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The Effects of Six Weeks of Endurance Training and CGRP Inhibition on Nrf2 and AKT Expression in the Hippocampal Tissue of Male Wistar Rats. Mediators Inflamm 2022; 2022:1610293. [PMID: 36091668 PMCID: PMC9453092 DOI: 10.1155/2022/1610293] [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] [Received: 02/19/2022] [Revised: 08/02/2022] [Accepted: 08/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Purpose To study the effects of a six-week endurance training protocol and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) inhibition on the nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) and protein kinase B (PKB) or AKT expression in the hippocampal tissue of male Wistar rats. Main Methods. Building on a controlled experimental design with a posttest, 28 healthy Wistar male rats were randomly assigned to four groups (n = 7 per group), including control, control+CGRP inhibition, endurance training, and endurance training+CGRP inhibition groups. The training groups were trained for six weeks. Rats in the CGRP inhibition group received CGRP receptor antagonist daily (0.25 mg/kg) via intravenous (IV) injection. The Nrf2 and AKT (PKB) expression was measured using the real-time PCR technique. Results In the endurance training group, Nrf2 expression in the hippocampal tissue was increased significantly more than in other groups (P < 0.05). There was also a significant increase in the AKT expression in the endurance training group compared to the control group (P = 0.048) and in the endurance training+CGRP inhibition compared to the control group (P = 0.012). In addition, there was no significant relationship between AKT (PKB) and Nrf2 (r = −0.27, n = 28, P = 0.16). Conclusion Endurance training alone has been able to increase Nrf2 and AKT (PKB) mRNA levels in the hippocampal tissue, considering that endurance training had no significant effect on AKT and Nrf2 expression after adding to CGRP inhibition.
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Sahu G, Turner RW. The Molecular Basis for the Calcium-Dependent Slow Afterhyperpolarization in CA1 Hippocampal Pyramidal Neurons. Front Physiol 2022; 12:759707. [PMID: 35002757 PMCID: PMC8730529 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.759707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2021] [Accepted: 11/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Neuronal signal transmission depends on the frequency, pattern, and timing of spike output, each of which are shaped by spike afterhyperpolarizations (AHPs). There are classically three post-spike AHPs of increasing duration categorized as fast, medium and slow AHPs that hyperpolarize a cell over a range of 10 ms to 30 s. Intensive early work on CA1 hippocampal pyramidal cells revealed that all three AHPs incorporate activation of calcium-gated potassium channels. The ionic basis for a fAHP was rapidly attributed to the actions of big conductance (BK) and the mAHP to small conductance (SK) or Kv7 potassium channels. In stark contrast, the ionic basis for a prominent slow AHP of up to 30 s duration remained an enigma for over 30 years. Recent advances in pharmacological, molecular, and imaging tools have uncovered the expression of a calcium-gated intermediate conductance potassium channel (IK, KCa3.1) in central neurons that proves to contribute to the slow AHP in CA1 hippocampal pyramidal cells. Together the data show that the sAHP arises in part from a core tripartite complex between Cav1.3 (L-type) calcium channels, ryanodine receptors, and IK channels at endoplasmic reticulum-plasma membrane junctions. Work on the sAHP in CA1 pyramidal neurons has again quickened pace, with identified contributions by both IK channels and the Na-K pump providing answers to several mysteries in the pharmacological properties of the sAHP.
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- Giriraj Sahu
- National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad, India
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- Department Cell Biology & Anatomy, Cumming School of Medicine, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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Vandael D, Wierda K, Vints K, Baatsen P, De Groef L, Moons L, Rybakin V, Gounko NV. Corticotropin-releasing factor induces functional and structural synaptic remodelling in acute stress. Transl Psychiatry 2021; 11:378. [PMID: 34234103 PMCID: PMC8263770 DOI: 10.1038/s41398-021-01497-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2021] [Revised: 06/16/2021] [Accepted: 06/23/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Biological responses to stress are complex and highly conserved. Corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) plays a central role in regulating these lifesaving physiological responses to stress. We show that, in mice, CRF rapidly changes Schaffer Collateral (SC) input into hippocampal CA1 pyramidal cells (PC) by modulating both functional and structural aspects of these synapses. Host exposure to acute stress, in vivo CRF injection, and ex vivo CRF application all result in fast de novo formation and remodeling of existing dendritic spines. Functionally, CRF leads to a rapid increase in synaptic strength of SC input into CA1 neurons, e.g., increase in spontaneous neurotransmitter release, paired-pulse facilitation, and repetitive excitability and improves synaptic plasticity: long-term potentiation (LTP) and long-term depression (LTD). In line with the changes in synaptic function, CRF increases the number of presynaptic vesicles, induces redistribution of vesicles towards the active zone, increases active zone size, and improves the alignment of the pre- and postsynaptic compartments. Therefore, CRF rapidly enhances synaptic communication in the hippocampus, potentially playing a crucial role in the enhanced memory consolidation in acute stress.
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- Dorien Vandael
- VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research, Electron Microscopy Platform & VIB-Bioimaging Core, O&N5 Herestraat 49,, box 602, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
- KU Leuven Department of Neurosciences, Leuven Brain Institute, O&N5 Herestraat 49,, box 602, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven Department of Neurosciences, Leuven Brain Institute, O&N5 Herestraat 49,, box 602, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
- VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research, Electrophysiology Expertise Unit, O&N5 Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research, Electron Microscopy Platform & VIB-Bioimaging Core, O&N5 Herestraat 49,, box 602, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
- KU Leuven Department of Neurosciences, Leuven Brain Institute, O&N5 Herestraat 49,, box 602, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research, Electron Microscopy Platform & VIB-Bioimaging Core, O&N5 Herestraat 49,, box 602, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
- KU Leuven Department of Neurosciences, Leuven Brain Institute, O&N5 Herestraat 49,, box 602, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Laboratory of Neural Circuit Development and Regeneration, Naamsestraat 61, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Laboratory of Neural Circuit Development and Regeneration, Naamsestraat 61, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- National University of Singapore, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, and Immunology Program, 5 Science Drive 2, Blk MD4, 117545, Singapore, Singapore
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- VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research, Electron Microscopy Platform & VIB-Bioimaging Core, O&N5 Herestraat 49,, box 602, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
- KU Leuven Department of Neurosciences, Leuven Brain Institute, O&N5 Herestraat 49,, box 602, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
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Cunha-Reis D, Caulino-Rocha A, Correia-de-Sá P. VIPergic neuroprotection in epileptogenesis: challenges and opportunities. Pharmacol Res 2021; 164:105356. [DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2020.105356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2020] [Revised: 11/28/2020] [Accepted: 11/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Albrecht A, Redavide E, Regev-Tsur S, Stork O, Richter-Levin G. Hippocampal GABAergic interneurons and their co-localized neuropeptides in stress vulnerability and resilience. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2020; 122:229-244. [PMID: 33188820 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2020] [Revised: 10/05/2020] [Accepted: 11/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Studies in humans and rodents suggest a critical role for the hippocampal formation in cognition and emotion, but also in the adaptation to stressful events. Successful stress adaptation promotes resilience, while its failure may lead to stress-induced psychopathologies such as depression and anxiety disorders. Hippocampal architecture and physiology is shaped by its strong control of activity via diverse classes of inhibitory interneurons that express typical calcium binding proteins and neuropeptides. Celltype-specific opto- and chemogenetic intervention strategies that take advantage of these biochemical markers have bolstered our understanding of the distinct role of different interneurons in anxiety, fear and stress adaptation. Moreover, some of the signature proteins of GABAergic interneurons have a potent impact on emotion and cognition on their own, making them attractive targets for interventions. In particular, neuropeptide Y is a promising endogenous agent for mediating resilience against severe stress. In this review, we evaluate the role of the major types of interneurons across hippocampal subregions in the adaptation to chronic and acute stress and to emotional memory formation.
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- Anne Albrecht
- Institute of Anatomy, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany; Center for Behavioral Brain Science, Universitätsplatz 2, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany.
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- Institute of Anatomy, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany; Center for Behavioral Brain Science, Universitätsplatz 2, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany; Department of Genetics & Molecular Neurobiology, Institute of Biology, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany; Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany.
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- Sagol Department of Neurobiology, University of Haifa, 199 Aba-Hushi Avenue, 3498838 Haifa, Israel; The Integrated Brain and Behavior Research Center (IBBR), University of Haifa, 199 Aba-Hushi Avenue, 3498838 Haifa, Israel.
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- Center for Behavioral Brain Science, Universitätsplatz 2, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany; Department of Genetics & Molecular Neurobiology, Institute of Biology, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany.
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- Sagol Department of Neurobiology, University of Haifa, 199 Aba-Hushi Avenue, 3498838 Haifa, Israel; The Integrated Brain and Behavior Research Center (IBBR), University of Haifa, 199 Aba-Hushi Avenue, 3498838 Haifa, Israel; Psychology Department, University of Haifa199 Aba-Hushi Avenue, 3498838 Haifa, Israel.
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Effect of ropivacaine on peripheral neuropathy in streptozocin diabetes-induced rats through TRPV1-CGRP pathway. Biosci Rep 2020; 39:220953. [PMID: 31661547 PMCID: PMC6851513 DOI: 10.1042/bsr20190817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2019] [Revised: 10/17/2019] [Accepted: 10/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Objective To determine the effect of ropivacaine on peripheral neuropathy in diabetic rats and its possible mechanism. Methods Forty-eight Sprague–Dawley rats were randomly divided into six groups: nondiabetic control group, nondiabetic group A (0.25% ropivacaine), nondiabetic group B (0.75% ropivacaine), diabetic control group (diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) +artificial cerebrospinal fluid), diabetic group A (DPN+0.25% ropivacaine), and diabetic group B (DPN + 0.75% ropivacaine), with eight rats in each group. Within an hour of the last administration, the sciatic motor nerve conduction velocity (MNCV) of each group was measured, and the morphological changes of rat sciatic nerve were observed by HE, Weil’s staining and electron microscopy. The expression of transient receptor potential vanilloid (TRPV1) in the spinal cord dorsal horn of rats was analyzed by immunohistochemistry, and the expression of Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) protein in the spinal cord was analyzed by Western blot. Results Compared with the nondiabetic control group, elevated blood glucose, decreased weight and reduced average mechanical withdrawal threshold (MWT), additionally, the sciatic nerves showed significantly slowed conduction velocity (both P<0.001) and damaged pathological structure, the expression of TRPV1 and CGRP were decreased (both P<0.001) in the diabetic groups. Compared with the diabetic control group, down-regulation of TRPV1 and CGRP in spinal cord was significant for the diabetic groups A and B treated with 0.25 and 0.75% ropivacaine, the higher concentration of ropivacaine correlated with a greater change. Conclusion Ropivacaine can significantly block sciatic nerve conduction velocity in DPN rats in a concentration-dependent manner, which may be related to the expression of the TRPV1-CGRP pathway.
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Cunha-Reis D, Caulino-Rocha A. VIP Modulation of Hippocampal Synaptic Plasticity: A Role for VIP Receptors as Therapeutic Targets in Cognitive Decline and Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Front Cell Neurosci 2020; 14:153. [PMID: 32595454 PMCID: PMC7303298 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2020.00153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2020] [Accepted: 05/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) is an important modulatory peptide throughout the CNS acting as a neurotransmitter, neurotrophic or neuroprotective factor. In the hippocampus, a brain area implicated in learning and memory processes, VIP has a crucial role in the control of GABAergic transmission and pyramidal cell activity in response to specific network activity by either VIP-containing basket cells or interneuron-selective (IS) interneurons and this appears to have a differential impact in hippocampal-dependent cognition. At the cellular level, VIP regulates synaptic transmission by either promoting disinhibition, through activation of VPAC1 receptors, or enhancing pyramidal cell excitability, through activation of VPAC2 receptors. These actions also control several important synaptic plasticity phenomena such as long-term potentiation (LTP) and long-term depression (LTD). This paper reviews the current knowledge on the activation and multiple functions of VIP expressing cells in the hippocampus and their role in controlling synaptic transmission, synaptic plasticity and learning and memory processes, discussing also the role of VPAC1 and VPAC2 VIP receptors in the regulation of these different processes. Furthermore, we address the current knowledge regarding changes in VIP mediated neurotransmission in epileptogenesis and mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis (MTLE-HS), and discuss the therapeutic opportunities of using selective VIP receptor ligands to prevent epileptogenesis and cognitive decline in MTLE-HS.
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- Diana Cunha-Reis
- BioISI - Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.,Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- BioISI - Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.,Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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Protein Kinase A-Mediated Suppression of the Slow Afterhyperpolarizing KCa3.1 Current in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. J Neurosci 2019; 39:9914-9926. [PMID: 31672789 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1603-19.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2019] [Revised: 09/24/2019] [Accepted: 10/07/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Brain insults, such as trauma, stroke, anoxia, and status epilepticus (SE), cause multiple changes in synaptic function and intrinsic properties of surviving neurons that may lead to the development of epilepsy. Experimentally, a single SE episode, induced by the convulsant pilocarpine, initiates the development of an epileptic condition resembling human temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). Principal hippocampal neurons from such epileptic animals display enhanced spike output in response to excitatory stimuli compared with neurons from nonepileptic animals. This enhanced firing is negatively related to the size of the slow afterhyperpolarization (sAHP), which is reduced in the epileptic neurons. The sAHP is an intrinsic neuronal negative feedback mechanism consisting normally of two partially overlapping components produced by disparate mechanisms. One component is generated by activation of Ca2+-gated K+ (KCa) channels, likely KCa3.1, consequent to spike Ca2+ influx (the KCa-sAHP component). The second component is generated by enhancement of the electrogenic Na+/K+ ATPase (NKA) by spike Na+ influx (NKA-sAHP component). Here we show that the KCa-sAHP component is markedly reduced in male rat epileptic neurons, whereas the NKA-sAHP component is not altered. The KCa-sAHP reduction is due to the downregulation of KCa3.1 channels, mediated by cAMP-dependent protein kinase A (PKA). This sustained effect can be acutely reversed by applying PKA inhibitors, leading also to normalization of the spike output of epileptic neurons. We propose that the novel "acquired channelopathy" described here, namely, PKA-mediated downregulation of KCa3.1 activity, provides an innovative target for developing new treatments for TLE, hopefully overcoming the pharmacoresistance to traditional drugs.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Epilepsy, a common neurological disorder, often develops following a brain insult. Identifying key molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying acquired epilepsy is critical for developing effective antiepileptic therapies. In an experimental model of acquired epilepsy, we show that principal hippocampal neurons become intrinsically hyperexcitable. This alteration is due predominantly to the downregulation of a ubiquitous class of potassium ion channels, KCa3.1, whose main function is to dampen neuronal excitability. KCa3.1 downregulation is mediated by the cAMP-dependent protein kinase A (PKA) signaling pathway. Most importantly, it can be acutely reversed by PKA inhibitors, leading to recovery of KCa3.1 function and normalization of neuronal excitability. The discovery of this novel epileptogenic mechanism hopefully will facilitate the development of more efficient pharmacotherapy for acquired epilepsy.
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Hyper-diversity of CRH interneurons in mouse hippocampus. Brain Struct Funct 2018; 224:583-598. [PMID: 30456559 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-018-1793-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2018] [Accepted: 11/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Hippocampal inhibitory interneurons comprise an anatomically, neurochemically and electrophysiologically diverse population of cells that are essential for the generation of the oscillatory activity underlying hippocampal spatial and episodic memory processes. Here, we aimed to characterize a population of interneurons that express the stress-related neuropeptide corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) within existing interneuronal categories through the use of combined electrophysiological and immunocytochemical approaches. Focusing on CA1 strata pyramidale and radiatum of mouse hippocampus, CRH interneurons were found to exhibit a heterogeneous neurochemical phenotype with parvalbumin, cholecystokinin and calretinin co-expression observed to varying degrees. In contrast, CRH and somatostatin were never co-expressed. Electrophysiological categorization identified heterogeneous firing pattern of CRH neurons, with two distinct subtypes within stratum pyramidale and stratum radiatum. Together, these findings indicate that CRH-expressing interneurons do not segregate into any single distinct subtype of interneuron using conventional criteria. Rather our findings suggest that CRH is likely co-expressed in subpopulations of previously described hippocampal interneurons. In addition, the observed heterogeneity suggests that distinct CRH interneuron subtypes may have specific functional roles in the both physiological and pathophysiological hippocampal processes.
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Deussing JM, Chen A. The Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Family: Physiology of the Stress Response. Physiol Rev 2018; 98:2225-2286. [DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00042.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The physiological stress response is responsible for the maintenance of homeostasis in the presence of real or perceived challenges. In this function, the brain activates adaptive responses that involve numerous neural circuits and effector molecules to adapt to the current and future demands. A maladaptive stress response has been linked to the etiology of a variety of disorders, such as anxiety and mood disorders, eating disorders, and the metabolic syndrome. The neuropeptide corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) and its relatives, the urocortins 1–3, in concert with their receptors (CRFR1, CRFR2), have emerged as central components of the physiological stress response. This central peptidergic system impinges on a broad spectrum of physiological processes that are the basis for successful adaptation and concomitantly integrate autonomic, neuroendocrine, and behavioral stress responses. This review focuses on the physiology of CRF-related peptides and their cognate receptors with the aim of providing a comprehensive up-to-date overview of the field. We describe the major molecular features covering aspects of gene expression and regulation, structural properties, and molecular interactions, as well as mechanisms of signal transduction and their surveillance. In addition, we discuss the large body of published experimental studies focusing on state-of-the-art genetic approaches with high temporal and spatial precision, which collectively aimed to dissect the contribution of CRF-related ligands and receptors to different levels of the stress response. We discuss the controversies in the field and unravel knowledge gaps that might pave the way for future research directions and open up novel opportunities for therapeutic intervention.
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- Jan M. Deussing
- Department of Stress Neurobiology and Neurogenetics, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany; and Department of Neurobiology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Stress Neurobiology and Neurogenetics, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany; and Department of Neurobiology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Gunn BG, Cox CD, Chen Y, Frotscher M, Gall CM, Baram TZ, Lynch G. The Endogenous Stress Hormone CRH Modulates Excitatory Transmission and Network Physiology in Hippocampus. Cereb Cortex 2018; 27:4182-4198. [PMID: 28460009 PMCID: PMC6248689 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhx103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2016] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Memory is strongly influenced by stress but underlying mechanisms are unknown. Here, we
used electrophysiology, neuroanatomy, and network simulations to probe the role of the
endogenous, stress-related neuropeptide corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) in
modulating hippocampal function. We focused on neuronal excitability and the incidence of
sharp waves (SPWs), a form of intrinsic network activity associated with memory
consolidation. Specifically, we blocked endogenous CRH using 2 chemically distinct
antagonists of the principal hippocampal CRH receptor, CRHR1. The antagonists caused a
modest reduction of spontaneous excitatory transmission onto CA3 pyramidal cells,
mediated, in part by effects on IAHP. This was accompanied by a decrease in the
incidence but not amplitude of SPWs, indicating that the synaptic actions of CRH are
sufficient to alter the output of a complex hippocampal network. A biophysical model of
CA3 described how local actions of CRH produce macroscopic consequences including the
observed changes in SPWs. Collectively, the results provide a first demonstration of the
manner in which subtle synaptic effects of an endogenously released neuropeptide influence
hippocampal network level operations and, in the case of CRH, may contribute to the
effects of acute stress on memory.
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- B. G. Gunn
- Department of Pediatrics, University of
California-Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Anatomy/Neurobiology, University of
California-Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of
California-Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
- Department of Anatomy/Neurobiology, University of
California-Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- ZMNH, Institute for Structural
Neurobiology, D-20251 Hamburg,
Germany
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- Department of Anatomy/Neurobiology, University of
California-Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of
California-Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of
California-Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
- Department of Anatomy/Neurobiology, University of
California-Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
- Department of Neurology, University of
California-Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
- Address correspondence to Prof. T. Z. Baram, Departments of Pediatrics;
Anatomy & Neurobiology; Neurology, University of California-Irvine, Medical Sciences
I, ZOT: 4475, Irvine, CA 92697-4475, USA.
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- Department of Anatomy/Neurobiology, University of
California-Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University
of California-Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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Yang Y, Chen Q, Jia S, He L, Wang A, Li D, Li Y, Li X. Involvement of TRPV1 in the expression and release of calcitonin gene-related peptide induced by rutaecarpine. Mol Med Rep 2018; 17:5168-5174. [PMID: 29393417 PMCID: PMC5865982 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2018.8494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2017] [Accepted: 11/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The traditional Chinese herb Wu-Chu-Yu has been used to treat hypertension for hundreds of years. A previous study indicated that rutaecarpine was the effective component of Wu-Chu-Yu, which lowered blood pressure by elevating the expression level of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP). The present study was performed to investigate the role of transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 1 (TRPV1) in CGRP expression and release induced by rutaecarpine. Dorsal root ganglia (DRG) obtained from Sprague-Dawley rats were cultured to analyze the mRNA expression and release of CGRP. Calcium influx, as an indicator of TRPV1 activation, was measured in 293 cells with stable overexpression of TRPV1. The results demonstrated that the amount of CGRP in the cell culture supernatant and the mRNA expression of CGRPα and CGRPβ in DRG was upregulated by rutaecarpine in a concentration-dependent manner, and was inhibited by the TRPV1 receptor antagonist capsazepine. In addition, intracellular Ca2+ levels were increased by Rut in the aforementioned 293 cell line, indicating the activation of TRPV1 by Rut. Therefore, it was concluded that TRPV1 was involved in the expression and release of CGRP stimulated by rutaecarpine, which provided novel mechanistic understanding of the treatment of hypertension using the Chinese herb Wu-Chu-Yu.
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- Yongmei Yang
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410078, P.R. China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410078, P.R. China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The Third Xiangya Hospitals, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410013, P.R. China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410078, P.R. China
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan 421001, P.R. China
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- National Institution of Drug Clinical Trial, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410078, P.R. China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410078, P.R. China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410078, P.R. China
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Cunha-Reis D, Ribeiro JA, de Almeida RFM, Sebastião AM. VPAC 1 and VPAC 2 receptor activation on GABA release from hippocampal nerve terminals involve several different signalling pathways. Br J Pharmacol 2017; 174:4725-4737. [PMID: 28945273 DOI: 10.1111/bph.14051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2017] [Revised: 09/19/2017] [Accepted: 09/19/2017] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) is an important modulator of hippocampal synaptic transmission that influences both GABAergic synaptic transmission and glutamatergic cell excitability through activation of VPAC1 and VPAC2 receptors. Presynaptic enhancement of GABA release contributes to VIP modulation of hippocampal synaptic transmission. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH We investigated which VIP receptors and coupled transduction pathways were involved in VIP enhancement of K+ -evoked [3 H]-GABA release from isolated nerve terminals of rat hippocampus. KEY RESULTS VIP enhancement of [3 H]-GABA release was potentiated in the presence of the VPAC1 receptor antagonist PG 97-269 but converted into an inhibition in the presence of the VPAC2 receptor antagonist PG 99-465, suggesting that activation of VPAC1 receptors inhibits and activation of VPAC2 receptors enhances, GABA release. A VPAC1 receptor agonist inhibited exocytotic voltage-gated calcium channel (VGCC)-dependent [3 H]-GABA release through activation of protein Gi/o , an effect also dependent on PKC activity. A VPAC2 receptor agonist enhanced both exocytotic VGCC-dependent release through protein Gs -dependent, PKA-dependent and PKC-dependent mechanisms and GABA transporter 1-mediated [3 H]-GABA release through a Gs protein-dependent and PKC-dependent mechanism. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS Our results show that VPAC1 and VPAC2 VIP receptors have opposing actions on GABA release from hippocampal nerve terminals through activation of different transduction pathways. As VPAC1 and VPAC2 receptors are located in different layers of Ammon's horn, our results suggest that these VIP receptors underlie different modulation of synaptic transmission to pyramidal cell dendrites and cell bodies, with important consequences for their possible therapeutic application in the treatment of epilepsy.
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- Diana Cunha-Reis
- Instituto de Farmacologia e Neurociências e, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.,Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.,Centro de Química e Bioquímica, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Instituto de Farmacologia e Neurociências e, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.,Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Centro de Química e Bioquímica, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Instituto de Farmacologia e Neurociências e, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.,Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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Gunn BG, Baram TZ. Stress and Seizures: Space, Time and Hippocampal Circuits. Trends Neurosci 2017; 40:667-679. [PMID: 28916130 DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2017.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2017] [Revised: 08/11/2017] [Accepted: 08/23/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Stress is a major trigger of seizures in people with epilepsy. Exposure to stress results in the release of several stress mediators throughout the brain, including the hippocampus, a region sensitive to stress and prone to seizures. Stress mediators interact with their respective receptors to produce distinct effects on the excitability of hippocampal neurons and networks. Crucially, these stress mediators and their actions exhibit unique spatiotemporal profiles, generating a complex combinatorial output with time- and space-dependent effects on hippocampal network excitability and seizure generation.
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- B G Gunn
- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA; Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA; Department of Neurology, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA.
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Tamir I, Daninos M, Yaari Y. Plasticity of intrinsic firing response gain in principal hippocampal neurons following pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus. Neuroscience 2017. [PMID: 28624573 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2017.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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OBJECTIVE In experimental models of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), brain neurons manifest multiple changes in intrinsic excitability that contribute to neuronal network hyperexcitability. We have investigated whether the intrinsic firing response gain, quantified by the slope of the function relating the number of evoked spikes (Ns) to input excitatory current intensity (I), is modified in principal rat hippocampal neurons in the pilocarpine-status epilepticus (SE) model of TLE. METHODS Intracellular recordings were made in CA3 and CA1 pyramidal cells (PCs) and dentate granule cells (GCs) in acute hippocampal slices obtained 7-36days after pilocarpine-SE. Firing response gains were determined empirically from Ns/I relationships and compared to other measured neuronal properties. RESULTS The firing response gain in all three types of principal neurons, particularly in CA3 PCs, was markedly multiplied following pilocarpine-SE. Analyses of persistent changes in active and passive properties of CA3 PCs suggested that this increase is multifactorial in origin, the major factors being a reduction in amplitude of the slow afterhyperpolarization and an increase in the fraction of bursting neurons. SIGNIFICANCE Here we show that pilocarpine-SE causes multiplication of the firing response gain in the three principal neurons in the hippocampal trisynaptic pathway. This alteration undoubtedly would contribute to hippocampal hyperexcitability in SE-induced TLE.
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- Idit Tamir
- Department of Medical Neurobiology, IMRIC, Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Medicine, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
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- Department of Medical Neurobiology, IMRIC, Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Medicine, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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- Department of Medical Neurobiology, IMRIC, Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Medicine, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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Ma S, Smith CM, Blasiak A, Gundlach AL. Distribution, physiology and pharmacology of relaxin-3/RXFP3 systems in brain. Br J Pharmacol 2016; 174:1034-1048. [PMID: 27774604 DOI: 10.1111/bph.13659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2016] [Revised: 10/12/2016] [Accepted: 10/17/2016] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Relaxin-3 is a member of a superfamily of structurally-related peptides that includes relaxin and insulin-like peptide hormones. Soon after the discovery of the relaxin-3 gene, relaxin-3 was identified as an abundant neuropeptide in brain with a distinctive topographical distribution within a small number of GABAergic neuron populations that is well conserved across species. Relaxin-3 is thought to exert its biological actions through a single class-A GPCR - relaxin-family peptide receptor 3 (RXFP3). Class-A comprises GPCRs for relaxin-3 and insulin-like peptide-5 and other peptides such as orexin and the monoamine transmitters. The RXFP3 receptor is selectively activated by relaxin-3, whereas insulin-like peptide-5 is the cognate ligand for the related RXFP4 receptor. Anatomical and pharmacological evidence obtained over the last decade supports a function of relaxin-3/RXFP3 systems in modulating responses to stress, anxiety-related and motivated behaviours, circadian rhythms, and learning and memory. Electrophysiological studies have identified the ability of RXFP3 agonists to directly hyperpolarise thalamic neurons in vitro, but there are no reports of direct cell signalling effects in vivo. This article provides an overview of earlier studies and highlights more recent research that implicates relaxin-3/RXFP3 neural network signalling in the integration of arousal, motivation, emotion and related cognition, and that has begun to identify the associated neural substrates and mechanisms. Future research directions to better elucidate the connectivity and function of different relaxin-3 neuron populations and their RXFP3-positive target neurons in major experimental species and humans are also identified. LINKED ARTICLES This article is part of a themed section on Recent Progress in the Understanding of Relaxin Family Peptides and their Receptors. To view the other articles in this section visit http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bph.v174.10/issuetoc.
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- Sherie Ma
- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.,Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.,Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Neurophysiology and Chronobiology, Institute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.,Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Hertz L, Chen Y. Importance of astrocytes for potassium ion (K+) homeostasis in brain and glial effects of K+ and its transporters on learning. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2016; 71:484-505. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.09.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2016] [Revised: 08/12/2016] [Accepted: 09/23/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Wang K, Mateos-Aparicio P, Hönigsperger C, Raghuram V, Wu WW, Ridder MC, Sah P, Maylie J, Storm JF, Adelman JP. IK1 channels do not contribute to the slow afterhyperpolarization in pyramidal neurons. eLife 2016; 5:e11206. [PMID: 26765773 PMCID: PMC4733036 DOI: 10.7554/elife.11206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2015] [Accepted: 12/01/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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In pyramidal neurons such as hippocampal area CA1 and basolateral amygdala, a slow afterhyperpolarization (sAHP) follows a burst of action potentials, which is a powerful regulator of neuronal excitability. The sAHP amplitude increases with aging and may underlie age related memory decline. The sAHP is due to a Ca2+-dependent, voltage-independent K+ conductance, the molecular identity of which has remained elusive until a recent report suggested the Ca2+-activated K+ channel, IK1 (KCNN4) as the sAHP channel in CA1 pyramidal neurons. The signature pharmacology of IK1, blockade by TRAM-34, was reported for the sAHP and underlying current. We have examined the sAHP and find no evidence that TRAM-34 affects either the current underling the sAHP or excitability of CA1 or basolateral amygdala pyramidal neurons. In addition, CA1 pyramidal neurons from IK1 null mice exhibit a characteristic sAHP current. Our results indicate that IK1 channels do not mediate the sAHP in pyramidal neurons. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.11206.001 Neurons carry signals in the form of electrical impulses called action potentials. These nerve impulses result from ions flowing through proteins called ion channels in the neuron’s membrane, and they determine how the neuron communicates with neighboring neurons. The number of action potentials a neuron can produce can vary over a wide range. In the brain, a particular kind of ion channel limits the number of action potentials that many neurons produce via a negative feedback mechanism. That is to say, nerve impulses activate this ion channel and the activated channel then makes the neuron less able to send further nerve impulses for a while.The activity of this ion channel increases with age and it may be responsible for some forms of age-related decline in cognitive abilities. However, the exact identity of the ion channel responsible was unclear. Recent research has suggested the ion channel in question was a protein called IK1. This conclusion was largely based on how this ion channel responded to drugs in the laboratory. Wang, Materos-Aparico et al. sought to verify this conclusion and, in contrast with the previous reports, found that the IK1 ion channel did not respond to these drugs in the same way when it was in neurons in the brains of mice. In further experiments, mice that had been engineered to lack the IK1 ion channel still showed the characteristic negative feedback that regulates the firing of action potentials. Thus, Wang, Materos-Aparico et al. found no evidence to support the previous conclusion, and instead conclude that the exact identity of this important ion channel in the brain has yet to be defined. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.11206.002
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- Kang Wang
- Vollum Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, United States
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- Department of Physiology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Physiology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Vollum Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, United States
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, United States
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- Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, United States
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- Department of Physiology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Vollum Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, United States
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King B, Rizwan AP, Asmara H, Heath NC, Engbers JDT, Dykstra S, Bartoletti TM, Hameed S, Zamponi GW, Turner RW. IKCa channels are a critical determinant of the slow AHP in CA1 pyramidal neurons. Cell Rep 2016; 11:175-82. [PMID: 25865881 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.03.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2014] [Revised: 01/30/2015] [Accepted: 03/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Control over the frequency and pattern of neuronal spike discharge depends on Ca2+-gated K+ channels that reduce cell excitability by hyperpolarizing the membrane potential. The Ca2+-dependent slow afterhyperpolarization (sAHP) is one of the most prominent inhibitory responses in the brain, with sAHP amplitude linked to a host of circuit and behavioral functions, yet the channel that underlies the sAHP has defied identification for decades. Here, we show that intermediate-conductance Ca2+-dependent K+ (IKCa) channels underlie the sAHP generated by trains of synaptic input or postsynaptic stimuli in CA1 hippocampal pyramidal cells. These findings are significant in providing a molecular identity for the sAHP of central neurons that will identify pharmacological tools capable of potentially modifying the several behavioral or disease states associated with the sAHP.
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Buchta WC, Riegel AC. Chronic cocaine disrupts mesocortical learning mechanisms. Brain Res 2015; 1628:88-103. [PMID: 25704202 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2015.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2014] [Revised: 01/28/2015] [Accepted: 02/01/2015] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The addictive power of drugs of abuse such as cocaine comes from their ability to hijack natural reward and plasticity mechanisms mediated by dopamine signaling in the brain. Reward learning involves burst firing of midbrain dopamine neurons in response to rewards and cues predictive of reward. The resulting release of dopamine in terminal regions is thought to act as a teaching signaling to areas such as the prefrontal cortex and striatum. In this review, we posit that a pool of extrasynaptic dopaminergic D1-like receptors activated in response to dopamine neuron burst firing serve to enable synaptic plasticity in the prefrontal cortex in response to rewards and their cues. We propose that disruptions in these mechanisms following chronic cocaine use contribute to addiction pathology, in part due to the unique architecture of the mesocortical pathway. By blocking dopamine reuptake in the cortex, cocaine elevates dopamine signaling at these extrasynaptic receptors, prolonging D1-receptor activation and the subsequent activation of intracellular signaling cascades, and thus inducing long-lasting maladaptive plasticity. These cellular adaptations may account for many of the changes in cortical function observed in drug addicts, including an enduring vulnerability to relapse. Therefore, understanding and targeting these neuroadaptations may provide cognitive benefits and help prevent relapse in human drug addicts.
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- William C Buchta
- Neurobiology of Addiction Research Center (NARC), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
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- Neurobiology of Addiction Research Center (NARC), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA.
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Cauli B, Zhou X, Tricoire L, Toussay X, Staiger JF. Revisiting enigmatic cortical calretinin-expressing interneurons. Front Neuroanat 2014; 8:52. [PMID: 25009470 PMCID: PMC4067953 DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2014.00052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2014] [Accepted: 06/05/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Cortical calretinin (CR)-expressing interneurons represent a heterogeneous subpopulation of about 10-30% of GABAergic interneurons, which altogether total ca. 12-20% of all cortical neurons. In the rodent neocortex, CR cells display different somatodendritic morphologies ranging from bipolar to multipolar but the bipolar cells and their variations dominate. They are also diverse at the molecular level as they were shown to express numerous neuropeptides in different combinations including vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP), cholecystokinin (CCK), neurokinin B (NKB) corticotrophin releasing factor (CRF), enkephalin (Enk) but also neuropeptide Y (NPY) and somatostatin (SOM) to a lesser extent. CR-expressing interneurons exhibit different firing behaviors such as adapting, bursting or irregular. They mainly originate from the caudal ganglionic eminence (CGE) but a subpopulation also derives from the dorsal part of the medial ganglionic eminence (MGE). Cortical GABAergic CR-expressing interneurons can be divided in two main populations: VIP-bipolar interneurons deriving from the CGE and SOM-Martinotti-like interneurons originating in the dorsal MGE. Although bipolar cells account for the majority of CR-expressing interneurons, the roles they play in cortical neuronal circuits and in the more general metabolic physiology of the brain remained elusive and enigmatic. The aim of this review is, firstly, to provide a comprehensive view of the morphological, molecular and electrophysiological features defining this cell type. We will, secondly, also summarize what is known about their place in the cortical circuit, their modulation by subcortical afferents and the functional roles they might play in neuronal processing and energy metabolism.
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- Bruno Cauli
- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC University Paris 06, UM CR18, Neuroscience Paris Seine Paris, France ; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR 8246, Neuroscience Paris Seine Paris, France ; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, UMR-S 1130, Neuroscience Paris Seine Paris, France
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- Institute for Neuroanatomy, UMG, Georg-August-University Göttingen Göttingen, Germany
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC University Paris 06, UM CR18, Neuroscience Paris Seine Paris, France ; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR 8246, Neuroscience Paris Seine Paris, France ; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, UMR-S 1130, Neuroscience Paris Seine Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC University Paris 06, UM CR18, Neuroscience Paris Seine Paris, France ; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR 8246, Neuroscience Paris Seine Paris, France ; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, UMR-S 1130, Neuroscience Paris Seine Paris, France
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- Institute for Neuroanatomy, UMG, Georg-August-University Göttingen Göttingen, Germany
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CGRP inhibits neurons of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis: implications for the regulation of fear and anxiety. J Neurosci 2014; 34:60-5. [PMID: 24381268 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3473-13.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) is thought to generate anxiety-like states via its projections to autonomic and neuroendocrine regulatory structures of the brain. However, because most BNST cells are GABAergic, they are expected to inhibit target neurons. In contrast with this, infusion of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) into BNST was reported to potentiate anxiety while activating BNST targets. The present study aimed to shed light on this paradox. The CGRP innervation of BNST originates in the pontine parabrachial nucleus and targets its anterolateral sector (BNST-AL). Thus, we investigated the effects of CGRP on BNST-AL neurons using patch recordings in vitro in male rats. CGRP did not alter the passive properties of BNST-AL cells but increased the amplitude of IPSPs evoked by stimulation of the stria terminalis (ST). However, IPSP paired-pulse ratios were unchanged by CGRP, and there was no correlation between IPSP potentiation and variance, suggesting that CGRP acts postsynaptically. Consistent with this, CGRP hyperpolarized the GABA-A reversal of BNST-AL cells. These results indicate that CGRP increases ST-evoked GABA-A IPSPs and hyperpolarizes their reversal potential through a postsynaptic change in Cl(-) homeostasis. Overall, our findings suggest that CGRP potentiates anxiety-like behaviors and increases neural activity in BNST targets, by inhibiting BNST-AL cells, supporting the conclusion that BNST-AL exerts anxiolytic effects.
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Guzman-Karlsson MC, Meadows JP, Gavin CF, Hablitz JJ, Sweatt JD. Transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of Hebbian and non-Hebbian plasticity. Neuropharmacology 2014; 80:3-17. [PMID: 24418102 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2014.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2013] [Revised: 12/30/2013] [Accepted: 01/01/2014] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The epigenome is uniquely positioned as a point of convergence, integrating multiple intracellular signaling cascades into a cohesive gene expression profile necessary for long-term behavioral change. The last decade of neuroepigenetic research has primarily focused on learning-induced changes in DNA methylation and chromatin modifications. Numerous studies have independently demonstrated the importance of epigenetic modifications in memory formation and retention as well as Hebbian plasticity. However, how these mechanisms operate in the context of other forms of plasticity is largely unknown. In this review, we examine evidence for epigenetic regulation of Hebbian plasticity. We then discuss how non-Hebbian forms of plasticity, such as intrinsic plasticity and synaptic scaling, may also be involved in producing the cellular adaptations necessary for learning-related behavioral change. Furthermore, we consider the likely roles for transcriptional and epigenetic mechanisms in the regulation of these plasticities. In doing so, we aim to expand upon the idea that epigenetic mechanisms are critical regulators of both Hebbian and non-Hebbian forms of plasticity that ultimately drive learning and memory.
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- Department of Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
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The sodium-potassium ATPase (i.e., the "sodium pump") plays a central role in maintaining ionic homeostasis in all cells. Although the sodium pump is intrinsically electrogenic and responsive to dynamic changes in intracellular sodium concentration, its role in regulating neuronal excitability remains unclear. Here we describe a physiological role for the sodium pump in regulating the excitability of mouse neocortical layer 5 and hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons. Trains of action potentials produced long-lasting (∼20 s) afterhyperpolarizations (AHPs) that were insensitive to blockade of voltage-gated calcium channels or chelation of intracellular calcium, but were blocked by tetrodotoxin, ouabain, or the removal of extracellular potassium. Correspondingly, the AHP time course was similar to the decay of activity-induced increases in intracellular sodium, whereas intracellular calcium decayed at much faster rates. To determine whether physiological patterns of activity engage the sodium pump, we replayed in vitro a place-specific burst of 15 action potentials recorded originally in vivo in a CA1 "place cell" as the animal traversed the associated place field. In both layer 5 and CA1 pyramidal neurons, this "place cell train" generated small, long-lasting AHPs capable of reducing neuronal excitability for many seconds. Place-cell-train-induced AHPs were blocked by ouabain or removal of extracellular potassium, but not by intracellular calcium chelation. Finally, we found calcium contributions to the AHP to be temperature dependent: prominent at room temperature, but largely absent at 35°C. Our results demonstrate a previously unappreciated role for the sodium-potassium ATPase in regulating the excitability of neocortical and hippocampal pyramidal neurons.
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Taylor RDT, Madsen MG, Krause M, Sampedro-Castañeda M, Stocker M, Pedarzani P. Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) inhibits the slow afterhyperpolarizing current sIAHP in CA1 pyramidal neurons by activating multiple signaling pathways. Hippocampus 2013; 24:32-43. [PMID: 23996525 PMCID: PMC3920641 DOI: 10.1002/hipo.22201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/20/2013] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The slow afterhyperpolarizing current (sIAHP ) is a calcium-dependent potassium current that underlies the late phase of spike frequency adaptation in hippocampal and neocortical neurons. sIAHP is a well-known target of modulation by several neurotransmitters acting via the cyclic AMP (cAMP) and protein kinase A (PKA)-dependent pathway. The neuropeptide pituitary adenylate cyclase activating peptide (PACAP) and its receptors are present in the hippocampal formation. In this study we have investigated the effect of PACAP on the sIAHP and the signal transduction pathway used to modulate intrinsic excitability of hippocampal pyramidal neurons. We show that PACAP inhibits the sIAHP , resulting in a decrease of spike frequency adaptation, in rat CA1 pyramidal cells. The suppression of sIAHP by PACAP is mediated by PAC1 and VPAC1 receptors. Inhibition of PKA reduced the effect of PACAP on sIAHP, suggesting that PACAP exerts part of its inhibitory effect on sIAHP by increasing cAMP and activating PKA. The suppression of sIAHP by PACAP was also strongly hindered by the inhibition of p38 MAP kinase (p38 MAPK). Concomitant inhibition of PKA and p38 MAPK indicates that these two kinases act in a sequential manner in the same pathway leading to the suppression of sIAHP. Conversely, protein kinase C is not part of the signal transduction pathway used by PACAP to inhibit sIAHP in CA1 neurons. Our results show that PACAP enhances the excitability of CA1 pyramidal neurons by inhibiting the sIAHP through the activation of multiple signaling pathways, most prominently cAMP/PKA and p38 MAPK. Our findings disclose a novel modulatory action of p38 MAPK on intrinsic excitability and the sIAHP, underscoring the role of this current as a neuromodulatory hub regulated by multiple protein kinases in cortical neurons.
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- Ruth D T Taylor
- Research Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Huberfeld G, Le Duigou C, Le Van Quyen M, Navarro V, Baulac M, Miles R. The paradox of the paroxysm: can seizure precipitants help explain human ictogenesis? Neuroscientist 2013; 19:523-40. [PMID: 23881918 DOI: 10.1177/1073858413497430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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An epileptic brain is permanently in a diseased state, but seizures occur rarely and without warning. Here we examine this paradox, common to paroxysmal diseases. We review the problem in the context of the prototypic acquired epilepsies of the medial temporal lobe. We ask how an epileptic temporal lobe differs from a healthy one and examine biological mechanisms that may explain the transition to seizure. Attempts to predict seizure timing from analyses of brain electrical activity suggest that the neurological processes involved may be initiated significantly before a seizure. Furthermore, whereas seizures are said to occur without warning, some patients say they know when a seizure is imminent. Several factors, including sleep deprivation, oscillations in hormonal levels, or withdrawal from drugs, increase the probability of a seizure. We ask whether these seizure precipitants might act through common neuronal mechanisms. Several precipitating factors seem to involve relief from a neurosteroid modulation of gamma-amino butyric acid receptor type A (GABAA) receptors. We propose tests of this hypothesis.
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- Gilles Huberfeld
- INSERM U975, Institut du Cerveau et la Moëlle Epinière, Paris, France
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Sex-specific cell signaling: the corticotropin-releasing factor receptor model. Trends Pharmacol Sci 2013; 34:437-44. [PMID: 23849813 DOI: 10.1016/j.tips.2013.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2013] [Revised: 06/09/2013] [Accepted: 06/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Elucidating the biological basis for sex differences in diseases can reveal their pathophysiology and guide the development of individualized treatments. Here, we review evidence for the novel concept that receptor signaling can be sex biased such that the specific pathways engaged by ligand binding are determined by sex. As an example, this review focuses on the receptor for corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF), a stress-related peptide implicated in diverse psychiatric and medical disorders that are more prevalent in females. There is evidence for sex biases in CRF receptor coupling to G proteins and β-arrestin that render females more sensitive to acute stress and less able to adapt to chronic stress. Taken with evidence for sex biased signaling in other receptor systems, the studies demonstrate the broad potential impact of this characteristic in determining sex differences in disease and therapeutic efficacy and underscore the importance of studying females in medical and pharmacological research.
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Zhang C, Rønnekleiv OK, Kelly MJ. Kisspeptin inhibits a slow afterhyperpolarization current via protein kinase C and reduces spike frequency adaptation in GnRH neurons. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2013; 304:E1237-44. [PMID: 23548613 PMCID: PMC3680681 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00058.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Kisspeptin signaling via its cognate receptor G protein-coupled receptor 54 (GPR54) in gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons plays a critical role in regulating pituitary secretion of luteinizing hormone and thus reproductive function. GPR54 is G(q)-coupled to activation of phospholipase C and multiple second messenger signaling pathways. Previous studies have shown that kisspeptin potently depolarizes GnRH neurons through the activation of canonical transient receptor potential channels and inhibition of inwardly rectifying K(+) channels to generate sustained firing. Since the initial studies showing that kisspeptin has prolonged effects, the question has been why is there very little spike frequency adaption during sustained firing? Presently, we have discovered that kisspeptin reduces spike frequency adaptation and prolongs firing via the inhibition of a calcium-activated slow afterhyperpolarization current (I(sAHP)). GnRH neurons expressed two distinct I(sAHP), a kisspeptin-sensitive and an apamin-sensitive I(sAHP). Essentially, kisspeptin inhibited 50% of the I(sAHP) and apamin inhibited the other 50% of the current. Furthermore, the kisspeptin-mediated inhibition of I(sAHP) was abrogated by the protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor calphostin C, and the PKC activator phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate mimicked and occluded any further effects of kisspeptin on I(sAHP). The protein kinase A (PKA) inhibitors H-89 and the Rp diastereomer of adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphorothioate had no effect on the kisspeptin-mediated inhibition but were able to abrogate the inhibitory effects of forskolin on the I(sAHP), suggesting that PKA is not involved. Therefore, in addition to increasing the firing rate through an overt depolarization, kisspeptin can also facilitate sustained firing through inhibiting an apamin-insensitive I(sAHP) in GnRH neurons via a PKC.
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- Chunguang Zhang
- Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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Blasiak A, Blasiak T, Lewandowski MH, Hossain MA, Wade JD, Gundlach AL. Relaxin-3 innervation of the intergeniculate leaflet of the rat thalamus - neuronal tract-tracing and in vitro electrophysiological studies. Eur J Neurosci 2013; 37:1284-94. [PMID: 23432696 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2012] [Accepted: 01/16/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Behavioural state is controlled by a range of neural systems that are sensitive to internal and external stimuli. The relaxin-3 and relaxin family peptide receptor 3 (RXFP3) system has emerged as a putative ascending arousal network with putative involvement in regulation of stress responses, neuroendocrine control, feeding and metabolism, circadian activity and cognition. Relaxin-3/γ-aminobutyric acid neuron populations have been identified in the nucleus incertus, pontine raphe nucleus, periaqueductal grey (PAG) and an area dorsal to the substantia nigra. Relaxin-3-positive fibres/terminals densely innervate arousal-related structures in the brainstem, hypothalamus and limbic forebrain, but the functional significance of the heterogeneous relaxin-3 neuron distribution and its inputs to specific brain areas are unclear. Therefore, in this study, we used neuronal tract-tracing and immunofluorescence staining to explore the source of the dense relaxin-3 innervation of the intergeniculate leaflet (IGL) of the thalamus, a component of the neural circadian timing system. Confocal microscopy analysis revealed that relaxin-3-positive neurons retrogradely labelled from the IGL were predominantly present in the PAG and these neurons expressed corticotropin-releasing factor receptor-like immunoreactivity. Subsequently, whole-cell patch-clamp recordings revealed heterogeneous effects of RXFP3 activation in the IGL by the RXFP3 agonist, relaxin-3 B-chain/insulin-like peptide-5 A-chain (R3/I5). Identified, neuropeptide Y-positive IGL neurons, known to influence suprachiasmatic nucleus activity, were excited by R3/I5, whereas neurons of unidentified neurotransmitter content were either depolarized or displayed a decrease in action potential firing and/or membrane potential hyperpolarization. Our data identify a PAG to IGL relaxin-3/RXFP3 pathway that might convey stress-related information to key elements of the circadian system and influence behavioural state rhythmicity.
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- Anna Blasiak
- Department of Neurophysiology and Chronobiology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 9, 30-387, Krakow, Poland.
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Kupferschmidt DA, Klas PG, Erb S. Cannabinoid CB1 receptors mediate the effects of corticotropin-releasing factor on the reinstatement of cocaine seeking and expression of cocaine-induced behavioural sensitization. Br J Pharmacol 2013; 167:196-206. [PMID: 22489809 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2012.01983.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The endocannabinoid and corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) systems have been implicated in several long-lasting behavioural effects of prior cocaine experience. The present experiments were designed to probe functional interactions between endocannabinoids and CRF by testing the role of cannabinoid CB(1) receptors in cocaine-related behaviours induced or mediated by CRF. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH In Experiment 1, rats trained to self-administer cocaine were pretreated with the CB(1) receptor antagonist, AM251 (0, 10, 100 or 200 µg, i.c.v.), before tests for reinstatement in response to CRF (0, 0.5 µg, i.c.v.), intermittent footshock stress (0, 0.9 mA) or cocaine (0, 10 mg·kg(-1) , i.p.). In Experiment 2, rats pre-exposed to cocaine (15-30 mg·kg(-1) , i.p.) or saline for 7 days were pretreated with AM251 (0, 10 or 100 µg, i.c.v.) before tests for locomotion in response to CRF (0.5 µg, i.c.v.), cocaine (15 mg·kg(-1) , i.p.) or saline (i.c.v.). KEY RESULTS Pretreatment with AM251 selectively interfered with CRF-, but not footshock- or cocaine-induced reinstatement. AM251 blocked the expression of behavioural sensitization induced by challenge injections of both CRF and cocaine. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS These findings reveal a mediating role for CB(1) receptor transmission in the effects of CRF on cocaine-related behaviours.
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- D A Kupferschmidt
- Centre for the Neurobiology of Stress, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Lee K, Liu X, Herbison AE. Burst firing in gonadotrophin-releasing hormone neurones does not require ionotrophic GABA or glutamate receptor activation. J Neuroendocrinol 2012; 24:1476-83. [PMID: 22831560 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2012.02360.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2012] [Revised: 07/11/2012] [Accepted: 07/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Burst firing is a feature of many neuroendocrine cell types, including the hypothalamic gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurones that control fertility. The role of intrinsic and extrinsic influences in generating GnRH neurone burst firing is presently unclear. In the present study, we investigated the role of fast amino acid transmission in burst firing by examining the effects of receptor antagonists on bursting displayed by green fluorescent protein GnRH neurones in sagittal brain slices prepared from adult male mice. Blockade of AMPA and NMDA glutamate receptors with a cocktail of CNQX and AP5 was found to have no effects on burst firing in GnRH neurones. The frequency of bursts, dynamics of individual bursts, or percentage of firing clustered in bursts was not altered. Similarly, GABA(A) receptor antagonists bicuculline and picrotoxin had no effects upon burst firing in GnRH neurones. To examine the importance of both glutamate and GABA ionotrophic signalling, a cocktail including picrotoxin, CNQX and AP5 was used but, again, this was found to have no effects on GnRH neurone burst firing. To further question the impact of endogenous amino acid release on burst firing, electrical activation of anteroventral periventricular nuclei GABA/glutamate inputs to GnRH neurones was undertaken and found to have no impact on burst firing. Taken together, these observations indicate that bursting in GnRH neurones is not dependent upon acute ionotrophic GABA and glutamate signalling and suggest that extrinsic inputs to GnRH neurones acting through AMPA, NMDA and GABA(A) receptors are unlikely to be required for burst initiation in these cells.
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- K Lee
- Centre for Neuroendocrinology and Department of Physiology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Andrade R, Foehring RC, Tzingounis AV. The calcium-activated slow AHP: cutting through the Gordian knot. Front Cell Neurosci 2012; 6:47. [PMID: 23112761 PMCID: PMC3480710 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2012.00047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2012] [Accepted: 10/05/2012] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The phenomenon known as the slow afterhyperpolarization (sAHP) was originally described more than 30 years ago in pyramidal cells as a slow, Ca(2+)-dependent afterpotential controlling spike frequency adaptation. Subsequent work showed that similar sAHPs were widely expressed in the brain and were mediated by a Ca(2+)-activated potassium current that was voltage-independent, insensitive to most potassium channel blockers, and strongly modulated by neurotransmitters. However, the molecular basis for this current has remained poorly understood. The sAHP was initially imagined to reflect the activation of a potassium channel directly gated by Ca(2+) but recent studies have begun to question this idea. The sAHP is distinct from the Ca(2+)-dependent fast and medium AHPs in that it appears to sense cytoplasmic [Ca(2+)](i) and recent evidence implicates proteins of the neuronal calcium sensor (NCS) family as diffusible cytoplasmic Ca(2+) sensors for the sAHP. Translocation of Ca(2+)-bound sensor to the plasma membrane would then be an intermediate step between Ca(2+) and the sAHP channels. Parallel studies strongly suggest that the sAHP current is carried by different potassium channel types depending on the cell type. Finally, the sAHP current is dependent on membrane PtdIns(4,5)P(2) and Ca(2+) appears to gate this current by increasing PtdIns(4,5)P(2) levels. Because membrane PtdIns(4,5)P(2) is essential for the activity of many potassium channels, these finding have led us to hypothesize that the sAHP reflects a transient Ca(2+)-induced increase in the local availability of PtdIns(4,5)P(2) which then activates a variety of potassium channels. If this view is correct, the sAHP current would not represent a unitary ionic current but the embodiment of a generalized potassium channel gating mechanism. This model can potentially explain the cardinal features of the sAHP, including its cellular heterogeneity, slow kinetics, dependence on cytoplasmic [Ca(2+)], high temperature-dependence, and modulation.
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- Rodrigo Andrade
- Department of Pharmacology, Wayne State University School of Medicine Detroit, MI, USA
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Chomiak T, Hu B. Alterations of neocortical development and maturation in autism: insight from valproic acid exposure and animal models of autism. Neurotoxicol Teratol 2012; 36:57-66. [PMID: 22967743 DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2012.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2012] [Revised: 07/05/2012] [Accepted: 08/20/2012] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a behaviourally defined brain disorder affecting approximately 1 in 88 children. Many pathological studies have shown that ASD is frequently associated with grey and white matter changes that can be described by their deviations from the normal trajectory of cortical maturation. For example, during the early (i.e. <2 years) postnatal period there is marked and selective tissue overgrowth in the higher-order temporal and frontal networks involved in emotional, social, and communication functions. In this focused review we first summarize some basic principles of neocortical neural organization and how they are disrupted in ASD. We will then highlight some of the potential mechanisms by which the normal developmental trajectory and organization of neocortical networks can be altered based on animal studies of valproic acid, a teratogen widely used in animal models of ASD. We argue that the trajectory of postnatal cerebral neocortex development may be influenced by several cellular and molecular mechanisms that may all converge to produce a neuropathology characterized by premature or accelerated neuronal growth.
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- Taylor Chomiak
- Division of Experimental Neuroscience, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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Grammatopoulos DK. Insights into mechanisms of corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor signal transduction. Br J Pharmacol 2012; 166:85-97. [PMID: 21883143 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2011.01631.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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During evolution, mammals have developed remarkably similar molecular mechanisms to respond to external challenges and maintain survival. Critical regulators of these mechanisms are the family of 'stress'-peptides that consists of the corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) and urocortins (Ucns). These neuropeptides 'fine-tune' integration of an intricate series of physiological responses involving the autonomic, endocrine, immune, cardiovascular and reproductive systems, which induce a spectrum of behavioural and homeostatic changes. CRH and Ucns exert their actions by activating two types of CRH receptors (CRH-R), CRH-R1 and CRH-R2, which belong to the class-B1 family of GPCRs. The CRH-Rs exhibit signalling promiscuity facilitated by their ability to couple to multiple G-proteins and regulate diverse intracellular networks that involve intracellular effectors such as cAMP and an array of PKs in an agonist and tissue-specific manner, a property that allows them to exert unique roles in the integration of homeostatic mechanisms. We only now begin to unravel the plethora of CRH-R biological actions and the transcriptional and post-translational mechanisms such as alternative mRNA splicing or phosphorylation-mediated desensitization developed to tightly control CRH-Rs biological activity and regulate their physiological actions. This review summarizes the current understanding of CRH-R signalling complexity and regulatory mechanisms that underpin cellular responses to CRH and Ucns.
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Dong H, Murphy KM, Meng L, Montalvo-Ortiz J, Zeng Z, Kolber BJ, Zhang S, Muglia LJ, Csernansky JG. Corticotrophin releasing factor accelerates neuropathology and cognitive decline in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. J Alzheimers Dis 2012; 28:579-92. [PMID: 22045495 DOI: 10.3233/jad-2011-111328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Chronic stress has been suggested to influence the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD); however, the mechanism underlying this influence remains unknown. In this study, we created a triple transgenic mouse model that overexpresses corticotrophin-releasing factor (CRF) and human amyloid-β protein precursor (AβPP), to investigate whether increases in the expression of CRF can mimic the effects of stress on amyloid metabolism and the neurodegeneration. Tg2576 mice that overexpresses human AβPP gene were crossbreed with Tetop-CRF (CRF) mice and CaMKII-tTA (tTA) mice to create a novel triple transgenic mouse model that conditioned overexpresses CRF in forebrain and overexpresses human AβPP (called AβPP+/CRF+/tTA+, or TT mice). Then we evaluated serial neuro-anatomical and behavioral phenotypes on TT mice using histological, biochemical, and behavioral assays. TT mice showed a Cushingoid-like phenotype starting at 3 months of age. At 6 months of age, these mice demonstrated increases in tissue-soluble amyloid-β (Aβ) and Aβ plaques in the cortex and hippocampus, as compared to control mice. Moreover, TT mice characterized substantial decreases in dendritic branching and dendritic spine density in pyramidal neurons in layer 4 of the frontal cortex and CA1 of the hippocampus. Finally, TT mice showed significantly impaired working memory and contextual memory, with a modest increase in anxiety-like behavior. Our results suggested genetic increases in the brain of CRF expression mimicked chronic stress on the effects of amyloid deposition, neurodegeneration, and behavioral deficits. The novel transgenic mouse model will provide a unique tool to further investigate the mechanisms between stress and AD.
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- Hongxin Dong
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
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Jüngling K, Liu X, Lesting J, Coulon P, Sosulina L, Reinscheid RK, Pape HC. Activation of neuropeptide S-expressing neurons in the locus coeruleus by corticotropin-releasing factor. J Physiol 2012; 590:3701-17. [PMID: 22570383 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2011.226423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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A recently discovered neurotransmitter system, consisting of neuropeptide S (NPS), NPS receptor, and NPS-expressing neurons in the brain stem, has received considerable interest due to its modulating influence on arousal, anxiety and stress responsiveness. Comparatively little is known about the properties of NPS-expressing neurons. Therefore in the present study, a transgenic mouse line expressing enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) in NPS neurons was used to characterize the cellular and functional properties of NPS-expressing neurons located close to the locus coeruleus. Particular emphasis was on the influence of corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF), given previous evidence of stress-related activation of the NPS system. Upon acute immobilization stress, an increase in c-fos expression was detected immunocytochemically in brain stem NPS-EGFP neurons that also expressed the CRF receptor 1 (CRF1). NPS-EGFP neurons were readily identified in acute slice preparations and responded to CRF application with a membrane depolarization capable of triggering action potentials. CRF-induced responses displayed pharmacological properties indicative of CRF1 that were mediated by both a reduction in membrane potassium conductance and an increase in a non-specific cation conductance different from the hyperpolarization-activated cation conductance Ih, and involved protein kinase A signalling. In conclusion, stress exposure results in activation of brain stem NPS-expressing neurons, involving a CRF1-mediated membrane depolarization via at least two ionic mechanisms. These data provide evidence for a direct interaction between the CRF and the NPS system and thereby extend previous observations of NPS-modulated stress responsiveness towards a mechanistic level.
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- Kay Jüngling
- H.-C. Pape: Institute of Physiology I; Robert-Koch-Str. 27a, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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Covasala O, Stirn SL, Albrecht S, De Col R, Messlinger K. Calcitonin gene-related peptide receptors in rat trigeminal ganglion do not control spinal trigeminal activity. J Neurophysiol 2012; 108:431-40. [PMID: 22539824 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00167.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is regarded as a key mediator in the generation of primary headaches. CGRP receptor antagonists reduce migraine pain in clinical trials and spinal trigeminal activity in animal experiments. The site of CGRP receptor inhibition causing these effects is debated. Activation and inhibition of CGRP receptors in the trigeminal ganglion may influence the activity of trigeminal afferents and hence of spinal trigeminal neurons. In anesthetized rats extracellular activity was recorded from neurons with meningeal afferent input in the spinal trigeminal nucleus caudalis. Mechanical stimuli were applied at regular intervals to receptive fields located in the exposed cranial dura mater. α-CGRP (10(-5) M), the CGRP receptor antagonist olcegepant (10(-3) M), or vehicle was injected through the infraorbital canal into the trigeminal ganglion. The injection of volumes caused transient discharges, but vehicle, CGRP, or olcegepant injection was not followed by significant changes in ongoing or mechanically evoked activity. In animals pretreated intravenously with the nitric oxide donor glyceryl trinitrate (GTN, 250 μg/kg) the mechanically evoked activity decreased after injection of CGRP and increased after injection of olcegepant. In conclusion, the activity of spinal trigeminal neurons with meningeal afferent input is normally not controlled by CGRP receptor activation or inhibition in the trigeminal ganglion. CGRP receptors in the trigeminal ganglion may influence neuronal activity evoked by mechanical stimulation of meningeal afferents only after pretreatment with GTN. Since it has previously been shown that olcegepant applied to the cranial dura mater is ineffective, trigeminal activity driven by meningeal afferent input is more likely to be controlled by CGRP receptors located centrally to the trigeminal ganglion.
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- Oana Covasala
- Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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Maras PM, Baram TZ. Sculpting the hippocampus from within: stress, spines, and CRH. Trends Neurosci 2012; 35:315-24. [PMID: 22386641 DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2012.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2011] [Revised: 01/10/2012] [Accepted: 01/25/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Learning and memory processes carried out within the hippocampus are influenced by stress in a complex manner, and the mechanisms by which stress modulates the physiology of the hippocampus are not fully understood. This review addresses how the production and release of the neuropeptide corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) within the hippocampus during stress influences neuronal structure and hippocampal function. CRH functions in the contexts of acute and chronic stresses taking place during development, adulthood and aging. Current challenges are to uncover how the dynamic actions of CRH integrate with the well-established roles of adrenal-derived steroid stress hormones to shape the cognitive functions of the hippocampus in response to stress.
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- Pamela M Maras
- Department of Anatomy/Neurobiology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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Dermitzaki E, Tsatsanis C, Gravanis A, Margioris AN. The calcineurin-nuclear factor of activated T cells signaling pathway mediates the effect of corticotropin releasing factor and urocortins on catecholamine synthesis. J Cell Physiol 2012; 227:1861-72. [DOI: 10.1002/jcp.22914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Kainate receptors with a metabotropic signature enhance hippocampal excitability by regulating the slow after-hyperpolarization in CA3 pyramidal neurons. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2011. [PMID: 21713667 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-9557-5_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Most of our knowledge of the synaptic function of kainate receptors stems from a detailed analysis of synaptic transmission between dentate granule cells and CA3 pyramidal neurons, where kainate receptors mediate a slow excitatory current with integrative properties ideally suited for repetitive neuronal firing. Besides this well characterized ionotropic effect of kainate receptors, they can also enhance neuronal excitability by inhibiting the slow Ca(2+) activated K(+) current I(sAHP) via a G-protein coupled mechanism. This phenomenon is associated with Ca(2+) mobilization and protein-kinase activation and ultimately leads to modulation of ion channels responsible for intrinsic electrical properties such as firing adaptation. The significance for CNS function of these newly emerging metabotropic kainate receptors is poorly understood and as yet proteomic analysis of kainate receptors has yielded little information on signaling molecules associated with the kainate receptor ionophore. This chapter covers the key findings that have led to the proposal that high-affinity postsynaptic kainate receptors trigger a form of metabotropic signaling regulating I(sAH P) and neuronal firing in CA3 hippocampal neurons.
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Hu E, Demmou L, Cauli B, Gallopin T, Geoffroy H, Harris-Warrick RM, Paupardin-Tritsch D, Lambolez B, Vincent P, Hepp R. VIP, CRF, and PACAP act at distinct receptors to elicit different cAMP/PKA dynamics in the neocortex. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 21:708-18. [PMID: 20699230 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhq143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The functional significance of diverse neuropeptide coexpression and convergence onto common second messenger pathways remains unclear. To address this question, we characterized responses to corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF), pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating peptide (PACAP), and vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) in rat neocortical slices using optical recordings of cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) and protein kinase A (PKA) sensors, patch-clamp, and single-cell reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. Responses of pyramidal neurons to the 3 neuropeptides markedly differed in time-course and amplitude. Effects of these neuropeptides on the PKA-sensitive slow afterhyperpolarization current were consistent with those observed with cAMP/PKA sensors. CRF-1 receptors, primarily expressed in pyramidal cells, reportedly mediate the neocortical effects of CRF. PACAP and VIP activated distinct PAC1 and VPAC1 receptors, respectively. Indeed, a selective VPAC1 antagonist prevented VIP responses but had a minor effect on PACAP responses, which were mimicked by a specific PAC1 agonist. While PAC1 and VPAC1 were coexpressed in pyramidal cells, PAC1 expression was also frequently detected in interneurons, suggesting that PACAP has widespread effects on the neuronal network. Our results suggest that VIP and CRF, originating from interneurons, and PACAP, expressed mainly by pyramidal cells, finely tune the excitability and gene expression in the neocortical network via distinct cAMP/PKA-mediated effects.
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- Emilie Hu
- Neurobiologie des Processus Adaptatifs, CNRS UMR7102, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-P6, Paris, F75005-France
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Liu JX, Tang YC, Liu Y, Tang FR. Status epilepticus alters hippocampal PKAbeta and PKAgamma expression in mice. Seizure 2010; 19:414-20. [PMID: 20630779 DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2010.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2009] [Revised: 06/12/2010] [Accepted: 06/17/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To investigate the localization and progressive changes of cyclic-AMP dependent protein kinase (cPKA) in the mouse hippocampus at acute stages during and after pilocarpine induced status epilepticus. METHODS Pilocarpine induced status epilepticus mice were sacrificed 30 min, 2 h or 1 day after the start of a approximately 7 h lasting status as assessed by video-electroencephalography. Brains were processed for quantitative immunohistochemistry of hippocampal cPKAbeta and cPKAgamma, and immunohistochemical co-localization of cPKAbeta and cPKAgamma with calbindin (CB), calretinin (CR), and parvalbumin (PV). RESULTS Based on anatomical and morphological assessment, cPKAbeta was primarily expressed by principal cells and cPKAgamma by interneurons. In CA1, cPKAbeta co-localized with 76% of CB, 41% of CR, and 95% of PV-immunopositive cells, while cPKAgamma co-localized with 50% of CB, 29% of CR, and 80% of PV-immunopositive cells. Upon induction of status epilepticus, cPKAbeta expression was transiently reduced in CA1, whereas cPKAgamma expression was sustainably reduced. CONCLUSION cPKA may play an important role in neuronal hyperexcitability, death and epileptogenesis during and after pilocarpine induced status epilepticus.
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- Jian Xin Liu
- Institute of Neurobiology, School of Medicine, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, PR China
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Benito E, Barco A. CREB's control of intrinsic and synaptic plasticity: implications for CREB-dependent memory models. Trends Neurosci 2010; 33:230-40. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2010.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 326] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2009] [Revised: 02/01/2010] [Accepted: 02/10/2010] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Viosca J, Malleret G, Bourtchouladze R, Benito E, Vronskava S, Kandel ER, Barco A. Chronic enhancement of CREB activity in the hippocampus interferes with the retrieval of spatial information. Learn Mem 2009; 16:198-209. [PMID: 19237642 DOI: 10.1101/lm.1220309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The activation of cAMP-responsive element-binding protein (CREB)-dependent gene expression is thought to be critical for the formation of different types of long-term memory. To explore the consequences of chronic enhancement of CREB function on spatial memory in mammals, we examined spatial navigation in bitransgenic mice that express in a regulated and restricted manner a constitutively active form of CREB, VP16-CREB, in forebrain neurons. We found that chronic enhancement of CREB activity delayed the acquisition of an allocentric strategy to solve the hidden platform task. The ability to turn on and off transgene expression allowed us to dissect the role of CREB in dissociable memory processes. In mice in which transgene expression was turned on during memory acquisition, turning off the transgene re-established the access to the memory trace, whereas in mice in which transgene expression was turned off during acquisition, turning on the transgene impaired memory expression in a reversible manner, indicating that CREB enhancement specifically interfered with the retrieval of spatial information. The defects on spatial navigation in mice with chronic enhancement of CREB function were not corrected by conditions that increased further CREB-dependent activation of hippocampal memory systems, such as housing in an enriched environment. These results along with previous findings in CREB-deficient mutants indicate that the relationship of CREB-mediated plasticity to spatial memory is an inverted-U function, and that optimal learning in the water maze requires accurate regulation of this pathway.
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- Jose Viosca
- Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Universidad Miguel Hernández-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Alicante 03550, Spain
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Chaudhury D, Loh DH, Dragich JM, Hagopian A, Colwell CS. Select cognitive deficits in vasoactive intestinal peptide deficient mice. BMC Neurosci 2008; 9:63. [PMID: 18616823 PMCID: PMC2474849 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-9-63] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2008] [Accepted: 07/10/2008] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background The neuropeptide vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) is widely distributed in the adult central nervous system where this peptide functions to regulate synaptic transmission and neural excitability. The expression of VIP and its receptors in brain regions implicated in learning and memory functions, including the hippocampus, cortex, and amygdala, raise the possibility that this peptide may function to modulate learned behaviors. Among other actions, the loss of VIP has a profound effect on circadian timing and may specifically influence the temporal regulation of learning and memory functions. Results In the present study, we utilized transgenic VIP-deficient mice and the contextual fear conditioning paradigm to explore the impact of the loss of this peptide on a learned behavior. We found that VIP-deficient mice exhibited normal shock-evoked freezing behavior and increases in corticosterone. Similarly, these mutant mice exhibited no deficits in the acquisition or recall of the fear-conditioned behavior when tested 24-hours after training. The VIP-deficient mice exhibited a significant reduction in recall when tested 48-hours or longer after training. Surprisingly, we found that the VIP-deficient mice continued to express circadian rhythms in the recall of the training even in those individual mice whose wheel running wheel activity was arrhythmic. One mechanistic explanation is suggested by the finding that daily rhythms in the expression of the clock gene Period2 continue in the hippocampus of VIP-deficient mice. Conclusion Together these data suggest that the neuropeptide VIP regulates the recall of at least one learned behavior but does not impact the circadian regulation of this behavior.
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- Dipesh Chaudhury
- Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California - Los Angeles, 760 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, California 90024-1759, USA.
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Christian CA, Moenter SM. Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide can excite gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons in a manner dependent on estradiol and gated by time of day. Endocrinology 2008; 149:3130-6. [PMID: 18326000 PMCID: PMC2408801 DOI: 10.1210/en.2007-1098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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A surge of GnRH release signals the LH surge that triggers ovulation. The GnRH surge is dependent on a switch in estradiol feedback from negative to positive and, in rodents, a daily neural signal, likely from the suprachiasmatic nuclei. Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) may be involved in suprachiasmatic nuclei-GnRH neuron communication. Here we assessed the effects of acute VIP (5 min treatment) on GnRH neuron function using targeted extracellular recordings of firing activity of GnRH neurons in brain slices. We examined the effect of VIP on firing rate at different times of day using an established ovariectomized, estradiol-treated (OVX+E) mouse model that exhibits daily LH surges timed to the late afternoon. Cells from OVX animals (no estradiol) did not respond to VIP, regardless of time of day. With estradiol, the effect of VIP on GnRH neurons was dependent on the time of recording. During negative feedback, OVX+E cells did not respond. VIP increased firing in cells recorded during surge onset, but this excitatory response was reduced at surge peak. Acute treatment of OVX+E cells during surge peak with a VIP receptor antagonist decreased GnRH neuron firing. This suggests endogenous VIP may both increase GnRH neuron firing during the surge and occlude response to exogenous VIP. These data provide functional evidence for VIP effects on GnRH neurons and indicate that both estradiol and time of day gate the GnRH neuron response to this peptide. VIP may provide an excitatory signal from the circadian clock that helps time the GnRH surge.
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- Catherine A Christian
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
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CRF facilitates calcium release from intracellular stores in midbrain dopamine neurons. Neuron 2008; 57:559-70. [PMID: 18304485 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2007.12.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2007] [Revised: 11/20/2007] [Accepted: 12/21/2007] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Changes in cytosolic calcium are crucial for numerous processes including neuronal plasticity. This study investigates the regulation of cytosolic calcium by corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) in midbrain dopamine neurons. The results demonstrate that CRF stimulates the release of intracellular calcium from stores through activation of adenylyl cyclase and PKA. Imaging and photolysis experiments showed that the calcium originated from dendrites and required both functional IP3 and ryanodine receptor channels. The elevation in cytosolic calcium potentiated calcium-sensitive potassium channels (sK) activated by action potentials and metabotropic Gq-coupled receptors for glutamate and acetylcholine. This increase in cytosolic calcium activated by postsynaptic Gs-coupled CRF receptors may represent a fundamental mechanism by which stress peptides and hormones can shape Gq-coupled receptor-mediated regulation of neuronal excitability and synaptic plasticity in dopamine neurons.
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Wanat MJ, Hopf FW, Stuber GD, Phillips PEM, Bonci A. Corticotropin-releasing factor increases mouse ventral tegmental area dopamine neuron firing through a protein kinase C-dependent enhancement of Ih. J Physiol 2008; 586:2157-70. [PMID: 18308824 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.150078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 208] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Stress induces the release of the peptide corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) into the ventral tegmental area (VTA), and also increases dopamine levels in brain regions receiving dense VTA input. Therefore, stress may activate the mesolimbic dopamine system in part through the actions of CRF in the VTA. Here, we explored the mechanism by which CRF affects VTA dopamine neuron firing. Using patch-clamp recordings from brain slices we first determined that the presence of I(h) is an excellent predictor of dopamine content in mice. We next showed that CRF dose-dependently increased VTA dopamine neuron firing, which was prevented by antagonism of the CRF receptor-1 (CRF-R1), and was mimicked by CRF-R1 agonists. Inhibition of the phospholipase C (PLC)-protein kinase C (PKC) signalling pathway, but not the cAMP-protein kinase A (PKA) signalling pathway, prevented the increase in dopamine neuron firing by CRF. Furthermore, the effect of CRF on VTA dopamine neurons was not attenuated by blockade of I(A), I(K(Ca)) or I(Kir), but was completely eliminated by inhibition of I(h). Although cAMP-dependent modulation of I(h) through changes in the voltage dependence of activation is well established, we surprisingly found that CRF, through a PKC-dependent mechanism, enhanced I(h) independent of changes in the voltage dependence of activation. Thus, our results demonstrated that CRF acted on the CRF-R1 to stimulate the PLC-PKC signalling pathway, which in turn enhanced I(h) to increase VTA dopamine neuron firing. These findings provide a cellular mechanism of the interaction between CRF and dopamine, which can be involved in promoting the avoidance of threatening stimuli, the pursuit of appetitive behaviours, as well as various psychiatric conditions.
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- M J Wanat
- Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center, 5858 Horton St, Suite 200, Emeryville, CA 94608, USA
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cAMP response element-binding protein-mediated gene expression increases the intrinsic excitability of CA1 pyramidal neurons. J Neurosci 2008; 27:13909-18. [PMID: 18077703 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3850-07.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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To investigate the role of CREB-mediated gene expression on the excitability of CA1 pyramidal neurons, we obtained intracellular recordings from pyramidal neurons of transgenic mice expressing a constitutively active form of CREB, VP16-CREB, in a regulated and restricted manner. We found that transgene expression increased the neuronal excitability and inhibited the slow and medium afterhyperpolarization currents. These changes may contribute to the reduced threshold for LTP observed in these mice. When strong transgene expression was turned on for prolonged period of time, these mice also showed a significant loss of hippocampal neurons and sporadic epileptic seizures. These deleterious effects were dose dependent and could be halted, but not reversed by turning off transgene expression. Our experiments reveal a new role for hippocampal CREB-mediated gene expression, identify the slow afterhyperpolarization as a primary target of CREB action, provide a new mouse model to investigate temporal lobe epilepsy and associated neurodegeneration, and illustrate the risks of cell death associated to a sustained manipulation of this pathway. As a result, our study has important implications for both the understanding of the cellular bases of learning and memory and the consideration of therapies targeted to the CREB pathway.
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