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Wu J, Xu X, Zhang S, Li M, Qiu Y, Lu G, Zheng Z, Huang H. Plastic Events of the Vestibular Nucleus: the Initiation of Central Vestibular Compensation. Mol Neurobiol 2024:10.1007/s12035-024-04208-2. [PMID: 38689145 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-024-04208-2] [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: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 04/18/2024] [Indexed: 05/02/2024]
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Vestibular compensation is a physiological response of the vestibular organs within the inner ear. This adaptation manifests during consistent exposure to acceleration or deceleration, with the vestibular organs incrementally adjusting to such changes. The molecular underpinnings of vestibular compensation remain to be fully elucidated, yet emerging studies implicate associations with neuroplasticity and signal transduction pathways. Throughout the compensation process, the vestibular sensory neurons maintain signal transmission to the central equilibrium system, facilitating adaptability through alterations in synaptic transmission and neuronal excitability. Notable molecular candidates implicated in this process include variations in ion channels and neurotransmitter profiles, as well as neuronal and synaptic plasticity, metabolic processes, and electrophysiological modifications. This study consolidates the current understanding of the molecular events in vestibular compensation, augments the existing research landscape, and evaluates contemporary therapeutic strategies. Furthermore, this review posits potential avenues for future research that could enhance our comprehension of vestibular compensation mechanisms.
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- Junyu Wu
- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment of Major Neurological Diseases, National Key Clinical Department and Key Discipline of Neurology, No.58 Zhongshan Road 2, Guangzhou, 510080, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment of Major Neurological Diseases, National Key Clinical Department and Key Discipline of Neurology, No.58 Zhongshan Road 2, Guangzhou, 510080, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment of Major Neurological Diseases, National Key Clinical Department and Key Discipline of Neurology, No.58 Zhongshan Road 2, Guangzhou, 510080, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment of Major Neurological Diseases, National Key Clinical Department and Key Discipline of Neurology, No.58 Zhongshan Road 2, Guangzhou, 510080, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment of Major Neurological Diseases, National Key Clinical Department and Key Discipline of Neurology, No.58 Zhongshan Road 2, Guangzhou, 510080, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment of Major Neurological Diseases, National Key Clinical Department and Key Discipline of Neurology, No.58 Zhongshan Road 2, Guangzhou, 510080, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment of Major Neurological Diseases, National Key Clinical Department and Key Discipline of Neurology, No.58 Zhongshan Road 2, Guangzhou, 510080, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment of Major Neurological Diseases, National Key Clinical Department and Key Discipline of Neurology, No.58 Zhongshan Road 2, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
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Rastoldo G, Tighilet B. The Vestibular Nuclei: A Cerebral Reservoir of Stem Cells Involved in Balance Function in Normal and Pathological Conditions. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:1422. [PMID: 38338702 PMCID: PMC10855768 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25031422] [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: 12/26/2023] [Revised: 01/18/2024] [Accepted: 01/20/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024] Open
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In this review, we explore the intriguing realm of neurogenesis in the vestibular nuclei-a critical brainstem region governing balance and spatial orientation. We retrace almost 20 years of research into vestibular neurogenesis, from its discovery in the feline model in 2007 to the recent discovery of a vestibular neural stem cell niche. We explore the reasons why neurogenesis is important in the vestibular nuclei and the triggers for activating the vestibular neurogenic niche. We develop the symbiotic relationship between neurogenesis and gliogenesis to promote vestibular compensation. Finally, we examine the potential impact of reactive neurogenesis on vestibular compensation, highlighting its role in restoring balance through various mechanisms.
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- Guillaume Rastoldo
- Aix Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, LNC UMR 7291, 13331 Marseille, France;
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- Aix Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, LNC UMR 7291, 13331 Marseille, France;
- GDR Vertige CNRS Unité GDR2074, 13331 Marseille, France
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Tighilet B, Trico J, Marouane E, Zwergal A, Chabbert C. Histaminergic System and Vestibular Function in Normal and Pathological Conditions. Curr Neuropharmacol 2024; 22:1826-1845. [PMID: 38504566 DOI: 10.2174/1570159x22666240319123151] [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: 06/13/2023] [Revised: 09/20/2023] [Accepted: 10/13/2023] [Indexed: 03/21/2024] Open
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Most neurotransmitter systems are represented in the central and peripheral vestibular system and are thereby involved both in normal vestibular signal processing and the pathophysiology of vestibular disorders. However, there is a special relationship between the vestibular system and the histaminergic system. The purpose of this review is to document how the histaminergic system interferes with normal and pathological vestibular function. In particular, we will discuss neurobiological mechanisms such as neuroinflammation that involve histamine to modulate and allow restoration of balance function in the situation of a vestibular insult. These adaptive mechanisms represent targets of histaminergic pharmacological compounds capable of restoring vestibular function in pathological situations. The clinical use of drugs targeting the histaminergic system in various vestibular disorders is critically discussed.
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- Brahim Tighilet
- Aix Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, LNC UMR 7291, Marseille, Groupe de Recherche Vertige (GDR#2074), France
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- Aix Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, LNC UMR 7291, Marseille, Groupe de Recherche Vertige (GDR#2074), France
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- Aix Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, LNC UMR 7291, Marseille, Groupe de Recherche Vertige (GDR#2074), France
- Normandie Université, UNICAEN, INSERM, COMETE, CYCERON, CHU Caen, 14000, Caen, France
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- Department of Neurology, LMU University Hospital, Munich, Germany
- German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders, LMU University Hospital, Munich, Germany
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- Aix Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, LNC UMR 7291, Marseille, Groupe de Recherche Vertige (GDR#2074), France
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Tighilet B, Chabbert C. Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Vestibular Ageing. J Clin Med 2023; 12:5519. [PMID: 37685587 PMCID: PMC10487907 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12175519] [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: 06/29/2023] [Revised: 08/16/2023] [Accepted: 08/22/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023] Open
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While age-related auditory deficits and cochlear alterations are well described, those affecting the vestibular sensory organs and more broadly the central vestibular pathways are much less documented. Although there is inter-individual heterogeneity in the phenomenon of vestibular ageing, common tissue alterations, such as losses of sensory hair cells or primary and secondary neurons during the ageing process, can be noted. In this review, we document the cellular and molecular processes that occur during ageing in the peripheral and central vestibular system and relate them to the impact of age-related vestibular deficits based on current knowledge.
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- Brahim Tighilet
- Aix Marseille University-CNRS, Laboratory of Cognitive Neurosciences, UMR7291, Team Pathophysiology and Therapy of Vestibular Disorders, 13331 Marseille, France
- Research Group on Vestibular Pathophysiology, CNRS, Unit GDR2074, 13331 Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille University-CNRS, Laboratory of Cognitive Neurosciences, UMR7291, Team Pathophysiology and Therapy of Vestibular Disorders, 13331 Marseille, France
- Research Group on Vestibular Pathophysiology, CNRS, Unit GDR2074, 13331 Marseille, France
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Rastoldo G, Tighilet B. Thyroid Axis and Vestibular Physiopathology: From Animal Model to Pathology. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:9826. [PMID: 37372973 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24129826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2023] [Revised: 06/02/2023] [Accepted: 06/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
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A recent work of our group has shown the significant effects of thyroxine treatment on the restoration of postural balance function in a rodent model of acute peripheral vestibulopathy. Based on these findings, we attempt to shed light in this review on the interaction between the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis and the vestibular system in normal and pathological situations. Pubmed database and relevant websites were searched from inception through to 4 February 2023. All studies relevant to each subsection of this review have been included. After describing the role of thyroid hormones in the development of the inner ear, we investigated the possible link between the thyroid axis and the vestibular system in normal and pathological conditions. The mechanisms and cellular sites of action of thyroid hormones on animal models of vestibulopathy are postulated and therapeutic options are proposed. In view of their pleiotropic action, thyroid hormones represent a target of choice to promote vestibular compensation at different levels. However, very few studies have investigated the relationship between thyroid hormones and the vestibular system. It seems then important to more extensively investigate the link between the endocrine system and the vestibule in order to better understand the vestibular physiopathology and to find new therapeutic leads.
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- Guillaume Rastoldo
- Aix Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, LNC UMR 7291, 13331 Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, LNC UMR 7291, 13331 Marseille, France
- GDR Vertige CNRS Unité GDR2074, 13331 Marseille, France
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El Mahmoudi N, Laurent C, Péricat D, Watabe I, Lapotre A, Jacob PY, Tonetto A, Tighilet B, Sargolini F. Long-lasting spatial memory deficits and impaired hippocampal plasticity following unilateral vestibular loss. Prog Neurobiol 2023; 223:102403. [PMID: 36821981 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2023.102403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2022] [Revised: 11/25/2022] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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Unilateral vestibular loss (UVL) induces a characteristic vestibular syndrome composed of various posturo-locomotor, oculomotor, vegetative and perceptivo-cognitive symptoms. Functional deficits are progressively recovered over time during vestibular compensation, that is supported by the expression of multiscale plasticity mechanisms. While the dynamic of post-UVL posturo-locomotor and oculomotor deficits is well characterized, the expression over time of the cognitive deficits, and in particular spatial memory deficits, is still debated. In this study we aimed at investigating spatial memory deficits and their recovery in a rat model of unilateral vestibular neurectomy (UVN), using a wide spectrum of behavioral tasks. In parallel, we analyzed markers of hippocampal plasticity involved in learning and memory. Our results indicate the UVN affects all domains of spatial memory, from working memory to reference memory and object-in-place recognition. These deficits are associated with long-lasting impaired plasticity in the ipsilesional hippocampus. These results highlight the crucial role of symmetrical vestibular information in spatial memory and contribute to a better understanding of the cognitive disorders observed in vestibular patients.
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- Nada El Mahmoudi
- Aix-Marseille Université -CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, LNC UMR 7291, Centre Saint Charles, Case C; 3 Place Victor Hugo, 13331, Marseille Cedex 03, France.
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- Aix-Marseille Université -CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, LNC UMR 7291, Centre Saint Charles, Case C; 3 Place Victor Hugo, 13331, Marseille Cedex 03, France
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- Université de Toulouse Paul Sabatier -CNRS, Institut de pharmacologie et de biologie structurale, Toulouse, France
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- Aix-Marseille Université -CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, LNC UMR 7291, Centre Saint Charles, Case C; 3 Place Victor Hugo, 13331, Marseille Cedex 03, France
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- Aix-Marseille Université -CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, LNC UMR 7291, Centre Saint Charles, Case C; 3 Place Victor Hugo, 13331, Marseille Cedex 03, France
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- Aix-Marseille Université -CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, LNC UMR 7291, Centre Saint Charles, Case C; 3 Place Victor Hugo, 13331, Marseille Cedex 03, France
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- Aix Marseille Université-CNRS, Centrale Marseille, FSCM (FR 1739), PRATIM, F-13397 Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Université -CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, LNC UMR 7291, Centre Saint Charles, Case C; 3 Place Victor Hugo, 13331, Marseille Cedex 03, France
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- Aix-Marseille Université -CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, LNC UMR 7291, Centre Saint Charles, Case C; 3 Place Victor Hugo, 13331, Marseille Cedex 03, France.
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Oxytocin Disturbs Vestibular Compensation and Modifies Behavioral Strategies in a Rodent Model of Acute Vestibulopathy. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms232315262. [PMID: 36499588 PMCID: PMC9738578 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232315262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2022] [Revised: 11/18/2022] [Accepted: 11/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Unilateral inner ear injury is followed by behavioral recovery due to central vestibular compensation. The therapeutic effect of oxytocin (OT) on vestibular compensation was investigated by behavioral testing in a rat model of unilateral vestibular neurectomy (UVN). Animals in the oxytocin group (UVN-OT) exhibited delayed vestibular compensation on the qualitative scale of vestibular deficits and aggravated static postural deficits (bearing surface) compared to animals in the NaCl group (UVN-NaCl). Surprisingly, oxytocin-treated animals adopt a different postural strategy than untreated animals. Instead of shifting their weight to the ipsilesional paws (left front and hind paws), they shift their weight to the front paws (right and left) without modification along the lateral axis. Furthermore, some locomotor strategies of the animals to compensate for the vestibular loss are also altered by oxytocin treatment. UVN-OT animals do not induce an increase in the distance traveled, their mean velocity is lower than that in the control group, and the ipsilesional body rotations do not increase from 7 to 30 days after UVN. This study reveals that oxytocin treatment hinders the restoration of some postural and locomotor deficits while improving others following vestibular lesions. The mechanisms of the action of oxytocin that support these behavioral changes remain to be elucidated.
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What Predictability for Animal Models of Peripheral Vestibular Disorders? Biomedicines 2022; 10:biomedicines10123097. [PMID: 36551852 PMCID: PMC9775358 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines10123097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2022] [Revised: 11/16/2022] [Accepted: 11/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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The different clinical entities grouped under the term peripheral vestibulopathies (PVs) or peripheral vestibular disorders (PVDs) are distinguished mainly based on their symptoms/clinical expression. Today, there are very few commonly accepted functional and biological biomarkers that can confirm or refute whether a vestibular disorder belongs to a precise classification. Consequently, there is currently a severe lack of reliable and commonly accepted clinical endpoints, either to precisely follow the course of the vertigo syndrome of vestibular origin or to assess the benefits of therapeutic approaches, whether they are pharmacological or re-educational. Animal models of PV are a good means to identify biomarkers that could subsequently be exploited in human clinical practice. The question of their predictability is therefore crucial. Ten years ago, we had already raised this question. We revisit this concept today in order to take into account the animal models of peripheral vestibular pathology that have emerged over the last decade, and the new technological approaches available for the behavioral assessment of vestibular syndrome in animals and its progression over time. The questions we address in this review are the following: are animal models of PV predictive of the different types and stages of vestibular pathologies, and if so, to what extent? Are the benefits of the pharmacological or reeducational therapeutic approaches achieved on these different models of PV (in particular the effects of attenuation of the acute vertigo, or acceleration of central compensation) predictive of those expected in the vertiginous patient, and if so, to what extent?
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Rastoldo G, Watabe I, Lapotre A, Tonetto A, López-Juárez A, Tighilet B. Vestibular Nuclei: A New Neural Stem Cell Niche? Cells 2022; 11:cells11223598. [PMID: 36429025 PMCID: PMC9688605 DOI: 10.3390/cells11223598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2022] [Revised: 11/06/2022] [Accepted: 11/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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We previously reported adult reactive neurogliogenesis in the deafferented vestibular nuclei following unilateral vestibular neurectomy (UVN) in the feline and the rodent model. Recently, we demonstrated that UVN induced a significant increase in a population of cells colocalizing the transcription factor sex determining region Y-box 2 (SOX2) and the glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) three days after the lesion in the deafferented medial vestibular nucleus. These two markers expressed on the same cell population could indicate the presence of lesion-reactive multipotent neural stem cells in the vestibular nuclei. The aim of our study was to provide insight into the potential neurogenic niche status of the vestibular nuclei in physiological conditions by using specific markers of stem cells (Nestin, SOX2, GFAP), cell proliferation (BrdU) and neuronal differentiation (NeuN). The present study confirmed the presence of quiescent and activated adult neural stem cells generating some new neurons in the vestibular nuclei of control rats. These unique features provide evidence that the vestibular nuclei represent a novel NSC site for the generation of neurons and/or glia in the adult rodent under physiological conditions.
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- Guillaume Rastoldo
- Aix Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, LNC UMR 7291, 13331 Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, LNC UMR 7291, 13331 Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, LNC UMR 7291, 13331 Marseille, France
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- Fédération de Recherche Sciences Chimiques Marseille FR 1739, Pôle PRATIM, 13331 Marseille, France
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- Department of Chemical, Electronic and Biomedical Engineering, Division of Sciences and Engineering, University of Guanajuato, Guanajuato 38116, Mexico
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- Aix Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, LNC UMR 7291, 13331 Marseille, France
- GDR Physiopathologie Vestibulaire-Unité GDR2074 CNRS, 13331 Marseille, France
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +33-413550881; Fax: +33-413550869
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Hatat B, Boularand R, Bringuier C, Chanut N, Besnard S, Mueller AM, Weyer K, Seilheimer B, Tighilet B, Chabbert C. Vertigoheel improves central vestibular compensation after unilateral peripheral vestibulopathy in rats. Front Neurol 2022; 13:969047. [PMID: 36212670 PMCID: PMC9541623 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2022.969047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2022] [Accepted: 08/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to assess the effect of Vertigoheel on central vestibular compensation and cognitive deficits in rats subjected to peripheral vestibular loss. Young adult male Long Evans rats were subjected to bilateral vestibular insults through irreversible sequential ototoxic destructions of the vestibular sensory organs. Vestibular syndrome characteristics were monitored at several time points over days and weeks following the sequential insults, using a combination of behavioral assessment paradigms allowing appreciation of patterns of change in static and dynamic deficits, together with spatial navigation, learning, and memory processes. Vertigoheel administered intraperitoneally significantly improved maximum body velocity and not moving time relative to its vehicle control on days 2 and 3 and on day 2, respectively, after unilateral vestibular lesion (UVL). It also significantly improved postural control relative to its vehicle 1 day after UVL. Conversely, Vertigoheel did not display any significant effect vs. vehicle on the severity of the syndrome, nor on the time course of other examined parameters, such as distance moved, mean body velocity, meander, and rearing. Spatial cognition testing using Y- and T-maze and eight-radial arm maze did not show any statistically significant difference between Vertigoheel and vehicle groups. However, Vertigoheel potentially enhanced the speed of learning in sham animals. Evaluating Vertigoheel's effect on thigmotaxis during the open-field video tracking test revealed no significant difference between Vertigoheel and its vehicle control groups suggesting that Vertigoheel does not seem to induce sedative or anxiolytic effects that could negatively affect vestibular and memory function. Present observations reveal that Vertigoheel improves central vestibular compensation following the unilateral peripheral vestibular loss as demonstrated by improvement of specific symptoms.
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- Aix Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, LNC UMR 7291, Marseille, France
- Unité GDR2074 CNRS, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, LNC UMR 7291, Marseille, France
- Unité GDR2074 CNRS, Marseille, France
- *Correspondence: Brahim Tighilet
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- Aix Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, LNC UMR 7291, Marseille, France
- Unité GDR2074 CNRS, Marseille, France
- Christian Chabbert
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Microglial Dynamics Modulate Vestibular Compensation in a Rodent Model of Vestibulopathy and Condition the Expression of Plasticity Mechanisms in the Deafferented Vestibular Nuclei. Cells 2022; 11:cells11172693. [PMID: 36078101 PMCID: PMC9454928 DOI: 10.3390/cells11172693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2022] [Revised: 08/17/2022] [Accepted: 08/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Unilateral vestibular loss (UVL) induces a vestibular syndrome composed of posturo-locomotor, oculomotor, vegetative, and perceptivo-cognitive symptoms. With time, these functional deficits progressively disappear due to a phenomenon called vestibular compensation, known to be supported by the expression in the deafferented vestibular nuclei (VNs) of various adaptative plasticity mechanisms. UVL is known to induce a neuroinflammatory response within the VNs, thought to be caused by the structural alteration of primary vestibular afferents. The acute inflammatory response, expressed in the deafferented VNs was recently proven to be crucial for the expression of the endogenous plasticity supporting functional recovery. Neuroinflammation is supported by reactive microglial cells, known to have various phenotypes with adverse effects on brain tissue. Here, we used markers of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory phenotypes of reactive microglia to study microglial dynamics following a unilateral vestibular neurectomy (UVN) in the adult rat. In addition, to highlight the role of acute inflammation in vestibular compensation and its underlying mechanisms, we enhanced the inflammatory state of the deafferented VNs using systemic injections of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) during the acute phase after a UVN. We observed that the UVN induced the expression of both M1 proinflammatory and M2 anti-inflammatory microglial phenotypes in the deafferented VNs. The acute LPS treatment exacerbated the inflammatory reaction and increased the M1 phenotype while decreasing M2 expression. These effects were associated with impaired postlesional plasticity in the deafferented VNs and exacerbated functional deficits. These results highlight the importance of a homeostatic inflammatory level in the expression of the adaptative plasticity mechanisms underlying vestibular compensation. Understanding the rules that govern neuroinflammation would provide therapeutic leads in neuropathologies associated with these processes.
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Bringuier CM, Hatat B, Boularand R, Chabbert C, Tighilet B. Characterization of Thyroid Hormones Antivertigo Effects in a Rat Model of Excitotoxically-Induced Vestibulopathy. Front Neurol 2022; 13:877319. [PMID: 35693004 PMCID: PMC9175002 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2022.877319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2022] [Accepted: 04/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Impaired vestibular function induces disabling symptoms such as postural imbalance, impaired locomotion, vestibulo-ocular reflex alteration, impaired cognitive functions such as spatial disorientation, and vegetative deficits. These symptoms show up in sudden attacks in patients with Ménière or neuritis and may lead to emergency hospitalizations. To date, however, there is no curative solution to these pathologies and the effectiveness of treatments used to reduce symptoms in the management of patients is discussed. Thus, elucidating the biological mechanisms correlated to the expression kinetics of the vestibular syndrome is useful for the development of potential therapeutic candidates with a view to relieving patients and limiting emergency hospitalizations. Recently, a robust antivertigo effect of thyroxine (T4) was demonstrated in a rodent model of impaired vestibular function induced by unilateral surgical section of the vestibular nerve. The aim of the present study was to assess thyroid hormones L-T4 and triiodothyronine (T3) as well as the bioactive thyroid hormone metabolite TRIAC on a rodent model of acute unilateral vestibulopathy more representative of clinical vestibular pathology. To this end, a partial and transient unilateral suppression of peripheral vestibular inputs was induced by an excitotoxic lesion caused by transtympanic injection of kainic acid (TTK) into the inner ear of adult rats. Vestibular syndrome and functional recovery were studied by semi-quantitative and quantitative assessments of relevant posturo-locomotor parameters. In contrast to the effect previously demonstrated in the complete and irreversible vestibular injury model, administration of thyroxine in the TTK rodent model did not display significant antivertigo effect. However, it is noteworthy that administration of thyroxine showed trends to prevent posturo-locomotor alterations. Furthermore, the results of the current study suggested that a single dose of thyroxine is sufficient to induce the same effects on vestibular syndrome observed with sub-chronic administration, and that reducing the T4 dose may more efficiently prevent the appearance of vestibular deficits induced by the excitotoxic type lesion. Finally, comparison of the antivertigo effect of T4 in different vestibulopathy models enables us to determine the therapeutic indication in which thyroxine could be a potential therapeutic candidate.
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- Aix Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, LNC UMR 7291, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, LNC UMR 7291, Marseille, France
- *Correspondence: Brahim Tighilet
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Zwergal A, Lindner M, Grosch M, Dieterich M. In vivo neuroplasticity in vestibular animal models. Mol Cell Neurosci 2022; 120:103721. [PMID: 35338004 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2022.103721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2022] [Revised: 03/09/2022] [Accepted: 03/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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An acute unilateral vestibulopathy leads to symptoms of vestibular tone imbalance, which gradually decrease over days to weeks due to central vestibular compensation. Animal models of acute peripheral vestibular lesions are optimally suited to investigate the mechanisms underlying this lesion-induced adaptive neuroplasticity. Previous studies applied ex vivo histochemical techniques or local in vivo electrophysiological recordings mostly in the vestibular nucleus complex to delineate the mechanisms involved. Recently, the use of imaging methods, such as positron emission tomography (PET) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), in vestibular animal models have opened a complementary perspective by depicting whole-brain structure and network changes of neuronal activity over time and in correlation to behaviour. Here, we review recent multimodal imaging studies in vestibular animal models with a focus on PET-based measurements of glucose metabolism, glial activation and synaptic plasticity. [18F]-FDG-PET studies indicate dynamic alterations of regional glucose metabolism in brainstem-cerebellar, thalamic, cortical sensory and motor, as well as limbic areas starting early after unilateral labyrinthectomy (UL) in the rat. Sequential whole-brain analysis of the metabolic connectome during vestibular compensation shows a significant increase of connections mostly in the contralesional hemisphere after UL, which reaches a maximum at day 3 and thereby parallels the course of vestibular recovery. Glial activation in the ipsilesional vestibular nerve and nucleus peak between days 7 and 15 after UL. Synaptic density in brainstem-cerebellar circuits decreases until 8 weeks after UL, while it increases in frontal, motor and sensory cortical areas. We finally report how pharmacological compounds modulate the functional and structural plasticity mechanisms during vestibular compensation.
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- Andreas Zwergal
- Department of Neurology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Germany; German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders, DSGZ, LMU Munich, Germany.
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- German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders, DSGZ, LMU Munich, Germany; Department of Nuclear Medicine, LMU Munich, Germany
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- German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders, DSGZ, LMU Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Germany; German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders, DSGZ, LMU Munich, Germany; Munich Cluster of Systems Neurology, SyNergy, Munich, Germany
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Le Ray D, Guayasamin M. How Does the Central Nervous System for Posture and Locomotion Cope With Damage-Induced Neural Asymmetry? Front Syst Neurosci 2022; 16:828532. [PMID: 35308565 PMCID: PMC8927091 DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2022.828532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2021] [Accepted: 02/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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In most vertebrates, posture and locomotion are achieved by a biomechanical apparatus whose effectors are symmetrically positioned around the main body axis. Logically, motor commands to these effectors are intrinsically adapted to such anatomical symmetry, and the underlying sensory-motor neural networks are correspondingly arranged during central nervous system (CNS) development. However, many developmental and/or life accidents may alter such neural organization and acutely generate asymmetries in motor operation that are often at least partially compensated for over time. First, we briefly present the basic sensory-motor organization of posturo-locomotor networks in vertebrates. Next, we review some aspects of neural plasticity that is implemented in response to unilateral central injury or asymmetrical sensory deprivation in order to substantially restore symmetry in the control of posturo-locomotor functions. Data are finally discussed in the context of CNS structure-function relationship.
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L-Thyroxine Improves Vestibular Compensation in a Rat Model of Acute Peripheral Vestibulopathy: Cellular and Behavioral Aspects. Cells 2022; 11:cells11040684. [PMID: 35203333 PMCID: PMC8869897 DOI: 10.3390/cells11040684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2022] [Revised: 02/08/2022] [Accepted: 02/10/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Unilateral vestibular lesions induce a vestibular syndrome, which recovers over time due to vestibular compensation. The therapeutic effect of L-Thyroxine (L-T4) on vestibular compensation was investigated by behavioral testing and immunohistochemical analysis in a rat model of unilateral vestibular neurectomy (UVN). We demonstrated that a short-term L-T4 treatment reduced the vestibular syndrome and significantly promoted vestibular compensation. Thyroid hormone receptors (TRα and TRβ) and type II iodothyronine deiodinase (DIO2) were present in the vestibular nuclei (VN), supporting a local action of L-T4. We confirmed the T4-induced metabolic effects by demonstrating an increase in the number of cytochrome oxidase-labeled neurons in the VN three days after the lesion. L-T4 treatment modulated glial reaction by decreasing both microglia and oligodendrocytes in the deafferented VN three days after UVN and increased cell proliferation. Survival of newly generated cells in the deafferented vestibular nuclei was not affected, but microglial rather than neuronal differentiation was favored by L-T4 treatment.
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Elliott KL, Kersigo J, Lee JH, Yamoah EN, Fritzsch B. Sustained Loss of Bdnf Affects Peripheral but Not Central Vestibular Targets. Front Neurol 2021; 12:768456. [PMID: 34975728 PMCID: PMC8716794 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2021.768456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Accepted: 11/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The vestibular system is vital for proper balance perception, and its dysfunction contributes significantly to fall-related injuries, especially in the elderly. Vestibular ganglion neurons innervate vestibular hair cells at the periphery and vestibular nuclei and the uvula and nodule of the cerebellum centrally. During aging, these vestibular ganglion neurons degenerate, impairing vestibular function. A complete understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved in neurosensory cell survival in the vestibular system is unknown. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is specifically required for the survival of vestibular ganglion neurons, as its loss leads to early neuronal death. Bdnf null mice die within 3 weeks of birth, preventing the study of the long-term effects on target cells. We use Pax2-cre to conditionally knock out Bdnf, allowing mice survival to approximately 6 months of age. We show that a long-term loss of Bdnf leads to a significant reduction in the number of vestibular ganglion neurons and a reduction in the number of vestibular hair cells. There was no significant decrease in the central targets lateral vestibular nucleus (LVN) or the cerebellum at 6 months. This suggests that the connectivity between central target cells and other neurons suffices to prevent their loss despite vestibular hair cell and ganglion neuron loss. Whether the central neurons would undergo eventual degeneration in the absence of Bdnf remains to be determined.
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- Karen L. Elliott
- Department of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States
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- Department of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, United States
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, United States
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- Department of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States
- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States
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The molecular, electrophysiological, and structural changes in the vestibular nucleus during vestibular compensation: a narrative review. JOURNAL OF BIO-X RESEARCH 2021. [DOI: 10.1097/jbr.0000000000000107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Mao D, He Z, Xuan W, Deng J, Li W, Fang X, Li L, Zhang F. Effect and mechanism of BDNF/TrkB signaling on vestibular compensation. Bioengineered 2021; 12:11823-11836. [PMID: 34719333 PMCID: PMC8810063 DOI: 10.1080/21655979.2021.1997565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2021] [Revised: 10/21/2021] [Accepted: 10/21/2021] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) regulates neuronal plasticity by targeting the tyrosine kinase B receptor (TrkB) receptor, but limited researches concentrate on the role of BDNF/TrkB signaling in vestibular compensation. In this study, rats with unilateral vestibular dysfunction were established by unilateral labyrinthectomy (UL) and infusion with siBDNF or 7, 8-Dihydroxyflavone (7,8-DHF, a TrkB receptor agonist). The behavioral scores of rats with vestibular deficits were determined and the rotarod test was performed after UL. BDNF and TrkB levels after UL were determined by western blot and quantitative reverse transcription PCR (qRT-PCR). 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdU)-positive cells (newly generated cells) and GAD67-positive cells (GABAergic neurons) were identified by immunohistochemistry. Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) (astrocyte marker)-positive cells were identified and GABA type A receptor (GABAAR) expression was detected by immunofluorescence. We found that after UL, BDNF and TrkB levels were up-regulated with a maximum value at 4 h, and then progressively down-regulated during 4 h ~ 7 d. Blocking BDNF/TrkB signaling inhibited the recovery from vestibular deficits, decreased the numbers of newly generated cells and astrocytes in medial vestibular nucleus (MVN), inferior vestibular nerve (IVN), superior vestibular nerve (SVN) and lateral vestibular nucleus (LVN), and disrupted the balances of GABAergic neurons and GABAAR expressions in the left (lesioned) side and right (intact) side of MVN, whereas activation of BDNF/TrkB signaling caused opposite results. The current study indicated that BDNF/TrkB signaling avails vestibular compensation, depending on the number of newly generated cells and astrocytes, the rebalance of GABAergic neurons, and GABAAR expression in bilateral MVN.
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- Dehong Mao
- Department of Otolaryngology, Yongchuan Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Chongqing, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Yongchuan Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Chongqing, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Yongchuan Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Chongqing, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Yongchuan Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Chongqing, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Yongchuan Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Chongqing, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Yongchuan Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Chongqing, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Yongchuan Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Chongqing, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Yongchuan Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Chongqing, Chongqing, China
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Marouane E, El Mahmoudi N, Rastoldo G, Péricat D, Watabe I, Lapôtre A, Tonetto A, Xavier F, Dumas O, Chabbert C, Artzner V, Tighilet B. Sensorimotor Rehabilitation Promotes Vestibular Compensation in a Rodent Model of Acute Peripheral Vestibulopathy by Promoting Microgliogenesis in the Deafferented Vestibular Nuclei. Cells 2021; 10:3377. [PMID: 34943885 PMCID: PMC8699190 DOI: 10.3390/cells10123377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2021] [Revised: 11/26/2021] [Accepted: 11/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Acute peripheral vestibulopathy leads to a cascade of symptoms involving balance and gait disorders that are particularly disabling for vestibular patients. Vestibular rehabilitation protocols have proven to be effective in improving vestibular compensation in clinical practice. Yet, the underlying neurobiological correlates remain unknown. The aim of this study was to highlight the behavioural and cellular consequences of a vestibular rehabilitation protocol adapted to a rat model of unilateral vestibular neurectomy. We developed a progressive sensory-motor rehabilitation task, and the behavioural consequences were quantified using a weight-distribution device. This analysis method provides a precise and ecological analysis of posturolocomotor vestibular deficits. At the cellular level, we focused on the analysis of plasticity mechanisms expressed in the vestibular nuclei. The results obtained show that vestibular rehabilitation induces a faster recovery of posturolocomotor deficits during vestibular compensation associated with a decrease in neurogenesis and an increase in microgliogenesis in the deafferented medial vestibular nucleus. This study reveals for the first time a part of the underlying adaptative neuroplasticity mechanisms of vestibular rehabilitation. These original data incite further investigation of the impact of rehabilitation on animal models of vestibulopathy. This new line of research should improve the management of vestibular patients.
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- Emna Marouane
- Aix-Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, LNC UMR 7291, Centre Saint-Charles Case C, 3 Place Victor Hugo, CEDEX 03, 13331 Marseille, France; (E.M.); (N.E.M.); (G.R.); (I.W.); (A.L.); (F.X.); (C.C.)
- BIOSEB ALLCAT Instruments, Couperigne, 13127 Vitrolles, France;
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- Aix-Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, LNC UMR 7291, Centre Saint-Charles Case C, 3 Place Victor Hugo, CEDEX 03, 13331 Marseille, France; (E.M.); (N.E.M.); (G.R.); (I.W.); (A.L.); (F.X.); (C.C.)
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- Aix-Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, LNC UMR 7291, Centre Saint-Charles Case C, 3 Place Victor Hugo, CEDEX 03, 13331 Marseille, France; (E.M.); (N.E.M.); (G.R.); (I.W.); (A.L.); (F.X.); (C.C.)
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Structural Biology (IPBS), University of Toulouse, CNRS, 31400 Toulouse, France;
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- Aix-Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, LNC UMR 7291, Centre Saint-Charles Case C, 3 Place Victor Hugo, CEDEX 03, 13331 Marseille, France; (E.M.); (N.E.M.); (G.R.); (I.W.); (A.L.); (F.X.); (C.C.)
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- Aix-Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, LNC UMR 7291, Centre Saint-Charles Case C, 3 Place Victor Hugo, CEDEX 03, 13331 Marseille, France; (E.M.); (N.E.M.); (G.R.); (I.W.); (A.L.); (F.X.); (C.C.)
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- Fédération de Recherche Sciences Chimiques Marseille FR 1739, Pôle 18 PRATIM, CEDEX 03, 13331 Marseille, France;
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- Aix-Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, LNC UMR 7291, Centre Saint-Charles Case C, 3 Place Victor Hugo, CEDEX 03, 13331 Marseille, France; (E.M.); (N.E.M.); (G.R.); (I.W.); (A.L.); (F.X.); (C.C.)
- GDR Physiopathologie Vestibulaire—Unité GDR2074, CNRS, 13003 Marseille, France;
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- GDR Physiopathologie Vestibulaire—Unité GDR2074, CNRS, 13003 Marseille, France;
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- Aix-Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, LNC UMR 7291, Centre Saint-Charles Case C, 3 Place Victor Hugo, CEDEX 03, 13331 Marseille, France; (E.M.); (N.E.M.); (G.R.); (I.W.); (A.L.); (F.X.); (C.C.)
- GDR Physiopathologie Vestibulaire—Unité GDR2074, CNRS, 13003 Marseille, France;
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- BIOSEB ALLCAT Instruments, Couperigne, 13127 Vitrolles, France;
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- Aix-Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, LNC UMR 7291, Centre Saint-Charles Case C, 3 Place Victor Hugo, CEDEX 03, 13331 Marseille, France; (E.M.); (N.E.M.); (G.R.); (I.W.); (A.L.); (F.X.); (C.C.)
- GDR Physiopathologie Vestibulaire—Unité GDR2074, CNRS, 13003 Marseille, France;
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SK Channels Modulation Accelerates Equilibrium Recovery in Unilateral Vestibular Neurectomized Rats. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2021; 14:ph14121226. [PMID: 34959626 PMCID: PMC8707273 DOI: 10.3390/ph14121226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2021] [Revised: 11/18/2021] [Accepted: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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We have previously reported in a feline model of acute peripheral vestibulopathy (APV) that the sudden, unilateral, and irreversible loss of vestibular inputs induces selective overexpression of small conductance calcium-activated potassium (SK) channels in the brain stem vestibular nuclei. Pharmacological blockade of these ion channels by the selective antagonist apamin significantly alleviated the evoked vestibular syndrome and accelerated vestibular compensation. In this follow-up study, we aimed at testing, using a behavioral approach, whether the antivertigo (AV) effect resulting from the antagonization of SK channels was species-dependent or whether it could be reproduced in a rodent APV model, whether other SK channel antagonists reproduced similar functional effects on the vestibular syndrome expression, and whether administration of SK agonist could also alter the vestibular syndrome. We also compared the AV effects of apamin and acetyl-DL-leucine, a reference AV compound used in human clinic. We demonstrate that the AV effect of apamin is also found in a rodent model of APV. Other SK antagonists also produce a trend of AV effect when administrated during the acute phase of the vertigo syndrome. Conversely, the vertigo syndrome is worsened upon administration of SK channel agonist. It is noteworthy that the AV effect of apamin is superior to that of acetyl-DL-leucine. Taken together, these data reinforce SK channels as a pharmacological target for modulating the manifestation of the vertigo syndrome during APV.
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Tighilet B. [Vestibular compensation and aging: An example of cellular and behavioral resilience over time]. Med Sci (Paris) 2021; 37:851-862. [PMID: 34647873 DOI: 10.1051/medsci/2021144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The vestibular system has a remarkable capacity of self-repair. Vestibular compensation, a model of post-lesional plasticity of the central nervous system, refers to a set of endogenous neuroplasticity mechanisms in the vestibular nuclei in response to damage to the peripheral vestibular system, and underlying functional recovery. During aging, this "homeostatic" plasticity, although still present, diminishes and is accompanied by sensorimotor and cognitive disturbances. Regardless of age, vestibular compensation can be improved by pharmacological therapy but also by rehabilitation based on strengthening other sensory modalities such as visual and proprioceptive modalities, but also cognitive and motor components. In this article, we will first discuss neurobiological mechanisms of vestibular compensation, then document the impact of aging on this adaptive plasticity.
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- Brahim Tighilet
- Aix Marseille Université-CNRS UMR 7291, laboratoire de neurosciences cognitives, équipe physiopathologie et thérapie des désordres vestibulaires, groupe de recherche Vertige (GDR#2074), 3 place Victor Hugo, 13000 Marseille, France
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Kim G, Kim KS. Hypergravity-induced malfunction was moderated by the regulation of NMDA receptors in the vestibular nucleus. Sci Rep 2021; 11:17420. [PMID: 34465851 PMCID: PMC8408201 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-97050-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Accepted: 08/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Gravity alteration is one of the critical environmental factors in the space, causing various abnormal behaviors related with the malfunctioned vestibular system. Due to the high plastic responses in the central vestibular system, the behavioral failures were resolved in a short period of time (in approx. 72 h). However, the plastic neurotransmission underlying the functional recovery is still elusive. To understand the neurotransmitter-induced plasticity under hypergravity, the extracellular single neuronal recording and the immunohistochemistry were conducted in the vestibular nucleus (VN). The animals were grouped as control, 24-h, 72-h, and 15-day exposing to 4G-hypergravity, and each group had two subgroups based on the origins of neuronal responses, such as canal and otolith. The averaged firing rates in VN showed no significant difference in the subgroups (canal-related: p > 0.105, otolith-related: p > 0.138). Meanwhile, the number of NMDAr was significantly changed by the exposing duration to hypergravity. The NMDAr decreased in 24 h (p = 1.048 × 10–9), and it was retrieved in 72 h and 15 days (p < 4.245 × 10–5). Apparently, the reduction and the retrieval in the number of NMDAr were synchronized with the generation and recovery of the abnormal behaviors. Thus, the plasticity to resolve the hypergravity-induced malfunctional behaviors was conducted by regulating the number of NMDAr.
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- Gyutae Kim
- Research Institute for Aerospace Medicine, Inha University, Incheon, Korea.
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- Research Institute for Aerospace Medicine, Inha University, Incheon, Korea.,Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Inha University Hospital, Incheon, Korea
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El Mahmoudi N, Rastoldo G, Marouane E, Péricat D, Watabe I, Tonetto A, Hautefort C, Chabbert C, Sargolini F, Tighilet B. Breaking a dogma: acute anti-inflammatory treatment alters both post-lesional functional recovery and endogenous adaptive plasticity mechanisms in a rodent model of acute peripheral vestibulopathy. J Neuroinflammation 2021; 18:183. [PMID: 34419105 PMCID: PMC8380392 DOI: 10.1186/s12974-021-02222-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2021] [Accepted: 07/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Due to their anti-inflammatory action, corticosteroids are the reference treatment for brain injuries and many inflammatory diseases. However, the benefits of acute corticotherapy are now being questioned, particularly in the case of acute peripheral vestibulopathies (APV), characterized by a vestibular syndrome composed of sustained spinning vertigo, spontaneous ocular nystagmus and oscillopsia, perceptual-cognitive, posturo-locomotor, and vegetative disorders. We assessed the effectiveness of acute corticotherapy, and the functional role of acute inflammation observed after sudden unilateral vestibular loss. METHODS We used the rodent model of unilateral vestibular neurectomy, mimicking the syndrome observed in patients with APV. We treated the animals during the acute phase of the vestibular syndrome, either with placebo or methylprednisolone, an anti-inflammatory corticosteroid. At the cellular level, impacts of methylprednisolone on endogenous plasticity mechanisms were assessed through analysis of cell proliferation and survival, glial reactions, neuron's membrane excitability, and stress marker. At the behavioral level, vestibular and posturo-locomotor functions' recovery were assessed with appropriate qualitative and quantitative evaluations. RESULTS We observed that acute treatment with methylprednisolone significantly decreases glial reactions, cell proliferation and survival. In addition, stress and excitability markers were significantly impacted by the treatment. Besides, vestibular syndrome's intensity was enhanced, and vestibular compensation delayed under acute methylprednisolone treatment. CONCLUSIONS We show here, for the first time, that acute anti-inflammatory treatment alters the expression of the adaptive plasticity mechanisms in the deafferented vestibular nuclei and generates enhanced and prolonged vestibular and postural deficits. These results strongly suggest a beneficial role for acute endogenous neuroinflammation in vestibular compensation. They open the way to a change in dogma for the treatment and therapeutic management of vestibular patients.
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- Nada El Mahmoudi
- Aix-Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, LNC UMR 7291, Centre Saint Charles, Case C; 3 Place Victor Hugo, 13331, Marseille Cedex 03, France
- Centre Saint-Charles, Aix-Marseille Université CNRS, Case C; 3 Place Victor Hugo, 13331, Marseille Cedex 03, France
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- Aix-Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, LNC UMR 7291, Centre Saint Charles, Case C; 3 Place Victor Hugo, 13331, Marseille Cedex 03, France
- Centre Saint-Charles, Aix-Marseille Université CNRS, Case C; 3 Place Victor Hugo, 13331, Marseille Cedex 03, France
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- Aix-Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, LNC UMR 7291, Centre Saint Charles, Case C; 3 Place Victor Hugo, 13331, Marseille Cedex 03, France
- Centre Saint-Charles, Aix-Marseille Université CNRS, Case C; 3 Place Victor Hugo, 13331, Marseille Cedex 03, France
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- Institut de Pharmacologie Et de Biologie Structurale, Université de Toulouse Paul Sabatier-CNRS, Toulouse, France
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- Aix-Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, LNC UMR 7291, Centre Saint Charles, Case C; 3 Place Victor Hugo, 13331, Marseille Cedex 03, France
- Centre Saint-Charles, Aix-Marseille Université CNRS, Case C; 3 Place Victor Hugo, 13331, Marseille Cedex 03, France
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- Centrale Marseille, FSCM (FR 1739), PRATIM, Aix Marseille Université-CNRS, 13397, Marseille, France
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Lariboisière University Hospital, Paris, France
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- Aix-Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, LNC UMR 7291, Centre Saint Charles, Case C; 3 Place Victor Hugo, 13331, Marseille Cedex 03, France
- Centre Saint-Charles, Aix-Marseille Université CNRS, Case C; 3 Place Victor Hugo, 13331, Marseille Cedex 03, France
- GDR Physiopathologie Vestibulaire-Unité GDR2074 CNRS, Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, LNC UMR 7291, Centre Saint Charles, Case C; 3 Place Victor Hugo, 13331, Marseille Cedex 03, France
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- Aix-Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, LNC UMR 7291, Centre Saint Charles, Case C; 3 Place Victor Hugo, 13331, Marseille Cedex 03, France.
- GDR Physiopathologie Vestibulaire-Unité GDR2074 CNRS, Marseille, France.
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Facchini J, Rastoldo G, Xerri C, Péricat D, El Ahmadi A, Tighilet B, Zennou-Azogui Y. Unilateral vestibular neurectomy induces a remodeling of somatosensory cortical maps. Prog Neurobiol 2021; 205:102119. [PMID: 34246703 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2021.102119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2020] [Revised: 06/23/2021] [Accepted: 07/06/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Unilateral Vestibular Neurectomy (UVN) induces a postural syndrome whose compensation over time is underpinned by multimodal sensory substitution processes. However, at a chronic stage of compensation, UVN rats exhibit an enduring postural asymmetry expressed by an increase in the body weight on the ipsilesional paws. Given the anatomo-functional links between the vestibular nuclei and the primary somatosensory cortex (S1), we explored the interplay of vestibular and somatosensory cortical inputs following acute and chronic UVN. We determined whether the enduring imbalance in tactilo-plantar inputs impacts response properties of S1 cortical neurons and organizational features of somatotopic maps. We performed electrophysiological mapping of the hindpaw cutaneous representations in S1, immediately and one month after UVN. In parallel, we assessed the posturo-locomotor imbalance during the compensation process. UVN immediately induces an expansion of the cortical neuron cutaneous receptive fields (RFs) leading to a partial dedifferentiation of somatotopic maps. This effect was demonstrated for the ventral skin surface representations and was greater on the contralesional hindpaw for which the neuronal threshold to skin pressure strongly decreased. The RF enlargement was amplified for the representation of the ipsilesional hindpaw in relation to persistent postural asymmetries, but was transitory for the contralesional one. Our study shows, for the first time, that vestibular inputs exert a modulatory influence on S1 neuron's cutaneous responses. The lesion-induced cortical malleability highlights the influence of vestibular inputs on tactile processing related to postural control.
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- Justine Facchini
- Aix Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives (LNC), UMR 7291, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives (LNC), UMR 7291, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives (LNC), UMR 7291, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives (LNC), UMR 7291, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives (LNC), UMR 7291, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives (LNC), UMR 7291, Marseille, France.
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- Aix Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives (LNC), UMR 7291, Marseille, France.
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Samartsev IN, Zhivolupov SA. [The significance of neuroplastic mechanisms in compensation of statodynamic impairments during vestibular disorders]. Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova 2021; 121:165-172. [PMID: 34184494 DOI: 10.17116/jnevro2021121051165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The process of balance restoration in patients with the vestibular disorders is known as «vestibular compensation». It is obvious nowadays that this phenomenon is very complex and is associated with the deep brain neuroplastic changes involving reinnervation, habituation and adaptation. The research of the last decades has shown some fundamental physiologic mechanisms that form the basis of neuroplasticity, establish the staging of ongoing transformations and analyze the opportunity to improve and/or accelerate vestibular compensation with the help of vestibular rehabilitation and contemporary medications such as betaserc long.
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- I N Samartsev
- Kirov Military Medical Academy, St. Petersburg, Russia
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Adult and endemic neurogenesis in the vestibular nuclei after unilateral vestibular neurectomy. Prog Neurobiol 2020; 196:101899. [PMID: 32858093 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2020.101899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2020] [Revised: 07/23/2020] [Accepted: 08/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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We previously revealed adult reactive neurogenesis in deafferented vestibular nuclei following unilateral vestibular neurectomy (UVN) in the feline model. We recently replicated the same surgery in a rodent model and aimed to elucidate the origin and fate of newly generated cells following UVN. We used specific markers of cell proliferation, glial reaction, and cell differentiation in the medial vestibular nucleus (MVN) of adult rats. UVN induced an intense cell proliferation and glial reaction with an increase of GFAP-Immunoreactive (Ir), IBA1-Ir and Olig2-Ir cells 3 days after the lesion in the deafferented MVN. Most of the newly generated cells survived after UVN and differentiated into oligodendrocytes, astrocytes, microglial cells and GABAergic neurons. Interestingly, UVN induced a significant increase in a population of cells colocalizing SOX2 and GFAP 3 days after lesion in the deafferented MVN indicating the probable presence of multipotent cells in the vestibular nuclei. The concomitant increase in BrdU- and SOX2-Ir cells with the presence of SOX2 and GFAP colocalization 3 days after UVN in the deafferented MVN may support local mitotic activity of endemic quiescent neural stem cells in the parenchyma of vestibular nuclei.
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Tighilet B, Rastoldo G, Chabbert C. [The adult brain produces new neurons to restore balance after vestibular loss]. Med Sci (Paris) 2020; 36:581-591. [PMID: 32614308 DOI: 10.1051/medsci/2020112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Following partial or total loss of peripheral vestibular inputs, a phenomenon called central vestibular compensation takes place in the hours and days following the injury. This neuroplasticity process involves a mosaic of profound rearrangements within the brain stem vestibular nuclei. Among them, the setting of a new neuronal network is maybe the most original and unexpected, as it involves an adult reactive neurogenesis in a brain area not reported as neurogenic so far. Both the survival and functionality of this newly generated neuronal network will depend on its integration to pre-existing networks in the deafferented structure. Far from being aberrant, this new structural organization allows the use of inputs from other sensory modalities (vision and proprioception) to promote the restoration of the posture and equilibrium. We choose here to detail this model, which does not belong to the traditional niches of adult neurogenesis, but it is the best example so far of the reparative role of the adult neurogenesis. Not only it represents an original neuroplasticity mechanism, interesting for basic neuroscience, but it also opens new medical perspectives for the development of therapeutic approaches to alleviate vestibular disorders.
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- Brahim Tighilet
- Aix Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de neurosciences sensorielles et cognitives, LNSC UMR 7260. Équipe Physiopathologie et Thérapie des Désordres Vestibulaires, Groupe de Recherche Vertige (GDR#2074), 3 place Victor Hugo, 13331 Marseille Cedex 3, France
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- Aix Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de neurosciences sensorielles et cognitives, LNSC UMR 7260. Équipe Physiopathologie et Thérapie des Désordres Vestibulaires, Groupe de Recherche Vertige (GDR#2074), 3 place Victor Hugo, 13331 Marseille Cedex 3, France
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- Aix Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de neurosciences sensorielles et cognitives, LNSC UMR 7260. Équipe Physiopathologie et Thérapie des Désordres Vestibulaires, Groupe de Recherche Vertige (GDR#2074), 3 place Victor Hugo, 13331 Marseille Cedex 3, France
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Rastoldo G, Marouane E, El Mahmoudi N, Péricat D, Bourdet A, Timon-David E, Dumas O, Chabbert C, Tighilet B. Quantitative Evaluation of a New Posturo-Locomotor Phenotype in a Rodent Model of Acute Unilateral Vestibulopathy. Front Neurol 2020; 11:505. [PMID: 32582016 PMCID: PMC7291375 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2020.00505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2020] [Accepted: 05/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Vestibular pathologies are difficult to diagnose. Existing devices make it possible to quantify and follow the evolution of posturo-locomotor symptoms following vestibular loss in static conditions. However, today, there are no diagnostic tools allowing the quantitative and spontaneous analysis of these symptoms in dynamic situations. With this in mind, we used an open-field video tracking test aiming at identifying specific posturo-locomotor markers in a rodent model of vestibular pathology. Using Ethovision XT 14 software (Noldus), we identified and quantified several behavioral parameters typical of unilateral vestibular lesions in a rat model of vestibular pathology. The unilateral vestibular neurectomy (UVN) rat model reproduces the symptoms of acute unilateral peripheral vestibulopathy in humans. Our data show deficits in locomotion velocity, distance traveled and animal mobility in the first day after the injury. We also highlighted alterations in several parameters, such as head and body acceleration, locomotor pattern, and position of the body, as well as “circling” behavior after vestibular loss. Here, we provide an enriched posturo-locomotor phenotype specific to full and irreversible unilateral vestibular loss. This test helps to strengthen the quantitative evaluation of vestibular disorders in unilateral vestibular lesion rat model. It may also be useful for testing pharmacological compounds promoting the restoration of balance. Transfer of these novel evaluation parameters to human pathology may improve the diagnosis of acute unilateral vestibulopathies and could better follow the evolution of the symptoms upon pharmacological and physical rehabilitation.
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- Guillaume Rastoldo
- Aix Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Sensorielles et Cognitives, LNSC UMR 7260, Equipe Physiopathologie et Thérapie des Désordres Vestibulaires, Groupe de Recherche Vertige (GDR#2074), Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Sensorielles et Cognitives, LNSC UMR 7260, Equipe Physiopathologie et Thérapie des Désordres Vestibulaires, Groupe de Recherche Vertige (GDR#2074), Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Sensorielles et Cognitives, LNSC UMR 7260, Equipe Physiopathologie et Thérapie des Désordres Vestibulaires, Groupe de Recherche Vertige (GDR#2074), Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Sensorielles et Cognitives, LNSC UMR 7260, Equipe Physiopathologie et Thérapie des Désordres Vestibulaires, Groupe de Recherche Vertige (GDR#2074), Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Sensorielles et Cognitives, LNSC UMR 7260, Equipe Physiopathologie et Thérapie des Désordres Vestibulaires, Groupe de Recherche Vertige (GDR#2074), Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Sensorielles et Cognitives, LNSC UMR 7260, Equipe Physiopathologie et Thérapie des Désordres Vestibulaires, Groupe de Recherche Vertige (GDR#2074), Marseille, France
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- Société Française de Kinésithérapie Vestibulaire, Lyon, France
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- Aix Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Sensorielles et Cognitives, LNSC UMR 7260, Equipe Physiopathologie et Thérapie des Désordres Vestibulaires, Groupe de Recherche Vertige (GDR#2074), Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université-CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Sensorielles et Cognitives, LNSC UMR 7260, Equipe Physiopathologie et Thérapie des Désordres Vestibulaires, Groupe de Recherche Vertige (GDR#2074), Marseille, France
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Cassel R, Bordiga P, Carcaud J, Simon F, Beraneck M, Le Gall A, Benoit A, Bouet V, Philoxene B, Besnard S, Watabe I, Pericat D, Hautefort C, Assie A, Tonetto A, Dyhrfjeld-Johnsen J, Llorens J, Tighilet B, Chabbert C. Morphological and functional correlates of vestibular synaptic deafferentation and repair in a mouse model of acute-onset vertigo. Dis Model Mech 2019; 12:dmm.039115. [PMID: 31213478 PMCID: PMC6679379 DOI: 10.1242/dmm.039115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2019] [Accepted: 06/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Damage to cochlear primary afferent synapses has been shown to be a key factor in various auditory pathologies. Similarly, the selective lesioning of primary vestibular synapses might be an underlying cause of peripheral vestibulopathies that cause vertigo and dizziness, for which the pathophysiology is currently unknown. To thoroughly address this possibility, we selectively damaged the synaptic contacts between hair cells and primary vestibular neurons in mice through the transtympanic administration of a glutamate receptor agonist. Using a combination of histological and functional approaches, we demonstrated four key findings: (1) selective synaptic deafferentation is sufficient to generate acute vestibular syndrome with characteristics similar to those reported in patients; (2) the reduction of the vestibulo-ocular reflex and posturo-locomotor deficits mainly depends on spared synapses; (3) damaged primary vestibular synapses can be repaired over the days and weeks following deafferentation; and (4) the synaptic repair process occurs through the re-expression and re-pairing of synaptic proteins such as CtBP2 and SHANK-1. Primary synapse repair might contribute to re-establishing the initial sensory network. Deciphering the molecular mechanism that supports synaptic repair could offer a therapeutic opportunity to rescue full vestibular input and restore gait and balance in patients. Summary: The molecular rearrangements of the synaptic proteins that accompany the deafferentation and subsequent reafferentation of the inner ear sensors following an excitotoxic insult are demonstrated for the first time.
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- Raphaelle Cassel
- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, UMR 7260, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Sensorielles et Cognitives - Equipe Physiopathologie et Thérapie des Désordres Vestibulaires, Marseille, 13000 France
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- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, UMR 7260, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Sensorielles et Cognitives - Equipe Physiopathologie et Thérapie des Désordres Vestibulaires, Marseille, 13000 France
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- Integrative Neuroscience and Cognition Center, UMR 8002, CNRS, 75006 Paris, France
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- Integrative Neuroscience and Cognition Center, UMR 8002, CNRS, 75006 Paris, France.,Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris Descartes, 75006 Paris, France
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- Integrative Neuroscience and Cognition Center, UMR 8002, CNRS, 75006 Paris, France.,Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris Descartes, 75006 Paris, France
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- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, UMR 7260, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Sensorielles et Cognitives - Equipe Physiopathologie et Thérapie des Désordres Vestibulaires, Marseille, 13000 France
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- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, UMR 7260, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Sensorielles et Cognitives - Equipe Physiopathologie et Thérapie des Désordres Vestibulaires, Marseille, 13000 France
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- Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, FSCM (FR1739), PRATIM, Marseille, 13000 France
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- Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, FSCM (FR1739), PRATIM, Marseille, 13000 France
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- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, UMR 7260, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Sensorielles et Cognitives - Equipe Physiopathologie et Thérapie des Désordres Vestibulaires, Marseille, 13000 France
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- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, UMR 7260, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Sensorielles et Cognitives - Equipe Physiopathologie et Thérapie des Désordres Vestibulaires, Marseille, 13000 France
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Peripheral vestibular plasticity vs central compensation: evidence and questions. J Neurol 2019; 266:27-32. [DOI: 10.1007/s00415-019-09388-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2019] [Revised: 05/15/2019] [Accepted: 05/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Tighilet B, Chabbert C. Adult neurogenesis promotes balance recovery after vestibular loss. Prog Neurobiol 2019; 174:28-35. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2019.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2018] [Revised: 12/05/2018] [Accepted: 01/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Luo Y, Zhang D, Chen Y, Cao Z, Fan Z. Dexamethasone protects against arsanilic acid‑induced rat vestibular dysfunction through the BDNF and JNK 1/2 signaling pathways. Mol Med Rep 2019; 19:1781-1790. [PMID: 30628712 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2019.9835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2018] [Accepted: 11/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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The brain‑derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and c‑Jun NH 2‑terminal kinase (JNK) signaling pathways are therapeutic targets to prevent degeneration in the central nervous system. Dexamethasone (DXMS), a glucocorticoid, protects against vestibular brain injury, however, the molecular mechanisms have yet to be fully elucidated. To investigate whether the BDNF and JNK signaling pathways are involved in the protective effects of DXMS in rats with vestibular dysfunction, a rat model of severe vestibular deficits was established by middle ear injection of arsanilic acid (AA; 100 mg/ml; 0.05 ml). After 3 days, rat symptoms and behavior scores with vestibular disorders were detected. In brain tissues, histopathological alterations, cell apoptosis, expression levels and patterns of BDNF signaling pathway‑associated BDNF, tyrosine receptor kinase B (TrKB) and K+/Cl‑ cotransporter isoform 2 (KCC2), and the expression of apoptosis‑related cleaved‑caspase 3 and the JNK signaling pathway were detected. It was identified that DXMS relieved AA‑induced vestibular dysfunction, leading to improvement in rat behavior scores to normal levels, minimizing brain damage at the histopatholojnnkngical level, reducing cell apoptosis, enhancing the expression of BDNF, TrKB and KCC2, and downregulating cleaved‑caspase 3 and phosphorylated‑JNK1/2 in brain tissues. Together, these findings indicated the protective effect of DXMS on AA‑induced rat vestibular dysfunction, and that activating BDNF and inhibiting JNK singling pathways were the underlying mechanisms. In addition, with additional treatment of mifepristone (RU486), a specific glucocorticoid agonist, all the events elicited by DXMS mentioned above in the AA‑treated rat rats were reversed. In conclusion, DXMS was identified as a therapeutic agent targeting the BDNF and JNK singling pathways for AA‑induced rat vestibular dysfunction.
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- Yan Luo
- Department of Otolaryngology‑Head and Neck Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250021, P.R. China
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- Department of Otolaryngology‑Head and Neck Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250021, P.R. China
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- Department of Otolaryngology‑Head and Neck Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250021, P.R. China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215004, P.R. China
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- Department of Otolaryngology‑Head and Neck Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250021, P.R. China
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Tighilet B, Leonard J, Mourre C, Chabbert C. Apamin treatment accelerates equilibrium recovery and gaze stabilization in unilateral vestibular neurectomized cats: Cellular and behavioral aspects. Neuropharmacology 2019; 144:133-142. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2018.10.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2018] [Revised: 10/17/2018] [Accepted: 10/21/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Wu C, Wu X, Yi B, Cui M, Wang X, Wang Q, Wu H, Huang Z. Changes in GABA and glutamate receptors on auditory cortical excitatory neurons in a rat model of salicylate-induced tinnitus. Am J Transl Res 2018; 10:3941-3955. [PMID: 30662641 PMCID: PMC6325520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2018] [Accepted: 11/18/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Tinnitus is associated with neural hyperactivity, which is regulated by neuronal plasticity in the auditory central system, especially the auditory cortex (AC). Excitatory neurons constitute approximately 70-85% of the total populations of neuronal cells. However, few reports have focused on the AMPA receptor (AMPAR) and the GABAA receptor (GABAAR) on the excitatory neuron in animal model of tinnitus. In this study, we gave rats a single or long-term of salicylate administrations. The tinnitus-like behavior was assessed by combination of the gap prepulse inhibition of acoustic startle (GPIAS) and the pre-pulse inhibition (PPI) tests. Using immunofluorescent staining, we examined whether the AMPAR and the GABAAR on the calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase IIα (CaMKIIα) -labeled excitatory neurons in the auditory cortex underwent changes following salicylate treatment. The rats with 14 days of salicylate administration showed evidence of experiencing tinnitus, while the rats receiving a single dose of salicylate manifested no tinnitus-like behavior. Furthermore, the AMPAR and GABAAR responded in a homeostatic manner after a single dose of salicylate while those showing in a Hebbian way after long-term salicylate administration. Thus, the different patterns of plasticity change in cortical excitatory neurons might affect the generating of salicylate-induced tinnitus.
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- Cong Wu
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai, China
- Laboratory of Auditory Neuroscience, Ear Institute, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose DiseasesShanghai, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai, China
- Laboratory of Auditory Neuroscience, Ear Institute, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose DiseasesShanghai, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai, China
- Laboratory of Auditory Neuroscience, Ear Institute, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose DiseasesShanghai, China
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- Laboratory of Auditory Neuroscience, Ear Institute, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose DiseasesShanghai, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai, China
- Laboratory of Auditory Neuroscience, Ear Institute, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose DiseasesShanghai, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai, China
- Laboratory of Auditory Neuroscience, Ear Institute, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose DiseasesShanghai, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai, China
- Laboratory of Auditory Neuroscience, Ear Institute, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose DiseasesShanghai, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai, China
- Laboratory of Auditory Neuroscience, Ear Institute, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose DiseasesShanghai, China
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The balance of sleep: Role of the vestibular sensory system. Sleep Med Rev 2018; 42:220-228. [DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2018.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2018] [Revised: 09/03/2018] [Accepted: 09/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Tighilet B, Léonard J, Watabe I, Bernard-Demanze L, Lacour M. Betahistine Treatment in a Cat Model of Vestibular Pathology: Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Approaches. Front Neurol 2018; 9:431. [PMID: 29942281 PMCID: PMC6005348 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2018.00431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2018] [Accepted: 05/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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This study is a pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamics (PD) approach using betahistine doses levels in unilateral vestibular neurectomized cats (UVN) comparable to those used in humans for treating patients with Menière's disease. The aim is to investigate for the first time oral betahistine administration (0.2 and 2 mg/kg/day) with plasma concentrations of betahistine and its major metabolite 2-pyridylacetic acid (2-PAA) (N = 9 cats), the time course of posture recovery (N = 13 cats), and the regulation of the enzyme synthesizing histamine (histidine decarboxylase: HDC) in the tuberomammillary nuclei (TMN) of UVN treated animals (N = the same 13 cats plus 4 negative control cats). In addition the effect of co-administration of the lower betahistine dose (0.2 mg/kg/day) and selegiline (1 mg/kg/day), an inhibitor of the monamine oxidase B (MAOBi) implicated in betahistine catabolism was investigated. The PK parameters were the peak concentration (Cmax), the time when the maximum concentration is reached (Tmax) for both betahistine and 2-PAA and the area under the curve (AUC). The PD approach consisted at quantifying the surface support area, which is a good estimation of posture recovery. The plasma concentration-time-profiles of betahistine and 2-PAA in cats were characterized by early Cmax-values followed by a phase of rapid decrease of plasma concentrations and a final long lasting low level of plasma concentrations. Co administration of selegiline and betahistine increased values of Cmax and AUC up to 146- and 180-fold, respectively. The lowest dose of betahistine (0.2 mg/kg) has no effects on postural function recovery but induced an acute symptomatic effect characterized by a fast balance improvement (4–6 days). The higher dose (2 mg/kg) and the co-administration treatment induced both this acute effect plus a significant acceleration of the recovery process. The histaminergic activity of the neurons in the TMN was significantly increased under treatment with the 2 mg/kg betahistine daily dose, but not with the lower dose alone or in combination with selegiline. The results show for the first time that faster balance recovery in UVN treated cats is accompanied with high plasma concentrations of betahistine and 2-PAA, and upregulation of HDC immunopositive neurons in the TMN. The higher betahistine dose gives results similar to those obtained with the lower dose when co-administrated with an inhibitor of betahistine metabolism, selegiline. From a clinical point of view, the study provides new perspectives for Menière's disease treatment, regarding the daily betahistine dose that should be necessary for fast and slow metabolizers.
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- Brahim Tighilet
- Aix-Marseille Université - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Sensorielles et Cognitives, UMR 7260, Physiopathologie et Thérapie des Désordres Vestibulaires, Centre Saint-Charles, Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Université - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Sensorielles et Cognitives, UMR 7260, Physiopathologie et Thérapie des Désordres Vestibulaires, Centre Saint-Charles, Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Université - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Sensorielles et Cognitives, UMR 7260, Physiopathologie et Thérapie des Désordres Vestibulaires, Centre Saint-Charles, Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Université - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Sensorielles et Cognitives, UMR 7260, Physiopathologie et Thérapie des Désordres Vestibulaires, Centre Saint-Charles, Marseille, France.,Service ORL et de Chirurgie Cervico-Faciale Hôpital de la Conception Marseille, Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Université - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Sensorielles et Cognitives, UMR 7260, Physiopathologie et Thérapie des Désordres Vestibulaires, Centre Saint-Charles, Marseille, France
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Lorenz-Guertin JM, Jacob TC. GABA type a receptor trafficking and the architecture of synaptic inhibition. Dev Neurobiol 2018; 78:238-270. [PMID: 28901728 PMCID: PMC6589839 DOI: 10.1002/dneu.22536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2017] [Revised: 09/08/2017] [Accepted: 09/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Ubiquitous expression of GABA type A receptors (GABAA R) in the central nervous system establishes their central role in coordinating most aspects of neural function and development. Dysregulation of GABAergic neurotransmission manifests in a number of human health disorders and conditions that in certain cases can be alleviated by drugs targeting these receptors. Precise changes in the quantity or activity of GABAA Rs localized at the cell surface and at GABAergic postsynaptic sites directly impact the strength of inhibition. The molecular mechanisms constituting receptor trafficking to and from these compartments therefore dictate the efficacy of GABAA R function. Here we review the current understanding of how GABAA Rs traffic through biogenesis, plasma membrane transport, and degradation. Emphasis is placed on discussing novel GABAergic synaptic proteins, receptor and scaffolding post-translational modifications, activity-dependent changes in GABAA R confinement, and neuropeptide and neurosteroid mediated changes. We further highlight modern techniques currently advancing the knowledge of GABAA R trafficking and clinically relevant neurodevelopmental diseases connected to GABAergic dysfunction. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Develop Neurobiol 78: 238-270, 2018.
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- Joshua M Lorenz-Guertin
- Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15261
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- Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15261
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Tighilet B, Péricat D, Frelat A, Cazals Y, Rastoldo G, Boyer F, Dumas O, Chabbert C. Adjustment of the dynamic weight distribution as a sensitive parameter for diagnosis of postural alteration in a rodent model of vestibular deficit. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0187472. [PMID: 29112981 PMCID: PMC5675415 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0187472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2017] [Accepted: 10/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Vestibular disorders, by inducing significant posturo-locomotor and cognitive disorders, can significantly impair the most basic tasks of everyday life. Their precise diagnosis is essential to implement appropriate therapeutic countermeasures. Monitoring their evolution is also very important to validate or, on the contrary, to adapt the undertaken therapeutic actions. To date, the diagnosis methods of posturo-locomotor impairments are restricted to examinations that most often lack sensitivity and precision. In the present work we studied the alterations of the dynamic weight distribution in a rodent model of sudden and complete unilateral vestibular loss. We used a system of force sensors connected to a data analysis system to quantify in real time and in an automated way the weight bearing of the animal on the ground. We show here that sudden, unilateral, complete and permanent loss of the vestibular inputs causes a severe alteration of the dynamic ground weight distribution of vestibulo lesioned rodents. Characteristics of alterations in the dynamic weight distribution vary over time and follow the sequence of appearance and disappearance of the various symptoms that compose the vestibular syndrome. This study reveals for the first time that dynamic weight bearing is a very sensitive parameter for evaluating posturo-locomotor function impairment. Associated with more classical vestibular examinations, this paradigm can considerably enrich the methods for assessing and monitoring vestibular disorders. Systematic application of this type of evaluation to the dizzy or unstable patient could improve the detection of vestibular deficits and allow predicting better their impact on posture and walk. Thus it could also allow a better follow-up of the therapeutic approaches for rehabilitating gait and balance.
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- Brahim Tighilet
- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Integrative and Adaptative Neurosciences UMR 7260, Team Pathophysiology and Therapy of Vestibular Disorders, Marseille, France
- * E-mail: (CC); (BT)
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- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Integrative and Adaptative Neurosciences UMR 7260, Team Pathophysiology and Therapy of Vestibular Disorders, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Integrative and Adaptative Neurosciences UMR 7260, Team Pathophysiology and Therapy of Vestibular Disorders, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Integrative and Adaptative Neurosciences UMR 7260, Team Pathophysiology and Therapy of Vestibular Disorders, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Integrative and Adaptative Neurosciences UMR 7260, Team Pathophysiology and Therapy of Vestibular Disorders, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Integrative and Adaptative Neurosciences UMR 7260, Team Pathophysiology and Therapy of Vestibular Disorders, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Integrative and Adaptative Neurosciences UMR 7260, Team Pathophysiology and Therapy of Vestibular Disorders, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Integrative and Adaptative Neurosciences UMR 7260, Team Pathophysiology and Therapy of Vestibular Disorders, Marseille, France
- * E-mail: (CC); (BT)
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Cassel R, Bordiga P, Pericat D, Hautefort C, Tighilet B, Chabbert C. New mouse model for inducing and evaluating unilateral vestibular deafferentation syndrome. J Neurosci Methods 2017; 293:128-135. [PMID: 28911857 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2017.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2017] [Revised: 09/06/2017] [Accepted: 09/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Unilateral vestibular deafferentation syndrome (uVDS) holds a particular place in the vestibular pathology domain. Due to its suddenness, the violence of its symptoms that often result in emergency hospitalization, and its associated original neurophysiological properties, this syndrome is a major source of questioning for the otoneurology community. Also, its putative pathogenic causes remain to be determined. There is currently a strong medical need for the development of targeted and effective countermeasures to improve the therapeutic management of uVDS. NEW METHODS The present study reports the development of a new mouse model for inducing and evaluating uVDS. Both the method for generating controlled excitotoxic-type peripheral vestibular damages, through transtympanic administration of the glutamate receptors agonist kainate (TTK), and the procedure for evaluating the ensuing clinical signs are detailed. COMPARISON WITH EXISTING METHODS Through extensive analysis of the clinical symptoms characteristics, this new animal model provides the opportunity to better follow the temporal evolution of various uVDS specific symptoms, while better appreciating the different phases that composed this syndrome. RESULTS The uVDS evoked in the TTK mouse model displays two main phases distinguishable by their kinetics and amplitudes. Several parameters of the altered vestibular behaviour mimic those observed in the human syndrome. CONCLUSION This new murine model brings concrete information about how uVDS develops and how it affects global behaviour. In addition, it opens new opportunity to decipher the etiopathological substrate of this pathology by authorizing the use of genetically modified mouse models.
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- R Cassel
- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, UMR 7260, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Intégratives et Adaptatives - Equipe physiopathologie et Thérapie des Désordres Vestibulaires, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, UMR 7260, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Intégratives et Adaptatives - Equipe physiopathologie et Thérapie des Désordres Vestibulaires, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, UMR 7260, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Intégratives et Adaptatives - Equipe physiopathologie et Thérapie des Désordres Vestibulaires, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, UMR 7260, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Intégratives et Adaptatives - Equipe physiopathologie et Thérapie des Désordres Vestibulaires, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, UMR 7260, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Intégratives et Adaptatives - Equipe physiopathologie et Thérapie des Désordres Vestibulaires, Marseille, France.
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Péricat D, Farina A, Agavnian-Couquiaud E, Chabbert C, Tighilet B. Complete and irreversible unilateral vestibular loss: A novel rat model of vestibular pathology. J Neurosci Methods 2017; 283:83-91. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2017.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2017] [Revised: 03/26/2017] [Accepted: 04/01/2017] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Gu W, Zhang W, Lei Y, Cui Y, Chu S, Gu X, Ma Z. Activation of spinal alpha-7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor shortens the duration of remifentanil-induced postoperative hyperalgesia by upregulating KCC2 in the spinal dorsal horn in rats. Mol Pain 2017; 13:1744806917704769. [PMID: 28425312 PMCID: PMC6997724 DOI: 10.1177/1744806917704769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2016] [Revised: 02/28/2017] [Accepted: 03/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background Accumulating evidence has shown that the signal from spinal brain-derived neurotrophic factor/tyrosine receptor kinase B-K+-Cl- cotransporter-2 plays a critical role in the process of pain hypersensitivity. The activation of alpha-7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors could have an analgesic effect on remifentanil-induced postoperative hyperalgesia. Nevertheless, whether intrathecal administration of PNU-120596, an alpha-7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors selective type II positive allosteric modulator, before surgery could affect the duration of remifentanil-induced postoperative hyperalgesia remains unknown, and the effects of alpha-7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors activation on the brain-derived neurotrophic factor/tyrosine receptor kinase B-K+-Cl- cotransporter-2 signal in the spinal dorsal horn of rats with remifentanil-induced postoperative hyperalgesia is still enigmatic. Results We demonstrated that the brain-derived neurotrophic factor/tyrosine receptor kinase B-K+-Cl- cotransporter-2 signal played a critical role in the development of remifentanil-induced postoperative hyperalgesia. Intrathecal administration of PNU-120596 (8 µg/kg, 15 min before surgery) was associated with earlier signs of recovery from remifentanil-induced postoperative hyperalgesia. Simultaneously, remifentanil-induced postoperative hyperalgesia-induced K+-Cl- cotransporter-2 downregulation was partly reversed and coincided with a decreased expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor/tyrosine receptor kinase B in the spinal dorsal horn, approximately correlating with the time course of the nociceptive behavior. Moreover, intrathecal administration of the K+-Cl- cotransporter-2 inhibitor VU0240551 significantly reduced the analgesic effect of PNU-120596 on remifentanil-induced postoperative hyperalgesia. Conclusions The activation of alpha-7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors induced a shorter duration of remifentanil-induced postoperative hyperalgesia by restoring the brain-derived neurotrophic factor/tyrosine receptor kinase B-K+-Cl- cotransporter-2 signal in the spinal dorsal horn of rats, which provides new insight into treatment in clinical postoperative pain management.
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- Wei Gu
- Department of Anesthesiology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Clinical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Clinical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Clinical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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Tighilet B, Dutheil S, Siponen MI, Noreña AJ. Reactive Neurogenesis and Down-Regulation of the Potassium-Chloride Cotransporter KCC2 in the Cochlear Nuclei after Cochlear Deafferentation. Front Pharmacol 2016; 7:281. [PMID: 27630564 PMCID: PMC5005331 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2016.00281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2016] [Accepted: 08/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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While many studies have been devoted to investigating the homeostatic plasticity triggered by cochlear hearing loss, the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in these central changes remain elusive. In the present study, we investigated the possibility of reactive neurogenesis after unilateral cochlear nerve section in the cochlear nucleus (CN) of cats. We found a strong cell proliferation in all the CN sub-divisions ipsilateral to the lesion. Most of the newly generated cells survive up to 1 month after cochlear deafferentation in all cochlear nuclei (except the dorsal CN) and give rise to a variety of cell types, i.e., microglial cells, astrocytes, and neurons. Interestingly, many of the newborn neurons had an inhibitory (GABAergic) phenotype. This result is intriguing since sensory deafferentation is usually accompanied by enhanced excitation, consistent with a reduction in central inhibition. The membrane potential effect of GABA depends, however, on the intra-cellular chloride concentration, which is maintained at low levels in adults by the potassium chloride co-transporter KCC2. The KCC2 density on the plasma membrane of neurons was then assessed after cochlear deafferentation in the cochlear nuclei ipsilateral and contralateral to the lesion. Cochlear deafferentation is accompanied by a strong down-regulation of KCC2 ipsilateral to the lesion at 3 and 30 days post-lesion. This study suggests that reactive neurogenesis and down-regulation of KCC2 is part of the vast repertoire involved in homeostatic plasticity triggered by hearing loss. These central changes may also play a role in the generation of tinnitus and hyperacusis.
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- Brahim Tighilet
- Laboratoire de Neurosciences Intégratives et Adaptatives, UMR 7260 - Comportement, Cerveau, Cognition (Behavior, Brain, and Cognition) - Aix-Marseille Université - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Marseille, France
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven CT, USA
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- Laboratoire de Neurosciences Intégratives et Adaptatives, UMR 7260 - Comportement, Cerveau, Cognition (Behavior, Brain, and Cognition) - Aix-Marseille Université - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Marseille, France
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- Laboratoire de Neurosciences Intégratives et Adaptatives, UMR 7260 - Comportement, Cerveau, Cognition (Behavior, Brain, and Cognition) - Aix-Marseille Université - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Marseille, France
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