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Pereira PDC, Henrique EP, Porfírio DM, Crispim CCDS, Campos MTB, de Oliveira RM, Silva IMS, Guerreiro LCF, da Silva TWP, da Silva ADJF, Rosa JBDS, de Azevedo DLF, Lima CGC, Castro de Abreu C, Filho CS, Diniz DLWP, Magalhães NGDM, Guerreiro-Diniz C, Diniz CWP, Diniz DG. Environmental Enrichment Improved Learning and Memory, Increased Telencephalic Cell Proliferation, and Induced Differential Gene Expression in Colossoma macropomum. Front Pharmacol 2020; 11:840. [PMID: 32595498 PMCID: PMC7303308 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2020.00840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2019] [Accepted: 05/21/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Fish use spatial cognition based on allocentric cues to navigate, but little is known about how environmental enrichment (EE) affects learning and memory in correlation with hematological changes or gene expression in the fish brain. Here we investigated these questions in Colossoma macropomum (Teleostei). Fish were housed for 192 days in either EE or in an impoverished environment (IE) aquarium. EE contained toys, natural plants, and a 12-h/day water stream for voluntary exercise, whereas IE had no toys, plants, or water stream. A third plus maze aquarium was used for spatial and object recognition tests. Compared with IE, the EE fish showed greater learning rates, body length, and body weight. After behavioral tests, whole brain tissue was taken, stored in RNA-later, and then homogenized for DNA sequencing after conversion of isolated RNA. To compare read mapping and gene expression profiles across libraries for neurotranscriptome differential expression, we mapped back RNA-seq reads to the C. macropomum de novo assembled transcriptome. The results showed significant differential behavior, cell counts and gene expression in EE and IE individuals. As compared with IE, we found a greater number of cells in the telencephalon of individuals maintained in EE but no significant difference in the tectum opticum, suggesting differential plasticity in these areas. A total of 107,669 transcripts were found that ultimately yielded 64 differentially expressed transcripts between IE and EE brains. Another group of adult fish growing in aquaculture conditions were either subjected to exercise using running water flow or maintained sedentary. Flow cytometry analysis of peripheral blood showed a significantly higher density of lymphocytes, and platelets but no significant differences in erythrocytes and granulocytes. Thus, under the influence of contrasting environments, our findings showed differential changes at the behavioral, cellular, and molecular levels. We propose that the differential expression of selected transcripts, number of telencephalic cell counts, learning and memory performance, and selective hematological cell changes may be part of Teleostei adaptive physiological responses triggered by EE visuospatial and somatomotor stimulation. Our findings suggest abundant differential gene expression changes depending on environment and provide a basis for exploring gene regulation mechanisms under EE in C. macropomum.
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- Patrick Douglas Corrêa Pereira
- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular e Neuroecologia, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Pará, Bragança, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular e Neuroecologia, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Pará, Bragança, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Investigação em Neurodegeneração e Infecção, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Hospital Universitário João de Barros Barreto, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Investigação em Neurodegeneração e Infecção, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Hospital Universitário João de Barros Barreto, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Investigação em Neurodegeneração e Infecção, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Hospital Universitário João de Barros Barreto, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Investigação em Neurodegeneração e Infecção, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Hospital Universitário João de Barros Barreto, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Investigação em Neurodegeneração e Infecção, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Hospital Universitário João de Barros Barreto, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Investigação em Neurodegeneração e Infecção, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Hospital Universitário João de Barros Barreto, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular e Neuroecologia, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Pará, Bragança, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular e Neuroecologia, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Pará, Bragança, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular e Neuroecologia, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Pará, Bragança, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular e Neuroecologia, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Pará, Bragança, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular e Neuroecologia, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Pará, Bragança, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular e Neuroecologia, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Pará, Bragança, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Investigação em Neurodegeneração e Infecção, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Hospital Universitário João de Barros Barreto, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Investigação em Neurodegeneração e Infecção, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Hospital Universitário João de Barros Barreto, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil
- Laboratório de Microscopia Eletrônica, Instituto Evandro Chagas, Belém, Brazil
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Abreu CC, Fernandes TN, Henrique EP, Pereira PDC, Marques SB, Herdeiro SLS, Oliveira FRR, Magalhães NGM, Anthony DC, Melo MAD, Guerreiro-Diniz C, Diniz DG, Picanço-Diniz CW. Small-scale environmental enrichment and exercise enhance learning and spatial memory of Carassius auratus, and increase cell proliferation in the telencephalon: an exploratory study. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019; 52:e8026. [PMID: 31038577 PMCID: PMC6487742 DOI: 10.1590/1414-431x20198026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2018] [Accepted: 02/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Carassius auratus is a teleost fish that has been largely used in behavioral studies. However, little is known about potential environmental influences on its performance of learning and memory tasks. Here, we investigated this question in C. auratus, and searched for potential correlation between exercise and visuospatial enrichment with the total number of telencephalic glia and neurons. To that end, males and females were housed for 183 days in either an enriched (EE) or impoverished environment (IE) aquarium. EE contained toys, natural plants, and a 12-hour/day water stream for voluntary exercise, whereas the IE had none of the above. A third plus-maze aquarium was used for spatial and object recognition tests. Different visual clues in 2 of its 4 arms were used to guide fish to reach the criteria to complete the task. The test consisted of 30 sessions and was concluded when each animal performed three consecutive correct choices or seven alternated, each ten trials. Learning rates revealed significant differences between EE and IE fish. The optical fractionator was used to estimate the total number of telencephalic cells that were stained with cresyl violet. On average, the total number of cells in the subjects from EE was higher than those from subjects maintained in IE (P=0.0202). We suggest that environmental enrichment significantly influenced goldfish spatial learning and memory abilities, and this may be associated with an increase in the total number of telencephalic cells.
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- C C Abreu
- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Hospital Universitário João de Barros Barreto, Laboratório de Neurodegeneração e Infecção, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, Brasil
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Hospital Universitário João de Barros Barreto, Laboratório de Neurodegeneração e Infecção, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular e Neuroecologia, Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia do Pará, Bragança, PA, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular e Neuroecologia, Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia do Pará, Bragança, PA, Brasil
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Hospital Universitário João de Barros Barreto, Laboratório de Neurodegeneração e Infecção, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, Brasil
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Hospital Universitário João de Barros Barreto, Laboratório de Neurodegeneração e Infecção, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, Brasil
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Hospital Universitário João de Barros Barreto, Laboratório de Neurodegeneração e Infecção, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular e Neuroecologia, Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia do Pará, Bragança, PA, Brasil
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- University of Oxford, Department of Pharmacology, Mansfield Road, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular e Neuroecologia, Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia do Pará, Bragança, PA, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular e Neuroecologia, Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia do Pará, Bragança, PA, Brasil
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Hospital Universitário João de Barros Barreto, Laboratório de Neurodegeneração e Infecção, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, Brasil
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Hospital Universitário João de Barros Barreto, Laboratório de Neurodegeneração e Infecção, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, Brasil
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Pozner T, Vistoropsky Y, Moaraf S, Heiblum R, Barnea A. Questioning Seasonality of Neuronal Plasticity in the Adult Avian Brain. Sci Rep 2018; 8:11289. [PMID: 30050046 PMCID: PMC6062517 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-29532-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2018] [Accepted: 07/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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To date, studies that reported seasonal patterns of adult neurogenesis and neuronal recruitment have correlated them to seasonal behaviors as the cause or as a consequence of neuronal changes. The aim of our study was to test this correlation, and to investigate whether there is a seasonal pattern of new neuronal recruitment that is not correlated to behavior. To do this, we used adult female zebra finches (songbirds that are not seasonal breeders), kept them under constant social, behavioral, and spatial environments, and compared neuronal recruitment in their brains during two seasons, under natural and laboratory conditions. Under natural conditions, no significant differences were found in the pattern of new neuronal recruitment across seasons. However, under artificial indoor conditions that imitated the natural conditions, higher neuronal recruitment occurred in late summer (August) compared to early spring (February). Moreover, our data indicate that "mixing" temperature and day length significantly reduces new neuronal recruitment, demonstrating the importance of the natural combination of temperature and day length. Taken together, our findings show, for the first time, that neuroplasticity changes under natural vs. artificial conditions, and demonstrate the importance of both laboratory and field experiments when looking at complex biological systems.
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- Tatyana Pozner
- Department of Natural and Life Sciences, The Open University of Israel, Ra'anana, 43107, Israel.
- Department of Stem Cell Biology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg (FAU), Erlangen, 91054, Germany.
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- Department of Natural and Life Sciences, The Open University of Israel, Ra'anana, 43107, Israel
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- Department of Natural and Life Sciences, The Open University of Israel, Ra'anana, 43107, Israel
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- Department of Natural and Life Sciences, The Open University of Israel, Ra'anana, 43107, Israel
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- Department of Natural and Life Sciences, The Open University of Israel, Ra'anana, 43107, Israel
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Hu LN, Tian JX, Gao W, Zhu J, Mou FF, Ye XC, Liu YP, Lu PP, Shao SJ, Guo HD. Electroacupuncture and moxibustion promote regeneration of injured sciatic nerve through Schwann cell proliferation and nerve growth factor secretion. Neural Regen Res 2018; 13:477-483. [PMID: 29623933 PMCID: PMC5900511 DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.228731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Using electroacupuncture and moxibustion to treat peripheral nerve injury is highly efficient with low side effects. However, the electroacupuncture- and moxibustion-based mechanisms underlying nerve repair are still unclear. Here, in vivo and in vitro experiments uncovered one mechanism through which electroacupuncture and moxibustion affect regeneration after peripheral nerve injury. We first established rat models of sciatic nerve injury using neurotomy. Rats were treated with electroacupuncture or moxibustion at acupoints Huantiao (GB30) and Zusanli (ST36). Each treatment lasted 15 minutes, and treatments were given six times a week for 4 consecutive weeks. Behavioral testing was used to determine the sciatic functional index. We used electrophysiological detection to measure sciatic nerve conduction velocity and performed hematoxylin-eosin staining to determine any changes in the gastrocnemius muscle. We used immunohistochemistry to observe changes in the expression of S100—a specific marker for Schwann cells—and an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to detect serum level of nerve growth factor. Results showed that compared with the model-only group, sciatic functional index, recovery rate of conduction velocity, diameter recovery of the gastrocnemius muscle fibers, number of S100-immunoreactive cells, and level of nerve growth factor were greater in the electroacupuncture and moxibustion groups. The efficacy did not differ between treatment groups. The serum from treated rats was collected and used to stimulate Schwann cells cultured in vitro. Results showed that the viability of Schwann cells was much higher in the treatment groups than in the model group at 3 and 5 days after treatment. These findings indicate that electroacupuncture and moxibustion promoted nerve regeneration and functional recovery; its mechanism might be associated with the enhancement of Schwann cell proliferation and upregulation of nerve growth factor.
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- Lin-Na Hu
- Department of Anatomy, School of Basic Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Basic Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine; Department of Internal Medicine, Shanghai Changhang Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Basic Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai; Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Heze Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Heze, Shandong Province, China
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Basic Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Basic Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Basic Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Basic Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Basic Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Basic Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Basic Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Ngwenya A, Patzke N, Herculano-Houzel S, Manger PR. Potential Adult Neurogenesis in the Telencephalon and Cerebellar Cortex of the Nile Crocodile Revealed with Doublecortin Immunohistochemistry. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 2017; 301:659-672. [DOI: 10.1002/ar.23738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2016] [Revised: 06/26/2017] [Accepted: 07/31/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Ayanda Ngwenya
- School of Anatomical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences; University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Road, Parktown; Johannesburg 2193 Republic of South Africa
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- School of Anatomical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences; University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Road, Parktown; Johannesburg 2193 Republic of South Africa
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- Department of Psychology; Vanderbilt University; Nashville Tennessee
- Department of Biological Sciences; Vanderbilt University; Nashville Tennessee
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- School of Anatomical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences; University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Road, Parktown; Johannesburg 2193 Republic of South Africa
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Dunlap KD. Fish Neurogenesis in Context: Assessing Environmental Influences on Brain Plasticity within a Highly Labile Physiology and Morphology. BRAIN, BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION 2016; 87:156-166. [DOI: 10.1159/000446907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Fish have unusually high rates of brain cell proliferation and neurogenesis during adulthood, and the rates of these processes are greatly influenced by the environment. This high level of cell proliferation and its responsiveness to environmental change indicate that such plasticity might be a particularly important mechanism underlying behavioral plasticity in fish. However, as part of their highly labile physiology and morphology, fish also respond to the environment through processes that affect cell proliferation but that are not specific to behavioral change. For example, the environment has nonspecific influences on cell proliferation all over the body via its effect on body temperature and growth rate. In addition, some fish species also have an unusual capacity for sex change and somatic regeneration, and both of these processes likely involve widespread changes in cell proliferation. Thus, in evaluating the possible behavioral role of adult brain cell proliferation, it is important to distinguish regionally specific responses in behaviorally relevant brain nuclei from global proliferative changes across the whole brain or body. In this review, I first highlight how fish differ from other vertebrates, particularly birds and mammals, in ways that have a bearing on the interpretation of brain plasticity. I then summarize the known effects of the physical and social environment, sex change, and predators on brain cell proliferation and neurogenesis, with a particular emphasis on whether the effects are regionally specific. Finally, I review evidence that environmentally induced changes in brain cell proliferation and neurogenesis in fish are mediated by hormones and play a role in behavioral responses to the environment.
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Leigh Leasure J, West R. Can the Brain Benefits of Exercise Be Enhanced Without Additional Exercise? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 1:37-40. [PMID: 27468429 PMCID: PMC4959803 DOI: 10.29245/2572.942x/2016/2.1027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- J Leigh Leasure
- Department of Psychology, University of Houston, 126 Heyne Building, Houston, TX 77204-5022, United States ; Department of Biology & Biochemistry, 3455 Cullen Boulevard, Room 342, Houston, TX 77204-5001, United States
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- Department of Psychology, University of Houston, 126 Heyne Building, Houston, TX 77204-5022, United States
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Environmental experiences influence cortical volume in territorial and nonterritorial side-blotched lizards, Uta stansburiana. Anim Behav 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.01.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Smirnova EY, Zaitsev AV, Kim KK, Chizhov AV. The domain of neuronal firing on a plane of input current and conductance. J Comput Neurosci 2015; 39:217-33. [PMID: 26278407 DOI: 10.1007/s10827-015-0573-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2014] [Revised: 08/04/2015] [Accepted: 08/06/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The activation of neurotransmitter receptors increases the current flow and membrane conductance and thus controls the firing rate of a neuron. In the present work, we justified the two-dimensional representation of a neuronal input by voltage-independent current and conductance and obtained experimentally and numerically a complete input-output (I/O) function. The dependence of the steady-state firing rate on the input current and conductance was studied as a two-parameter I/O function. We employed the dynamic patch clamp technique in slices to get this dependence for the whole domain of two input signals that evoke stationary spike trains in a single neuron (Ω-domain). As found, the Ω-domain is finite and an additional conductance decreases the range of spike-evoking currents. The I/O function has been reproduced in a Hodgkin-Huxley-like model. Among the simulated effects of different factors on the I/O function, including passive and active membrane properties, external conditions and input signal properties, the most interesting were: the shift of the right boundary of the Ω-domain (corresponding to the exCitation block) leftwards due to the decrease of the maximal potassium conductance; and the reduction of the Ω-domain by the decrease of the maximal sodium concentration. As found in experiments and simulations, the Ω-domain is reduced by the decrease of extracellular sodium concentration, by cooling, and by adding slow potassium currents providing interspike interval adaptation; the Ω-domain height is increased by adding color noise. Our modeling data provided a generalization of I/O dependencies that is consistent with previous studies and our experiments. Our results suggest that both current flow and membrane conductance should be taken into account when determining neuronal firing activity.
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- E Yu Smirnova
- Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Politekhnicheskaya str., 26, 194021, St.-Petersburg, Russia.
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- Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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- Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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- Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Politekhnicheskaya str., 26, 194021, St.-Petersburg, Russia.,Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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Maine AR, Powers SD, Lutterschmidt DI. Seasonal Variation in Cell Proliferation and Cell Migration in the Brain of Adult Red-Sided Garter Snakes(Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis). BRAIN, BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION 2014; 84:181-96. [DOI: 10.1159/000364778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2013] [Accepted: 12/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Venancio LPR, Silva MIA, da Silva TL, Moschetta VAG, de Campos Zuccari DAP, Almeida EA, Bonini-Domingos CR. Pollution-induced metabolic responses in hypoxia-tolerant freshwater turtles. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2013; 97:1-9. [PMID: 23993649 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2013.06.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2013] [Revised: 06/19/2013] [Accepted: 06/21/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The physiological control to support the absence of O2 for long periods of diving, and oxidative damage impact caused by the whole process of hypoxia/reperfusion in freshwater turtles is well known. However, effects of contaminants may act as co-varying stressors and cause biological damage, disrupting the hypoxia/reperfusion oxidative damage control. In order to investigate the action of environmental stressors present in domestic or industrial wastewater effluent, we performed a biochemical analysis of biotransformation enzymes, oxidative stress, as well as neuromuscular, physiological and morphological parameters in Phrynops geoffroanus, an hypoxic-tolerant freshwater turtle endemic of South America, using animals sampled in urban area, contaminated by sewage and industrial effluents and animals sampled in control area. Here we demonstrate the physiological and biochemical impact caused by pollution, and the effect that these changes cause in antioxidant activity. Animals from the urban area exhibited higher EROD (ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase, CYP1A1), GST (glutathione S-transferase), G6PDH (glucose-6-phosphate deshydrogenase), AChE (acetilcholinesterase) activities and also TEAC (trolox-equivalent antioxidant capacity) and TBARS (thiobarbituric acid reactive substances) values. We examined whether two morphometric indices (K - condition factor and HIS - hepatosomatic index) which help in assessing the general condition and possible liver disease, respectively, were modified. The K of the urban animals was significantly decreased compared to the control animals, but the HIS value was increased in animals from the urban area, supporting the idea of an impact in physiology and life quality in the urban freshwater turtles. We propose that this freshwater turtle specie have the ability to enhance its antioxidants defenses in order to protect from tissue damage caused by hypoxia and reperfusion, but also that caused by environmental contamination and that the oxidative damage control in hypoxic conditions has resulted in an adaptive condition in hypoxic-tolerant freshwater turtle species, in order to better tolerate the release of contaminated effluents resulting from human activity.
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- Larissa Paola Rodrigues Venancio
- Department of Biology, Centro de Estudo de Quelônios (CEQ) and Laboratório de Hemoglobinas e Genética das Doenças Hematológicas (LHGDH), IBILCE, UNESP - Sao Paulo State University, Sao Jose do Rio Preto, SP 15054-000, Brazil.
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Portiansky EL, Nishida F, Barbeito CG, Gimeno EJ, Goya RG. Increased number of neurons in the cervical spinal cord of aged female rats. PLoS One 2011; 6:e22537. [PMID: 21799890 PMCID: PMC3140527 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2011] [Accepted: 06/23/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In the brain, specific signaling pathways localized in highly organized regions called niches allow the persistence of a pool of stem and progenitor cells that generate new neurons in adulthood. Much less is known about the spinal cord where a sustained adult neurogenesis is not observed. Moreover, there is scarce information concerning cell proliferation in the adult mammalian spinal cord and virtually none in aging animals or humans. We performed a comparative morphometric and immunofluorescence study of the entire cervical region (C1-C8) in young (5 mo.) and aged (30 mo.) female rats. Serum prolactin (PRL), a neurogenic hormone, was also measured. Gross anatomy showed a significant age-related increase in size of all of the cervical segments. Morphometric analysis of cresyl violet stained segments also showed a significant increase in the area occupied by the gray matter of some cervical segments of aged rats. The most interesting finding was that both the total area occupied by neurons and the number of neurons increased significantly with age, the latter increase ranging from 16% (C6) to 34% (C2). Taking the total number of cervical neurons the age-related increase ranged from 19% (C6) to 51% (C3), C3 being the segment that grew most in length in the aged animals. Some bromodeoxyuridine positive-neuron specific enolase negative (BrdU(+)-NSE(-)) cells were observed and, occasionally, double positive (BrdU(+)-NSE(+)) cells were detected in some cervical segments of both young and aged rats groups. As expected, serum PRL increased markedly with age. We propose that in the cervical spinal cord of female rats, both maturation of pre-existing neuroblasts and/or possible neurogenesis occur during the entire life span, in a process in which PRL may play a role.
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- Enrique L Portiansky
- Laboratorio de Análisis de Imágenes, School of Veterinary Sciences, National University of La Plata, La Plata, Argentina.
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Dunlap KD, Silva AC, Chung M. Environmental complexity, seasonality and brain cell proliferation in a weakly electric fish, Brachyhypopomus gauderio. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 214:794-805. [PMID: 21307066 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.051037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Environmental complexity and season both influence brain cell proliferation in adult vertebrates, but their relative importance and interaction have not been directly assessed. We examined brain cell proliferation during both the breeding and non-breeding seasons in adult male electric fish, Brachyhypopomus gauderio, exposed to three environments that differed in complexity: (1) a complex natural habitat in northern Uruguay, (2) an enriched captive environment where fish were housed socially and (3) a simple laboratory setting where fish were isolated. We injected fish with BrdU 2.5 h before sacrifice to label newborn cells. We examined the hindbrain and midbrain and quantified the density of BrdU+ cells in whole transverse sections, proliferative zones and two brain nuclei in the electrocommunication circuitry (the pacemaker nucleus and the electrosensory lateral line lobe). Season had the largest effect on cell proliferation, with fish during the breeding season having three to seven times more BrdU+ cells than those during the non-breeding season. Although the effect was smaller, fish from a natural environment had greater rates of cell proliferation than fish in social or isolated captive environments. For most brain regions, fish in social and isolated captive environments had equivalent levels of cell proliferation. However, for brain regions in the electrocommunication circuitry, group-housed fish had more cell proliferation than isolated fish, but only during the breeding season (season × environment interaction). The regionally and seasonally specific effect of social environment on cell proliferation suggests that addition of new cells to these nuclei may contribute to seasonal changes in electrocommunication behavior.
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- Kent D Dunlap
- Department of Biology, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106, USA.
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Rehermann MI, Santiñaque FF, López-Carro B, Russo RE, Trujillo-Cenóz O. Cell proliferation and cytoarchitectural remodeling during spinal cord reconnection in the fresh-water turtle Trachemys dorbignyi. Cell Tissue Res 2011; 344:415-33. [PMID: 21574060 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-011-1173-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2010] [Accepted: 04/11/2011] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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In fresh-water turtles, the bridge connecting the proximal and caudal stumps of transected spinal cords consists of regenerating axons running through a glial cellular matrix. To understand the process leading to the generation of the scaffold bridging the lesion, we analyzed the mitotic activity triggered by spinal injury in animals maintained alive for 20-30 days after spinal cord transection. Flow cytometry and bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU)-labeling experiments revealed a significant increment of cycling cells around the lesion epicenter. BrdU-tagged cells maintained a close association with regenerating axons. Most dividing cells expressed the brain lipid-binding protein (BLBP). Cells with BrdU-positive nuclei expressed glial fibrillary acidic protein. As spinal cord regeneration involves dynamic cell rearrangements, we explored the ultra-structure of the bridge and found cells with the aspect of immature oligodendrocytes forming an embryonic-like microenvironment. These cells supported and ensheathed regenerating axons that were recognized by immunocytological and electron-microscopical procedures. Since functional recovery depends on proper impulse transmission, we examined the anatomical axon-glia relationships near the lesion epicenter. Computer-assisted three-dimensional models revealed helical axon-glial junctions in which the intercellular space appeared to be reduced (5-7 nm). Serial-sectioning analysis revealed that fibril-containing processes provided myelinating axon sheaths. Thus, disruption of the ependymal layer elicits mitotic activity predominantly in radial glia expressing BLBP on the lateral aspects of the ependyma. These cycling cells seem to migrate and contribute to the bridge providing the main support and sheaths for regenerating axons.
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- María Inés Rehermann
- Departamento de Neurofisiología Celular y Molecular, Avenida Italia 3318, Montevideo, Uruguay
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Changes in neostriatal and hippocampal synaptic densities in perinatal asphyctic male and female young rats: Role of hypothermia. Brain Res Bull 2011; 84:31-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2010.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2010] [Revised: 09/21/2010] [Accepted: 10/12/2010] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Effect of temperature on spinal cord regeneration in the weakly electric fish, Apteronotus leptorhynchus. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 2010; 196:359-68. [DOI: 10.1007/s00359-010-0521-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2009] [Revised: 03/03/2010] [Accepted: 03/04/2010] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Ariel M, Ward KC, Tolbert DL. Topography of Purkinje Cells and Other Calbindin-Immunoreactive Cells Within Adult and Hatchling Turtle Cerebellum. THE CEREBELLUM 2009; 8:463-76. [PMID: 19548045 DOI: 10.1007/s12311-009-0123-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2009] [Accepted: 06/05/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Michael Ariel
- Department of Pharmacological & Physiological Science, Saint Louis University, School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO 63104, USA.
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Temperature regulates limb length in homeotherms by directly modulating cartilage growth. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008; 105:19348-53. [PMID: 19047632 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0803319105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Allen's Rule documents a century-old biological observation that strong positive correlations exist among latitude, ambient temperature, and limb length in mammals. Although genetic selection for thermoregulatory adaptation is frequently presumed to be the primary basis of this phenomenon, important but frequently overlooked research has shown that appendage outgrowth is also markedly influenced by environmental temperature. Alteration of limb blood flow via vasoconstriction/vasodilation is the current default hypothesis for this growth plasticity, but here we show that tissue perfusion does not fully account for differences in extremity elongation in mice. We show that peripheral tissue temperature closely reflects housing temperature in vivo, and we demonstrate that chondrocyte proliferation and extracellular matrix volume strongly correlate with tissue temperature in metatarsals cultured without vasculature in vitro. Taken together, these data suggest that vasomotor changes likely modulate extremity growth indirectly, via their effects on appendage temperature, rather than vascular nutrient delivery. When combined with classic evolutionary theory, especially genetic assimilation, these results provide a potentially comprehensive explanation of Allen's Rule, and may substantially impact our understanding of phenotypic variation in living and extinct mammals, including humans.
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Kesaraju S, Milton SL. Preliminary evidence of neuronal regeneration in the anoxia tolerant vertebrate brain. Exp Neurol 2008; 215:401-3. [PMID: 19046969 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2008.10.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2008] [Revised: 10/17/2008] [Accepted: 10/23/2008] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Postnatal neurogenesis in response to stroke or ischemia is currently of great medical interest. In this study, we investigated the potential for neurogenesis in an anoxia tolerant vertebrate in response to global ischemia. The results suggest sustained neurogenesis in the turtle that increases after ischemic damage, thus revealing a potential physiological adaptation to repeated anoxia-reoxygenation events. This finding further emphasizes the common vertebrate phenomenon of postnatal neurogenesis, with the capacity for extensive regeneration of neurons apparent in some reptilian species.
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- Shailaja Kesaraju
- Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, Florida, 33431, USA.
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Xu F, Wen T, Lu TJ, Seffen KA. Modeling of Nociceptor Transduction in Skin Thermal Pain Sensation. J Biomech Eng 2008; 130:041013. [DOI: 10.1115/1.2939370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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All biological bodies live in a thermal environment with the human body as no exception, where skin is the interface with protecting function. When the temperature moves out of normal physiological range, skin fails to protect and pain sensation is evocated. Skin thermal pain is one of the most common problems for humans in everyday life as well as in thermal therapeutic treatments. Nocicetors (special receptor for pain) in skin play an important role in this process, converting the energy from external noxious thermal stimulus into electrical energy via nerve impulses. However, the underlying mechanisms of nociceptors are poorly understood and there have been limited efforts to model the transduction process. In this paper, a model of nociceptor transduction in skin thermal pain is developed in order to build direct relationship between stimuli and neural response, which incorporates a skin thermomechanical model for the calculation of temperature, damage and thermal stress at the location of nociceptor and a revised Hodgkin–Huxley form model for frequency modulation. The model qualitatively reproduces measured relationship between spike rate and temperature. With the addition of chemical and mechanical components, the model can reproduce the continuing perception of pain after temperature has returned to normal. The model can also predict differences in nociceptor activity as a function of nociceptor depth in skin tissue.
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- F. Xu
- Engineering Department, Cambridge University, Cambridge CB2 1PZ, UK
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- Engineering Department, Cambridge University, Cambridge CB2 1PZ, UK
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Strength and Vibration, School of Aerospace, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, P.R.C
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- Engineering Department, Cambridge University, Cambridge CB2 1PZ, UK
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Trujillo-Cenóz O, Fernández A, Radmilovich M, Reali C, Russo RE. Cytological organization of the central gelatinosa in the turtle spinal cord. J Comp Neurol 2007; 502:291-308. [PMID: 17348014 DOI: 10.1002/cne.21306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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This paper deals with the cytological organization of the central gelatinosa (CG) in the spinal cord of juvenile (2-12 months) turtles. We found two main cell classes in the CG: one with characteristics of immature neurons, the other identified as radial glia (RG). The cells surrounding the central canal formed radial conglomerates in such a way that the RG lamellae covered the immature neurons. We found three major subpopulations of RG that expressed S-100, glial fibrillary acidic protein, or both proteins. Electron microscopic images showed gap junctions interconnecting RG. As with the mammalian neuroepithelial cells, most CG cells displayed intrinsic polarity expressed by structural and molecular differences between the most apical and basal cell compartments. The apical zone was characterized by the occurrence of a single cilium associated with a conspicuous centrosomal complex. We found a prominent expression of the PCM-1 centrosomal protein concentrated close to the central canal lumen. In the particular case of RG, the peripheral end feet contacted the subpial basement membrane. We also found "transitional cell forms" difficult to classify by the usual imaging approaches. Functional clues obtained by patch-clamp recordings of CG cells defined some of them as already committed to follow the neuronal lineage, whereas others had properties of less mature or migrating cells. The CG appeared as a richly innervated region receiving terminal branches from nerve plexuses expressing gamma-aminobutyric acid, serotonin, and glutamate. The results presented here support our previous studies indicating that the CG is an extended neurogenic niche along the spinal cord of turtles.
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- Omar Trujillo-Cenóz
- Neuroanatomía Comparada, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable, Montevideo, CP11600 Uruguay.
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Simmons AM, Chapman JA, Brown RA. Developmental changes in cell proliferation in the auditory midbrain of the bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 66:1212-24. [PMID: 16858692 DOI: 10.1002/neu.20301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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We examined patterns of cell proliferation in the auditory midbrain (torus semicircularis) of the bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana, over larval and early postmetamorphic development, by visualizing incorporation of 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdU) in cycling cells. At all developmental stages, BrdU-labeled cells were concentrated around the optic ventricle. BrdU-labeled cells also appeared within the torus semicircularis itself, in a stage-specific manner. The mitotic index, quantified as the percent of BrdU-positive cells outside the ventricular zone per total cells available for label, varied over larval development. Mitotic index was low in hatchling, early larval, and late larval stages, and increased significantly in deaf period, metamorphic climax, and froglet stages. Cell proliferation was higher in metamorphic climax than at other stages, suggesting increased cell proliferation in preparation for the transition from an aquatic to an amphibious existence. The change in mitotic index over development did not parallel the change in the total numbers of cells available for label. BrdU incorporation was additionally quantified by dot-blot assay, showing that BrdU is available for label up to 72 h postinjection. The pattern of change in cell proliferation in the torus semicircularis differs from that in the auditory medulla (dorsal medullary nucleus and superior olivary nucleus), suggesting that cell proliferation in these distinct auditory nuclei is mediated by different underlying mechanisms.
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Milton SL, Prentice HM. Beyond anoxia: the physiology of metabolic downregulation and recovery in the anoxia-tolerant turtle. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2006; 147:277-90. [PMID: 17049896 PMCID: PMC1975785 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.08.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2006] [Revised: 08/17/2006] [Accepted: 08/21/2006] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The freshwater turtle Trachemys scripta is among the most anoxia-tolerant of vertebrates, a true facultative anaerobe able to survive without oxygen for days at room temperature to weeks or months during winter hibernation. Our good friend and colleague Peter Lutz devoted nearly 25 years to the study of the physiology of anoxia tolerance in these and other model organisms, promoting not just the basic science but also the idea that understanding the physiology and molecular mechanisms behind anoxia tolerance provides insights into critical survival pathways that may be applicable to the hypoxic/ischemic mammalian brain. Work by Peter and his colleagues focused on the factors which enable the turtle to enter a deep hypometabolic state, including decreases in ion flux ("channel arrest"), increases in inhibitory neuromodulators like adenosine and GABA, and the maintenance of low extracellular levels of excitatory compounds such as dopamine and glutamate. Our attention has recently turned to molecular mechanisms of anoxia tolerance, including the upregulation of such protective factors as heat shock proteins (Hsp72, Hsc73), the reversible downregulation of voltage gated potassium channels, and the modulation of MAP kinase pathways. In this review we discuss three phases of anoxia tolerance, including the initial metabolic downregulation over the first several hours, the long-term maintenance of neuronal function over days to weeks of anoxia, and finally recovery upon reoxygenation, with necessary defenses against reactive oxygen stress.
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- Sarah L Milton
- Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431, USA.
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Kanagawa T, Fukuda H, Tsubouchi H, Komoto Y, Hayashi S, Fukui O, Shimoya K, Murata Y. A decrease of cell proliferation by hypothermia in the hippocampus of the neonatal rat. Brain Res 2006; 1111:36-40. [PMID: 16904084 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.06.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2005] [Revised: 06/19/2006] [Accepted: 06/29/2006] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Hypothermia is a potential therapy for cerebral hypoxic ischemic injury of not only adults but also neonates. However, the side effects of hypothermia in the developing brain, where a massive amount of neurogenesis occurs, remain unclear. We investigated the proliferation of neural progenitor cells by systemic application of the thymidine analog 5-bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) in neonatal rats in a severe hypothermic environment. The rat pups were divided into two groups, a hypothermia group (30 degrees C: n=10) and a normothermia group (37 degrees C: n=10). After the pups were placed for 21 h in each environment, 100 mg/kg/day of BrdU was injected intraperitoneally to label dividing cells, and then the pups were sacrificed at 24 h. We examined the number of BrdU-labeled cells in the subventricular zone of the periventricle and the subgranular zone of the dentate gyrus. In the hypothermic environment, BrdU-labeled cells significantly decreased in number in the dentate gyrus, but not in the periventricular region. Thus, the severe hypothermic environment induced a decrease of neurogenesis in the neonatal rat. These observations are noteworthy regarding clinical hypothermia therapy following cerebral hypoxic ischemic injury during the perinatal period.
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- Takeshi Kanagawa
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka University, Faculty of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoaka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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Chapman JA, Weinstein JL, Simmons AM. Cell proliferation in the Rana catesbeiana auditory medulla over metamorphic development. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 66:115-33. [PMID: 16288474 DOI: 10.1002/neu.20209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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During metamorphic development, bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana) undergo substantial morphological, anatomical, and physiological changes as the animals prepare for the transition from a fully-aquatic to a semi-terrestrial existence. Using BrdU incorporation and immunohistochemistry, we quantify changes in cell proliferation in two key auditory brainstem nuclei, the dorsolateral nucleus and the superior olivary nucleus, over the course of larval and early postmetamorphic development. From hatchling through early larval stages, numbers of proliferating cells increase in both nuclei, paralleling the overall increase in total numbers of cells available for labeling. Numbers of proliferating cells in the superior olivary nucleus decrease during the late larval and deaf periods, and significantly increase during metamorphic climax. Proliferating cells in the dorsolateral nucleus increase in number from hatchling to late larval stages, decrease during the deaf period, and increase during climax. In both nuclei, numbers of proliferating cells decrease during the postmetamorphic froglet stage, despite increases in the number of cells available for label. Newly generated cells express either glial- or neural-specific phenotypes beginning between 1 week and 1 month post-BrdU injection, respectively, while some new cells express gamma-aminobutyric acid within 2 days of mitosis. Our data show that these auditory nuclei dramatically up-regulate mitosis immediately prior to establishment of a transduction system based on atmospheric hearing.
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- Judith A Chapman
- Department of Psychology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-1853, USA.
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Ahmed RG. Heat stress induced histopathology and pathophysiology of the central nervous system. Int J Dev Neurosci 2005; 23:549-57. [PMID: 16011888 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2005.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2005] [Revised: 03/07/2005] [Accepted: 03/11/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The number of reports on the effects of heat stress is still increasing on account of the temperature is one of the most encountered stressful factors on the different biological systems. Because the heat stress (HS) considered a model of thermal injury to the central nervous system (CNS), the purpose of this review was to assess the histopathological changes of HS on CNS. Also, this review emphasized that the heat stress may retard partially the degree of the postnatal neurogenesis and growth of CNS. Taken together, owing to one of the most important functions of heat shock protein is to protect the organisms from the deleterious effects of temperature, thus, it can be hypothesized that the formation of heat shock proteins may be related to the deleterious effect of HS. On the other hands, the alterations of neurotransmitters in the central nervous system might be involved in the physiological and biochemical responses that occur during heat stress. The hypothalamic monoaminergic systems play an important role in the thermoregulation through regulate the heat production and heat dissipation. In addition, the disturbance in the biochemical variables due to the high temperature may be the cause of the histopathological changes and the partial retardation in CNS and the reverse is true. Thus, further studies need to be done to emphasize this concept.
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- R G Ahmed
- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Beni-Suef, Branch, Beni-Suef, Egypt.
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