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Shelef A, Alaa H, Bloemhof-Bris E, Halperin D, Weizman S, Stryjer R. Short-term chloral hydrate as an add-on treatment may improve sleep and alleviate agitation in inpatients with treatment resistant schizophrenia: a retrospective case series study. Front Psychiatry 2024; 15:1293676. [PMID: 38487572 PMCID: PMC10937440 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1293676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/26/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024] Open
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Introduction Chloral hydrate (CH), a medication dating back to 1832, is tranquilizer and sleep promoter still used today. It remains an option for short-term insomnia therapy and sedation before medical procedures, despite its controversial safety profile. Methods This study investigated the potential benefits of chloral hydrate addition for increasing sleep duration and reducing agitation and violence in inpatients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia (TRS). A retrospective, observational case series design was utilized, analyzing data from fourteen patients diagnosed with TRS disorders. Results CH addition increased the rate of full night sleep and decreased the rates of agitation and verbal and physical violence events. Notably, no adverse events including falls were reported during CH addition. Discussion CH shows some short-term benefits in improving sleep disorders and reducing violent and agitated behavior in patients with TRS. Our study has limitations due to its small sample size, retrospective design and lack of a control group. A large-scale, double-blind, randomized trial is needed to further explore the efficacy and safety of CH in psychiatric populations with TRS accompanied by agitation, violence and disturbed sleep.
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- Assaf Shelef
- Lev Hasharon Mental Health Center, Tzur Moshe, Israel
- Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Abarbanel Mental Health Center, Bat Yam, Israel
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- Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Abarbanel Mental Health Center, Bat Yam, Israel
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- Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Abarbanel Mental Health Center, Bat Yam, Israel
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Sagheddu C, Stojanovic T, Kouhnavardi S, Savchenko A, Hussein AM, Pistis M, Monje FJ, Plasenzotti R, Aufy M, Studenik CR, Lubec J, Lubec G. Cognitive performance in aged rats is associated with differences in distinctive neuronal populations in the ventral tegmental area and altered synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus. Front Aging Neurosci 2024; 16:1357347. [PMID: 38469164 PMCID: PMC10926450 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2024.1357347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2023] [Accepted: 02/12/2024] [Indexed: 03/13/2024] Open
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Introduction Deterioration of cognitive functions is commonly associated with aging, although there is wide variation in the onset and manifestation. Albeit heterogeneity in age-related cognitive decline has been studied at the cellular and molecular level, there is poor evidence for electrophysiological correlates. The aim of the current study was to address the electrophysiological basis of heterogeneity of cognitive functions in cognitively Inferior and Superior old (19-20 months) rats in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) and the hippocampus, having Young (12 weeks) rats as a control. The midbrain VTA operates as a hub amidst affective and cognitive facets, processing sensory inputs related to motivated behaviours and hippocampal memory. Increasing evidence shows direct dopaminergic and non-dopaminergic input from the VTA to the hippocampus. Methods Aged Superior and Inferior male rats were selected from a cohort of 88 animals based on their performance in a spatial learning and memory task. Using in vivo single-cell recording in the VTA, we examined the electrical activity of different neuronal populations (putative dopaminergic, glutamatergic and GABAergic neurons). In the same animals, basal synaptic transmission and synaptic plasticity were examined in hippocampal slices. Results Electrophysiological recordings from the VTA and hippocampus showed alterations associated with aging per se, together with differences specifically linked to the cognitive status of aged animals. In particular, the bursting activity of dopamine neurons was lower, while the firing frequency of glutamatergic neurons was higher in VTA of Inferior old rats. The response to high-frequency stimulation in hippocampal slices also discriminated between Superior and Inferior aged animals. Discussion This study provides new insight into electrophysiological information underlying compromised cerebral ageing. Further understanding of brain senescence, possibly related to neurocognitive decline, will help develop new strategies towards the preservation of a high quality of life.
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- Claudia Sagheddu
- Division of Neuroscience and Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy
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- Programme for Proteomics, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- Programme for Proteomics, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
- Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Programme for Proteomics, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
- Institute of Pharmacology, Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Programme for Proteomics, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
- Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Asyut, Egypt
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- Division of Neuroscience and Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy
- Section of Cagliari, Neuroscience Institute National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Cagliari, Italy
- Unit of Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital, Cagliari, Italy
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- Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Department of Neurophysiology and Neuropharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Biomedical Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Programme for Proteomics, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- Programme for Proteomics, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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McCoy AM, Prevot TD, Sharmin D, Cook JM, Sibille EL, Lodge DJ. GL-II-73, a Positive Allosteric Modulator of α5GABA A Receptors, Reverses Dopamine System Dysfunction Associated with Pilocarpine-Induced Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:11588. [PMID: 37511346 PMCID: PMC10380722 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241411588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2023] [Revised: 07/15/2023] [Accepted: 07/16/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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Although seizures are a hallmark feature of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), psychiatric comorbidities, including psychosis, are frequently associated with TLE and contribute to decreased quality of life. Currently, there are no defined therapeutic protocols to manage psychosis in TLE patients, as antipsychotic agents may induce epileptic seizures and are associated with severe side effects and pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic interactions with antiepileptic drugs. Thus, novel treatment strategies are necessary. Several lines of evidence suggest that hippocampal hyperactivity is central to the pathology of both TLE and psychosis; therefore, restoring hippocampal activity back to normal levels may be a novel therapeutic approach for treating psychosis in TLE. In rodent models, increased activity in the ventral hippocampus (vHipp) results in aberrant dopamine system function, which is thought to underlie symptoms of psychosis. Indeed, we have previously demonstrated that targeting α5-containing γ-aminobutyric acid receptors (α5GABAARs), an inhibitory receptor abundant in the hippocampus, with positive allosteric modulators (PAMs), can restore dopamine system function in rodent models displaying hippocampal hyperactivity. Thus, we posited that α5-PAMs may be beneficial in a model used to study TLE. Here, we demonstrate that pilocarpine-induced TLE is associated with increased VTA dopamine neuron activity, an effect that was completely reversed by intra-vHipp administration of GL-II-73, a selective α5-PAM. Further, pilocarpine did not alter the hippocampal α5GABAAR expression or synaptic localization that may affect the efficacy of α5-PAMs. Taken together, these results suggest augmenting α5GABAAR function as a novel therapeutic modality for the treatment of psychosis in TLE.
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- Alexandra M McCoy
- Department of Pharmacology and Center for Biomedical Neuroscience, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
- South Texas Veterans Health Care System, Audie L. Murphy Division, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
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- Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute of CAMH, Toronto, ON M5S 2S1, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5T 1R8, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
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- Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute of CAMH, Toronto, ON M5S 2S1, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5T 1R8, Canada
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5T 1R8, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology and Center for Biomedical Neuroscience, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
- South Texas Veterans Health Care System, Audie L. Murphy Division, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
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Kim G, Kim H, Jang IS. Trichloroethanol, an active metabolite of chloral hydrate, modulates tetrodotoxin-resistant Na + channels in rat nociceptive neurons. BMC Anesthesiol 2023; 23:145. [PMID: 37120567 PMCID: PMC10148498 DOI: 10.1186/s12871-023-02105-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2022] [Accepted: 04/22/2023] [Indexed: 05/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Chloral hydrate is a sedative-hypnotic drug widely used for relieving fear and anxiety in pediatric patients. However, mechanisms underlying the chloral hydrate-mediated analgesic action remain unexplored. Therefore, we investigated the effect of 2',2',2'-trichloroethanol (TCE), the active metabolite of chloral hydrate, on tetrodotoxin-resistant (TTX-R) Na+ channels expressed in nociceptive sensory neurons. METHODS The TTX-R Na+ current (INa) was recorded from acutely isolated rat trigeminal ganglion neurons using the whole-cell patch-clamp technique. RESULTS Trichloroethanol decreased the peak amplitude of transient TTX-R INa in a concentration-dependent manner and potently inhibited persistent components of transient TTX-R INa and slow voltage-ramp-induced INa at clinically relevant concentrations. Trichloroethanol exerted multiple effects on various properties of TTX-R Na+ channels; it (1) induced a hyperpolarizing shift on the steady-state fast inactivation relationship, (2) increased use-dependent inhibition, (3) accelerated the onset of inactivation, and (4) retarded the recovery of inactivated TTX-R Na+ channels. Under current-clamp conditions, TCE increased the threshold for the generation of action potentials, as well as decreased the number of action potentials elicited by depolarizing current stimuli. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that chloral hydrate, through its active metabolite TCE, inhibits TTX-R INa and modulates various properties of these channels, resulting in the decreased excitability of nociceptive neurons. These pharmacological characteristics provide novel insights into the analgesic efficacy exerted by chloral hydrate.
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- Gimin Kim
- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41940, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41940, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University, 2177 Dalgubeol-daero, Jung-gu, Daegu, 41940, Republic of Korea.
- Brain Science & Engineering Institute, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41940, Republic of Korea.
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Wathier L, Venet T, Bonfanti E, Nunge H, Cosnier F, Parietti-Winkler C, Campo P, Pouyatos B. Measuring the middle-ear reflex: A quantitative method to assess effects of industrial solvents on central auditory pathways. Neurotoxicology 2019; 74:58-66. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2019.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2019] [Revised: 05/15/2019] [Accepted: 05/15/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Zhang Y, Li Z, Zhang J, Zhao Z, Zhang H, Vreugdenhil M, Lu C. Near-Death High-Frequency Hyper-Synchronization in the Rat Hippocampus. Front Neurosci 2019; 13:800. [PMID: 31417353 PMCID: PMC6684736 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2019.00800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2019] [Accepted: 07/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Near-death experiences (NDE) are episodes of enhanced perception with impending death, which have been associated with increased high-frequency (13-100 Hz) synchronization of neuronal activity, which is implicated in cognitive processes like perception, attention and memory. To test whether the NDE-associated high-frequency oscillations surge is related to cardiac arrest, recordings were made from the hippocampus of anesthetized rats dying from an overdose of the sedative chloral hydrate (CH). At a lethal dose, CH caused a surge in beta band power in CA3 and CA1 and a surge in gamma band power in CA1. CH increased the inter-regional coherence of high-frequency oscillations within and between hippocampi. Whereas the surge in beta power developed at non-lethal chloral hydrate doses, the surge in gamma power was specific for impending death. In contrast, CH strongly suppressed theta band power in both CA1 and CA3 and reduced inter-regional coherence in the theta band. The simultaneously recorded electrocardiogram showed a small decrease in heart rate but no change in waveform during the high-frequency oscillation surge, with cardiac arrest only developing after the cessation of breathing and collapse of all oscillatory activity. These results demonstrate that the high-frequency oscillation surge just before death is not limited to cardiac arrest and that especially the increase in gamma synchronization in CA1 may contribute to NDE observed both with and without cardiac arrest.
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- Yujiao Zhang
- School of Psychology, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China.,International-Joint Lab for Non-Invasive Neural Modulation of Henan Province, Department of Neurobiology and Physiology, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China
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- School of Psychology, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China
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- School of Psychology, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China
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- School of Psychology, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China
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- School of Psychology, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China.,Department of Life Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- School of Psychology, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China.,International-Joint Lab for Non-Invasive Neural Modulation of Henan Province, Department of Neurobiology and Physiology, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China
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Synthesis of novel Schiff base ligands from gluco- and galactochloraloses for the Cu(II) catalyzed asymmetric Henry reaction. Carbohydr Res 2015; 407:97-103. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2015.01.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2014] [Revised: 01/30/2015] [Accepted: 01/31/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Zhao M, Li X, Li M, Gao Y. Effects of anesthetics pentobarbital sodium and chloral hydrate on urine proteome. PeerJ 2015; 3:e813. [PMID: 25789206 PMCID: PMC4362303 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2015] [Accepted: 02/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Urine can be a better source than blood for biomarker discovery since it accumulates many changes. The urine proteome is susceptible to many factors, including anesthesia. Pentobarbital sodium and chloral hydrate are commonly used anesthetics in animal experiments. This study demonstrated the effects of these two anesthetics on the rat urine proteome using liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). With anesthesia, the urinary protein-to-creatinine ratio of all rats increased twofold. The relative abundance of 22 and 23 urinary proteins were changed with pentobarbital sodium or chloral hydrate anesthesia, respectively, as determined by label-free quantification. Among these changed proteins, fifteen had been considered as candidate biomarkers such as uromodulin, and sixteen had been considered stable in healthy human urine, which are more likely to be considered as potential biomarkers when changed, such as transferrin. The pattern of changed urinary proteins provides clues to the discovery of urinary proteins regulatory mechanisms. When determining a candidate biomarker, anesthetic-related effects can be excluded from future biomarker discovery studies. Since anesthetics take effects via nervous system, this study is the first to provide clues that the protein handling function of the kidney may possibly be regulated by the nervous system.
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- Mindi Zhao
- National Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology, Department of Pathophysiology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, School of Basic Medicine, Peking Union Medical College , Beijing , China
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- National Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology, Department of Pathophysiology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, School of Basic Medicine, Peking Union Medical College , Beijing , China
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- National Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology, Department of Pathophysiology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, School of Basic Medicine, Peking Union Medical College , Beijing , China
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- National Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology, Department of Pathophysiology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, School of Basic Medicine, Peking Union Medical College , Beijing , China ; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Beijing Normal University, Gene Engineering and Biotechnology Beijing Key Laboratory , Beijing , China
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The Newest Member of the Family of Chloralose: Synthesis ofβ-Ribochloralose and Some Derivatives. J CHEM-NY 2013. [DOI: 10.1155/2013/748161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Treatment ofD-ribose with chloral in the presence of acid catalyst gives 1,2-O-(S)-trichloroethylidene-α-D-ribofuranose (1) (β-ribochloralose). Some derivatives of this product (1) were synthesized to be used as an intermediate in carbohydrate chemistry. Tricyclic orthoester structure (3, 77%) was obtained from the reaction of1with potassiumt-butoxide. This novel orthoester is expected to be useful as a glycosyl donor in the formations of new ribofuranoside units. 3-O-Methyl-ribochloralose (5) was synthesized in 75% yield via the methylation of1. 5-O-Tosyl-ribochloralose (6, 61%) was prepared with monotosylation reaction of1. Treatment of6with NaN3in DMF gives a 5-azido-5-deoxy-ribochloralose (7) in 77% yield. The azidosugar (7) was reduced to 5-amino-5-deoxy-ribochloralose (8, 72%) with triphenylphosphine according to Staudinger’s reduction procedure.
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Jeong J, Shi WX, Hoffman R, Oh J, Gore JC, Bunney BS, Peterson BS. Bursting as a source of non-linear determinism in the firing patterns of nigral dopamine neurons. Eur J Neurosci 2012; 36:3214-23. [PMID: 22831464 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.08238.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Nigral dopamine (DA) neurons in vivo exhibit complex firing patterns consisting of tonic single-spikes and phasic bursts that encode information for certain types of reward-related learning and behavior. Non-linear dynamical analysis has previously demonstrated the presence of a non-linear deterministic structure in complex firing patterns of DA neurons, yet the origin of this non-linear determinism remains unknown. In this study, we hypothesized that bursting activity is the primary source of non-linear determinism in the firing patterns of DA neurons. To test this hypothesis, we investigated the dimension complexity of inter-spike interval data recorded in vivo from bursting and non-bursting DA neurons in the chloral hydrate-anesthetized rat substantia nigra. We found that bursting DA neurons exhibited non-linear determinism in their firing patterns, whereas non-bursting DA neurons showed truly stochastic firing patterns. Determinism was also detected in the isolated burst and inter-burst interval data extracted from firing patterns of bursting neurons. Moreover, less bursting DA neurons in halothane-anesthetized rats exhibited higher dimensional spiking dynamics than do more bursting DA neurons in chloral hydrate-anesthetized rats. These results strongly indicate that bursting activity is the main source of low-dimensional, non-linear determinism in the firing patterns of DA neurons. This finding furthermore suggests that bursts are the likely carriers of meaningful information in the firing activities of DA neurons.
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- Jaeseung Jeong
- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA.
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Krasowski MD, Hopfinger AJ. The discovery of new anesthetics by targeting GABAAreceptors. Expert Opin Drug Discov 2011; 6:1187-201. [DOI: 10.1517/17460441.2011.627324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Carino C, Fibuch EE, Mao LM, Wang JQ. Dynamic loss of surface-expressed AMPA receptors in mouse cortical and striatal neurons during anesthesia. J Neurosci Res 2011; 90:315-23. [PMID: 21932367 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.22749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2011] [Revised: 05/11/2011] [Accepted: 06/27/2011] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Ionotropic glutamate receptors, especially the α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionic acid (AMPA) receptor subtype, undergo dynamic trafficking between the surface membrane and intracellular organelles. This trafficking activity determines the efficacy and strength of excitatory synapses and is subject to modulation by changing synaptic inputs. Given the possibility that glutamate receptors in the central nervous system might be a sensitive target of anesthetic agents, this study investigated the possible impact of anesthesia on trafficking and subcellular expression of AMPA receptors in adult mouse brain neurons in vivo. We found that anesthesia induced by a systemic injection of pentobarbital did not alter total protein levels of three AMPA receptor subunits (GluR1-3) in cortical neurons. However, an anesthetic dose of pentobarbital reduced GluR1 and GluR3 proteins in the surface pool and elevated these proteins in the intracellular pool of cortical neurons. The similar redistribution of GluR1/3 was observed in mouse striatal neurons. Pentobarbital did not significantly alter GluR2 expression in the two pools. Chloral hydrate at an anesthetic dose also reduced surface GluR1/3 expression and increased intracellular levels of these proteins. The effect of pentobarbital on subcellular distribution of AMPA receptors was reversible. Altered subcellular distribution of GluR1/3 returned to normal levels after the anesthesia subsided. These data indicate that anesthesia induced by pentobarbital and chloral hydrate can alter AMPA receptor trafficking in both cortical and striatal neurons. This alteration is characterized by the concurrent loss and addition of GluR1/3 subunits in the respective surface and intracellular pools.
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- Charlene Carino
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, and Saint Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri 64108, USA
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Activator-induced dynamic disorder and molecular memory in human two-pore domain hTREK1 K channel. J Chem Biol 2011; 4:69-84. [PMID: 22295053 DOI: 10.1007/s12154-010-0053-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2010] [Accepted: 12/23/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED Ion channels are fundamental molecules in the nervous system that catalyze the flux of ions across the cell membrane. Ion channel flux activity is comparable to the catalytic activity of enzyme molecules. Saturating concentrations of substrate induce "dynamic disorder" in the kinetic rate processes of single-enzyme molecules and consequently, develop correlative "memory" of the previous history of activities. Similarly, binding of ions as substrate alone or in presence of agonists affects the catalytic turnover of single-ion channels. Here, we investigated the possible existence of dynamic disorder and molecular memory in the single human-TREK1-channel due to binding of substrate/agonist using the excised inside-out patch-clamp technique. Our results suggest that the single-hTREK1-channel behaves as a typical Michaelis-Menten enzyme molecule with a high-affinity binding site for K(+) ion as substrate. But, in contrast to enzyme, dynamic disorder in single-hTREK1-channel was not induced by substrate K(+) binding, but required allosteric modification of the channel molecule by the agonist, trichloroethanol. In addition, interaction of trichloroethanol with hTREK1 induced strong correlation in the waiting time and flux intensity, exemplified by distinct mode-switching between high and low flux activities. This suggested the induction of molecular memory in the channel molecule by the agonist, which persisted for several decades in time. Our mathematical modeling studies identified the kinetic rate processes associated with dynamic disorder. It further revealed the presence of multiple populations of distinct conformations that contributed to the "heterogeneity" and consequently, to the molecular memory phenomenon that we observed. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s12154-010-0053-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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Salous AK, Ren H, Lamb KA, Hu XQ, Lipsky RH, Peoples RW. Differential actions of ethanol and trichloroethanol at sites in the M3 and M4 domains of the NMDA receptor GluN2A (NR2A) subunit. Br J Pharmacol 2009; 158:1395-404. [PMID: 19788495 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2009.00397.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Alcohol produces its behavioural effects in part due to inhibition of N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptors in the CNS. Previous studies have identified amino acid residues in membrane-associated domains 3 (M3) and 4 (M4) of the NMDA receptor that influence ethanol sensitivity. In addition, in other alcohol-sensitive ion channels, sedative-hypnotic agents have in some cases been shown to act at sites distinct from the sites of ethanol action. In this study, we compared the influence of mutations at these sites on sensitivity to ethanol and trichloroethanol, a sedative-hypnotic agent that is a structural analogue of ethanol. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH We constructed panels of mutants at ethanol-sensitive positions in the GluN2A (NR2A) NMDA receptor subunit and transiently expressed these mutants in human embryonic kidney 293 cells. We used whole-cell patch-clamp recording to assess the actions of ethanol and trichloroethanol in these mutant NMDA receptors. KEY RESULTS Ethanol sensitivity of mutants at GluN2A(Ala825) was not correlated with any physicochemical measures tested. Trichloroethanol sensitivity was altered in two of three ethanol-insensitive mutant GluN2A subunits: GluN2A(Phe637Trp) in M3 and GluN2A(Ala825Trp) in M4, but not GluN2A(Met823Trp). Trichloroethanol sensitivity decreased with increasing molecular volume at Phe637 or increasing hydrophobicity at Ala825 and was correlated with ethanol sensitivity at both sites. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS Evidence obtained to date is consistent with a role of GluN2A(Ala825) as a modulatory site for ethanol and trichloroethanol sensitivity, but not as a binding site. Trichloroethanol appears to inhibit the NMDA receptor in a manner similar, but not identical to, that of ethanol.
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- A K Salous
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881, USA
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LacKamp A, Zhang GC, Mao LM, Fibuch EE, Wang JQ. Loss of surface N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor proteins in mouse cortical neurones during anaesthesia induced by chloral hydrate in vivo. Br J Anaesth 2009; 102:515-22. [PMID: 19224925 DOI: 10.1093/bja/aep009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Anaesthetics may target ionotropic glutamate receptors in brain cells to produce their biological actions. Membrane-bound ionotropic glutamate receptors undergo dynamic trafficking between the surface membrane and intracellular organelles. Their subcellular distribution is subject to modulation by changing synaptic inputs and determines the efficacy and strength of excitatory synapses. It has not been explored whether anaesthesia has any impact on surface glutamate receptor expression. In this study, the effect of general anaesthesia on expression of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors in the surface and intracellular pools of cortical neurones was investigated in vivo. METHODS General anaesthesia was induced by intraperitoneal injection of chloral hydrate in adult male mice. Surface protein cross-linking assays were performed to detect changes in distribution of NMDA receptor subunits (NR1, NR2A, and NR2B) in the surface and intracellular compartments of cerebral cortical neurones. RESULTS Chloral hydrate did not alter the total amounts of NR1, NR2A, and NR2B proteins in cortical neurones. However, the drug reduced NR1 proteins in the surface pool of these neurones, and induced a proportional increase in NR1 in the intracellular pool. Similar redistribution of NR2B subunits was observed between the two distinct pools. The changes in NR1 and NR2B were rapid and remained throughout the duration of anaesthesia. NR2A proteins were not altered in the surface or intracellular pool in response to chloral hydrate. CONCLUSIONS These data demonstrate that subcellular expression of NR1 and NR2B in cortical neurones is sensitive to anaesthesia. Chloral hydrate reduces surface-expressed NMDA receptors (specifically NR2B-containing NMDA receptors) in these neurones in vivo.
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- A LacKamp
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO, USA
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Rosenkranz JA, Buffalari DM, Grace AA. Opposing influence of basolateral amygdala and footshock stimulation on neurons of the central amygdala. Biol Psychiatry 2006; 59:801-11. [PMID: 16373067 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2005.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2005] [Revised: 07/14/2005] [Accepted: 09/22/2005] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND The basolateral complex (BLA) and the central nucleus of the amygdala (CeA) are believed to mediate the expression of affective responses. After affective learning, conditioned stimulus-related information is thought to be conveyed from the BLA to the CeA; the medial CeA (Cem), in turn, projects to hypothalamic and brainstem structures involved with induction of affective responses. Although the conditioned stimulus and unconditioned stimulus both evoke affective responses, the precise response often differs. It is unknown whether this difference is represented by distinct activity patterns of single Cem neurons. Furthermore, the nature of the interaction between the BLA and Cem is unknown. METHODS Using in vivo extracellular and intracellular recordings, we examined how the BLA affects the Cem and compared this with effects induced by footshock (unconditioned stimulus) in the same neurons. RESULTS Our results demonstrate that, contrary to conventional views, BLA stimulation primarily inhibits Cem neurons by a polysynaptic circuit, and show that single Cem neurons respond to both BLA input and footshock in an opposite manner. CONCLUSIONS These results demonstrate the predominantly inhibitory nature of the BLA-Cem interaction. These data further demonstrate the distinct cellular events that might lead to differential modulation of conditioned and unconditioned affective responses.
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- J Amiel Rosenkranz
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Harinath S, Sikdar SK. Trichloroethanol enhances the activity of recombinant human TREK-1 and TRAAK channels. Neuropharmacology 2004; 46:750-60. [PMID: 14996553 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2003.11.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2003] [Revised: 10/22/2003] [Accepted: 11/12/2003] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Human TREK-1 and TRAAK (hTREK-1 and hTRAAK) are the recently cloned tandem pore-domain potassium channels that are highly expressed in the central nervous system (CNS). The roles of 2P domain K+ channels in general anesthesia and neuroprotection have been proposed recently. We have investigated the ability of 2,2,2-trichloroethanol (an active metabolite of the general anesthetic chloral hydrate (CH)) to modulate the activity of hTREK-1 and hTRAAK channels expressed heterologously in Chinese hamster ovary cells by using whole-cell patch-clamp recording. Trichloroethanol potentiated hTREK-1 and hTRAAK channel activity in a reversible, concentration-dependent manner. The parent compound CH also augmented the activity of both the channels reversibly. CH activation of hTREK-1 was transient followed by a rapid inhibition, whereas hTRAAK activation was not followed by inhibition. Deletions of the carboxy terminal domain (Delta89, Delta100 and Delta119) of hTREK-1 did not abolish sensitivity to TCE (20 mM) suggesting that C-terminal tail is not essential for the activation of hTREK-1 by TCE. The hTREK-1 currents consisted of an instantaneous and a time-dependent component. The time-dependent current was reduced by trichloroethanol (20 mM). Our findings identify TREK-1 and TRAAK channels as molecular targets for trichloroethanol and suggest that activation of these channels might contribute to the CNS depressant effects of CH.
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- S Harinath
- Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India
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Oshiro WM, Krantz QT, Bushnell PJ. A search for residual behavioral effects of trichloroethylene (TCE) in rats exposed as young adults. Neurotoxicol Teratol 2004; 26:239-51. [PMID: 15019957 DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2003.12.005] [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: 06/25/2003] [Revised: 12/16/2003] [Accepted: 12/16/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Trichloroethylene (TCE) is an organic solvent with robust acute effects on the nervous system, but poorly documented long-term effects. This study employed a signal detection task (SDT) to assess the persistence of effects of repeated daily inhalation of TCE on sustained attention in rats. Adult male Long-Evans rats inhaled TCE at 0, 1600, or 2400 ppm, 6 h/day for 20 days (n=8/group) and began learning the SDT 3 weeks later. Rats earned food by pressing one retractable response lever in a signal trial and a second lever in a blank (no signal) trial. TCE did not affect acquisition of the response rule or performance of the SDT after the intertrial interval (ITI) was changed from a constant value to a variable one. Increasing the trial presentation rate reduced accuracy equivalently in all groups. Injections of ethanol (0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 g/kg ip) and d-amphetamine (0, 0.1, 0.3, 1.0 mg/kg sc) systematically impaired performance as functions of drug dose. d-Amphetamine (1.0 mg/kg) reduced P(hit) more in the 2400-ppm TCE group than in the other groups. All rats required remedial training to learn a reversal of the response contingencies, which TCE did not interfere with. Thus, a history of exposure to TCE did not significantly alter learning or sustained attention in the absence of drugs. Although ethanol did not differentially affect the TCE groups, the effect of d-amphetamine is consistent with solvent-induced changes in dopaminergic functions in the CNS. Calculations indicated power values of 0.5 to 0.8 to detect main effects of TCE for the three primary endpoints.
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- Wendy M Oshiro
- Neurotoxicology Division, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, B105-04, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA
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Gronier BS, Rasmussen K. Electrophysiological effects of acute and chronic olanzapine and fluoxetine in the rat prefrontal cortex. Neurosci Lett 2003; 349:196-200. [PMID: 12951202 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(03)00851-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Since the prefrontal cortex (PFC) is thought to play an important role in depression and schizophrenia, we studied the effects of fluoxetine and olanzapine on PFC neurons in rats using extracellular, in vivo recordings. Acute or 5-day administration of olanzapine (1-10 mg/kg, iv or 20 mg/kg, sc) did not change the firing rate of PFC neurons. However, a 21-day treatment with olanzapine (20 mg/kg per day, sc) significantly increased the firing rate of PFC neurons and increased their responsiveness to the iontophoretic administration of the GABA(A) antagonist bicuculline. Acute administration of fluoxetine (10 mg/kg, iv) also did not change the firing rate of PFC neurons. However, a 21-day treatment with fluoxetine (10 mg/kg per day) significantly decreased the firing rate of PFC neurons and decreased their responsiveness to the iontophoretic administration of bicuculline. Co-administration of olanzapine (10 mg/kg per day, sc) during the last 5 days of a 21-day fluoxetine treatment (10 mg/kg per day) prevented the suppression of firing and decreased responsiveness to the iontophoretic administration of bicuculline of PFC neurons. In conclusion, chronic, but not acute, olanzapine treatment significantly enhanced the firing and excitability of PFC neurons. In addition, chronic, but not acute, fluoxetine treatment significantly suppressed the firing and excitability of PFC neurons. Further, short-term olanzapine treatment attenuated the suppression of firing and excitability of PFC neurons induced by chronic fluoxetine treatment. These effects of olanzapine, fluoxetine, and the olanzapine/fluoxetine combination in the PFC may play an important role in the beneficial therapeutic effect of these compounds in schizophrenia and depression and may have implications for the treatment of treatment-resistant depression.
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Rutkowski RG, Miasnikov AA, Weinberger NM. Characterisation of multiple physiological fields within the anatomical core of rat auditory cortex. Hear Res 2003; 181:116-30. [PMID: 12855370 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-5955(03)00182-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The organisation and response properties of the rat auditory cortex were investigated with single and multi-unit electrophysiological recording. Two tonotopically organised 'core' fields, i.e. the primary (A1) and anterior (AAF) auditory fields, as well as three non-tonotopically organised 'belt' fields, i.e. the posterodorsal (PDB), dorsal (DB) and anterodorsal (ADB) belt fields, were identified. Compared to neurones in A1, units in AAF exhibited broader frequency tuning, as well as shorter minimum, modal and mean first spike latencies. In addition, units in AAF showed significantly higher thresholds and best SPLs, as well as broader dynamic ranges. Units in PDB, DB and ADB were characterised by strong responses to white noise and showed either poor or no responses to pure tones. The differences in response properties found between the core and belt fields may reflect a functional specificity in processing different features of auditory stimuli. The present study also combined microelectrode mapping with Nissl staining to determine if the physiological differences between A1 and AAF corresponded to cytoarchitectonically defined borders. Both A1 and AAF were located within temporal cortex 1 (Te1), with AAF occupying an anteroventral subdivision of Te1, indicating that the two neighbouring, physiologically distinct fields are cytoarchitectonically homogeneous.
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- Richard G Rutkowski
- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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Fischer W, Wirkner K, Weber M, Eberts C, Köles L, Reinhardt R, Franke H, Allgaier C, Gillen C, Illes P. Characterization of P2X3, P2Y1 and P2Y4 receptors in cultured HEK293-hP2X3 cells and their inhibition by ethanol and trichloroethanol. J Neurochem 2003; 85:779-90. [PMID: 12694404 DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2003.01716.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Membrane currents and changes in the intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) were measured in HEK293 cells transfected with the human P2X3 receptor (HEK293-hP2X3). RT-PCR and immunocytochemistry indicated the additional presence of endogenous P2Y1 and to some extent P2Y4 receptors. P2 receptor agonists induced inward currents in HEK293-hP2X3 cells with the rank order of potency alpha,beta-meATP approximately ATP > ADP-beta-S > UTP. A comparable rise in [Ca2+]i was observed after the slow superfusion of ATP, ADP-beta-S and UTP; alpha,beta-meATP was ineffective. These data, in conjunction with results obtained by using the P2 receptor antagonists TNP-ATP, PPADS and MRS2179 indicate that the current response to alpha,beta-meATP is due to P2X3 receptor activation, while the ATP-induced rise in [Ca2+]i is evoked by P2Y1 and P2Y4 receptor activation. TCE depressed the alpha,beta-meATP current in a manner compatible with a non-competitive antagonism. The ATP-induced increase of [Ca2+]i was much less sensitive to the inhibitory effect of TCE than the current response to alpha,beta-meATP. The present study indicates that in HEK293-hP2X3 cells, TCE, but not ethanol, potently inhibits ligand-gated P2X3 receptors and, in addition, moderately interferes with G protein-coupled P2Y1 and P2Y4 receptors. Such an effect may be relevant for the interruption of pain transmission in dorsal root ganglion neurons following ingestion of chloral hydrate or trichloroethylene.
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- Wolfgang Fischer
- Rudolf-Boehm-Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Fà M, Mereu G, Ghiglieri V, Meloni A, Salis P, Gessa GL. Electrophysiological and pharmacological characteristics of nigral dopaminergic neurons in the conscious, head-restrained rat. Synapse 2003; 48:1-9. [PMID: 12557266 DOI: 10.1002/syn.10177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Extracellular single-unit recordings of nigral dopamine (DA) neurons were obtained from conscious rats habituated to having their body suspended in a cloth jacket and their head immobilized in the stereotaxic frame by means of a "restraining platform" permanently fixed to the skull. The electrophysiological characteristics of DA neurons from head-restrained rats and their responses to apomorphine and haloperidol were compared with single-unit recordings obtained from rats lightly and deeply anesthetized with chloral hydrate and from mesencephalic slices. Head-restrained rats showed a higher number of spontaneously active DA neurons and a higher percentage of bursting neurons than lightly and deeply anesthetized rats. Indeed, bursting activity was rare in deeply anesthetized rats and was totally absent in slices. Haloperidol was more potent and effective in stimulating the firing rate and bursting activity in head-restrained than in lightly anesthetized rats, while it was virtually ineffective in deeply anesthetized rats and totally ineffective in slices. On the other hand, DA neurons in head-restrained rats showed the same average firing rate as DA neurons in lightly and deeply anesthetized rats and in slices. The potency of apomorphine in inhibiting the firing rate, and that of haloperidol in reversing apomorphine effect, did not vary among the different in vivo preparations. The results suggest that chloral hydrate anesthesia blunts or suppresses not only the excitatory inputs which normally sustain the number of spontaneously active DA neurons and their bursting activity, but also the feedback excitation of DA neurons following haloperidol-induced D(2) receptor blockade. On the other hand, chloral hydrate anesthesia modifies neither D(2) autoreceptor sensitivity to apomorphine and haloperidol nor the automatic genesis of action potentials. The head-restrained rat appears to be an important model for studies into the pharmacology and physiology of DA neurons.
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- Mauro Fà
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Cagliari, 09042 Monserrato, Italy
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Grabb MC, Lobner D, Turetsky DM, Choi DW. Preconditioned resistance to oxygen-glucose deprivation-induced cortical neuronal death: alterations in vesicular GABA and glutamate release. Neuroscience 2003; 115:173-83. [PMID: 12401332 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(02)00370-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Central neurons exposed to several types of sublethal stress, including ischemia, acquire resistance to injury induced by subsequent ischemic insults, a phenomenon called ischemic preconditioning. We modeled this phenomenon in vitro, utilizing exposure to 45 mM KCl to reduce the vulnerability of cultured murine cortical neurons to subsequent oxygen-glucose deprivation. Twenty-four hours after preconditioning, cultures exhibited enhanced depolarization-induced, tetanus toxin-sensitive GABA release and a modest decrease in glutamate release. Total cellular GABA levels were unaltered. Inhibition of GABA degradation with the GABA transaminase inhibitor (+/-)-gamma-vinyl GABA, or addition of low levels of GABA, muscimol, or chlormethiazole to the bathing medium, mimicked the neuroprotective effect of preconditioning against oxygen-glucose deprivation-induced death. However, neuronal death was enhanced by higher levels of these manipulations, as well as by prior selective destruction of GABAergic neurons by kainate. Finally, selective blockade of GABA(A) receptors during oxygen-glucose deprivation or removal of GABAergic neurons eliminated the neuroprotective effects of prior preconditioning. Taken together, these data predict that presynaptic alterations, specifically enhanced GABA release together with reduced glutamate release, may be important mediators of ischemic preconditioning, but suggest caution in regard to interventions aimed at increasing GABA(A) receptor activation.
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- M C Grabb
- Center for the Study of Nervous System Injury, Washington University School of Medicine, Box 8111, 660 S. Euclid, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
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Ohta M, Saito T, Saito K, Kurasaki M, Hosokawa T. Effect of trichloroethylene on spatiotemporal pattern of LTP in mouse hippocampal slices. Int J Neurosci 2002; 111:257-71. [PMID: 11912680 DOI: 10.3109/00207450108994236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The effect of trichloroethylene (TCE) on long-term potentiation (LTP) was studied using both electrical and optical recording. The hippocampi from mice injected with 300 mg/kg or 1000 mg/kg TCE were sliced 24 h after administration. The field potential from the CAI was recorded. After the application of tetanus, population spikes (PS) were potentiated in all groups, but the post-per-pre ratio of PS was smaller in TCE groups than in the control. Optical recording was also carried out in 1000 mg/kg TCE-injected mice and a new analytical method using a high speed camera was employed. After the induction of tetanus, the optical signal was potentiated in both TCE and control groups. However, the post-per-pre ratio of the optical signals and response area were smaller in the TCE groups than in the control. It was suggested that the impairment of LTP is one of the mechanisms of the impairment of immediate memory after acute exposure to TCE in humans.
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- M Ohta
- Laboratory of Environmental Biology, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Gruss M, Hempelmann G, Scholz A. Trichloroethanol alters action potentials in a subgroup of primary sensory neurones. Neuroreport 2002; 13:853-6. [PMID: 11997700 DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200205070-00023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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We investigated the effects of 2,2,2-trichloroethanol (TCE), the active metabolite of chloral hydrate, on large-conductance calcium-activated K+ channels (BKCa channels) of dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurones. In outside-out patches, 2 and 5 mM TCE increased the open probability of BKCa channels to 1.7-fold and 2.8-fold of control, respectively. In 50% of the cells investigated (group A) the action potential (AP) was shortened reversibly by TCE by 20% and the whole-cell outward-current was increased by 44%. Both effects could be antagonized by iberiotoxin. In a second group of neurone (group B), TCE prolonged the AP duration. The effects of TCE in group A, which was 20-fold more potent than ethanol on BKCa channels and AP might contribute to the described analgesic effect of chloral hydrate.
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- Marco Gruss
- Physiologisches Institut, Justus-Liebig-Universität, 35385 Giessen, Germany
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Gaese BH, Ostwald J. Anesthesia changes frequency tuning of neurons in the rat primary auditory cortex. J Neurophysiol 2001; 86:1062-6. [PMID: 11495976 DOI: 10.1152/jn.2001.86.2.1062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The vast majority of investigations on central auditory processing so far were conducted under the influence of an anesthetic agent. It remains unclear, however, to what extend even basic response properties of central auditory neurons are influenced by this experimental manipulation. We used a combination of chronic recording in unrestrained animals, computer-controlled randomized acoustic stimulation, and statistical evaluation of responses to directly compare the response characteristics of single neurons in the awake and anesthetized state. Thereby we were able to quantify the effects of pentobarbital/chloral hydrate anesthesia (Equithesin) on rat auditory cortical neurons. During Equithesin anesthesia, only a portion of central neurons were active and some of their basic response properties were changed. Only 29% of the neurons still had a frequency response area. Their tuning sharpness was increased under anesthesia. Most changes are consistent with an enhancement of inhibitory influences during Equithesin anesthesia. Thus when describing response properties of central auditory neurons, the animal's anesthetic state has to be taken into account.
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- B H Gaese
- Department of Animal Physiology, University of Tübingen, Germany.
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Köles L, Wirkner K, Fürst S, Wnendt S, Illes P. Trichloroethanol inhibits ATP-induced membrane currents in cultured HEK 293-hP2X3 cells. Eur J Pharmacol 2000; 409:R3-5. [PMID: 11108830 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(00)00833-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Membrane currents in response to the application of alpha, beta-methylene ATP (alpha,beta-meATP) were recorded by the whole-cell patch-clamp technique in human embryonic kidney 293 cells transfected with the human P2X3 receptor (HEK 293-hP2X3 cells). Trichloroethanol, the biologically active metabolite of chloral hydrate, but not ethanol itself concentration-dependently and reversibly inhibited the current responses. It was concluded that the reported analgesic effect of chloral hydrate may be due to the interruption of pain transmission in dorsal root ganglia expressing P2X3 receptors.
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- L Köles
- Rudolf-Boehm-Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Leipzig, Haertelstrasse 16-18, D-04107, Leipzig, Germany
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Fischer W, Allgaier C, Illes P. Inhibition by chloral hydrate and trichloroethanol of AMPA-induced Ca(2+) influx in rat cultured cortical neurones. Eur J Pharmacol 2000; 394:41-5. [PMID: 10771032 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(00)00160-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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The effects of chloral hydrate and its main metabolite 2,2, 2-trichloroethanol were investigated on the (S)-alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionate (AMPA)-induced rise of intracellular Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) in cultured non-pyramidal cortical neurones of rats by using single-cell fura-2 microfluorimetry. AMPA elicited a concentration-dependent effect that peaked at 300 microM (EC(50), 7. 5 microM). Responses to AMPA (30 microM) were markedly inhibited by superfusion with chloral hydrate (IC(50), 4.5 mM) or trichloroethanol (IC(50), 0.9 mM). By contrast, ethanol (100 mM) caused only slight inhibition. In conclusion, the results demonstrate that chloral hydrate and especially its metabolite trichloroethanol, inhibit the AMPA-induced rise of [Ca(2+)](i) by depressing the entry of Ca(2) into cortical neurones via the AMPA receptor-channel.
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- W Fischer
- Rudolf-Boehm-Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Universität Leipzig, Härtelstr. 16-18, D-04107, Leipzig, Germany.
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Krasowski MD, Harrison NL. The actions of ether, alcohol and alkane general anaesthetics on GABAA and glycine receptors and the effects of TM2 and TM3 mutations. Br J Pharmacol 2000; 129:731-43. [PMID: 10683198 PMCID: PMC1571881 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0703087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The actions of 13 general anaesthetics (diethyl ether, enflurane, isoflurane, methoxyflurane, sevoflurane, chloral hydrate, trifluoroethanol, tribromoethanol, tert-butanol, chloretone, brometone, trichloroethylene, and alpha-chloralose) were studied on agonist-activated Cl(-) currents at human GABA(A) alpha(2)beta(1), glycine alpha(1), and GABA(C) rho(1) receptors expressed in human embryonic kidney 293 cells. All 13 anaesthetics enhanced responses to submaximal (EC(20)) concentrations of agonist at GABA(A) and glycine receptors, except alpha-chloralose, which did not enhance responses at the glycine alpha(1) receptor. None of the anaesthetics studied potentiated GABA responses at the GABA(C) rho(1) receptor. Potentiation of submaximal agonist currents by the anaesthetics was studied at GABA(A) and glycine receptors harbouring mutations in putative transmembrane domains 2 and 3 within GABA(A) alpha(2), beta(1), or glycine alpha(1) receptor subunits: GABA(A) alpha(2)(S270I)beta(1), alpha(2)(A291W)beta(1), alpha(2)beta(1)(S265I), and alpha(2)beta(1)(M286W); glycine alpha(1)(S267I) and alpha(1)(A288W). For all anaesthetics studied except alpha-chloralose, at least one of the mutations above abolished drug potentiation of agonist responses at GABA(A) and glycine receptors. alpha-Chloralose produced efficacious direct activation of the GABA(A) alpha(2)beta(1) receptor (a 'GABA-mimetic' effect). The other 12 anaesthetics produced minimal or no direct activation of GABA(A) and glycine receptors. A non-anaesthetic isomer of alpha-chloralose, beta-chloralose, was inactive at GABA(A) and glycine receptors and did not antagonize the actions of alpha-chloralose at GABA(A) receptors. The implications of these findings for the molecular mechanisms of action of general anaesthetics at GABA(A) and glycine receptors are discussed.
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MESH Headings
- Alcohols/pharmacology
- Alkanes/pharmacology
- Anesthetics, General/pharmacology
- Anesthetics, Intravenous/pharmacology
- Animals
- Chloralose/pharmacology
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Drug Synergism
- Ethers/pharmacology
- GABA-A Receptor Agonists
- GABA-A Receptor Antagonists
- Humans
- Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
- Receptors, GABA-A/genetics
- Receptors, GABA-A/physiology
- Receptors, Glycine/agonists
- Receptors, Glycine/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Glycine/genetics
- Receptors, Glycine/physiology
- Xenopus laevis
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- M D Krasowski
- Committee on Neurobiology, University of Chicago, Whitman Laboratory, 915 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois, IL 60637, USA.
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The molecular mechanisms of general anaesthetics have remained largely obscure since their introduction into clinical practice just over 150 years ago. This review describes the actions of general anaesthetics on mammalian neurotransmitter-gated ion channels. As a result of research during the last several decades, ligand-gated ion channels have emerged as promising molecular targets for the central nervous system effects of general anaesthetics. The last 10 years have witnessed an explosion of studies of anaesthetic modulation of recombinant ligand-gated ion channels, including recent studies which utilize chimeric and mutated receptors to identify regions of ligand-gated ion channels important for the actions of general anaesthetics. Exciting future directions include structural biology and gene-targeting approaches to further the understanding of general anaesthetic molecular mechanisms.
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- M. D. Krasowski
- />Committee on Neurobiology, University of Chicago, Whitman Laboratory, 915 East 57th Street, Chicago (Illinois 60637, USA), e-mail: , , , , US
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- />Committee on Neurobiology, University of Chicago, Whitman Laboratory, 915 East 57th Street, Chicago (Illinois 60637, USA), e-mail: , , , , US
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Ruskin DN, Bergstrom DA, Kaneoke Y, Patel BN, Twery MJ, Walters JR. Multisecond oscillations in firing rate in the basal ganglia: robust modulation by dopamine receptor activation and anesthesia. J Neurophysiol 1999; 81:2046-55. [PMID: 10322046 DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.5.2046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Multisecond oscillations in firing rate in the basal ganglia: robust modulation by dopamine receptor activation and anesthesia. Studies of CNS electrophysiology have suggested an important role for oscillatory neuronal activity in sensory perception, sensorimotor integration, and movement timing. In extracellular single-unit recording studies in awake, immobilized rats, we have found that many tonically active neurons in the entopeduncular nucleus (n = 15), globus pallidus (n = 31), and substantia nigra pars reticulata (n = 31) have slow oscillations in firing rate in the seconds-to-minutes range. Basal oscillation amplitude ranged up to +/-50% of the mean firing rate. Spectral analysis was performed on spike trains to determine whether these multisecond oscillations were significantly periodic. Significant activity in power spectra (in the 2- to 60-s range of periods) from basal spike trains was found for 56% of neurons in these three nuclei. Spectral peaks corresponded to oscillations with mean periods of approximately 30 s in each nucleus. Multisecond baseline oscillations were also found in 21% of substantia nigra dopaminergic neurons. The dopamine agonist apomorphine (0.32 mg/kg iv, n = 10-15) profoundly affected multisecond oscillations, increasing oscillatory frequency (means of spectral peak periods were reduced to approximately 15 s) and increasing the regularity of the oscillations. Apomorphine effects on oscillations in firing rate were more consistent from unit to unit than were its effects on mean firing rates in the entopeduncular nucleus and substantia nigra. Apomorphine modulation of multisecond periodic oscillations was reversed by either D1 or D2 antagonists and was mimicked by the combination of selective D1 (SKF 81297) and D2 (quinpirole) agonists. Seventeen percent of neurons had additional baseline periodic activity in a faster range (0.4-2.0 s) related to ventilation. Multisecond periodicities were rarely found in neurons in anesthetized rats (n = 29), suggesting that this phenomenon is sensitive to overall reductions in central activity. The data demonstrate significant structure in basal ganglia neuron spiking activity at unexpectedly long time scales, as well as a novel effect of dopamine on firing pattern in this slow temporal domain. The modulation of multisecond periodicities in firing rate by dopaminergic agonists suggests the involvement of these patterns in behaviors and cognitive processes that are affected by dopamine. Periodic firing rate oscillations in basal ganglia output nuclei should strongly affect the firing patterns of target neurons and are likely involved in coordinating neural activity responsible for motor sequences. Modulation of slow, periodic oscillations in firing rate may be an important mechanism by which dopamine influences motor and cognitive processes in normal and dysfunctional states.
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- D N Ruskin
- Experimental Therapeutics Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Recent advances in molecular biology and complementary information derived from neuropharmacology, biochemistry and behavior have dramatically increased our understanding of various aspects of GABAA receptors. These studies have revealed that the GABAA receptor is derived from various subunits such as alpha1-alpha6, beta1-beta3, gamma1-gamma3, delta, epsilon, pi, and rho1-3. Furthermore, two additional subunits (beta4, gamma4) of GABAA receptors in chick brain, and five isoforms of the rho-subunit in the retina of white perch (Roccus americana) have been identified. Various techniques such as mutation, gene knockout and inhibition of GABAA receptor subunits by antisense oligodeoxynucleotides have been used to establish the physiological/pharmacological significance of the GABAA receptor subunits and their native receptor assemblies in vivo. Radioligand binding to the immunoprecipitated receptors, co-localization studies using immunoaffinity chromatography and immunocytochemistry techniques have been utilized to establish the composition and pharmacology of native GABAA receptor assemblies. Partial agonists of GABAA receptors are being developed as anxiolytics which have fewer and less severe side effects as compared to conventional benzodiazepines because of their lower efficacy and better selectivity for the GABAA receptor subtypes. The subunit requirement of various drugs such as anxiolytics, anticonvulsants, general anesthetics, barbiturates, ethanol and neurosteroids, which are known to elicit at least some of their pharmacological effects via the GABAA receptors, have been investigated during the last few years so as to understand their exact mechanism of action. Furthermore, the molecular determinants of clinically important drug-targets have been investigated. These aspects of GABAA receptors have been discussed in detail in this review article.
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- A K Mehta
- Department of Pharmacology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78284-7764, USA
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1. Alcohols and volatile anesthetics have both potentiating and channel blocking effects on members of the nicotinic ACh-like subfamily of ligand-gated ion channels. 2. The alcohol and anesthetic sensitivity of the 5-HT3 receptor, a member of this receptor subfamily, has been examined extensively by several laboratories. 3. Alcohols and volatile anesthetics potentiate receptor function. 4. This potentiation is characterized by an increase in the apparent potency with which agonists activate the receptor, and an apparent stabilization and favoring of the open channel state. 5. Long-chain alcohols and trichloroethanol also inhibit channel function, perhaps through a channel blocking mechanism similar to that seen at the nACh receptor. 6. Studies of the relationship between receptor structure and alcohol and anesthetic effects are just beginning, but some clues from other members of this subfamily of ligand-gated channels may help to pinpoint areas of the receptor that are important for alcohol effects.
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- D M Lovinger
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232-0615, USA.
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Marszalec W, Aistrup GL, Narahashi T. Ethanol Modulation of Excitatory and Inhibitory Synaptic Interactions in Cultured Cortical Neurons. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 1998. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1998.tb03944.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Peoples RW, Weight FF. Inhibition of excitatory amino acid-activated currents by trichloroethanol and trifluoroethanol in mouse hippocampal neurones. Br J Pharmacol 1998; 124:1159-64. [PMID: 9720786 PMCID: PMC1565504 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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1. The effects of the active metabolite of chloral derivative sedative-hypnotic agents, 2,2,2-trichloroethanol (trichloroethanol), and its analog 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol (trifluoroethanol), were studied on ion current activated by the excitatory amino acids N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) and kainate in mouse hippocampal neurones in culture using whole-cell patch-clamp recording. 2. Both trichloroethanol and trifluoroethanol inhibited excitatory amino acid-activated currents in a concentration-dependent manner. Trichloroethanol inhibited NMDA- and kainate-activated currents with IC50 values of 6.4 and 12 mM, respectively, while trifluoroethanol inhibited NMDA- and kainate-activated currents with IC50 values of 28 and 35 mM, respectively. 3. Both trichloroethanol and trifluoroethanol appeared to be able to inhibit excitatory amino acid-activated currents by 100 per cent. 4.Concentration-response analysis of NMDA- and kainate-activated current revealed that trichloroethanol decreased the maximal response to both agonists without significantly affecting their EC50 values. 5. Both trichloroethanol and trifluoroethanol inhibited excitatory amino acid-activated currents more potently than did ethanol. The inhibitory potency of trichloroethanol and trifluoroethanol appears to be associated with their increased hydrophobicity. 6. The observation that trichloroethanol inhibits excitatory amino acid-activated currents at anaesthetic concentrations suggests that inhibition of excitatory amino acid receptors may contribute to the CNS depressant effects of chloral derivative sedative-hypnotic agents.
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- R W Peoples
- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-8115, USA
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Pistis M, Belelli D, Peters JA, Lambert JJ. The interaction of general anaesthetics with recombinant GABAA and glycine receptors expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes: a comparative study. Br J Pharmacol 1997; 122:1707-19. [PMID: 9422818 PMCID: PMC1565119 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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1. The effects of five structurally dissimilar general anaesthetics were examined in voltage-clamp recordings of agonist-evoked currents mediated by recombinant gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)A receptors composed of human alpha 1 beta 1 and gamma 2L subunits expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes. A quantitative comparison of the effects of these agents was made upon recombinant glycine receptors expressed as a homo-oligomer of human alpha 1 subunits, or as a hetero-oligomer of human alpha 1 and rat beta subunits. 2. Complementary RNA-injected oocytes expressing GABAA receptors responded to bath applied GABA with an EC50 of 158 +/- 34 microM. Oocytes expressing alpha 1 and alpha 1 beta glycine receptors subsequent to cDNA injection displayed EC50 values of 76 +/- 2 microM and 66 +/- 2 microM, respectively, in response to bath applied glycine. 3. Picrotoxin antagonized responses mediated by homo-oligomeric alpha 1 glycine receptors with an IC50 of 4.2 +/- 0.8 microM. Hetero-oligomeric alpha 1 beta glycine receptors were at least 100-fold less sensitive to blockade by picrotoxin. 4. With the appropriate agonist EC10, propofol enhanced GABA and glycine-evoked currents to approximately the maximal response produced by a saturating concentration of either agonist (i.e. Imax). The calculated EC50 values were 2.3 +/- 0.2 microM, 16 +/- 3 microM and 27 +/- 2 microM, for GABAA alpha 1 beta 1 gamma 2L, glycine alpha 1 and alpha 1 beta receptors, respectively. At relatively high concentrations, propofol was observed to activate directly both GABAA and glycine receptors. 5. Pentobarbitone potentiated GABA-evoked currents to 117 +/- 8.5% of Imax with an EC50 of 65 +/- 3 microM. The barbiturate also produced a substantial enhancement of the glycine-evoked currents, Imax and EC50 values being 71 +/- 2% and 845 +/- 66 microM and 51 +/- 10% and 757 +/- 30 microM for homomeric alpha 1 and heteromeric alpha 1 beta glycine receptors respectively. At high concentrations, pentobarbitone directly activated GABAA, but not glycine, receptors. 6. The potentiation by propofol or pentobarbitone of currents mediated by alpha 1 homo-oligomeric glycine receptors was in both cases associated with a parallel sinistral shift of the glycine concentration-effect curve. The effects of binary combinations of pentobarbitone and propofol at maximally effective concentrations were mutually occlusive suggesting a common site, or mechanism, of action. 7. GABA-evoked currents were maximally potentiated by etomidate to 79 +/- 2% of Imax (EC50 of 8.1 +/- 0.9 microM). By contrast, glycine-induced currents mediated by alpha 1 and alpha 1 beta glycine receptor isoforms were enhanced only to 29 +/- 4% and 28 +/- 3% of Imax. Limited solubility precluded the calculation of EC50 values for the effect of etomidate at glycine receptors. None of the receptor isoforms examined were directly activated by etomidate. 8. The neurosteroid 5 alpha-pregnan-3 alpha-ol-20-one potentiated GABA-evoked currents to 69 +/- 4% of Imax, with an EC50 value of 89 +/- 6 nM. In contrast, both alpha 1 homo-oligomeric and alpha 1 beta hetero-oligomeric glycine receptors were insensitive to the action of this steroid. A direct agonist action of the steroid was discernible at GABAA, but not glycine, receptors. 9. Trichloroethanol, the active metabolite of the general anaesthetic chloral hydrate, enhanced glycine-evoked currents to 77 +/- 10% and 94 +/- 4% of Imax on alpha 1 and alpha 1 beta glycine receptors, with EC50 values of 3.5 +/- 0.1 mM and 5.9 +/- 0.3 mM respectively. On GABAA receptors, trichloroethanol had a lower maximum enhancement (52 +/- 5% of Imax), but a slightly higher potency (EC50 1.0 +/- 0.1 mM). Trichloroethanol activated neither GABAA, nor glycine, receptors. 10. The data demonstrate a variety of intravenous general anaesthetic agents, at clinically relevant concentrations, to augment preferentially GABA-evoked currents mediated by the alpha1beta1upsilon2L receptor subunit combination as compared to their effects on both alpha1 and alpha1beta glycine receptors. However, the presence on glycine receptors of lower affinity modulatory binding sites for pentobarbitone, propofol and trichloroethanol may aid in the identification of the molecular determinants of the CNS actions of these anaesthetics.
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- M Pistis
- Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee
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Pantoja AM, Holt JC, Guth PS. A role for chloride in the suppressive effect of acetylcholine on afferent vestibular activity. Hear Res 1997; 112:21-32. [PMID: 9367226 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-5955(97)00101-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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: 02/05/2023]
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Afferents of the frog semicircular canal (SCC) respond to acetylcholine (ACh) application (0.3-1.0 mM) with a facilitation of their activity while frog saccular afferents respond with suppression (Guth et al., 1994). All recordings are of resting (i.e., non-stimulated) multiunit activity as previously reported (Guth et al., 1994). Substitution of 80% of external chloride (Cl-) by large, poorly permeant anions of different structures (isethionate, methanesulfonate, methylsulfate, and gluconate) reduced the suppressive effect of ACh in the frog saccular afferents. This substitution did not affect the facilitatory response of SCC afferents to ACh. Chloride channel blockers were also used to test further whether Cl- is involved in the ACh suppressive effect. These included: niflumic and flufenamic acids, picrotoxin, 5-nitro-2-(-3-phenylpropylamino)benzoic acid (NPPB), and 4,4'-dinitrostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid (DNDS). As with the Cl- substitutions, all of these agents reduced the suppressive response to ACh in the saccule, but not the facilitatory response seen in the SCC. The suppressive effect of ACh on saccular afferents is considered to be due to activation of a nicotinic-like receptor (Guth et al., 1994; Guth and Norris, 1996). Taking into account the effects of both Cl- substitutions and Cl- channel blockers, we conclude that changes in Cl- availability influence the suppressive effect of ACh and that therefore Cl- may be involved in this effect.
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- A M Pantoja
- Departamento de Farmacologia, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
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Krasowski MD, O'Shea SM, Rick CE, Whiting PJ, Hadingham KL, Czajkowski C, Harrison NL. Alpha subunit isoform influences GABA(A) receptor modulation by propofol. Neuropharmacology 1997; 36:941-9. [PMID: 9257938 PMCID: PMC2857729 DOI: 10.1016/s0028-3908(97)00074-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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We have investigated the role of the alpha subunit in the modulation of gamma-aminobutyric acid type A (GABA(A)) receptors by the general anesthetic propofol, using whole-cell patch clamp recordings made from distinct stable fibroblast cell lines which expressed only alpha1beta3gamma2 or alpha6beta3gamma2 GABA(A) receptors. At clinically relevant anesthetic concentrations, propofol potentiated submaximal GABA currents in alpha1beta3gamma2 receptors to a far greater degree than those in alpha6beta3gamma2 receptors. The alpha subunit influenced the efficacy of propofol for modulation, but not its potency. In contrast, direct gating of the ion channel by propofol, in the absence of GABA, was significantly larger in the alpha6 than the alpha1 containing receptors. The potentiation of submaximal GABA by trichloroethanol, and the potentiation and direct gating by methohexital was also studied, and showed the same relative trends as propofol.
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- M D Krasowski
- Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University of Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Prenatal exposure of human brain to ethanol impairs neuronal migration and differentiation and causes mental retardation. The present results indicate that the adverse effects of ethanol on brain development may be partly due to the ethanol-induced disturbance of neuronal interaction with laminin, a protein involved in neuronal migration and axon guidance. This report shows that physiological concentrations (IC50 = 28 mM) of ethanol inhibit neurite outgrowth and neuronal migration of the rat cerebellar granule neurons on a laminin substratum. The ethanol-treated granule neurons undergo apoptosis, degrade their laminin substratum, and appear to release and bind increased amounts of the B2-chain-derived peptides along their surfaces. A protease inhibitor aprotinin, and the NMDA receptor channel, and voltage-gated calcium channel antagonist MK801 partially protect cerebellar granule neurons from ethanol-induced neurotoxicity. These results imply that ethanol-treated granule neurons resemble the granule neurons of the homozygous weaver mouse cerebellum with respect to their apoptosis, laminin expression, and partial rescue by approtinin and MK-801. Thus, ethanol may influence neuronal survival and neurite outgrowth via molecular pathways similar to those involved in neuronal death in other neurodegenerative processes of the central nervous system.
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- P Liesi
- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20852, USA.
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Wan FJ, Berton F, Madamba SG, Francesconi W, Siggins GR. Low ethanol concentrations enhance GABAergic inhibitory postsynaptic potentials in hippocampal pyramidal neurons only after block of GABAB receptors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1996; 93:5049-54. [PMID: 8643527 PMCID: PMC39404 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.10.5049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Despite considerable evidence that ethanol can enhance chloride flux through the gamma-aminobutyric acid type A (GABA/A/) receptor-channel complex in several central neuron types, the effect of ethanol on hippocampal GABAergic systems is still controversial. Therefore, we have reevaluated this interaction in hippocampal pyramidal neurons subjected to local monosynaptic activation combined with pharmacological isolation of the various components of excitatory and inhibitory synaptic potentials, using intracellular current- and voltage-clamp recording methods in the hippocampal slice. In accord with our previous findings, we found that ethanol had little effect on compound inhibitory postsynaptic potentials/currents (IPSP/Cs) containing both GABA/A/ and GABA/B/ components. However, after selective pharmacological blockade of the GABA/B/ component of the IPSP (GABA/B/-IPSP/C) by CGP-35348, low concentrations of ethanol (22-66 mM) markedly enhanced the peak amplitude, and especially the area, of the GABA/A/ component (GABA/A/-IPSP/C) in most CA1 pyramidal neurons. Ethanol had no significant effect on the peak amplitude or area of the pharmacologically isolated GABA/B/-inhibitory postsynaptic current (IPSC). These results provide new data showing that activation of GABAB receptors can obscure ethanol enhancement of GABA/A/ receptor function in hippocampus and suggest that similar methods of pharmacological isolation might be applied to other brain regions showing negative or mixed ethanol-GABA interactions.
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- F J Wan
- Alcohol Research Center, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Whiting PJ, McKernan RM, Wafford KA. Structure and pharmacology of vertebrate GABAA receptor subtypes. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF NEUROBIOLOGY 1995; 38:95-138. [PMID: 8537206 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7742(08)60525-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 167] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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- P J Whiting
- Neuroscience Research Centre, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Harlow, England
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