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Zavalin K, Hassan A, Zhang Y, Khera Z, Lagrange AH. Region and layer-specific expression of GABA A receptor isoforms and KCC2 in developing cortex. Front Cell Neurosci 2024; 18:1390742. [PMID: 38894703 PMCID: PMC11184147 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2024.1390742] [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: 02/23/2024] [Accepted: 05/13/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024] Open
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Introduction γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) type A receptors (GABAARs) are ligand-gated Cl-channels that mediate the bulk of inhibitory neurotransmission in the mature CNS and are targets of many drugs. During cortical development, GABAAR-mediated signals are significantly modulated by changing subunit composition and expression of Cl-transporters as part of developmental processes and early network activity. To date, this developmental evolution has remained understudied, particularly at the level of cortical layer-specific changes. In this study, we characterized the expression of nine major GABAAR subunits and K-Cl transporter 2 (KCC2) in mouse somatosensory cortex from embryonic development to postweaning maturity. Methods We evaluated expression of α1-5, β2-3, γ2, and δ GABAAR subunits using immunohistochemistry and Western blot techniques, and expression of KCC2 using immunohistochemistry in cortices from E13.5 to P25 mice. Results We found that embryonic cortex expresses mainly α3, α5, β3, and γ2, while expression of α1, α2, α4, β2, δ, and KCC2 begins at later points in development; however, many patterns of nuanced expression can be found in specific lamina, cortical regions, and cells and structures. Discussion While the general pattern of expression of each subunit and KCC2 is similar to previous studies, we found a number of unique temporal, regional, and laminar patterns that were previously unknown. These findings provide much needed knowledge of the intricate developmental evolution in GABAAR composition and KCC2 expression to accommodate developmental signals that transition to mature neurotransmission.
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- Kirill Zavalin
- Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, United States
- Department of Neurology, TVH VA Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States
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Maex R. Energy optimisation predicts the capacity of ion buffering in the brain. BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS 2023; 117:467-484. [PMID: 38103053 DOI: 10.1007/s00422-023-00980-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2023] [Accepted: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
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Neurons store energy in the ionic concentration gradients they build across their cell membrane. The amount of energy stored, and hence the work the ions can do by mixing, can be enhanced by the presence of ion buffers in extra- and intracellular space. Buffers act as sources and sinks of ions, however, and unless the buffering capacities for different ion species obey certain relationships, a complete mixing of the ions may be impeded by the physical conditions of charge neutrality and isotonicity. From these conditions, buffering capacities were calculated that enabled each ion species to mix completely. In all valid buffer distributions, the [Formula: see text] ions were buffered most, with a capacity exceeding that of [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] buffering by at least an order of magnitude. The similar magnitude of the (oppositely directed) [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] gradients made extracellular space behave as a [Formula: see text]-[Formula: see text] exchanger. Anions such as [Formula: see text] were buffered least. The great capacity of the extra- and intracellular [Formula: see text] buffers caused a large influx of [Formula: see text] ions as is typically observed during energy deprivation. These results explain many characteristics of the physiological buffer distributions but raise the question how the brain controls the capacity of its ion buffers. It is suggested that neurons and glial cells, by their great sensitivity to gradients of charge and osmolarity, respectively, sense deviations from electro-neutral and isotonic mixing, and use these signals to tune the chemical composition, and buffering capacity, of the extra- and intracellular matrices.
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- Reinoud Maex
- School of Physics, Engineering and Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hatfield, AL10 9AB, UK.
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Xu J, Lv YT, Zhao XY, Wang JJ, Shen ZS, Li J, Zhang FF, Liu J, Wang XH, Xu Y, Geng Q, Ding YT, Xu JJ, Tan MJ, Li ZX, Wang R, Chen J, Sun W, Cui M, Logothetis DE, Cao JL, Tang QY, Zhang Z. Identification of Sodium- and Chloride-Sensitive Sites in the Slack Channel. J Neurosci 2023; 43:2665-2681. [PMID: 36898835 PMCID: PMC10089238 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1365-22.2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2022] [Revised: 02/24/2023] [Accepted: 02/28/2023] [Indexed: 03/12/2023] Open
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The Slack channel (KCNT1, Slo2.2) is a sodium-activated and chloride-activated potassium channel that regulates heart rate and maintains the normal excitability of the nervous system. Despite intense interest in the sodium gating mechanism, a comprehensive investigation to identify the sodium-sensitive and chloride-sensitive sites has been missing. In the present study, we identified two potential sodium-binding sites in the C-terminal domain of the rat Slack channel by conducting electrophysical recordings and systematic mutagenesis of cytosolic acidic residues in the rat Slack channel C terminus. In particular, by taking advantage of the M335A mutant, which results in the opening of the Slack channel in the absence of cytosolic sodium, we found that among the 92 screened negatively charged amino acids, E373 mutants could completely remove sodium sensitivity of the Slack channel. In contrast, several other mutants showed dramatic decreases in sodium sensitivity but did not abolish it altogether. Furthermore, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations performed at the hundreds of nanoseconds timescale revealed one or two sodium ions at the E373 position or an acidic pocket composed of several negatively charged residues. Moreover, the MD simulations predicted possible chloride interaction sites. By screening predicted positively charged residues, we identified R379 as a chloride interaction site. Thus, we conclude that the E373 site and the D863/E865 pocket are two potential sodium-sensitive sites, while R379 is a chloride interaction site in the Slack channel.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT The research presented here identified two distinct sodium and one chloride interaction sites located in the intracellular C-terminal domain of the Slack (Slo2.2, KCNT1) channel. Identification of the sites responsible for the sodium and chloride activation of the Slack channel sets its gating property apart from other potassium channels in the BK channel family. This finding sets the stage for future functional and pharmacological studies of this channel.
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- Jie Xu
- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesia and Analgesia Application Technology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
- NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Narcotic and Psychotropic Drugs, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesia and Analgesia Application Technology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
- NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Narcotic and Psychotropic Drugs, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesia and Analgesia Application Technology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
- NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Narcotic and Psychotropic Drugs, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesia and Analgesia Application Technology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
- NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Narcotic and Psychotropic Drugs, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesia and Analgesia Application Technology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
- NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Narcotic and Psychotropic Drugs, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesia and Analgesia Application Technology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
- NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Narcotic and Psychotropic Drugs, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesia and Analgesia Application Technology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
- NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Narcotic and Psychotropic Drugs, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesia and Analgesia Application Technology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
- NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Narcotic and Psychotropic Drugs, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesia and Analgesia Application Technology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
- NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Narcotic and Psychotropic Drugs, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesia and Analgesia Application Technology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
- NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Narcotic and Psychotropic Drugs, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesia and Analgesia Application Technology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
- NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Narcotic and Psychotropic Drugs, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesia and Analgesia Application Technology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
- NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Narcotic and Psychotropic Drugs, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesia and Analgesia Application Technology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
- NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Narcotic and Psychotropic Drugs, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesia and Analgesia Application Technology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
- NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Narcotic and Psychotropic Drugs, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesia and Analgesia Application Technology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
- NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Narcotic and Psychotropic Drugs, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesia and Analgesia Application Technology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
- NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Narcotic and Psychotropic Drugs, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesia and Analgesia Application Technology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
- NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Narcotic and Psychotropic Drugs, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesia and Analgesia Application Technology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
- NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Narcotic and Psychotropic Drugs, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesia and Analgesia Application Technology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
- NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Narcotic and Psychotropic Drugs, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesia and Analgesia Application Technology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
- NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Narcotic and Psychotropic Drugs, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesia and Analgesia Application Technology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
- NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Narcotic and Psychotropic Drugs, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, People's Republic of China
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Role of NKCC1 and KCC2 during hypoxia-induced neuronal swelling in the neonatal neocortex. Neurobiol Dis 2023; 178:106013. [PMID: 36706928 PMCID: PMC9945323 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2023.106013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2022] [Revised: 12/21/2022] [Accepted: 01/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Neonatal hypoxia causes cytotoxic neuronal swelling by the entry of ions and water. Multiple water pathways have been implicated in neurons because these cells lack water channels, and their membrane has a low water permeability. NKCC1 and KCC2 are cation-chloride cotransporters (CCCs) involved in water movement in various cell types. However, the role of CCCs in water movement in neonatal neurons during hypoxia is unknown. We studied the effects of modulating CCCs pharmacologically on neuronal swelling in the neocortex (layer IV/V) of neonatal mice (post-natal day 8-13) during prolonged and brief hypoxia. We used acute brain slices from Clomeleon mice which express a ratiometric fluorophore sensitive to Cl- and exposed them to oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD) while imaging neuronal size and [Cl-]i by multiphoton microscopy. Neurons were identified using a convolutional neural network algorithm, and changes in the somatic area and [Cl-]i were evaluated using a linear mixed model for repeated measures. We found that (1) neuronal swelling and Cl- accumulation began after OGD, worsened during 20 min of OGD, or returned to baseline during reoxygenation if the exposure to OGD was brief (10 min). (2) Neuronal swelling did not occur when the extracellular Cl- concentration was low. (3) Enhancing KCC2 activity did not alter OGD-induced neuronal swelling but prevented Cl- accumulation; (4) blocking KCC2 led to an increase in Cl- accumulation during prolonged OGD and aggravated neuronal swelling during reoxygenation; (5) blocking NKCC1 reduced neuronal swelling during early but not prolonged OGD and aggravated Cl- accumulation during prolonged OGD; and (6) treatment with the "broad" CCC blocker furosemide reduced both swelling and Cl- accumulation during prolonged and brief OGD, whereas simultaneous NKCC1 and KCC2 inhibition using specific pharmacological blockers aggravated neuronal swelling during prolonged OGD. We conclude that CCCs, and other non-CCCs, contribute to water movement in neocortical neurons during OGD in the neonatal period.
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Becchetti A, Grandi LC, Cerina M, Amadeo A. Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and epilepsy. Pharmacol Res 2023; 189:106698. [PMID: 36796465 DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2023.106698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2022] [Revised: 02/04/2023] [Accepted: 02/13/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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Despite recent advances in understanding the causes of epilepsy, especially the genetic, comprehending the biological mechanisms that lead to the epileptic phenotype remains difficult. A paradigmatic case is constituted by the epilepsies caused by altered neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs), which exert complex physiological functions in mature as well as developing brain. The ascending cholinergic projections exert potent control of forebrain excitability, and wide evidence implicates nAChR dysregulation as both cause and effect of epileptiform activity. First, tonic-clonic seizures are triggered by administration of high doses of nicotinic agonists, whereas non-convulsive doses have kindling effects. Second, sleep-related epilepsy can be caused by mutations on genes encoding nAChR subunits widely expressed in the forebrain (CHRNA4, CHRNB2, CHRNA2). Third, in animal models of acquired epilepsy, complex time-dependent alterations in cholinergic innervation are observed following repeated seizures. Heteromeric nAChRs are central players in epileptogenesis. Evidence is wide for autosomal dominant sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy (ADSHE). Studies of ADSHE-linked nAChR subunits in expression systems suggest that the epileptogenic process is promoted by overactive receptors. Investigation in animal models of ADSHE indicates that expression of mutant nAChRs can lead to lifelong hyperexcitability by altering i) the function of GABAergic populations in the mature neocortex and thalamus, ii) synaptic architecture during synaptogenesis. Understanding the balance of the epileptogenic effects in adult and developing networks is essential to plan rational therapy at different ages. Combining this knowledge with a deeper understanding of the functional and pharmacological properties of individual mutations will advance precision and personalized medicine in nAChR-dependent epilepsy.
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- Andrea Becchetti
- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, and NeuroMI (Milan Center of Neuroscience), University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, Milano 20126, Italy.
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, and NeuroMI (Milan Center of Neuroscience), University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, Milano 20126, Italy.
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, and NeuroMI (Milan Center of Neuroscience), University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, Milano 20126, Italy.
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Milano, Via Celoria 26, Milano 20133, Italy.
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Maex R. An Isotonic Model of Neuron Swelling Based on Co-Transport of Salt and Water. MEMBRANES 2023; 13:206. [PMID: 36837709 PMCID: PMC9958824 DOI: 10.3390/membranes13020206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2022] [Revised: 01/31/2023] [Accepted: 02/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Neurons spend most of their energy building ion gradients across the cell membrane. During energy deprivation the neurons swell, and the concomitant mixing of their ions is commonly assumed to lead toward a Donnan equilibrium, at which the concentration gradients of all permeant ion species have the same Nernst potential. This Donnan equilibrium, however, is not isotonic, as the total concentration of solute will be greater inside than outside the neurons. The present theoretical paper, in contrast, proposes that neurons follow a path along which they swell quasi-isotonically by co-transporting water and ions. The final neuronal volume on the path is taken that at which the concentration of impermeant anions in the shrinking extracellular space equals that inside the swelling neurons. At this final state, which is also a Donnan equilibrium, all permeant ions can mix completely, and their Nernst potentials vanish. This final state is isotonic and electro-neutral, as are all intermediate states along this path. The path is in principle reversible, and maximizes the work of mixing.
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- Reinoud Maex
- Biocomputation Research Group, School of Physics, Engineering and Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hatfield AL10 9AB, UK
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Gonçalves AN, Moura RS, Correia-Pinto J, Nogueira-Silva C. Intraluminal chloride regulates lung branching morphogenesis: involvement of PIEZO1/PIEZO2. Respir Res 2023; 24:42. [PMID: 36740669 PMCID: PMC9901166 DOI: 10.1186/s12931-023-02328-2] [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: 04/30/2022] [Accepted: 01/13/2023] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Clinical and experimental evidence shows lung fluid volume as a modulator of fetal lung growth with important value in treating fetal lung hypoplasia. Thus, understanding the mechanisms underlying these morphological dynamics has been the topic of multiple investigations with, however, limited results, partially due to the difficulty of capturing or recapitulating these movements in the lab. In this sense, this study aims to establish an ex vivo model allowing the study of lung fluid function in branching morphogenesis and identify the subsequent molecular/ cellular mechanisms. METHODS Ex vivo lung explant culture was selected as a model to study branching morphogenesis, and intraluminal injections were performed to change the composition of lung fluid. Distinct chloride (Cl-) concentrations (5.8, 29, 143, and 715 mM) or Cl- channels inhibitors [antracene-9-carboxylic acid (A9C), cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator inhibitor172 (CFTRinh), and calcium-dependent Cl- channel inhibitorA01 (CaCCinh)] were injected into lung lumen at two timepoints, day0 (D0) and D2. At D4, morphological and molecular analyses were performed in terms of branching morphogenesis, spatial distribution (immunofluorescence), and protein quantification (western blot) of mechanoreceptors (PIEZO1 and PIEZO2), neuroendocrine (bombesin, ghrelin, and PGP9.5) and smooth muscle [alpha-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) and myosin light chain 2 (MLC2)] markers. RESULTS For the first time, we described effective intraluminal injections at D0 and D2 and demonstrated intraluminal movements at D4 in ex vivo lung explant cultures. Through immunofluorescence assay in in vivo and ex vivo branching morphogenesis, we show that PGP9.5 colocalizes with PIEZO1 and PIEZO2 receptors. Fetal lung growth is increased at higher [Cl-], 715 mM Cl-, through the overexpression of PIEZO1, PIEZO2, ghrelin, bombesin, MLC2, and α-SMA. In contrast, intraluminal injection of CFTRinh or CaCCinh decreases fetal lung growth and the expression of PIEZO1, PIEZO2, ghrelin, bombesin, MLC2, and α-SMA. Finally, the inhibition of PIEZO1/PIEZO2 by GsMTx4 decreases branching morphogenesis and ghrelin, bombesin, MLC2, and α-SMA expression in an intraluminal injection-independent manner. CONCLUSIONS Our results identify PIEZO1/PIEZO2 expressed in neuroendocrine cells as a regulator of fetal lung growth induced by lung fluid.
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- Ana N. Gonçalves
- grid.10328.380000 0001 2159 175XSchool of Medicine, Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal ,grid.10328.380000 0001 2159 175XLife and Health Sciences Research Institute/3B’s-PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
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- grid.10328.380000 0001 2159 175XSchool of Medicine, Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal ,grid.10328.380000 0001 2159 175XLife and Health Sciences Research Institute/3B’s-PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
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- grid.10328.380000 0001 2159 175XSchool of Medicine, Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal ,grid.10328.380000 0001 2159 175XLife and Health Sciences Research Institute/3B’s-PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal ,Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal
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- School of Medicine, Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal. .,Life and Health Sciences Research Institute/3B's-PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal. .,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal.
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KCC2 drives chloride microdomain formation in dendritic blebbing. Cell Rep 2022; 41:111556. [DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2021] [Revised: 06/23/2022] [Accepted: 09/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Liao YH, Chen MX, Chen SC, Luo KX, Wang B, Ao LJ, Liu Y. Low-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Alleviates Spasticity and Increases Expression of the Neuronal K-Cl Cotransporter in the L4–L5 Sections of Rats Following Spinal Cord Injury. Front Cell Neurosci 2022; 16:882127. [PMID: 35634464 PMCID: PMC9133482 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2022.882127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2022] [Accepted: 04/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Low-intensity focused ultrasound (LIFU) has been shown to provide effective activation of the spinal cord neurocircuits. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of LIFU in order to alleviate spasticity following spinal cord injury (SCI) by activating the spinal neurocircuits and increasing the expression of the neuronal K-Cl cotransporter KCC2. Adult male Sprague Dawley (SD) rats (220–300 g) were randomly divided into a sham control group, a LIFU− group, and a LIFU+ group. The mechanical threshold hold (g) was used to evaluate the behavioral characteristics of spasm. Electromyography (EMG) was used to assess activation of the spinal cord neurocircuits and muscle spontaneous contraction. Spasticity was assessed by frequency-dependent depression (FDD). The expression of KCC2 of the lumbar spinal cord was determined via western blot (WB) and immunofluorescence (IF) staining. The spinal cord neurocircuits were activated by LIFU simulation, which significantly reduced the mechanical threshold (g), FDD, and EMG recordings (s) after 4 weeks of treatment. WB and IF staining both demonstrated that the expression of KCC2 was reduced in the LIFU− group (P < 0.05). After 4 weeks of LIFU stimulation, expression of KCC2 had significantly increased (P < 0.05) in the LIFU+ group compared with the LIFU− group. Thus, we hypothesized that LIFU treatment can alleviate spasticity effectively and upregulate the expression of KCC2 in the L4–L5 section of SCI rats.
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- Ye-Hui Liao
- School of Rehabilitation, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
- Department of Orthopaedics, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China
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- School of Rehabilitation, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
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- School of Rehabilitation, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
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- School of Rehabilitation, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
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- School of Rehabilitation, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
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- School of Rehabilitation, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
- *Correspondence: Li-Juan Ao
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- School of Rehabilitation, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
- Yao Liu
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Staley KJ. Clarifications regarding bumetanide for neonatal seizures. Epilepsia 2022; 63:1863-1867. [PMID: 35524444 DOI: 10.1111/epi.17278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2021] [Accepted: 12/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Kevin J Staley
- Neurology Department, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
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Zavalin K, Hassan A, Fu C, Delpire E, Lagrange AH. Loss of KCC2 in GABAergic Neurons Causes Seizures and an Imbalance of Cortical Interneurons. Front Mol Neurosci 2022; 15:826427. [PMID: 35370549 PMCID: PMC8966887 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2022.826427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2021] [Accepted: 02/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
K-Cl transporter KCC2 is an important regulator of neuronal development and neuronal function at maturity. Through its canonical transporter role, KCC2 maintains inhibitory responses mediated by γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) type A receptors. During development, late onset of KCC2 transporter activity defines the period when depolarizing GABAergic signals promote a wealth of developmental processes. In addition to its transporter function, KCC2 directly interacts with a number of proteins to regulate dendritic spine formation, cell survival, synaptic plasticity, neuronal excitability, and other processes. Either overexpression or loss of KCC2 can lead to abnormal circuit formation, seizures, or even perinatal death. GABA has been reported to be especially important for driving migration and development of cortical interneurons (IN), and we hypothesized that properly timed onset of KCC2 expression is vital to this process. To test this hypothesis, we created a mouse with conditional knockout of KCC2 in Dlx5-lineage neurons (Dlx5 KCC2 cKO), which targets INs and other post-mitotic GABAergic neurons in the forebrain starting during embryonic development. While KCC2 was first expressed in the INs of layer 5 cortex, perinatal IN migrations and laminar localization appeared to be unaffected by the loss of KCC2. Nonetheless, the mice had early seizures, failure to thrive, and premature death in the second and third weeks of life. At this age, we found an underlying change in IN distribution, including an excess number of somatostatin neurons in layer 5 and a decrease in parvalbumin-expressing neurons in layer 2/3 and layer 6. Our research suggests that while KCC2 expression may not be entirely necessary for early IN migration, loss of KCC2 causes an imbalance in cortical interneuron subtypes, seizures, and early death. More work will be needed to define the specific cellular basis for these findings, including whether they are due to abnormal circuit formation versus the sequela of defective IN inhibition.
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- Kirill Zavalin
- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States
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- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States
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- Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States
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- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States,Department of Neurology, Tennessee Valley Healthcare – Veterans Affairs (TVH VA), Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States,*Correspondence: Andre H. Lagrange,
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Maex R. Effect of extracellular volume on the energy stored in transmembrane concentration gradients. Phys Rev E 2021; 104:044409. [PMID: 34781519 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.104.044409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2019] [Accepted: 09/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The amount of energy that can be retrieved from a concentration gradient across a membrane separating two compartments depends on the relative size of the compartments. Having a larger low-concentration compartment is in general beneficial. It is shown here analytically that the retrieved energy further increases when the high-concentration compartment shrinks during the mixing process, and a general formula is derived for the energy when the ratio of transported solvent to solute varies. These calculations are then applied to the interstitial compartment of the brain, which is rich in Na^{+} and Cl^{-} ions and poor in K^{+}. The reported shrinkage of this compartment, and swelling of the neurons, during oxygen deprivation is shown to enhance the energy recovered from NaCl entering the neurons. The slight loss of energy on the part of K^{+} can be compensated for by the uptake of K^{+} ions by glial cells. In conclusion, the present study proposes that the reported fluctuations in the size of the interstitial compartment of the brain (expansion during sleep and contraction during oxygen deprivation) optimize the amount of energy that neurons can store in, and retrieve from, their ionic concentration gradients.
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- Reinoud Maex
- Biocomputation Research Group, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield AL10 9AB, United Kingdom
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Engels M, Kalia M, Rahmati S, Petersilie L, Kovermann P, van Putten MJAM, Rose CR, Meijer HGE, Gensch T, Fahlke C. Glial Chloride Homeostasis Under Transient Ischemic Stress. Front Cell Neurosci 2021; 15:735300. [PMID: 34602981 PMCID: PMC8481871 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2021.735300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2021] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
High water permeabilities permit rapid adjustments of glial volume upon changes in external and internal osmolarity, and pathologically altered intracellular chloride concentrations ([Cl–]int) and glial cell swelling are often assumed to represent early events in ischemia, infections, or traumatic brain injury. Experimental data for glial [Cl–]int are lacking for most brain regions, under normal as well as under pathological conditions. We measured [Cl–]int in hippocampal and neocortical astrocytes and in hippocampal radial glia-like (RGL) cells in acute murine brain slices using fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy with the chloride-sensitive dye MQAE at room temperature. We observed substantial heterogeneity in baseline [Cl–]int, ranging from 14.0 ± 2.0 mM in neocortical astrocytes to 28.4 ± 3.0 mM in dentate gyrus astrocytes. Chloride accumulation by the Na+-K+-2Cl– cotransporter (NKCC1) and chloride outward transport (efflux) through K+-Cl– cotransporters (KCC1 and KCC3) or excitatory amino acid transporter (EAAT) anion channels control [Cl–]int to variable extent in distinct brain regions. In hippocampal astrocytes, blocking NKCC1 decreased [Cl–]int, whereas KCC or EAAT anion channel inhibition had little effect. In contrast, neocortical astrocytic or RGL [Cl–]int was very sensitive to block of chloride outward transport, but not to NKCC1 inhibition. Mathematical modeling demonstrated that higher numbers of NKCC1 and KCC transporters can account for lower [Cl–]int in neocortical than in hippocampal astrocytes. Energy depletion mimicking ischemia for up to 10 min did not result in pronounced changes in [Cl–]int in any of the tested glial cell types. However, [Cl–]int changes occurred under ischemic conditions after blocking selected anion transporters. We conclude that stimulated chloride accumulation and chloride efflux compensate for each other and prevent glial swelling under transient energy deprivation.
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- Miriam Engels
- Institute of Biological Information Processing, Molekular-und Zellphysiologie (IBI-1), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Applied Analysis, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands.,Institute of Neurobiology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Biological Information Processing, Molekular-und Zellphysiologie (IBI-1), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Neurobiology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Biological Information Processing, Molekular-und Zellphysiologie (IBI-1), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Neurobiology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Applied Analysis, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
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- Institute of Biological Information Processing, Molekular-und Zellphysiologie (IBI-1), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Biological Information Processing, Molekular-und Zellphysiologie (IBI-1), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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Hellas JA, Andrew RD. Neuronal Swelling: A Non-osmotic Consequence of Spreading Depolarization. Neurocrit Care 2021; 35:112-134. [PMID: 34498208 PMCID: PMC8536653 DOI: 10.1007/s12028-021-01326-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2021] [Accepted: 08/04/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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An acute reduction in plasma osmolality causes rapid uptake of water by astrocytes but not by neurons, whereas both cell types swell as a consequence of lost blood flow (ischemia). Either hypoosmolality or ischemia can displace the brain downwards, potentially causing death. However, these disorders are fundamentally different at the cellular level. Astrocytes osmotically swell or shrink because they express functional water channels (aquaporins), whereas neurons lack functional aquaporins and thus maintain their volume. Yet both neurons and astrocytes immediately swell when blood flow to the brain is compromised (cytotoxic edema) as following stroke onset, sudden cardiac arrest, or traumatic brain injury. In each situation, neuronal swelling is the direct result of spreading depolarization (SD) generated when the ATP-dependent sodium/potassium ATPase (the Na+/K+ pump) is compromised. The simple, and incorrect, textbook explanation for neuronal swelling is that increased Na+ influx passively draws Cl- into the cell, with water following by osmosis via some unknown conduit. We first review the strong evidence that mammalian neurons resist volume change during acute osmotic stress. We then contrast this with their dramatic swelling during ischemia. Counter-intuitively, recent research argues that ischemic swelling of neurons is non-osmotic, involving ion/water cotransporters as well as at least one known amino acid water pump. While incompletely understood, these mechanisms argue against the dogma that neuronal swelling involves water uptake driven by an osmotic gradient with aquaporins as the conduit. Promoting clinical recovery from neuronal cytotoxic edema evoked by spreading depolarizations requires a far better understanding of molecular water pumps and ion/water cotransporters that act to rebalance water shifts during brain ischemia.
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- Julia A Hellas
- Center for Neuroscience Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6, Canada.
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- Center for Neuroscience Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6, Canada
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Rahmati N, Normoyle KP, Glykys J, Dzhala VI, Lillis KP, Kahle KT, Raiyyani R, Jacob T, Staley KJ. Unique Actions of GABA Arising from Cytoplasmic Chloride Microdomains. J Neurosci 2021; 41:4957-4975. [PMID: 33903223 PMCID: PMC8197632 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3175-20.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2020] [Revised: 03/10/2021] [Accepted: 04/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Developmental, cellular, and subcellular variations in the direction of neuronal Cl- currents elicited by GABAA receptor activation have been frequently reported. We found a corresponding variance in the GABAA receptor reversal potential (EGABA) for synapses originating from individual interneurons onto a single pyramidal cell. These findings suggest a similar heterogeneity in the cytoplasmic intracellular concentration of chloride ([Cl-]i) in individual dendrites. We determined [Cl-]i in the murine hippocampus and cerebral cortex of both sexes by (1) two-photon imaging of the Cl--sensitive, ratiometric fluorescent protein SuperClomeleon; (2) Fluorescence Lifetime IMaging (FLIM) of the Cl--sensitive fluorophore MEQ (6-methoxy-N-ethylquinolinium); and (3) electrophysiological measurements of EGABA by pressure application of GABA and RuBi-GABA uncaging. Fluorometric and electrophysiological estimates of local [Cl-]i were highly correlated. [Cl-]i microdomains persisted after pharmacological inhibition of cation-chloride cotransporters, but were progressively modified after inhibiting the polymerization of the anionic biopolymer actin. These methods collectively demonstrated stable [Cl-]i microdomains in individual neurons in vitro and in vivo and the role of immobile anions in its stability. Our results highlight the existence of functionally significant neuronal Cl- microdomains that modify the impact of GABAergic inputs.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Microdomains of varying chloride concentrations in the neuronal cytoplasm are a predictable consequence of the inhomogeneous distribution of anionic polymers such as actin, tubulin, and nucleic acids. Here, we demonstrate the existence and stability of these microdomains, as well as the consequence for GABAergic synaptic signaling: each interneuron produces a postsynaptic GABAA response with a unique reversal potential. In individual hippocampal pyramidal cells, the range of GABAA reversal potentials evoked by stimulating different interneurons was >20 mV. Some interneurons generated postsynaptic responses in pyramidal cells that reversed at potentials beyond what would be considered purely inhibitory. Cytoplasmic chloride microdomains enable each pyramidal cell to maintain a compendium of unique postsynaptic responses to the activity of individual interneurons.
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- Negah Rahmati
- Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114
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- Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114
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- Department of Pediatrics and Neurology, Iowa Neuroscience Institute, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242
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- Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114
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- Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114
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- Departments of Neurosurgery, Pediatrics, and Cellular & Molecular Physiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510
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- Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114
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- Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114
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- Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114
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van Putten MJ, Fahlke C, Kafitz KW, Hofmeijer J, Rose CR. Dysregulation of Astrocyte Ion Homeostasis and Its Relevance for Stroke-Induced Brain Damage. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:5679. [PMID: 34073593 PMCID: PMC8198632 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22115679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2021] [Revised: 05/21/2021] [Accepted: 05/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Ischemic stroke is a leading cause of mortality and chronic disability. Either recovery or progression towards irreversible failure of neurons and astrocytes occurs within minutes to days, depending on remaining perfusion levels. Initial damage arises from energy depletion resulting in a failure to maintain homeostasis and ion gradients between extra- and intracellular spaces. Astrocytes play a key role in these processes and are thus central players in the dynamics towards recovery or progression of stroke-induced brain damage. Here, we present a synopsis of the pivotal functions of astrocytes at the tripartite synapse, which form the basis of physiological brain functioning. We summarize the evidence of astrocytic failure and its consequences under ischemic conditions. Special emphasis is put on the homeostasis and stroke-induced dysregulation of the major monovalent ions, namely Na+, K+, H+, and Cl-, and their involvement in maintenance of cellular volume and generation of cerebral edema.
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- Michel J.A.M. van Putten
- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University of Twente, 7522 NB Enschede, The Netherlands; (M.J.A.M.v.P.); (J.H.)
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- Institut für Biologische Informationsprozesse, Molekular-und Zellphysiologie (IBI-1), Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany;
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- Institute of Neurobiology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany;
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- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University of Twente, 7522 NB Enschede, The Netherlands; (M.J.A.M.v.P.); (J.H.)
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- Institute of Neurobiology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany;
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Dzhala VI, Staley KJ. KCC2 Chloride Transport Contributes to the Termination of Ictal Epileptiform Activity. eNeuro 2021; 8:ENEURO.0208-20.2020. [PMID: 33239270 PMCID: PMC7986536 DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0208-20.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2020] [Revised: 11/02/2020] [Accepted: 11/03/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Recurrent seizures intensely activate GABAA receptors (GABAA-Rs), which induces transient neuronal chloride ([Cl-]i) elevations and depolarizing GABA responses that contribute to the failure of inhibition that engenders further seizures and anticonvulsant resistance. The K+-Cl- cotransporter KCC2 is responsible for Cl- extrusion and restoration of [Cl-]i equilibrium (ECl) after synaptic activity, but at the cost of increased extracellular potassium which may retard K+-Cl- extrusion, depolarize neurons, and potentiate seizures. Thus, KCC2 may either diminish or facilitate seizure activity, and both proconvulsant and anticonvulsant effects of KCC2 inhibition have been reported. It is now necessary to identify the loci of these divergent responses by assaying both the electrographic effects and the ionic effects of KCC2 manipulation. We therefore determined the net effects of KCC2 transport activity on cytoplasmic chloride elevation and Cl- extrusion rates during spontaneous recurrent ictal-like epileptiform discharges (ILDs) in organotypic hippocampal slices in vitro, as well as the correlation between ionic and electrographic effects. We found that the KCC2 antagonist VU0463271 reduced Cl- extrusion rates, increased ictal [Cl-]i elevation, increased ILD duration, and induced status epilepticus (SE). In contrast, the putative KCC2 upregulator CLP257 improved chloride homeostasis and reduced the duration and frequency of ILDs in a concentration-dependent manner. Our results demonstrate that measuring both the ionic and electrographic effects of KCC2 transport clarify the impact of KCC2 modulation in specific models of epileptiform activity. Anticonvulsant effects predominate when KCC2-mediated chloride transport rather than potassium buffering is the rate-limiting step in restoring ECl and the efficacy of GABAergic inhibition during recurrent ILDs.
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- Volodymyr I Dzhala
- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114
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Gagnon KB, Delpire E. Sodium Transporters in Human Health and Disease. Front Physiol 2021; 11:588664. [PMID: 33716756 PMCID: PMC7947867 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2020.588664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2020] [Accepted: 10/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Sodium (Na+) electrochemical gradients established by Na+/K+ ATPase activity drives the transport of ions, minerals, and sugars in both excitable and non-excitable cells. Na+-dependent transporters can move these solutes in the same direction (cotransport) or in opposite directions (exchanger) across both the apical and basolateral plasma membranes of polarized epithelia. In addition to maintaining physiological homeostasis of these solutes, increases and decreases in sodium may also initiate, directly or indirectly, signaling cascades that regulate a variety of intracellular post-translational events. In this review, we will describe how the Na+/K+ ATPase maintains a Na+ gradient utilized by multiple sodium-dependent transport mechanisms to regulate glucose uptake, excitatory neurotransmitters, calcium signaling, acid-base balance, salt-wasting disorders, fluid volume, and magnesium transport. We will discuss how several Na+-dependent cotransporters and Na+-dependent exchangers have significant roles in human health and disease. Finally, we will discuss how each of these Na+-dependent transport mechanisms have either been shown or have the potential to use Na+ in a secondary role as a signaling molecule.
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- Kenneth B. Gagnon
- Department of Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States
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- Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States
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Yang X, Wang Q, Cao E. Structure of the human cation-chloride cotransporter NKCC1 determined by single-particle electron cryo-microscopy. Nat Commun 2020; 11:1016. [PMID: 32081947 PMCID: PMC7035313 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14790-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2019] [Accepted: 01/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The secondary active cation-chloride cotransporters (CCCs) utilize the existing Na+ and/or K+ gradients to move Cl- into or out of cells. NKCC1 is an intensively studied member of the CCC family and plays fundamental roles in regulating trans-epithelial ion movement, cell volume, chloride homeostasis and neuronal excitability. Here, we report a cryo-EM structure of human NKCC1 captured in a partially loaded, inward-open state. NKCC1 assembles into a dimer, with the first ten transmembrane (TM) helices harboring the transport core and TM11-TM12 helices lining the dimer interface. TM1 and TM6 helices break α-helical geometry halfway across the lipid bilayer where ion binding sites are organized around these discontinuous regions. NKCC1 may harbor multiple extracellular entryways and intracellular exits, raising the possibility that K+, Na+, and Cl- ions may traverse along their own routes for translocation. NKCC1 structure provides a blueprint for further probing structure-function relationships of NKCC1 and other CCCs.
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- Xiaoyong Yang
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112-5650, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112-5650, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112-5650, USA.
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Weston M. KCC2 Much Chloride Might Not Be the Only Problem. Epilepsy Curr 2019; 20:43-44. [PMID: 31826658 PMCID: PMC7020531 DOI: 10.1177/1535759719890333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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KCC2 Regulates Neuronal Excitability and Hippocampal Activity via Interaction With Task-3 Channels Goutierre M, Al Awabdh S, Donneger F, et al. Cell Rep. 2019;28(1):91-103.e7. doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2019.06.001. PMID: 31269453. KCC2 regulates neuronal transmembrane chloride gradients and thereby controls GABA signaling in the brain. KCC2 downregulation is observed in numerous neurological and psychiatric disorders. Paradoxical, excitatory GABA signaling is usually assumed to contribute to abnormal network activity underlying the pathology. We tested this hypothesis and explored the functional impact of chronic KCC2 downregulation in the rat dentate gyrus. Although the reversal potential of GABAA receptor currents is depolarized in KCC2 knockdown neurons, this shift is compensated by depolarization of the resting membrane potential. This reflects downregulation of leak potassium currents. We show KCC2 interacts with TASK-3 (KCNK9) channels and is required for their membrane expression. Increased neuronal excitability upon KCC2 suppression altered dentate gyrus rhythmogenesis, which could be normalized by chemogenetic hyperpolarization. Our data reveal KCC2 downregulation engages complex synaptic and cellular alterations beyond GABA signaling which perturb network activity, thus offering additional targets for therapeutic intervention.
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Electrodiffusion models of synaptic potentials in dendritic spines. J Comput Neurosci 2019; 47:77-89. [PMID: 31410632 DOI: 10.1007/s10827-019-00725-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2019] [Revised: 07/29/2019] [Accepted: 08/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The biophysical properties of dendritic spines play a critical role in neuronal integration but are still poorly understood, due to experimental difficulties in accessing them. Spine biophysics has been traditionally explored using theoretical models based on cable theory. However, cable theory generally assumes that concentration changes associated with ionic currents are negligible and, therefore, ignores electrodiffusion, i.e. the interaction between electric fields and ionic diffusion. This assumption, while true for large neuronal compartments, could be incorrect when applied to femto-liter size structures such as dendritic spines. To extend cable theory and explore electrodiffusion effects, we use here the Poisson (P) and Nernst-Planck (NP) equations, which relate electric field to charge and Fick's law of diffusion, to model ion concentration dynamics in spines receiving excitatory synaptic potentials (EPSPs). We use experimentally measured voltage transients from spines with nanoelectrodes to explore these dynamics with realistic parameters. We find that (i) passive diffusion and electrodiffusion jointly affect the dynamics of spine EPSPs; (ii) spine geometry plays a key role in shaping EPSPs; and, (iii) the spine-neck resistance dynamically decreases during EPSPs, leading to short-term synaptic facilitation. Our formulation, which complements and extends cable theory, can be easily adapted to model ionic biophysics in other nanoscale bio-compartments.
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Glykys J, Duquette E, Rahmati N, Duquette K, Staley KJ. Mannitol decreases neocortical epileptiform activity during early brain development via cotransport of chloride and water. Neurobiol Dis 2019; 125:163-175. [PMID: 30711483 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2019.01.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2018] [Revised: 01/28/2019] [Accepted: 01/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Seizures and brain injury lead to water and Cl- accumulation in neurons. The increase in intraneuronal Cl- concentration ([Cl-]i) depolarizes the GABAA reversal potential (EGABA) and worsens seizure activity. Neocortical neuronal membranes have a low water permeability due to the lack of aquaporins necessary to move free water. Instead, neurons use cotransport of ions including Cl- to move water. Thus, increasing the extracellular osmolarity during seizures should result in an outward movement of water and salt, reducing [Cl-]i and improving GABAA receptor-mediated inhibition. We tested the effects of hyperosmotic therapy with a clinically relevant dose of mannitol (20 mM) on epileptiform activity, spontaneous multiunit activity, spontaneous inhibitory post-synaptic currents (sIPSCs), [Cl-]i, and neuronal volume in layer IV/V of the developing neocortex of C57BL/6 and Clomeleon mice. Using electrophysiological techniques and multiphoton imaging in acute brain slices (post-natal day 7-12) and organotypic neocortical slice cultures (post-natal day 14), we observed that mannitol: 1) decreased epileptiform activity, 2) decreased neuronal volume and [Cl-]i through CCCs, 3) decreased spontaneous multi-unit activity frequency but not amplitude, and 4) restored the anticonvulsant efficacy of the GABAA receptor modulator diazepam. Increasing extracellular osmolarity by 20 mOsm with hypertonic saline did not decrease epileptiform activity. We conclude that an increase in extracellular osmolarity by mannitol mediates the efflux of [Cl-]i and water through CCCs, which results in a decrease in epileptiform activity and enhances benzodiazepine actions in the developing neocortex in vitro. Novel treatments aimed to decrease neuronal volume may concomitantly decrease [Cl-]i and improve seizure control.
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- J Glykys
- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114, United States; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, United States.
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114, United States; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114, United States; Northeastern University, Boston 02115, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114, United States; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, United States
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Delpire E, Gagnon KB. Water Homeostasis and Cell Volume Maintenance and Regulation. CURRENT TOPICS IN MEMBRANES 2018; 81:3-52. [PMID: 30243436 PMCID: PMC6457474 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ctm.2018.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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From early unicellular organisms that formed in salty water environments to complex organisms that live on land away from water, cells have had to protect a homeostatic internal environment favorable to the biochemical reactions necessary for life. In this chapter, we will outline what steps were necessary to conserve the water within our cells and how mechanisms have evolved to maintain and regulate our cellular and organismal volume. We will first examine whole body water homeostasis and the relationship between kidney function, regulation of blood pressure, and blood filtration in the process of producing urine. We will then discuss how the composition of the lipid-rich bilayer affects its permeability to water and salts, and how the cell uses this differential to drive physiological and biochemical cellular functions. The capacity to maintain cell volume is vital to epithelial transport, neurotransmission, cell cycle, apoptosis, and cell migration. Finally, we will wrap up the chapter by discussing in some detail specific channels, cotransporters, and exchangers that have evolved to facilitate the movement of cations and anions otherwise unable to cross the lipid-rich bilayer and that are involved in maintaining or regulating cell volume.
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- Eric Delpire
- Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
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Neureither F, Ziegler K, Pitzer C, Frings S, Möhrlen F. Impaired Motor Coordination and Learning in Mice Lacking Anoctamin 2 Calcium-Gated Chloride Channels. THE CEREBELLUM 2018; 16:929-937. [PMID: 28536821 PMCID: PMC5717130 DOI: 10.1007/s12311-017-0867-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Neurons communicate through excitatory and inhibitory synapses. Both lines of communication are adjustable and allow the fine tuning of signal exchange required for learning processes in neural networks. Several distinct modes of plasticity modulate glutamatergic and GABAergic synapses in Purkinje cells of the cerebellar cortex to promote motor control and learning. In the present paper, we present evidence for a role of short-term ionic plasticity in the cerebellar circuit activity. This type of plasticity results from altered chloride driving forces at the synapses that molecular layer interneurons form on Purkinje cell dendrites. Previous studies have provided evidence for transiently diminished chloride gradients at these GABAergic synapses following climbing fiber activity. Electrical stimulation of climbing fibers in acute slices caused a decline of inhibitory postsynaptic currents recorded from Purkinje cells. Dendritic calcium-gated chloride channels of the type anoctamin 2 (ANO2) were proposed to mediate this short-term modulation of inhibition, but the significance of this process for motor control has not been established yet. Here, we report results of behavioral studies obtained from Ano2−/− mice, a mouse line that was previously shown to lack this particular mode of ionic plasticity. The animals display motor coordination deficits that constitute a condition of mild ataxia. Moreover, motor learning is severely impaired in Ano2−/− mice, suggesting cerebellar dysfunction. This reduced motor performance of Ano2−/− mice highlights the significance of inhibitory control for cerebellar function and introduces calcium-dependent short-term ionic plasticity as an efficient control mechanism for neural inhibition.
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- Franziska Neureither
- Department of Animal Molecular Physiology, Centre for Organismal Studies, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 504, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Animal Molecular Physiology, Centre for Organismal Studies, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 504, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Interdisciplinary Neurobehavioral Core (INBC), Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 515, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Animal Molecular Physiology, Centre for Organismal Studies, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 504, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Department of Animal Molecular Physiology, Centre for Organismal Studies, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 504, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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Klein PM, Lu AC, Harper ME, McKown HM, Morgan JD, Beenhakker MP. Tenuous Inhibitory GABAergic Signaling in the Reticular Thalamus. J Neurosci 2018; 38:1232-1248. [PMID: 29273603 PMCID: PMC5792478 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1345-17.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2017] [Revised: 09/20/2017] [Accepted: 11/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Maintenance of a low intracellular Cl- concentration ([Cl-]i) is critical for enabling inhibitory neuronal responses to GABAA receptor-mediated signaling. Cl- transporters, including KCC2, and extracellular impermeant anions ([A]o) of the extracellular matrix are both proposed to be important regulators of [Cl-]i Neurons of the reticular thalamic (RT) nucleus express reduced levels of KCC2, indicating that GABAergic signaling may produce excitation in RT neurons. However, by performing perforated patch recordings and calcium imaging experiments in rats (male and female), we find that [Cl-]i remains relatively low in RT neurons. Although we identify a small contribution of [A]o to a low [Cl-]i in RT neurons, our results also demonstrate that reduced levels of KCC2 remain sufficient to maintain low levels of Cl- Reduced KCC2 levels, however, restrict the capacity of RT neurons to rapidly extrude Cl- following periods of elevated GABAergic signaling. In a computational model of a local RT network featuring slow Cl- extrusion kinetics, similar to those we found experimentally, model RT neurons are predisposed to an activity-dependent switch from GABA-mediated inhibition to excitation. By decreasing the activity threshold required to produce excitatory GABAergic signaling, weaker stimuli are able to propagate activity within the model RT nucleus. Our results indicate the importance of even diminished levels of KCC2 in maintaining inhibitory signaling within the RT nucleus and suggest how this important activity choke point may be easily overcome in disorders such as epilepsy.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Precise regulation of intracellular Cl- levels ([Cl-]i) preserves appropriate, often inhibitory, GABAergic signaling within the brain. However, there is disagreement over the relative contribution of various mechanisms that maintain low [Cl-]i We found that the Cl- transporter KCC2 is an important Cl- extruder in the reticular thalamic (RT) nucleus, despite this nucleus having remarkably low KCC2 immunoreactivity relative to other regions of the adult brain. We also identified a smaller contribution of fixed, impermeant anions ([A]o) to lowering [Cl-]i in RT neurons. Inhibitory signaling among RT neurons is important for preventing excessive activation of RT neurons, which can be responsible for generating seizures. Our work suggests that KCC2 critically restricts the spread of activity within the RT nucleus.
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- Peter M Klein
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903
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Klett NJ, Allen CN. Intracellular Chloride Regulation in AVP+ and VIP+ Neurons of the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus. Sci Rep 2017; 7:10226. [PMID: 28860458 PMCID: PMC5579040 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-09778-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2017] [Accepted: 07/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Several reports have described excitatory GABA transmission in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), the master pacemaker of circadian physiology. However, there is disagreement regarding the prevalence, timing, and neuronal location of excitatory GABA transmission in the SCN. Whether GABA is inhibitory or excitatory depends, in part, on the intracellular concentration of chloride ([Cl-]i). Here, using ratiometric Cl- imaging, we have investigated intracellular chloride regulation in AVP and VIP-expressing SCN neurons and found evidence suggesting that [Cl-]i is higher during the day than during the night in both AVP+ and VIP+ neurons. We then investigated the contribution of the cation chloride cotransporters to setting [Cl-]i in these SCN neurons and found that the chloride uptake transporter NKCC1 contributes to [Cl-]i regulation in SCN neurons, but that the KCCs are the primary regulators of [Cl-]i in SCN neurons. Interestingly, we observed that [Cl-]i is differentially regulated between AVP+ and VIP+ neurons-a low concentration of the loop diuretic bumetanide had differential effects on AVP+ and VIP+ neurons, while blocking the KCCs with VU0240551 had a larger effect on VIP+ neurons compared to AVP+ neurons.
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- Nathan J Klett
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, 97239, USA
- Oregon Institute for Occupational Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, 97239, USA
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- Oregon Institute for Occupational Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, 97239, USA.
- Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, 97239, USA.
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Glykys J, Dzhala V, Egawa K, Kahle KT, Delpire E, Staley K. Chloride Dysregulation, Seizures, and Cerebral Edema: A Relationship with Therapeutic Potential. Trends Neurosci 2017; 40:276-294. [PMID: 28431741 DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2017.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2016] [Revised: 03/22/2017] [Accepted: 03/23/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Pharmacoresistant seizures and cytotoxic cerebral edema are serious complications of ischemic and traumatic brain injury. Intraneuronal Cl- concentration ([Cl-]i) regulation impacts on both cell volume homeostasis and Cl--permeable GABAA receptor-dependent membrane excitability. Understanding the pleiotropic molecular determinants of neuronal [Cl-]i - cytoplasmic impermeant anions, polyanionic extracellular matrix (ECM) glycoproteins, and plasmalemmal Cl- transporters - could help the identification of novel anticonvulsive and neuroprotective targets. The cation/Cl- cotransporters and ECM metalloproteinases may be particularly druggable targets for intervention. We establish here a paradigm that accounts for recent data regarding the complex regulatory mechanisms of neuronal [Cl-]i and how these mechanisms impact on neuronal volume and excitability. We propose approaches to modulate [Cl-]i that are relevant for two common clinical sequela of brain injury: edema and seizures.
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- Joseph Glykys
- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo 0010019, Japan
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- Departments of Neurosurgery, Pediatrics, and Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Kahle KT, Khanna AR, Duan J, Staley KJ, Delpire E, Poduri A. The KCC2 Cotransporter and Human Epilepsy: Getting Excited About Inhibition. Neuroscientist 2016; 22:555-562. [PMID: 27130838 DOI: 10.1177/1073858416645087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The cation-Cl- cotransporter KCC2, encoded by SLC12A5, is required for the emergence and maintenance of GABAergic fast synaptic inhibition in organisms across evolution. These findings have suggested that KCC2 deficiency might play a role in the pathogenesis human epilepsy, but this has only recently been substantiated by two lines of genetic evidence. The first is the discovery of heterozygous missense polymorphisms in SLC12A5, causing decreased KCC2-dependent Cl- extrusion capacity, in an Australian family with inherited febrile seizures and in a French-Canadian cohort with severe genetic generalized epilepsy (GGE). The second is the discovery of recessive loss-of-function mutations in SLC12A5 in patients with a severe, early-onset Mendelian disease termed "epilepsy of infancy with migrating focal seizures" (EIMFS). These findings collectively support the paradigm that precisely regulated KCC2 activity is required for synaptic inhibition in humans, and that genetically encoded impairment of KCC2 function, due to effects on gene dosage, intrinsic activity, or extrinsic regulation, can influence epilepsy phenotypes in patients. Accordingly, KCC2 could be a target for a novel antiepileptic strategies that aims to restore GABA inhibition by facilitating Cl- extrusion. Such drugs could have relevance for pharmaco-resistant epilepsies and possibly other diseases characterized by synaptic hyperexcitability, such as the spectrum autism disorders.
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- Kristopher T Kahle
- Departments of Neurosurgery, Pediatrics, and Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale Program in Neurogenetics, and Centers for Mendelian Genomics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Division of Epilepsy and Clinical Electrophysiology, Department of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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Altered brain ion gradients following compensation for elevated CO2 are linked to behavioural alterations in a coral reef fish. Sci Rep 2016; 6:33216. [PMID: 27620837 PMCID: PMC5020430 DOI: 10.1038/srep33216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2016] [Accepted: 08/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Neurosensory and behavioural disruptions are some of the most consistently reported responses upon exposure to ocean acidification-relevant CO2 levels, especially in coral reef fishes. The underlying cause of these disruptions is thought to be altered current across the GABAA receptor in neuronal cells due to changes in ion gradients (HCO3(-) and/or Cl(-)) that occur in the body following compensation for elevated ambient CO2. Despite these widely-documented behavioural disruptions, the present study is the first to pair a behavioural assay with measurements of relevant intracellular and extracellular acid-base parameters in a coral reef fish exposed to elevated CO2. Spiny damselfish (Acanthochromis polyacanthus) exposed to 1900 μatm CO2 for 4 days exhibited significantly increased intracellular and extracellular HCO3(-) concentrations and elevated brain pHi compared to control fish, providing evidence of CO2 compensation. As expected, high CO2 exposed damselfish spent significantly more time in a chemical alarm cue (CAC) than control fish, supporting a potential link between behavioural disruption and CO2 compensation. Using HCO3(-) measurements from the damselfish, the reversal potential for GABAA (EGABA) was calculated, illustrating that biophysical properties of the brain during CO2 compensation could change GABAA receptor function and account for the behavioural disturbances noted during exposure to elevated CO2.
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Spampanato J, Sullivan RKP, Perumal MB, Sah P. Development and physiology of GABAergic feedback excitation in parvalbumin expressing interneurons of the mouse basolateral amygdala. Physiol Rep 2016; 4:4/1/e12664. [PMID: 26733246 PMCID: PMC4760394 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.12664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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We have previously shown that in the basolateral amygdala (BLA), action potentials in one type of parvalbumin (PV)-expressing GABAergic interneuron can evoke a disynaptic feedback excitatory postsynaptic potential (fbEPSP) onto the same presynaptic interneuron. Here, using whole-cell recordings from PV-expressing interneurons in acute brain slices we expand on this finding to show that this response is first detectable at 2-week postnatal, and is most prevalent in animals beyond 3 weeks of age (>P21). This circuit has a very high fidelity, and single action potential evoked fbEPSPs display few failures. Reconstruction of filled neurons, and electron microscopy show that interneurons that receive feedback excitation make symmetrical synapses on both the axon initial segments (AIS), as well as the soma and proximal dendrites of local pyramidal neurons, suggesting fbEPSP interneurons are morphologically distinct from the highly specialized chandelier neurons that selectively target the axon initial segment of pyramidal neurons. Single PV interneurons could trigger very large (~ 1 nA) feedback excitatory postsynaptic currents (fbEPSCs) suggesting that these neurons are heavily reciprocally connected to local glutamatergic principal cells. We conclude that in the BLA, a subpopulation of PV interneurons forms a distinct neural circuit in which a single action potential can recruit multiple pyramidal neurons to discharge near simultaneously and feed back onto the presynaptic interneuron.
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- Jay Spampanato
- The Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia
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- The Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia
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- The Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia
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Knoflach F, Hernandez MC, Bertrand D. GABAA receptor-mediated neurotransmission: Not so simple after all. Biochem Pharmacol 2016; 115:10-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2016.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2016] [Accepted: 03/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Regan MD, Turko AJ, Heras J, Andersen MK, Lefevre S, Wang T, Bayley M, Brauner CJ, Huong DTT, Phuong NT, Nilsson GE. Ambient CO2, fish behaviour and altered GABAergic neurotransmission: exploring the mechanism of CO2-altered behaviour by taking a hypercapnia dweller down to low CO2 levels. J Exp Biol 2016; 219:109-18. [DOI: 10.1242/jeb.131375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Recent studies suggest that projected rises of aquatic CO2 levels cause acid–base regulatory responses in fishes that lead to altered GABAergic neurotransmission and disrupted behaviour, threatening fitness and population survival. It is thought that changes in Cl− and HCO3− gradients across neural membranes interfere with the function of GABA-gated anion channels (GABAA receptors). So far, such alterations have been revealed experimentally by exposing species living in low-CO2 environments, like many oceanic habitats, to high levels of CO2 (hypercapnia). To examine the generality of this phenomenon, we set out to study the opposite situation, hypothesizing that fishes living in typically hypercapnic environments also display behavioural alterations if exposed to low CO2 levels. This would indicate that ion regulation in the fish brain is fine-tuned to the prevailing CO2 conditions. We quantified pH regulatory variables and behavioural responses of Pangasianodon hypophthalmus, a fish native to the hypercapnic Mekong River, acclimated to high-CO2 (3.1 kPa) or low-CO2 (0.04 kPa) water. We found that brain and blood pH was actively regulated and that the low-CO2 fish displayed significantly higher activity levels, which were reduced after treatment with gabazine, a GABAA receptor blocker. This indicates an involvement of the GABAA receptor and altered Cl− and HCO3− ion gradients. Indeed, Goldman calculations suggest that low levels of environmental CO2 may cause significant changes in neural ion gradients in P. hypophthalmus. Taken together, the results suggest that brain ion regulation in fishes is fine-tuned to the prevailing ambient CO2 conditions and is prone to disruption if these conditions change.
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- Matthew D. Regan
- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z4
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-2525, USA
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo NO-0316, Norway
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- Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus-C, Denmark
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- Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus-C, Denmark
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- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z4
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- College of Aquaculture and Fisheries, Can Tho University, Can Tho, Vietnam
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo NO-0316, Norway
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Kahle KT, Delpire E. Kinase-KCC2 coupling: Cl- rheostasis, disease susceptibility, therapeutic target. J Neurophysiol 2016; 115:8-18. [PMID: 26510764 PMCID: PMC4760510 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00865.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2015] [Accepted: 10/25/2015] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The intracellular concentration of Cl(-) ([Cl(-)]i) in neurons is a highly regulated variable that is established and modulated by the finely tuned activity of the KCC2 cotransporter. Despite the importance of KCC2 for neurophysiology and its role in multiple neuropsychiatric diseases, our knowledge of the transporter's regulatory mechanisms is incomplete. Recent studies suggest that the phosphorylation state of KCC2 at specific residues in its cytoplasmic COOH terminus, such as Ser940 and Thr906/Thr1007, encodes discrete levels of transporter activity that elicit graded changes in neuronal Cl(-) extrusion to modulate the strength of synaptic inhibition via Cl(-)-permeable GABAA receptors. In this review, we propose that the functional and physical coupling of KCC2 to Cl(-)-sensitive kinase(s), such as the WNK1-SPAK kinase complex, constitutes a molecular "rheostat" that regulates [Cl(-)]i and thereby influences the functional plasticity of GABA. The rapid reversibility of (de)phosphorylation facilitates regulatory precision, and multisite phosphorylation allows for the control of KCC2 activity by different inputs via distinct or partially overlapping upstream signaling cascades that may become more or less important depending on the physiological context. While this adaptation mechanism is highly suited to maintaining homeostasis, its adjustable set points may render it vulnerable to perturbation and dysregulation. Finally, we suggest that pharmacological modulation of this kinase-KCC2 rheostat might be a particularly efficacious strategy to enhance Cl(-) extrusion and therapeutically restore GABA inhibition.
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- Kristopher T Kahle
- Departments of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; Yale Neurogenetics Program, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; and
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
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Glykys J, Staley KJ. Diazepam effect during early neonatal development correlates with neuronal Cl(.). Ann Clin Transl Neurol 2015; 2:1055-70. [PMID: 26734658 PMCID: PMC4693588 DOI: 10.1002/acn3.259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2015] [Accepted: 09/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Objective Although benzodiazepines and other GABAA receptors allosteric modulators are used to treat neonatal seizures, their efficacy may derive from actions on subcortical structures. Side effects of benzodiazepines in nonseizing human neonates include myoclonus, seizures, and abnormal movements. Excitatory actions of GABA may underlie both side effects and reduced anticonvulsant activity of benzodiazepines. Neocortical organotypic slice cultures were used to study: (1) spontaneous cortical epileptiform activity during early development; (2) developmental changes in [Cl−]i and (3) whether diazepam's anticonvulsant effect correlated with neuronal [Cl−]i. Methods Epileptiform activity in neocortical organotypic slice cultures was measured by field potential recordings. Cl− changes during development were assessed by multiphoton imaging of neurons transgenically expressing a Cl‐sensitive fluorophore. Clinically relevant concentrations of diazepam were used to test the anticonvulsant effectiveness at ages corresponding to premature neonates through early infancy. Results (1) Neocortical organotypic slices at days in vitro 5 (DIV5) exhibited spontaneous epileptiform activity. (2) Epileptiform event duration decreased with age. (3) There was a progressive decrease in [Cl−]i over the same age range. (4) Diazepam was ineffective in decreasing epileptiform activity at DIV5‐6, but progressively more effective at older ages through DIV15. (5) At DIV5‐6, diazepam worsened epileptiform activity in 50% of the slices. Interpretation The neocortical organotypic slice is a useful model to study spontaneous epileptiform activity. Decreasing [Cl−]i during development correlates with decreasing duration of spontaneous epileptiform activity and increasing anticonvulsant efficacy of diazepam. We provide a potential explanation for the reports of seizures and myoclonus induction by benzodiazepines in newborn human neonates and the limited electrographic efficacy of benzodiazepines for the treatment of neonatal seizures.
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- Joseph Glykys
- Department of Neurology Massachusetts General Hospital Boston Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School Boston Massachusetts
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- Department of Neurology Massachusetts General Hospital Boston Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School Boston Massachusetts
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Mathieu V, Chantôme A, Lefranc F, Cimmino A, Miklos W, Paulitschke V, Mohr T, Maddau L, Kornienko A, Berger W, Vandier C, Evidente A, Delpire E, Kiss R. Sphaeropsidin A shows promising activity against drug-resistant cancer cells by targeting regulatory volume increase. Cell Mol Life Sci 2015; 72:3731-46. [PMID: 25868554 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-015-1902-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2014] [Revised: 03/10/2015] [Accepted: 04/02/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Despite the recent advances in the treatment of tumors with intrinsic chemotherapy resistance, such as melanoma and renal cancers, their prognosis remains poor and new chemical agents with promising activity against these cancers are urgently needed. Sphaeropsidin A, a fungal metabolite whose anticancer potential had previously received little attention, was isolated from Diplodia cupressi and found to display specific anticancer activity in vitro against melanoma and kidney cancer subpanels in the National Cancer Institute (NCI) 60-cell line screen. The NCI data revealed a mean LC50 of ca. 10 µM and a cellular sensitivity profile that did not match that of any other agent in the 765,000 compound database. Subsequent mechanistic studies in melanoma and other multidrug-resistant in vitro cancer models showed that sphaeropsidin A can overcome apoptosis as well as multidrug resistance by inducing a marked and rapid cellular shrinkage related to the loss of intracellular Cl(-) and the decreased HCO3 (-) concentration in the culture supernatant. These changes in ion homeostasis and the absence of effects on the plasma membrane potential were attributed to the sphaeropsidin A-induced impairment of regulatory volume increase (RVI). Preliminary results also indicate that depending on the type of cancer, the sphaeropsidin A effects on RVI could be related to Na-K-2Cl electroneutral cotransporter or Cl(-)/HCO3 (-) anion exchanger(s) targeting. This study underscores the modulation of ion-transporter activity as a promising therapeutic strategy to combat drug-resistant cancers and identifies the fungal metabolite, sphaeropsidin A, as a lead to develop anticancer agents targeting RVI in cancer cells.
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- Véronique Mathieu
- Laboratoire de Cancérologie et de Toxicologie Expérimentale, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Campus de la Plaine, Boulevard du Triomphe, 1050, Brussels, Belgium.
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- Inserm UMR 1069, Université François Rabelais and network "Ion channels and cancer - Canceropole Grand Ouest", Tours, France
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- Service de Neurochirurgie, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, Complesso Universitario Monte Sant'Angelo, Via Cintia 4, 80126, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Medicine I, Institute of Cancer Research and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Medicine I, Institute of Cancer Research and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Dipartimento di Agraria, Sezione di Patologia vegetale ed Entomologia, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Viale Italia 39, 07100, Sassari, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, 78666, USA
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- Department of Medicine I, Institute of Cancer Research and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Inserm UMR 1069, Université François Rabelais and network "Ion channels and cancer - Canceropole Grand Ouest", Tours, France
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, Complesso Universitario Monte Sant'Angelo, Via Cintia 4, 80126, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Laboratoire de Cancérologie et de Toxicologie Expérimentale, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Campus de la Plaine, Boulevard du Triomphe, 1050, Brussels, Belgium
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Constrained by The Matrix: Will Chloride Ions Be Set Free? Epilepsy Curr 2015; 15:92-3. [DOI: 10.5698/1535-7597-15.2.92] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Jin X, Shah S, Du X, Zhang H, Gamper N. Activation of Ca(2+) -activated Cl(-) channel ANO1 by localized Ca(2+) signals. J Physiol 2014; 594:19-30. [PMID: 25398532 PMCID: PMC4704509 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2014.275107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2014] [Accepted: 11/08/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Ca2+‐activated chloride channels (CaCCs) regulate numerous physiological processes including epithelial transport, smooth muscle contraction and sensory processing. Anoctamin‐1 (ANO1, TMEM16A) is a principal CaCC subunit in many cell types, yet our understanding of the mechanisms of ANO1 activation and regulation are only beginning to emerge. Ca2+ sensitivity of ANO1 is rather low and at negative membrane potentials the channel requires several micromoles of intracellular Ca2+ for activation. However, global Ca2+ levels in cells rarely reach such levels and, therefore, there must be mechanisms that focus intracellular Ca2+ transients towards the ANO1 channels. Recent findings indeed indicate that ANO1 channels often co‐localize with sources of intracellular Ca2+ signals. Interestingly, it appears that in many cell types ANO1 is particularly tightly coupled to the Ca2+ release sites of the intracellular Ca2+ stores. Such preferential coupling may represent a general mechanism of ANO1 activation in native tissues.
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- Xin Jin
- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Department of Pharmacology, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.,Department of Pharmacology, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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Dzhala V, Staley KJ. Acute and chronic efficacy of bumetanide in an in vitro model of posttraumatic epileptogenesis. CNS Neurosci Ther 2014; 21:173-80. [PMID: 25495911 DOI: 10.1111/cns.12369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2014] [Revised: 11/04/2014] [Accepted: 11/05/2014] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Seizures triggered by acute injuries to the developing brain respond poorly to first-line medications that target the inhibitory chloride-permeable GABAA receptor. Neuronal injury is associated with profound increases in cytoplasmic chloride ([Cl(-)]i) resulting in depolarizing GABA signaling, higher seizure propensity and limited efficacy of GABAergic anticonvulsants. The Na(+)-K(+)-2Cl(-) (NKCC1) cotransporter blocker bumetanide reduces [Cl(-)]i and causes more negative GABA equilibrium potential in injured neurons. We therefore tested both the acute and chronic efficacy of bumetanide on early posttraumatic ictal-like epileptiform discharges and epileptogenesis. METHODS Acute hippocampal slices were used as a model of severe traumatic brain injury and posttraumatic epileptogenesis. Hippocampal slices were then incubated for 3 weeks. After a 1-week latent period, slice cultures developed chronic spontaneous ictal-like discharges. The anticonvulsant and anti-epileptogenic efficacy of bumetanide, phenobarbital, and the combination of these drugs was studied. RESULTS Bumetanide reduced the frequency and power of early posttraumatic ictal-like discharges in vitro and enhanced the anticonvulsant efficacy of phenobarbital. Continuous 2-3 weeks administration of bumetanide as well as phenobarbital in combination with bumetanide failed to prevent posttraumatic ictal-like discharges and epileptogenesis. CONCLUSIONS Our data demonstrate a persistent contribution of NKCC1 cotransport in posttraumatic ictal-like activity, presumably as a consequence of chronic alterations in neuronal chloride homeostasis and GABA-mediated inhibition. New strategies for more effective reduction in posttraumatic and seizure-induced [Cl(-)]i accumulation could provide the basis for effective treatments for posttraumatic epileptogenesis and the resultant seizures.
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- Volodymyr Dzhala
- Neurology Department, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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