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Domnik NJ, Fisher JT, Lougheed MD, Mazzone SB, McGovern AE. Editorial: Neural and Mechanical Mechanisms in Pulmonary Defense: What Does the Future Hold? Front Physiol 2022; 13:946768. [PMID: 35784868 PMCID: PMC9245621 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.946768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Nicolle J. Domnik
- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
- Department of Public Health Sciences, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
- Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
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- Department of Anatomy and Physiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Anatomy and Physiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
- *Correspondence: Alice E. McGovern,
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Domnik NJ, Vincent SG, Fisher JT. Mechanosensitivity of Murine Lung Slowly Adapting Receptors: Minimal Impact of Chemosensory, Serotonergic, and Purinergic Signaling. Front Physiol 2022; 13:833665. [PMID: 35250636 PMCID: PMC8889033 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.833665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2021] [Accepted: 01/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Murine slowly adapting receptors (SARs) within airway smooth muscle provide volume-related feedback; however, their mechanosensitivity and morphology are incompletely characterized. We explored two aspects of SAR physiology: their inherent static mechanosensitivity and a potential link to pulmonary neuroepithelial bodies (NEBs). SAR mechanosensitivity displays a rate sensitivity linked to speed of inflation; however, to what extent static SAR mechanosensitivity is tuned for the very rapid breathing frequency (B f ) of small mammals (e.g., mouse) is unclear. NEB-associated, morphologically described smooth muscle-associated receptors (SMARs) may be a structural analog for functionally characterized SARs, suggesting functional linkages between SARs and NEBs. We addressed the hypotheses that: (1) rapid murine B f is associated with enhanced in vivo SAR static sensitivity; (2) if SARs and NEBs are functionally linked, stimuli reported to impact NEB function would alter SAR mechanosensitivity. We measured SAR action potential discharge frequency (AP f, action potentials/s) during quasi-static inflation [0-20 cmH2O trans-respiratory pressure (PTR)] in NEB-relevant conditions of hypoxia (FIO2 = 0.1), hypercarbia (FICO2 = 0.1), and pharmacologic intervention (serotonergic 5-HT3 receptor antagonist, Tropisetron, 4.5 mg/kg; P2 purinergic receptor antagonist, Suramin, 50 mg/kg). In all protocols, we obtained: (1) AP f vs. PTR; (2) PTR threshold; and (3) AP f onset at PTR threshold. The murine AP f vs. PTR response comprises high AP f (average maximum AP f: 236.1 ± 11.1 AP/s at 20 cmH2O), a low PTR threshold (mean 2.0 ± 0.1 cmH2O), and a plateau in AP f between 15 and 20 cmH2O. Murine SAR mechanosensitivity (AP f vs. PTR) is up to 60% greater than that reported for larger mammals. Even the maximum difference between intervention and control conditions was minimally impacted by NEB-related alterations: Tropisetron -7.6 ± 1.8% (p = 0.005); Suramin -10.6 ± 1.5% (p = 0.01); hypoxia +9.3 ± 1.9% (p < 0.001); and hypercarbia -6.2 ± 0.9% (p < 0.001). We conclude that the high sensitivity of murine SARs to inflation provides enhanced resolution of operating lung volume, which is aligned with the rapid B f of the mouse. We found minimal evidence supporting a functional link between SARs and NEBs and speculate that the <10% change in SAR mechanosensitivity during altered NEB-related stimuli is not consistent with a meaningful physiologic role.
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- Nicolle J. Domnik
- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
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Gibbs E, Chakrapani S. Structure, Function and Physiology of 5-Hydroxytryptamine Receptors Subtype 3. Subcell Biochem 2021; 96:373-408. [PMID: 33252737 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-58971-4_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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5-hydroxytryptamine receptor subtype 3 (5-HT3R) is a pentameric ligand-gated ion channel (pLGIC) involved in neuronal signaling. It is best known for its prominent role in gut-CNS signaling though there is growing interest in its other functions, particularly in modulating non-serotonergic synaptic activity. Recent advances in structural biology have provided mechanistic understanding of 5-HT3R function and present new opportunities for the field. This chapter gives a broad overview of 5-HT3R from a physiological and structural perspective and then discusses the specific details of ion permeation, ligand binding and allosteric coupling between these two events. Biochemical evidence is summarized and placed within a physiological context. This perspective underscores the progress that has been made as well as outstanding challenges and opportunities for future 5-HT3R research.
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- Eric Gibbs
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106-4970, USA.
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106-4970, USA. .,Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106-4970, USA.
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Coordinate expression of pan-neuronal and functional signature genes in sympathetic neurons. Cell Tissue Res 2017; 370:227-241. [PMID: 28936781 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-017-2688-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2017] [Accepted: 08/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Neuron subtypes of the mature nervous system differ in the expression of characteristic marker genes while they share the expression of generic neuronal genes. The regulatory logic that maintains subtype-specific and pan-neuronal genes is not well understood. To begin to address this issue, we analyze RNA sequencing results from whole sympathetic ganglia and single sympathetic neurons in the mouse. We focus on gene products involved in the neuronal cytoskeleton, neurotransmitter synthesis and storage, transmitter release and reception and electrical information processing. We find a particular high correlation in the expression of stathmin 2 and several members of the tubulin beta family, classical pan-neuronal markers. Noradrenergic transmitter-synthesizing enzymes and transporters are also well correlated in their cellular transcript levels. In addition, noradrenergic marker transcript levels correlate well with selected pan-neuronal markers. Such a correlation in transcript levels is also seen between a number of selected ion channel, receptor and synaptic protein genes. These results provide the foundation for the analyses of the coordinated expression of downstream target genes in nerve cells.
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Takimoto Y, Ishida Y, Nakamura Y, Kamakura T, Yamada T, Kondo M, Kitahara T, Uno A, Imai T, Horii A, Okazaki S, Nishiike S, Inohara H, Shimada S. 5-HT(3) receptor expression in the mouse vestibular ganglion. Brain Res 2014; 1557:74-82. [PMID: 24530269 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2014.02.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2013] [Revised: 02/04/2014] [Accepted: 02/05/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The 5-hydroxytryptamine type 3 (5-HT3) receptor is a ligand-gated ion channel and a member of the Cys-loop family of receptors. Previous studies have shown 5-HT3 receptor expression in various neural cells of the central and peripheral nervous systems. Although the function and distribution of the 5-HT3 receptor has been well established, its role in the inner ear is still poorly understood. Moreover, no study has yet determined its localization and function in the peripheral vestibular nervous system. In the present study, we reveal mRNA expression of both 5-HT3A and 5-HT3B receptor subunits in the mouse vestibular ganglion (VG) by RT-PCR and in situ hybridization (ISH). We also show by ISH that 5-HT3 receptor mRNA is only expressed in the VG (superior and inferior division) in the peripheral vestibular nervous system. Moreover, we performed Ca(2+) imaging to determine whether functional 5-HT3 receptors are present in the mouse VG, using a selective 5-HT3 receptor agonist, SR57227A. In wild mice, 32% of VG neurons responded to the agonist, whereas there was no response in 5-HT3A receptor knockout mice. These results indicate that VG cells express functional 5-HT3 receptor channels and might play a modulatory role in the peripheral vestibular nervous system.
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- Yasumitsu Takimoto
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan; Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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- Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan; Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Oliveira-Fusaro MCG, Clemente-Napimoga JT, Teixeira JM, Torres-Chávez KE, Parada CA, Tambeli CH. 5-HT induces temporomandibular joint nociception in rats through the local release of inflammatory mediators and activation of local β adrenoceptors. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2012; 102:458-64. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2012.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2011] [Revised: 05/15/2012] [Accepted: 06/02/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Machu TK. Therapeutics of 5-HT3 receptor antagonists: current uses and future directions. Pharmacol Ther 2011; 130:338-47. [PMID: 21356241 PMCID: PMC3103470 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2011.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2011] [Accepted: 02/09/2011] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
The 5-Hydroxytryptamine3 (5-HT3) receptor is a member of the cys-loop family of ligand gated ion channels, of which the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor is the prototype. All other 5-HT receptors identified to date are metabotropic receptors. The 5-HT3 receptor is present in the central and peripheral nervous systems, as well as a number of non-nervous tissues. As an ion channel that is permeable to the cations, Na(+), K(+), and Ca(2+), the 5-HT3 receptor mediates fast depolarizing responses in pre- and post-synaptic neurons. As such, 5-HT3 receptor antagonists that are used clinically block afferent and efferent synaptic transmission. The most well established physiological roles of the 5-HT3 receptor are to coordinate emesis and regulate gastrointestinal motility. Currently marketed 5-HT3 receptor antagonists are indicated for the treatment of chemotherapy, radiation, and anesthesia-induced nausea and vomiting, as well as irritable bowel syndrome. Other therapeutic uses that have been explored include pain and drug addiction. The 5-HT3 receptor is one of a number of receptors that play a role in mediating nausea and vomiting, and as such, 5-HT3 receptor antagonists demonstrate the greatest anti-emetic efficacy when administered in combination with other drug classes.
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- Tina K Machu
- Dept. of Medical Education and Dept. of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of North Texas Health Science Center, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd. Fort Worth, TX 76107-2699, USA.
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Darmani NA, Ray AP. Evidence for a re-evaluation of the neurochemical and anatomical bases of chemotherapy-induced vomiting. Chem Rev 2009; 109:3158-99. [PMID: 19522506 DOI: 10.1021/cr900117p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Nissar A Darmani
- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California 91766-1854, USA.
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Krishnaswamy A, Cooper E. An activity-dependent retrograde signal induces the expression of the high-affinity choline transporter in cholinergic neurons. Neuron 2009; 61:272-86. [PMID: 19186169 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2008.11.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2008] [Revised: 10/15/2008] [Accepted: 11/24/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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A well-accepted view of developing circuits is that synapses must be active to mature and persist, whereas inactive synapses remain immature and are eventually eliminated. We question this long-standing view by investigating nonfunctional cholinergic nicotinic synapses in the superior cervical ganglia (SCG) of mice with a disruption in the alpha3 nicotinic receptor (nAChR) subunit gene, a gene essential for fast synaptic transmission in sympathetic ganglia. Using imaging and electrophysiology, we show that synapses persist for at least 2-3 months without postsynaptic activity; however, the presynaptic terminals lack high-affinity choline transporters (CHTs), and as a result, they are quickly depleted of transmitter. Moreover, we demonstrate with rescue experiments that CHT is induced by signals downstream of postsynaptic activity, converting immature terminals to mature terminals capable of sustaining transmitter release in response to high-frequency or continuous firing. Importantly, postsynaptic neurons must be continually active to maintain CHT in presynaptic terminals.
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- Arjun Krishnaswamy
- Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, H3G 1Y6 Quebec, Canada
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Bohorquez A, Hurley LM. Activation of serotonin 3 receptors changes in vivo auditory responses in the mouse inferior colliculus. Hear Res 2009; 251:29-38. [PMID: 19236912 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2009.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2008] [Revised: 01/20/2009] [Accepted: 02/12/2009] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Metabotropic serotonin receptors such as 5-HT1A and 5-HT1B receptors shape the level, selectivity, and timing of auditory responses in the inferior colliculus (IC). Less is known about the effects of ionotropic 5-HT3 receptors, which are cation channels that depolarize neurons. In the present study, the influence of the 5-HT3 receptor on auditory responses in vivo was explored by locally iontophoresing a 5-HT3 receptor agonist and antagonists onto single neurons recorded extracellularly in mice. Three main findings emerge from these experiments. First, activation of the 5-HT3 receptor can either facilitate or suppress auditory responses, but response suppressions are not consistent with 5-HT3 effects on presynaptic GABAergic neurons. Both response facilitations and suppressions are less pronounced in neurons with high precision in response latency, suggesting functional differences in the role of receptor activation for different classes of neuron. Finally, the effects of 5-HT3 activation vary across repetition rate within a subset of single neurons, suggesting that the influence of receptor activation sometimes varies with the level of activity. These findings contribute to the view of the 5-HT3 receptor as an important component of the serotonergic infrastructure in the IC, with effects that are complex and neuron-selective.
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- Alexander Bohorquez
- Department of Biology, Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior, Program in Neuroscience, Indiana University, 1001 E. Third St., Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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Mengod G, Vilaró MT, Cortés R, López-Giménez JF, Raurich A, Palacios JM. Chemical Neuroanatomy of 5-HT Receptor Subtypes in the Mammalian Brain. THE SEROTONIN RECEPTORS 2006. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-080-5_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Kreis ME, Jiang W, Kirkup AJ, Grundy D. Cosensitivity of vagal mucosal afferents to histamine and 5-HT in the rat jejunum. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2002; 283:G612-7. [PMID: 12181174 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00206.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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A complex sensitivity of afferent nerves in the mesentery of the rat jejunum to systemic administration of histamine has recently been demonstrated. In the present study, we aimed to characterize subpopulations of mesenteric afferents that mediate this afferent nerve response. Multiunit afferent discharge was recorded from mesenteric nerves supplying the proximal jejunum in anesthetized rats. The majority of mesenteric bundles (84%) exhibited biphasic responses to histamine (8 micromol/kg), and these bundles also responded to 2-methyl-5-HT (2m5HT). In contrast, monophasic responses lacked a short-latency component, and these bundles failed to respond to 2m5HT. Single-unit analysis revealed a population of afferents that possessed cosensitivity for 2m5HT and histamine. This population of afferents was absent in chronically vagotomized animals, whereas mucosal anesthesia with luminal lidocaine reversibly converted the biphasic profile to a monophasic one. Ondansetron (500 microg/kg) blocked the response to 2m5HT with no effect on the profile of the histamine response, whereas pyrilamine (5 mg/kg) blocked the histamine response without affecting the response to 2m5HT. We conclude that histamine-sensitive afferents exist in the rat proximal jejunum that also respond to 5-HT via the 5-HT3 receptor. These fibers appear to be vagal afferents originating in the intestinal mucosa and may be involved in the organization of mast cell-mediated responses.
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- M E Kreis
- Department of General Surgery, University Hospital Tübingen, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
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Nabekura J, Ueno T, Katsurabayashi S, Furuta A, Akaike N, Okada M. Reduced NR2A expression and prolonged decay of NMDA receptor-mediated synaptic current in rat vagal motoneurons following axotomy. J Physiol 2002; 539:735-41. [PMID: 11897845 PMCID: PMC2290178 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2001.013379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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To elucidate characteristic changes in the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor on neurons following axotomy, subunit expressions and functional features of the NMDA receptor were examined in the dorsal motor nucleus of vagus (DMV) of rats receiving vagal axotomy at the neck. Western blotting analysis demonstrated that the expression of NR2A decreased 2-3 days after in vivo axotomy, while expression of NR1 and NR2B, NR2C and NR2D subunits did not change significantly. To examine the functional changes, patch clamp recordings in whole-cell mode were employed on the axotomized DMV neurons identified by retrograde labelling with fluorescent dye. The amplitude ratios of ifenprodil-sensitive components of NMDA response and D,L-2-amino-5-phosphovaleric acid (APV)-sensitive evoked postsynaptic current increased after axotomy. In addition, APV-sensitive postsynaptic currents exhibited a longer decay time in identified axotomized vagal motoneurons than in control neurons. No significant differences in the current density of the NMDA response and the peak amplitude of APV-sensitive synaptic currents were observed between axotomized and intact DMV neurons. In conclusion, a decrease in NR2A expression results in the appearance of functional characteristics of the NMDA receptor predominantly containing the NR2B subunit. This might lead to a long-term increase of the susceptibility of neurons to excitotoxicity.
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- Junichi Nabekura
- Department of Cellular and System Physiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
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Wang ZY, Keith IM, Olson EB, Vidruk EH, Bisgard GE. Expression of 5-HT3 receptors in primary sensory neurons of the petrosal ganglion of adult rats. Auton Neurosci 2002; 95:121-4. [PMID: 11871776 DOI: 10.1016/s1566-0702(01)00384-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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By using a specific antiserum, expression of the 5-HT3 receptor was examined in the petrosal ganglion (PG) of adult male rats. We found that the 5-HT3 receptors are widely distributed in the PG. This finding was confirmed by RT-PCR detection of the 5-HT3 receptor mRNA in the tissue. Unlike the distribution patterns of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), which occurred in limited regions of PG, the 5-HT3 receptors seemed to distribute throughout the ganglion. As many TH-positive neurons in PG innervate type I cells in the carotid body, the coexistence of 5-HT3 receptor and TH in some neurons suggests that this receptor may play a role in carotid body chemoreception.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena
- Carotid Body/physiology
- Catecholamines/biosynthesis
- Ganglia, Sensory/cytology
- Ganglia, Sensory/metabolism
- Glossopharyngeal Nerve/cytology
- Glossopharyngeal Nerve/metabolism
- Immunohistochemistry
- Male
- Neurons, Afferent/cytology
- Neurons, Afferent/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Receptors, Serotonin/genetics
- Receptors, Serotonin/metabolism
- Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT3
- Reflex/physiology
- Serotonin/metabolism
- Synaptic Transmission/physiology
- Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase/metabolism
- Visceral Afferents/cytology
- Visceral Afferents/metabolism
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- Zun-Yi Wang
- Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 53706, USA.
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Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) play an important role in various processes involved in regulating systemic blood pressure. These receptors are expressed at excitatory cholinergic synapses between sympathetic preganglionic neurons and postganglionic sympathetic neurons and link the integrative activities of the CNS with peripheral effector mechanisms of the sympathetic nervous system. Nicotinic AChRs are also expressed on a subset of vagal afferent neurons, including those involved in baroreceptor reflexes. This review discusses the developmental expression of nAChRs on vagal afferent neurons and two factors that influence the differentiation of these neurons: ganglionic satellite cells and neurotrophins. In addition, this review discusses two important properties of neuronal nAChRs: inward rectification and calcium permeability. At the molecular level, intracellular polyamines, acting as gating particles, effectively block the receptor pore in a voltage-dependent manner, producing inward rectification. Moreover, a critical structural determinant underlies both the block by intracellular polyamines and calcium permeability. Finally, this review discusses the modulation and block of neuronal nAChRs by extracellular polyamines and the possible implications for neurodegenerative diseases.
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- E Cooper
- Department of Physiology, McGill University, McIntyre Medical Science Building, 3655 Promenade Sir William Osler, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Nishiyama K, Yagita K, Yamaguchi S, Kitamura S, Matsuo T, Uno T, Tanaka M, Hisa Y, Ibata Y, Okamura H. Tyrosine Hydroxylase and NADPH-Diaphorase in the Rat Nodose Ganglion: Colocalization and Central Projection. Acta Histochem Cytochem 2001. [DOI: 10.1267/ahc.34.135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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- Katsuhiko Nishiyama
- Departments of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
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- Department of Anatomy and Brain Science, Kobe University School of Medicine
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- Department of Anatomy and Brain Science, Kobe University School of Medicine
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- Department of Anatomy and Brain Science, Kobe University School of Medicine
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- Department of Physics, Informatics and Biology, Yamaguchi University
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- Departments of Otolaryngology,Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
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- Departments of Anatomy, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
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- Departments of Otolaryngology,Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
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- Departments of Anatomy, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
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- Department of Anatomy and Brain Science, Kobe University School of Medicine
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Hanna MC, Davies PA, Hales TG, Kirkness EF. Evidence for expression of heteromeric serotonin 5-HT(3) receptors in rodents. J Neurochem 2000; 75:240-7. [PMID: 10854267 DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2000.0750240.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The gene and cDNAs that encode a novel subunit of rodent serotonin 5-HT(3) receptors were isolated from mouse and rat tissues. Each of the new rodent subunits shares 40% amino acid identity with the rat 5-HT(3A) subunit and 73% identity with the human 5-HT(3B) subunit. Despite a relatively low level of structural conservation, sequence analysis and functional studies suggest that the new rodent subunits are orthologues of the human 5-HT(3B) subunit. In common with homologous human receptors, rat heteromeric 5-HT(3) receptors displayed a substantially larger single-channel conductance than homomeric 5-HT(3A) receptors. In addition, the rat heteromeric receptors were less sensitive to antagonism by tubocurarine. However, in contrast to human heteromeric receptors, those of the rat displayed pronounced inward rectification of both the whole-cell and single-channel current amplitudes. Transcripts of the mouse 5-HT(3A) and 5-HT(3B) subunits are coexpressed in several cell lines that possess endogenous 5-HT(3) receptors. In addition, treatment of rat PC12 cells with nerve growth factor induced expression of both subunit mRNAs, with a similar time course for accumulation of each transcript. The combination of functional data and expression patterns is consistent with the existence of heteromeric 5-HT(3) receptors in rodent neurons.
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- M C Hanna
- The Institute for Genomic Research, Rockville, Maryland Department of Pharmacology, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., USA
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Furukawa Y, Okada M, Akaike N, Hayashi T, Nabekura J. Reduction of voltage-dependent magnesium block of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor-mediated current by in vivo axonal injury. Neuroscience 2000; 96:385-92. [PMID: 10683578 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(99)00553-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The post-traumatic change of the voltage-dependent Mg(2+) block of N-methyl-D-aspartate response was investigated using nystatin perforated patch recording mode under the voltage-clamp condition. Motor neurons of the dorsal motor nucleus of vagus nerve were freshly dissociated from rat brain at 2h to 10 days after receiving axonal crush injuries in vivo at the neck. The reduction of voltage-dependent Mg(2+) block of N-methyl-D-aspartate response became evident at more than 12h after the injury, sustained for at least five days and recovered within 10 days. Other characteristics examined such as reversal potentials, the Hill coefficient and EC(50) of N-methyl-D-aspartate-induced current were not affected by axonal injury. The Mg(2+) block of N-methyl-D-aspartate response was not affected at all by local application of colchicine onto the vagal axon in in vivo condition, suggesting that axonal injury, but not the blockade of the axonal flow, is responsible for the change of the sensitivity of N-methyl-D-aspartate response to extracellular Mg(2+). In addition, the reduction of Mg(2+) block by the nerve injury persisted regardless of the presence of protein kinase C modulators, such as 10(-6)M chelerythrine and 10(-7)M calphostin C. Therefore alteration of protein kinase C activity after axonal injury is not responsible for the maintenance of the reduced Mg(2+) block. These findings suggest that injured neurons acquire immature characteristics of plasticity with respect to the sensitivity of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors to extracellular Mg(2+) or a long-term increase in the susceptibility to Ca(2+) excitotoxicity.
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- Y Furukawa
- Department of Cellular and System Physiology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyushu University, 812-8582, Fukuoka, Japan
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Alvares D, Fitzgerald M. Building blocks of pain: the regulation of key molecules in spinal sensory neurones during development and following peripheral axotomy. Pain 1999; Suppl 6:S71-S85. [PMID: 10491975 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3959(99)00140-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The pathways, synapses and molecules involved in pain processing in the newborn are not only required to trigger repair and recuperation but are also involved in the process of forming a mature nervous system. Sensory neurons in the dorsal root ganglion and dorsal horn express a phenomenal array of molecules which contribute to their structural and functional characteristics and many of these are developmentally regulated both pre- and postnatally. In order to understand nociceptive signalling and pain in the neonate we need a clear picture of that regulation. This review concentrates on the changing expression of selected key molecules, receptors and channels in the embryo, neonate and adult, which both characterise the sensory neuron and contribute to its response to painful stimuli in normal and pathological conditions.
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- Debie Alvares
- Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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Zhong H, Zhang M, Nurse CA. Electrophysiological characterization of 5-HT receptors on rat petrosal neurons in dissociated cell culture. Brain Res 1999; 816:544-53. [PMID: 9878879 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(98)01232-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The petrosal ganglion supplies chemoafferent pathways via the glossopharyngeal (IXth) nerve to peripheral targets which release various neurotransmitters including serotonin (5-HT). Here, we combined rapid 5-HT application with patch clamp, whole-cell recording to investigate whether 5-HT receptors are expressed on isolated petrosal neurons (PN), cultured from 7-12 day-old rat pups. In responsive cells, the dominant effect of 5-HT was a rapid depolarization associated with a conductance increase in approximately 43% of the neurons (53/123); however, in a minority population ( approximately 6%; 8/123), 5-HT caused membrane depolarization associated with a conductance decrease. In the former group, 5-HT produced a transient inward current (I5-HT) in neurons voltage-clamped near the resting potential ( approximately -60 mV); the effect was mimicked by the 5-HT3 receptor-specific agonist, 2-methyl-5-HT, suggesting it was mediated by 5-HT3 receptors. Further, I5-HT was selectively inhibited by the 5-HT3 receptor-specific antagonist MDL72222 (1-10 microM), but was unaffected by either 5-HT1/5-HT2 receptor antagonist, spiperone, or by 5-HT2 receptor-specific antagonist, ketanserin (50-100 microM). I5-HT displayed moderate inward rectification and had a mean reversal potential (+/-S.E.M.) of -4.3+/-6.6 mV (n=6). Application of 5-HT (dose range: 0.1-100 microM) produced a dose-response curve that was fitted by the Hill equation with EC50= approximately 3.4 microM and Hill coefficient= approximately 1.6 (n=8). The activation phase of I5-HT (10 microM 5-HT at -60 mV) was well fitted by a single exponential with mean (+/-S.E.M.) time constant of 45+/-30 ms (n=6). The desensitization phase of I5-HT was best fitted by a single exponential with mean (+/-S.E.M.) time constant of 660+/-167 ms (n=6). Fluctuation analysis yielded an apparent mean single-channel conductance (+/-S.E.M) of 2.7+/-1.5 pS (n=4) at -60 mV. In the minority ( approximately 6%) population of neurons which responded to 5-HT with a conductance decrease, the depolarization was blocked by the 5-HT2 receptor antagonist, ketanserin (50 microM). Taken together, these results suggest that 5-HT3 receptors are the major subtype expressed by rat petrosal neurons, and therefore are candidates for facilitating chemoafferent excitation in response to 5-HT released from peripheral targets.
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- H Zhong
- Department of Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main St. West, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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