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Chen Y, Bräuer AU, Koch KW. Retinal degeneration protein 3 controls membrane guanylate cyclase activities in brain tissue. Front Mol Neurosci 2022; 15:1076430. [PMID: 36618828 PMCID: PMC9812585 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2022.1076430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
Abstract
The retinal degeneration protein RD3 is involved in regulatory processes of photoreceptor cells. Among its main functions is the inhibition of photoreceptor specific membrane guanylate cyclases during trafficking from the inner segment to their final destination in the outer segment. However, any physiological role of RD3 in non-retinal tissue is unsolved at present and specific protein targets outside of retinal tissue have not been identified so far. The family of membrane bound guanylate cyclases share a high homology of their amino acid sequences in their cytoplasmic domains. Therefore, we reasoned that membrane guanylate cyclases that are activated by natriuretic peptides are also regulated by RD3. We analyzed transcript levels of the rd3 gene and natriuretic peptide receptor genes Npr1 and Npr2 in the mouse retina, cerebellum, hippocampus, neocortex, and the olfactory bulb during development from the embryonic to the postnatal stage at P60. The rd3 gene showed a lower expression level than Npr1 and Npr2 (encoding for GC-A and GC-B, respectively) in all tested brain tissues, but was at least one order of magnitude higher in the retina. RD3 and natriuretic peptide receptor GCs co-express in the retina and brain tissue leading to functional tests. We expressed GC-A and GC-B in HEK293T cells and measured the inhibition of GCs by RD3 after activation by natriuretic peptides yielding inhibitory constants around 25 nM. Furthermore, endogenous GCs in astrocytes were inhibited by RD3 to a similar extent. We here show for the first time that RD3 can inhibit two hormone-stimulated GCs, namely GC-A and GC-B indicating a new regulatory feature of these hormone receptors.
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- Yaoyu Chen
- Division of Biochemistry, Department of Neuroscience, Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, Germany,Division of Anatomy, Department of Human Medicine, Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Division of Anatomy, Department of Human Medicine, Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, Germany,Research Center Neurosensory Science, Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Division of Biochemistry, Department of Neuroscience, Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, Germany,Research Center Neurosensory Science, Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, Germany,*Correspondence: Karl-Wilhelm Koch,
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Zhang T, Ruan HZ, Wang YC, Shao YQ, Zhou W, Weng SJ, Zhong YM. Signaling Mechanism for Modulation by GLP-1 and Exendin-4 of GABA Receptors on Rat Retinal Ganglion Cells. Neurosci Bull 2022; 38:622-636. [PMID: 35278196 PMCID: PMC9206055 DOI: 10.1007/s12264-022-00826-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2021] [Accepted: 11/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) is expressed in retinal neurons, but its role in the retina is largely unknown. Here, we demonstrated that GLP-1 or the GLP-1 receptor (GLP-1R; a G protein-coupled receptor) agonist exendin-4 suppressed γ-aminobutyric acid receptor (GABAR)-mediated currents through GLP-1Rs in isolated rat retinal ganglion cells (GCs). Pre-incubation with the stimulatory G protein (Gs) inhibitor NF 449 abolished the exendin-4 effect. The exendin-4-induced suppression was mimicked by perfusion with 8-Br-cAMP (a cAMP analog), but was eliminated by the protein kinase A (PKA) inhibitor Rp-cAMP/KT-5720. The exendin-4 effect was accompanied by an increase in [Ca2+]i of GCs through the IP3-sensitive pathway and was blocked in Ca2+-free solution. Furthermore, when the activity of calmodulin (CaM) and CaM-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) was inhibited, the exendin-4 effect was eliminated. Consistent with this, exendin-4 suppressed GABAR-mediated light-evoked inhibitory postsynaptic currents in GCs in rat retinal slices. These results suggest that exendin-4-induced suppression may be mediated by a distinct Gs/cAMP-PKA/IP3/Ca2+/CaM/CaMKII signaling pathway, following the activation of GLP-1Rs.
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- Tao Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China.
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Taoro-González L, Cabrera-Pastor A, Sancho-Alonso M, Felipo V. Intracellular and extracelluar cyclic GMP in the brain and the hippocampus. VITAMINS AND HORMONES 2022; 118:247-288. [PMID: 35180929 DOI: 10.1016/bs.vh.2021.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Cyclic Guanosine-Monophosphate (cGMP) is implicated as second messenger in a plethora of pathways and its effects are executed mainly by cGMP-dependent protein kinases (PKG). It is involved in both peripheral (cardiovascular regulation, intestinal secretion, phototransduction, etc.) and brain (hippocampal synaptic plasticity, neuroinflammation, cognitive function, etc.) processes. Stimulation of hippocampal cGMP signaling have been proved to be beneficial in animal models of aging, Alzheimer's disease or hepatic encephalopathy, restoring different cognitive functions such as passive avoidance, object recognition or spatial memory. However, even when some inhibitors of cGMP-degrading enzymes (PDEs) are already used against peripheral pathologies, their utility as neurological treatments is still under clinical investigation. Additionally, it has been demonstrated a list of cGMP roles as not second but first messenger. The role of extracellular cGMP has been specially studied in hippocampal function and cognitive impairment in animal models and it has emerged as an important modulator of neuroinflammation-mediated cognitive alterations and hippocampal synaptic plasticity malfunction. Specifically, it has been demonstrated that extracellular cGMP decreases hippocampal IL-1β levels restoring membrane expression of glutamate receptors in the hippocampus and cognitive function in hyperammonemic rats. The mechanisms implicated are still unclear and might involve complex interactions between hippocampal neurons, astrocytes and microglia. Membrane targets for extracellular cGMP are still poorly understood and must be addressed in future studies.
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- Lucas Taoro-González
- Department of Clinical Psychology, Psychobiology and Methodology, Area of Psycobiology, University of La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- Fundación Investigación Hospital Clínico, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria (INCLIVA), Valencia, Spain; Laboratory of Neurobiology, Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe, Valencia, Spain
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe, Valencia, Spain
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe, Valencia, Spain.
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Li Q, Jin R, Zhang S, Sun X, Wu J. Transient receptor potential vanilloid four channels modulate inhibitory inputs through differential regulation of GABA and glycine receptors in rat retinal ganglion cells. FASEB J 2020; 34:14521-14538. [PMID: 32892440 DOI: 10.1096/fj.201902937rr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2019] [Revised: 08/07/2020] [Accepted: 08/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) channel is widely distributed in the retina. Activation of the TRPV4 channel enhances excitatory signaling from bipolar cells to retinal ganglion cells (RGCs), thereby increasing RGC firing rate and membrane excitability. In this study, we investigated the effect of TRPV4 channel activation on the miniature inhibitory postsynaptic current (mIPSC) in rat RGCs. Our results showed that perfusion with HC-067047, a TRPV4-channel antagonist, significantly reduced the amplitude of RGC mIPSCs. Extracellular application of the TRPV4 channel agonist GSK1016790A (GSK101) enhanced the frequency and amplitude of mIPSCs in ON- and OFF-type RGCs; pre-application of HC-067047 blocked the effect of GSK101 on mIPSCs. Furthermore, TRPV4 channels were able to enhance the frequency and amplitude of glycine receptor (GlyR)-mediated mIPSCs and inhibit the frequency of type A γ-aminobutyric acid receptor (GABAA R)-mediated mIPSCs. Upon intracellular administration or intravitreal injection of GSK101, TRPV4 channel activation reduced the release of presynaptic glycine and enhanced the function and expression of postsynaptic GlyRs; however, it inhibited presynaptic release of GABA, but did not affect postsynaptic GABAA Rs. Our study results provide insight regarding the effect of TRPV4 channel activation on RGCs and offer a potential interventional target for retinal diseases involving TRPV4 channels.
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- Qian Li
- Eye Institute, Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Visual Impairment and Restoration, Shanghai, China.,NHC Key Laboratory of Myopia (Fudan University), Shanghai, China.,Key Laboratory of Myopia, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Visual Impairment and Restoration, Shanghai, China.,NHC Key Laboratory of Myopia (Fudan University), Shanghai, China.,Key Laboratory of Myopia, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Eye Institute, Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Visual Impairment and Restoration, Shanghai, China.,NHC Key Laboratory of Myopia (Fudan University), Shanghai, China.,Key Laboratory of Myopia, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Eye Institute, Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Visual Impairment and Restoration, Shanghai, China.,NHC Key Laboratory of Myopia (Fudan University), Shanghai, China.,Key Laboratory of Myopia, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Shanghai, China
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Zhang DM, Lin YF. Functional modulation of sarcolemmal K ATP channels by atrial natriuretic peptide-elicited intracellular signaling in adult rabbit ventricular cardiomyocytes. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2020; 319:C194-C207. [PMID: 32432931 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00409.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channels couple cell metabolic status to membrane excitability and are crucial for stress adaptation and cytoprotection in the heart. Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), a cardiac peptide important for cardiovascular homeostasis, also exhibits cytoprotective features including protection against myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injuries. However, how ANP modulates cardiac KATP channels is largely unknown. In the present study we sought to address this issue by investigating the role of ANP signaling in functional modulation of sarcolemmal KATP (sarcKATP) channels in ventricular myocytes freshly isolated from adult rabbit hearts. Single-channel recordings were performed in combination with pharmacological approaches in the cell-attached patch configuration. Bath application of ANP markedly potentiated sarcKATP channel activities induced by metabolic inhibition with sodium azide, whereas the KATP-stimulating effect of ANP was abrogated by selective inhibition of the natriuretic peptide receptor type A (NPR-A), cGMP-dependent protein kinase (PKG), reactive oxygen species (ROS), extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase (ERK)1/2, Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII), or the ryanodine receptor (RyR). Blockade of RyRs also nullified hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)-induced stimulation of sarcKATP channels in intact cells. Furthermore, single-channel kinetic analyses revealed that ANP enhanced the function of ventricular sarcKATP channels through destabilizing the long closures and facilitating the opening transitions, without affecting the single-channel conductance. In conclusion, here we report that ANP positively modulates the activity of ventricular sarcKATP channels via an intracellular signaling mechanism consisting of NPR-A, PKG, ROS, ERK1/2, CaMKII, and RyR2. This novel mechanism may regulate cardiac excitability and contribute to cytoprotection, in part, by opening myocardial KATP channels.
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- Dai-Min Zhang
- Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, University of California, Davis, California
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- Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, University of California, Davis, California.,Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of California, Davis, California
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Meng J, Chen W, Wang J. Interventions in the B-type natriuretic peptide signalling pathway as a means of controlling chronic itch. Br J Pharmacol 2020; 177:1025-1040. [PMID: 31877230 DOI: 10.1111/bph.14952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2019] [Revised: 11/08/2019] [Accepted: 11/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Chronic itch poses major health care and economic burdens worldwide. In 2013, B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) was identified as an itch-selective neuropeptide and shown to be both necessary and sufficient to produce itch behaviour in mice. Since then, mechanistic studies of itch have increased, not only at central levels of the spinal relay of itch signalling but also in the periphery and skin. In this review, we have critically analysed recent findings from complementary pharmacological and physiological approaches, combined with genetic strategies to examine the role of BNP in itch transduction and modulation of other pruritic proteins. Additionally, potential targets and possible strategies against BNP signalling are discussed for developing novel therapeutics in itch. Overall, we aim to provide insights into drug development by altering BNP signalling to modulate disease symptoms in chronic itch, including conditions for which no approved treatment exists.
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- Jianghui Meng
- School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Henan, China.,National Institute for Cellular Biotechnology, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland.,School of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Health, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Henan, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Henan, China.,School of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Health, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland
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Wang J, Cauwenberghs G, Broccard FD. Neuromorphic Dynamical Synapses With Reconfigurable Voltage-Gated Kinetics. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2019; 67:1831-1840. [PMID: 31647418 DOI: 10.1109/tbme.2019.2948809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Although biological synapses express a large variety of receptors in neuronal membranes, the current hardware implementation of neuromorphic synapses often rely on simple models ignoring the heterogeneity of synaptic transmission. Our objective is to emulate different types of synapses with distinct properties. METHODS Conductance-based chemical and electrical synapses were implemented between silicon neurons on a fully programmable and reconfigurable, biophysically realistic neuromorphic VLSI chip. Different synaptic properties were achieved by configuring on-chip digital parameters for the conductances, reversal potentials, and voltage dependence of the channel kinetics. The measured I-V characteristics of the artificial synapses were compared with biological data. RESULTS We reproduced the response properties of five different types of chemical synapses, including both excitatory ( AMPA, NMDA) and inhibitory ( GABAA, GABAC, glycine) ionotropic receptors. In addition, electrical synapses were implemented in a small network of four silicon neurons. CONCLUSION Our work extends the repertoire of synapse types between silicon neurons, providing greater flexibility for the design and implementation of biologically realistic neural networks on neuromorphic chips. SIGNIFICANCE A higher synaptic heterogeneity in neuromorphic chips is relevant for the hardware implementation of energy-efficient population codes as well as for dynamic clamp applications where neural models are implemented in neuromorphic VLSI hardware.
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Orexin-B modulates synaptic transmission of rod bipolar cells in rat retina. Neuropharmacology 2018; 133:38-50. [PMID: 29325900 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2018.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2017] [Revised: 12/31/2017] [Accepted: 01/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Orexin-A, -B play a crucial role in arousal and feeding by activating two G-protein-coupled receptors: orexin receptor 1 (OX1R) and orexin receptor 2 (OX2R). Orexins, along with orexin receptors, are expressed in retinal neurons, and they have been shown to differentially modulate excitatory AMPA receptors of amacrine and ganglion cells in the inner retina. In this work we report that orexin-B modulates the activity of rod bipolar cells (RBCs) located in the outer retina of rat. Intravitreal injection of orexin-B increased the amplitude of the scotopic electroretinographic b-wave, a reflection of RBC activity, recorded in vivo. Patch clamp recordings in rat retinal slices showed that orexin-B did not change glutamatergic excitatory component of the RBC response driven by photoreceptors. Effects of orexin-B on GABA receptor-mediated synaptic transmission of RBCs were then examined. In retinal slice preparations orexin-B suppressed GABA receptor-mediated inhibitory postsynaptic currents of RBCs in the inner plexiform layer. Furthermore, using whole-cell recordings in isolated RBCs it was shown that orexin-B suppressed GABAC receptor-, but not GABAA receptor-, mediated currents of the RBCs, an effect that was blocked by OX1R and OX2R antagonists. The orexin-B-induced inhibition of GABAC currents was likely mediated by a Gi/o/PC-PLC/Ca2+-independent PKC signaling pathway, as such inhibition was absent when each step of the above-pathway was blocked with GDP-β-S/pertussis toxin (for Gi/o), D609 (for PLC), bisindolylmaleimide IV (for PKC)/rottlerin (for PKCδ), respectively. The orexin-B-induced potentiation of RBC activity may improve visual acuity and contrast sensitivity of the animal during the dark period (wake phase).
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Li ZW, Wu B, Ye P, Tan ZY, Ji YH. Brain natriuretic peptide suppresses pain induced by BmK I, a sodium channel-specific modulator, in rats. J Headache Pain 2016; 17:90. [PMID: 27687165 PMCID: PMC5042912 DOI: 10.1186/s10194-016-0685-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2016] [Accepted: 09/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Background A previous study found that brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) inhibited inflammatory pain via activating its receptor natriuretic peptide receptor A (NPRA) in nociceptive sensory neurons. A recent study found that functional NPRA is expressed in almost all the trigeminal ganglion (TG) neurons at membrane level suggesting a potentially important role for BNP in migraine pathophysiology. Methods An inflammatory pain model was produced by subcutaneous injection of BmK I, a sodium channel-specific modulator from venom of Chinese scorpion Buthus martensi Karsch. Quantitative PCR, Western Blot, and immunohistochemistry were used to detect mRNA and protein expression of BNP and NPRA in dorsal root ganglion (DRG) and dorsal horn of spinal cord. Whole-cell patch clamping experiments were conducted to record large-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ (BKCa) currents of membrane excitability of DRG neurons. Spontaneous and evoked pain behaviors were examined. Results The mRNA and protein expression of BNP and NPRA was up-regulated in DRG and dorsal horn of spinal cord after BmK I injection. The BNP and NPRA was preferentially expressed in small-sized DRG neurons among which BNP was expressed in both CGRP-positive and IB4-positive neurons while NPRA was preferentially expressed in CGRP-positive neurons. BNP increased the open probability of BKCa channels and suppressed the membrane excitability of small-sized DRG neurons. Intrathecal injection of BNP significantly inhibited BmK-induced pain behaviors including both spontaneous and evoked pain behaviors. Conclusions These results suggested that BNP might play an important role as an endogenous pain reliever in BmK I-induced inflammatory pain condition. It is also suggested that BNP might play a similar role in other pathophysiological pain conditions including migraine.
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- Zheng-Wei Li
- Laboratory of Neuropharmacology and Neurotoxicology, Shanghai University, Nanchen Road 333, Shanghai, 200436, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Neuropharmacology and Neurotoxicology, Shanghai University, Nanchen Road 333, Shanghai, 200436, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Neuropharmacology and Neurotoxicology, Shanghai University, Nanchen Road 333, Shanghai, 200436, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology and Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA.
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- Laboratory of Neuropharmacology and Neurotoxicology, Shanghai University, Nanchen Road 333, Shanghai, 200436, People's Republic of China.
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Activation of the sigma receptor 1 modulates AMPA receptor-mediated light-evoked excitatory postsynaptic currents in rat retinal ganglion cells. Neuroscience 2016; 332:53-60. [PMID: 27373906 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.06.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2016] [Revised: 06/15/2016] [Accepted: 06/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Sigma receptor (σR), a unique receptor family, is classified into three subtypes: σR1, σR2 and σR3. It was previously shown that σR1 activation induced by 1μM SKF10047 (SKF) suppressed N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor-mediated responses of rat retinal ganglion cells (GCs) and the suppression was mediated by a distinct Ca(2+)-dependent phospholipase C (PLC)-protein kinase C (PKC) pathway. In the present work, using whole-cell patch-clamp techniques in rat retinal slice preparations, we further demonstrate that SKF of higher dosage (50μM) significantly suppressed AMPA receptor (AMPAR)-mediated light-evoked excitatory postsynaptic currents (L-EPSCs) of retinal ON-type GCs (ON GCs), and the effect was reversed by the σR1 antagonist BD1047, suggesting the involvement of σR1. The SKF (50μM) effect was unlikely due to a change in glutamate release from bipolar cells, as suggested by the unaltered paired-pulse ratio (PPR) of AMPAR-mediated EPSCs of ON GCs. SKF (50μM) did not change L-EPSCs of ON GCs when the G protein inhibitor GDP-β-S or the protein kinase G (PKG) inhibitor KT5823 was intracellularly infused. Calcium imaging further revealed that SKF (50μM) did not change intracellular calcium concentration in GCs and persisted to suppress L-EPSCs when intracellular calcium was chelated by BAPTA. The SKF (50μM) effect was intact when protein kinase A (PKA) and phosphatidylinostiol (PI)-PLC signaling pathways were both blocked. We conclude that the SKF (50μM) effect is Ca(2+)-independent, PKG-dependent, but not involving PKA, PI-PLC pathways.
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Marchenkova A, van den Maagdenberg AMJM, Nistri A. Loss of inhibition by brain natriuretic peptide over P2X3 receptors contributes to enhanced spike firing of trigeminal ganglion neurons in a mouse model of familial hemiplegic migraine type-1. Neuroscience 2016; 331:197-205. [PMID: 27346147 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.06.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2016] [Revised: 06/16/2016] [Accepted: 06/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Purinergic P2X3 receptors (P2X3Rs) play an important role in pain pathologies, including migraine. In trigeminal neurons, P2X3Rs are constitutively downregulated by endogenous brain natriuretic peptide (BNP). In a mouse knock-in (KI) model of familial hemiplegic migraine type-1 with upregulated calcium CaV2.1 channel function, trigeminal neurons exhibit hyperexcitability with gain-of-function of P2X3Rs and their deficient BNP-mediated inhibition. We studied whether the absent BNP-induced control over P2X3Rs activity in KI cultures may be functionally expressed in altered firing activity of KI trigeminal neurons. Patch-clamp experiments investigated the excitability of wild-type and KI trigeminal neurons induced by either current or agonists for P2X3Rs or transient receptor potential vanilloid-1 (TRPV1) receptors. Consistent with the constitutive inhibition of P2X3Rs by BNP, sustained pharmacological block of BNP receptors selectively enhanced P2X3R-mediated excitability of wild-type neurons without affecting firing evoked by the other protocols. This effect included increased number of action potentials, lower spike threshold and shift of the firing pattern distribution toward higher spiking activity. Thus, inactivation of BNP signaling transformed the wild-type excitability phenotype into the one typical for KI. BNP receptor block did not influence excitability of KI neurons in accordance with the lack of BNP-induced P2X3R modulation. Our study suggests that, in wild-type trigeminal neurons, negative control over P2X3Rs by the BNP pathway is translated into tonic suppression of P2X3Rs-mediated excitability. Lack of this inhibition in KI cultures results in a hyperexcitability phenotype and might contribute to facilitated trigeminal pain transduction relevant for migraine.
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- Anna Marchenkova
- Neuroscience Department, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Via Bonomea 265, 34136 Trieste, Italy.
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- Department of Neurology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands; Department of Human Genetics, University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands.
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- Neuroscience Department, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Via Bonomea 265, 34136 Trieste, Italy.
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Marchenkova A, Vilotti S, Ntamati N, van den Maagdenberg AM, Nistri A. Inefficient constitutive inhibition of P2X3 receptors by brain natriuretic peptide system contributes to sensitization of trigeminal sensory neurons in a genetic mouse model of familial hemiplegic migraine. Mol Pain 2016; 12:12/0/1744806916646110. [PMID: 27175010 PMCID: PMC4955999 DOI: 10.1177/1744806916646110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2015] [Accepted: 03/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND On trigeminal ganglion neurons, pain-sensing P2X3 receptors are constitutively inhibited by brain natriuretic peptide via its natriuretic peptide receptor-A. This inhibition is associated with increased P2X3 serine phosphorylation and receptor redistribution to non-lipid raft membrane compartments. The natriuretic peptide receptor-A antagonist anantin reverses these effects. We studied whether P2X3 inhibition is dysfunctional in a genetic familial hemiplegic migraine type-1 model produced by introduction of the human pathogenic R192Q missense mutation into the mouse CACNA1A gene (knock-in phenotype). This model faithfully replicates several properties of familial hemiplegic migraine type-1, with gain-of-function of CaV2.1 Ca(2+) channels, raised levels of the algogenic peptide calcitonin gene-related peptide, and enhanced activity of P2X3 receptors in trigeminal ganglia. RESULTS In knock-in neurons, anantin did not affect P2X3 receptor activity, membrane distribution, or serine phosphorylation level, implying ineffective inhibition by the constitutive brain natriuretic peptide/natriuretic peptide receptor-A pathway. However, expression and functional properties of this pathway remained intact together with its ability to downregulate TRPV1 channels. Reversing the familial hemiplegic migraine type-1 phenotype with the CaV2.1-specific antagonist, ω-agatoxin IVA restored P2X3 activity to wild-type level and enabled the potentiating effects of anantin again. After blocking calcitonin gene-related peptide receptors, P2X3 receptors exhibited wild-type properties and were again potentiated by anantin. CONCLUSIONS P2X3 receptors on mouse trigeminal ganglion neurons are subjected to contrasting modulation by inhibitory brain natriuretic peptide and facilitatory calcitonin gene-related peptide that both operate via complex intracellular signaling. In the familial hemiplegic migraine type-1 migraine model, the action of calcitonin gene-related peptide appears to prevail over brain natriuretic peptide, thus suggesting that peripheral inhibition of P2X3 receptors becomes insufficient and contributes to trigeminal pain sensitization.
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- Anna Marchenkova
- Neuroscience Department, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy
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- Neuroscience Department, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy
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- Neuroscience Department, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Neuroscience Department, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy
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Marchenkova A, Vilotti S, Fabbretti E, Nistri A. Brain natriuretic peptide constitutively downregulates P2X3 receptors by controlling their phosphorylation state and membrane localization. Mol Pain 2015; 11:71. [PMID: 26576636 PMCID: PMC4650943 DOI: 10.1186/s12990-015-0074-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2015] [Accepted: 11/03/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND ATP-gated P2X3 receptors are important transducers of nociceptive stimuli and are almost exclusively expressed by sensory ganglion neurons. In mouse trigeminal ganglion (TG), P2X3 receptor function is unexpectedly enhanced by pharmacological block of natriuretic peptide receptor-A (NPR-A), outlining a potential inhibitory role of endogenous natriuretic peptides in nociception mediated by P2X3 receptors. Lack of change in P2X3 protein expression indicates a complex modulation whose mechanisms for downregulating P2X3 receptor function remain unclear. RESULTS To clarify this process in mouse TG cultures, we suppressed NPR-A signaling with either siRNA of the endogenous agonist BNP, or the NPR-A blocker anantin. Thus, we investigated changes in P2X3 receptor distribution in the lipid raft membrane compartment, their phosphorylation state, as well as their function with patch clamping. Delayed onset of P2X3 desensitization was one mechanism for the anantin-induced enhancement of P2X3 activity. Anantin application caused preferential P2X3 receptor redistribution to the lipid raft compartment and decreased P2X3 serine phosphorylation, two phenomena that were not interdependent. An inhibitor of cGMP-dependent protein kinase and siRNA-mediated knockdown of BNP mimicked the effect of anantin. CONCLUSIONS We demonstrated that in mouse trigeminal neurons endogenous BNP acts on NPR-A receptors to determine constitutive depression of P2X3 receptor function. Tonic inhibition of P2X3 receptor activity by BNP/NPR-A/PKG pathways occurs via two distinct mechanisms: P2X3 serine phosphorylation and receptor redistribution to non-raft membrane compartments. This novel mechanism of receptor control might be a target for future studies aiming at decreasing dysregulated P2X3 receptor activity in chronic pain.
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- Anna Marchenkova
- Neuroscience Department, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Via Bonomea 265, 34136, Trieste, Italy.
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- Neuroscience Department, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Via Bonomea 265, 34136, Trieste, Italy.
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- Center for Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, University of Nova Gorica, 5000, Nova Gorica, Slovenia.
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- Neuroscience Department, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Via Bonomea 265, 34136, Trieste, Italy.
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UNLABELLED The possibility that mechanisms of synaptic modulation differ between males and females has far-reaching implications for understanding brain disorders that vary between the sexes. We found recently that 17β-estradiol (E2) acutely suppresses GABAergic inhibition in the hippocampus of female rats through a sex-specific estrogen receptor α (ERα), mGluR, and endocannabinoid-dependent mechanism. Here, we define the intracellular signaling that links ERα, mGluRs, and endocannabinoids in females and identify where in this pathway males and females differ. Using a combination of whole-cell patch-clamp recording and biochemical analyses in hippocampal slices from young adult rats, we show that E2 acutely suppresses inhibition in females through mGluR1 stimulation of phospholipase C, leading to inositol triphosphate (IP3) generation, activation of the IP3 receptor (IP3R), and postsynaptic endocannabinoid release, likely of anandamide. Analysis of sex differences in this pathway showed that E2 stimulates a much greater increase in IP3 levels in females than males, whereas the group I mGluR agonist DHPG increases IP3 levels equivalently in each sex. Coimmunoprecipitation showed that ERα-mGluR1 and mGluR1-IP3R complexes exist in both sexes but are regulated by E2 only in females. Independently of E2, a fatty acid amide hydrolase inhibitor, which blocks breakdown of anandamide, suppressed >50% of inhibitory synapses in females with no effect in males, indicating tonic endocannabinoid release in females that is absent in males. Together, these studies demonstrate sex differences in both E2-dependent and E2-independent regulation of the endocannabinoid system and suggest that manipulation of endocannabinoids in vivo could affect physiological and behavioral responses differently in each sex. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Many brain disorders vary between the sexes, yet the degree to which this variation arises from differential experience versus intrinsic biological sex differences is unclear. In this study, we demonstrate intrinsic sex differences in molecular regulation of a key neuromodulatory system, the endocannabinoid system, in the hippocampus. Endocannabinoids are involved in diverse aspects of physiology and behavior that involve the hippocampus, including cognitive and motivational state, responses to stress, and neurological disorders such as epilepsy. Our finding that molecular regulation of the endocannabinoid system differs between the sexes suggests mechanisms through which experiences or therapeutics that engage endocannabinoids could affect males and females differently.
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Yang G, Ren Z, Mei YA. Exposure to 50 Hz magnetic field modulates GABAA currents in cerebellar granule neurons through an EP receptor-mediated PKC pathway. J Cell Mol Med 2015; 19:2413-22. [PMID: 26176998 PMCID: PMC4594682 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.12626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2015] [Accepted: 05/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Previous work from both our lab and others have indicated that exposure to 50 Hz magnetic fields (ELF-MF) was able to modify ion channel functions. However, very few studies have investigated the effects of MF on γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) type A receptors (GABA(A) Rs) channel functioning, which are fundamental to overall neuronal excitability. Here, our major goal is to reveal the potential effects of ELF-MF on GABA(A) Rs activity in rat cerebellar granule neurons (CGNs). Our results indicated that exposing CGNs to 1 mT ELF-MF for 60 min. significantly increased GABA(A) R currents without modifying sensitivity to GABA. However, activation of PKA by db-cAMP failed to do so, but led to a slight decrease instead. On the other hand, PKC activation or inhibition by PMA or Bis and Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) mimicked or eliminated the field-induced-increase of GABA(A) R currents. Western blot analysis indicated that the intracellular levels of phosphorylated PKC (pPKC) were significantly elevated after 60 min. of ELF-MF exposure, which was subsequently blocked by application of DHA or EP1 receptor-specific (prostaglandin E receptor 1) antagonist (SC19220), but not by EP2-EP4 receptor-specific antagonists. SC19220 also significantly inhibited the ELF-MF-induced elevation on GABA(A) R currents. Together, these data obviously demonstrated for the first time that neuronal GABA(A) currents are significantly increased by ELF-MF exposure, and also suggest that these effects are mediated via an EP1 receptor-mediated PKC pathway. Future work will focus on a more comprehensive analysis of the physiological and/or pathological consequences of these effects.
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- Guang Yang
- School of Life Sciences, Institute of Brain Science and State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Fudan UniversityShanghai, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Institute of Brain Science and State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Fudan UniversityShanghai, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Institute of Brain Science and State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Fudan UniversityShanghai, China
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Yang JY, Yang G, Ren J, Zhao J, Li S. Caffeine Suppresses GABA Receptor-Mediated Current in Rat Primary Sensory Neurons via Inhibition of Intracellular Phosphodiesterase. NEUROPHYSIOLOGY+ 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s11062-015-9506-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Zheng C, Deng QQ, Liu LL, Wang MY, Zhang G, Sheng WL, Weng SJ, Yang XL, Zhong YM. Orexin-A differentially modulates AMPA-preferring responses of ganglion cells and amacrine cells in rat retina. Neuropharmacology 2015; 93:80-93. [PMID: 25656479 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2015.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2014] [Revised: 12/22/2014] [Accepted: 01/20/2015] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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By activating their receptors (OX1R and OX2R) orexin-A/B regulate wake/sleeping states, feeding behaviors, but the function of these peptides in the retina remains unknown. Using patch-clamp recordings and calcium imaging in rat isolated retinal cells, we demonstrated that orexin-A suppressed α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole-propionic acid (AMPA)-preferring receptor-mediated currents (AMPA-preferring currents) in ganglion cells (GCs) through OX1R, but potentiated those in amacrine cells (ACs) through OX2R. Consistently, in rat retinal slices orexin-A suppressed light-evoked AMPA-preferring receptor-mediated excitatory postsynaptic currents in GCs, but potentiated those in ACs. Intracellular dialysis of GDP-β-S or preincubation with the Gi/o inhibitor pertussis toxin (PTX) abolished both the effects. Either cAMP/the protein kinase A (PKA) inhibitor Rp-cAMP or cGMP/the PKG blocker KT5823 failed to alter the orexin-A effects. Whilst both of them involved activation of protein kinase C (PKC), the effects on GCs and ACs were respectively eliminated by the phosphatidylinositol (PI)-phospholipase C (PLC) inhibitor and phosphatidylcholine (PC)-PLC inhibitor. Moreover, in GCs orexin-A increased [Ca(2+)]i and the orexin-A effect was blocked by intracellular Ca(2+)-free solution and by inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) receptor antagonists. In contrast, orexin-A did not change [Ca(2+)]i in ACs and the orexin-A effect remained in intracellular or extracellular Ca(2+)-free solution. We conclude that a distinct Gi/o/PI-PLC/IP3/Ca(2+)-dependent PKC signaling pathway, following the activation of OX1R, is likely responsible for the orexin-A effect on GCs, whereas a Gi/o/PC-PLC/Ca(2+)-independent PKC signaling pathway, following the activation of OX2R, mediates the orexin-A effect on ACs. These two actions of orexin-A, while working in concert, provide a characteristic way for modulating information processing in the inner retina.
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- Chao Zheng
- Institute of Neurobiology, Institutes of Brain Science, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, 138 Yixueyuan Road, Shanghai 200032, China; Cell Electrophysiology Laboratory, Wannan Medical College, 22 West Wenchang Road, Wuhu, Anhui 241002, China
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- Institute of Neurobiology, Institutes of Brain Science, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, 138 Yixueyuan Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Institute of Neurobiology, Institutes of Brain Science, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, 138 Yixueyuan Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Cell Electrophysiology Laboratory, Wannan Medical College, 22 West Wenchang Road, Wuhu, Anhui 241002, China
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- Institute of Neurobiology, Institutes of Brain Science, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, 138 Yixueyuan Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Institute of Neurobiology, Institutes of Brain Science, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, 138 Yixueyuan Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Institute of Neurobiology, Institutes of Brain Science, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, 138 Yixueyuan Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Institute of Neurobiology, Institutes of Brain Science, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, 138 Yixueyuan Road, Shanghai 200032, China.
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- Institute of Neurobiology, Institutes of Brain Science, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, 138 Yixueyuan Road, Shanghai 200032, China.
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Wang XH, Wu Y, Yang XF, Miao Y, Zhang CQ, Dong LD, Yang XL, Wang Z. Cannabinoid CB1 receptor signaling dichotomously modulates inhibitory and excitatory synaptic transmission in rat inner retina. Brain Struct Funct 2014; 221:301-16. [DOI: 10.1007/s00429-014-0908-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2014] [Accepted: 09/26/2014] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Vilotti S, Marchenkova A, Ntamati N, Nistri A. B-type natriuretic peptide-induced delayed modulation of TRPV1 and P2X3 receptors of mouse trigeminal sensory neurons. PLoS One 2013; 8:e81138. [PMID: 24312267 PMCID: PMC3842315 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2013] [Accepted: 10/18/2013] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Important pain transducers of noxious stimuli are small- and medium-diameter sensory neurons that express transient receptor vanilloid-1 (TRPV1) channels and/or adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-gated P2X3 receptors whose activity is upregulated by endogenous neuropeptides in acute and chronic pain models. Little is known about the role of endogenous modulators in restraining the expression and function of TRPV1 and P2X3 receptors. In dorsal root ganglia, evidence supports the involvement of the natriuretic peptide system in the modulation of nociceptive transmission especially via the B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) that activates the natriuretic peptide receptor-A (NPR-A) to downregulate sensory neuron excitability. Since the role of BNP in trigeminal ganglia (TG) is unclear, we investigated the expression of BNP in mouse TG in situ or in primary cultures and its effect on P2X3 and TRPV1 receptors of patch-clamped cultured neurons. Against scant expression of BNP, almost all neurons expressed NPR-A at membrane level. While BNP rapidly increased cGMP production and Akt kinase phosphorylation, there was no early change in passive neuronal properties or responses to capsaicin, α,β-meATP or GABA. Nonetheless, 24 h application of BNP depressed TRPV1 mediated currents (an effect blocked by the NPR-A antagonist anantin) without changing responses to α,β-meATP or GABA. Anantin alone decreased basal cGMP production and enhanced control α,β-meATP-evoked responses, implying constitutive regulation of P2X3 receptors by ambient BNP. These data suggest a slow modulatory action by BNP on TRPV1 and P2X3 receptors outlining the role of this peptide as a negative regulator of trigeminal sensory neuron excitability to nociceptive stimuli.
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- Sandra Vilotti
- Neuroscience Department, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy
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- Neuroscience Department, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy
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- Neuroscience Department, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy
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- Neuroscience Department, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy
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Potent and direct presynaptic modulation of glycinergic transmission in rat spinal neurons by atrial natriuretic peptide. Brain Res Bull 2013; 99:19-26. [PMID: 24060848 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2013.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2013] [Revised: 09/10/2013] [Accepted: 09/16/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Atrial and brain natriuretic peptides (ANP and BNP) exist in the central nervous system and modulate neuronal function, although the locus of actions and physiological mechanisms are still unclear. In the present study we used rat spinal sacral dorsal commissural nucleus (SDCN) and hippocampal 'synaptic bouton' preparations, to record both spontaneous and evoked glycinergic inhibitory postsynaptic currents (sIPSCs and eIPSCs) in SDCN neurons, and the evoked excitatory postsynaptic currents (eEPSCs) in hippocampal CA3 neurons. ANP potently and significantly reduced the sIPSC frequency without affecting the amplitude. ANP also potently reduced the eIPSCs amplitude concurrently increasing the failure rate and the paired pulse ratio response. These ANP actions were blocked by anantin, a specific type A natriuretic peptide receptor (NPR-A) antagonist. The results clearly indicate that ANP acts directly on glycinergic presynaptic nerve terminals to inhibit glycine release via presynaptic NPR-A. The ANP effects were not blocked by the membrane permeable cGMP analog (8Br-cGMP) suggesting a transduction mechanisms not simply related to increasing cGMP levels in nerve terminals. BNP did not affect on glycinergic sIPSCs and eIPSCs. Moreover, both ANP and BNP had no effect on glutamatergic EPSCs in hippocampal CA3 neurons. The results indicate a potent and selective presynaptic inhibitory action of ANP on glycinergic transmission in spinal cord sensory circuits.
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Natriuretic peptides block synaptic transmission by activating phosphodiesterase 2A and reducing presynaptic PKA activity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012; 109:17681-6. [PMID: 23045693 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1209185109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The heart peptide hormone atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) regulates blood pressure by stimulating guanylyl cyclase-A to produce cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP). ANP and guanylyl cyclase-A are also expressed in many brain areas, but their physiological functions and downstream signaling pathways remain enigmatic. Here we investigated the physiological functions of ANP signaling in the neural pathway from the medial habenula (MHb) to the interpeduncular nucleus (IPN). Biochemical assays indicate that ANP increases cGMP accumulation in the IPN of mouse brain slices. Using optogenetic stimulation and electrophysiological recordings, we show that both ANP and brain natriuretic peptide profoundly block glutamate release from MHb neurons. Pharmacological applications reveal that this blockade is mediated by phosphodiesterase 2A (PDE2A) but not by cGMP-stimulated protein kinase-G or cGMP-sensitive cyclic nucleotide-gated channels. In addition, focal infusion of ANP into the IPN enhances stress-induced analgesia, and the enhancement is prevented by PDE2A inhibitors. PDE2A is richly expressed in the axonal terminals of MHb neurons, and its activation by cGMP depletes cyclic adenosine monophosphates. The inhibitory effect of ANP on glutamate release is reversed by selectively activating protein kinase A. These results demonstrate strong presynaptic inhibition by natriuretic peptides in the brain and suggest important physiological and behavioral roles of PDE2A in modulating neurotransmitter release by negative crosstalk between cGMP-signaling and cyclic adenosine monophosphate-signaling pathways.
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Fei XW, Pan CJ, He YL, Fang YJ, Zhuang JL, Mei YA. Brain natriuretic peptide modulates the delayed rectifier outward K(+) current and promotes the proliferation of mouse Schwann cells. J Cell Physiol 2011; 226:440-9. [PMID: 20672326 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.22352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) may act as a neuromodulator via its associated receptors (natriuretic peptide receptors, NPRs) in the central nervous system (CNS), but few studies have reported its activity in the peripheral nervous system (PNS). In this study, we observed that BNP increased the tetraethylammonium chloride (TEA)-sensitive delayed rectifier outward potassium current (I(K)) in mouse Schwann cells (SCs) using whole-cell recording techniques. At concentrations of 1-100 nM, BNP reversibly activated I(K) in a dose-dependent manner, with modulating its steady-state activation and inactivation properties. The effect of BNP on I(K) was abolished by preincubation with the specific antagonist of NPR-A, and could not be mimicked by application of NPR-C agonist. These results were supported by immunocytochemical findings indicating that NPR-A was expressed in SCs. The application of 8-Br-guanosine 3',5'-monophosphate (8-Br-cGMP) mimicked the effect of BNP on I(K), but BNP was unable to further increase I(K) after the application of cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP). Genistein blocked I(K) and also completely eliminated the effects of BNP and cGMP on I(K). The selective K(V)2.1 subunit blocker, Jingzhaotoxin-III (JZTX-III), reduced I(K) amplitude by 30%, but did not abolish the increase effect of BNP on I(K) amplitude. In addition, BNP significantly stimulated SCs proliferation and this effect could be partly inhibited by TEA. Together these results suggest that BNP modulated I(K) probably via cGMP- and tyrosine kinase-dependent pathways by activation of NPR-A. This effect of BNP on I(K) in SCs might partly explain its effect on cell proliferation.
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- Xiao-Wei Fei
- Institutes of Brain Science, School of Life Sciences and State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Yang XF, Miao Y, Ping Y, Wu HJ, Yang XL, Wang Z. Melatonin inhibits tetraethylammonium-sensitive potassium channels of rod ON type bipolar cells via MT2 receptors in rat retina. Neuroscience 2010; 173:19-29. [PMID: 21094224 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.11.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2010] [Revised: 10/29/2010] [Accepted: 11/13/2010] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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By challenging specific receptors, melatonin synthesized and released by photoreceptors regulates various physiological functions in the vertebrate retina. Here, we studied modulatory effects of melatonin on K+ currents of rod-dominant ON type bipolar cells (Rod-ON-BCs) in rat retinal slices by patch-clamp techniques. Double immunofluorescence experiments conducted in isolated cell and retinal section preparations showed that the melatonin MT₂ receptor was expressed in somata, dendrites and axon terminals of rat Rod-ON-BCs. Electrophysiologically, application of melatonin selectively inhibited the tetraethylammonium (TEA)-sensitive K+ current component, but did not show any effect on the 4-aminopyridine (4-AP)-sensitive component. Consistent with the immunocytochemical result, the melatonin effect was blocked by co-application of 4-phenyl-2-propionamidotetralin (4-P-PDOT), a specific MT₂ receptor antagonist. Neither protein kinase A (PKA) nor protein kinase G (PKG) seemed to be involved because both the PKA inhibitor Rp-cAMP and the PKG inhibitor KT5823 did not block the melatonin-induced suppression of the K+ currents. In contrast, application of the phospholipase C (PLC) inhibitor U73122 or the protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor bisindolylmaleimide IV (Bis IV) eliminated the melatonin effect, and when the Ca²+ chelator BAPTA-containing pipette was used, melatonin failed to inhibit the K+ currents. These results suggest that suppression of the TEA-sensitive K+ current component via activation of MT₂ receptors expressed on rat Rod-ON-BCs may be mediated by a Ca²+-dependent PLC/inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP₃/PKC signaling pathway.
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- X-F Yang
- Institutes of Brain Science, Institute of Neurobiology and State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Fudan University, 138 Yixueyuan Road, Shanghai 200032, PR China
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Zhao WJ, Zhang M, Miao Y, Yang XL, Wang Z. Melatonin potentiates glycine currents through a PLC/PKC signalling pathway in rat retinal ganglion cells. J Physiol 2010; 588:2605-19. [PMID: 20519319 PMCID: PMC2916991 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2010.187641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2010] [Accepted: 05/24/2010] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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In vertebrate retina, melatonin regulates various physiological functions. In this work we investigated the mechanisms underlying melatonin-induced potentiation of glycine currents in rat retinal ganglion cells (RGCs). Immunofluorescence double labelling showed that rat RGCs were solely immunoreactive to melatonin MT(2) receptors. Melatonin potentiated glycine currents of RGCs, which was reversed by the MT(2) receptor antagonist 4-P-PDOT. The melatonin effect was blocked by intracellular dialysis of GDP-beta-S. Either preincubation with pertussis toxin or application of the phosphatidylcholine (PC)-specific phospholipase C (PLC) inhibitor D609, but not the phosphatidylinositol (PI)-PLC inhibitor U73122, blocked the melatonin effect. The protein kinase C (PKC) activator PMA potentiated the glycine currents and in the presence of PMA melatonin failed to cause further potentiation of the currents, whereas application of the PKC inhibitor bisindolylmaleimide IV abolished the melatonin-induced potentiation. The melatonin effect persisted when [Ca(2+)](i) was chelated by BAPTA, and melatonin induced no increase in [Ca(2+)](i). Neither cAMP-PKA nor cGMP-PKG signalling pathways seemed to be involved because 8-Br-cAMP or 8-Br-cGMP failed to cause potentiation of the glycine currents and both the PKA inhibitor H-89 and the PKG inhibitor KT5823 did not block the melatonin-induced potentiation. In consequence, a distinct PC-PLC/PKC signalling pathway, following the activation of G(i/o)-coupled MT(2) receptors, is most likely responsible for the melatonin-induced potentiation of glycine currents of rat RGCs. Furthermore, in rat retinal slices melatonin potentiated light-evoked glycine receptor-mediated inhibitory postsynaptic currents in RGCs. These results suggest that melatonin, being at higher levels at night, may help animals to detect positive or negative contrast in night vision by modulating inhibitory signals largely mediated by glycinergic amacrine cells in the inner retina.
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- Wen-Jie Zhao
- Institutes of Brain Science and Institute of Neurobiology, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Fudan University, 138 Yixueyuan Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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Xu GZ, Tian J, Zhong YM, Yang XL. Natriuretic peptide receptors are expressed in rat retinal ganglion cells. Brain Res Bull 2010; 82:188-92. [PMID: 20304036 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2010.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2010] [Revised: 03/04/2010] [Accepted: 03/15/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Natriuretic peptides (NPs) exert their actions through three membrane-bound receptors, which are known as NP receptors (NPRs: NPR-A, NPR-B and NPR-C). In this work we examined the expression of three NPRs in rat retinal ganglion cells (GCs), retrogradely labeled and intracellularly dye-injected, by double immunofluorescence labeling. In vertical sections, almost all GCs, retrogradely labeled by cholera toxin B, were stained by antibodies against the three NPRs. The labeling for three NPRs was observed mainly on the membranes of the somata of GCs, whereas the staining for NPR-A was also seen in the cytoplasm. Moreover, with tangential sections, almost all cells located in the ganglion cell layer were NPR-A, B, C immunoreactive. By combining with intracellular injection of Neurobiotin into GCs in whole mount retinas that enables to identify ON-, OFF- and ON-OFF-types of GCs according to arborization of their dendrites in the inner plexiform layer, we further demonstrated that NPRs were expressed in these major types of GCs.
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- Guo-Zhong Xu
- School of Life Science and Technology, Changchun University of Science and Technology, 7989 Weixing Road, Changchun 130022, China
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Houston CM, He Q, Smart TG. CaMKII phosphorylation of the GABA(A) receptor: receptor subtype- and synapse-specific modulation. J Physiol 2009; 587:2115-25. [PMID: 19332484 PMCID: PMC2697286 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.171603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2009] [Accepted: 03/25/2009] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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As a major inhibitory neurotransmitter, GABA plays a vital role in the brain by controlling the extent of neuronal excitation. This widespread role is reflected by the ubiquitous distribution of GABA(A) receptors throughout the central nervous system. To regulate the level of neuronal inhibition requires some endogenous control over the release of GABA and/or its postsynaptic response. In this context, Ca(2+) ions are often used as primary or secondary messengers frequently resulting in the activation of protein kinases and phosphatases. One such kinase, Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII), can target the GABA(A) receptor to cause its phosphorylation. Evidence is now emerging, which is reviewed here, that GABA(A) receptors are indeed substrates for CaMKII and that this covalent modification alters the expression of cell surface receptors and their function. This type of regulation can also feature at inhibitory synapses leading to long-term inhibitory synaptic plasticity. Most recently, CaMKII has now been proposed to differentially phosphorylate particular isoforms of GABA(A) receptors in a synapse-specific context.
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- Catriona M Houston
- Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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Abdelalim EM, Tooyama I. BNP signaling is crucial for embryonic stem cell proliferation. PLoS One 2009; 4:e5341. [PMID: 19399180 PMCID: PMC2670516 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2008] [Accepted: 03/31/2009] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Background Embryonic stem (ES) cells have unlimited proliferation potential, and can differentiate into several cell types, which represent ideal sources for cell-based therapy. This high-level proliferative ability is attributed to an unusual type of cell cycle. The Signaling pathways that regulate the proliferation of ES cells are of great interest. Methodology/Principal Findings In this study, we show that murine ES cells specifically express brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), and its signaling is essential for ES cell proliferation. We found that BNP and its receptor (NPR-A, natriuretic peptide receptor-A) were highly expressed in self-renewing murine ES cells, whereas the levels were markedly reduced after ES cell differentiation by the withdrawal of LIF. Targeting of BNP with short interfering RNA (siRNA) resulted in the inhibition of ES cell proliferation, as indicated by a marked reduction in the cell number and colony size, a significant reduction in DNA synthesis, and decreased numbers of cells in S phase. BNP knockdown in ES cells led to the up-regulation of gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor A (GABAAR) genes, and activation of phosphorylated histone (γ-H2AX), which negatively affects ES cell proliferation. In addition, knockdown of BNP increased the rate of apoptosis and reduced the expression of the transcription factor Ets-1. Conclusions/Significance Appropriate BNP expression is essential for the maintenance of ES cell propagation. These findings establish BNP as a novel endogenous regulator of ES cell proliferation.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Apoptosis
- Base Sequence
- Blastocyst/cytology
- Blastocyst/metabolism
- Cell Cycle
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Proliferation
- Cells, Cultured
- Cyclic GMP/biosynthesis
- DNA Primers/genetics
- Embryonic Stem Cells/cytology
- Embryonic Stem Cells/metabolism
- Gene Expression
- Mice
- Models, Biological
- Natriuretic Peptide, Brain/antagonists & inhibitors
- Natriuretic Peptide, Brain/genetics
- Natriuretic Peptide, Brain/metabolism
- Pluripotent Stem Cells/cytology
- Pluripotent Stem Cells/metabolism
- Proto-Oncogene Protein c-ets-1/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA, Small Interfering/genetics
- Receptors, Atrial Natriuretic Factor/genetics
- Receptors, Atrial Natriuretic Factor/metabolism
- Receptors, GABA-A/genetics
- Signal Transduction
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Cauli O, Mansouri MT, Agusti A, Felipo V. Hyperammonemia increases GABAergic tone in the cerebellum but decreases it in the rat cortex. Gastroenterology 2009; 136:1359-67, e1-2. [PMID: 19245864 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2008.12.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2008] [Revised: 12/05/2008] [Accepted: 12/29/2008] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS GABAA receptors modulate the function of the glutamate-nitric oxide-guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) pathway, which is reduced in cerebellum in hyperammonemic rats. It has been proposed that hyperammonemia-induced increases in gamma-aminobutyric acid "(GABAergic) tone" contribute to the pathogenesis of hepatic encephalopathy (HE), although this has not been assessed in vivo in animal models. We studied whether chronic hyperammonemia in rats increases GABAergic tone in the cerebellum and/or cerebral cortex and whether this increase contributes to cognitive impairment. METHODS We blocked GABAA receptors of rats with bicuculline and analyzed the function of this pathway in cerebellum and effects on learning ability. RESULTS Hyperammonemia increased GABAergic tone in cerebellum but decreased it in the cerebral cortex of rats. Increased GABAergic tone in the cerebellum of rats with hyperammonemia could have been caused by increases in extracellular GABA; tetrahydrodeoxy-corticosterone (a neurosteroid that enhances GABAA receptor activation); or amounts of the alpha1, alpha6, and gamma2 subunits of GABAA receptors. The decrease in GABAergic tone observed in the cortex could have resulted from the reduced amount of GABAA receptors delta and gamma2 subunits or increased levels of pregnanolone (5-fold), which selectively reduces activation of GABAA receptors that contain alpha4 subunits (widely expressed in cortex but not in cerebellum). Treatment with bicuculline normalized GABAergic tone and restored the increase in cGMP that was induced by activation of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors and learning ability in hyperammonemic rats. CONCLUSIONS Increased GABAergic tone in the cerebellum contributes to cognitive impairment in hyperammonemic rats.
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- Omar Cauli
- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe, Valencia, Spain
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Tsunozaki M, Chalasani SH, Bargmann CI. A behavioral switch: cGMP and PKC signaling in olfactory neurons reverses odor preference in C. elegans. Neuron 2008; 59:959-71. [PMID: 18817734 PMCID: PMC2586605 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2008.07.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2007] [Revised: 04/19/2008] [Accepted: 07/25/2008] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Innate chemosensory preferences are often encoded by sensory neurons that are specialized for attractive or avoidance behaviors. Here, we show that one olfactory neuron in Caenorhabditis elegans, AWC(ON), has the potential to direct both attraction and repulsion. Attraction, the typical AWC(ON) behavior, requires a receptor-like guanylate cyclase GCY-28 that acts in adults and localizes to AWC(ON) axons. gcy-28 mutants avoid AWC(ON)-sensed odors; they have normal odor-evoked calcium responses in AWC(ON) but reversed turning biases in odor gradients. In addition to gcy-28, a diacylglycerol/protein kinase C pathway that regulates neurotransmission switches AWC(ON) odor preferences. A behavioral switch in AWC(ON) may be part of normal olfactory plasticity, as odor conditioning can induce odor avoidance in wild-type animals. Genetic interactions, acute rescue, and calcium imaging suggest that the behavioral reversal results from presynaptic changes in AWC(ON). These results suggest that alternative modes of neurotransmission can couple one sensory neuron to opposite behavioral outputs.
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- Makoto Tsunozaki
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Laboratory of Neural Circuits and Behavior, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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Cao LH, Zhou B, Yang XL. Modulation by BNP of GABA receptors on ON-type rod bipolar cells is dependent on subcellular sites. Brain Res 2008; 1216:46-52. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2007] [Revised: 03/17/2008] [Accepted: 04/01/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Abdelalim EM, Masuda C, Tooyama I. Expression of natriuretic peptide-activated guanylate cyclases by cholinergic and dopaminergic amacrine cells of the rat retina. Peptides 2008; 29:622-8. [PMID: 18192083 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2007.11.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2007] [Revised: 11/29/2007] [Accepted: 11/30/2007] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Recently, the natriuretic peptides were detected in the cholinergic and dopaminergic amacrine cells of the retina. We performed immunofluorescence labeling of rat retinal sections to examine the immunoreactivity of natriuretic peptide-activated guanylate cyclases (NPR-A and NPR-B) in the rat retina, in particular whether they were localized to dopaminergic and cholinergic amacrine cells. NPR-A and NPR-B immunoreactivity was detected in several layers of the retina including amacrine cells. In amacrine cells, both NPR-A and NPR-B were co-localized with tyrosine hydroxylase, a marker of dopaminergic cells. NPR-B, but not NPR-A, was localized to amacrine cells expressing choline acetyltransferase (ChAT), a marker of cholinergic cells. These findings suggest that natriuretic peptides have different regulatory systems in dopaminergic and cholinergic amacrine cells in rat retina.
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- Essam Mohamed Abdelalim
- Molecular Neuroscience Research Center, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta, Otsu, Shiga 520-2192, Japan
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Nitric oxide (NO) is a multifunctional messenger in the CNS that can signal both in antero- and retrograde directions across synapses. Many effects of NO are mediated through its canonical receptor, the soluble guanylyl cyclase, and the second messenger cyclic guanosine-3',5'-monophosphate (cGMP). An increase of cGMP can also arise independently of NO via activation of membrane-bound particulate guanylyl cyclases by natriuretic peptides. The classical targets of cGMP are cGMP-dependent protein kinases (cGKs), cyclic nucleotide hydrolysing phosphodiesterases, and cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) cation channels. The NO/cGMP/cGK signalling cascade has been linked to the modulation of transmitter release and synaptic plasticity by numerous pharmacological and genetic studies. This review focuses on the role of NO as a retrograde messenger in long-term potentiation of transmitter release in the hippocampus. Presynaptic mechanisms of NO/cGMP/cGK signalling will be discussed with recently identified potential downstream components such as CaMKII, the vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein, and regulators of G protein signalling. NO has further been suggested to increase transmitter release through presynaptic clustering of a-synuclein. Alternative modes of NO/cGMP signalling resulting in inhibition of transmitter release and long-term depression of synaptic activity will also be addressed, as well as anterograde NO signalling in the cerebellum. Finally, emerging evidence for cGMP signalling through CNG channels and hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) channels will be discussed.
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Cao LH, Yang XL. Natriuretic peptides and their receptors in the central nervous system. Prog Neurobiol 2007; 84:234-48. [PMID: 18215455 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2007.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2007] [Revised: 11/05/2007] [Accepted: 12/10/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Natriuretic peptides (NPs), including atrial, brain and C-type NPs, are a family of structurally related but genetically distinct peptides. These peptides, along with their receptors (NPRs), are long known to be involved in the regulation of various physiological functions, such as diuresis, natriuresis, and blood flow. Recently, abundant evidence shows that NPs and NPRs are widely distributed in the central nervous system (CNS), suggesting possible roles of NPs in modulating physiological functions of the CNS. This review starts with a brief summary of relevant background information, such as molecular structures of NPs and NPRs and general intracellular mechanisms after activation of NPRs. We then provide a detailed description of the expression profiles of NPs and NPRs in the CNS and an in-depth discussion of how NPs are involved in neural development, neurotransmitter release, synaptic transmission and neuroprotection through activation of NPRs.
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- Li-Hui Cao
- Institute of Neurobiology, Institutes of Brain Science and State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Jin Y, Zhong YM, Yang XL. Natriuretic peptides are localized to rat retinal amacrine cells. Neurosci Lett 2007; 421:106-9. [PMID: 17566658 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.05.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2007] [Revised: 04/16/2007] [Accepted: 05/11/2007] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Natriuretic peptides (NPs) may act as neuromodulators through activation of three specific receptor subtypes (NPRs). In the present study we examined the expression of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), and C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) on different subtypes of retinal amacrine cells (ACs) in rat by immunofluorescence double labeling. All three NPs were moderately expressed in dopaminergic and cholinergic ACs, stained by tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and choline acetyltransferase (ChAT), respectively. The immunostaining appeared on the membrane, cytoplasm and somatodendritic compartments of these ACs. In AII glycinergic ACs, labeled by parvalbumin (PV), however, only faint punctate staining, if any, was seen. These results suggest that NPs could be produced in ACs and play a neuromodulatory role in the inner retina. Together with a previous immunocytochemical study, showing that NPR-B is present in cultured rat GABAergic ACs, our results further suggest that NPs produced in ACs may also modulate their own activity.
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- Ying Jin
- Institute of Neurobiology, Institutes of Brain Science and State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Fudan University, 138 Yixueyuan Road, Shanghai 200032, PR China
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Ge LH, Lee SC, Liu J, Yang XL. Glycine receptors are functionally expressed on bullfrog retinal cone photoreceptors. Neuroscience 2007; 146:427-34. [PMID: 17346892 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.01.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2006] [Revised: 01/09/2007] [Accepted: 01/12/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Using immunocytochemical and whole cell recording techniques, we examined expression of glycine receptors on bullfrog retinal cone photoreceptors. Immunofluorescence double labeling experiments conducted on retinal sections and isolated cell preparations showed that terminals and inner segments of cones were immunoreactive to both alpha1 and beta subunits of glycine receptors. Moreover, application of glycine induced a sustained inward current from isolated cones, which increased in amplitude in a dose-dependent manner, with an EC50 (concentration of glycine producing half-maximal response) of 67.3+/-4.9 microM, and the current was blocked by the glycine receptor antagonist strychnine, but not 5,7-dichlorokynurenic acid (DCKA) of 200 microM, a blocker of the glycine recognition site at the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor. The glycine-induced current reversed in polarity at a potential close to the calculated chloride equilibrium potential, and the reversal potential was changed as a function of the extracellular chloride concentration. These results suggest that strychnine-sensitive glycine receptors are functionally expressed in bullfrog cones, which may mediate signal feedback from glycinergic interplexiform cells to cones in the outer retina.
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- L-H Ge
- Institute of Neurobiology, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Fudan University, 138 Yixueyuan Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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Ke JB, Zhong YM. Expression of somatostatin receptor subtype 5 in rat retinal amacrine cells. Neuroscience 2007; 144:1025-32. [PMID: 17156933 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.10.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2006] [Revised: 10/27/2006] [Accepted: 10/27/2006] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Somatostatin (SRIF), as a neuroactive peptide in the CNS, exerts its actions via five subtypes of specific receptors (ssts). In this work, the localization of sst(5) was studied immunocytochemically in rat retinal amacrine cells (ACs). Labeling for sst(5) was diffusely distributed throughout the full thickness of the inner plexiform layer (IPL) and formed two distinct fluorescence bands in the distal part of the IPL. Double labeling experiments showed that sst(5) was expressed in GABAergic ACs. It was further shown that labeling for sst(5) was observed in both dopaminergic and cholinergic ACs, stained by tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and choline acetyltransferase (ChAT), respectively. The immunostaining appeared mainly on the cell membranes and somatodendritic compartments of these ACs. For the cholinergic ACs, weak sst(5)-immunoreactivity was also observed in the processes terminating in the IPL. In contrast, no sst(5)-immunoreactivity was found in glycinergic AII ACs, stained by parvalbumin (PV). Furthermore, labeling for SRIF was co-localized with sst(5) in both dopaminergic and cholinergic ACs. These results suggest that sst(5) may serve as an autoreceptor or conventional receptor in retinal ACs.
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- J-B Ke
- Institute of Neurobiology and Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, 138 Yixueyuan Road, Shanghai 200032, PR China
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Liu Z, Xu JG, Zhang H, Fang YJ, Mei YA. C6-ceramide inhibited Na+ currents by intracellular Ca2+ release in rat myoblasts. J Cell Physiol 2007; 213:151-60. [PMID: 17458889 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.21106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Ceramides are novel second messengers that may mediate signaling leading to apoptosis and the regulation of cell cycle progression. Moreover, ceramide analogs have been reported to directly modulate K(+) and Ca(2+) channels in different cell types. In this report, the effect of C(6)-ceramide on the voltage-gated inward Na(+) currents (I(Na)) in cultured rat myoblasts was investigated using whole-cell current recording and a fluorescent Ca(2+) imaging experiment. At concentrations of 1-100 microM, ceramide produced a dose-independent and reversible inhibition of I(Na). Ceramide also significantly shifted the steady-state inactivation curve of I(Na) by 16 mV toward the hyperpolarizing potential, but did not alter the steady-state activation properties. C(2)-ceramide caused a similar inhibitory effect on I(Na) amplitude. However, dihydro-C(6)-ceramide, the inactive analog of ceramide, failed to modulate I(Na). The effect of C(6)-ceramide on I(Na) was abolished by intracellular infusion of the Ca(2+)-chelating agent BAPTA, but was mimicked by application of caffeine. Blocking the release of Ca(2+) from the sarcoplasmic reticulum with xestospongin C or heparin, an inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP(3)) receptor blocker, induced a gradual increase in I(Na) amplitude and eliminated the effect of ceramide on I(Na). In contrast, ruthenium red, which is a blocker of the ryanodine-sensitive Ca(2+) receptor did not affect the action of C(6)-ceramide on I(Na). Intracellular application of the G-protein agonist GTPgammaS also induced a gradual decrease in I(Na) amplitude, while the G-protein antagonist GDPbetaS eliminated the effect of C(6)-ceramide on I(Na). Calcium imaging showed that C(6)-ceramide could give rise to a significant elevation of intracellular calcium. Our data show that increased calcium release through the IP(3)-sensitive Ca(2+) receptor, which probably occurred through the G-protein and phospholipase C pathway, may be responsible for C(6)-ceramide-induced inhibition of the I(Na) of rat myoblasts.
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- Zheng Liu
- School of Life Sciences, Institute of Brain Science, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology Fudan University, Shanghai, P.R. China
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Cao LH, Yang XL. Natriuretic peptide receptor-A is functionally expressed on bullfrog retinal Müller cells. Brain Res Bull 2006; 71:410-5. [PMID: 17208659 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2006.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2006] [Revised: 10/11/2006] [Accepted: 10/16/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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By the patch clamp technique, whole-cell currents induced by brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) from isolated bullfrog retinal Müller cells were studied. Application of 100 nM BNP induced a sustained inward current from these cells with a reversal potential of about 0 mV, and the current could be completely blocked by anantin, an antagonist of the A-type NP receptor (NPR-A) and CdCl(2), a blocker of cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) non-selective cation channels. Likewise, perfusion with the membrane-permeable cGMP analog 8-bromoguanosine-3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (8Br-cGMP) caused effects that are similar to those of BNP. Moreover, application of BNP failed to induce any current in the presence of 1 mM 8Br-cGMP. By calcium imaging, we further showed a significant increase in intracellular calcium levels ([Ca(2+)](i)) of all parts of Müller cells, including the endfoot, soma and processes following the perfusion of BNP, and the increase could be blocked by anantin. All these results suggest that NPR-A is expressed in bullfrog Müller cells, and activation of the receptor causes an increase of intracellular cGMP levels that activates CNG channels and thereby results in an increased calcium influx.
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- Li-Hui Cao
- Institute of Neurobiology, Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, 138 Yixueyuan Road, Shanghai 20032, PR China
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Zhang SSM, Xu X, Liu MG, Zhao H, Soares MB, Barnstable CJ, Fu XY. A biphasic pattern of gene expression during mouse retina development. BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY 2006; 6:48. [PMID: 17044933 PMCID: PMC1633734 DOI: 10.1186/1471-213x-6-48] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2006] [Accepted: 10/17/2006] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Between embryonic day 12 and postnatal day 21, six major neuronal and one glia cell type are generated from multipotential progenitors in a characteristic sequence during mouse retina development. We investigated expression patterns of retina transcripts during the major embryonic and postnatal developmental stages to provide a systematic view of normal mouse retina development, RESULTS A tissue-specific cDNA microarray was generated using a set of sequence non-redundant EST clones collected from mouse retina. Eleven stages of mouse retina, from embryonic day 12.5 (El2.5) to postnatal day 21 (PN21), were collected for RNA isolation. Non-amplified RNAs were labeled for microarray experiments and three sets of data were analyzed for significance, hierarchical relationships, and functional clustering. Six individual gene expression clusters were identified based on expression patterns of transcripts through retina development. Two developmental phases were clearly divided with postnatal day 5 (PN5) as a separate cluster. Among 4,180 transcripts that changed significantly during development, approximately 2/3 of the genes were expressed at high levels up until PN5 and then declined whereas the other 1/3 of the genes increased expression from PN5 and remained at the higher levels until at least PN21. Less than 1% of the genes observed showed a peak of expression between the two phases. Among the later increased population, only about 40% genes are correlated with rod photoreceptors, indicating that multiple cell types contributed to gene expression in this phase. Within the same functional classes, however, different gene populations were expressed in distinct developmental phases. A correlation coefficient analysis of gene expression during retina development between previous SAGE studies and this study was also carried out. CONCLUSION This study provides a complementary genome-wide view of common gene dynamics and a broad molecular classification of mouse retina development. Different genes in the same functional clusters are expressed in the different developmental stages, suggesting that cells might change gene expression profiles from differentiation to maturation stages. We propose that large-scale changes in gene regulation during development are necessary for the final maturation and function of the retina.
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- Samuel Shao-Min Zhang
- Departments of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Department of Neural and Behavioral Sciences, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Departments of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Departments of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Epidemiology and Public Health and Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Children's Memorial Research Center, Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, Illinois, USA
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- Departments of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Department of Neural and Behavioral Sciences, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indiana, USA
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Shen Y, Zhang M, Jin Y, Yang XL. Functional N-Methyl- D-Aspartate Receptors Are Expressed in Cone-Driven Horizontal Cells in Carp Retina. Neurosignals 2006; 15:174-9. [PMID: 17047395 DOI: 10.1159/000096350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2006] [Accepted: 07/07/2006] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Glutamate works as a major excitatory neurotransmitter in the vertebrate retina. Whole-cell recordings made from isolated carp cone horizontal cells (H1 cells) showed that N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA), co-applied with glycine, induced inward currents that were blocked by the NMDA receptor competitive antagonist D-2-amino-5-phosphonopentanoate (D-AP5) and 5,7-dichlorokynurenic acid (DCKA), a selective NMDA receptor antagonist acting at the glycine site on the NMDA receptor complex. Moreover, calcium imaging showed that NMDA caused a significant elevation of intracellular calcium levels ([Ca(2+)](i)) of H1 cells, which was also blocked by D-AP5. In contrast, neither inward currents nor changes in [Ca(2+)](i) could be induced by NMDA in rod horizontal cells (H4 cells). Intracellular recordings made from H1 cells in the isolated retina, superfused with Ringer's containing 1 mM Mg(2+), in the dark demonstrated that NMDA reduced the light-off overshoot of H1 cells. We therefore conclude that the functional NMDA receptor is expressed in carp H1 cells, from which this receptor has been thought to be absent, and this receptor may play a role in modulating cone-driven signal of horizontal cells in the dark.
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- Yin Shen
- Institute of Neurobiology, Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Tian M, Yang XL. C-type natriuretic peptide modulates glutamate receptors on cultured rat retinal amacrine cells. Neuroscience 2006; 139:1211-20. [PMID: 16600513 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.02.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2005] [Revised: 02/08/2006] [Accepted: 02/23/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
Abstract
C-type natriuretic peptide, widely distributed in the CNS, may work as a neuromodulator. In this work, we investigated modulation by C-type natriuretic peptide of functional properties of glutamate receptors in rat retinal GABAergic amacrine cells in culture. Immunocytochemical data revealed that natriuretic peptide receptor-B was strongly expressed on the membrane of cultured GABAergic amacrine cells. By whole cell recording techniques we further identified the glutamate receptor expressed on the GABAergic amacrine cells as an AMPA-preferring subtype. Incubation with C-type natriuretic peptide suppressed the AMPA receptor-mediated current of these cells in a dose-dependent manner by decreasing the efficacy and apparent affinity for glutamate. The effect of C-type natriuretic peptide was reversed by HS-142-1, a guanylyl cyclase-coupled natriuretic peptide receptor-A/B antagonist. Meanwhile, the selective natriuretic peptide receptor-C agonist cANF did not change the glutamate current. In conjunction with the immunocytochemical data, these results suggest that the C-type natriuretic peptide effect may be mediated by natriuretic peptide receptor-B. Furthermore, incubation of retinal cultures in the C-type natriuretic peptide-containing medium elevated cGMP immunoreactivity in the GABAergic amacrine cells, and the C-type natriuretic peptide effect on the glutamate current was mimicked by application of 8-Br-cGMP. It is therefore concluded that C-type natriuretic peptide may modulate the glutamate current by increasing the intracellular concentration of cGMP in these cells via activation of natriuretic peptide receptor-B.
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Affiliation(s)
- M Tian
- Institute of Neurobiology, Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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