML, Davoudian PA, O’Dell F, Wyskiel DR, Souza GMPR, Lu AC, Perez-Reyes E, Drake JC, Yan Z, Beenhakker MP. OUP accepted manuscript. Brain 2022; 145:2332-2346. [PMID: 35134125 PMCID: PMC9337815 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awac037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2021] [Revised: 12/20/2021] [Accepted: 12/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Metabolism regulates neuronal activity and modulates the occurrence of epileptic seizures. Here, using two rodent models of absence epilepsy, we show that hypoglycaemia increases the occurrence of spike-wave seizures. We then show that selectively disrupting glycolysis in the thalamus, a structure implicated in absence epilepsy, is sufficient to increase spike-wave seizures. We propose that activation of thalamic AMP-activated protein kinase, a sensor of cellular energetic stress and potentiator of metabotropic GABAB-receptor function, is a significant driver of hypoglycaemia-induced spike-wave seizures. We show that AMP-activated protein kinase augments postsynaptic GABAB-receptor-mediated currents in thalamocortical neurons and strengthens epileptiform network activity evoked in thalamic brain slices. Selective thalamic AMP-activated protein kinase activation also increases spike-wave seizures. Finally, systemic administration of metformin, an AMP-activated protein kinase agonist and common diabetes treatment, profoundly increased spike-wave seizures. These results advance the decades-old observation that glucose metabolism regulates thalamocortical circuit excitability by demonstrating that AMP-activated protein kinase and GABAB-receptor cooperativity is sufficient to provoke spike-wave seizures.
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- Kathryn A Salvati
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
- Epilepsy Research Laboratory and Weil Institute for Neurosciences, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
- MD-PhD Program, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
- The Robert M. Berne Center for Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
- The Robert M. Berne Center for Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- Correspondence to: Mark P. Beenhakker Department of Pharmacology University of Virginia School of Medicine Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA E-mail:
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Sakamaki G, Johnson K, Mensinger M, Hmu E, Klein AH. Loss of SUR1 subtype K ATP channels alters antinociception and locomotor activity after opioid administration. Behav Brain Res 2021; 414:113467. [PMID: 34274374 PMCID: PMC11019344 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2021.113467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2020] [Revised: 06/07/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Opioid signaling can occur through several downstream mediators and influence analgesia as well as reward mechanisms in the nervous system. KATP channels are downstream targets of the μ opioid receptor and contribute to morphine-induced antinociception. The aim of the present work was to assess the role of SUR1-subtype KATP channels in antinociception and hyperlocomotion of synthetic and semi-synthetic opioids. Adult male and female mice wild-type (WT) and SUR1 deficient (KO) mice were assessed for mechanical and thermal antinociception after administration of either buprenorphine, fentanyl, or DAMGO. Potassium flux was assessed in the dorsal root ganglia and superficial dorsal horn cells in WT and KO mice. Hyperlocomotion was also assessed in WT and KO animals after buprenorphine, fentanyl, or DAMGO administration. SUR1 KO mice had attenuated mechanical antinociception after systemic administration of buprenorphine, fentanyl, and DAMGO. Potassium flux was also attenuated in the dorsal root ganglia and spinal cord dorsal horn cells after acute administration of buprenorphine and fentanyl. Hyperlocomotion after administration of morphine and buprenorphine was potentiated in SUR1 KO mice, but was not seen after administration of fentanyl or DAMGO. These results suggest SUR1-subtype KATP channels mediate the antinociceptive response of several classes of opioids (alkaloid and synthetic/semi-synthetic), but may not contribute to the "drug-seeking" behaviors of all classes of opioids.
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- Gerald Sakamaki
- Department of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN, United States
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN, United States
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN, United States
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN, United States
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN, United States.
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López-Gambero AJ, Martínez F, Salazar K, Cifuentes M, Nualart F. Brain Glucose-Sensing Mechanism and Energy Homeostasis. Mol Neurobiol 2018; 56:769-796. [PMID: 29796992 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-018-1099-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2018] [Accepted: 04/25/2018] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The metabolic and energy state of the organism depends largely on the availability of substrates, such as glucose for ATP production, necessary for maintaining physiological functions. Deregulation in glucose levels leads to the appearance of pathological signs that result in failures in the cardiovascular system and various diseases, such as diabetes, obesity, nephropathy, and neuropathy. Particularly, the brain relies on glucose as fuel for the normal development of neuronal activity. Regions adjacent to the cerebral ventricles, such as the hypothalamus and brainstem, exercise central control in energy homeostasis. These centers house nuclei of neurons whose excitatory activity is sensitive to changes in glucose levels. Determining the different detection mechanisms, the phenotype of neurosecretion, and neural connections involving glucose-sensitive neurons is essential to understanding the response to hypoglycemia through modulation of food intake, thermogenesis, and activation of sympathetic and parasympathetic branches, inducing glucagon and epinephrine secretion and other hypothalamic-pituitary axis-dependent counterregulatory hormones, such as glucocorticoids and growth hormone. The aim of this review focuses on integrating the current understanding of various glucose-sensing mechanisms described in the brain, thereby establishing a relationship between neuroanatomy and control of physiological processes involved in both metabolic and energy balance. This will advance the understanding of increasingly prevalent diseases in the modern world, especially diabetes, and emphasize patterns that regulate and stimulate intake, thermogenesis, and the overall synergistic effect of the neuroendocrine system.
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- A J López-Gambero
- Laboratory of Neurobiology and Stem Cells NeuroCellT, Department of Cellular Biology, Center for Advanced Microscopy CMA BIO BIO, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Concepcion, Concepcion, Chile.,Department of Cell Biology, Genetics and Physiology, University of Malaga, IBIMA, BIONAND, Andalusian Center for Nanomedicine and Biotechnology and Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine, Málaga, Spain
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology and Stem Cells NeuroCellT, Department of Cellular Biology, Center for Advanced Microscopy CMA BIO BIO, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Concepcion, Concepcion, Chile
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology and Stem Cells NeuroCellT, Department of Cellular Biology, Center for Advanced Microscopy CMA BIO BIO, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Concepcion, Concepcion, Chile
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- Department of Cell Biology, Genetics and Physiology, University of Malaga, IBIMA, BIONAND, Andalusian Center for Nanomedicine and Biotechnology and Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine, Málaga, Spain.
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology and Stem Cells NeuroCellT, Department of Cellular Biology, Center for Advanced Microscopy CMA BIO BIO, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Concepcion, Concepcion, Chile. .,Departamento de Biología Celular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile.
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Possible involvement of monoamine neurons in the emotional abnormality in Kir6.2-deficient mice. Physiol Behav 2018; 188:251-261. [PMID: 29432787 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2018.02.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2017] [Revised: 02/07/2018] [Accepted: 02/07/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channels consist of two structurally different subunits: a pore-forming subunit of the Kir6.0-family (Kir6.1 or Kir6.2) and a regulatory sulfonylurea receptor subunit (SUR1, SUR2A or SUR2B). Although Kir6.2 is widely distributed in the brain, the mechanisms that underlie the impact of Kir6.2 on emotional behavior are not yet fully understood. To clarify the role of Kir6.2 in emotional behavior, in the present study, we investigated the behavioral characteristics of Kir6.2-knockout (Kir6.2-/-) mice. Kir6.2-/- mice showed impaired general behavior in a locomotor activity test and open field test. In addition, anxiety-like behavior was observed in the open field test, elevated plus-maze test and light-dark test. In particular, excessive anxiety-like behavior was observed in female Kir6.2-/- mice. Moreover, we investigated whether Kir6.2 is expressed on monoamine neurons in the brain. Immunohistochemical studies showed that Kir6.2 was co-localized with tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH), a marker of serotonergic neurons, in dorsal raphe nuclei. Kir6.2 was also co-localized with tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), a marker of dopaminergic/noradrenergic neurons, in the ventral tegmental area and locus coeruleus. Next, we checked the protein levels of TH and TPH in the midbrain. Interestingly, TPH expression was significantly elevated in female Kir6.2-/- mice. These results suggest that Kir6.2 in monoamine neurons, especially serotonergic neurons, could play a key role in emotional behavior.
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Modulation of Excitability of Stellate Neurons in the Ventral Cochlear Nucleus of Mice by ATP-Sensitive Potassium Channels. J Membr Biol 2018; 251:163-178. [PMID: 29379989 DOI: 10.1007/s00232-017-0011-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2017] [Accepted: 12/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Major voltage-activated ionic channels of stellate cells in the ventral part of cochlear nucleus (CN) were largely characterized previously. However, it is not known if these cells are equipped with other ion channels apart from the voltage-sensitive ones. In the current study, it was aimed to study subunit composition and function of ATP-sensitive potassium channels (KATP) in stellate cells of the ventral cochlear nucleus. Subunits of KATP channels, Kir6.1, Kir6.2, SUR1, and SUR2, were expressed at the mRNA level and at the protein level in the mouse VCN tissue. The specific and clearly visible bands for all subunits but that for Kir6.1 were seen in Western blot. Using immunohistochemical staining technique, stellate cells were strongly labeled with SUR1 and Kir6.2 antibodies and moderately labeled with SUR2 antibody, whereas the labeling signals for Kir6.1 were too weak. In patch clamp recordings, KATP agonists including cromakalim (50 µM), diazoxide (0.2 mM), 3-Amino-1,2,4-triazole (ATZ) (1 mM), 2,2-Dithiobis (5-nitro pyridine) (DTNP) (330 µM), 6-Chloro-3-isopropylamino- 4H-thieno[3,2-e]-1,2,4-thiadiazine 1,1-dioxide (NNC 55-0118) (1 µM), 6-chloro-3-(methylcyclopropyl)amino-4H-thieno[3,2-e]-1,2,4-thiadiazine 1,1-dioxide (NN414) (1 µM), and H2O2 (0.88 mM) induced marked responses in stellate cells, characterized by membrane hyperpolarization which were blocked by KATP antagonists. Blockers of KATP channels, glibenclamide (0.2 mM), tolbutamide (0.1 mM) as well as 5-hydroxydecanoic acid (1 mM), and catalase (500 IU/ml) caused depolarization of stellate cells, increasing spontaneous action potential firing. In conclusion, KATP channels seemed to be composed dominantly of Kir 6.2 subunit and SUR1 and SUR2 and activation or inhibition of KATP channels regulates firing properties of stellate cells by means of influencing resting membrane potential and input resistance.
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van den Top M, Zhao FY, Viriyapong R, Michael NJ, Munder AC, Pryor JT, Renaud LP, Spanswick D. The impact of ageing, fasting and high-fat diet on central and peripheral glucose tolerance and glucose-sensing neural networks in the arcuate nucleus. J Neuroendocrinol 2017; 29. [PMID: 28834571 DOI: 10.1111/jne.12528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2017] [Revised: 08/01/2017] [Accepted: 08/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Obesity and ageing are risk factors for diabetes. In the present study, we investigated the effects of ageing, obesity and fasting on central and peripheral glucose tolerance and on glucose-sensing neuronal function in the arcuate nucleus of rats, with a view to providing insight into the central mechanisms regulating glucose homeostasis and how they change or are subject to dysfunction with ageing and obesity. We show that, following a glucose load, central glucose tolerance at the level of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma is significantly reduced in rats maintained on a high-fat diet (HFD). With ageing, up to 2 years, central glucose tolerance was impaired in an age-dependent manner, whereas peripheral glucose tolerance remained unaffected. Ageing-induced peripheral glucose intolerance was improved by a 24-hour fast, whereas central glucose tolerance was not corrected. Pre-wean, immature animals have elevated basal plasma glucose levels and a delayed increase in central glucose levels following peripheral glucose injection compared to mature animals. Electrophysiological recording techniques revealed an energy-status-dependent role for glucose-excited, inhibited and adapting neurones, along with glucose-induced changes in synaptic transmission. We conclude that ageing affects central glucose tolerance, whereas HFD profoundly affects central and peripheral glucose tolerance and, in addition, glucose-sensing neurones adapt function in an energy-status-dependent manner.
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- NeuroSolutions Ltd, Coventry, UK
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- Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
- MOAC DTC, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- Metabolic Disease and Obesity Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Metabolic Disease and Obesity Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
- Metabolic Disease and Obesity Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- NeuroSolutions Ltd, Coventry, UK
- Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
- Metabolic Disease and Obesity Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
- Neuroscience Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Haythorne E, Hamilton DL, Findlay JA, Beall C, McCrimmon RJ, Ashford MLJ. Chronic exposure to K ATP channel openers results in attenuated glucose sensing in hypothalamic GT1-7 neurons. Neuropharmacology 2016; 111:212-222. [PMID: 27618741 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2016.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2016] [Revised: 07/06/2016] [Accepted: 09/07/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Individuals with Type 1 diabetes (T1D) are often exposed to recurrent episodes of hypoglycaemia. This reduces hormonal and behavioural responses that normally counteract low glucose in order to maintain glucose homeostasis, with altered responsiveness of glucose sensing hypothalamic neurons implicated. Although the molecular mechanisms are unknown, pharmacological studies implicate hypothalamic ATP-sensitive potassium channel (KATP) activity, with KATP openers (KCOs) amplifying, through cell hyperpolarization, the response to hypoglycaemia. Although initial findings, using acute hypothalamic KCO delivery, in rats were promising, chronic exposure to the KCO NN414 worsened the responses to subsequent hypoglycaemic challenge. To investigate this further we used GT1-7 cells to explore how NN414 affected glucose-sensing behaviour, the metabolic response of cells to hypoglycaemia and KATP activity. GT1-7 cells exposed to 3 or 24 h NN414 exhibited an attenuated hyperpolarization to subsequent hypoglycaemic challenge or NN414, which correlated with diminished KATP activity. The reduced sensitivity to hypoglycaemia was apparent 24 h after NN414 removal, even though intrinsic KATP activity recovered. The NN414-modified glucose responsiveness was not associated with adaptations in glucose uptake, metabolism or oxidation. KATP inactivation by NN414 was prevented by the concurrent presence of tolbutamide, which maintains KATP closure. Single channel recordings indicate that NN414 alters KATP intrinsic gating inducing a stable closed or inactivated state. These data indicate that exposure of hypothalamic glucose sensing cells to chronic NN414 drives a sustained conformational change to KATP, probably by binding to SUR1, that results in loss of channel sensitivity to intrinsic metabolic factors such as MgADP and small molecule agonists.
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- Elizabeth Haythorne
- Division of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK.
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- Division of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK.
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- Division of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK.
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- Division of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK.
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- Division of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK.
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- Division of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK.
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Roane DS, Bounds JK. ATP-sensitive K+Channels in the Regulation of Feeding Behavior: A Hypothesis. Nutr Neurosci 2016; 2:209-25. [DOI: 10.1080/1028415x.1999.11747278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Breit A, Wicht K, Boekhoff I, Glas E, Lauffer L, Mückter H, Gudermann T. Glucose Enhances Basal or Melanocortin-Induced cAMP-Response Element Activity in Hypothalamic Cells. Mol Endocrinol 2016; 30:748-62. [PMID: 27144291 DOI: 10.1210/me.2016-1001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH)-induced activation of the cAMP-response element (CRE) via the CRE-binding protein in hypothalamic cells promotes expression of TRH and thereby restricts food intake and increases energy expenditure. Glucose also induces central anorexigenic effects by acting on hypothalamic neurons, but the underlying mechanisms are not completely understood. It has been proposed that glucose activates the CRE-binding protein-regulated transcriptional coactivator 2 (CRTC-2) in hypothalamic neurons by inhibition of AMP-activated protein kinases (AMPKs), but whether glucose directly affects hypothalamic CRE activity has not yet been shown. Hence, we dissected effects of glucose on basal and MSH-induced CRE activation in terms of kinetics, affinity, and desensitization in murine, hypothalamic mHypoA-2/10-CRE cells that stably express a CRE-dependent reporter gene construct. Physiologically relevant increases in extracellular glucose enhanced basal or MSH-induced CRE-dependent gene transcription, whereas prolonged elevated glucose concentrations reduced the sensitivity of mHypoA-2/10-CRE cells towards glucose. Glucose also induced CRCT-2 translocation into the nucleus and the AMPK activator metformin decreased basal and glucose-induced CRE activity, suggesting a role for AMPK/CRTC-2 in glucose-induced CRE activation. Accordingly, small interfering RNA-induced down-regulation of CRTC-2 expression decreased glucose-induced CRE-dependent reporter activation. Of note, glucose also induced expression of TRH, suggesting that glucose might affect the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis via the regulation of hypothalamic CRE activity. These findings significantly advance our knowledge about the impact of glucose on hypothalamic signaling and suggest that TRH release might account for the central anorexigenic effects of glucose and could represent a new molecular link between hyperglycaemia and thyroid dysfunction.
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- Andreas Breit
- Walther-Straub-Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 80336 Munich, Germany
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- Walther-Straub-Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 80336 Munich, Germany
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- Walther-Straub-Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 80336 Munich, Germany
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- Walther-Straub-Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 80336 Munich, Germany
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- Walther-Straub-Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 80336 Munich, Germany
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- Walther-Straub-Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 80336 Munich, Germany
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- Walther-Straub-Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 80336 Munich, Germany
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Verberne AJM, Sabetghadam A, Korim WS. Neural pathways that control the glucose counterregulatory response. Front Neurosci 2014; 8:38. [PMID: 24616659 PMCID: PMC3935387 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2013] [Accepted: 02/10/2014] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Glucose is an essential metabolic substrate for all bodily tissues. The brain depends particularly on a constant supply of glucose to satisfy its energy demands. Fortunately, a complex physiological system has evolved to keep blood glucose at a constant level. The consequences of poor glucose homeostasis are well-known: hyperglycemia associated with uncontrolled diabetes can lead to cardiovascular disease, neuropathy and nephropathy, while hypoglycemia can lead to convulsions, loss of consciousness, coma, and even death. The glucose counterregulatory response involves detection of declining plasma glucose levels and secretion of several hormones including glucagon, adrenaline, cortisol, and growth hormone (GH) to orchestrate the recovery from hypoglycemia. Low blood glucose leads to a low brain glucose level that is detected by glucose-sensing neurons located in several brain regions such as the ventromedial hypothalamus, the perifornical region of the lateral hypothalamus, the arcuate nucleus (ARC), and in several hindbrain regions. This review will describe the importance of the glucose counterregulatory system and what is known of the neurocircuitry that underpins it.
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- Anthony J M Verberne
- Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Unit, Department of Medicine, Austin Health Heidelberg, The University of Melbourne Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Unit, Department of Medicine, Austin Health Heidelberg, The University of Melbourne Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Unit, Department of Medicine, Austin Health Heidelberg, The University of Melbourne Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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González C, Baez-Nieto D, Valencia I, Oyarzún I, Rojas P, Naranjo D, Latorre R. K(+) channels: function-structural overview. Compr Physiol 2013; 2:2087-149. [PMID: 23723034 DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c110047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Potassium channels are particularly important in determining the shape and duration of the action potential, controlling the membrane potential, modulating hormone secretion, epithelial function and, in the case of those K(+) channels activated by Ca(2+), damping excitatory signals. The multiplicity of roles played by K(+) channels is only possible to their mammoth diversity that includes at present 70 K(+) channels encoding genes in mammals. Today, thanks to the use of cloning, mutagenesis, and the more recent structural studies using x-ray crystallography, we are in a unique position to understand the origins of the enormous diversity of this superfamily of ion channels, the roles they play in different cell types, and the relations that exist between structure and function. With the exception of two-pore K(+) channels that are dimers, voltage-dependent K(+) channels are tetrameric assemblies and share an extremely well conserved pore region, in which the ion-selectivity filter resides. In the present overview, we discuss in the function, localization, and the relations between function and structure of the five different subfamilies of K(+) channels: (a) inward rectifiers, Kir; (b) four transmembrane segments-2 pores, K2P; (c) voltage-gated, Kv; (d) the Slo family; and (e) Ca(2+)-activated SK family, SKCa.
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- Carlos González
- Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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Allebrandt KV, Amin N, Müller-Myhsok B, Esko T, Teder-Laving M, Azevedo RVDM, Hayward C, van Mill J, Vogelzangs N, Green EW, Melville SA, Lichtner P, Wichmann HE, Oostra BA, Janssens ACJW, Campbell H, Wilson JF, Hicks AA, Pramstaller PP, Dogas Z, Rudan I, Merrow M, Penninx B, Kyriacou CP, Metspalu A, van Duijn CM, Meitinger T, Roenneberg T. A K(ATP) channel gene effect on sleep duration: from genome-wide association studies to function in Drosophila. Mol Psychiatry 2013; 18:122-32. [PMID: 22105623 DOI: 10.1038/mp.2011.142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2011] [Revised: 09/01/2011] [Accepted: 09/27/2011] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Humans sleep approximately a third of their lifetime. The observation that individuals with either long or short sleep duration show associations with metabolic syndrome and psychiatric disorders suggests that the length of sleep is adaptive. Although sleep duration can be influenced by photoperiod (season) and phase of entrainment (chronotype), human familial sleep disorders indicate that there is a strong genetic modulation of sleep. Therefore, we conducted high-density genome-wide association studies for sleep duration in seven European populations (N=4251). We identified an intronic variant (rs11046205; P=3.99 × 10(-8)) in the ABCC9 gene that explains ≈5% of the variation in sleep duration. An influence of season and chronotype on sleep duration was solely observed in the replication sample (N=5949). Meta-analysis of the associations found in a subgroup of the replication sample, chosen for season of entry and chronotype, together with the discovery results showed genome-wide significance. RNA interference knockdown experiments of the conserved ABCC9 homologue in Drosophila neurons renders flies sleepless during the first 3 h of the night. ABCC9 encodes an ATP-sensitive potassium channel subunit (SUR2), serving as a sensor of intracellular energy metabolism.
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- K V Allebrandt
- Institute of Medical Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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Beall C, Hamilton DL, Gallagher J, Logie L, Wright K, Soutar MP, Dadak S, Ashford FB, Haythorne E, Du Q, Jovanović A, McCrimmon RJ, Ashford MLJ. Mouse hypothalamic GT1-7 cells demonstrate AMPK-dependent intrinsic glucose-sensing behaviour. Diabetologia 2012; 55:2432-44. [PMID: 22760787 PMCID: PMC3411292 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-012-2617-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2012] [Accepted: 05/21/2012] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Hypothalamic glucose-excited (GE) neurons contribute to whole-body glucose homeostasis and participate in the detection of hypoglycaemia. This system appears defective in type 1 diabetes, in which hypoglycaemia commonly occurs. Unfortunately, it is at present unclear which molecular components required for glucose sensing are produced in individual neurons and how these are functionally linked. We used the GT1-7 mouse hypothalamic cell line to address these issues. METHODS Electrophysiological recordings, coupled with measurements of gene expression and protein levels and activity, were made from unmodified GT1-7 cells and cells in which AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) catalytic subunit gene expression and activity were reduced. RESULTS Hypothalamic GT1-7 neurons express the genes encoding glucokinase and ATP-sensitive K(+) channel (K(ATP)) subunits K ( ir ) 6.2 and Sur1 and exhibit GE-type glucose-sensing behaviour. Lowered extracellular glucose concentration hyperpolarised the cells in a concentration-dependent manner, an outcome that was reversed by tolbutamide. Inhibition of glucose uptake or metabolism hyperpolarised cells, showing that energy metabolism is required to maintain their resting membrane potential. Short hairpin (sh)RNA directed to Ampkα2 (also known as Prkaa2) reduced GT1-7 cell AMPKα2, but not AMPKα1, activity and lowered the threshold for hypoglycaemia-induced hyperpolarisation. shAmpkα1 (also known as Prkaa1) had no effect on glucose-sensing or AMPKα2 activity. Decreased uncoupling protein 2 (Ucp2) mRNA was detected in AMPKα2-reduced cells, suggesting that AMPKα2 regulates UCP2 levels. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION We have demonstrated that GT1-7 cells closely mimic GE neuron glucose-sensing behaviour, and reducing AMPKα2 blunts their responsiveness to hypoglycaemic challenge, possibly by altering UCP2 activity. These results show that suppression of AMPKα2 activity inhibits normal glucose-sensing behaviour and may contribute to defective detection of hypoglycaemia.
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- C. Beall
- Medical Research Institute, Division of Cardiovascular & Diabetes Medicine, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 9SY UK
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- Medical Research Institute, Division of Cardiovascular & Diabetes Medicine, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 9SY UK
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- Medical Research Institute, Division of Cardiovascular & Diabetes Medicine, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 9SY UK
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- Medical Research Institute, Division of Cardiovascular & Diabetes Medicine, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 9SY UK
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- Medical Research Institute, Division of Cardiovascular & Diabetes Medicine, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 9SY UK
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- Medical Research Institute, Division of Cardiovascular & Diabetes Medicine, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 9SY UK
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- Medical Research Institute, Division of Cardiovascular & Diabetes Medicine, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 9SY UK
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- Medical Research Institute, Division of Cardiovascular & Diabetes Medicine, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 9SY UK
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- Medical Research Institute, Division of Cardiovascular & Diabetes Medicine, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 9SY UK
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- Medical Research Institute, Division of Cardiovascular & Diabetes Medicine, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 9SY UK
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- Medical Research Institute, Division of Cardiovascular & Diabetes Medicine, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 9SY UK
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- Medical Research Institute, Division of Cardiovascular & Diabetes Medicine, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 9SY UK
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- Medical Research Institute, Division of Cardiovascular & Diabetes Medicine, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 9SY UK
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Neurons whose activity is regulated by glucose are found in a number of brain regions. Glucose-excited (GE) neurons increase while glucose-inhibited (GI) neurons decrease their action potential frequency as interstitial brain glucose levels increase. We hypothesize that these neurons evolved to sense and respond to severe energy deficit (e.g., fasting) that threatens the brains glucose supply. During modern times, they are also important for the restoration of blood glucose levels following insulin-induced hypoglycemia. Our data suggest that impaired glucose sensing by hypothalamic glucose sensing neurons may contribute to the syndrome known as hypoglycemia-associated autonomic failure in which the mechanisms which restore euglycemia following hypoglycemia become impaired. On the other hand, increased responses of glucose sensing neurons to glucose deficit may play a role in the development of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and obesity. This review will discuss the mechanisms by which glucose sensing neurons sense changes in interstitial glucose and explore the roles of these specialized glucose sensors in glucose and energy homeostasis.
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- Vanessa H Routh
- Department of Pharmacology & Physiology, New Jersey Medical School (UMDNJ), Newark, NJ 07101, USA.
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Weaver C, Turner N, Hall J. Review of the neuroanatomic landscape implicated in glucose sensing and regulation of nutrient signaling: immunophenotypic localization of diabetes gene Tcf7l2 in the developing murine brain. J Chem Neuroanat 2012; 45:1-17. [PMID: 22796301 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2012.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2012] [Revised: 06/12/2012] [Accepted: 06/19/2012] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Genetic variants in the transcription factor 7-like 2(Tcf7l2) gene have been found to confer a significant risk of type 2 diabetes and attenuated insulin secretion. Based on its genomic wide association Tcf7l2 is considered the single most important predictor of diabetes to date. Previous studies of Tcf7l2 mRNA localization in the adult brain suggest a putative role of Tcf7l2 in the CNS regulation of energy homeostasis. The present study further characterizes the immunophenotypic distribution of peptide expression in the brains of Tcf7l2 progeny during developmental time periods between E12.5 and P1. Tcf7l2(-/-) is lethal beyond P1. Results show that while negligible TCF7L2 expression is found in the developing brains of Tcf7l2(-/-)mice, TCF7L2 protein is relatively widespread and robustly expressed in the brain by E18.5 and exhibits specific expression within neuronal populations and regions of the brain in Tcf7l2(+/-) and Tcf7l2(+/+) progeny. Strong immunophenotypic labeling was found in the diencephalic structure of the thalamus that suggests a role of Tcf7l2 in the development and maintenance of thalamic activity. Strongly expressed TCF7L2 was localized in select hypothalamic and preoptic nuclei indicative of Tcf7l2 function within neurons controlling energy balance. Definitive neuronal staining for TCF7L2 within nuclei of the brain stem and circumventricular organs extends TCF7L2 localization within autonomic neurons and its potential integration with autonomic function. In addition robust TCF7L2 expression was found in the tectal and tegmental structures of the superior and inferior colliculi as well as transient expression in neuroepithelium of the cerebral and hippocampal cortices of E16 and E18.5. Patterns of TCF7L2 peptide localization when compared to the adult protein synthetic chemical/anatomical landscape of glucose sensing exhibit a good correlational fit between its expression and regions, nuclei, and pathways regulating energy homeostasis via integration and response to peripheral endocrine, metabolic and neuronal signaling. TCF was also found co-localized with peptides that regulate energy homeostasis including AgRP, POMC and NPY. TCF7l2, some variants of which have been shown to impair GLP-1-induced insulin secretion, was also found co-localize with GLP-1 in adult TCF wild type progeny. Impaired Tcf7l2-mediated neural regulation may contribute to the risk and/or underlying pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes that has found high expression in genomic studies of Tcf7l2 variants.
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- Cyprian Weaver
- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
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Characterization of an ATP-sensitive K(+) channel in rat carotid body glomus cells. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2011; 177:247-55. [PMID: 21536154 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2011.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2010] [Revised: 04/14/2011] [Accepted: 04/17/2011] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Carotid body glomus (CB) cells express different types of K(+) channels such as TASK, BK, and Kv channels, and hypoxia has been shown to inhibit these channels. Here we report the presence of a ∼72-pS channel that has not been described previously in CB cells. In cell-attached patches with 150 mM K(+) in the pipette and bath solutions, TASK-like channels were present (∼15 and ∼36-pS). After formation of inside-out patches, a 72-pS channel became transiently active in ∼18% of patches. The 72-pS channel was K(+)-selective, inhibited by 2-4 mM ATP and 10-100 μM glybenclamide. The 72-pS channel was observed in CB cells isolated from newborn, 2-3 week and 10-12 week-old rats. Reverse transcriptase-PCR and immunocytochemistry showed that Kir6.1, Kir6.2, SUR1 and SUR2 were expressed in CB glomus cells as well as in non-glomus cells. Acute hypoxia (∼15 mmHg O(2)) inhibited TASK-like channels but failed to activate the 72-pS channel in cell-attached CB cells. K(+) channel openers (diazoxide, pinacidil, levcromakalim), sodium cyanide and removal of extracellular glucose also did not activate the 72-pS channel in the cell-attached state. The hypoxia-induced elevation of intracellular [Ca(2+)] was unchanged by glybenclamide or diazoxide. NaCN-induced increase in [Ca(2+)] was not affected by 10 μM glybenclamide but inhibited by 100 μM glybenclamide. Acute glucose deprivation did not elevate [Ca(2+)] in the presence or absence of glybenclamide. These results show that an ATP-sensitive K(+) channel is expressed in the plasma membrane of CB cells, but is not activated by short-term metabolic inhibition. The functional relevance of the 72-pS channel remains to be determined.
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Jordan SD, Könner AC, Brüning JC. Sensing the fuels: glucose and lipid signaling in the CNS controlling energy homeostasis. Cell Mol Life Sci 2010; 67:3255-73. [PMID: 20549539 PMCID: PMC2933848 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-010-0414-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2010] [Revised: 05/18/2010] [Accepted: 05/19/2010] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The central nervous system (CNS) is capable of gathering information on the body's nutritional state and it implements appropriate behavioral and metabolic responses to changes in fuel availability. This feedback signaling of peripheral tissues ensures the maintenance of energy homeostasis. The hypothalamus is a primary site of convergence and integration for these nutrient-related feedback signals, which include central and peripheral neuronal inputs as well as hormonal signals. Increasing evidence indicates that glucose and lipids are detected by specialized fuel-sensing neurons that are integrated in these hypothalamic neuronal circuits. The purpose of this review is to outline the current understanding of fuel-sensing mechanisms in the hypothalamus, to integrate the recent findings in this field, and to address the potential role of dysregulation in these pathways in the development of obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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- Sabine D. Jordan
- Department of Mouse Genetics and Metabolism, Institute for Genetics and Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Zülpicher Straße 47, 50674 Cologne, Germany
- Center of Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Mouse Genetics and Metabolism, Institute for Genetics and Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Zülpicher Straße 47, 50674 Cologne, Germany
- Center of Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- 2nd Department for Internal Medicine, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Mouse Genetics and Metabolism, Institute for Genetics and Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Zülpicher Straße 47, 50674 Cologne, Germany
- Center of Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- 2nd Department for Internal Medicine, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Max Planck Institute for the Biology of Aging, Cologne, Germany
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ATP-sensitive potassium channel-mediated lactate effect on orexin neurons: implications for brain energetics during arousal. J Neurosci 2010; 30:8061-70. [PMID: 20554857 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.5741-09.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Active neurons have a high demand for energy substrate, which is thought to be mainly supplied as lactate by astrocytes. Heavy lactate dependence of neuronal activity suggests that there may be a mechanism that detects and controls lactate levels and/or gates brain activation accordingly. Here, we demonstrate that orexin neurons can behave as such lactate sensors. Using acute brain slice preparations and patch-clamp techniques, we show that the monocarboxylate transporter blocker alpha-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamate (4-CIN) inhibits the spontaneous activity of orexin neurons despite the presence of extracellular glucose. Furthermore, fluoroacetate, a glial toxin, inhibits orexin neurons in the presence of glucose but not lactate. Thus, orexin neurons specifically use astrocyte-derived lactate. The effect of lactate on firing activity is concentration dependent, an essential characteristic of lactate sensors. Furthermore, lactate disinhibits and sensitizes these neurons for subsequent excitation. 4-CIN has no effect on the activity of some arcuate neurons, indicating that lactate dependency is not universal. Orexin neurons show an indirect concentration-dependent sensitivity to glucose below 1 mm, responding by hyperpolarization, which is mediated by ATP-sensitive potassium channels composed of Kir6.1 and SUR1 subunits. In conclusion, our study suggests that lactate is a critical energy substrate and a regulator of the orexin system. Together with the known effects of orexins in inducing arousal, food intake, and hepatic glucose production, as well as lactate release from astrocytes in response to neuronal activity, our study suggests that orexin neurons play an integral part in balancing brain activity and energy supply.
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Jiang B, Tang G, Cao K, Wu L, Wang R. Molecular mechanism for H(2)S-induced activation of K(ATP) channels. Antioxid Redox Signal 2010; 12:1167-78. [PMID: 19769462 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2009.2894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Hydrogen sulfide (H(2)S) is an endogenous opener of K(ATP) channels in many different types of cells. However, the molecular mechanism for an interaction between H(2)S and K(ATP) channel proteins remains unclear. The whole-cell patch-clamp technique and mutagenesis approach were used to examine the effects of H(2)S on different K(ATP) channel subunits, rvKir6.1 and rvSUR1, heterologously expressed in HEK-293 cells. H(2)S stimulated coexpressed rvKir6.1/rvSUR1 K(ATP) channels, but had no effect on K(ATP) currents generated by rvKir6.1 expression alone. Intracellularly applied sulfhydryl alkylating agent (N-ethylmaleimide, NEM), oxidizing agent (chloramine T, CLT), and a disulfide bond-oxidizing enzyme (protein disulfide isomerase) did not alter H(2)S effects on this recombinant channels. CLT, but not NEM, inhibited basal rvKir6.1/rvSUR1 currents, and both abolished the stimulatory effects of H(2)S on K(ATP) currents, when applied extracellularly. After selective cysteine residues (C6S and C26S but not C1051S and C1057S) in the extracellular loop of rvSUR1 subunits were point-mutated, H(2)S lost its stimulatory effects on rvKir6.1/rvSUR1 currents. Our results demonstrate that H(2)S interacts with Cys6 and Cys26 residues of the extracellular N terminal of rvSUR1 subunit of K(ATP) channel complex. Direct chemical modification of rvSUR1 subunit protein constitutes a molecular mechanism for the activation of K(ATP) channels by H(2)S.
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- Bo Jiang
- Department of Physiology & Pathophysiology, College of Medicine, Fudan University, Shanghai, PR China
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Hibino H, Inanobe A, Furutani K, Murakami S, Findlay I, Kurachi Y. Inwardly rectifying potassium channels: their structure, function, and physiological roles. Physiol Rev 2010; 90:291-366. [PMID: 20086079 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00021.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1074] [Impact Index Per Article: 76.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Inwardly rectifying K(+) (Kir) channels allow K(+) to move more easily into rather than out of the cell. They have diverse physiological functions depending on their type and their location. There are seven Kir channel subfamilies that can be classified into four functional groups: classical Kir channels (Kir2.x) are constitutively active, G protein-gated Kir channels (Kir3.x) are regulated by G protein-coupled receptors, ATP-sensitive K(+) channels (Kir6.x) are tightly linked to cellular metabolism, and K(+) transport channels (Kir1.x, Kir4.x, Kir5.x, and Kir7.x). Inward rectification results from pore block by intracellular substances such as Mg(2+) and polyamines. Kir channel activity can be modulated by ions, phospholipids, and binding proteins. The basic building block of a Kir channel is made up of two transmembrane helices with cytoplasmic NH(2) and COOH termini and an extracellular loop which folds back to form the pore-lining ion selectivity filter. In vivo, functional Kir channels are composed of four such subunits which are either homo- or heterotetramers. Gene targeting and genetic analysis have linked Kir channel dysfunction to diverse pathologies. The crystal structure of different Kir channels is opening the way to understanding the structure-function relationships of this simple but diverse ion channel family.
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- Hiroshi Hibino
- Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine and The Center for Advanced Medical Engineering and Informatics, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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The mammalian circadian pacemaker, the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), contains receptors to the adipose tissue hormone leptin. In the present study, the effects of leptin on the electrophysiological activity of the SCN cells were characterised in vitro in rat brain slices. During extracellular recording, application of 20 nm leptin (n = 36) decreased mean spike frequency (Wilcoxon signed rank test, z = -3.390, P < 0.001) and increased the irregularity of firing measured by the entropy of the log interspike interval distribution (Student's paired t-test, t = 2.377, P = 0.023), but had no consistent effect on spike patterning as measured by the mutual information between adjacent log interspike intervals (z = 0.745, P = 0.456). Intracellular current-clamp recordings (n = 25) revealed a hyperpolarising effect of 20 nm leptin on SCN neurones (z = -2.290, P = 0.022). The hyperpolarisation largely resulted from the effect of leptin on the subgroup of cells (n = 13) that generated 'rebound' spikes upon termination of a hyperpolarising current pulse (z = -2.697, P = 0.007). Leptin application also increased the group mean duration of the afterhyperpolarisation (n = 25, t = 2.512, P = 0.023). The effects of leptin on extracellularly recorded spike activity were consistent with the changes in membrane potential and spike shape. They suggest that leptin can directly modulate the electrical properties of SCN neurones and, in this way, contribute to the mechanism by which metabolic processes influence the circadian clock.
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- A N Inyushkin
- Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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Ploug KB, Sørensen MA, Strøbech L, Klaerke DA, Hay-Schmidt A, Sheykhzade M, Olesen J, Jansen-Olesen I. K ATP channels in pig and human intracranial arteries. Eur J Pharmacol 2008; 601:43-9. [PMID: 18996111 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2008.10.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2008] [Revised: 10/02/2008] [Accepted: 10/20/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Clinical trials suggest that synthetic ATP-sensitive K(+) (K(ATP)) channel openers may cause headache and migraine by dilating cerebral and meningeal arteries. We studied the mRNA expression profile of K(ATP) channel subunits in the pig and human middle meningeal artery (MMA) and in the pig middle cerebral artery (MCA). We determined the order of potency of four K(ATP) channel openers when applied to isolated pig MMA and MCA, and we examined the potential inhibitory effects of the Kir6.1 subunit specific K(ATP) channel blocker PNU-37883A on K(ATP) channel opener-induced relaxation of the isolated pig MMA and MCA. Using conventional RT-PCR, we detected the mRNA transcripts of the K(ATP) channel subunits Kir6.1 and SUR2B in all the examined pig and human intracranial arteries. Application of K(ATP) channel openers to isolated pig MMA and MCA in myographs caused a concentration-dependent vasodilatation with an order of potency that supports the presence of functional SUR2B K(ATP) channel subunits. 10(-7) M PNU-37883A significantly inhibited the in vitro dilatory responses of the potent K(ATP) channel opener P-1075 in both pig MMA and MCA. In conclusion, our combined mRNA expression and pharmacological studies indicate that Kir6.1/SUR2B is the major functional K(ATP) channel complex in the pig MMA and MCA, and mRNA expression studies suggest that the human MMA shares this K(ATP) channel subunit profile. Specific blocking of Kir6.1 or SUR2B K(ATP) channel subunits in large cerebral and meningeal arteries may be a future anti-migraine strategy.
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- Kenneth Beri Ploug
- Department of Neurology and Danish Headache Center, Glostrup Research Institute, Glostrup Hospital, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Elrod JW, Harrell M, Flagg TP, Gundewar S, Magnuson MA, Nichols CG, Coetzee WA, Lefer DJ. Role of sulfonylurea receptor type 1 subunits of ATP-sensitive potassium channels in myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury. Circulation 2008; 117:1405-13. [PMID: 18316485 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.107.745539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Opening of cardiac ATP-sensitive potassium channels (K(ATP) channels) is a well-characterized protective mechanism against ischemia and reperfusion injury. Evidence exists for an involvement of both sarcolemmal and mitochondrial K(ATP) channels in such protection. Classically, cardiac sarcolemmal K(ATP) channels are thought to be composed of Kir6.2 (inward-rectifier potassium channel 6.2) and SUR2A (sulfonylurea receptor type 2A) subunits; however, the evidence is strong that SUR1 (sulfonylurea receptor type 1) subunits are also expressed in the heart and that they may have a functional role. The aim of this study, therefore, was to examine the role of SUR1 in myocardial infarction. METHODS AND RESULTS We subjected mice lacking SUR1 subunits to in vivo myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury. Interestingly, the SUR1-null mice were markedly protected against the ischemic insult, displaying a reduced infarct size and preservation of left ventricular function, which suggests a role for this K(ATP) channel subunit in cardiovascular function during conditions of stress. CONCLUSIONS SUR1 subunits have a high sensitivity toward many sulfonylureas and certain K(ATP) channel-opening drugs. Their potential role during ischemic events should therefore be considered both in the interpretation of experimental data with pharmacological agents and in the clinical arena when the cardiovascular outcome of patients treated with antidiabetic sulfonylureas is being considered.
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- John W Elrod
- Department of Medicine and Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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Marty N, Dallaporta M, Thorens B. Brain glucose sensing, counterregulation, and energy homeostasis. Physiology (Bethesda) 2007; 22:241-51. [PMID: 17699877 DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00010.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 241] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Neuronal circuits in the central nervous system play a critical role in orchestrating the control of glucose and energy homeostasis. Glucose, beside being a nutrient, is also a signal detected by several glucose-sensing units that are located at different anatomical sites and converge to the hypothalamus to cooperate with leptin and insulin in controlling the melanocortin pathway.
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- Nell Marty
- Department of Physiology and Center for Integrative Genomics, Genopode Building, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Chi XX, Jiang X, Nicol GD. ATP-sensitive potassium currents reduce the PGE2-mediated enhancement of excitability in adult rat sensory neurons. Brain Res 2007; 1145:28-40. [PMID: 17320840 PMCID: PMC1890028 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.01.103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2006] [Revised: 12/22/2006] [Accepted: 01/28/2007] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Behavioral studies have shown that the hyperalgesia arising from inflammatory agents, such as prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)), can be antagonized by activators of the ATP-sensitive potassium current (K(ATP)). This observation raises questions as to whether this suppression results from a direct action on sensory neurons and what are the cellular mechanisms giving rise to this inhibition. We found that small to medium diameter sensory neurons isolated from the L4-6 DRGs expressed the mRNAs for Kir6.1, Kir6.2, and SUR1. In perforated-patch clamp recordings from acutely dissociated sensory neurons from the young adult rat, exposure to 300 microM diazoxide, a K(ATP) channel agonist, significantly hyperpolarized the resting membrane potential, reduced the number of action potentials evoked by a ramp of depolarizing current, and increased the amplitude of inward K(ATP) currents evoked by the voltage ramp. Similar results were obtained with the protonophore FCCP, which is known to reduce the levels of intracellular ATP and lead to the activation of K(ATP). Only a subpopulation of sensory neurons was sensitive to diazoxide whereas other neurons were unaffected. Treatment with 1 microM PGE(2) significantly enhanced the excitability of these small to medium diameter capsaicin-sensitive sensory neurons; this enhancement was reversed by subsequent exposure to diazoxide in a subpopulation of neurons. Similar to diazoxide, exposure to 8-Br-cyclic GMP antagonized the PGE(2)-induced increase in excitability. The effects of 8-Br-cyclic GMP could be reversed by exposure to glibenclamide, an antagonist of K(ATP) channels. As with diazoxide, only a subpopulation of sensory neurons were affected by 8-Br-cyclic GMP. These results demonstrate that activation of K(ATP) can reverse the sensitization produced by PGE(2) and may be an important means to modulate the enhanced excitability that results from inflammatory or injury conditions.
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MESH Headings
- ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters/drug effects
- ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters/genetics
- ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters/metabolism
- Action Potentials/drug effects
- Action Potentials/physiology
- Animals
- Cell Size
- Cells, Cultured
- Dinoprostone/metabolism
- Dinoprostone/pharmacology
- Ganglia, Spinal/drug effects
- Ganglia, Spinal/metabolism
- Hyperalgesia/chemically induced
- Hyperalgesia/metabolism
- Hyperalgesia/physiopathology
- Inflammation/chemically induced
- Inflammation/metabolism
- Inflammation/physiopathology
- Inflammation Mediators/pharmacology
- KATP Channels
- Male
- Multidrug Resistance-Associated Proteins/drug effects
- Multidrug Resistance-Associated Proteins/genetics
- Multidrug Resistance-Associated Proteins/metabolism
- Neural Inhibition/drug effects
- Neural Inhibition/physiology
- Neurons, Afferent/drug effects
- Neurons, Afferent/metabolism
- Nociceptors/drug effects
- Nociceptors/metabolism
- Nociceptors/physiopathology
- Patch-Clamp Techniques
- Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying/drug effects
- Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying/genetics
- Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/drug effects
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Receptors, Drug
- Sulfonylurea Receptors
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Affiliation(s)
- Xian Xuan Chi
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 635 Barnhill Drive, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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van den Top M, Lyons DJ, Lee K, Coderre E, Renaud LP, Spanswick D. Pharmacological and molecular characterization of ATP-sensitive K(+) conductances in CART and NPY/AgRP expressing neurons of the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus. Neuroscience 2006; 144:815-24. [PMID: 17137725 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.09.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2006] [Revised: 09/27/2006] [Accepted: 09/27/2006] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The role of hypothalamic ATP-sensitive potassium channels in the maintenance of energy homeostasis has been extensively explored. However, how these channels are incorporated into the neuronal networks of the arcuate nucleus remains unclear. Whole-cell patch-clamp recordings from rat arcuate nucleus neurons in hypothalamic slice preparations revealed widespread expression of functional ATP-sensitive potassium channels within the nucleus. ATP-sensitive potassium channels were expressed in orexigenic neuropeptide Y/agouti-related protein (NPY/AgRP) and ghrelin-sensitive neurons and in anorexigenic cocaine-and-amphetamine regulated transcript (CART) neurons. In 70% of the arcuate nucleus neurons recorded, exposure to glucose-free bathing medium induced inhibition of electrical excitability, the response being characterized by membrane hyperpolarization, a reduction in neuronal input resistance and a reversal potential consistent with opening of potassium channels. These effects were reversible upon re-introduction of glucose to the bathing medium or upon exposure to the ATP-sensitive potassium channel blockers tolbutamide or glibenclamide. The potassium channel opener diazoxide, but not pinacidil, also induced a tolbutamide and glibenclamide-sensitive inhibition of electrical excitability. Single-cell reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction revealed expression of mRNA for sulfonylurea receptor 1 but not sulfonylurea receptor 2 subunits of ATP-sensitive potassium channels. Thus, rat arcuate nucleus neurons, including those involved in functionally antagonistic orexigenic and anorexigenic pathways express functional ATP-sensitive potassium channels which include sulfonylurea receptor 1 subunits. These data indicate a crucial role for these ion channels in central sensing of metabolic and energy status. However, further studies are needed to clarify the differential roles of these channels, the organization of signaling pathways that regulate them and how they operate in functionally opposing cell types.
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- M van den Top
- Division of Clinical Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
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Slingerland AS, Nuboer R, Hadders-Algra M, Hattersley AT, Bruining GJ. Improved motor development and good long-term glycaemic control with sulfonylurea treatment in a patient with the syndrome of intermediate developmental delay, early-onset generalised epilepsy and neonatal diabetes associated with the V59M mutation in the KCNJ11 gene. Diabetologia 2006; 49:2559-63. [PMID: 17047922 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-006-0407-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2006] [Accepted: 07/11/2006] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Activating mutations in the KCNJ11 gene encoding the Kir6.2 subunit of the K(ATP) channels in pancreatic beta cells are a common cause of neonatal diabetes. One-third of patients also have developmental delay, which probably results from mutated K(ATP) channels in muscle, nerve and brain. Sulfonylureas, which bind to the sulfonylurea receptor 1 subunit of the K(ATP) channel, can replace insulin injections in patients with KCNJ11 mutations. The aim of this study was to investigate the long-term outcome and impact on neurological features of sulfonylurea treatment. METHODS We report the response to sulfonylurea treatment in a boy with neonatal diabetes and marked developmental delay resulting from the KCNJ11 mutation V59M. RESULTS Glibenclamide (glyburide) treatment was started at 23 months and resulted in insulin being discontinued, lower overall glycaemia, reduced glucose fluctuations and reduced hypoglycaemia. Good control (HbA(1c) 6.5%) was maintained 2 years after discontinuing insulin, despite a reduction in the glibenclamide dose (from 0.41 to 0.11 mg.kg(-1).day(-1)). Within 1 month of starting glibenclamide there was marked improvement in motor function, resulting in the patient progressing from being unable to stand unaided to walking independently, but there was no improvement in mental function. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION This 2-year follow-up of a patient highlights that sulfonylurea treatment can result in prolonged, excellent glycaemic control and may improve motor features, but not mental features, associated with KCNJ11 mutations. This suggests that the neurological actions of sulfonylurea are initially principally on peripheral (nerve or muscle) rather than on central (brain) K(ATP) channels. Early molecular diagnosis is important in patients with neonatal diabetes and neurological features.
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- A S Slingerland
- Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Peninsula Medical School, Exeter, UK
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Choeiri C, Staines WA, Miki T, Seino S, Renaud JM, Teutenberg K, Messier C. Cerebral glucose transporters expression and spatial learning in the K-ATP Kir6.2(-/-) knockout mice. Behav Brain Res 2006; 172:233-9. [PMID: 16797737 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2006.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2006] [Revised: 04/28/2006] [Accepted: 05/04/2006] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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K-ATP channels formed of the Sur and Kir subunits are widely distributed in the brain. Sur1-Kir6.2 is the most common combination of K-ATP channel subunits in the brain and Kir6.2 plays an important role in glucose metabolism through pancreatic insulin secretion or hypothalamic glucose sensing. K-ATP channels have also been reported to play a role in memory processing. Therefore, the aim of the present experiment is to assess the gene and protein expression of GLUT1, GLUT3 and GLUT4 in various brain regions of Kir6.2(-/-) K-ATP knockout mice and to test their working memory performance. GLUT4 was measured using two antibodies, one recognizing an intracellular epitope and the other, an extracellular epitope. Relative to their corresponding wild type, semi-quantitative immunohistochemistry showed that GLUT4 protein expression as measured by a GLUT4 antibody recognizing an extracellular epitope was increased in the Kir6.2(-/-) K-ATP mice. However, there was only a small increase in GLUT4 labeling using the GLUT4 antibody recognizing the intracellular epitope. These results suggest a compensatory higher GLUT4 inclusion at the cellular neuronal membrane in the cerebral cortex, hippocampus and cerebellum of the Kir6.2(-/-) K-ATP knockout mice. However, there was no change in GLUT4 gene expression assessed by TaqMan PCR except for a decrease in the cerebellum of these mice. Working memory performance of the Kir6.2(-/-) K-ATP mice was disrupted at age of 12 weeks but not at 5 weeks. The mild glucose intolerance that is observed in the Kir6.2 knockout mice is unlikely to have created the memory deficits observed. Rather, in light of the effects of K-ATP channel modulators on memory, the memory deficits in the Kir6.2(-/-) K-ATP mice are more likely due to the absence of the Kir6.2 and possible disruption of the GLUT4 activity in the brain.
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- C Choeiri
- Psychology Faculty, Fresno Pacific University, 1717 South Chestnut Ave. Fresno, CA 93702, USA
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Ohtsuka T, Ishiwa D, Kamiya Y, Itoh H, Nagata I, Saito Y, Yamada Y, Sumitomo M, Andoh T. Effects of barbiturates on ATP-sensitive K channels in rat substantia nigra. Neuroscience 2005; 137:573-81. [PMID: 16289884 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.08.078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2005] [Revised: 08/07/2005] [Accepted: 08/31/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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ATP-sensitive K channels are widely expressed in cytoplasmic membranes of neurons, and they couple cell metabolism to excitability. They are thought to be involved in neuroprotection against cell damage during hypoxia, ischemia and excitotoxicity by hyperpolarizing neurons and reducing excitability. Although barbiturates are often used in patients with brain ischemia, the effects of these agents on neuronal ATP-sensitive K channels have not been clarified. We studied the effects of thiopental and pentobarbital on surface ATP-sensitive K channels in principal neurons of rat substantia nigra pars compacta. Whole cell voltage- and current-clamp recordings were made using rat midbrain slices. ATP-sensitive K channels were activated by intracellular dialysis with an ATP-free pipette solution during perfusion with a glucose-free solution. When the pipette solution contained 4mM ATP and the perfusing solution contained 25 mM glucose, the membrane current at -60 mV remained stable. When intracellular ATP was depleted, hyperpolarization and an outward current developed slowly. Although thiopental did not affect the membrane current in the presence of ATP and glucose, it reversibly inhibited the hyperpolarization and outward current induced by intracellular ATP depletion at 100 and 300 microM. Thiopental reduced the ATP depletion-induced outward current by 4.7%, 36.7% and 87% at 30, 100 and 300 microM, respectively. The high dose of pentobarbital also exhibited similar effects on ATP-sensitive K channels. These results suggest that barbiturates at high concentrations but not at clinically relevant concentrations inhibit ATP-sensitive K channels activated by intracellular ATP depletion in rat substantia nigra.
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- T Ohtsuka
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-9 Fukuura, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan
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McCrimmon RJ, Evans ML, Fan X, McNay EC, Chan O, Ding Y, Zhu W, Gram DX, Sherwin RS. Activation of ATP-sensitive K+ channels in the ventromedial hypothalamus amplifies counterregulatory hormone responses to hypoglycemia in normal and recurrently hypoglycemic rats. Diabetes 2005; 54:3169-74. [PMID: 16249441 DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.54.11.3169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The mechanism(s) by which glucosensing neurons detect fluctuations in glucose remains largely unknown. In the pancreatic beta-cell, ATP-sensitive K+ channels (K ATP channels) play a key role in glucosensing by providing a link between neuronal metabolism and membrane potential. The present study was designed to determine in vivo whether the pharmacological opening of ventromedial hypothalamic K ATP channels during systemic hypoglycemia would amplify hormonal counterregulatory responses in normal rats and those with defective counterregulation arising from prior recurrent hypoglycemia. Controlled hypoglycemia (approximately 2.8 mmol/l) was induced in vivo using a hyperinsulinemic (20 mU x kg(-1) x min(-1)) glucose clamp technique in unrestrained, overnight-fasted, chronically catheterized Sprague-Dawley rats. Immediately before the induction of hypoglycemia, the rats received bilateral ventromedial hypothalamic microinjections of either the potassium channel openers (KCOs) diazoxide and NN414 or their respective controls. In normal rats, both KCOs amplified epinephrine and glucagon counterregulatory responses to hypoglycemia. Moreover, diazoxide also amplified the counterregulatory responses in a rat model of defective hormonal counterregulation. Taken together, our data suggest that the K ATP channel plays a key role in vivo within glucosensing neurons in the ventromedial hypothalamus in the detection of incipient hypoglycemia and the initiation of protective counterregulatory responses. We also conclude that KCOs may offer a future potential therapeutic option for individuals with insulin-treated diabetes who develop defective counterregulation.
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- Rory J McCrimmon
- Department of Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, Yale University School of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, P.O. Box 208020, New Haven, CT 06520-8020, USA.
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- Mark Evans
- Department of Medicine, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
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Jiang B, Cao K, Wang R. Inhibitory effect of protopine on K(ATP) channel subunits expressed in HEK-293 cells. Eur J Pharmacol 2005; 506:93-100. [PMID: 15588728 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2004.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2004] [Revised: 10/25/2004] [Accepted: 11/02/2004] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Protopine is an isoquinoline alkaloid purified from Corydalis tubers and other families of medicinal plants. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of protopine on K(ATP) channels and big conductance (BKCa) channels. Protopine concentration-dependently inhibited K(ATP) channel currents in human embryonic kidney cells (HEK-293) which were cotransfected with Kir6.1 and sulfonylurea receptor 1 (SUR1) subunits, but not that with Kir6.1 cDNA transfection alone. At 25 muM, protopine reversibly decreased Kir6.1/SUR1 currents densities from -17.4+/-3 to -13.2+/-2.4 pA/pF at -60 mV (n=5, P<0.05). The heterologously expressed mSlo-encoded BK(Ca) channel currents in HEK-293 cells were not affected by protopine (25 muM), although iberiotoxin (100 nM) significantly inhibited the expressed BK(Ca) currents (n=5, P<0.05). In summary, protopine selectively inhibited K(ATP) channels by targeting on SUR1 subunit. This discovery may help design specific agents to selectively modulate the function of Kir6.1/SUR1 channel complex and facilitate the understanding of the structure-function relationship of specific subtype of K(ATP) channels.
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- Bo Jiang
- Department of Physiology, University of Saskatchewan, 107 Wiggins Road, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N 5E5, Canada
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Mirshamsi S, Laidlaw HA, Spanswick D, Ashford MLJ. Activation of hypothalamic ATP-sensitive K+ channels by the aminoguanidine carboxylate BVT.12777. J Neuroendocrinol 2005; 17:246-54. [PMID: 15842236 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2005.01299.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Derivatives of 3-guanidinopropionic acid, such as leptin, reduce body weight in obese, diabetic mice. We have assessed whether one of these analogues, BVT.12777 activates intracellular signalling pathways in the arcuate nucleus in a manner analogous to leptin and insulin. In addition, because these hormones have been shown to activate K(ATP) channels in a subset of arcuate neurones, we examined whether this channel is also a functional endpoint for BVT.12777 in the arcuate nucleus. BVT.12777 transiently increased phosphorylation of MAPK, STAT3, PKB and GSK3, in a manner identical to that observed for leptin and insulin. BVT.12777 also hyperpolarized glucose-responsive neurones by increasing the activity of K(ATP) channels. The increase in K(ATP) activity driven by BVT.12777 was PI3-kinase independent, unlike leptin and insulin activation of this channel, and could also be elicited in isolated patches. However, K(ATP) activity induced by BVT.12777 was dependent on actin filament dynamics, both in intact neurones and isolated patches. Thus, BVT.12777 modulates arcuate neurone K(ATP) activity by re-organization of the cytoskeleton, a mechanism that has also been ascribed to leptin and insulin. Consequently, BVT.12777 appears to act as a leptin and insulin mimetic with respect to at least some elements of arcuate neurone intracellular signalling and the activation of K(ATP) channels. Resistance to leptin and insulin, associated with obesity has, at least in part, been postulated to be due to aberrant intracellular signalling in arcuate neurones. The data presented here indicate that it may be possible to develop drugs, which by-pass up-stream signalling components associated with adiposity hormone resistance, such as PI3-kinase, but can still induce functional outputs from arcuate neurones by targeting downstream components of the leptin and insulin signalling cascades.
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- S Mirshamsi
- Division of Pathology and Neuroscience, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, UK
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Thomzig A, Laube G, Prüss H, Veh RW. Pore-forming subunits of K-ATP channels, Kir6.1 and Kir6.2, display prominent differences in regional and cellular distribution in the rat brain. J Comp Neurol 2005; 484:313-30. [PMID: 15739238 DOI: 10.1002/cne.20469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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K-ATP channels consist of two structurally different subunits: a pore-forming subunit of the Kir6.0-family (Kir6.1 or Kir6.2) and a sulfonylurea receptor (SUR1, SUR2, SUR2A, SUR2B) with regulatory activity. The functional diversity of K-ATP channels in brain is broad and of fundamental importance for neuronal activity. Here, using immunocytochemistry with monospecific antibodies against the Kir6.1 and Kir6.2 subunits, we analyze the regional and cellular distribution of both proteins in the adult rat brain. We find Kir6.2 to be widely expressed in all brain regions, suggesting that the Kir6.2 subunit forms the pore of the K-ATP channels in most neurons, presumably protecting the cells during cellular stress conditions such as hypoglycemia or ischemia. Especially in hypothalamic nuclei, in particular the ventromedial and arcuate nucleus, neurons display Kir6.2 immunoreactivity only, suggesting that Kir6.2 is the pore-forming subunit of the K-ATP channels in the glucose-responsive neurons of the hypothalamus. In contrast, Kir6.1-like immunolabeling is restricted to astrocytes (Thomzig et al. [2001] Mol Cell Neurosci 18:671-690) in most areas of the rat brain and very weak or absent in neurons. Only in distinct nuclei or neuronal subpopulations is a moderate or even strong Kir6.1 staining detected. The biological functions of these K-ATP channels still need to be elucidated.
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- Achim Thomzig
- Centrum für Anatomie, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, D-10115 Berlin, Germany
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Arluison M, Quignon M, Nguyen P, Thorens B, Leloup C, Penicaud L. Distribution and anatomical localization of the glucose transporter 2 (GLUT2) in the adult rat brain--an immunohistochemical study. J Chem Neuroanat 2005; 28:117-36. [PMID: 15482899 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2004.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2003] [Revised: 01/05/2004] [Accepted: 05/23/2004] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The aim of this work was to study the distribution and cellular localization of GLUT2 in the rat brain by light and electron microscopic immunohistochemistry, whereas our ultrastructural observations will be reported in a second paper. Confirming previous results, we show that GLUT2-immunoreactive profiles are present throughout the brain, especially in the limbic areas and related nuclei, whereas they appear most concentrated in the ventral and medial regions close to the midline. Using cresyl violet counterstaining and double immunohistochemical staining for glial or neuronal markers (GFAp, CAII and NeuN), we show that two limited populations of oligodendrocytes and astrocytes cell bodies and processes are immunoreactive for GLUT2, whereas a cross-reaction with GLUT1 cannot be ruled out. In addition, we report that the nerve cell bodies clearly immunostained for GLUT2 were scarce (although numerous in the dentate gyrus granular layer in particular), whereas the periphery of numerous nerve cells appeared labeled for this transporter. The latter were clustered in the dorsal endopiriform nucleus and neighboring temporal and perirhinal cortex, in the dorsal amygdaloid region, and in the paraventricular and reuniens thalamic nuclei, whereas they were only a few in the hypothalamus. Moreover, a group of GLUT2-immunoreactive nerve cell bodies was localized in the dorsal medulla oblongata while some large multipolar nerve cell bodies peripherally labeled for GLUT2 were scattered in the caudal ventral reticular formation. This anatomical localization of GLUT2 appears characteristic and different from that reported for the neuronal transporter GLUT3 and GLUT4. Indeed, the possibility that GLUT2 may be localized in the sub-plasmalemnal region of neurones and/or in afferent nerve fibres remains to be confirmed by ultrastructural observations. Because of the neuronal localization of GLUT2, and of its distribution relatively similar to glucokinase, it may be hypothesized that this transporter is, at least partially, involved in cerebral glucose sensing.
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- Michel Arluison
- Laboratoire de Cytologie, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6), CNRS UMR 7101 (Neurobiologie des Signaux Intercellulaires), 7 quai Saint Bernard, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France.
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Yoshikawa H, Ma Z, Björklund A, Grill V. Short-term intermittent exposure to diazoxide improves functional performance of beta-cells in a high-glucose environment. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2004; 287:E1202-8. [PMID: 15292032 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00255.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Prolonged periods of "beta-cell rest" exert beneficial effects on insulin secretion from pancreatic islets subjected to a high-glucose environment. Here, we tested for effects of short-term intermittent rest achieved by diazoxide. Rat islets were cultured for 48 h with 27 mmol/l glucose alone, with diazoxide present for 2 h every 12 h or with continuous 48-h presence of diazoxide. Both protocols with diazoxide enhanced the postculture insulin response to 27 mmol/l glucose, to 200 mumol/l tolbutamide, and to 20 mmol/l KCl. Intermittent diazoxide did not affect islet insulin content and enhanced only K(ATP)-dependent secretion, whereas continuous diazoxide increased islet insulin contents and enhanced both K(ATP)-dependent and -independent secretory effects of glucose. Intermittent and continuous diazoxide alike increased postculture ATP-to-ADP ratios, failed to affect [(14)C]glucose oxidation, but decreased oxidation of [(14)C]oleate. Neither of the two protocols affected gene expression of the ion channel-associated proteins Kir6.2, sulfonylurea receptor 1, voltage-dependent calcium channel-alpha1, or Kv2.1. Continuous, but not intermittent, diazoxide decreased significantly mRNA for uncoupling protein-2. A 2-h exposure to 20 mmol/l KCl or 10 mumol/l cycloheximide abrogated the postculture effects of intermittent, but not of continuous, diazoxide. Intermittent diazoxide decreased islet levels of the SNARE protein SNAP-25, and KCl antagonized this effect. Thus short-term intermittent diazoxide treatment has beneficial functional effects that encompass some but not all characteristics of continuous diazoxide treatment. The results support the soundness of intermittent beta-cell rest as a treatment strategy in type 2 diabetes.
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- Hiroyasu Yoshikawa
- Institute of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7489 Trondheim, Norway
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Fioramonti X, Lorsignol A, Taupignon A, Pénicaud L. A new ATP-sensitive K+ channel-independent mechanism is involved in glucose-excited neurons of mouse arcuate nucleus. Diabetes 2004; 53:2767-75. [PMID: 15504956 DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.53.11.2767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Glucose is known to modify electrical activity of neurons in different hypothalamic areas such as the arcuate nucleus (ARC) or the ventromedian nucleus. In these structures, it has been demonstrated that glucose-induced excitation of neurons involves ATP-sensitive K(+) (K(ATP)) channel closure. The aim of the present study was to determine whether ARC neurons were able to detect high extracellular glucose concentrations and which mechanisms were involved in this detection by using whole-cell and cell-attached patch-clamp techniques in acute mouse brain slices. An increase from 5 to 20 mmol/l glucose stimulated 19% and inhibited 9% of ARC neurons. Because of the high-glucose concentrations used, we called these neurons high-glucose-excited (HGE) and high-glucose-inhibited (HGI) neurons, respectively. Glucose-induced depolarization of HGE neurons was not abolished by tetrodotoxin treatment and was correlated with an increase of membrane conductance that reversed at approximately 20 mV. Experiments with diazoxide, pinacidil, or tolbutamide showed that K(ATP) channels were present and functional in most of the ARC neurons but were mostly closed at 5 mmol/l glucose. Moreover, HGE neurons were also present in ARC of Kir6.2 null mice. These results suggested that ARC neurons have the ability to sense higher glucose concentrations than 5 mmol/l through a new K(ATP) channel-independent mechanism.
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Smith D, Pernet A, Rosenthal JM, Bingham EM, Reid H, Macdonald IA, Amiel SA. The effect of modafinil on counter-regulatory and cognitive responses to hypoglycaemia. Diabetologia 2004; 47:1704-11. [PMID: 15517154 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-004-1513-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2004] [Accepted: 06/01/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Our hypothesis is that reducing release of the inhibitory neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) with modafinil will enhance symptomatic and hormonal responses to hypoglycaemia. METHODS Nine healthy men received, in random order, two 100-mg doses of modafinil or placebo, followed by an insulin clamp in which plasma glucose was either reduced stepwise to 2.4 mmol/l or was sustained at euglycaemia (four studies). Catecholamines, symptom scores and cognitive function were measured. RESULTS Modafinil had no effect on the measured parameters during euglycaemia. During hypoglycaemia, autonomic symptom scores were significantly higher with modafinil (increase at lowest plasma glucose concentration 271.3+/-118.9 vs 211.2+/-80.4/40 min, p=0.019), and the heart rate response was increased (12,928+/-184 vs 6773+/-148 bpm/140 min, p=0.016). Deterioration in performance of two cognitive tasks was reduced: Stroop colour-word test (613+/-204 vs 2375+/-161/65 min, p=0.009) and accuracy of a simple reaction task (11.3+/-1.8 vs 9.4+/-3.7, p=0.039). CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION We conclude that modafinil improves adrenergic sensitivity and some aspects of cognitive function at hypoglycaemia, possibly by reducing neuronal central GABA concentrations.
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- D Smith
- Department of Diabetes, Guy's, King's and St Thomas', King's College School of Medicine, King's Denmark Hill Campus, London, UK
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Evans ML, McCrimmon RJ, Flanagan DE, Keshavarz T, Fan X, McNay EC, Jacob RJ, Sherwin RS. Hypothalamic ATP-sensitive K + channels play a key role in sensing hypoglycemia and triggering counterregulatory epinephrine and glucagon responses. Diabetes 2004; 53:2542-51. [PMID: 15448082 DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.53.10.2542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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It has been postulated that specialized glucose-sensing neurons in the ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH) are able to detect falling blood glucose and trigger the release of counterregulatory hormones during hypoglycemia. The molecular mechanisms used by glucose-sensing neurons are uncertain but may involve cell surface ATP-sensitive K(+) channels (K(ATP) channels) analogous to those of the pancreatic beta-cell. We examined whether the delivery of sulfonylureas directly into the brain to close K(ATP) channels would modulate counterregulatory hormone responses to either brain glucopenia (using intracerebroventricular 5-thioglucose) or systemic hypoglycemia in awake chronically catheterized rats. The closure of brain K(ATP) channels by global intracerebroventricular perfusion of sulfonylurea (120 ng/min glibenclamide or 2.7 microg/min tolbutamide) suppressed counterregulatory (epinephrine and glucagon) responses to brain glucopenia and/or systemic hypoglycemia (2.8 mmol/l glucose clamp). Local VMH microinjection of a small dose of glibenclamide (0.1% of the intracerebroventricular dose) also suppressed hormonal responses to systemic hypoglycemia. We conclude that hypothalamic K(ATP) channel activity plays an important role in modulating the hormonal counterregulatory responses triggered by decreases in blood glucose. Our data suggest that closing of K(ATP) channels in the VMH (much like the beta-cell) impairs defense mechanisms against glucose deprivation and therefore could contribute to defects in glucose counterregulation.
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- Mark L Evans
- Diabetes Endocrine Research Center, Fitkin 1, Yale School of Medicine, 333 Cedar St., New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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Jiang K, Shui Q, Xia Z, Yu Z. Changes in the gene and protein expression of KATP channel subunits in the hippocampus of rats subjected to picrotoxin-induced kindling. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 128:83-9. [PMID: 15337320 DOI: 10.1016/j.molbrainres.2004.06.005] [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] [Accepted: 06/12/2004] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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ATP-sensitive K+ (KATP) channels couple the intracellular metabolic state to electrical activity, which is important in the control of neuronal excitability and seizure propagation. In this study, we investigated the changes in the gene and protein expression of KATP channel subunits in the brain of picrotoxin (PTX)-kindled rats, which were daily administered with a subconvulsant dose of PTX for 20 days. At 14 days after the last administration of PTX, kindled rats were retreated with PTX and killed by decapitation at 12 h, 1 and 3 days, as well as retreated with vehicle and killed at 0 h after starting the retreatment. The abundance of Kir6.1, Kir6.2, SUR1 and SUR2A/B mRNAs was evaluated by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) using endogenous gene glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) as an internal control, and the level of Kir6.2 and SUR1 proteins was measured by Western blot. At 0 h, the brain showed decreasing expression of various subunit mRNAs, with the exception of the SUR2A mRNA. In contrast, from 12 h to 3 days, the amount of various subunit mRNAs was up-regulated dynamically, but SUR2A of which was not changed significantly both from cortical and hippocampal samples. Furthermore, we demonstrated that the levels of Kir6.1, Kir6.2, SUR1 and SUR2B mRNAs at 12 h and 3 days (excepting SUR1 at 3 days) from hippocampal samples, as well as Kir6.1 at 1 day and SUR1 at 3 days from cortical samples, were significantly higher than that detected at 0 h. In addition, low levels of Kir6.2 and SUR1 proteins were observed both from cortical and hippocampal samples at 0 h and also, from 12 h to 3 days, a marked up-modulation of Kir6.2 and SUR1 protein expressions especially from hippocampal samples was found. These results suggest that the PTX-induced changes in the KATP channels may play a key role in the induction and maintenance of kindling and the PTX-induced seizures might be important for the acute changes of KATP channels observed in kindled rat brain.
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- Kewen Jiang
- Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Medical School, Zhejiang University, 57 Zhugang Xiang, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, China
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Kinsella JM, Laidlaw HA, Tang T, Harvey J, Sutherland C, Ashford MLJ. The aminoguanidine carboxylate BVT.12777 activates ATP-sensitive K+ channels in the rat insulinoma cell line, CRI-G1. BMC Pharmacol 2004; 4:17. [PMID: 15329154 PMCID: PMC516774 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2210-4-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2004] [Accepted: 08/24/2004] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND 3-guanidinopropionic acid derivatives reduce body weight in obese, diabetic mice. We have assessed whether one of these analogues, the aminoguanidine carboxylate BVT.12777, opens KATP channels in rat insulinoma cells, by the same mechanism as leptin. RESULTS BVT.12777 hyperpolarized CRI-G1 rat insulinoma cells by activation of KATP channels. In contrast, BVT.12777 did not activate heterologously expressed pancreatic beta-cell KATP subunits directly. Although BVT.12777 stimulated phosphorylation of MAPK and STAT3, there was no effect on enzymes downstream of PI3K. Activation of KATP in CRI-G1 cells by BVT.12777 was not dependent on MAPK or PI3K activity. Confocal imaging showed that BVT.12777 induced a re-organization of cellular actin. Furthermore, the activation of KATP by BVT.12777 in CRI-G1 cells was demonstrated to be dependent on actin cytoskeletal dynamics, similar to that observed for leptin. CONCLUSIONS This study shows that BVT.12777, like leptin, activates KATP channels in insulinoma cells. Unlike leptin, BVT.12777 activates KATP channels in a PI3K-independent manner, but, like leptin, channel activation is dependent on actin cytoskeleton remodelling. Thus, BVT.12777 appears to act as a leptin mimetic, at least with respect to KATP channel activation, and may bypass up-stream signalling components of the leptin pathway.
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- Jackie M Kinsella
- Division of Pathology and Neuroscience, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK
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- Division of Pathology and Neuroscience, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK
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- Division of Pathology and Neuroscience, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK
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- Division of Pathology and Neuroscience, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK
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- Division of Pathology and Neuroscience, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK
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- Division of Pathology and Neuroscience, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK
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Peters A, Schweiger U, Pellerin L, Hubold C, Oltmanns KM, Conrad M, Schultes B, Born J, Fehm HL. The selfish brain: competition for energy resources. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2004; 28:143-80. [PMID: 15172762 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2004.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 279] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2003] [Revised: 03/12/2004] [Accepted: 03/17/2004] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The brain occupies a special hierarchical position in the organism. It is separated from the general circulation by the blood-brain barrier, has high energy consumption and a low energy storage capacity, uses only specific substrates, and it can record information from the peripheral organs and control them. Here we present a new paradigm for the regulation of energy supply within the organism. The brain gives priority to regulating its own adenosine triphosphate (ATP) concentration. In that postulate, the peripheral energy supply is only of secondary importance. The brain has two possibilities to ensure its energy supply: allocation or intake of nutrients. The term 'allocation' refers to the allocation of energy resources between the brain and the periphery. Neocortex and the limbic-hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (LHPA) system control the allocation and intake. In order to keep the energy concentrations constant, the following mechanisms are available to the brain: (1) high and low-affinity ATP-sensitive potassium channels measure the ATP concentration in neurons of the neocortex and generate a 'glutamate command' signal. This signal affects the brain ATP concentration by locally (via astrocytes) stimulating glucose uptake across the blood-brain barrier and by systemically (via the LHPA system) inhibiting glucose uptake into the muscular and adipose tissue. (2) High-affinity mineralocorticoid and low-affinity glucocorticoid receptors determine the state of balance, i.e. the setpoint, of the LHPA system. This setpoint can permanently and pathologically be displaced by extreme stress situations (chronic metabolic and psychological stress, traumatization, etc.), by starvation, exercise, infectious diseases, hormones, drugs, substances of abuse, or chemicals disrupting the endocrine system. Disorders in the 'energy on demand' process or the LHPA-system can influence the allocation of energy and in so doing alter the body mass of the organism. In summary, the presented model includes a newly discovered 'principle of balance' of how pairs of high and low-affinity receptors can originate setpoints in biological systems. In this 'Selfish Brain Theory', the neocortex and limbic system play a central role in the pathogenesis of diseases such as anorexia nervosa and obesity.
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- A Peters
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Luebeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, D-23538 Germany.
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Ishiwa D, Kamiya Y, Itoh H, Saito Y, Ohtsuka T, Yamada Y, Andoh T. Effects of isoflurane and ketamine on ATP-sensitive K channels in rat substantia nigra. Neuropharmacology 2004; 46:1201-1212. [PMID: 15111027 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2004.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2003] [Revised: 12/19/2003] [Accepted: 01/19/2004] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Whole cell recordings were made using midbrain slices to examine the effects of two different anaesthetics on ATP-sensitive K (K(ATP)) channels in principle neurons of rat substantia nigra pars compacta. When neurons were dialyzed with an ATP-free pipette solution during perfusion with a glucose-free external solution, a hyperpolarization and an outward current developed slowly in a tolbutamide-inhibitable manner. The volatile anaesthetic 3% isoflurane slightly depolarised the neurons in the presence of ATP in the pipette solution and glucose in the external solution, but it did not affect the hyperpolarization or outward current in response to omission of ATP and glucose. Ketamine, an intravenous anaesthetic, did not change the membrane potential when ATP and glucose were included; however, it reversibly inhibited the hyperpolarization and outward current induced by intracellular ATP depletion in a dose-dependent manner. These effects of ketamine were not mimicked by AP-5, an NMDA receptor antagonist, or indatraline, an inhibitor of catecholamine uptake. These findings suggest that these anaesthetics have no stimulatory action on K(ATP) channels in these neurons when intracellular ATP is preserved and that ketamine but not isoflurane inhibits K(ATP) channels when the channels were activated by low intracellular ATP.
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- Dai Ishiwa
- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-9 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan
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Zhang Y, Zhou J, Corll C, Porter JR, Martin RJ, Roane DS. Evidence for hypothalamic KATP+ channels in the modulation of glucose homeostasis. Eur J Pharmacol 2004; 492:71-9. [PMID: 15145709 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2004.03.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2004] [Revised: 03/04/2004] [Accepted: 03/23/2004] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Several lines of evidence support the hypothesis that ATP-sensitive K+ channels (K+(ATP)) participate in the brain's regulation of peripheral glucose homeostasis. In testing this hypothesis we conducted a series of in vivo experiments using albino rats and bilateral intrahypothalamic injections of K+(ATP) channel blockers, glibenclamide and repaglinide. The results show that 0.2 and 2.0 nM injections of glibenclamide lowered blood glucose in a dose-dependent manner. During mild insulin-induced hypoglycemia, hypothalamic glibenclamide delayed recovery to normoglycemia. The impaired recovery was associated with a reduction in plasma norepinephrine (P<0.001), though circulating epinephrine and glucagon were not reduced. In a separate experiment, 2-deoxy-D-glucose (200 mg/kg) was intraperitoneally administered to produce neuroglucopenia. Hypothalamic injections of either glibenclamide or repaglinide significantly blunted compensatory hyperglycemic responses (P<0.01). In a feeding study, 2.0, but not 0.2 nM of hypothalamic glibenclamide, reduced chow intake over a 2-h period (P<0.01). The results support the hypothesis that hypothalamic K+(ATP) channels participate in central glucose-sensing and glucose regulation.
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- Yang Zhang
- Department of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA 71209, USA
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Kang L, Routh VH, Kuzhikandathil EV, Gaspers LD, Levin BE. Physiological and molecular characteristics of rat hypothalamic ventromedial nucleus glucosensing neurons. Diabetes 2004; 53:549-59. [PMID: 14988237 DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.53.3.549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 231] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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To evaluate potential mechanisms for neuronal glucosensing, fura-2 Ca(2+) imaging and single-cell RT-PCR were carried out in dissociated ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus (VMN) neurons. Glucose-excited (GE) neurons increased and glucose-inhibited (GI) neurons decreased intracellular Ca(2+) ([Ca(2+)](i)) oscillations as glucose increased from 0.5 to 2.5 mmol/l. The Kir6.2 subunit mRNA of the ATP-sensitive K(+) channel was expressed in 42% of GE and GI neurons, but only 15% of nonglucosensing (NG) neurons. Glucokinase (GK), the putative glucosensing gatekeeper, was expressed in 64% of GE, 43% of GI, but only 8% of NG neurons and the GK inhibitor alloxan altered [Ca(2+)](i) oscillations in approximately 75% of GK-expressing GE and GI neurons. Insulin receptor and GLUT4 mRNAs were coexpressed in 75% of GE, 60% of GI, and 40% of NG neurons, although there were no statistically significant intergroup differences. Hexokinase-I, GLUT3, and lactate dehydrogenase-A and -B were ubiquitous, whereas GLUT2, monocarboxylate transporters-1 and -2, and leptin receptor and GAD mRNAs were expressed less frequently and without apparent relationship to glucosensing capacity. Thus, although GK may mediate glucosensing in up to 60% of VMN neurons, other regulatory mechanisms are likely to control glucosensing in the remaining ones.
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- Ling Kang
- Department of Neurology and Neurosciences, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, USA
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Allen TGJ, Brown DA. Modulation of the excitability of cholinergic basal forebrain neurones by KATP channels. J Physiol 2004; 554:353-70. [PMID: 14578474 PMCID: PMC1664773 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.055889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Revised: 09/26/2003] [Accepted: 10/23/2003] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The expression of ATP-sensitive K(+) (K(ATP)) channels by magnocellular cholinergic basal forebrain (BF) neurones was investigated in thin brain slice and dissociated cell culture preparations using a combination of whole-cell, perforated-patch and single-channel recording techniques. Greater than 95% of BF neurones expressed functional K(ATP) channels whose activation resulted in membrane hyperpolarization and a profound fall in excitability. The whole-cell K(ATP) conductance was 14.0 +/- 1.5 nS and had a reversal potential of -91.4 +/- 0.9 mV that shifted by 59.6 mV with a tenfold increase in [K(+)](o). I(KATP) was inhibited reversibly by tolbutamide (IC(50) of 34.1 microM) and irreversibly by glibenclamide (0.3-3 nM) and had a low affinity for [ATP](i) (67% reduction with 6 mm[MgATP](i)). Using perforated-patch recording, a small proportion of the conductance was found to be tonically active. This was weakly potentiated by diazoxide (0.1 mm extracellular glucose) but insensitive to pinacidil (< or =500 microM). Single-channel K(ATP) currents recorded in symmetrical 140 mm K(+)-containing solutions exhibited weak inward rectification with a mean conductance of 66.2 +/- 1.9 pS. Channel activity was inhibited by MgATP (>50 microM) and activated by MgADP (200 microM). The K(+) channels opener diazoxide (200-500 microM) increased channel opening probability (NP(o)) by 486 +/- 120% whereas pinacidil (500 microM) had no effect. In conclusion, the characteristics of the K(ATP) channels expressed by BF neurones are very similar to channels composed of SUR1 and Kir6.2 subunits. In the native cell, their affinity for ATP is close to the resting [ATP](i), potentially allowing them to be modulated by physiologically relevant changes in [ATP](i). The effect of these channels on the level of ascending cholinergic excitation of the cortex and hippocampus is discussed.
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- T G J Allen
- Department of Pharmacology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
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de Vries MG, Arseneau LM, Lawson ME, Beverly JL. Extracellular glucose in rat ventromedial hypothalamus during acute and recurrent hypoglycemia. Diabetes 2003; 52:2767-73. [PMID: 14578295 DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.52.11.2767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The activity of neurons in the ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH) important for initiating compensatory responses to hypoglycemia is influenced by ambient glucose concentration. In the present study, we used in vivo microdialysis to evaluate interstitial glucose concentrations in rat VMH under various glycemic conditions. Using the zero-net-flux method, steady-state glucose concentration in the VMH was approximately 20% of blood glucose (approximately 1.4 mmol/l) in fed rats but approximately 14% of blood glucose (approximately 0.7 mmol/l) in overnight-fasted rats. During moderate hypoglycemia VMH glucose declined in parallel with blood glucose; however, VMH glucose decreased to a greater degree than blood glucose during a more severe hypoglycemic episode, falling to 10 +/- 1.2% of blood levels (P < 0.01). To determine whether VMH glucose concentrations were influenced by recurrent episodes of hypoglycemia a second zero-net-flux study was conducted. Steady-state glucose concentrations in the VMH were approximately 20% lower after three episodes of recurrent hypoglycemia, a value 17.8 +/- 0.8% of blood glucose, although the relative change in VMH glucose levels during the first and fourth hypoglycemic episodes were similar. From these results, we conclude that interstitial glucose concentrations in the VMH are not maintained at a constant level and are more dynamic than previously proposed.
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- Martin G de Vries
- Program in Neuroscience, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
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Garlid KD, Paucek P. Mitochondrial potassium transport: the K(+) cycle. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2003; 1606:23-41. [PMID: 14507425 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2728(03)00108-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 263] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Potassium transport plays three distinct roles in mitochondria. Volume homeostasis to prevent excess matrix swelling is a housekeeping function that is essential for maintaining the structural integrity of the organelle. This function is mediated by the K(+)/H(+) antiporter and was first proposed by Peter Mitchell. Volume homeostasis to prevent excess matrix contraction is a recently discovered function that maintains a fully expanded matrix when diffusive K(+) influx declines due to membrane depolarization caused by high rates of electron transport. Maintaining matrix volume under these conditions is important because matrix contraction inhibits electron transport and also perturbs the structure-function of the intermembrane space (IMS). This volume regulation is mediated by the mitochondrial ATP-sensitive K(+) channel (mitoK(ATP)). Cell signaling functions to protect the cell from ischemia-reperfusion injury and also to trigger transcription of genes required for cell growth. This function depends on the ability of mitoK(ATP) opening to trigger increased mitochondrial production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). This review discusses the properties of the mitochondrial K(+) cycle that help to understand the basis of these diverse effects.
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- Keith D Garlid
- Department of Biology, Portland State University, 1719 SW 10th Avenue, PO Box 751, Portland, OR 97207, USA.
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