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Nasretdinov A, Vinokurova D, Lemale CL, Burkhanova-Zakirova G, Chernova K, Makarova J, Herreras O, Dreier JP, Khazipov R. Diversity of cortical activity changes beyond depression during Spreading Depolarizations. Nat Commun 2023; 14:7729. [PMID: 38007508 PMCID: PMC10676372 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43509-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2023] [Accepted: 11/10/2023] [Indexed: 11/27/2023] Open
Abstract
Spreading depolarizations (SDs) are classically thought to be associated with spreading depression of cortical activity. Here, we found that SDs in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage produce variable, ranging from depression to booming, changes in electrocorticographic activity, especially in the delta frequency band. In rats, depression of activity was characteristic of high-potassium-induced full SDs, whereas partial superficial SDs caused either little change or a boom of activity at the cortical vertex, supported by volume conduction of signals from spared delta generators in the deep cortical layers. Partial SDs also caused moderate neuronal depolarization and sustained excitation, organized in gamma oscillations in a narrow sub-SD zone. Thus, our study challenges the concept of homology between spreading depolarization and spreading depression by showing that SDs produce variable, from depression to booming, changes in activity at the cortical surface and in different cortical layers depending on the depth of SD penetration.
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- Azat Nasretdinov
- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, 420008, Russia
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, 420008, Russia
- INMED-INSERM, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, 13273, France
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- Centre for Stroke Research Berlin, Department of Experimental Neurology and Department of Neurology, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, D-10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, 420008, Russia
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- Department of Translational Neuroscience, Cajal Institute-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Translational Neuroscience, Cajal Institute-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Centre for Stroke Research Berlin, Department of Experimental Neurology and Department of Neurology, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, D-10117, Berlin, Germany
- Bernstein Centre for Computational Neuroscience Berlin, D-10115, Berlin, Germany
- Einstein Centre for Neurosciences Berlin, D-10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, 420008, Russia.
- INMED-INSERM, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, 13273, France.
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Carton-Leclercq A, Carrion-Falgarona S, Baudin P, Lemaire P, Lecas S, Topilko T, Charpier S, Mahon S. Laminar organization of neocortical activities during systemic anoxia. Neurobiol Dis 2023; 188:106345. [PMID: 37926170 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2023.106345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2023] [Revised: 11/01/2023] [Accepted: 11/01/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023] Open
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The neocortex is highly susceptible to metabolic dysfunction. When exposed to global ischemia or anoxia, it suffers a slowly propagating wave of collective neuronal depolarization that ultimately impairs its structure and function. While the molecular signature of anoxic depolarization (AD) is well documented, little is known about the brain states that precede and follow AD onset. Here, by means of multisite extracellular local field potentials and intracellular recordings from identified pyramidal cells, we investigated the laminar expression of cortical activities induced by transient anoxia in rat primary somatosensory cortex. Soon after the interruption of brain oxygenation, we observed a well-organized sequence of stereotyped activity patterns across all cortical layers. This sequence included an initial period of beta-gamma activity, rapidly replaced by delta-theta oscillations followed by a decline in all spontaneous activites, marking the entry into a sustained period of electrical silence. Intracellular recordings revealed that cortical pyramidal neurons were depolarized and highly active during high-frequency activity, became inactive and devoid of synaptic potentials during the isoelectric state, and showed subthreshold composite synaptic depolarizations during the low-frequency period. Contrasting with the strong temporal coherence of pre-AD activities along the vertical axis of the cortical column, the onset of AD was not uniform across layers. AD initially occurred in layer 5 or 6 and then propagated bidirectionally in the upward and downward direction. Conversely, the post-anoxic waves that indicated the repolarization of cortical neurons upon brain reoxygenation did not exhibit a specific spatio-temporal profile. Pyramidal neurons from AD initiation site had a more depolarized resting potential and higher spontaneous firing rate compared to superficial cortical cells. We also found that the propagation pattern of AD was reliably reproduced by focal injection of an inhibitor of sodium‑potassium ATPases, suggesting that cortical AD dynamics could reflect layer-dependent variations in cellular metabolic regulations.
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- Antoine Carton-Leclercq
- Sorbonne Université, Paris Brain Institute - Institut du Cerveau, ICM, INSERM, CNRS, APHP, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Paris Brain Institute - Institut du Cerveau, ICM, INSERM, CNRS, APHP, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Paris Brain Institute - Institut du Cerveau, ICM, INSERM, CNRS, APHP, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Paris Brain Institute - Institut du Cerveau, ICM, INSERM, CNRS, APHP, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Paris Brain Institute - Institut du Cerveau, ICM, INSERM, CNRS, APHP, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Paris Brain Institute - Institut du Cerveau, ICM, INSERM, CNRS, APHP, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Paris Brain Institute - Institut du Cerveau, ICM, INSERM, CNRS, APHP, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Paris Brain Institute - Institut du Cerveau, ICM, INSERM, CNRS, APHP, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France.
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Lu X, Han X, Meirovitch Y, Sjöstedt E, Schalek RL, Lichtman JW. Preserving extracellular space for high-quality optical and ultrastructural studies of whole mammalian brains. CELL REPORTS METHODS 2023; 3:100520. [PMID: 37533653 PMCID: PMC10391564 DOI: 10.1016/j.crmeth.2023.100520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2023] [Revised: 04/08/2023] [Accepted: 06/07/2023] [Indexed: 08/04/2023]
Abstract
Analysis of brain structure, connectivity, and molecular diversity relies on effective tissue fixation. Conventional tissue fixation causes extracellular space (ECS) loss, complicating the segmentation of cellular objects from electron microscopy datasets. Previous techniques for preserving ECS in mammalian brains utilizing high-pressure perfusion can give inconsistent results owing to variations in the hydrostatic pressure within the vasculature. A more reliable fixation protocol that uniformly preserves the ECS throughout whole brains would greatly benefit a wide range of neuroscience studies. Here, we report a straightforward transcardial perfusion strategy that preserves ECS throughout the whole rodent brain. No special setup is needed besides sequential solution changes, and the protocol offers excellent reproducibility. In addition to better capturing tissue ultrastructure, preservation of ECS has many downstream advantages such as accelerating heavy-metal staining for electron microscopy, improving detergent-free immunohistochemistry for correlated light and electron microscopy, and facilitating lipid removal for tissue clearing.
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- Xiaotang Lu
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Center for Brain Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Center for Brain Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Center for Brain Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Center for Brain Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Center for Brain Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Center for Brain Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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Escobar I, Xu J, Jackson CW, Stegelmann SD, Fagerli EA, Dave KR, Perez-Pinzon MA. Resveratrol Preconditioning Protects Against Ischemia-Induced Synaptic Dysfunction and Cofilin Hyperactivation in the Mouse Hippocampal Slice. Neurotherapeutics 2023; 20:1177-1197. [PMID: 37208551 PMCID: PMC10457274 DOI: 10.1007/s13311-023-01386-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/23/2023] [Indexed: 05/21/2023] Open
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Perturbations in synaptic function are major determinants of several neurological diseases and have been associated with cognitive impairments after cerebral ischemia (CI). Although the mechanisms underlying CI-induced synaptic dysfunction have not been well defined, evidence suggests that early hyperactivation of the actin-binding protein, cofilin, plays a role. Given that synaptic impairments manifest shortly after CI, prophylactic strategies may offer a better approach to prevent/mitigate synaptic damage following an ischemic event. Our laboratory has previously demonstrated that resveratrol preconditioning (RPC) promotes cerebral ischemic tolerance, with many groups highlighting beneficial effects of resveratrol treatment on synaptic and cognitive function in other neurological conditions. Herein, we hypothesized that RPC would mitigate hippocampal synaptic dysfunction and pathological cofilin hyperactivation in an ex vivo model of ischemia. Various electrophysiological parameters and synaptic-related protein expression changes were measured under normal and ischemic conditions utilizing acute hippocampal slices derived from adult male mice treated with resveratrol (10 mg/kg) or vehicle 48 h prior. Remarkably, RPC significantly increased the latency to anoxic depolarization, decreased cytosolic calcium accumulation, prevented aberrant increases in synaptic transmission, and rescued deficits in long-term potentiation following ischemia. Additionally, RPC upregulated the expression of the activity-regulated cytoskeleton associated protein, Arc, which was partially required for RPC-mediated attenuation of cofilin hyperactivation. Taken together, these findings support a role for RPC in mitigating CI-induced excitotoxicity, synaptic dysfunction, and pathological over-activation of cofilin. Our study provides further insight into mechanisms underlying RPC-mediated neuroprotection against CI and implicates RPC as a promising strategy to preserve synaptic function after ischemia.
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- Iris Escobar
- Peritz Scheinberg Cerebral Vascular Disease Research Laboratories, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, PO Box 016960, Miami, FL, 33101, USA
- Department of Neurology, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, PO Box 016960, Miami, FL, 33101, USA
- Neuroscience Program, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, PO Box 016960, Miami, FL, 33101, USA
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- Peritz Scheinberg Cerebral Vascular Disease Research Laboratories, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, PO Box 016960, Miami, FL, 33101, USA
- Department of Neurology, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, PO Box 016960, Miami, FL, 33101, USA
- Neuroscience Program, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, PO Box 016960, Miami, FL, 33101, USA
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- Peritz Scheinberg Cerebral Vascular Disease Research Laboratories, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, PO Box 016960, Miami, FL, 33101, USA
- Department of Neurology, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, PO Box 016960, Miami, FL, 33101, USA
- Neuroscience Program, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, PO Box 016960, Miami, FL, 33101, USA
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- Peritz Scheinberg Cerebral Vascular Disease Research Laboratories, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, PO Box 016960, Miami, FL, 33101, USA
- Department of Neurology, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, PO Box 016960, Miami, FL, 33101, USA
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- Peritz Scheinberg Cerebral Vascular Disease Research Laboratories, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, PO Box 016960, Miami, FL, 33101, USA
- Department of Neurology, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, PO Box 016960, Miami, FL, 33101, USA
- Neuroscience Program, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, PO Box 016960, Miami, FL, 33101, USA
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- Peritz Scheinberg Cerebral Vascular Disease Research Laboratories, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, PO Box 016960, Miami, FL, 33101, USA
- Department of Neurology, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, PO Box 016960, Miami, FL, 33101, USA
- Neuroscience Program, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, PO Box 016960, Miami, FL, 33101, USA
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- Peritz Scheinberg Cerebral Vascular Disease Research Laboratories, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, PO Box 016960, Miami, FL, 33101, USA.
- Department of Neurology, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, PO Box 016960, Miami, FL, 33101, USA.
- Neuroscience Program, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, PO Box 016960, Miami, FL, 33101, USA.
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Mingazov B, Vinokurova D, Zakharov A, Khazipov R. Comparative Study of Terminal Cortical Potentials Using Iridium and Ag/AgCl Electrodes. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:10769. [PMID: 37445945 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241310769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2023] [Revised: 06/19/2023] [Accepted: 06/26/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023] Open
Abstract
Brain ischemia induces slow voltage shifts in the cerebral cortex, including waves of spreading depolarization (SD) and negative ultraslow potentials (NUPs), which are considered as brain injury markers. However, different electrode materials and locations yield variable SD and NUP features. Here, we compared terminal cortical events during isoflurane or sevoflurane euthanasia using intracortical linear iridium electrode arrays and Ag/AgCl-based electrodes in the rat somatosensory cortex. Inhalation of anesthetics caused respiratory arrest, associated with hyperpolarization and followed by SD and NUP on both Ir and Ag electrodes. Ag-NUPs were bell shaped and waned within half an hour after death. Ir-NUPs were biphasic, with the early fast phase corresponding to Ag-NUP, and the late absent on Ag electrodes, phase of a progressive depolarizing voltage shift reaching -100 mV by two hours after death. In addition, late Ir-NUPs were more ample in the deep layers than at the cortical surface. Thus, intracortical Ag and Ir electrodes reliably assess early manifestations of terminal brain injury including hyperpolarization, SD and the early phase of NUP, while the late, giant amplitude phase of NUP, which is present only on Ir electrodes, is probably related to the sensitivity of Ir electrodes to a yet unidentified factor related to brain death.
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- Bulat Mingazov
- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan 420008, Russia
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan 420008, Russia
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan 420008, Russia
- Department of Physiology, Kazan State Medical University, Kazan 420012, Russia
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan 420008, Russia
- Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditerranée (Inserm U1249), Aix-Marseille Université, 13273 Marseille, France
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Venturini M, Cherchi F, Santalmasi C, Frulloni L, Dettori I, Catarzi D, Pedata F, Colotta V, Varano F, Coppi E, Pugliese AM. Pharmacological Characterization of P626, a Novel Dual Adenosine A 2A/A 2B Receptor Antagonist, on Synaptic Plasticity and during an Ischemic-like Insult in CA1 Rat Hippocampus. Biomolecules 2023; 13:894. [PMID: 37371474 DOI: 10.3390/biom13060894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2023] [Revised: 05/24/2023] [Accepted: 05/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
Abstract
In recent years, the use of multi-target compounds has become an increasingly pursued strategy to treat complex pathologies, including cerebral ischemia. Adenosine and its receptors (A1AR, A2AAR, A2BAR, A3AR) are known to play a crucial role in synaptic transmission either in normoxic or ischemic-like conditions. Previous data demonstrate that the selective antagonism of A2AAR or A2BAR delays anoxic depolarization (AD) appearance, an unequivocal sign of neuronal injury induced by a severe oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD) insult in the hippocampus. Furthermore, the stimulation of A2AARs or A2BARs by respective selective agonists, CGS21680 and BAY60-6583, increases pre-synaptic neurotransmitter release, as shown by the decrease in paired-pulse facilitation (PPF) at Schaffer collateral-CA1 synapses. In the present research, we investigated the effect/s of the newly synthesized dual A2AAR/A2BAR antagonist, P626, in preventing A2AAR- and/or A2BAR-mediated effects by extracellular recordings of synaptic potentials in the CA1 rat hippocampal slices. We demonstrated that P626 prevented PPF reduction induced by CGS21680 or BAY60-6583 and delayed, in a concentration-dependent manner, AD appearance during a severe OGD. In conclusion, P626 may represent a putative neuroprotective compound for stroke treatment with the possible translational advantage of reducing side effects and bypassing differences in pharmacokinetics due to combined treatment.
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- Martina Venturini
- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health (NEUROFARBA), Section of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Florence, 50139 Florence, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health (NEUROFARBA), Section of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Florence, 50139 Florence, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health (NEUROFARBA), Section of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Florence, 50139 Florence, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health (NEUROFARBA), Section of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Florence, 50139 Florence, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health (NEUROFARBA), Section of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Florence, 50139 Florence, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health (NEUROFARBA), Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, University of Florence, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health (NEUROFARBA), Section of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Florence, 50139 Florence, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health (NEUROFARBA), Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, University of Florence, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health (NEUROFARBA), Section of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Sciences, University of Florence, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health (NEUROFARBA), Section of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Florence, 50139 Florence, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health (NEUROFARBA), Section of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Florence, 50139 Florence, Italy
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Gainutdinov A, Juzekaeva E, Mukhtarov M, Khazipov R. Anoxic spreading depolarization in the neonatal rat cortex in vitro. Front Cell Neurosci 2023; 17:1106268. [PMID: 36970422 PMCID: PMC10034194 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2023.1106268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2022] [Accepted: 02/16/2023] [Indexed: 03/11/2023] Open
Abstract
Anoxic spreading depolarization (aSD) is a hallmark of ischemic injury in the cerebral cortex. In adults, aSD is associated with rapid and nearly complete neuronal depolarization and loss of neuronal functions. While ischemia also evokes aSD in the immature cortex, developmental aspects of neuronal behavior during aSD remain largely unknown. Here, using oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD) ischemia model in slices of the postnatal rat somatosensory cortex, we found that immature neurons displayed much more complex behaviors: they initially moderately depolarized during aSD, then transiently repolarised (for up to tens of minutes), and only then passed to terminal depolarization. The ability to fire action potentials was maintained in neurons mildly depolarized during aSD without reaching the level of depolarization block, and these functions were regained in the majority of immature neurons during post-aSD transient repolarization. The amplitude of depolarization and the probability of depolarization block during aSD increased, whereas transient post-SD repolarization levels and duration, and associated recovery in neuronal firing decreased with age. By the end of the first postnatal month, aSD acquired an adult-like phenotype, where depolarization during aSD merged with terminal depolarization and the phase of transient recovery was lost. Thus, changes in neuronal function during aSD undergo remarkable developmental changes that may contribute to lower susceptibility of the immature neurons to ischemia.
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- Azat Gainutdinov
- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
- INMED—INSERM, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
- INMED—INSERM, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
- *Correspondence: Roustem Khazipov
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Vinokurova D, Zakharov A, Chernova K, Burkhanova-Zakirova G, Horst V, Lemale CL, Dreier JP, Khazipov R. Depth-profile of impairments in endothelin-1 - induced focal cortical ischemia. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2022; 42:1944-1960. [PMID: 35702017 PMCID: PMC9536115 DOI: 10.1177/0271678x221107422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
The development of ischemic lesions has primarily been studied in horizontal cortical space. However, how ischemic lesions develop through the cortical depth remains largely unknown. We explored this question using direct current coupled recordings at different cortical depths using linear arrays of iridium electrodes in the focal epipial endothelin-1 (ET1) ischemia model in the rat barrel cortex. ET1-induced impairments were characterized by a vertical gradient with (i) rapid suppression of the spontaneous activity in the superficial cortical layers at the onset of ischemia, (ii) compartmentalization of spreading depolarizations (SDs) to the deep layers during progression of ischemia, and (iii) deeper suppression of activity and larger histological lesion size in superficial cortical layers. The level of impairments correlated strongly with the rate of spontaneous activity suppression, the rate of SD onset after ET1 application, and the amplitude of giant negative ultraslow potentials (∼-70 mV), which developed during ET1 application and were similar to the tent-shaped ultraslow potentials observed during focal ischemia in the human cortex. Thus, in the epipial ET1 ischemia model, ischemic lesions develop progressively from the surface to the cortical depth, and early changes in electrical activity at the onset of ET1-induced ischemia reliably predict the severity of ischemic damage.
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- Daria Vinokurova
- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia.,INMED, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia.,Department of Physiology, Kazan State Medical University, Kazan, Russia
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
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- Centre for Stroke Research Berlin, Department of Experimental Neurology and Department of Neurology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin (Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health), Berlin, Germany
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- Centre for Stroke Research Berlin, Department of Experimental Neurology and Department of Neurology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin (Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health), Berlin, Germany
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- Centre for Stroke Research Berlin, Department of Experimental Neurology and Department of Neurology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin (Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health), Berlin, Germany.,Bernstein Centre for Computational Neuroscience Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,Einstein Centre for Neurosciences Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia.,INMED, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
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Tauskela JS, Brunette E, Aylsworth A, Zhao X. Neuroprotection against supra-lethal 'stroke in a dish' insults by an anti-excitotoxic receptor antagonist cocktail. Neurochem Int 2022; 158:105381. [PMID: 35764225 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2022.105381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2022] [Revised: 06/07/2022] [Accepted: 06/19/2022] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
Abstract
The goal of this study was to identify cocktails of drugs able to protect cultured rodent cortical neurons against increasing durations of oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD). As expected, a cocktail composed of an NMDA and AMPA receptor antagonists and a voltage gated Ca2+ channel blocker (MK-801, CNQX and nifedipine, respectively) provided complete neuroprotection against mild OGD. Increasingly longer durations of OGD necessitated increasing the doses of MK-801 and CNQX, until these cocktails ultimately failed to provide neuroprotection against supra-lethal OGD, even at maximal drug concentrations. Surprisingly, supplementation of any of these cocktails with blockers of TRPM7 channels for increasing OGD durations was not neuroprotective, unless these blockers possessed the ability to inhibit NMDA receptors. Supplementation of the maximally effective cocktail with other NMDA receptor antagonists augmented neuroprotection, suggesting insufficient NMDAR blockade by MK-801. Substitution of MK-801 in cocktails with high concentrations of a glycine site NMDA receptor antagonist caused the greatest improvements in neuroprotection, with the more potent SM-31900 superior to L689,560. Substitution of CQNX in cocktails with AMPA receptor antagonists at high concentrations also improved neuroprotection, particularly with the combination of SYM 2206 and NBQX. The most neuroprotective cocktail was thus composed of SM-31900, SYM2206, NBQX, nifedipine and the antioxidant trolox. Thus, the cumulative properties of antagonist potency and concentration in a cocktail dictate neuroprotective efficacy. The central target of supra-lethal OGD is excitotoxicity, which must be blocked to the greatest extent possible to minimize ion influx.
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- Joseph S Tauskela
- National Research Council of Canada, Human Health Therapeutics, Building M-54, 1200 Montreal Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada, K1A 0R6.
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- National Research Council of Canada, Human Health Therapeutics, Building M-54, 1200 Montreal Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada, K1A 0R6
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- National Research Council of Canada, Human Health Therapeutics, Building M-54, 1200 Montreal Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada, K1A 0R6
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- National Research Council of Canada, Human Health Therapeutics, Building M-54, 1200 Montreal Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada, K1A 0R6
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Andrew RD, Farkas E, Hartings JA, Brennan KC, Herreras O, Müller M, Kirov SA, Ayata C, Ollen-Bittle N, Reiffurth C, Revah O, Robertson RM, Dawson-Scully KD, Ullah G, Dreier JP. Questioning Glutamate Excitotoxicity in Acute Brain Damage: The Importance of Spreading Depolarization. Neurocrit Care 2022; 37:11-30. [PMID: 35194729 PMCID: PMC9259542 DOI: 10.1007/s12028-021-01429-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2021] [Accepted: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Within 2 min of severe ischemia, spreading depolarization (SD) propagates like a wave through compromised gray matter of the higher brain. More SDs arise over hours in adjacent tissue, expanding the neuronal damage. This period represents a therapeutic window to inhibit SD and so reduce impending tissue injury. Yet most neuroscientists assume that the course of early brain injury can be explained by glutamate excitotoxicity, the concept that immediate glutamate release promotes early and downstream brain injury. There are many problems with glutamate release being the unseen culprit, the most practical being that the concept has yielded zero therapeutics over the past 30 years. But the basic science is also flawed, arising from dubious foundational observations beginning in the 1950s METHODS: Literature pertaining to excitotoxicity and to SD over the past 60 years is critiqued. RESULTS Excitotoxicity theory centers on the immediate and excessive release of glutamate with resulting neuronal hyperexcitation. This instigates poststroke cascades with subsequent secondary neuronal injury. By contrast, SD theory argues that although SD evokes some brief glutamate release, acute neuronal damage and the subsequent cascade of injury to neurons are elicited by the metabolic stress of SD, not by excessive glutamate release. The challenge we present here is to find new clinical targets based on more informed basic science. This is motivated by the continuing failure by neuroscientists and by industry to develop drugs that can reduce brain injury following ischemic stroke, traumatic brain injury, or sudden cardiac arrest. One important step is to recognize that SD plays a central role in promoting early neuronal damage. We argue that uncovering the molecular biology of SD initiation and propagation is essential because ischemic neurons are usually not acutely injured unless SD propagates through them. The role of glutamate excitotoxicity theory and how it has shaped SD research is then addressed, followed by a critique of its fading relevance to the study of brain injury. CONCLUSIONS Spreading depolarizations better account for the acute neuronal injury arising from brain ischemia than does the early and excessive release of glutamate.
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- Hungarian Centre of Excellence for Molecular Medicine-University of Szeged, Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism Research Group, Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, MA USA
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- Center for Stroke Research Berlin, Berlin, Germany ,Department of Experimental Neurology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA USA
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- Center for Stroke Research Berlin, Berlin, Germany ,Department of Experimental Neurology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany ,Department of Neurology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany ,Department of Neurology, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany ,Department of Neurology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany ,Department of Neurology, Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany ,Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin, Berlin, Germany ,Einstein Center for Neurosciences Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Andrew RD, Hartings JA, Ayata C, Brennan KC, Dawson-Scully KD, Farkas E, Herreras O, Kirov SA, Müller M, Ollen-Bittle N, Reiffurth C, Revah O, Robertson RM, Shuttleworth CW, Ullah G, Dreier JP. The Critical Role of Spreading Depolarizations in Early Brain Injury: Consensus and Contention. Neurocrit Care 2022; 37:83-101. [PMID: 35257321 PMCID: PMC9259543 DOI: 10.1007/s12028-021-01431-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2021] [Accepted: 12/29/2021] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND When a patient arrives in the emergency department following a stroke, a traumatic brain injury, or sudden cardiac arrest, there is no therapeutic drug available to help protect their jeopardized neurons. One crucial reason is that we have not identified the molecular mechanisms leading to electrical failure, neuronal swelling, and blood vessel constriction in newly injured gray matter. All three result from a process termed spreading depolarization (SD). Because we only partially understand SD, we lack molecular targets and biomarkers to help neurons survive after losing their blood flow and then undergoing recurrent SD. METHODS In this review, we introduce SD as a single or recurring event, generated in gray matter following lost blood flow, which compromises the Na+/K+ pump. Electrical recovery from each SD event requires so much energy that neurons often die over minutes and hours following initial injury, independent of extracellular glutamate. RESULTS We discuss how SD has been investigated with various pitfalls in numerous experimental preparations, how overtaxing the Na+/K+ ATPase elicits SD. Elevated K+ or glutamate are unlikely natural activators of SD. We then turn to the properties of SD itself, focusing on its initiation and propagation as well as on computer modeling. CONCLUSIONS Finally, we summarize points of consensus and contention among the authors as well as where SD research may be heading. In an accompanying review, we critique the role of the glutamate excitotoxicity theory, how it has shaped SD research, and its questionable importance to the study of early brain injury as compared with SD theory.
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- R. David Andrew
- grid.410356.50000 0004 1936 8331Queen’s University, Kingston, ON Canada
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- grid.24827.3b0000 0001 2179 9593University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH USA
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- grid.38142.3c000000041936754XHarvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, MA USA
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- grid.223827.e0000 0001 2193 0096The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT USA
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- grid.9008.10000 0001 1016 96251HCEMM-USZ Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism Research Group, and the Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Science and Informatics & Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- grid.419043.b0000 0001 2177 5516Instituto de Neurobiologia Ramon Y Cajal (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Madrid, Spain
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- grid.410427.40000 0001 2284 9329Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA USA
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- grid.411984.10000 0001 0482 5331University of Göttingen, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- grid.39381.300000 0004 1936 8884University of Western Ontario, London, ON Canada
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- grid.7468.d0000 0001 2248 7639Center for Stroke Research Berlin, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health; and the Department of Experimental Neurology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health., Berlin, Germany
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- grid.168010.e0000000419368956School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA USA
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- grid.170693.a0000 0001 2353 285XUniversity of South Florida, Tampa, FL USA
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- grid.7468.d0000 0001 2248 7639Center for Stroke Research Berlin, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health; and the Department of Experimental Neurology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health., Berlin, Germany
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Frank R, Bari F, Menyhárt Á, Farkas E. Comparative analysis of spreading depolarizations in brain slices exposed to osmotic or metabolic stress. BMC Neurosci 2021; 22:33. [PMID: 33941084 PMCID: PMC8094470 DOI: 10.1186/s12868-021-00637-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2021] [Accepted: 04/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Recurrent spreading depolarizations (SDs) occur in stroke and traumatic brain injury and are considered as a hallmark of injury progression. The complexity of conditions associated with SD in the living brain encouraged researchers to study SD in live brain slice preparations, yet methodological differences among laboratories complicate integrative data interpretation. Here we provide a comparative evaluation of SD evolution in live brain slices, in response to selected SD triggers and in various media, under otherwise standardized experimental conditions. METHODS Rat live coronal brain slices (350 μm) were prepared (n = 51). Hypo-osmotic medium (Na+ content reduced from 130 to 60 mM, HM) or oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD) were applied to cause osmotic or ischemic challenge. Brain slices superfused with artificial cerebrospinal fluid (aCSF) served as control. SDs were evoked in the control condition with pressure injection of KCl or electric stimulation. Local field potential (LFP) was recorded via an intracortical glass capillary electrode, or intrinsic optical signal imaging was conducted at white light illumination to characterize SDs. TTC and hematoxylin-eosin staining were used to assess tissue damage. RESULTS Severe osmotic stress or OGD provoked a spontaneous SD. In contrast with SDs triggered in aCSF, these spontaneous depolarizations were characterized by incomplete repolarization and prolonged duration. Further, cortical SDs under HM or OGD propagated over the entire cortex and occassionally invaded the striatum, while SDs in aCSF covered a significantly smaller cortical area before coming to a halt, and never spread to the striatum. SDs in HM displayed the greatest amplitude and the most rapid propagation velocity. Finally, spontaneous SD in HM and especially under OGD was followed by tissue injury. CONCLUSIONS While the failure of Na+/K+ ATP-ase is thought to impair tissue recovery from OGD-related SD, the tissue swelling-related hyper excitability and the exhaustion of astrocyte buffering capacity are suggested to promote SD evolution under osmotic stress. In contrast with OGD, SD propagating under hypo-osmotic condition is not terminal, yet it is associated with irreversible tissue injury. Further investigation is required to understand the mechanistic similarities or differences between the evolution of SDs spontaneously occurring in HM and under OGD.
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- Rita Frank
- Department of Medical Physics and Informatics, Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Science and Informatics, University of Szeged, Korányi fasor 9, 6720, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Medical Physics and Informatics, Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Science and Informatics, University of Szeged, Korányi fasor 9, 6720, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Medical Physics and Informatics, Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Science and Informatics, University of Szeged, Korányi fasor 9, 6720, Szeged, Hungary.
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- Department of Medical Physics and Informatics, Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Science and Informatics, University of Szeged, Korányi fasor 9, 6720, Szeged, Hungary.
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Reappraisal of anoxic spreading depolarization as a terminal event during oxygen-glucose deprivation in brain slices in vitro. Sci Rep 2020; 10:18970. [PMID: 33149164 PMCID: PMC7643106 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-75975-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2020] [Accepted: 10/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Anoxic spreading depolarization (aSD) has been hypothesized as a terminal event during oxygen–glucose deprivation (OGD) in submerged cortical slices in vitro. However, mechanical artifacts caused by aSD-triggered edema may introduce error in the assessment of neuronal viability. Here, using continuous patch-clamp recordings from submerged rat cortical slices, we first confirmed that vast majority of L4 neurons permanently lost their membrane potential during OGD-induced aSD. In some recordings, spontaneous transition from whole-cell to out-side out configuration occurred during or after aSD, and only a small fraction of neurons survived aSD with reperfusion started shortly after aSD. Secondly, to minimize artifacts caused by OGD-induced edema, cells were short-term patched following OGD episodes of various duration. Nearly half of L4 cells maintained membrane potential and showed the ability to spike-fire if reperfusion started less than 10 min after aSD. The probability of finding live neurons progressively decreased at longer reperfusion delays at a rate of about 2% per minute. We also found that neurons in L2/3 show nearly threefold higher resistance to OGD than neurons in L4. Our results suggest that in the OGD ischemia model, aSD is not a terminal event, and that the “commitment point” of irreversible damage occurs at variable delays, in the range of tens of minutes, after OGD-induced aSD in submerged cortical slices.
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Chen X, Zhang J, Song Y, Yang P, Yang Y, Huang Z, Wang K. Deficiency of anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-4 leads to neural hyperexcitability and aggravates cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury. Acta Pharm Sin B 2020; 10:1634-1645. [PMID: 33088684 PMCID: PMC7564329 DOI: 10.1016/j.apsb.2020.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2020] [Revised: 02/21/2020] [Accepted: 03/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Systematic administration of anti-inflammatory cytokine interleukin 4 (IL-4) has been shown to improve recovery after cerebral ischemic stroke. However, whether IL-4 affects neuronal excitability and how IL-4 improves ischemic injury remain largely unknown. Here we report the neuroprotective role of endogenous IL-4 in focal cerebral ischemia–reperfusion (I/R) injury. In multi-electrode array (MEA) recordings, IL-4 reduces spontaneous firings and network activities of mouse primary cortical neurons. IL-4 mRNA and protein expressions are upregulated after I/R injury. Genetic deletion of Il-4 gene aggravates I/R injury in vivo and exacerbates oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD) injury in cortical neurons. Conversely, supplemental IL-4 protects Il-4−/− cortical neurons against OGD injury. Mechanistically, cortical pyramidal and stellate neurons common for ischemic penumbra after I/R injury exhibit intrinsic hyperexcitability and enhanced excitatory synaptic transmissions in Il-4−/− mice. Furthermore, upregulation of Nav1.1 channel, and downregulations of KCa3.1 channel and α6 subunit of GABAA receptors are detected in the cortical tissues and primary cortical neurons from Il-4−/− mice. Taken together, our findings demonstrate that IL-4 deficiency results in neural hyperexcitability and aggravates I/R injury, thus activation of IL-4 signaling may protect the brain against the development of permanent damage and help recover from ischemic injury after stroke.
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Zakharov A, Chernova K, Burkhanova G, Holmes GL, Khazipov R. Segregation of seizures and spreading depolarization across cortical layers. Epilepsia 2019; 60:2386-2397. [PMID: 31755112 DOI: 10.1111/epi.16390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2018] [Revised: 10/25/2019] [Accepted: 10/25/2019] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Cortical spreading depolarization (SD) and seizures are often co-occurring electrophysiological phenomena. However, the cross-layer dynamics of SD during seizures and the effect of SD on epileptic activity across cortical layers remain largely unknown. METHODS We explored the spatial-temporal dynamics of SD and epileptic activity across layers of the rat barrel cortex using direct current silicone probe recordings during flurothyl-induced seizures. RESULTS SD occurred in half of the flurothyl-evoked seizures. SD always started from the superficial layers and spread downward either through all cortical layers or stopping at the L4/L5 border. In cases without SD, seizures were characterized by synchronized population firing across all cortical layers throughout the entire seizure. However, when SD occurred, epileptic activity was transiently silenced in layers involved with SD but persisted in deeper layers. During partial SD, epileptiform activity persisted in deep layers throughout the entire seizure, with positive signals at the cortical surface reflecting passive sources of population spikes generated in deeper cortical layers. During full SD, the initial phase of SD propagation through the superficial layers was similar to partial SD, with suppression of activity at the superficial layers and segregation of seizures to deep layers. Further propagation of SD to deep layers resulted in a wave of transient suppression of epileptic activity through the entire cortical column. Thus, vertical propagation of SD through the cortical column creates dynamic network states during which epileptiform activity is restricted to layers without SD. SIGNIFICANCE Our results point to the importance of vertical SD spread in the SD-related depression of epileptiform activity across cortical layers.
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- Andrey Zakharov
- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia.,Department of physiology, Kazan State Medical University, Kazan, Russia
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
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- Department of Neurological Sciences, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia.,Mediterranean Institute of Neurobiology, National Institute of Health and Medical Research Mixed Unit of Research 1249, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
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Petrin D, Gagolewicz PJ, Mehder RH, Bennett BM, Jin AY, Andrew RD. Spreading depolarization and neuronal damage or survival in mouse neocortical brain slices immediately and 12 hours following middle cerebral artery occlusion. J Neurophysiol 2019; 121:1650-1663. [PMID: 30811255 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00670.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Whereas many studies have examined the properties of the compromised neocortex in the first several days following ischemia, there is less information regarding the initial 12 h poststroke. In this study we examined live mouse neocortical slices harvested immediately and 12 h after a 30-min middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAo). We compared nonischemic and ischemic hemispheres with regard to the propensity for tissue swelling and for generating spreading depolarization (SD), as well as evoked synaptic responses and single pyramidal neuron electrophysiological properties. We observed spontaneous SD in 7% of slices on the nonstroked side and 25% in the stroked side following the 30-min MCAo. Spontaneous SD was rare in 12-h recovery slices. The region of the ischemic core and surround in slices was not susceptible to SD induced by oxygen and glucose deprivation. At the neuronal level, neocortical gray matter is surprisingly unaltered in brain slices harvested immediately poststroke. However, by 12 h, the fields of pyramidal and striatal neurons that comprise the infarcted core are electrophysiologically silent because the majority are morphologically devastated. Yet, there remains a subset of diffusely distributed "healthy" pyramidal neurons in the core at 12 h post-MCAo that persist for days poststroke. Their intact electrophysiology and dendritic morphology indicate a surprisingly selective resilience to stroke at the neuronal level. NEW & NOTEWORTHY It is generally accepted that the injured core region of the brain resulting from a focal stroke contains no functioning neurons. Our study shows that some neurons, although surrounded by devastated neighbors, can maintain their structure and electrical activity. This surprising finding raises the possibility of discovering how these neurons are protected to pinpoint new strategies for reducing stroke injury.
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- Dylan Petrin
- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University , Kingston, Ontario , Canada
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- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University , Kingston, Ontario , Canada
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- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University , Kingston, Ontario , Canada
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- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University , Kingston, Ontario , Canada
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- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University , Kingston, Ontario , Canada
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- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University , Kingston, Ontario , Canada
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Juzekaeva E, Gainutdinov A, Mukhtarov M, Khazipov R. Dynamics of the Hypoxia-Induced Tissue Edema in the Rat Barrel Cortex in vitro. Front Cell Neurosci 2019; 12:502. [PMID: 30618644 PMCID: PMC6305551 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2018.00502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2018] [Accepted: 12/04/2018] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Cerebral edema is a major, life threatening complication of ischemic brain damage. Previous studies using brain slices have revealed that cellular swelling and a concomitant increase in tissue transparency starts within minutes of the onset of metabolic insult in association with collective anoxic spreading depolarization (aSD). However, the dynamics of tissue swelling in brain slices under ischemia-like conditions remain elusive. Here, we explored the dynamics of brain tissue swelling induced by oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD) in submerged rat barrel cortex slices. Video monitoring of the vertical and horizontal position of fluorescent dye-filled neurons and contrast slice surface imaging revealed elevation of the slice surface and a horizontal displacement of the cortical tissue during OGD. The OGD-induced tissue movement was also associated with an expansion of the slice borders. Tissue swelling started several minutes after aSD and continued during reperfusion with normal solution. Thirty minutes after aSD, slice borders had expanded by ~130 μm and the slice surface had moved up to attain a height of ~70 μm above control levels, which corresponded to a volume increase of ~30%. Hyperosmotic sucrose solution partially reduced the OGD-induced slice swelling. Thus, OGD-induced cortical slice tissue swelling in brain slices in vitro recapitulates many features of ischemic cerebral edema in vivo, its onset is tightly linked to aSD and it develops at a relatively slow pace after aSD. We propose that this model of cerebral edema in vitro could be useful for the exploration of the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying ischemic cerebral edema and in the search for an efficient treatment to this devastating condition.
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- Elvira Juzekaeva
- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia.,Aix Marseille Univ, INSERM, INMED, Marseille, France
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In Vivo Evaluation of Cerebral Hemodynamics and Tissue Morphology in Rats during Changing Fraction of Inspired Oxygen Based on Spectrocolorimetric Imaging Technique. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19020491. [PMID: 29415505 PMCID: PMC5855713 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19020491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2017] [Revised: 12/30/2017] [Accepted: 01/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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During surgical treatment for cerebrovascular diseases, cortical hemodynamics are often controlled by bypass graft surgery, temporary occlusion of arteries, and surgical removal of veins. Since the brain is vulnerable to hypoxemia and ischemia, interruption of cerebral blood flow reduces the oxygen supply to tissues and induces irreversible damage to cells and tissues. Monitoring of cerebral hemodynamics and alteration of cellular structure during neurosurgery is thus crucial. Sequential recordings of red-green-blue (RGB) images of in vivo exposed rat brains were made during hyperoxia, normoxia, hypoxia, and anoxia. Monte Carlo simulation of light transport in brain tissue was used to specify relationships among RGB-values and oxygenated hemoglobin concentration (CHbO), deoxygenated hemoglobin concentration (CHbR), total hemoglobin concentration (CHbT), hemoglobin oxygen saturation (StO2), and scattering power b. Temporal courses of CHbO, CHbR, CHbT, and StO2 indicated physiological responses to reduced oxygen delivery to cerebral tissue. A rapid decrease in light scattering power b was observed after respiratory arrest, similar to the negative deflection of the extracellular direct current (DC) potential in so-called anoxic depolarization. These results suggest the potential of this method for evaluating pathophysiological conditions and loss of tissue viability.
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Nasretdinov A, Lotfullina N, Vinokurova D, Lebedeva J, Burkhanova G, Chernova K, Zakharov A, Khazipov R. Direct Current Coupled Recordings of Cortical Spreading Depression Using Silicone Probes. Front Cell Neurosci 2017; 11:408. [PMID: 29311836 PMCID: PMC5742611 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2017.00408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2017] [Accepted: 12/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Electrophysiological assessment of infraslow (<0.1 Hz) brain activities such as cortical spreading depression (SD), which occurs in a number of pathologies including migraine, epilepsy, traumatic brain injury (TBI) and brain ischemia requires direct current (DC) coupled recordings of local field potentials (LFPs). Here, we describe how DC-coupled recordings can be performed using high-density iridium electrode arrays (silicone probes). We found that the DC voltage offset of the silicone probe is large and often exceeds the amplifier input range. Introduction of an offset compensation chain at the signal ground efficiently minimized the DC offsets. Silicone probe DC-coupled recordings across layers of the rat visual and barrel cortices revealed that epipial application of KCl, dura incision or pinprick TBI induced SD which preferentially propagated through the supragranular layers and further spread to the granular and infragranular layers attaining maximal amplitudes of ~−30 mV in the infragranular layers. SD at the superficial cortical layers was nearly two-fold longer than at the deep cortical layers. Continuous epipial KCl evoked multiple recurrent SDs which always started in the supragranular layers but often failed to propagate through the deeper cortical layers. Intracortical KCl injection into the infragranular layers evoked SD which also started in the supragranular layers and spread to the granular and infragranular layers, further indicating that the supragranular layers are particularly prone to SD. Thus, DC-coupled recordings with silicone probes after offset compensation can be successfully used to explore the spatial—temporal dynamics of SD and other slow brain activities.
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- Azat Nasretdinov
- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Department of Human and Animal Physiology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Department of Human and Animal Physiology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Department of Human and Animal Physiology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Department of Human and Animal Physiology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Department of Human and Animal Physiology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Department of Human and Animal Physiology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Department of Human and Animal Physiology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Department of Human and Animal Physiology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia.,Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditerranée (INMED)-INSERM, UMR901, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
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Juzekaeva E, Nasretdinov A, Gainutdinov A, Sintsov M, Mukhtarov M, Khazipov R. Preferential Initiation and Spread of Anoxic Depolarization in Layer 4 of Rat Barrel Cortex. Front Cell Neurosci 2017; 11:390. [PMID: 29326550 PMCID: PMC5736969 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2017.00390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2017] [Accepted: 11/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Anoxic depolarization (AD) is a hallmark of ischemic brain damage. AD is associated with a spreading wave of neuronal depolarization and an increase in light transmittance. However, initiation and spread of AD across the layers of the somatosensory cortex, which is one of the most frequently affected brain regions in ischemic stroke, remains largely unknown. Here, we explored the initiation and propagation of AD in slices of the rat barrel cortex using extracellular local field potential (LFP) recordings and optical intrinsic signal (OIS) recordings. We found that ischemia-like conditions induced by oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD) evoked AD, which manifested as a large negative LFP shift and an increase in light transmittance. AD typically initiated in one or more barrels and further spread across the entire slice with a preferential propagation through L4. Elevated extracellular potassium concentration accelerated the AD onset without affecting proneness of L4 to AD. In live slices, barrels were most heavily labeled by the metabolic level marker 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride, suggesting that the highest metabolic demand is in L4 when compared to the other layers. Thus, L4 is the layer of the barrel cortex most prone to AD, which may be due to the highest metabolic demand and cell density in this layer.
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- Elvira Juzekaeva
- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia.,INMED - Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
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Nishidate I, Mustari A, Kawauchi S, Sato S, Sato M. Simultaneous Evaluation of Cerebral Hemodynamics and Light Scattering Properties of the In Vivo Rat Brain Using Multispectral Diffuse Reflectance Imaging. J Vis Exp 2017. [PMID: 28518117 DOI: 10.3791/55399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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The simultaneous evaluation of cerebral hemodynamics and the light scattering properties of in vivo rat brain tissue is demonstrated using a conventional multispectral diffuse reflectance imaging system. This system is constructed from a broadband white light source, a motorized filter wheel with a set of narrowband interference filters, a light guide, a collecting lens, a video zoom lens, and a monochromatic charged-coupled device (CCD) camera. An ellipsoidal cranial window is made in the skull bone of a rat under isoflurane anesthesia to capture in vivo multispectral diffuse reflectance images of the cortical surface. Regulation of the fraction of inspired oxygen using a gas mixture device enables the induction of different respiratory states such as normoxia, hyperoxia, and anoxia. A Monte Carlo simulation-based multiple regression analysis for the measured multispectral diffuse reflectance images at nine wavelengths (500, 520, 540, 560, 570, 580, 600, 730, and 760 nm) is then performed to visualize the two-dimensional maps of hemodynamics and the light scattering properties of the in vivo rat brain.
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- Izumi Nishidate
- Graduate School of Bio-application & Systems Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture & Technology;
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- Graduate School of Bio-application & Systems Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture & Technology
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- Division of Biomedical Information Sciences, National Defense Medical College Research Institute
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- Division of Biomedical Information Sciences, National Defense Medical College Research Institute
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University
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Andrew RD, Hsieh YT, Brisson CD. Spreading depolarization triggered by elevated potassium is weak or absent in the rodent lower brain. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2017; 37:1735-1747. [PMID: 27381828 PMCID: PMC5435291 DOI: 10.1177/0271678x16657344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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We examined in live coronal slices from rat and mouse which brain regions generate potassium-triggered spreading depolarization (SDKt). This technique simulates cortical spreading depression, which underlies migraine aura in the intact brain. An SDKt episode was evoked by increasing bath [K+]o and recorded as a propagating front of elevated light transmittance representing transient neuronal swelling in gray matter of neocortex, hippocampus, striatum, and thalamus. In contrast, SDKt was not imaged in hypothalamic nuclei or brainstem with exception of those nuclei near the dorsal brainstem surface. In rat slices, single neurons were whole-cell current clamped during SDKt. "Higher" neurons depolarized to near zero millivolts indicating SDKt generation. In contrast, seven types of neurons in hypothalamus and brainstem only slowly depolarized without generating SDKt, supporting our imaging findings. Therefore, SDKt is not a default of CNS neurons but rather displays a region-specific susceptibility, similar to anoxic depolarization, which we have proposed is correlated with a region's vulnerability to traumatic brain injury. In the higher brain, SDKt may be a vestigial spreading depolarization that originally evolved to shut down and vasoconstrict gray matter regions more exposed to impact and contusion.
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- R David Andrew
- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
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Nishidate I, Ishizuka T, Mustari A, Yoshida K, Kawauchi S, Sato S, Sato M. Evaluation of Cerebral Hemodynamics and Tissue Morphology of In Vivo Rat Brain Using Spectral Diffuse Reflectance Imaging. APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY 2017; 71:866-878. [PMID: 27381353 DOI: 10.1177/0003702816657569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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We investigated a quantitative imaging of reduced scattering coefficients μs'( λ) and the absorption coefficients μa( λ) of in vivo cortical tissues in the range from visible to near-infrared (NIR) wavelengths based on diffuse reflectance spectral imaging technique. In this method, diffuse reflectance images of in vivo cortical tissue are acquired at nine wavelengths (500, 520, 540, 560, 570, 580, 600, 730, and 760 nm). A multiple regression analysis aided by the Monte Carlo simulation for the absorbance spectra is then utilized to estimate the optical coefficients of cortical tissue. This analysis calculates the concentration of oxygenated hemoglobin and that of deoxygenated hemoglobin, the scattering amplitude a and the scattering power b. The spectrum of absorption coefficient is deduced from the estimated concentrations of oxygenated hemoglobin and deoxygenated hemoglobin. The spectrum of reduced scattering coefficient is determined by the estimated scattering amplitude and scattering power. The particle size distribution of microstructure is calculated from the estimated scattering power b for evaluating the morphological change in brain tissue quantitatively. Animal experiments with in vivo exposed brain of rats demonstrated that the responses of the absorption properties to hyperoxic and anoxic conditions are in agreement with the expected well-known cortical hemodynamics. The average particle size was significantly reduced immediately after the onset of anoxia and then it was changed into an increase, which implied the swelling and shrinkage of the cellular and subcellular structures induced by loss of tissue viability in brain tissue.
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- Izumi Nishidate
- 1 Tokyo University of Agriculture & Technology, Graduate School of Bio-application & Systems Engineering, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan
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- 1 Tokyo University of Agriculture & Technology, Graduate School of Bio-application & Systems Engineering, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan
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- 1 Tokyo University of Agriculture & Technology, Graduate School of Bio-application & Systems Engineering, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan
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- 1 Tokyo University of Agriculture & Technology, Graduate School of Bio-application & Systems Engineering, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan
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- 2 National Defense Medical College Research Institute, Division of Biomedical Information Sciences, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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- 2 National Defense Medical College Research Institute, Division of Biomedical Information Sciences, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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- 3 Yamagata University, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yonezawa, Yamagata, Japan
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Spong KE, Andrew RD, Robertson RM. Mechanisms of spreading depolarization in vertebrate and insect central nervous systems. J Neurophysiol 2016; 116:1117-27. [PMID: 27334953 PMCID: PMC5013167 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00352.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2016] [Accepted: 06/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Spreading depolarization (SD) is generated in the central nervous systems of both vertebrates and invertebrates. SD manifests as a propagating wave of electrical depression caused by a massive redistribution of ions. Mammalian SD underlies a continuum of human pathologies from migraine to stroke damage, whereas insect SD is associated with environmental stress-induced neural shutdown. The general cellular mechanisms underlying SD seem to be evolutionarily conserved throughout the animal kingdom. In particular, SD in the central nervous system of Locusta migratoria and Drosophila melanogaster has all the hallmarks of mammalian SD. Locust SD is easily induced and monitored within the metathoracic ganglion (MTG) and can be modulated both pharmacologically and by preconditioning treatments. The finding that the fly brain supports repetitive waves of SD is relatively recent but noteworthy, since it provides a genetically tractable model system. Due to the human suffering caused by SD manifestations, elucidating control mechanisms that could ultimately attenuate brain susceptibility is essential. Here we review mechanisms of SD focusing on the similarities between mammalian and insect systems. Additionally we discuss advantages of using invertebrate model systems and propose insect SD as a valuable model for providing new insights to mammalian SD.
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- Kristin E Spong
- Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada; and Centre for Neuroscience Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada; Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada; and Centre for Neuroscience Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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Srienc AI, Biesecker KR, Shimoda AM, Kur J, Newman EA. Ischemia-induced spreading depolarization in the retina. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2016; 36:1579-91. [PMID: 27389181 PMCID: PMC5012528 DOI: 10.1177/0271678x16657836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2016] [Revised: 05/17/2016] [Accepted: 06/07/2016] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Cortical spreading depolarization is a metabolically costly phenomenon that affects the brain in both health and disease. Following severe stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage, or traumatic brain injury, cortical spreading depolarization exacerbates tissue damage and enlarges infarct volumes. It is not known, however, whether spreading depolarization also occurs in the retina in vivo. We report now that spreading depolarization episodes are generated in the in vivo rat retina following retinal vessel occlusion produced by photothrombosis. The properties of retinal spreading depolarization are similar to those of cortical spreading depolarization. Retinal spreading depolarization waves propagate at a velocity of 3.0 ± 0.1 mm/min and are associated with a negative shift in direct current potential, a transient cessation of neuronal spiking, arteriole constriction, and a decrease in tissue O2 tension. The frequency of retinal spreading depolarization generation in vivo is reduced by administration of the NMDA antagonist MK-801 and the 5-HT(1D) agonist sumatriptan. Branch retinal vein occlusion is a leading cause of vision loss from vascular disease. Our results suggest that retinal spreading depolarization could contribute to retinal damage in acute retinal ischemia and demonstrate that pharmacological agents can reduce retinal spreading depolarization frequency after retinal vessel occlusion. Blocking retinal spreading depolarization generation may represent a therapeutic strategy for preserving vision in branch retinal vein occlusion patients.
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- Anja I Srienc
- Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, MN, USA Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Minnesota, MN, USA
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- Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, MN, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, MN, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, MN, USA
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Tamura R, Ohta H, Satoh Y, Nonoyama S, Nishida Y, Nibuya M. Neuroprotective effects of adenosine deaminase in the striatum. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2016; 36:709-20. [PMID: 26746865 PMCID: PMC4821026 DOI: 10.1177/0271678x15625077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2015] [Accepted: 12/09/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Adenosine deaminase (ADA) is a ubiquitous enzyme that catabolizes adenosine and deoxyadenosine. During cerebral ischemia, extracellular adenosine levels increase acutely and adenosine deaminase catabolizes the increased levels of adenosine. Since adenosine is a known neuroprotective agent, adenosine deaminase was thought to have a negative effect during ischemia. In this study, however, we demonstrate that adenosine deaminase has substantial neuroprotective effects in the striatum, which is especially vulnerable during cerebral ischemia. We used temporary oxygen/glucose deprivation (OGD) to simulate ischemia in rat corticostriatal brain slices. We used field potentials as the primary measure of neuronal damage. For stable and efficient electrophysiological assessment, we used transgenic rats expressing channelrhodopsin-2, which depolarizes neurons in response to blue light. Time courses of electrically evoked striatal field potential (eFP) and optogenetically evoked striatal field potential (optFP) were recorded during and after oxygen/glucose deprivation. The levels of both eFP and optFP decreased after 10 min of oxygen/glucose deprivation. Bath-application of 10 µg/ml adenosine deaminase during oxygen/glucose deprivation significantly attenuated the oxygen/glucose deprivation-induced reduction in levels of eFP and optFP. The number of injured cells decreased significantly, and western blot analysis indicated a significant decrease of autophagic signaling in the adenosine deaminase-treated oxygen/glucose deprivation slices. These results indicate that adenosine deaminase has protective effects in the striatum.
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- Risa Tamura
- Department of Physiology, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan
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Silasi G, Murphy TH. Stroke and the connectome: how connectivity guides therapeutic intervention. Neuron 2015; 83:1354-68. [PMID: 25233317 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.08.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/25/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Connections between neurons are affected within 3 min of stroke onset by massive ischemic depolarization and then delayed cell death. Some connections can recover with prompt reperfusion; others associated with the dying infarct do not. Disruption in functional connectivity is due to direct tissue loss and indirect disconnections of remote areas known as diaschisis. Stroke is devastating, yet given the brain's redundant design, collateral surviving networks and their connections are well-positioned to compensate. Our perspective is that new treatments for stroke may involve a rational functional and structural connections-based approach. Surviving, affected, and at-risk networks can be identified and targeted with scenario-specific treatments. Strategies for recovery may include functional inhibition of the intact hemisphere, rerouting of connections, or setpoint-mediated network plasticity. These approaches may be guided by brain imaging and enabled by patient- and injury-specific brain stimulation, rehabilitation, and potential molecule-based strategies to enable new connections.
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- Gergely Silasi
- Department of Psychiatry, Kinsmen Laboratory of Neurological Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada; Brain Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, Kinsmen Laboratory of Neurological Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada; Brain Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada.
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Zheng J, Li G, Chen S, Bihl J, Buck J, Zhu Y, Xia H, Lazartigues E, Chen Y, Olson JE. Activation of the ACE2/Ang-(1-7)/Mas pathway reduces oxygen-glucose deprivation-induced tissue swelling, ROS production, and cell death in mouse brain with angiotensin II overproduction. Neuroscience 2014; 273:39-51. [PMID: 24814023 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.04.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2013] [Revised: 04/14/2014] [Accepted: 04/29/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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We previously demonstrated that mice which overexpress human renin and angiotensinogen (R+A+) show enhanced cerebral damage in both in vivo and in vitro experimental ischemia models. Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) counteracts the effects of angiotensin (Ang-II) by transforming it into Ang-(1-7), thus reducing the ligand for the AT1 receptor and increasing stimulation of the Mas receptor. Triple transgenic mice, SARA, which specifically overexpress ACE2 in neurons of R+A+ mice were used to study the role of ACE2 in ischemic stroke using oxygen and glucose deprivation (OGD) of brain slices as an in vitro model. We examined tissue swelling, the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), and cell death in the cerebral cortex (CX) and the hippocampal CA1 region during OGD. Expression levels of NADPH oxidase (Nox) isoforms, Nox2 and Nox4 were measured using western blots. Results show that SARA mice and R+A+ mice treated with the Mas receptor agonist Ang-(1-7) had less swelling, cell death, and ROS production in CX and CA1 areas compared to those in R+A+ animals. Treatment of slices from SARA mice with the Mas antagonist A779 eliminated this protection. Finally, western blots revealed less Nox2 and Nox4 expression in SARA mice compared with R+A+ mice both before and after OGD. We suggest that reduced brain swelling and cell death observed in SARA animals exposed to OGD result from diminished ROS production coupled with lower expression of Nox isoforms. Thus, the ACE2/Ang-(1-7)/Mas receptor pathway plays a protective role in brain ischemic damage by counteracting the detrimental effects of Ang-II-induced ROS production.
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- J Zheng
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Wright State University, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, OH, United States; Department of Neurology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Wright State University, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, OH, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Wright State University, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, OH, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Wright State University, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, OH, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Wright State University, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, OH, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Wright State University, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, OH, United States.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Wright State University, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, OH, United States; Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology, Wright State University, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, OH, United States.
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Brisson CD, Hsieh YT, Kim D, Jin AY, Andrew RD. Brainstem neurons survive the identical ischemic stress that kills higher neurons: insight to the persistent vegetative state. PLoS One 2014; 9:e96585. [PMID: 24802253 PMCID: PMC4011844 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2014] [Accepted: 04/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Global ischemia caused by heart attack, pulmonary failure, near-drowning or traumatic brain injury often damages the higher brain but not the brainstem, leading to a ‘persistent vegetative state’ where the patient is awake but not aware. Approximately 30,000 U.S. patients are held captive in this condition but not a single research study has addressed how the lower brain is preferentially protected in these people. In the higher brain, ischemia elicits a profound anoxic depolarization (AD) causing neuronal dysfunction and vasoconstriction within minutes. Might brainstem nuclei generate less damaging AD and so be more resilient? Here we compared resistance to acute injury induced from simulated ischemia by ‘higher’ hippocampal and striatal neurons versus brainstem neurons in live slices from rat and mouse. Light transmittance (LT) imaging in response to 10 minutes of oxygen/glucose deprivation (OGD) revealed immediate and acutely damaging AD propagating through gray matter of neocortex, hippocampus, striatum, thalamus and cerebellar cortex. In adjacent brainstem nuclei, OGD-evoked AD caused little tissue injury. Whole-cell patch recordings from hippocampal and striatal neurons under OGD revealed sudden membrane potential loss that did not recover. In contrast brainstem neurons from locus ceruleus and mesencephalic nucleus as well as from sensory and motor nuclei only slowly depolarized and then repolarized post-OGD. Two-photon microscopy confirmed non-recoverable swelling and dendritic beading of hippocampal neurons during OGD, while mesencephalic neurons in midbrain appeared uninjured. All of the above responses were mimicked by bath exposure to 100 µM ouabain which inhibits the Na+/K+ pump or to 1–10 nM palytoxin which converts the pump into an open cationic channel. Therefore during ischemia the Na+/K+ pump of higher neurons fails quickly and extensively compared to naturally resilient hypothalamic and brainstem neurons. The selective survival of lower brain regions that maintain vital functions will support the persistent vegetative state.
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- C. Devin Brisson
- Department of Biomedical & Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical & Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical & Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical & Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical & Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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Demircan C, Gül Z, Büyükuysal RL. High glutamate attenuates S100B and LDH outputs from rat cortical slices enhanced by either oxygen-glucose deprivation or menadione. Neurochem Res 2014; 39:1232-44. [PMID: 24710790 DOI: 10.1007/s11064-014-1301-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2013] [Revised: 03/28/2014] [Accepted: 04/01/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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One hour incubation of rat cortical slices in a medium without oxygen and glucose (oxygen-glucose deprivation, OGD) increased S100B release to 6.53 ± 0.3 ng/ml/mg protein from its control value of 3.61 ± 0.2 ng/ml/mg protein. When these slices were then transferred to a medium containing oxygen and glucose (reoxygenation, REO), S100B release rose to 344 % of its control value. REO also caused 192 % increase in lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) leakage. Glutamate added at millimolar concentration into the medium decreased OGD or REO-induced S100B release and REO-induced LDH leakage. Alpha-ketoglutarate, a metabolic product of glutamate, was found to be as effective as glutamate in decreasing the S100B and LDH outputs. Similarly lactate, 2-ketobutyrate and ethyl pyruvate, a lipophilic derivative of pyruvate, also exerted a glutamate-like effect on S100B and LDH outputs. Preincubation with menadione, which produces H2O2 intracellularly, significantly increased S100B and LDH levels in normoxic medium. All drugs tested in the present study, with the exception of pyruvate, showed a complete protection against menadione preincubation. Additionally, each OGD-REO, menadione or H2O2-induced mitochondrial energy impairments determined by 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC) staining and OGD-REO or menadione-induced increases in reactive oxygen substances (ROS) determined by 2,7-dichlorofluorescin diacetate (DCFH-DA) were also recovered by glutamate. Interestingly, H2O2-induced increase in fluorescence intensity derived from DCFH-DA in a slice-free physiological medium was attenuated significantly by glutamate and alpha-keto acids. All these drug actions support the conclusion that high glutamate, such as alpha-ketoglutarate and other keto acids, protects the slices against OGD- and REO-induced S100B and LDH outputs probably by scavenging ROS in addition to its energy substrate metabolite property.
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- Celaleddin Demircan
- Department of Medical Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, Uludağ University, 16059, Bursa, Turkey
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Bere Z, Obrenovitch TP, Bari F, Farkas E. Ischemia-induced depolarizations and associated hemodynamic responses in incomplete global forebrain ischemia in rats. Neuroscience 2013; 260:217-26. [PMID: 24365459 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.12.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2013] [Revised: 12/12/2013] [Accepted: 12/15/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Spontaneous depolarizations around the core are a consistent feature of focal cerebral ischemia, but the associated regional hemodynamic changes are heterogeneous. We determined how the features of depolarizations relate to subsequent cerebral blood flow (CBF) changes in global forebrain ischemia. Forebrain ischemia was produced in halothane-anesthetized rats (n=13) by common carotid artery occlusion and hypovolemic hypotension. Mean arterial blood pressure (MABP) was monitored via a femoral catheter. Specific illuminations allowed the capture of image sequences through a cranial window to visualize: changes in membrane potential (voltage-sensitive dye method); CBF (laser speckle contrast imaging); cerebral blood volume (intrinsic optical signal, IOS at 540-550nm); and hemoglobin deoxygenation (IOS at 620-640nm). A depolarization occurred (n=9) when CBF fell below 43.4±5% of control (41±4mmHg MABP), and propagated with a distinct wave front at a rate of 2.8mm/min. Depolarizations were either persistent (n=4), intermediate (n=3) or short, transient depolarization (n=2). Persistent and intermediate depolarizations were associated with sustained hypoperfusion (-11.7±5.1%) and transient hypoperfusion (-17.4±5.2, relative to CBF before depolarization). Short, transient depolarizations did not generate clear CBF responses. Depolarizations during incomplete global ischemia occurred at the lower limit of CBF autoregulation, propagated similar to spreading depolarization (SD), and the hemodynamic responses indicated inverse neurovascular coupling. Similar to SDs associated with focal stroke, the propagating event can be persistent or transient.
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- Z Bere
- Department of Medical Physics and Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, H-6720 Szeged, Korányi fasor 9, Hungary; Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, H-6720 Szeged, Dóm tér 10, Hungary.
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- Department of Medical Physics and Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, H-6720 Szeged, Korányi fasor 9, Hungary.
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- Department of Medical Physics and Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, H-6720 Szeged, Korányi fasor 9, Hungary.
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- Department of Medical Physics and Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, H-6720 Szeged, Korányi fasor 9, Hungary; Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, H-6720 Szeged, Dóm tér 10, Hungary.
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Neuroprotective agents in ischemic stroke: past failures and future opportunities. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.4155/cli.13.91] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Aiba I, Shuttleworth CW. Hypoxia limits inhibitory effects of Zn2+ on spreading depolarizations. PLoS One 2013; 8:e75739. [PMID: 24278106 PMCID: PMC3838375 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2013] [Accepted: 08/16/2013] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Spreading depolarizations (SDs) are coordinated depolarizations of brain tissue that have been well-characterized in animal models and more recently implicated in the progression of stroke injury. We previously showed that extracellular Zn(2+) accumulation can inhibit the propagation of SD events. In that prior work, Zn(2+) was tested in normoxic conditions, where SD was generated by localized KCl pulses in oxygenated tissue. The current study examined the extent to which Zn(2+) effects are modified by hypoxia, to assess potential implications for stroke studies. The present studies examined SD generated in brain slices acutely prepared from mice, and recordings were made from the hippocampal CA1 region. SDs were generated by either local potassium injection (K-SD), exposure to the Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase inhibitor ouabain (ouabain-SD) or superfusion with modified ACSF with reduced oxygen and glucose concentrations (oxygen glucose deprivation: OGD-SD). Extracellular Zn(2+) exposures (100 µM ZnCl2) effectively decreased SD propagation rates and significantly increased the initiation threshold for K-SD generated in oxygenated ACSF (95% O2). In contrast, ZnCl2 did not inhibit propagation of OGD-SD or ouabain-SD generated in hypoxic conditions. Zn(2+) sensitivity in 0% O2 was restored by exposure to the protein oxidizer DTNB, suggesting that redox modulation may contribute to resistance to Zn(2+) in hypoxic conditions. DTNB pretreatment also significantly potentiated the inhibitory effects of competitive (D-AP5) or allosteric (Ro25-6981) NMDA receptor antagonists on OGD-SD. Finally, Zn(2+) inhibition of isolated NMDAR currents was potentiated by DTNB. Together, these results suggest that hypoxia-induced redox modulation can influence the sensitivity of SD to Zn(2+) as well as to other NMDAR antagonists. Such a mechanism may limit inhibitory effects of endogenous Zn(2+) accumulation in hypoxic regions close to ischemic infarcts.
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- Isamu Aiba
- Department of Neurosciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
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Brisson CD, Andrew RD. A neuronal population in hypothalamus that dramatically resists acute ischemic injury compared to neocortex. J Neurophysiol 2012; 108:419-30. [PMID: 22514289 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00090.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Pyramidal neurons (PyNs) of the cortex are highly susceptible to acute stroke damage, yet "lower" brain regions like hypothalamus and brain stem better survive global ischemia. Here we show for the first time that a "lower" neuron population intrinsically resists acute strokelike injury. In rat brain slices deprived of oxygen and glucose (OGD), we imaged anoxic depolarization (AD) as it propagated through neocortex or hypothalamus. AD, the initial electrophysiological event of stroke, is a front of depolarization that drains residual energy in compromised gray matter. The extent of AD reliably determines ensuing cortical damage, but do all CNS neurons generate a robust AD? During 10 min of OGD, PyNs depolarize without functional recovery. In contrast, magnocellular neuroendocrine cells (MNCs) in hypothalamus under identical stress generate a weak and delayed AD, resist complete depolarization, and rapidly repolarize when oxygen and glucose are restored. They recover their membrane potential, input resistance, and spike amplitude and can survive multiple OGD exposures. Two-photon microscopy in slices derived from a fluorescent mouse line confirms this protection, revealing PyN swelling and dendritic beading after OGD, whereas MNCs are not injured. Exposure to the Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase inhibitor ouabain (100 μM) induces AD similar to OGD in both cell types. Moreover, elevated extracellular K(+) concentration ([K(+)](o)) evokes spreading depression (SD), a milder version of AD, in PyNs but not MNCs. Therefore overriding the pump by OGD, ouabain, or elevated [K(+)](o) evokes a propagating depolarization in higher gray matter but not in MNCs. We suggest that variation in Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase pump efficiency during ischemia injury determines whether a neuronal type succumbs to or resists stroke.
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- C Devin Brisson
- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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Oxygen/glucose deprivation induces a reduction in synaptic AMPA receptors on hippocampal CA3 neurons mediated by mGluR1 and adenosine A3 receptors. J Neurosci 2011; 31:11941-52. [PMID: 21849555 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1183-11.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons are highly sensitive to ischemic damage, whereas neighboring CA3 pyramidal neurons are less susceptible. It is proposed that switching of AMPA receptor (AMPAR) subunits on CA1 neurons during an in vitro model of ischemia, oxygen/glucose deprivation (OGD), leads to an enhanced permeability of AMPARs to Ca(2+), resulting in delayed cell death. However, it is unclear whether the same mechanisms exist in CA3 neurons and whether this underlies the differential sensitivity to ischemia. Here, we investigated the consequences of OGD for AMPAR function in CA3 neurons using electrophysiological recordings in rat hippocampal slices. Following a 15 min OGD protocol, a substantial depression of AMPAR-mediated synaptic transmission was observed at CA3 associational/commissural and mossy fiber synapses but not CA1 Schaffer collateral synapses. The depression of synaptic transmission following OGD was prevented by metabotropic glutamate receptor 1 (mGluR1) or A(3) receptor antagonists, indicating a role for both glutamate and adenosine release. Inhibition of PLC, PKC, or chelation of intracellular Ca(2+) also prevented the depression of synaptic transmission. Inclusion of peptides to interrupt the interaction between GluA2 and PICK1 or dynamin and amphiphysin prevented the depression of transmission, suggesting a dynamin and PICK1-dependent internalization of AMPARs after OGD. We also show that a reduction in surface and total AMPAR protein levels after OGD was prevented by mGluR1 or A(3) receptor antagonists, indicating that AMPARs are degraded following internalization. Thus, we describe a novel mechanism for the removal of AMPARs in CA3 pyramidal neurons following OGD that has the potential to reduce excitotoxicity and promote neuroprotection.
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Stankowski JN, Gupta R. Therapeutic targets for neuroprotection in acute ischemic stroke: lost in translation? Antioxid Redox Signal 2011; 14:1841-51. [PMID: 20626319 PMCID: PMC3120088 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2010.3292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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The development of a suitable neuroprotective agent to treat ischemic stroke has failed when transitioned to the clinical setting. An understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved in neuronal injury during ischemic stroke is important, but must be placed in the clinical context. Current therapeutic targets have focused on the preservation of the ischemic penumbra in the hope of improving clinical outcomes. Unfortunately, most patients in the ultra-early time windows harbor penumbra but have tremendous variability in the size of the core infarct, the ultimate predictor of prognosis. Understanding this variability may allow for proper patient selection that may better correlate to bench models. Reperfusion therapies are rapidly evolving and have been shown to improve clinical outcomes. The use of neuroprotective agents to prolong time windows prior to reperfusion or to prevent reperfusion injury may present future therapeutic targets for the treatment of ischemic stroke. We review the molecular pathways and the clinical context from which future targets may be identified.
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Kawauchi S, Sato S, Uozumi Y, Nawashiro H, Ishihara M, Kikuchi M. Light-scattering signal may indicate critical time zone to rescue brain tissue after hypoxia. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2011; 16:027002. [PMID: 21361705 DOI: 10.1117/1.3542046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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A light-scattering signal, which is sensitive to cellular/subcellular structural integrity, is a potential indicator of brain tissue viability because metabolic energy is used in part to maintain the structure of cells. We previously observed a unique triphasic scattering change (TSC) at a certain time after oxygen/glucose deprivation for blood-free rat brains; TSC almost coincided with the cerebral adenosine triphosphate (ATP) depletion. We examine whether such TSC can be observed in the presence of blood in vivo, for which transcranial diffuse reflectance measurement is performed for rat brains during hypoxia induced by nitrogen gas inhalation. At a certain time after hypoxia, diffuse reflectance intensity in the near-infrared region changes in three phases, which is shown by spectroscopic analysis to be due to scattering change in the tissue. During hypoxia, rats are reoxygenated at various time points. When the oxygen supply is started before TSC, all rats survive, whereas no rats survive when the oxygen supply is started after TSC. Survival is probabilistic when the oxygen supply is started during TSC, indicating that the period of TSC can be regarded as a critical time zone for rescuing the brain. The results demonstrate that light scattering signal can be an indicator of brain tissue reversibility.
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- Satoko Kawauchi
- National Defense Medical College, Department of Medical Engineering, 3-2 Namiki, Tokorozawa, Saitama 359-8513, Japan.
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Douglas HA, Callaway JK, Sword J, Kirov SA, Andrew RD. Potent inhibition of anoxic depolarization by the sodium channel blocker dibucaine. J Neurophysiol 2011; 105:1482-94. [PMID: 21273307 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00817.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Recurring waves of peri-infarct depolarizations (PIDs) propagate across gray matter in the hours and days following stroke, expanding the primary site of injury. Ischemic depolarization (termed anoxic depolarization or AD in live brain slices) is PID-like but immediately arises in the more metabolically compromised ischemic core. This causes dramatic neuronal and astrocyte swelling and dendritic beading with spine loss within minutes, resulting in acute cell death. AD is evoked in rodent neocortical slices by suppressing the Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase pump with either oxygen/glucose deprivation (OGD) or exposure to ouabain. The process driving AD and PIDs remains poorly understood. Here we show that dibucaine is a potent drug inhibiting AD because of its high binding affinity to the Na(+) channel. Field recording reveals that, when superfused with ouabain (5 min), neocortical slices pretreated with 1 μM dibucaine for 45 min display either no AD or delayed AD onset compared with untreated controls. If ouabain exposure is extended to 10 min, 1 μM dibucaine is still able to delay AD onset by ∼ 60%. Likewise, it delays OGD-evoked AD onset by ∼ 54% but does not depress action potentials (APs) or evoked orthodromic field potentials. Increasing dibucaine to 10 μM inhibits AP firing, gradually putting the slice into a stasis that inhibits AD onset but also renders the slice functionally quiescent. Two-photon microscopy reveals that 10 μM dibucaine pretreatment prevents or helps reverse ouabain-induced structural neuronal damage. Although the therapeutic range of dibucaine is quite narrow, dibucaine-like drugs could prove therapeutically useful in inhibiting PIDs and their resultant neuronal damage.
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- Heather A Douglas
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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Nishidate I, Yoshida K, Sato M. Changes in optical properties of rat cerebral cortical slices during oxygen glucose deprivation. APPLIED OPTICS 2010; 49:6617-6623. [PMID: 21124539 DOI: 10.1364/ao.49.006617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We simultaneously measured the diffuse reflectance spectra and transmittance spectra of in vitro rat cerebral cortical tissue slices perfused with artificial cerebrospinal fluid (aCSF) in the wavelength range from 500 to 900 nm. An ischemia-like condition in the cortical tissue was induced by oxygen/glucose deprivation (OGD) of the aCSF. Diffuse reflectance and transmittance of the cortical slices were decreased and increased, respectively, during OGD. Spectral data of reduced scattering coefficients and absorption coefficients were estimated by the inverse Monte Carlo simulation for light transport in tissue. As with OGD, significant decrease of the reduced scattering coefficients and alteration of the absorption coefficient spectrum were observed over the measured wavelength range. The mean maximum amplitudes of change in the absorption coefficient at 520, 550, 605, and 830 nm were 0.33 ± 0.14, 0.30 ± 0.12, 0.30 ± 0.14, and -0.04 ± 0.16, respectively, whereas those in the reduced scattering coefficient at 520, 550, 605, and 830 nm were -0.37 ± 0.08, -0.38 ± 0.08, -0.38 ± 0.08, and -0.39 ± 0.08. Variations in the reduced scattering coefficients implied cell deformation mainly due to cell swelling, whereas those in the absorption spectra indicated reductions in heme aa(3) and CuA in cytochrome c oxidase and cytochrome c.
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- Izumi Nishidate
- Graduate School of Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16, Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588 Japan.
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Rodgers CI, Armstrong GAB, Robertson RM. Coma in response to environmental stress in the locust: a model for cortical spreading depression. JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY 2010; 56:980-990. [PMID: 20361971 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2010.03.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2010] [Revised: 03/19/2010] [Accepted: 03/22/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Spreading depression (SD) is an interesting and important phenomenon due to its role in mammalian pathologies such as migraine, seizures, and stroke. Until recently investigations of the mechanisms involved in SD have mostly utilized mammalian cortical tissue, however we have discovered that SD-like events occur in the CNS of an invertebrate model, Locusta migratoria. Locusts enter comas in response to stress during which neural and muscular systems shut down until the stress is removed, and this is believed to be an adaptive strategy to survive extreme environmental conditions. During stress-induced comas SD-like events occur in the locust metathoracic ganglion (MTG) that closely resemble cortical SD (CSD) in many respects, including mechanism of induction, extracellular potassium ion changes, and propagation in areas equivalent to mammalian grey matter. In this review we describe the generation of comas and the associated SD-like events in the locust, provide a description of the similarities to CSD, and show how they can be manipulated both by stress preconditioning and pharmacologically. We also suggest that locust SD-like events are adaptive by conserving energy and preventing cellular damage, and we provide a model for the mechanism of SD onset and recovery in the locust nervous system.
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- Corinne I Rodgers
- Department of Biology, Queen's University, Biosciences Complex, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
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A novel method for inducing focal ischemia in vitro. J Neurosci Methods 2010; 190:20-7. [PMID: 20417233 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2010.04.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2010] [Revised: 04/15/2010] [Accepted: 04/15/2010] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Current in vitro models of stroke involve applying oxygen-glucose deprived (OGD) media over an entire brain slice or plate of cultured neurons. Thus, these models fail to mimic the focal nature of stroke as observed clinically and with in vivo rodent models of stroke. Our aim was to develop a novel in vitro brain slice model of stroke that would mimic focal ischemia and thus allow for the investigation of events occurring in the penumbra. This was accomplished by focally applying OGD medium to a small portion of a brain slice while bathing the remainder of the slice with normal oxygenated media. This technique produced a focal infarct on the brain slice that increased as a function of time. Electrophysiological recordings made within the flow of the OGD solution ("core") revealed that neurons rapidly depolarized (anoxic depolarization; AD) in a manner similar to that observed in other stroke models. Edaravone, a known neuroprotectant, significantly delayed this onset of AD. Electrophysiological recordings made outside the flow of the OGD solution ("penumbra") revealed that neurons within this region progressively depolarized throughout the 75 min of OGD application. Edaravone attenuated this depolarization and doubled neuronal survival. Finally, synaptic transmission in the penumbra was abolished within 50 min of focal OGD application. These results suggest that this in vitro model mimics events that occur during focal ischemia in vivo and can be used to determine the efficacy of therapeutics that target neuronal survival in the core and/or penumbra.
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Brady JD, Mohr C, Rossi DJ. Vesicular GABA release delays the onset of the Purkinje cell terminal depolarization without affecting tissue swelling in cerebellar slices during simulated ischemia. Neuroscience 2010; 168:108-17. [PMID: 20226232 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2009] [Revised: 02/02/2010] [Accepted: 03/04/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Neurosteroids that can enhance GABA(A) receptor sensitivity protect cerebellar Purkinje cells against transient episodes of global brain ischemia, but little is known about how ischemia affects GABAergic transmission onto Purkinje cells. Here we use patch-clamp recording from Purkinje cells in acutely prepared slices of rat cerebellum to determine how ischemia affects GABAergic signaling to Purkinje cells. In voltage-clamped Purkinje cells, exposing slices to solutions designed to simulate brain ischemia caused an early, partial suppression of the frequency of spontaneous inhibitory post synaptic currents (sIPSCs), but after 5-8 min GABA accumulated in the extracellular space around Purkinje cells, generating a large (approximately 17 nS), sustained GABA(A) receptor-mediated conductance. The sustained GABA(A) conductance occurred in parallel with an even larger (approximately 117 nS) glutamate receptor-mediated conductance, but blocking GABA(A) receptors did not affect the timing or magnitude of the glutamate conductance, and blocking glutamate receptors did not affect the timing or magnitude of the GABA(A) conductance. Despite the lack of interaction between GABA and glutamate, blocking GABA(A) receptors significantly accelerated the onset of the Purkinje cell "ischemic" depolarization (ID), as assessed with current-clamp recordings from Purkinje cells or field potential recordings in the dendritic field of the Purkinje cells. The Purkinje cell ID occurred approximately 2 min prior to the sustained glutamate release under control conditions and a further 1-2 min earlier when GABA(A) receptors were blocked. Tissue swelling, as assessed by monitoring light transmittance through the slice, peaked just after the ID, prior to the sustained glutamate release, but was not affected by blocking GABA(A) receptors. These data indicate that ischemia induces the Purkinje cell ID and tissue swelling prior to the sustained glutamate release, and that blocking GABA(A) receptors accelerates the onset of the ID without affecting tissue swelling. Taken together these data may explain why Purkinje cells are one of the most ischemia sensitive neurons in the brain despite lacking NMDA receptors, and why neurosteroids that enhance GABA(A) receptor function protect Purkinje cells against transient episodes of global brain ischemia.
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- J D Brady
- Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, Oregon Health and Science University, 505 NW 185th Avenue, Beaverton, OR 97006, USA
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Richter F, Bauer R, Lehmenkühler A, Schaible HG. The relationship between sudden severe hypoxia and ischemia-associated spreading depolarization in adult rat brainstem in vivo. Exp Neurol 2010; 224:146-54. [PMID: 20226182 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2010.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2009] [Revised: 02/19/2010] [Accepted: 03/02/2010] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Severe ischemia can induce spreading depolarization (SD) in the cerebral cortex, which is thought to contribute significantly to cerebral dysfunction. Whether the mature brainstem shows SD upon reduced oxygen supply has not been investigated although SDs may significantly influence brainstem functions. In anesthetized adult rats, we induced severe short-lasting hypoxia (SSH) by stopping artificial respiration for about 1 min or by ventilation with pure nitrogen for 1, 2 or 3 min, and milder hypoxia by ventilation with 6% O(2) in N(2) for 10 min. We measured DC potentials in the brainstem and cerebral cortex, systemic arterial blood pressure, heart rate and local blood flow at the brainstem or cerebral cortex surface. SSH lasting up to 1 min did not induce DC shifts in native brainstem but reduced heart rate, systemic blood pressure and blood flow in cortex and brainstem. Longer lasting SSH protocols both reduced systemic blood pressure and induced SD in the brainstem, but the magnitude of the cardiovascular response was not influenced by the simultaneous occurrence of SD. When neuronal excitability in the brainstem was artificially enhanced, SSH of 1 min evoked SD but again the magnitude of cardiovascular changes during SSH was not increased. SSH lasting 3 min evoked non-reversible sustained depolarization. SSH did not render the brainstem more excitable for classical SD evoked by local KCl application. Thus, sudden severe hypoxia/ischemia evokes SDs in the brainstem, but the occurrence of the so-elicited SD does not influence the immediate cardiovascular response to SSH.
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- Frank Richter
- Institute of Physiology I/Neurophysiology, University Hospital Jena, Teichgraben 8, D-07740 Jena, Germany.
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Farkas E, Bari F, Obrenovitch TP. Multi-modal imaging of anoxic depolarization and hemodynamic changes induced by cardiac arrest in the rat cerebral cortex. Neuroimage 2010; 51:734-42. [PMID: 20188185 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.02.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2009] [Revised: 01/27/2010] [Accepted: 02/17/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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We have reported previously that, in otherwise physiological conditions, spreading depression (SD) can be visualized directly by using a fluorescent, voltage-sensitive (VS) dye. However, in stroke models, where depolarizations occur spontaneously near the ischemic core, marked hemodynamic changes interfere significantly with VS dye imaging. This study provides the scientific basis necessary for accurate interpretation of VS dye images captured from ischemic brains. Using two cameras and carefully selected illuminations, multiple image sequences of the cortex were captured through a cranial window during cardiac arrest and subsequent anoxic depolarization (AD). This multi-modal strategy, used in anesthetized rats, allowed the study of synchronous changes in the following variables: (i) membrane potential (VS dye method); (ii) cerebral blood volume (CBV) with green (540-550 nm) illumination; (iii) hemoglobin (Hb) deoxygenation with red (620-640 nm) illumination, and cerebral blood flow (CBF) by laser speckle contrast imaging. Careful analysis of the data and their relationship revealed two important points: (i) as long as hemoglobin deoxygenation is not too pronounced, vascular changes interfere little with VS dye signals; (ii) in contrast, when the local, blood oxygen carrying capacity is close to exhaustion, higher absorption of both red light excitation and VS dye emission by deoxy-Hb, results in marked decreases of VS dye signals. Multiple, synchronous imaging of cellular depolarization, CBF, CBV and Hb deoxygenation is required for reliable data interpretation - but this combination is a powerful tool to examine the coupling between membrane potential and hemodynamic changes, with high spatial and temporal resolution.
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- Eszter Farkas
- Department of Medical Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, H-6720 Szeged, Korányi fasor 9, Hungary
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Harrison TC, Sigler A, Murphy TH. Simple and cost-effective hardware and software for functional brain mapping using intrinsic optical signal imaging. J Neurosci Methods 2009; 182:211-8. [PMID: 19559049 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2009.06.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2009] [Revised: 06/06/2009] [Accepted: 06/10/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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We describe a simple and low-cost system for intrinsic optical signal (IOS) imaging using stable LED light sources, basic microscopes, and commonly available CCD cameras. IOS imaging measures activity-dependent changes in the light reflectance of brain tissue, and can be performed with a minimum of specialized equipment. Our system uses LED ring lights that can be mounted on standard microscope objectives or video lenses to provide a homogeneous and stable light source, with less than 0.003% fluctuation across images averaged from 40 trials. We describe the equipment and surgical techniques necessary for both acute and chronic mouse preparations, and provide software that can create maps of sensory representations from images captured by inexpensive 8-bit cameras or by 12-bit cameras. The IOS imaging system can be adapted to commercial upright microscopes or custom macroscopes, eliminating the need for dedicated equipment or complex optical paths. This method can be combined with parallel high resolution imaging techniques such as two-photon microscopy.
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- Thomas C Harrison
- Kinsmen Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, 2255 Wesbrook Mall, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z3
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Risher WC, Andrew RD, Kirov SA. Real-time passive volume responses of astrocytes to acute osmotic and ischemic stress in cortical slices and in vivo revealed by two-photon microscopy. Glia 2009; 57:207-21. [PMID: 18720409 DOI: 10.1002/glia.20747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 166] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The brain swells over the several minutes that follow stroke onset or acute hypo-osmotic stress because cells take up water. Measuring the volume responses of single neurons and glia has necessarily been confined to isolated or cultured cells. Two-photon laser scanning microscopy enables real-time visualization of cells functioning deep within living neocortex in vivo or in brain slices under physiologically relevant osmotic and ischemic stress. Astrocytes and their processes expressing green fluorescent protein in murine cortical slices swelled in response to 20 min of overhydration (-40 mOsm) and shrank during dehydration (+40 or +80 mOsm) at 32-34 degrees C. Minute-by-minute monitoring revealed no detectable volume regulation during these osmotic challenges, particularly during the first 5 min. Astrocytes also rapidly swelled in response to elevated [K+](o) for 3 min or oxygen/glucose deprivation (OGD) for 10 min. Post-OGD, astroglial volume recovered quickly when slices were re-supplied with oxygen and glucose, while neurons remained swollen with beaded dendrites. In vivo, rapid astroglial swelling was confirmed within 6 min following intraperitoneal water injection or during the 6-12 min following cardiac arrest. While the astrocytic processes were clearly swollen, the extent of the astroglial arbor remained unchanged. Thus, in contrast to osmo-resistant pyramidal neurons (Andrew et al., 2007) that lack known aquaporins, astrocytes passively respond to acute osmotic stress, reflecting functional aquaporins in their plasma membrane. Unlike neurons, astrocytes better recover from brief ischemic insult in cortical slices, probably because their aquaporins facilitate water efflux.
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Pamenter ME, Buck LT. Neuronal membrane potential is mildly depolarized in the anoxic turtle cortex. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2008; 150:410-4. [PMID: 18519169 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.04.605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2008] [Revised: 04/21/2008] [Accepted: 04/22/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Neuronal membrane potential (E(m)) regulates the activity of excitatory voltage-sensitive channels. Anoxic insults lead to a severe loss of E(m) and excitotoxic cell death (ECD) in mammalian neurons. Conversely, anoxia-tolerant freshwater turtle neurons depress energy usage during anoxia by altering ionic conductance to reduce neuronal excitability and ECD is avoided. This wholesale alteration of ion channel and pump activity likely has a significant effect on E(m). Using the whole-cell patch clamp technique we recorded changes in E(m) from turtle cortical neurons during a normoxic to anoxic transition in the presence of various ion channel/pump modulators. E(m) did not change with normoxic perfusion but underwent a reversible, mild depolarization of 8.1+/-0.2 mV following anoxic perfusion. This mild anoxic depolarization (MAD) was not prevented by the manipulation of any single ionic conductance, but was partially reduced by pre-treatment with antagonists of GABA(A) receptors (5.7+/-0.5 mV), cellular bicarbonate production (5.3+/-0.2 mV) or K(+) channels (6.0+/-0.2 mV), or by perfusion of reactive oxygen species scavengers (5.2+/-0.3 mV). Furthermore, all of these treatments induced depolarization in normoxic neurons. Together these data suggest that the MAD may be due to the summation of numerous altered ion conductance states during anoxia.
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Two-photon imaging of stroke onset in vivo reveals that NMDA-receptor independent ischemic depolarization is the major cause of rapid reversible damage to dendrites and spines. J Neurosci 2008; 28:1756-72. [PMID: 18272696 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.5128-07.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 198] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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We adapt a mouse global ischemia model to permit rapid induction of ischemia and reperfusion in conjunction with two-photon imaging to monitor the initial ionic, structural, and functional implications of brief interruptions of blood flow (6-8 min) in vivo. After only 2-3 min of global ischemia, a wide spread loss of mouse somatosensory cortex apical dendritic structure is initiated during the passage of a propagating wave (3.3 mm/min) of ischemic depolarization. Increases in intracellular calcium levels occurred during the wave of ischemic depolarization and were coincident with the loss of dendritic structure, but were not triggered by reperfusion. To assess the role of NMDA receptors, we locally applied the antagonist MK-801 [(+)-5-methyl-10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo[a,d]cyclohepten-5,10-imine maleate] at concentrations sufficient to fully block local NMDA agonist-evoked changes in intracellular calcium levels in vivo. Changes in dendritic structure and intracellular calcium levels were independent of NMDA receptor activation. Local application of the non-NMDA glutamate receptor antagonist CNQX also failed to block ischemic depolarization or rapid changes in dendrite structure. Within 3-5 min of reperfusion, damage ceased and restoration of synaptic structure occurred over 10-60 min. In contrast to a reperfusion promoting damage, over this time scale, the majority of spines and dendrites regained their original structure during reperfusion. Intrinsic optical signal imaging of sensory evoked maps indicated that reversible alteration in dendritic structure during reperfusion was accompanied by restored functional maps. Our results identify glutamate receptor-independent ischemic depolarization as the major ionic event associated with disruption of synaptic structure during the first few minutes of ischemia in vivo.
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Direct, live imaging of cortical spreading depression and anoxic depolarisation using a fluorescent, voltage-sensitive dye. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2008; 28:251-62. [PMID: 17971792 PMCID: PMC2653938 DOI: 10.1038/sj.jcbfm.9600569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Perilesion depolarisations, whether transient anoxic depolarisation (AD) or spreading depression (SD), occur in stroke models and in patients with acute brain ischaemia, but their contribution to lesion progression remains unclear. As these phenomena correspond to waves of cellular depolarisation, we have developed a technique for their live imaging with a fluorescent voltage-sensitive (VS) dye (RH-1838). Method development and validation were performed in two different preparations: chicken retina, to avoid any vascular interference; and cranial window exposing the cortical surface of anaesthetised rats. Spreading depression was produced by high-K medium, and AD by complete terminal ischaemia in rats. After dye loading, the preparation was illuminated at its excitation wavelength and fluorescence changes were recorded sequentially with a charge-coupled device camera. No light was recorded when the VS dye was omitted, ruling out the contribution of any endogenous fluorophore. With both preparations, the changes in VS dye fluorescence with SD were analogous to those of the DC (direct current) potential recorded with glass electrodes. Although some blood quenching of the emitted light was identified, the VS dye signatures of SD had a good signal-to-noise ratio and were reproducible. The changes in VS dye fluorescence associated with AD were more complex because of additional interferents, especially transient brain swelling with subsequent shrinkage. However, the kinetics of the AD-associated changes in VS dye fluorescence was also analogous to that of the DC potential. In conclusion, this method provides the imaging equivalent of electrical extracellular DC potential recording, with the SD and AD negative shifts translating directly to fluorescence increase.
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Davies ML, Kirov SA, Andrew RD. Whole isolated neocortical and hippocampal preparations and their use in imaging studies. J Neurosci Methods 2007; 166:203-16. [PMID: 17765319 PMCID: PMC2100436 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2007.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2007] [Revised: 07/10/2007] [Accepted: 07/11/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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This study shows that two whole isolated preparations from the young mouse, the neocortical 'slab' and the hippocampal formation, are useful for imaging studies requiring both global monitoring using light transmittance (LT) imaging and high resolution cellular monitoring using 2-photon laser scanning microscopy (2PLSM). These preparations share advantages with brain slices such as maintaining intrinsic neuronal properties and avoiding cardiac or respiratory movement. Important additional advantages include the maintenance of all local input and output pathways, the absence of surfaces injured by slicing and the preservation of three-dimensional tissue structure. Using evoked extracellular field recording, we demonstrate long-term (hours) viability of both whole preparations. We then show that propagating cortical events such as anoxic depolarization (AD) and spreading depression (SD) can be imaged in both preparations, yielding results comparable to those in brain slices but retaining the tissue's three-dimensional structure. Using transgenic mice expressing green fluorescent protein (GFP) in pyramidal and granule cell neurons, 2PLSM confirms that these preparations are free of the surface damage observed in sliced brain tissue. Moreover the neurons undergo swelling with accompanying dendritic beading following AD induced by simulated ischemia, similar to cortical damage described in vivo.
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Affiliation(s)
- Melissa L. Davies
- Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology and The Centre for Neuroscience Studies Queen’s University, Kingston, ON
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- Department of Neurosurgery Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA
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- Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology and The Centre for Neuroscience Studies Queen’s University, Kingston, ON
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