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Emery B, Wood TL. Regulators of Oligodendrocyte Differentiation. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 2024; 16:a041358. [PMID: 38503504 PMCID: PMC11146316 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a041358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/21/2024]
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Myelination has evolved as a mechanism to ensure fast and efficient propagation of nerve impulses along axons. Within the central nervous system (CNS), myelination is carried out by highly specialized glial cells, oligodendrocytes. The formation of myelin is a prolonged aspect of CNS development that occurs well into adulthood in humans, continuing throughout life in response to injury or as a component of neuroplasticity. The timing of myelination is tightly tied to the generation of oligodendrocytes through the differentiation of their committed progenitors, oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs), which reside throughout the developing and adult CNS. In this article, we summarize our current understanding of some of the signals and pathways that regulate the differentiation of OPCs, and thus the myelination of CNS axons.
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- Ben Emery
- Jungers Center for Neurosciences Research, Department of Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey 07103, USA
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Moloney RA, Palliser HK, Dyson RM, Pavy CL, Berry M, Hirst JJ, Shaw JC. Ongoing effects of preterm birth on the dopaminergic and noradrenergic pathways in the frontal cortex and hippocampus of guinea pigs. Dev Neurobiol 2024; 84:93-110. [PMID: 38526217 DOI: 10.1002/dneu.22937] [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: 08/10/2023] [Revised: 03/04/2024] [Accepted: 03/07/2024] [Indexed: 03/26/2024]
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Children born preterm have an increased likelihood of developing neurobehavioral disorders such as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and anxiety. These disorders have a sex bias, with males having a higher incidence of ADHD, whereas anxiety disorder tends to be more prevalent in females. Both disorders are underpinned by imbalances to key neurotransmitter systems, with dopamine and noradrenaline in particular having major roles in attention regulation and stress modulation. Preterm birth disturbances to neurodevelopment may affect this neurotransmission in a sexually dimorphic manner. Time-mated guinea pig dams were allocated to deliver by preterm induction of labor (gestational age 62 [GA62]) or spontaneously at term (GA69). The resultant offspring were randomized to endpoints as neonates (24 h after term-equivalence age) or juveniles (corrected postnatal day 40, childhood equivalence). Relative mRNA expressions of key dopamine and noradrenaline pathway genes were examined in the frontal cortex and hippocampus and quantified with real-time PCR. Myelin basic protein and neuronal nuclei immunostaining were performed to characterize the impact of preterm birth. Within the frontal cortex, there were persisting reductions in the expression of dopaminergic pathway components that occurred in preterm males only. Conversely, preterm-born females had increased expression of key noradrenergic receptors and a reduction of the noradrenergic transporter within the hippocampus. This study demonstrated that preterm birth results in major changes in dopaminergic and noradrenergic receptor, transporter, and synthesis enzyme gene expression in a sex- and region-based manner that may contribute to the sex differences in susceptibility to neurobehavioral disorders. These findings highlight the need for the development of sex-based treatments for improving these conditions.
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- Roisin A Moloney
- School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia
- Hunter Medical Research Institute, Mothers and Babies Research Centre, Newcastle, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia
- Hunter Medical Research Institute, Mothers and Babies Research Centre, Newcastle, Australia
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- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
- Biomedical Research Unit, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
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- School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia
- Hunter Medical Research Institute, Mothers and Babies Research Centre, Newcastle, Australia
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- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
- Biomedical Research Unit, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
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- School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia
- Hunter Medical Research Institute, Mothers and Babies Research Centre, Newcastle, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia
- Hunter Medical Research Institute, Mothers and Babies Research Centre, Newcastle, Australia
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Moloney RA, Pavy CL, Kahl RGS, Palliser HK, Hirst JJ, Shaw JC. Dual isolation of primary neurons and oligodendrocytes from guinea pig frontal cortex. Front Cell Neurosci 2024; 17:1298685. [PMID: 38269115 PMCID: PMC10806141 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2023.1298685] [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: 09/25/2023] [Accepted: 12/18/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2024] Open
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Primary cell culture is a technique that is widely used in neuroscience research to investigate mechanisms that underlie pathologies at a cellular level. Typically, mouse or rat tissue is used for this process; however, altricial rodent species have markedly different neurodevelopmental trajectories comparatively to humans. The use of guinea pig brain tissue presents a novel aspect to this routinely used cell culture method whilst also allowing for dual isolation of two major cell types from a physiologically relevant animal model for studying perinatal neurodevelopment. Primary neuronal and oligodendrocyte cell cultures were derived from fetal guinea pig's frontal cortex brain tissue collected at a gestational age of 62 days (GA62), which is a key time in the neuronal and oligodendrocyte development. The major advantage of this protocol is the ability to acquire both neuronal and oligodendrocyte cellular cultures from the frontal cortex of one fetal brain. Briefly, neuronal cells were grown in 12-well plates initially in a 24-h serum-rich medium to enhance neuronal survival before switching to a serum-free media formulation. Oligodendrocytes were first grown in cell culture flasks using a serum-rich medium that enabled the growth of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs) on an astrocyte bed. Following confluency, the shake method of differential adhesion and separation was utilized via horizontally shaking the OPCs off the astrocyte bed overnight. Therefore, OPCs were plated in 12-well plates and were initially expanded in media supplemented with growth hormones, before switching to maturation media to progress the lineage to a mature phenotype. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was performed on both cell culture types to analyze key population markers, and the results were further validated using immunocytochemistry. Primary neurons displayed the mRNA expression of multiple neuronal markers, including those specific to GABAergic populations. These cells also positively stained for microtubule-associated protein 2 (MAP2; a dendritic marker specific to neurons) and NeuN (a marker of neuronal cell bodies). Primary oligodendrocytes expressed all investigated markers of the oligodendrocyte lineage, with a majority of the cells displaying an immature oligodendrocyte phenotype. This finding was further confirmed with positive oligodendrocyte transcription factor (OLIG2) staining, which serves as a marker for the overall oligodendrocyte population. This study demonstrates a novel method for isolating both neurons and oligodendrocytes from the guinea pig brain tissue. These isolated cells display key markers and gene expression that will allow for functional experiments to occur and may be particularly useful in studying neurodevelopmental conditions with perinatal origins.
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- Roisin A. Moloney
- School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
- Hunter Medical Research Institute, Mothers and Babies Research Centre, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
- Hunter Medical Research Institute, Mothers and Babies Research Centre, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
- Hunter Medical Research Institute, Mothers and Babies Research Centre, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
- Hunter Medical Research Institute, Mothers and Babies Research Centre, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
- Hunter Medical Research Institute, Mothers and Babies Research Centre, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
- Hunter Medical Research Institute, Mothers and Babies Research Centre, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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Caldwell M, Ayo-Jibunoh V, Mendoza JC, Brimblecombe KR, Reynolds LM, Zhu Jiang XY, Alarcon C, Fiore E, N Tomaio J, Phillips GR, Mingote S, Flores C, Casaccia P, Liu J, Cragg SJ, McCloskey DP, Yetnikoff L. Axo-glial interactions between midbrain dopamine neurons and oligodendrocyte lineage cells in the anterior corpus callosum. Brain Struct Funct 2023; 228:1993-2006. [PMID: 37668732 PMCID: PMC10516790 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-023-02695-y] [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: 06/14/2023] [Accepted: 08/09/2023] [Indexed: 09/06/2023]
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Oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs) receive synaptic innervation from glutamatergic and GABAergic axons and can be dynamically regulated by neural activity, resulting in activity-dependent changes in patterns of axon myelination. However, it remains unclear to what extent other types of neurons may innervate OPCs. Here, we provide evidence implicating midbrain dopamine neurons in the innervation of oligodendrocyte lineage cells in the anterior corpus callosum and nearby white matter tracts of male and female adult mice. Dopaminergic axon terminals were identified in the corpus callosum of DAT-Cre mice after injection of an eYFP reporter virus into the midbrain. Furthermore, fast-scan cyclic voltammetry revealed monoaminergic transients in the anterior corpus callosum, consistent with the anatomical findings. Using RNAscope, we further demonstrate that ~ 40% of Olig2 + /Pdfgra + cells and ~ 20% of Olig2 + /Pdgfra- cells in the anterior corpus callosum express Drd1 and Drd2 transcripts. These results suggest that oligodendrocyte lineage cells may respond to dopamine released from midbrain dopamine axons, which could affect myelination. Together, this work broadens our understanding of neuron-glia interactions with important implications for myelin plasticity by identifying midbrain dopamine axons as a potential regulator of corpus callosal oligodendrocyte lineage cells.
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- Megan Caldwell
- CUNY Neuroscience Collaborative, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 365 5Th Ave, New York, NY, 10016, USA
- Department of Psychology, College of Staten Island, City University of New York, 2800 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island, NY, 10314, USA
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- Department of Psychology, College of Staten Island, City University of New York, 2800 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island, NY, 10314, USA
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- Department of Biology, College of Staten Island, City University of New York, 2800 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island, NY, 10314, USA
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- Centre for Integrative Neuroscience, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PT, UK
- Oxford Parkinson's Disease Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PT, UK
- Aligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network, Chevy Chase, MD, 20815, USA
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- Plasticité du Cerveau, CNRS UMR8249, École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI Paris), Paris, France
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- Department of Biology, College of Staten Island, City University of New York, 2800 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island, NY, 10314, USA
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- Department of Psychology, College of Staten Island, City University of New York, 2800 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island, NY, 10314, USA
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- Department of Psychology, College of Staten Island, City University of New York, 2800 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island, NY, 10314, USA
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- CUNY Neuroscience Collaborative, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 365 5Th Ave, New York, NY, 10016, USA
- Neuroscience Initiative, Advanced Science Research Center, Graduate Center of The City University of New York, New York, NY, USA
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- CUNY Neuroscience Collaborative, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 365 5Th Ave, New York, NY, 10016, USA
- Department of Biology, College of Staten Island, City University of New York, 2800 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island, NY, 10314, USA
- Center for Developmental Neuroscience, College of Staten Island, City University of New York, 2800 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island, NY, 10314, USA
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- CUNY Neuroscience Collaborative, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 365 5Th Ave, New York, NY, 10016, USA
- Neuroscience Initiative, Advanced Science Research Center, Graduate Center of The City University of New York, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and of Neurology and Neuroscience, McGill University, and Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Neuroscience Initiative, Advanced Science Research Center, Graduate Center of The City University of New York, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Neuroscience and Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA
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- Neuroscience Initiative, Advanced Science Research Center, Graduate Center of The City University of New York, New York, NY, USA
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- Centre for Integrative Neuroscience, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PT, UK
- Oxford Parkinson's Disease Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PT, UK
- Aligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network, Chevy Chase, MD, 20815, USA
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- CUNY Neuroscience Collaborative, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 365 5Th Ave, New York, NY, 10016, USA
- Department of Psychology, College of Staten Island, City University of New York, 2800 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island, NY, 10314, USA
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- CUNY Neuroscience Collaborative, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 365 5Th Ave, New York, NY, 10016, USA.
- Department of Psychology, College of Staten Island, City University of New York, 2800 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island, NY, 10314, USA.
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Sharma K, Dev KK. The Effects of Antipsychotics in Experimental Models of Krabbe Disease. Biomedicines 2023; 11:biomedicines11051313. [PMID: 37238985 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines11051313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2023] [Revised: 04/13/2023] [Accepted: 04/21/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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The role of altered myelin in the onset and development of schizophrenia and changes in myelin due to antipsychotics remains unclear. Antipsychotics are D2 receptor antagonists, yet D2 receptor agonists increase oligodendrocyte progenitor numbers and limit oligodendrocyte injury. Conflicting studies suggest these drugs promote the differentiation of neural progenitors to oligodendrocyte lineage, while others report antipsychotics inhibit the proliferation and differentiation of oligodendrocyte precursors. Here, we utilised in-vitro (human astrocytes), ex-vivo (organotypic slice cultures) and in-vivo (twitcher mouse model) experimental study designs of psychosine-induced demyelination, a toxin that accumulates in Krabbe disease (KD), to investigate direct effects of antipsychotics on glial cell dysfunction and demyelination. Typical and atypical antipsychotics, and selective D2 and 5HT2A receptor antagonists, attenuated psychosine-induced cell viability, toxicity, and morphological aberrations in human astrocyte cultures. Haloperidol and clozapine reduced psychosine-induced demyelination in mouse organotypic cerebellar slices. These drugs also attenuated the effects of psychosine on astrocytes and microglia and restored non-phosphorylated neurofilament levels, indicating neuroprotective effects. In the demyelinating twitcher mouse model of KD, haloperidol improved mobility and significantly increased the survival of these animals. Overall, this study suggests that antipsychotics directly regulate glial cell dysfunction and exert a protective effect on myelin loss. This work also points toward the potential use of these pharmacological agents in KD.
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- Kapil Sharma
- Drug Development Research Group, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, D02 R590 Dublin, Ireland
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- Drug Development Research Group, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, D02 R590 Dublin, Ireland
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Gut microbiota alterations promote traumatic stress susceptibility associated with p-cresol-induced dopaminergic dysfunctions. Brain Behav Immun 2023; 107:385-396. [PMID: 36400332 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2022.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2022] [Revised: 10/06/2022] [Accepted: 11/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Mounting evidence suggests a link between gut microbiota abnormalities and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, whether and how the gut microbiota influences PTSD susceptibility is poorly understood. Here using the arousal-based individual screening model, we provide evidence for pre-trauma and post-trauma gut microbiota alterations in susceptible mice exhibiting persistent PTSD-related phenotypes. A more in-depth analysis revealed an increased abundance of bacteria affecting brain processes including myelination, and brain systems like the dopaminergic neurotransmission. Because dopaminergic dysfunctions play a key role in the pathophysiological mechanisms subserving PTSD, we assessed whether these alterations in gut microbiota composition could be associated with abnormal levels of metabolites inducing dopaminergic dysfunctions. We found high levels of the l-tyrosine-derived metabolite p-cresol exclusively in the prefrontal cortex of susceptible mice. We further uncovered abnormal levels of dopamine and DOPAC, together with a detrimental increase of dopamine D3 receptor expression, exclusively in the prefrontal cortex of susceptible mice. Conversely, we observed either resilience mechanisms aimed at counteracting these p-cresol-induced dopaminergic dysfunctions or myelination-related resilience mechanisms only in the prefrontal cortex of resilient mice. These findings reveal that gut microbiota abnormalities foster trauma susceptibility and thus it may represent a promising target for therapeutic interventions.
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Vellosillo L, Pascual-Guerra J, Muñoz MP, Rodríguez-Navarro JA, González-Nieto D, Barrio LC, Lobo MDVT, Paíno CL. Oligodendroglia Generated From Adult Rat Adipose Tissue by Direct Cell Conversion. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 10:741499. [PMID: 35223826 PMCID: PMC8873586 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.741499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2021] [Accepted: 01/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Obtaining oligodendroglial cells from dispensable tissues would be of great interest for autologous or immunocompatible cell replacement therapy in demyelinating diseases, as well as for studying myelin-related pathologies or testing therapeutic approaches in culture. We evaluated the feasibility of generating oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) from adult rat adipose tissue by expressing genes encoding transcription factors involved in oligodendroglial development. Adipose-derived mesenchymal cells were lentivirally transduced with tetracycline-inducible Sox10, Olig2, Zfp536, and/or Nkx6.1 transgenes. Immunostaining with the OPC-specific O4 monoclonal antibody was used to mark oligodendroglial induction. O4- and myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG)-positive cells emerged after 3 weeks when using the Sox10 + Olig2 + Zfp536 combination, followed in the ensuing weeks by GFAP-, O1 antigen-, p75NTR (low-affinity NGF receptor)-, and myelin proteins-positive cells. The O4+ cell population progressively expanded, eventually constituting more than 70% of cells in culture by 5 months. Sox10 transgene expression was essential for generating O4+ cells but was insufficient for inducing a full oligodendroglial phenotype. Converted cells required continuous transgene expression to maintain their glial phenotype. Some vestigial characteristics of mesenchymal cells were maintained after conversion. Growth factor withdrawal and triiodothyronine (T3) supplementation generated mature oligodendroglial phenotypes, while FBS supplementation produced GFAP+- and p75NTR+-rich cultures. Converted cells also showed functional characteristics of neural-derived OPCs, such as the expression of AMPA, NMDA, kainate, and dopaminergic receptors, as well as similar metabolic responses to differentiation-inducing drugs. When co-cultured with rat dorsal root ganglion neurons, the converted cells differentiated and ensheathed multiple axons. We propose that functional oligodendroglia can be efficiently generated from adult rat mesenchymal cells by direct phenotypic conversion.
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- Lara Vellosillo
- Servicio de Neurobiología-Investigación, IRYCIS, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
- Center for Biomedical Technology (CTB), Universidad Politécnica, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Neurobiología-Investigación, IRYCIS, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Neurobiología-Investigación, IRYCIS, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Neurobiología-Investigación, IRYCIS, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
- Departamento de Biología Celular, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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- Unidad de Neurología Experimental, IRYCIS, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biomedicina y Biotecnología, IRYCIS, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Spain
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- Servicio de Neurobiología-Investigación, IRYCIS, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
- Center for Biomedical Technology (CTB), Universidad Politécnica, Madrid, Spain
- *Correspondence: Carlos Luis Paíno,
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Involvement of DA D3 Receptors in Structural Neuroplasticity of Selected Limbic Brain Circuits: Possible Role in Treatment-Resistant Depression. Curr Top Behav Neurosci 2022; 60:73-87. [PMID: 35538302 DOI: 10.1007/7854_2022_348] [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: 01/05/2023]
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Structural neuroplasticity in the adult brain is a process involving quantitative changes of the number and size of neurons and of their dendritic arborization, axon branching, spines, and synapses. These changes can occur in specific neural circuits as adaptive response to environmental challenges, exposure to stressors, tissue damage or degeneration. Converging studies point to evidence of structural plasticity in circuits operated by glutamate, GABA, dopamine, and serotonin neurotransmitters, in concert with neurotrophic factors such as Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) or Insulin Growth Factor 1 (IGF1) and a series of modulators that include circulating hormones. Intriguingly, most of these endogenous agents trigger the activation of the PI3K/Akt/mTOR and ERK1/2 intracellular pathways that, in turn, lead to the production of growth-related structural changes, enhancing protein synthesis, metabolic enzyme functions, mitogenesis for energy, and new lipid-bilayer membrane apposition. The dopamine (DA) D3 receptor has been shown to play a specific role by inducing structural plasticity of the DAergic neurons of the nigrostriatal and mesocorticolimbic circuit, where they are expressed in rodents and humans, via activation of the mTORC1 and ERK1/2 pathways. These effects are BDNF-dependent and require the recruitment of α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) receptors to allow the structural changes. Since in mood disorders, depression and anhedonia have been proposed to be associated with impaired neuroplasticity and reduced DAergic tone in brain circuits connecting prefrontal cortex, ventral striatum, amygdala, and ventral mesencephalon, activation of D3 receptors could provide a therapeutic benefit. Sustained improvements of mood and anhedonia were observed in subjects with an unsatisfactory response to serotonin uptake inhibitors (SSRI) when treated with D3-preferential D2/D3 agonists such as pramipexole and ropinirole. The recent evidence that downstream mTOR pathway activation in human mesencephalic DA neurons is also produced by ketamine, probably the most effective antidepressant currently used in subjects with treatment-resistant depression, further supports the rationale for a D3 receptor activation in mood disorders.
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Astrocyte-neuron signaling in the mesolimbic dopamine system: the hidden stars of dopamine signaling. Neuropsychopharmacology 2021; 46:1864-1872. [PMID: 34253855 PMCID: PMC8429665 DOI: 10.1038/s41386-021-01090-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2021] [Revised: 06/14/2021] [Accepted: 06/28/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Astrocytes are fundamental components of brain information processing and possess the ability to respond to synaptic signaling with increases in cytoplasmic calcium and modulate neuronal activity with the subsequent release of neuroactive transmitters. Dopamine signaling is essential for brain physiology and pathology, participating in learning and memory, motor control, neurological diseases, and psychiatric diseases, and astrocytes are emerging as a key cellular target of dopamine signaling. The present review will examine evidence revealing that astrocytes respond to dopamine and modulate information processing in the primary brain regions implicated in the mesolimbic dopamine system. Astrocytes exhibit circuit-specific modulation of neuronal networks and have the potential to serve as a therapeutic target for interventions designed for dopamine pathologies.
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Akay LA, Effenberger AH, Tsai LH. Cell of all trades: oligodendrocyte precursor cells in synaptic, vascular, and immune function. Genes Dev 2021; 35:180-198. [PMID: 33526585 PMCID: PMC7849363 DOI: 10.1101/gad.344218.120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) are not merely a transitory progenitor cell type, but rather a distinct and heterogeneous population of glia with various functions in the developing and adult central nervous system. In this review, we discuss the fate and function of OPCs in the brain beyond their contribution to myelination. OPCs are electrically sensitive, form synapses with neurons, support blood-brain barrier integrity, and mediate neuroinflammation. We explore how sex and age may influence OPC activity, and we review how OPC dysfunction may play a primary role in numerous neurological and neuropsychiatric diseases. Finally, we highlight areas of future research.
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- Leyla Anne Akay
- Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.,Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.,Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.,Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Aghamohammadi-Sereshki A, Olsen F, Seres P, Malykhin NV. Selective Effects of Healthy Cognitive Aging and Catechol- O-Methyl Transferase Polymorphism on Limbic White Matter Tracts. Brain Connect 2021; 12:146-163. [PMID: 34015958 DOI: 10.1089/brain.2020.0919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Introduction: The cingulum bundle and uncinate fasciculus are major limbic white matter tracts involved in emotion, memory, and cognition. The main goal of the present study was to investigate the relationship between age and structural properties of the uncinate fasciculus and the cingulum bundle using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) tractography in a large cohort of healthy individuals. The second goal was to determine the effects of the catechol-O-methyl transferase (COMT) gene polymorphism on the DTI measurements of these white matter tracts. Methods: We recruited 140 healthy participants (18-85 years old). DTI data sets were acquired on a 1.5T magnetic resonance imaging system. The rostral, dorsal, and parahippocampal cingulum, as well as uncinate fasciculus, were delineated using deterministic tractography. Fractional anisotropy (FA), mean (MD), radial (RD), and axial (AD) diffusivities, tract volume, linear (Cl), planar (Cp), and spherical (Cs) tensor shapes were calculated. The COMT polymorphism (methionine homozygous vs. valine carriers) was determined using single nucleotide polymorphism. Results: We found that age was negatively associated with FA, but positively associated with MD and RD for the rostral cingulum, dorsal cingulum, and the uncinate fasciculus but not for the parahippocampal cingulum. Furthermore, individuals with the COMT methionine homozygous had higher FA and lower MD, RD, AD, and Cs values in the right rostral cingulum compared with the valine carriers across the entire adult life span. Discussion: This study indicates that limbic tracts might be nonuniformly affected by healthy aging, and the methionine homozygous genotype might be associated with micro/macro white matter properties of the right rostral cingulum.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.,Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Antipsychotic drugs counteract autophagy and mitophagy in multiple sclerosis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:2020078118. [PMID: 34099564 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2020078118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative disease characterized by myelin damage followed by axonal and ultimately neuronal loss. The etiology and physiopathology of MS are still elusive, and no fully effective therapy is yet available. We investigated the role in MS of autophagy (physiologically, a controlled intracellular pathway regulating the degradation of cellular components) and of mitophagy (a specific form of autophagy that removes dysfunctional mitochondria). We found that the levels of autophagy and mitophagy markers are significantly increased in the biofluids of MS patients during the active phase of the disease, indicating activation of these processes. In keeping with this idea, in vitro and in vivo MS models (induced by proinflammatory cytokines, lysolecithin, and cuprizone) are associated with strongly impaired mitochondrial activity, inducing a lactic acid metabolism and prompting an increase in the autophagic flux and in mitophagy. Multiple structurally and mechanistically unrelated inhibitors of autophagy improved myelin production and normalized axonal myelination, and two such inhibitors, the widely used antipsychotic drugs haloperidol and clozapine, also significantly improved cuprizone-induced motor impairment. These data suggest that autophagy has a causal role in MS; its inhibition strongly attenuates behavioral signs in an experimental model of the disease. Therefore, haloperidol and clozapine may represent additional therapeutic tools against MS.
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D’Alessandro G, Lauro C, Quaglio D, Ghirga F, Botta B, Trettel F, Limatola C. Neuro-Signals from Gut Microbiota: Perspectives for Brain Glioma. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:2810. [PMID: 34199968 PMCID: PMC8200200 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13112810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2021] [Revised: 05/25/2021] [Accepted: 06/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most aggressive form of glioma tumor in adult brain. Among the numerous factors responsible for GBM cell proliferation and invasion, neurotransmitters such as dopamine, serotonin and glutamate can play key roles. Studies performed in mice housed in germ-free (GF) conditions demonstrated the relevance of the gut-brain axis in a number of physiological and pathological conditions. The gut-brain communication is made possible by vagal/nervous and blood/lymphatic routes and pave the way for reciprocal modulation of functions. The gut microbiota produces and consumes a wide range of molecules, including neurotransmitters (dopamine, norepinephrine, serotonin, gamma-aminobutyric acid [GABA], and glutamate) that reach their cellular targets through the bloodstream. Growing evidence in animals suggests that modulation of these neurotransmitters by the microbiota impacts host neurophysiology and behavior, and affects neural cell progenitors and glial cells, along with having effects on tumor cell growth. In this review we propose a new perspective connecting neurotransmitter modulation by gut microbiota to glioma progression.
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- Giuseppina D’Alessandro
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sapienza University, 00185 Rome, Italy; (G.D.); (C.L.); (F.T.)
- IRCCS Neuromed, 86077 Pozzilli, IS, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sapienza University, 00185 Rome, Italy; (G.D.); (C.L.); (F.T.)
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- Department of Chemistry and Technology of Drugs, “Department of Excellence 2018−2022”, Sapienza University, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy; (D.Q.); (F.G.); (B.B.)
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- Department of Chemistry and Technology of Drugs, “Department of Excellence 2018−2022”, Sapienza University, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy; (D.Q.); (F.G.); (B.B.)
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- Department of Chemistry and Technology of Drugs, “Department of Excellence 2018−2022”, Sapienza University, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy; (D.Q.); (F.G.); (B.B.)
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sapienza University, 00185 Rome, Italy; (G.D.); (C.L.); (F.T.)
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- IRCCS Neuromed, 86077 Pozzilli, IS, Italy
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sapienza University, Laboratory Affiliated to Istituto Pasteur Italia, 00185 Rome, Italy
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Mitelman SA, Buchsbaum MS, Christian BT, Merrill BM, Buchsbaum BR, Mukherjee J, Lehrer DS. Dopamine receptor density and white mater integrity: 18F-fallypride positron emission tomography and diffusion tensor imaging study in healthy and schizophrenia subjects. Brain Imaging Behav 2021; 14:736-752. [PMID: 30523488 DOI: 10.1007/s11682-018-0012-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Dopaminergic dysfunction and changes in white matter integrity are among the most replicated findings in schizophrenia. A modulating role of dopamine in myelin formation has been proposed in animal models and healthy human brain, but has not yet been systematically explored in schizophrenia. We used diffusion tensor imaging and 18F-fallypride positron emission tomography in 19 healthy and 25 schizophrenia subjects to assess the relationship between gray matter dopamine D2/D3 receptor density and white matter fractional anisotropy in each diagnostic group. AFNI regions of interest were acquired for 42 cortical Brodmann areas and subcortical gray matter structures as well as stereotaxically placed in representative white matter areas implicated in schizophrenia neuroimaging literature. Welch's t-test with permutation-based p value adjustment was used to compare means of z-transformed correlations between fractional anisotropy and 18F-fallypride binding potentials in hypothesis-driven regions of interest in the diagnostic groups. Healthy subjects displayed an extensive pattern of predominantly negative correlations between 18F-fallypride binding across a range of cortical and subcortical gray matter regions and fractional anisotropy in rostral white matter regions (internal capsule, frontal lobe, anterior corpus callosum). These patterns were disrupted in subjects with schizophrenia, who displayed significantly weaker overall correlations as well as comparatively scant numbers of significant correlations with the internal capsule and frontal (but not temporal) white matter, especially for dopamine receptor density in thalamic nuclei. Dopamine D2/D3 receptor density and white matter integrity appear to be interrelated, and their decreases in schizophrenia may stem from hyperdopaminergia with dysregulation of dopaminergic impact on axonal myelination.
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- Serge A Mitelman
- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY, 10029, USA. .,Department of Psychiatry, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Elmhurst Hospital Center, 79-01 Broadway, Elmhurst, NY, 11373, USA.
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- Departments of Psychiatry and Radiology, University of California, San Diego, 11388 Sorrento Valley Road, San Diego, CA, 92121, USA.,Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Irvine School of Medicine, University of California, 101 The City Dr. S, Orange, CA, 92868, USA
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- Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1500 Highland Avenue, Room T231, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, East Medical Plaza, Dayton, OH, 45408, USA
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- The Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care and Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, 3560 Bathurst St, Toronto, ON, M6A 2E1, Canada
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- Department of Radiological Sciences, Preclinical Imaging, Irvine School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, East Medical Plaza, Dayton, OH, 45408, USA
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Pantazou V, Roux T, Oliveira Moreira V, Lubetzki C, Desmazières A. Interaction between Neurons and the Oligodendroglial Lineage in Multiple Sclerosis and Its Preclinical Models. Life (Basel) 2021; 11:231. [PMID: 33799653 PMCID: PMC7999210 DOI: 10.3390/life11030231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2021] [Revised: 03/06/2021] [Accepted: 03/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a complex central nervous system inflammatory disease leading to demyelination and associated functional deficits. Though endogenous remyelination exists, it is only partial and, with time, patients can enter a progressive phase of the disease, with neurodegeneration as a hallmark. Though major therapeutic advances have been made, with immunotherapies reducing relapse rate during the inflammatory phase of MS, there is presently no therapy available which significantly impacts disease progression. Remyelination has been shown to favor neuroprotection, and it is thus of major importance to better understand remyelination mechanisms in order to promote them and hence preserve neurons. A crucial point is how this process is regulated through the neuronal crosstalk with the oligodendroglial lineage. In this review, we present the current knowledge on neuron interaction with the oligodendroglial lineage, in physiological context as well as in MS and its experimental models. We further discuss the therapeutic possibilities resulting from this research field, which might allow to support remyelination and neuroprotection and thus limit MS progression.
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- Vasiliki Pantazou
- Paris Brain Institute (ICM), Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Inserm, GH Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47 boulevard de l’Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France; (V.P.); (T.R.); (V.O.M.); (C.L.)
- Service de Neurologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, 46 Rue du Bugnon, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Paris Brain Institute (ICM), Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Inserm, GH Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47 boulevard de l’Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France; (V.P.); (T.R.); (V.O.M.); (C.L.)
- Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Neurology Department, Pitié Salpêtrière University Hospital, 75013 Paris, France
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- Paris Brain Institute (ICM), Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Inserm, GH Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47 boulevard de l’Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France; (V.P.); (T.R.); (V.O.M.); (C.L.)
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- Paris Brain Institute (ICM), Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Inserm, GH Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47 boulevard de l’Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France; (V.P.); (T.R.); (V.O.M.); (C.L.)
- Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Neurology Department, Pitié Salpêtrière University Hospital, 75013 Paris, France
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- Paris Brain Institute (ICM), Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Inserm, GH Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47 boulevard de l’Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France; (V.P.); (T.R.); (V.O.M.); (C.L.)
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Depression is a common mental illness, affecting more than 300 million people worldwide. Decades of investigation have yielded symptomatic therapies for this disabling condition but have not led to a consensus about its pathogenesis. There are data to support several different theories of causation, including the monoamine hypothesis, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis changes, inflammation and immune system alterations, abnormalities of neurogenesis and a conducive environmental milieu. Research in these areas and others has greatly advanced the current understanding of depression; however, there are other, less widely known theories of pathogenesis. Oligodendrocyte lineage cells, including oligodendrocyte progenitor cells and mature oligodendrocytes, have numerous important functions, which include forming myelin sheaths that enwrap central nervous system axons, supporting axons metabolically, and mediating certain forms of neuroplasticity. These specialized glial cells have been implicated in psychiatric disorders such as depression. In this review, we summarize recent findings that shed light on how oligodendrocyte lineage cells might participate in the pathogenesis of depression, and we discuss new approaches for targeting these cells as a novel strategy to treat depression.
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Mitelman SA, Buchsbaum MS, Christian BT, Merrill BM, Adineh M, DeCastro A, Buchsbaum BR, Lehrer DS. Relationship between white matter glucose metabolism and fractional anisotropy in healthy and schizophrenia subjects. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 2020; 299:111060. [PMID: 32135405 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2020.111060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2019] [Revised: 02/15/2020] [Accepted: 02/21/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Decreased fractional anisotropy and increased glucose utilization in the white matter have been reported in schizophrenia. These findings may be indicative of an inverse relationship between these measures of white matter integrity and metabolism. We used 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and diffusion-tensor imaging in 19 healthy and 25 schizophrenia subjects to assess and compare coterritorial correlation patterns between glucose utilization and fractional anisotropy on a voxel-by-voxel basis and across a range of automatically placed representative white matter regions of interest. We found a pattern of predominantly negative correlations between white matter metabolism and fractional anisotropy in both healthy and schizophrenia subjects. The overall strength of the relationship was attenuated in subjects with schizophrenia, who displayed significantly fewer and weaker correlations in all regions assessed with the exception of the corpus callosum. This attenuation was most prominent in the left prefrontal white matter and this region also best predicted the diagnosis of schizophrenia. There exists an inverse relationship between the measures of white matter integrity and metabolism, which may therefore be physiologically linked. In subjects with schizophrenia, hypermetabolism in the white matter may be a function of lower white matter integrity, with lower efficiency and increased energetic cost of task-related computations.
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- Serge A Mitelman
- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, United States; Department of Psychiatry, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Elmhurst Hospital Center, 79-01 Broadway, Elmhurst, NY 11373, United States.
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- NeuroPET Center, Departments of Psychiatry and Radiology, University of California, San Diego, 11388 Sorrento Valley Road, San Diego, CA 92121, United States
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- Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1500 Highland Avenue, Room T231, Madison, WI 53705, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, East Medical Plaza, Dayton, OH 45408, United States
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- Wallace-Kettering Neuroscience Institute, Kettering Medical Center, Kettering, OH 45429
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- NeuroPET Center, Departments of Psychiatry and Radiology, University of California, San Diego, 11388 Sorrento Valley Road, San Diego, CA 92121, United States
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- The Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care and Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, 3560 Bathurst St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M6A 2E1
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- Department of Psychiatry, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, East Medical Plaza, Dayton, OH 45408, United States
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Neuron-oligodendroglia interactions: Activity-dependent regulation of cellular signaling. Neurosci Lett 2020; 727:134916. [PMID: 32194135 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2020.134916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2019] [Revised: 03/11/2020] [Accepted: 03/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Oligodendrocyte lineage cells (oligodendroglia) and neurons engage in bidirectional communication throughout life to support healthy brain function. Recent work shows that changes in neuronal activity can modulate proliferation, differentiation, and myelination to support the formation and function of neural circuits. While oligodendroglia express a diverse collection of receptors for growth factors, signaling molecules, neurotransmitters and neuromodulators, our knowledge of the intracellular signaling pathways that are regulated by neuronal activity remains largely incomplete. Many of the pathways that modulate oligodendroglia behavior are driven by changes in intracellular calcium signaling, which may differentially affect cytoskeletal dynamics, gene expression, maturation, integration, and axonal support. Additionally, activity-dependent neuron-oligodendroglia communication plays an integral role in the recovery from demyelinating injuries. In this review, we summarize the modalities of communication between neurons and oligodendroglia and explore possible roles of activity-dependent calcium signaling in mediating cellular behavior and myelination.
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Ding S, Gu Y, Cai Y, Cai M, Yang T, Bao S, Shen W, Ni X, Chen G, Xing L. Integrative systems and functional analyses reveal a role of dopaminergic signaling in myelin pathogenesis. J Transl Med 2020; 18:109. [PMID: 32122379 PMCID: PMC7053059 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-020-02276-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2019] [Accepted: 02/18/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Myelin sheaths surrounding axons are critical for electrical signal transmission in the central nervous system (CNS). Diseases with myelin defects such as multiple sclerosis (MS) are devastating neurological conditions for which few effective treatments are available. Dysfunction of the dopaminergic system has been observed in multiple neurological disorders. Its role in myelin pathogenesis, however, is unclear. METHODS This work used a combination of literature curation, bioinformatics, pharmacological and genetic manipulation, as well as confocal imaging techniques. Literature search was used to establish a complete set of genes which is associated with MS in humans. Bioinformatics analyses include pathway enrichment and crosstalk analyses with human genetic association studies as well as gene set enrichment and causal relationship analyses with transcriptome data. Pharmacological and CRISPR/Cas9 (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/CRISPR-associated protein 9) genetic manipulation were applied to inhibit the dopaminergic signaling in zebrafish. Imaging techniques were used to visualize myelin formation in vivo. RESULTS Systematic analysis of human genetic association studies revealed that the dopaminergic synapse signaling pathway is enriched in candidate gene sets. Transcriptome analysis confirmed that expression of multiple dopaminergic gene sets was significantly altered in patients with MS. Pathway crosstalk analysis and gene set causal relationship analysis reveal that the dopaminergic synapse signaling pathway interacts with or is associated with other critical pathways involved in MS. We also found that disruption of the dopaminergic system leads to myelin deficiency in zebrafish. CONCLUSIONS Dopaminergic signaling may be involved in myelin pathogenesis. This study may offer a novel molecular mechanism of demyelination in the nervous system.
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- Sujun Ding
- School of Medicine, Nantong University, Nantong, China
- Department of Ultrasound, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration of Jiangsu and the Ministry of Education, Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong, China
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- Department of Physiology, School of medicine, Nantong University, Nantong, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Qilu Hospital of Shandong university, Shandong, China
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- Department of Hand Surgery, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration of Jiangsu and the Ministry of Education, Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong, China
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- Department of Physiology, School of medicine, Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, China
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- School of Medicine, Nantong University, Nantong, China
- Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration of Jiangsu and the Ministry of Education, Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong, China
- Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration of Jiangsu and the Ministry of Education, Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong, China
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Boda E. Myelin and oligodendrocyte lineage cell dysfunctions: New players in the etiology and treatment of depression and stress‐related disorders. Eur J Neurosci 2019; 53:281-297. [DOI: 10.1111/ejn.14621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2019] [Revised: 10/06/2019] [Accepted: 11/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Enrica Boda
- Department of Neuroscience Rita Levi‐Montalcini University of Turin Turin Italy
- Neuroscience Institute Cavalieri Ottolenghi (NICO) University of Turin Turin Italy
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Du B, Li H, Zheng H, Fan C, Liang M, Lian Y, Wei Z, Zhang Y, Bi X. Minocycline Ameliorates Depressive-Like Behavior and Demyelination Induced by Transient Global Cerebral Ischemia by Inhibiting Microglial Activation. Front Pharmacol 2019; 10:1247. [PMID: 31695615 PMCID: PMC6817504 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2019.01247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2019] [Accepted: 09/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Global cerebral ischemia (GCI) commonly occurs in the elderly. Subcortical white matter lesions and oligodendrocyte (OLG) loss caused by cerebral ischemia have been implicated in the development of post-ischemic depression and cognitive impairment. OLGs are necessary for axonal myelination; the disrupted differentiation of OLG progenitor cells (OPCs) is associated with impaired remyelination. Evidence has indicated that increased levels of inflammatory cytokines released from activated microglia induce depression-like behaviors by affecting neurotransmitter pathways, but the mechanisms remain elusive. We explored the potential mechanisms that link microglia activation with GCI-induced depression and cognitive dysfunction by studying effects of minocycline on white matter damage, cytokine levels, and the monoaminergic neurotransmitters. An acute GCI animal model was generated through bilateral common carotid artery occlusion to induce ischemic inflammation and subcortical white matter damage. Minocycline, an inhibitor of microglia activation, was intraperitoneally administrated immediately after surgery and continued daily for additional six days. Minocycline shortened the immobile duration in tail suspension test and forced swimming test, while no improvement was found in Morris water maze test. The plasma levels of IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-α, HMGB1, and netrin-1 were significantly reduced with the treatment of minocycline. Minocycline treatment substantially reversed demyelination in corpus callosum and hippocampus, alleviated hippocampal microglia activation, and promoted OPCs maturation, while no effect was found on hippocampal neurodegeneration. Besides, the content of dopamine (DA) in the hippocampus was upregulated by minocycline treatment after GCI. Collectively, our data demonstrated that minocycline exerts an anti-depressant effect by inhibiting microglia activation, promoting OPCs maturation and remyelination. Increased DA in hippocampus may also play a role in ameliorating depressive behavior with minocycline treatment.
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- Bingying Du
- Department of Neurology, Shanghai Changhai Hospital, the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.,Department of Neurology, General Hospital of Central Theater Command of Chinese People's Liberation Army, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Shanghai Changhai Hospital, the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.,Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Zhejiang Hospital, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, Shanghai Changhai Hospital, the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurology, Shanghai Changhai Hospital, the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurology, Shanghai Changhai Hospital, the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurology, Shanghai Changhai Hospital, the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Department of Neurology, Shanghai Changhai Hospital, the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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Pitzianti M, Pontillo M, Vicari S, Armando M, Pasini A. 22q11 microdeletion syndrome and ultra-high risk for psychosis: The role of neurological soft signs as an independent marker of vulnerability for psychosis. Early Interv Psychiatry 2019; 13:1191-1198. [PMID: 30478947 DOI: 10.1111/eip.12754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2018] [Revised: 10/03/2018] [Accepted: 10/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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AIM 22q11 microdeletion syndrome has an increased risk for psychosis, similar to subjects at ultra-high risk for psychosis. Neurological soft signs are considered an endophenotype of psychotic disorders and a marker of vulnerability to Schizophrenia, consisting of overflow movements, dysrhythmia and speed of timed activities. To date, there are no studies that have evaluated the presence of the neurological soft signs in subjects with 22q11 microdeletion syndrome and there are a few studies that have analysed this issue in subjects at ultra-high risk. METHODS We sought to measure neurological soft signs in these two conditions, compared to healthy controls and to analyse the possible correlation between neurological soft signs and positive/negative symptoms both in 22q11 microdeletion syndrome and ultra-high-risk groups. 54 drug-naive patients (29 with 22q11 microdeletion syndrome and 25 at ultra-high risk for psychosis) and 25 healthy controls were evaluated for neurological soft signs. RESULTS Both clinical groups showed a greater number of neurological soft signs compared to healthy control, although the two clinical groups did not differ for the number of neurological soft signs. Positive correlation between speed of timed activities and negative symptoms was found in subjects at ultra-high risk. CONCLUSION Neurological soft signs could represent a marker of atypical neurodevelopment in the two populations examined. Since we did not found a strong correlation between neurological soft signs and positive/negative symptoms, we suggest that neurological soft signs could be indicators of vulnerability to psychosis independent from the psychopathology.
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- Mariabernarda Pitzianti
- Department of Systems Medicine, Unit of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, "Tor Vergata" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.,Department of neuroscience, USL Umbria 2, Terni, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Unit of Child Neuropsychiatry, Children's Hospital Bambino Gesù, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Unit of Child Neuropsychiatry, Children's Hospital Bambino Gesù, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Unit of Child Neuropsychiatry, Children's Hospital Bambino Gesù, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Systems Medicine, Unit of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, "Tor Vergata" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.,Department of neuroscience, USL Umbria 2, Terni, Italy
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Caragher SP, Hall RR, Ahsan R, Ahmed AU. Monoamines in glioblastoma: complex biology with therapeutic potential. Neuro Oncol 2019; 20:1014-1025. [PMID: 29126252 DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/nox210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Glioblastoma (GBM) is characterized by extremely poor prognoses, despite the use of gross surgical resection, alkylating chemotherapeutic agents, and radiotherapy. Evidence increasingly highlights the role of the tumor microenvironment in enabling this aggressive phenotype. Despite this interest, the role of neurotransmitters, brain-specific messengers underlying synaptic transmission, remains murky. These signaling molecules influence a complex network of molecular pathways and cellular behaviors in many CNS-resident cells, including neural stem cells and progenitor cells, neurons, and glia cells. Critically, available data convincingly demonstrate that neurotransmitters can influence proliferation, quiescence, and differentiation status of these cells. This ability to affect progenitors and glia-GBM-initiating cells-and their availability in the CNS strongly support the notion that neurotransmitters participate in the onset and progression of GBM. This review will focus on dopamine and serotonin, as studies indicate they contribute to gliomagenesis. Particular attention will be paid to how these neurotransmitters and their receptors can be utilized as novel therapeutic targets. Overall, this review will analyze the complex biology governing the interaction of GBM with neurotransmitter signaling and highlight how this interplay shapes the aggressive nature of GBM.
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- Seamus Patrick Caragher
- Department of Neurological Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
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Malykh SB, Malykh AS, Karunas AS, Enikeeva RF, Davydova YD, Khusnutdinova EK. Molecular Genetic Studies of Cognitive Ability. RUSS J GENET+ 2019. [DOI: 10.1134/s1022795419070111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The myeloarchitecture of impulsivity: premature responding in youth is associated with decreased myelination of ventral putamen. Neuropsychopharmacology 2019; 44:1216-1223. [PMID: 30770890 PMCID: PMC6544540 DOI: 10.1038/s41386-019-0343-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2018] [Revised: 02/06/2019] [Accepted: 02/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Impulsivity has been suggested as a neurocognitive endophenotype conferring risk across a number of neuropsychiatric conditions, including substance and behavioural addictions, eating disorders, and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. We used a paradigm with interspecies translation validity (the four-choice serial reaction time task, 4CSRTT) to assess 'waiting' impulsivity in a youth sample (N = 99, aged 16-26 years). We collected magnetization prepared two rapid acquisition gradient echo (MP2RAGE) scans, which enabled us to measure R1, the longitudinal relaxation rate, a parameter closely related to tissue myelin content, as well as quantify grey matter volume. We also assessed inhibitory control (commission errors) on a Go/NoGo task and measured decisional impulsivity (delay discounting) using the Monetary Choice Questionnaire (MCQ). We found R1 of the bilateral ventral putamen was negatively correlated with premature responding, the index of waiting impulsivity on the 4CSRTT. Heightened impulsivity in youth was significantly and specifically associated with lower levels of myelination in the ventral putamen. Impulsivity was not associated with grey matter volume. The association with myelination was specific to waiting impulsivity: R1 was not associated with decisional impulsivity on the MCQ or inhibitory control on the Go/NoGo task. We report that heightened waiting impulsivity, measured as premature responding on the 4CSRTT, is specifically associated with lower levels of ventral putaminal myelination, measured using R1. This may represent a neural signature of vulnerability to diseases associated with excessive impulsivity and demonstrates the added explanatory power of quantifying the mesoscopic organization of the human brain, over and above macroscopic volumetric measurements.
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Antipsychotics Do Not Influence Neurological Soft Signs in Children and Adolescents at Ultra-High Risk for Psychosis: A Pilot Study. J Psychiatr Pract 2019; 25:186-191. [PMID: 31083030 DOI: 10.1097/pra.0000000000000387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Ultra-high risk for psychosis (UHR) is considered as the condition that temporally precedes the onset of psychotic symptoms. In addition to the core symptoms, patients with schizophrenia show motor abnormalities, also known as neurological soft signs (NSS), that are considered an endophenotype for psychotic disorders and particularly for schizophrenia. Antipsychotic medications do not appear to influence NSS in individuals with schizophrenia. However, NSS in UHR subjects have been poorly studied and, to date, we do not know what effects antipsychotics have in early treated UHR subjects. Therefore, we evaluated NSS in treated UHR subjects in comparison with drug-naive UHR subjects and a group of healthy control subjects and the effect of pharmacological treatment on early treated UHR children and adolescents. PATIENTS AND METHODS Fifteen UHR subjects receiving pharmacological treatment, 15 drug-naive UHR subjects, and 25 healthy control subjects were evaluated for NSS to analyze any differences between clinical subjects and healthy controls and to evaluate the effect of antipsychotic medications in early treated UHR subjects. RESULTS Both clinical groups showed a greater number of NSS compared with the healthy control subjects. However, no significant differences in NSS were found between treated and drug-naive UHR subjects. CONCLUSIONS Consistent with what has been observed in the population of patients with a first psychotic episode and/or with schizophrenia, our results support the conclusion that antipsychotic medications do not influence NSS in children and adolescents who are at high risk for psychosis.
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Shen HY, Huang N, Reemmer J, Xiao L. Adenosine Actions on Oligodendroglia and Myelination in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Front Cell Neurosci 2018; 12:482. [PMID: 30581380 PMCID: PMC6292987 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2018.00482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2018] [Accepted: 11/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is the most commonly diagnosed neurodevelopmental disorder. Independent of neuronal dysfunction, ASD and its associated comorbidities have been linked to hypomyelination and oligodendroglial dysfunction. Additionally, the neuromodulator adenosine has been shown to affect certain ASD comorbidities and symptoms, such as epilepsy, impairment of cognitive function, and anxiety. Adenosine is both directly and indirectly responsible for regulating the development of oligodendroglia and myelination through its interaction with, and modulation of, several neurotransmitters, including glutamate, dopamine, and serotonin. In this review, we will focus on the recent discoveries in adenosine interaction with physiological and pathophysiological activities of oligodendroglia and myelination, as well as ASD-related aspects of adenosine actions on neuroprotection and neuroinflammation. Moreover, we will discuss the potential therapeutic value and clinical approaches of adenosine manipulation against hypomyelination in ASD.
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- Hai-Ying Shen
- Robert Stone Dow Neurobiology Department, Legacy Research Institute, Legacy Health, Portland, OR, United States.,Department of Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Neurobiology, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China
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- Robert Stone Dow Neurobiology Department, Legacy Research Institute, Legacy Health, Portland, OR, United States
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Neurobiology, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China
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Ferrer I. Oligodendrogliopathy in neurodegenerative diseases with abnormal protein aggregates: The forgotten partner. Prog Neurobiol 2018; 169:24-54. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2018.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2018] [Revised: 07/24/2018] [Accepted: 07/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Scientific Evidence for the Evaluation of Neurological Soft Signs as Atypical Neurodevelopment Markers in Childhood Neuropsychiatric Disorders. J Psychiatr Pract 2018; 24:230-238. [PMID: 30427806 DOI: 10.1097/pra.0000000000000312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Motor dysfunction is commonly present in children with neurodevelopmental disorders. Developmental changes in voluntary control of motor skills include improvements in speed and motor coordination as well as reduced frequency of neurological soft signs (NSS) that are commonly observed in typically developing younger children. NSS are motor and sensory conditions that cannot be linked to specific cerebral lesions. The persistence of NSS into later childhood and adolescence is linked with an increased risk of psychiatric disorders. This finding gives support to the neurodevelopmental model of NSS in which minor neurological impairments may be viewed as potential signs of deviant brain development and might represent trait markers of vulnerability for neurodevelopmental disorders. Given that NSS are easily detectable, it is important that clinicians increase their knowledge of the clinical presentation and research implications of the relationship between NSS and childhood neurodevelopmental disorders. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first review article to give an updated overview of the current knowledge of NSS in the most common neuropsychiatric disorders of childhood/adolescence, such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, autism spectrum disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, bipolar disorder, and first episode of psychosis. The article also presents key points for future research studies on this topic.
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Birey F, Kokkosis AG, Aguirre A. Oligodendroglia-lineage cells in brain plasticity, homeostasis and psychiatric disorders. Curr Opin Neurobiol 2017; 47:93-103. [PMID: 29073529 DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2017.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2017] [Revised: 09/20/2017] [Accepted: 09/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Adult oligodendrocyte progenitor cells are uniformly distributed in both gray and white matter, displaying robust proliferative and migratory potential during health and disease. Recently, developments in new experimental approaches have brought about several novel insights about NG2-glia and myelinating oligodendrocytes, indicating a diverse toolkit of functions in experience-dependent myelination and homeostasis in the adult CNS. In this review, we summarize some of the topical studies that highlight newly emerging findings implicating oligodendroglia-lineage cells in brain plasticity, homeostasis and pathophysiology of neuropsychiatric disorders.
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- F Birey
- Stanford University, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, United States
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- SUNY, Stony Brook, Department of Pharmacological Sciences, United States
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- SUNY, Stony Brook, Department of Pharmacological Sciences, United States.
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Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 and Oligodendrogenesis: Significance in Alcohol Use Disorders. Brain Sci 2017; 7:brainsci7100131. [PMID: 29035306 PMCID: PMC5664058 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci7100131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2017] [Revised: 10/01/2017] [Accepted: 10/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Alcoholism is a chronic relapsing disorder with few therapeutic strategies that address the core pathophysiology. Brain tissue loss and oxidative damage are key components of alcoholism, such that reversal of these phenomena may help break the addictive cycle in alcohol use disorder (AUD). The current review focuses on platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule 1 (PECAM-1), a key modulator of the cerebral endothelial integrity and neuroinflammation, and a targetable transmembrane protein whose interaction within AUD has not been well explored. The current review will elaborate on the function of PECAM-1 in physiology and pathology and infer its contribution in AUD neuropathology. Recent research reveals that oligodendrocytes, whose primary function is myelination of neurons in the brain, are a key component in new learning and adaptation to environmental challenges. The current review briefly introduces the role of oligodendrocytes in healthy physiology and neuropathology. Importantly, we will highlight the recent evidence of dysregulation of oligodendrocytes in the context of AUD and then discuss their potential interaction with PECAM-1 on the cerebral endothelium.
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Choi MH, Na JE, Yoon YR, Lee HJ, Yoon S, Rhyu IJ, Baik JH. Role of Dopamine D2 Receptor in Stress-Induced Myelin Loss. Sci Rep 2017; 7:11654. [PMID: 28912499 PMCID: PMC5599541 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-10173-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2017] [Accepted: 08/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Dopaminergic systems play a major role in reward-related behavior and dysregulation of dopamine (DA) systems can cause several mental disorders, including depression. We previously reported that dopamine D2 receptor knockout (D2R-/-) mice display increased anxiety and depression-like behaviors upon chronic stress. Here, we observed that chronic stress caused myelin loss in wild-type (WT) mice, while the myelin level in D2R-/- mice, which was already lower than that in WT mice, was not affected upon stress. Fewer mature oligodendrocytes (OLs) were observed in the corpus callosum of stressed WT mice, while in D2R-/- mice, both the control and stressed group displayed a decrease in the number of mature OLs. We observed a decrease in the number of active β-catenin (ABC)-expressing and TCF4-expressing cells among OL lineage cells in the corpus callosum of stressed WT mice, while such regulation was not found in D2R-/- mice. Administration of lithium normalized the behavioral impairments and myelin damage induced by chronic stress in WT mice, and restored the number of ABC-positive and TCF4-positive OLs, while such effect was not found in D2R-/- mice. Together, our findings indicate that chronic stress induces myelin loss through the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway in association with DA signaling through D2R.
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- Mi-Hyun Choi
- Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, Department of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Korea
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- Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Korea
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- Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, Department of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Korea
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- Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, Department of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Korea
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- Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, Department of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Korea
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- Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Korea
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- Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, Department of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Korea.
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The COMT Val158Met polymorphism moderates the association between cognitive functions and white matter microstructure in schizophrenia. Psychiatr Genet 2016; 26:193-202. [DOI: 10.1097/ypg.0000000000000130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Brain white matter structure and COMT gene are linked to second-language learning in adults. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2016; 113:7249-54. [PMID: 27298360 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1606602113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Adult human brains retain the capacity to undergo tissue reorganization during second-language learning. Brain-imaging studies show a relationship between neuroanatomical properties and learning for adults exposed to a second language. However, the role of genetic factors in this relationship has not been investigated. The goal of the current study was twofold: (i) to characterize the relationship between brain white matter fiber-tract properties and second-language immersion using diffusion tensor imaging, and (ii) to determine whether polymorphisms in the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene affect the relationship. We recruited incoming Chinese students enrolled in the University of Washington and scanned their brains one time. We measured the diffusion properties of the white matter fiber tracts and correlated them with the number of days each student had been in the immersion program at the time of the brain scan. We found that higher numbers of days in the English immersion program correlated with higher fractional anisotropy and lower radial diffusivity in the right superior longitudinal fasciculus. We show that fractional anisotropy declined once the subjects finished the immersion program. The relationship between brain white matter fiber-tract properties and immersion varied in subjects with different COMT genotypes. Subjects with the Methionine (Met)/Valine (Val) and Val/Val genotypes showed higher fractional anisotropy and lower radial diffusivity during immersion, which reversed immediately after immersion ended, whereas those with the Met/Met genotype did not show these relationships. Statistical modeling revealed that subjects' grades in the language immersion program were best predicted by fractional anisotropy and COMT genotype.
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Marinelli C, Bertalot T, Zusso M, Skaper SD, Giusti P. Systematic Review of Pharmacological Properties of the Oligodendrocyte Lineage. Front Cell Neurosci 2016; 10:27. [PMID: 26903812 PMCID: PMC4751280 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2016.00027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2015] [Accepted: 01/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Oligodendrogenesis and oligodendrocyte precursor maturation are essential processes during the course of central nervous system development, and lead to the myelination of axons. Cells of the oligodendrocyte lineage are generated in the germinal zone from migratory bipolar oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs), and acquire cell surface markers as they mature and respond specifically to factors which regulate proliferation, migration, differentiation, and survival. Loss of myelin underlies a wide range of neurological disorders, some of an autoimmune nature—multiple sclerosis probably being the most prominent. Current therapies are based on the use of immunomodulatory agents which are likely to promote myelin repair (remyelination) indirectly by subverting the inflammatory response, aspects of which impair the differentiation of OPCs. Cells of the oligodendrocyte lineage express and are capable of responding to a diverse array of ligand-receptor pairs, including neurotransmitters and nuclear receptors such as γ-aminobutyric acid, glutamate, adenosine triphosphate, serotonin, acetylcholine, nitric oxide, opioids, prostaglandins, prolactin, and cannabinoids. The intent of this review is to provide the reader with a synopsis of our present state of knowledge concerning the pharmacological properties of the oligodendrocyte lineage, with particular attention to these receptor-ligand (i.e., neurotransmitters and nuclear receptor) interactions that can influence oligodendrocyte migration, proliferation, differentiation, and myelination, and an appraisal of their therapeutic potential. For example, many promising mediators work through Ca2+ signaling, and the balance between Ca2+ influx and efflux can determine the temporal and spatial properties of oligodendrocytes (OLs). Moreover, Ca2+ signaling in OPCs can influence not only differentiation and myelination, but also process extension and migration, as well as cell death in mature mouse OLs. There is also evidence that oligodendroglia exhibit Ca2+ transients in response to electrical activity of axons for activity-dependent myelination. Cholinergic antagonists, as well as endocannabinoid-related lipid-signaling molecules target OLs. An understanding of such pharmacological pathways may thus lay the foundation to allow its leverage for therapeutic benefit in diseases of demyelination.
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- Carla Marinelli
- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padua Padua, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padua Padua, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padua Padua, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padua Padua, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padua Padua, Italy
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Poletti S, Mazza E, Bollettini I, Locatelli C, Cavallaro R, Smeraldi E, Benedetti F. Adverse childhood experiences influence white matter microstructure in patients with schizophrenia. Psychiatry Res 2015; 234:35-43. [PMID: 26341951 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2015.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2015] [Revised: 07/15/2015] [Accepted: 08/13/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Integrity of brain white matter (WM) tracts in adulthood could be detrimentally affected by exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACE). Changes of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) measures suggesting WM disruption have been reported in patients with schizophrenia together with a history of childhood maltreatment. We therefore hypothesized that ACE could be associated with altered DTI measures of WM integrity in patients with schizophrenia. We tested this hypothesis in 83 schizophrenia patients using whole brain tract-based spatial statistics in the WM skeleton with threshold-free cluster enhancement of DTI measures of WM microstructure: axial, radial, and mean diffusivity (MD), and fractional anisotropy (FA). We observed an inverse correlation between severity of ACE and DTI measures of FA, and a positive correlation with MD in several WM tracts including corona radiata, thalamic radiations, corpus callosum, cingulum bundle, superior longitudinal fasciculus, inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus, uncinate fasciculus. Lower FA and higher MD are indexes of a reduction in fibre coherence and integrity. The association of ACE to reduced FA and increased MD in key WM tracts contributing to the functional integrity of the brain suggests that ACE might contribute to the pathophysiology of schizophrenia through a detrimental action on structural connectivity in critical cortico-limbic networks.
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- Sara Poletti
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy; C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy; C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy; C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy; C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy; C.E.R.M.A.C. (Centro di Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo), University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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Larson VA, Zhang Y, Bergles DE. Electrophysiological properties of NG2(+) cells: Matching physiological studies with gene expression profiles. Brain Res 2015; 1638:138-160. [PMID: 26385417 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2015.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2015] [Revised: 08/31/2015] [Accepted: 09/08/2015] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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NG2(+) glial cells are a dynamic population of non-neuronal cells that give rise to myelinating oligodendrocytes in the central nervous system. These cells express numerous ion channels and neurotransmitter receptors, which endow them with a complex electrophysiological profile that is unique among glial cells. Despite extensive analysis of the electrophysiological properties of these cells, relatively little was known about the molecular identity of the channels and receptors that they express. The generation of new RNA-Seq datasets for NG2(+) cells has provided the means to explore how distinct genes contribute to the physiological properties of these progenitors. In this review, we systematically compare the results obtained through RNA-Seq transcriptional analysis of purified NG2(+) cells to previous physiological and molecular studies of these cells to define the complement of ion channels and neurotransmitter receptors expressed by NG2(+) cells in the mammalian brain and discuss the potential significance of the unique physiological properties of these cells. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled SI:NG2-glia(Invited only).
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- Valerie A Larson
- Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
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White matter microstructure and the variable adult outcome of childhood attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Neuropsychopharmacology 2015; 40:746-54. [PMID: 25241803 PMCID: PMC4289964 DOI: 10.1038/npp.2014.241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2014] [Revised: 08/11/2014] [Accepted: 08/16/2014] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Changes in cerebral cortical anatomy have been tied to the clinical course of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). We now ask if alterations in white matter tract microstructure are likewise linked with the adult outcome of childhood ADHD. Seventy-five young adults, 32 with ADHD persisting from childhood and 43 with symptom remission were contrasted against 74 never-affected comparison subjects. Using diffusion tensor imaging, we defined fractional anisotropy, a metric related to white matter microstructure, along with measures of diffusion perpendicular (radial) and parallel (axial) to the axon. Analyses were adjusted for head motion, age and sex, and controlled for multiple comparisons and medication history. Tract-based analyses showed that greater adult inattention, but not hyperactivity-impulsivity, was associated with significantly lower fractional anisotropy in the left uncinate (standardized β=-0.37, t=3.28, p=0.002) and inferior fronto-occipital fasciculi (standardized β=-0.37, t=3.29, p=0.002). The ADHD group with symptoms persisting into adulthood had significantly lower fractional anisotropy than the never-affected controls in these tracts, differences associated with medium to large effect sizes. By contrast, the ADHD group that remitted by adulthood did not differ significantly from controls. The anomalies were found in tracts that connect components of neural systems pertinent to ADHD, such as attention control (inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus) and emotion regulation and the processing of reward (the uncinate fasciculus). Change in radial rather than axial diffusivity was the primary driver of this effect, suggesting pathophysiological processes including altered myelination as future targets for pharmacological and behavioral interventions.
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Kozai TDY, Jaquins-Gerstl AS, Vazquez AL, Michael AC, Cui XT. Brain tissue responses to neural implants impact signal sensitivity and intervention strategies. ACS Chem Neurosci 2015; 6:48-67. [PMID: 25546652 PMCID: PMC4304489 DOI: 10.1021/cn500256e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 353] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Implantable biosensors are valuable
scientific tools for basic
neuroscience research and clinical applications. Neurotechnologies
provide direct readouts of neurological signal and neurochemical processes.
These tools are generally most valuable when performance capacities
extend over months and years to facilitate the study of memory, plasticity,
and behavior or to monitor patients’ conditions. These needs
have generated a variety of device designs from microelectrodes for
fast scan cyclic voltammetry (FSCV) and electrophysiology to microdialysis
probes for sampling and detecting various neurochemicals. Regardless
of the technology used, the breaching of the blood–brain barrier
(BBB) to insert devices triggers a cascade of biochemical pathways
resulting in complex molecular and cellular responses to implanted
devices. Molecular and cellular changes in the microenvironment surrounding
an implant include the introduction of mechanical strain, activation
of glial cells, loss of perfusion, secondary metabolic injury, and
neuronal degeneration. Changes to the tissue microenvironment surrounding
the device can dramatically impact electrochemical and electrophysiological
signal sensitivity and stability over time. This review summarizes
the magnitude, variability, and time course of the dynamic molecular
and cellular level neural tissue responses induced by state-of-the-art
implantable devices. Studies show that insertion injuries and foreign
body response can impact signal quality across all implanted central
nervous system (CNS) sensors to varying degrees over both acute (seconds
to minutes) and chronic periods (weeks to months). Understanding the
underlying biological processes behind the brain tissue response to
the devices at the cellular and molecular level leads to a variety
of intervention strategies for improving signal sensitivity and longevity.
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- Takashi D. Y. Kozai
- Department
of Bioengineering, ‡Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, §McGowan Institute
for Regenerative Medicine, ∥Department of Chemistry, and ⊥Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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- Department
of Bioengineering, ‡Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, §McGowan Institute
for Regenerative Medicine, ∥Department of Chemistry, and ⊥Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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- Department
of Bioengineering, ‡Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, §McGowan Institute
for Regenerative Medicine, ∥Department of Chemistry, and ⊥Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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- Department
of Bioengineering, ‡Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, §McGowan Institute
for Regenerative Medicine, ∥Department of Chemistry, and ⊥Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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- Department
of Bioengineering, ‡Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, §McGowan Institute
for Regenerative Medicine, ∥Department of Chemistry, and ⊥Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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Glial cells as key players in schizophrenia pathology: recent insights and concepts of therapy. Schizophr Res 2015; 161:4-18. [PMID: 24948484 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2014.03.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2014] [Revised: 02/27/2014] [Accepted: 03/01/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The past decade has witnessed an explosion of knowledge on the impact of glia for the neurobiological foundation of schizophrenia. A plethora of studies have shown structural and functional abnormalities in all three types of glial cells. There is convincing evidence of reduced numbers of oligodendrocytes, impaired cell maturation and altered gene expression of myelin/oligodendrocyte-related genes that may in part explain white matter abnormalities and disturbed inter- and intra-hemispheric connectivity, which are characteristic signs of schizophrenia. Earlier reports of astrogliosis could not be confirmed by later studies, although the expression of a variety of astrocyte-related genes is abnormal in psychosis. Since astrocytes play a key role in the synaptic metabolism of glutamate, GABA, monoamines and purines, astrocyte dysfunction may contribute to certain aspects of disturbed neurotransmission in schizophrenia. Finally, increased densities of microglial cells and aberrant expression of microglia-related surface markers in schizophrenia suggest that immunological/inflammatory factors are of considerable relevance for the pathophysiology of psychosis. This review describes current evidence for the multifaceted role of glial cells in schizophrenia and discusses efforts to develop glia-directed therapies for the treatment of the disease.
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Somkuwar SS, Staples MC, Galinato MH, Fannon MJ, Mandyam CD. Role of NG2 expressing cells in addiction: a new approach for an old problem. Front Pharmacol 2014; 5:279. [PMID: 25566075 PMCID: PMC4271769 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2014.00279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2014] [Accepted: 11/30/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Neuron-glial antigen 2 (NG2) is a proteoglycan expressed predominantly in oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs). NG2-expressing OPCs (NG2-OPCs) are self-renewing cells that are widely distributed in the gray and white matter areas of the central nervous system. NG2-OPCs can mature into premyelinating oligodendrocytes and myelinating oligodendroglia which serve as the primary source of myelin in the brain. This review characterizes NG2-OPCs in brain structure and function, conceptualizes the role of NG2-OPCs in brain regions associated with negative reinforcement and relapse to drug seeking and discusses how NG2-OPCs are regulated by neuromodulators linked to motivational withdrawal. We hope to provide the readers with an overview of the role of NG2-OPCs in brain structure and function in the context of negative affect state in substance abuse disorders and to integrate our current understanding of the physiological significance of the NG2-OPCs in the adult brain.
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- Sucharita S Somkuwar
- Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders, The Scripps Research Institute La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders, The Scripps Research Institute La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders, The Scripps Research Institute La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders, The Scripps Research Institute La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders, The Scripps Research Institute La Jolla, CA, USA
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Hong SB, Zalesky A, Park S, Yang YH, Park MH, Kim B, Song IC, Sohn CH, Shin MS, Kim BN, Cho SC, Kim JW. COMT genotype affects brain white matter pathways in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Hum Brain Mapp 2014; 36:367-77. [PMID: 25201318 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2014] [Revised: 08/18/2014] [Accepted: 09/01/2014] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Increased dopamine availability may be associated with impaired structural maturation of brain white matter connectivity. This study aimed to derive a comprehensive, whole-brain characterization of large-scale axonal connectivity differences in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) associated with catechol-O-methyltransferase gene (COMT) Val158Met polymorphism. Using diffusion tensor imaging, whole-brain tractography, and an imaging connectomics approach, we characterized altered white matter connectivity in youth with ADHD who were COMT Val-homozygous (N = 29) compared with those who were Met-carriers (N = 29). Additionally, we examined whether dopamine transporter gene (DAT1) and dopamine D4 receptor gene (DRD4) polymorphisms were associated with white matter differences. Level of attention was assessed using the continuous performance test before and after an 8-week open-label trial of methylphenidate (MPH). A network of white matter connections linking 18 different brain regions was significantly weakened in youth with ADHD who were COMT Met-carriers compared to those who were Val-homozygous (P < 0.05, family-wise error-corrected). A measure of white matter integrity, fractional anisotropy, was correlated with impaired pretreatment performance in continuous performance test omission errors and response time variability, as well as with improvement in continuous performance test response time variability after MPH treatment. Altered white matter connectivity was exclusively based on COMT genotypes, and was not evident in DAT1 or DRD4. We demonstrated that white matter connectivity in youth with ADHD is associated with COMT Val158Met genotypes. The present findings suggest that different layers of dopamine-related genes and interindividual variability in the genetic polymorphisms should be taken into account when investigating the human connectome.
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- Soon-Beom Hong
- Department of Psychiatry, Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, The University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Papenberg G, Lövdén M, Laukka EJ, Kalpouzos G, Keller L, Graff C, Köhncke Y, Li TQ, Fratiglioni L, Bäckman L. Magnified effects of the COMT gene on white-matter microstructure in very old age. Brain Struct Funct 2014; 220:2927-38. [DOI: 10.1007/s00429-014-0835-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2014] [Accepted: 06/27/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Narayana PA, Herrera JJ, Bockhorst KH, Esparza-Coss E, Xia Y, Steinberg JL, Moeller FG. Chronic cocaine administration causes extensive white matter damage in brain: diffusion tensor imaging and immunohistochemistry studies. Psychiatry Res 2014; 221:220-30. [PMID: 24507117 PMCID: PMC3943678 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2014.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2013] [Revised: 12/21/2013] [Accepted: 01/14/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The effect of chronic cocaine exposure on multiple white matter structures in rodent brain was examined using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), locomotor behavior, and end point histology. The animals received either cocaine at a dose of 100mg/kg (N=19), or saline (N=17) for 28 days through an implanted osmotic minipump. The animals underwent serial DTI scans, locomotor assessment, and end point histology for determining the expressions of myelin basic protein (MBP), neurofilament-heavy protein (NF-H), proteolipid protein (PLP), Nogo-A, aquaporin-4 (AQP-4), and growth associated protein-43 (GAP-43). Differences in the DTI measures were observed in the splenium (scc) and genu (gcc) of the corpus callosum (cc), fimbria (fi), and the internal capsule (ic). A significant increase in the activity in the fine motor movements and a significant decrease in the number of rearing events were observed in the cocaine-treated animals. Reduced MBP and Nogo-A and increased GAP-43 expressions were most consistently observed in these structures. A decrease in the NF-H expression was observed in fi and ic. The reduced expression of Nogo-A and the increased expression of GAP-43 may suggest destabilization of axonal connectivity and increased neurite growth with aberrant connections. Increased GAP-43 suggests drug-induced plasticity or a possible repair mechanism response. The findings indicated that multiple white matter tracts are affected following chronic cocaine exposure.
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- Ponnada A Narayana
- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, USA
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Berg DA, Belnoue L, Song H, Simon A. Neurotransmitter-mediated control of neurogenesis in the adult vertebrate brain. Development 2013; 140:2548-61. [PMID: 23715548 DOI: 10.1242/dev.088005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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It was long thought that no new neurons are added to the adult brain. Similarly, neurotransmitter signaling was primarily associated with communication between differentiated neurons. Both of these ideas have been challenged, and a crosstalk between neurogenesis and neurotransmitter signaling is beginning to emerge. In this Review, we discuss neurotransmitter signaling as it functions at the intersection of stem cell research and regenerative medicine, exploring how it may regulate the formation of new functional neurons and outlining interactions with other signaling pathways. We consider evolutionary and cross-species comparative aspects, and integrate available results in the context of normal physiological versus pathological conditions. We also discuss the potential role of neurotransmitters in brain size regulation and implications for cell replacement therapies.
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- Daniel A Berg
- Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
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Recovering from cocaine: insights from clinical and preclinical investigations. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2013; 37:2037-46. [PMID: 23628740 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2013.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2012] [Revised: 03/26/2013] [Accepted: 04/17/2013] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Cocaine remains one of the most addictive substances of abuse and one of the most difficult to treat. Although increasingly sophisticated experimental and technologic advancements in the last several decades have yielded a large body of clinical and preclinical knowledge on the direct effects of cocaine on the brain, we still have a relatively incomplete understanding of the neurobiological processes that occur when drug use is discontinued. The goal of this manuscript is to review both clinical and preclinical data related to abstinence from cocaine and discuss the complementary conclusions that emerge from these different levels of inquiry. This commentary will address observed alterations in neural function, neural structure, and neurotransmitter system regulation that are present in both animal models of cocaine abstinence and data from recovering clinical populations. Although these different levels of inquiry are often challenging to integrate, emerging data discussed in this commentary suggest that from a structural and functional perspective, the preservation of cortical function that is perhaps the most important biomarker associated with extended abstinence from cocaine.
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Lochman J, Balcar VJ, Sťastný F, Serý O. Preliminary evidence for association between schizophrenia and polymorphisms in the regulatory Regions of the ADRA2A, DRD3 and SNAP-25 Genes. Psychiatry Res 2013; 205:7-12. [PMID: 22940547 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2012] [Revised: 07/18/2012] [Accepted: 08/03/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The results of linkage and candidate gene association studies have led to a range of hypotheses about the pathogenesis of schizophrenia. We limited our study to polymorphisms in candidate genes involved in dopaminergic and noradrenergic systems, and in the 25KDa synaptosomal-associated protein (SNAP-25) gene that is related to neurotransmitter exocytosis. Eight single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in regulating or coding regions of genes for the alpha-2A adrenergic receptor (ADRA2A), dopamine receptors D1 and D3 (DRD1 and DRD3), dopamine β-hydroxylase (DBH) and SNAP-25 were genotyped in male patients with schizophrenia (n=192) and in healthy controls (n=213). These polymorphisms were previously associated with schizophrenia. The allelic association between schizophrenia and ADRA2A rs1800544 polymorphism, SNAP-25 rs1503112 polymorphism, and DRD3 rs6280 polymorphism was found in our study. However, only observations for rs1503112 survived correction for multiple testing. Association was also evaluated by considering the polymorphisms as interactions; in this case, a likelihood ratio test (LRT) revealed evidence for association with schizophrenia in four polymorphism combinations: two DRD3*SNAP-25 combinations (rs6280*rs3746544 and rs6280*rs3746544, P=0.02), one ADRA2A*SNAP25 combination (rs1800544*rs3746544) and one ADRA2A*DBH combination (rs1800544*rs2519152). Our results are in agreement with the previously proposed role of DNA polymorphisms involved in dopaminergic, noradrenergic and synaptic functions in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia. Further relevant studies including larger sample size and more markers are needed to confirm our results.
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- Jan Lochman
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
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D'Agati E, Casarelli L, Pitzianti M, Pasini A. Neuroleptic treatments and overflow movements in schizophrenia: are they independent? Psychiatry Res 2012; 200:970-6. [PMID: 22901438 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.07.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2011] [Revised: 06/11/2012] [Accepted: 07/27/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Neurological soft signs (NSS) are minor neurological abnormalities that can be revealed by a clinical examination focused on sensory and motor information processing. NSS include overflow movements (OMs), which are defined as involuntary movements that may accompany the production of voluntary movements. OM is generally considered to be a characteristic feature of schizophrenia. White matter abnormalities might be involved in the pathogenesis of OMs. Dopamine receptors play a role in oligodendrocytes development. There is a direct link between antipsychotic agents that bind to dopamine receptors on oligodendrocytes and the development of oligodendrocytes and myelin formation. In this paper, we review the current knowledge of the effects of antipsychotic agents on NSS in schizophrenic patients. As a result of this critical review we hypothesize that the neuroleptic actions described in this paper could explain why antipsychotic agents have no effect on the resolution of NSS in patients with schizophrenia.
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- Elisa D'Agati
- Unit of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Alberico 2 n. 35, 00193 Roma, Italy
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Zhang X, Lee MR, Salmeron BJ, Stein DJ, Hong LE, Geng X, Ross TJ, Li N, Hodgkinson C, Shen PH, Yang Y, Goldman D, Stein EA. Prefrontal white matter impairment in substance users depends upon the catechol-o-methyl transferase (COMT) val158met polymorphism. Neuroimage 2012; 69:62-9. [PMID: 23219927 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.11.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2012] [Revised: 09/28/2012] [Accepted: 11/23/2012] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Individuals addicted to most chemical substances present with hypoactive dopaminergic systems as well as altered prefrontal white matter structure. Prefrontal dopaminergic tone is under genetic control and is influenced by and modulates descending cortico-striatal glutamatergic pathways that in turn, regulate striatal dopamine release. The catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene contains an evolutionarily recent and common functional variant at codon 108/158 (rs4680) that plays an important role in modulating prefrontal dopaminergic tone. To determine if the COMT val158met genotype influences white matter integrity (i.e., fractional anisotropy (FA)) in substance users, 126 healthy controls and 146 substance users underwent genotyping and magnetic resonance imaging. A general linear model with two between-subjects factors (COMT genotype and addiction status) was performed using whole brain diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) to assess FA. A significant Genotype × Drug Use status interaction was found in the left prefrontal cortex. Post-hoc analysis showed reduced prefrontal FA only in Met/Met homozygotes who were also drug users. These data suggest that Met/Met homozygous individuals, in the context of addiction, have increased susceptibility to white matter structural alterations, which might contribute to previously identified structural and functional prefrontal cortical deficits in addiction.
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- Xiaochu Zhang
- Neuroimaging Research Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
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