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Pastor-Alonso O, Durá I, Bernardo-Castro S, Varea E, Muro-García T, Martín-Suárez S, Encinas-Pérez JM, Pineda JR. HB-EGF activates EGFR to induce reactive neural stem cells in the mouse hippocampus after seizures. Life Sci Alliance 2024; 7:e202201840. [PMID: 38977310 PMCID: PMC11231495 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202201840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2022] [Revised: 06/18/2024] [Accepted: 06/20/2024] [Indexed: 07/10/2024] Open
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Hippocampal seizures mimicking mesial temporal lobe epilepsy cause a profound disruption of the adult neurogenic niche in mice. Seizures provoke neural stem cells to switch to a reactive phenotype (reactive neural stem cells, React-NSCs) characterized by multibranched hypertrophic morphology, massive activation to enter mitosis, symmetric division, and final differentiation into reactive astrocytes. As a result, neurogenesis is chronically impaired. Here, using a mouse model of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy, we show that the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) signaling pathway is key for the induction of React-NSCs and that its inhibition exerts a beneficial effect on the neurogenic niche. We show that during the initial days after the induction of seizures by a single intrahippocampal injection of kainic acid, a strong release of zinc and heparin-binding epidermal growth factor, both activators of the EGFR signaling pathway in neural stem cells, is produced. Administration of the EGFR inhibitor gefitinib, a chemotherapeutic in clinical phase IV, prevents the induction of React-NSCs and preserves neurogenesis.
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- Oier Pastor-Alonso
- Laboratory of Neural Stem Cells and Neurogenesis, Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Laboratory of Neural Stem Cells and Neurogenesis, Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Laboratory of Neural Stem Cells and Neurogenesis, Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Faculty of Biology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Laboratory of Neural Stem Cells and Neurogenesis, Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Laboratory of Neural Stem Cells and Neurogenesis, Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Laboratory of Neural Stem Cells and Neurogenesis, Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience, Bizkaia, Spain
- Ikerbasque, The Basque Foundation for Science, Bizkaia, Spain
- Department of Neurosciences, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Bizkaia, Spain
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- Laboratory of Neural Stem Cells and Neurogenesis, Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience, Bizkaia, Spain
- Signaling Lab, Department of Cell Biology and Histology, Faculty of Medicine and Nursing, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Bizkaia, Spain
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Kaur A, Raji, Verma V, Goel RK. Strategic pathway analysis for dual management of epilepsy and comorbid depression: a systems biology perspective. In Silico Pharmacol 2024; 12:36. [PMID: 38699778 PMCID: PMC11061056 DOI: 10.1007/s40203-024-00208-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2024] [Accepted: 04/01/2024] [Indexed: 05/05/2024] Open
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Depression is a common psychiatric comorbidity among patients with epilepsy (PWE), affecting more than a third of PWE. Management of depression may improve quality of life of epileptic patients. Unfortunately, available antidepressants worsen epilepsy by reducing the seizure threshold. This situation demands search of new safer target for combined directorate of epilepsy and comorbid depression. A system biology approach may be useful to find novel pathways/markers for the cure of both epilepsy and associated depression via analyzing available genomic and proteomic information. Hence, the system biology approach using curated 64 seed genes involved in temporal lobe epilepsy and mental depression was applied. The interplay of 600 potential proteins was revealed by the Disease Module Detection (DIAMOnD) Algorithm for the treatment of both epilepsy and comorbid depression using these seed genes. The gene enrichment analysis of seed and diamond genes through DAVID suggested 95 pathways. Selected pathways were refined based on their syn or anti role in epilepsy and depression. In conclusion, total 8 pathways and 27 DIAMOnD genes/proteins were finally deduced as potential new targets for modulation of selected pathways to manage epilepsy and comorbid depression. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s40203-024-00208-1.
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- Arvinder Kaur
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab India 147002
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab India 147002
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab India 147002
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab India 147002
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Ledesma-Corvi S, García-Fuster MJ. Electroconvulsive seizures regulate various stages of hippocampal cell genesis and mBDNF at different times after treatment in adolescent and adult rats of both sexes. Front Mol Neurosci 2023; 16:1275783. [PMID: 37965039 PMCID: PMC10642262 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2023.1275783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2023] [Accepted: 10/16/2023] [Indexed: 11/16/2023] Open
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Electroconvulsive therapy, a fast-acting option for treatment-resistant depression, is modeled at the preclinical level through the induction of electroconvulsive seizures (ECS) in rodents. Recent studies from our group proved sex- and age-differences in the antidepressant-like response elicited by ECS in rats; while an antidepressant-like response was observed in male adolescent and adult rats (although with greater efficacy in adulthood), the same parameters rendered inefficacious in females of any age. To better understand the potential sex differences taking place at the molecular level that might be mediating these behavioral disparities, we evaluated the impact of a repeated treatment with ECS (95 mA for 0.6 s, 100 Hz, 0.6 ms) in adolescent and adult rats of both sexes. Several hippocampal markers of neuroplasticity, commonly regulated by most antidepressants, such as those of neurogenesis (cell proliferation, neurogenic differentiation, long-term cell survival) or mBDNF and associated signaling (e.g., mTOR and ERK1/2) were evaluated at different time-points after treatment (1-, 8-, 15- and up to 30-days post-treatment). The main results demonstrated that ECS improved the survival rate of new cells born in the dentate gryus before treatment. Moreover, ECS increased cell proliferation and neurogenic differentiation at different times post-treatment, paired with persistent increases in mBDNF, observed long after treatment. In general, effects were different for each sex and varied with the age of the animal (adolescent vs. adulthood). The present study is the first-one to demonstrate that such persistent molecular changes induced by ECS in hippocampus, some of them observed up to 30-days post-treatment, also occurred in female rats and adolescence. Although these molecular changes could not justify the lack of ECS efficacy described by these same parameters of ECS in female rats (vs. male rats), they proposed certain beneficial effects common to both sexes, and age periods studied, opening the avenue for further studies. Based on these neurochemical effects, ECS should have displayed similar efficacies for both biological sexes. Therefore, the reason behind these disparities should be further explored to better translate efficacious treatments specific and/or personalized for each sex to the clinic.
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- Sandra Ledesma-Corvi
- IUNICS, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma, Spain
- Health Research Institute of Balearic Islands (IdISBa), Palma, Spain
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- IUNICS, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma, Spain
- Health Research Institute of Balearic Islands (IdISBa), Palma, Spain
- Department of Medicine, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma, Spain
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Ledesma-Corvi S, García-Fuster MJ. Comparing the antidepressant-like effects of electroconvulsive seizures in adolescent and adult female rats: an intensity dose-response study. Biol Sex Differ 2023; 14:67. [PMID: 37777813 PMCID: PMC10541687 DOI: 10.1186/s13293-023-00552-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2023] [Accepted: 09/22/2023] [Indexed: 10/02/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The induction of electroconvulsive seizures (ECS) in rodents induces sex- and age-specific disparities in antidepressant-like responses, with females and young age being the most unresponsive ones. Since the electrical charge needed to induce an effective convulsion is also altered by these variables, our aim was to compare different dose-intensities of ECS exclusively in female rats, since there is a lack of preclinical data characterizing this particular sex, while also evaluating efficacy during distinctive age periods of treatment (adolescence vs. adulthood). METHODS Adolescent and adult female Sprague-Dawley rats were exposed to an intensity dose-response study (55, 75 or 95 mA; 0.6 s, 100 Hz, 1 session/day, 5 days). The particular characteristics of the induced convulsions (tonic, clonic, recovery times) were monitored during treatment. Antidepressant-like responses were evaluated under the stress of the forced-swim test 1-, 3-, and 7-days post-treatment (i.e., improved immobility time as an indicative of an antidepressant-like response), and brains were collected 24 h later (8 days post-treatment) to evaluate potential changes in hippocampal neurogenesis (Ki-67 and NeuroD) by immunohistochemistry. RESULTS The lowest intensities tested of ECS (55 and 75 mA) induced an antidepressant-like effect in adult female rats, but rendered insufficient in adolescence. The lack of efficacy observed in adolescent rats paralleled differences in the characteristics of the seizures induced by ECS as compared to adulthood. In line with prior results, different dose-intensities of ECS modulated hippocampal neurogenesis in a comparable fashion with age (i.e., increased survival of neural progenitors 8 days post-treatment). CONCLUSIONS In conjunction, these results reinforce the importance of fine-tuning the parameters of ECS that might render efficacious while considering sex and age as essential variables for treatment response, and suggest that other molecular mechanisms, beside the partial role of hippocampal neurogenesis, might be participating in the antidepressant-like effects induced by ECS.
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- Sandra Ledesma-Corvi
- IUNICS, University of the Balearic Islands, Cra. de Valldemossa Km 7.5, 07122, Palma, Spain
- Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), Palma, Spain
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- IUNICS, University of the Balearic Islands, Cra. de Valldemossa Km 7.5, 07122, Palma, Spain.
- Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), Palma, Spain.
- Department of Medicine, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma, Spain.
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Geribaldi-Doldán N, Carrascal L, Pérez-García P, Oliva-Montero JM, Pardillo-Díaz R, Domínguez-García S, Bernal-Utrera C, Gómez-Oliva R, Martínez-Ortega S, Verástegui C, Nunez-Abades P, Castro C. Migratory Response of Cells in Neurogenic Niches to Neuronal Death: The Onset of Harmonic Repair? Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24076587. [PMID: 37047560 PMCID: PMC10095545 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24076587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2023] [Revised: 03/23/2023] [Accepted: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 04/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Harmonic mechanisms orchestrate neurogenesis in the healthy brain within specific neurogenic niches, which generate neurons from neural stem cells as a homeostatic mechanism. These newly generated neurons integrate into existing neuronal circuits to participate in different brain tasks. Despite the mechanisms that protect the mammalian brain, this organ is susceptible to many different types of damage that result in the loss of neuronal tissue and therefore in alterations in the functionality of the affected regions. Nevertheless, the mammalian brain has developed mechanisms to respond to these injuries, potentiating its capacity to generate new neurons from neural stem cells and altering the homeostatic processes that occur in neurogenic niches. These alterations may lead to the generation of new neurons within the damaged brain regions. Notwithstanding, the activation of these repair mechanisms, regeneration of neuronal tissue within brain injuries does not naturally occur. In this review, we discuss how the different neurogenic niches respond to different types of brain injuries, focusing on the capacity of the progenitors generated in these niches to migrate to the injured regions and activate repair mechanisms. We conclude that the search for pharmacological drugs that stimulate the migration of newly generated neurons to brain injuries may result in the development of therapies to repair the damaged brain tissue.
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- Noelia Geribaldi-Doldán
- Departamento de Anatomía y Embriología Humanas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Cádiz, 11003 Cádiz, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación e Innovación Biomédica de Cádiz (INiBICA), 11009 Cádiz, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación e Innovación Biomédica de Cádiz (INiBICA), 11009 Cádiz, Spain
- Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Sevilla, 41012 Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación e Innovación Biomédica de Cádiz (INiBICA), 11009 Cádiz, Spain
- Departamento de Biomedicina, Biotecnología y Salud Pública, Área de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Cádiz, 11003 Cádiz, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación e Innovación Biomédica de Cádiz (INiBICA), 11009 Cádiz, Spain
- Departamento de Biomedicina, Biotecnología y Salud Pública, Área de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Cádiz, 11003 Cádiz, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación e Innovación Biomédica de Cádiz (INiBICA), 11009 Cádiz, Spain
- Departamento de Biomedicina, Biotecnología y Salud Pública, Área de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Cádiz, 11003 Cádiz, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación e Innovación Biomédica de Cádiz (INiBICA), 11009 Cádiz, Spain
- Departamento de Biomedicina, Biotecnología y Salud Pública, Área de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Cádiz, 11003 Cádiz, Spain
- Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Biomedicum, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Instituto de Investigación e Innovación Biomédica de Cádiz (INiBICA), 11009 Cádiz, Spain
- Departamento de Fisioterapia, Facultad de Enfermería, Fisioterapia y Podología, Universidad de Sevilla, 41009 Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación e Innovación Biomédica de Cádiz (INiBICA), 11009 Cádiz, Spain
- Departamento de Biomedicina, Biotecnología y Salud Pública, Área de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Cádiz, 11003 Cádiz, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación e Innovación Biomédica de Cádiz (INiBICA), 11009 Cádiz, Spain
- Departamento de Biomedicina, Biotecnología y Salud Pública, Área de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Cádiz, 11003 Cádiz, Spain
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- Departamento de Anatomía y Embriología Humanas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Cádiz, 11003 Cádiz, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación e Innovación Biomédica de Cádiz (INiBICA), 11009 Cádiz, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación e Innovación Biomédica de Cádiz (INiBICA), 11009 Cádiz, Spain
- Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Sevilla, 41012 Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación e Innovación Biomédica de Cádiz (INiBICA), 11009 Cádiz, Spain
- Departamento de Biomedicina, Biotecnología y Salud Pública, Área de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Cádiz, 11003 Cádiz, Spain
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Li Z, Zhao Z, Nan Z, Duan J, Zhang S, Zhang Z, Huang C. A terrifying sound stress inhibits hippocampal neurogenesis in the adult male mice. Int J Dev Neurosci 2021; 82:63-71. [PMID: 34783064 DOI: 10.1002/jdn.10160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2021] [Revised: 10/28/2021] [Accepted: 11/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Stress impairs hippocampal neurogenesis. The traditional animal model of stress contains a mixture of physical and psychological stress factors. This leads to difficulty in the evaluation of the effect of pure psychological stress on neurogenesis. In this study, we investigated the effect of pure psychological stress on hippocampal neurogenesis. The pure psychological stress model and the mixed stress model were carried out by terrifying sound and restraint, respectively. The open field test showed that restraint treatment improved the general locomotor activity levels, while terrifying sound treatment had opposite effects. Compared with a normal condition, both terrifying sound stimulation and restraint treatment significantly decreased the number of BrdU and Ki-67 and reduced the positive rate of SOX2/GFAP in the hippocampus. These phenomena indicated that pure psychological stress could decrease the number of neural stem cells and inhibit cell proliferation in the hippocampus of a mouse. Furthermore, compared with the restraint treatment, the neurotransmitters including norepinephrine (NE), 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) had not been affected drastically by terrifying sound stimulation. Our results suggest that the terrifying sound stimulation can be considered as a novel and effective pure psychological stress animal model for the further research on the hippocampus.
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- Zhaoxin Li
- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics/Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics/Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics/Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics/Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics/Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, China
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- Institute of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics/Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, China.,Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Translational Medicine Institute, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, China
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Nawarawong NN, Nickell CG, Hopkins DM, Pauly JR, Nixon K. Functional Activation of Newborn Neurons Following Alcohol-Induced Reactive Neurogenesis. Brain Sci 2021; 11:499. [PMID: 33921189 PMCID: PMC8071556 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci11040499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2021] [Revised: 04/10/2021] [Accepted: 04/11/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Abstinence after alcohol dependence leads to structural and functional recovery in many regions of the brain, especially the hippocampus. Significant increases in neural stem cell (NSC) proliferation and subsequent "reactive neurogenesis" coincides with structural recovery in hippocampal dentate gyrus (DG). However, whether these reactively born neurons are integrated appropriately into neural circuits remains unknown. Therefore, adult male rats were exposed to a binge model of alcohol dependence. On day 7 of abstinence, the peak of reactive NSC proliferation, rats were injected with bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) to label dividing cells. After six weeks, rats underwent Morris Water Maze (MWM) training then were sacrificed ninety minutes after the final training session. Using fluorescent immunohistochemistry for c-Fos (neuronal activation), BrdU, and Neuronal Nuclei (NeuN), we investigated whether neurons born during reactive neurogenesis were incorporated into a newly learned MWM neuronal ensemble. Prior alcohol exposure increased the number of BrdU+ cells and newborn neurons (BrdU+/NeuN+ cells) in the DG versus controls. However, prior ethanol exposure had no significant impact on MWM-induced c-Fos expression. Despite increased BrdU+ neurons, no difference in the number of activated newborn neurons (BrdU+/c-Fos+/NeuN+) was observed. These data suggest that neurons born during alcohol-induced reactive neurogenesis are functionally integrated into hippocampal circuitry.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA; (C.G.N.); (D.M.H.); (J.R.P.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA; (C.G.N.); (D.M.H.); (J.R.P.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA; (C.G.N.); (D.M.H.); (J.R.P.)
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- College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA;
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA; (C.G.N.); (D.M.H.); (J.R.P.)
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Quiescence is a cellular state in which a cell remains out of the cell cycle but retains the capacity to divide. The unique ability of adult stem cells to maintain quiescence is crucial for life-long tissue homeostasis and regenerative capacity. Quiescence has long been viewed as an inactive state but recent studies have shown that it is in fact an actively regulated process and that adult stem cells are highly reactive to extrinsic stimuli. This has fuelled hopes of boosting the reactivation potential of adult stem cells to improve tissue function during ageing. In this Review, we provide a perspective of the quiescent state and discuss how quiescent adult stem cells transition into the cell cycle. We also discuss current challenges in the field, highlighting recent technical advances that could help overcome some of these challenges.
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- Noelia Urbán
- Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA), Vienna Biocenter Campus (VBC), Dr. Bohr Gasse 3, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Life Science, Center for Stem Cell Research, Center of Systems Biology and Human Health, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, and Molecular Neuroscience Center, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
- Hong Kong Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Hong Kong Science Park, Hong Kong, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Brain Science, Disease and Drug Development, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen-Hong Kong Institute of Brain Science, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518057, China
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Podgorny OV, Gulyaeva NV. Glucocorticoid-mediated mechanisms of hippocampal damage: Contribution of subgranular neurogenesis. J Neurochem 2020; 157:370-392. [PMID: 33301616 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.15265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2020] [Revised: 11/09/2020] [Accepted: 11/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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A comprehensive overview of the interplay between glucocorticoids (GCs) and adult hippocampal neurogenesis (AHN) is presented, particularly, in the context of a diseased brain. The effectors of GCs in the dentate gyrus neurogenic niche of the hippocampal are reviewed, and the consequences of the GC signaling on the generation and integration of new neurons are discussed. Recent findings demonstrating how GC signaling mediates impairments of the AHN in various brain pathologies are overviewed. GC-mediated effects on the generation and integration of adult-born neurons in the hippocampal dentate gyrus depend on the nature, severity, and duration of the acting stress factor. GCs realize their effects on the AHN primarily via specific glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid receptors. Disruption of the reciprocal regulation between the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and the generation of the adult-born granular neurons is currently considered to be a key mechanism implicating the AHN into the pathogenesis of numerous brain diseases, including those without a direct hippocampal damage. These alterations vary from reduced proliferation of stem and progenitor cells to increased cell death and abnormalities in morphology, connectivity, and localization of young neurons. Although the involvement of the mutual regulation between the HPA axis and the AHN in the pathogenesis of cognitive deficits and mood impairments is evident, several unresolved critical issues are stated. Understanding the details of GC-mediated mechanisms involved in the alterations in AHN could enable the identification of molecular targets for ameliorating pathology-induced imbalance in the HPA axis/AHN mutual regulation to conquer cognitive and psychiatric disturbances.
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- Oleg V Podgorny
- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.,Center for Precision Genome Editing and Genetic Technologies for Biomedicine, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia.,Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.,Research and Clinical Center for Neuropsychiatry of Moscow Healthcare Department, Moscow, Russia
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Leptin enhances adult neurogenesis and reduces pathological features in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiol Dis 2020; 148:105219. [PMID: 33301880 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2020.105219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2020] [Revised: 11/18/2020] [Accepted: 12/03/2020] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common dementia worldwide and is characterized by the presence of senile plaques by amyloid-beta (Aβ) and neurofibrillary tangles of hyperphosphorylated Tau protein. These changes lead to progressive neuronal degeneration and dysfunction, resulting in severe brain atrophy and cognitive deficits. With the discovery that neurogenesis persists in the adult mammalian brain, including brain regions affected by AD, studies of the use of neural stem cells (NSCs) for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases to repair or prevent neuronal cell loss have increased. Here we demonstrate that leptin administration increases the neurogenic process in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus as well as in the subventricular zone of lateral ventricles of adult and aged mice. Chronic treatment with leptin increased NSCs proliferation with significant effects on proliferation and differentiation of newborn cells. The expression of the long form of the leptin receptor, LepRb, was detected in the neurogenic niches by reverse qPCR and immunohistochemistry. Moreover, leptin modulated astrogliosis, microglial cell number and the formation of senile plaques. Additionally, leptin led to attenuation of Aβ-induced neurodegeneration and superoxide anion production as revealed by Fluoro-Jade B and dihydroethidium staining. Our study contributes to the understanding of the effects of leptin in the brain that may lead to the development of new therapies to treat Alzheimer's disease.
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García-Cabrerizo R, Ledesma-Corvi S, Bis-Humbert C, García-Fuster MJ. Sex differences in the antidepressant-like potential of repeated electroconvulsive seizures in adolescent and adult rats: Regulation of the early stages of hippocampal neurogenesis. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 2020; 41:132-145. [PMID: 33160794 DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2020.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2020] [Revised: 10/06/2020] [Accepted: 10/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Age and sex are critical factors for the diagnosis and treatment of major depression, since there is a well-known age-by-sex difference in the prevalence of major depression (being females the most vulnerable ones) and in antidepressant efficacy (being adolescence a less responsive period than adulthood). Although the induction of electroconvulsive seizures (ECS) is a very old technique in humans, there is not much evidence reporting sex- and age-specific aspects of this treatment. The present study evaluated the antidepressant- and neurogenic-like potential of repeated ECS across time in adolescent and adult rats (naïve or in a model of early life stress capable of mimicking a pro-depressive phenotype), while including a sex perspective. The main results demonstrated age- and sex-specific differences in the antidepressant-like potential of repeated ECS, since it worked when administered during adolescence or adulthood in male rats (although with a shorter length in adolescence), while in females rendered deleterious during adolescence and ineffective in adulthood. Yet, repeated ECS increased cell proliferation and vastly boosted young neuronal survival in a time-dependent manner for both sexes and independently of age. Moreover, pharmacological inhibition of basal cell proliferation prevented the antidepressant-like effect induced by repeated ECS in male rats, but only partially blocked the very robust increase in the initial cell markers of hippocampal neurogenesis. Overall, the present results suggest that the induction of the early phases of neurogenesis by ECS, besides having a role in mediating its antidepressant-like effect, might participate in some other neuroplastic actions, opening the path for future studies.
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- Rubén García-Cabrerizo
- IUNICS, University of the Balearic Islands, Cra. de Valldemossa km 7.5, E-07122 Palma, Spain; Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), Palma, Spain; Present address: APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- IUNICS, University of the Balearic Islands, Cra. de Valldemossa km 7.5, E-07122 Palma, Spain; Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), Palma, Spain
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- IUNICS, University of the Balearic Islands, Cra. de Valldemossa km 7.5, E-07122 Palma, Spain; Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), Palma, Spain
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- IUNICS, University of the Balearic Islands, Cra. de Valldemossa km 7.5, E-07122 Palma, Spain; Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), Palma, Spain.
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Metabolic tuning of inhibition regulates hippocampal neurogenesis in the adult brain. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:25818-25829. [PMID: 32973092 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2006138117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Hippocampus-engaged behaviors stimulate neurogenesis in the adult dentate gyrus by largely unknown means. To explore the underlying mechanisms, we used tetrode recording to analyze neuronal activity in the dentate gyrus of freely moving adult mice during hippocampus-engaged contextual exploration. We found that exploration induced an overall sustained increase in inhibitory neuron activity that was concomitant with decreased excitatory neuron activity. A mathematical model based on energy homeostasis in the dentate gyrus showed that enhanced inhibition and decreased excitation resulted in a similar increase in neurogenesis to that observed experimentally. To mechanistically investigate this sustained inhibitory regulation, we performed metabolomic and lipidomic profiling of the hippocampus during exploration. We found sustainably increased signaling of sphingosine-1-phosphate, a bioactive metabolite, during exploration. Furthermore, we found that sphingosine-1-phosphate signaling through its receptor 2 increased interneuron activity and thus mediated exploration-induced neurogenesis. Taken together, our findings point to a behavior-metabolism circuit pathway through which experience regulates adult hippocampal neurogenesis.
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Jure I, De Nicola AF, Encinas JM, Labombarda F. Spinal Cord Injury Leads to Hippocampal Glial Alterations and Neural Stem Cell Inactivation. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2020; 42:197-215. [PMID: 32537668 DOI: 10.1007/s10571-020-00900-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2020] [Accepted: 06/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The hippocampus encodes spatial and contextual information involved in memory and learning. The incorporation of new neurons into hippocampal networks increases neuroplasticity and enhances hippocampal-dependent learning performances. Only few studies have described hippocampal abnormalities after spinal cord injury (SCI) although cognitive deficits related to hippocampal function have been reported in rodents and even humans. The aim of this study was to characterize in further detail hippocampal changes in the acute and chronic SCI. Our data suggested that neurogenesis reduction in the acute phase after SCI could be due to enhanced death of amplifying neural progenitors (ANPs). In addition, astrocytes became reactive and microglial cells increased their number in almost all hippocampal regions studied. Glial changes resulted in a non-inflammatory response as the mRNAs of the major pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-1β, TNFα, IL-18) remained unaltered, but CD200R mRNA levels were downregulated. Long-term after SCI, astrocytes remained reactive but on the other hand, microglial cell density decreased. Also, glial cells induced a neuroinflammatory environment with the upregulation of IL-1β, TNFα and IL-18 mRNA expression and the decrease of CD200R mRNA. Neurogenesis reduction may be ascribed at later time points to inactivation of neural stem cells (NSCs) and inhibition of ANP proliferation. The number of granular cells and CA1 pyramidal neurons decreased only in the chronic phase. The release of pro-inflammatory cytokines at the chronic phase might involve neurogenesis reduction and neurodegeneration of hippocampal neurons. Therefore, SCI led to hippocampal changes that could be implicated in cognitive deficits observed in rodents and humans.
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- Ignacio Jure
- Laboratory of Neuroendocrine Biochemistry, IBYME-CONICET., Instituto de Biologia Y Medicina Experimental, Vuelta de Obligado 2490, 1428, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratory of Neuroendocrine Biochemistry, IBYME-CONICET., Instituto de Biologia Y Medicina Experimental, Vuelta de Obligado 2490, 1428, Buenos Aires, Argentina.,Department of Human Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Buenos Aires University, Paraguay 2155, C1121A6B, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratory of Neural Stem Cells and Neurogenesis, Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience. Sede Bldg. Campus, UPV/EHU, Barrio Sarriena S/N, 48940, Leioa, Spain
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- Laboratory of Neuroendocrine Biochemistry, IBYME-CONICET., Instituto de Biologia Y Medicina Experimental, Vuelta de Obligado 2490, 1428, Buenos Aires, Argentina. .,Department of Human Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Buenos Aires University, Paraguay 2155, C1121A6B, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Excitation/inhibition imbalance and impaired neurogenesis in neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders. Rev Neurosci 2019; 30:807-820. [DOI: 10.1515/revneuro-2019-0014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Accepted: 04/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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AbstractThe excitation/inhibition (E/I) balance controls the synaptic inputs to prevent the inappropriate responses of neurons to input strength, and is required to restore the initial pattern of network activity. Various neurotransmitters affect synaptic plasticity within neural networks via the modulation of neuronal E/I balance in the developing and adult brain. Less is known about the role of E/I balance in the control of the development of the neural stem and progenitor cells in the course of neurogenesis and gliogenesis. Recent findings suggest that neural stem and progenitor cells appear to be the target for the action of GABA within the neurogenic or oligovascular niches. The same might be true for the role of neuropeptides (i.e. oxytocin) in neurogenic niches. This review covers current understanding of the role of E/I balance in the regulation of neuroplasticity associated with social behavior in normal brain, and in neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative diseases. Further studies are required to decipher the GABA-mediated regulation of postnatal neurogenesis and synaptic integration of newly-born neurons as a potential target for the treatment of brain diseases.
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Retinoic Acid Is Required for Neural Stem and Progenitor Cell Proliferation in the Adult Hippocampus. Stem Cell Reports 2018; 10:1705-1720. [PMID: 29805108 PMCID: PMC5993652 DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2018.04.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2017] [Revised: 04/26/2018] [Accepted: 04/26/2018] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Neural stem and precursor cell (NSPC) proliferation in the rodent adult hippocampus is essential to maintain stem cell populations and produce new neurons. Retinoic acid (RA) signaling is implicated in regulation of adult hippocampal neurogenesis, but its exact role in control of NSPC behavior has not been examined. We show RA signaling in all hippocampal NSPC subtypes and that inhibition of RA synthesis or signaling significantly decreases NSPC proliferation via abrogation of cell-cycle kinetics and cell-cycle regulators. RA signaling controls NSPC proliferation through hypoxia inducible factor-1α (HIF1α), where stabilization of HIF1α concurrent with disruption of RA signaling can prevent NSPC defects. These studies demonstrate a cell-autonomous role for RA signaling in hippocampal NSPCs that substantially broadens RA's function beyond its well-described role in neuronal differentiation.
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Barbieri R, Contestabile A, Ciardo MG, Forte N, Marte A, Baldelli P, Benfenati F, Onofri F. Synapsin I and Synapsin II regulate neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus of adult mice. Oncotarget 2018; 9:18760-18774. [PMID: 29721159 PMCID: PMC5922353 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.24655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2017] [Accepted: 02/25/2018] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Adult neurogenesis is emerging as an important player in brain functions and homeostasis, while impaired or altered adult neurogenesis has been associated with a number of neuropsychiatric diseases, such as depression and epilepsy. Here we investigated the possibility that synapsins (Syns) I and II, beyond their known functions in developing and mature neurons, also play a role in adult neurogenesis. We performed a systematic evaluation of the distinct stages of neurogenesis in the hippocampal dentate gyrus of Syn I and Syn II knockout (KO) mice, before (2-months-old) and after (6-months-old) the appearance of the epileptic phenotype. We found that Syns I and II play an important role in the regulation of adult neurogenesis. In juvenile mice, Syn II deletion was associated with a specific decrease in the proliferation of neuronal progenitors, whereas Syn I deletion impaired the survival of newborn neurons. These defects were reverted after the appearance of the epileptic phenotype, with Syn I KO and Syn II KO mice exhibiting significant increases in survival and proliferation, respectively. Interestingly, long-term potentiation dependent on newborn neurons was present in both juvenile Syn mutants while, at later ages, it was only preserved in Syn II KO mice that also displayed an increased expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor. This study suggests that Syns I and II play a role in adult neurogenesis and the defects in neurogenesis associated with Syn deletion may contribute to the alterations of cognitive functions observed in Syn-deficient mice.
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- Raffaella Barbieri
- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genova, 16132, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience and Brain Technologies, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 16163, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genova, 16132, Genova, Italy
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- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 16132, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genova, 16132, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genova, 16132, Genova, Italy.,Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 16132, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genova, 16132, Genova, Italy.,Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 16132, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genova, 16132, Genova, Italy
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Le Duigou C, Savary E, Morin-Brureau M, Gomez-Dominguez D, Sobczyk A, Chali F, Milior G, Kraus L, Meier JC, Kullmann DM, Mathon B, de la Prida LM, Dorfmuller G, Pallud J, Eugène E, Clemenceau S, Miles R. Imaging pathological activities of human brain tissue in organotypic culture. J Neurosci Methods 2018; 298:33-44. [PMID: 29427611 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2018.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2017] [Revised: 01/27/2018] [Accepted: 02/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Insights into human brain diseases may emerge from tissue obtained after operations on patients. However techniques requiring transduction of transgenes carried by viral vectors cannot be applied to acute human tissue. NEW METHOD We show that organotypic culture techniques can be used to maintain tissue from patients with three different neurological syndromes for several weeks in vitro. Optimized viral vector techniques and promoters for transgene expression are described. RESULTS Region-specific differences in neuronal form, firing pattern and organization as well as pathological activities were maintained over 40-50 days in culture. Both adeno-associated virus and lentivirus based vectors were persistently expressed from ∼10 days after application, providing 30-40 days to exploit genetically expressed constructs. Different promoters, including hSyn, e/hSyn, CMV and CaMKII, provided cell-type specific transgene expression. The Ca probe GCaMP let us explore epileptogenic synchrony and a FRET-based probe was used to follow activity of the kinase mTORC1. COMPARISON WITH EXISTING METHODS The use of a defined culture medium, with low concentrations of amino acids and no growth factors, permitted organotypic culture of tissue from humans aged 3-62 years. Epileptic activity was maintained and excitability changed relatively little until ∼6 weeks in culture. CONCLUSIONS Characteristic morphology and region-specific neuronal activities are maintained in organotypic culture of tissue from patients diagnosed with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy, cortical dysplasia and cortical glioblastoma. Viral vector techniques permit expression of probes for long-term measurements of multi-cellular activity and intra-cellular signaling.
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- Caroline Le Duigou
- Cortex & Epilepsie, Inserm U1127, CNRS UMR7225, UPMC Univ Paris 6, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, Paris, 75013, France, France.
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- Cortex & Epilepsie, Inserm U1127, CNRS UMR7225, UPMC Univ Paris 6, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, Paris, 75013, France, France.
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- Cortex & Epilepsie, Inserm U1127, CNRS UMR7225, UPMC Univ Paris 6, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, Paris, 75013, France, France
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- Instituto Cajal, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Madrid, E-28002, Spain
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- Cortex & Epilepsie, Inserm U1127, CNRS UMR7225, UPMC Univ Paris 6, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, Paris, 75013, France, France
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- Cortex & Epilepsie, Inserm U1127, CNRS UMR7225, UPMC Univ Paris 6, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, Paris, 75013, France, France
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- Cortex & Epilepsie, Inserm U1127, CNRS UMR7225, UPMC Univ Paris 6, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, Paris, 75013, France, France
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- Cell Physiology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany; Charite Universitätsmedizin, Clinical and Experimental Epileptology, Berlin, Germany; Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), 10178, Berlin, Germany
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- Cell Physiology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Neurochirurgie, AP-HP, GH Pitie-Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, Paris, 75013, France
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- Neurochirurgie, Fondation Ophtalmologique Rothschild, 75019, Paris, France
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- Neurochirurgie, Hôpital Sainte-Anne, Paris Descartes University, IMA-BRAIN, Inserm, U894 Centre de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, Paris, 75014, France
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- Inserm U839, UPMC Univ Paris 6, Institut du Fer-à-Moulin, Paris, 75005, France
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- Neurochirurgie, AP-HP, GH Pitie-Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, Paris, 75013, France
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- Cortex & Epilepsie, Inserm U1127, CNRS UMR7225, UPMC Univ Paris 6, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, Paris, 75013, France, France.
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Palma-Tortosa S, García-Culebras A, Moraga A, Hurtado O, Perez-Ruiz A, Durán-Laforet V, Parra JDL, Cuartero MI, Pradillo JM, Moro MA, Lizasoain I. Specific Features of SVZ Neurogenesis After Cortical Ischemia: a Longitudinal Study. Sci Rep 2017; 7:16343. [PMID: 29180821 PMCID: PMC5703956 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-16109-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2017] [Accepted: 11/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Stroke is a devastating disease with an increasing prevalence. Part of the current development in stroke therapy is focused in the chronic phase, where neurorepair mechanisms such as neurogenesis, are involved. In the adult brain, one of the regions where neurogenesis takes place is the subventricular zone (SVZ) of the lateral ventricles. Given the possibility to develop pharmacological therapies to stimulate this process, we have performed a longitudinal analysis of neurogenesis in a model of cortical ischemia in mice. Our results show an initial decrease of SVZ proliferation at 24 h, followed by a recovery leading to an increase at 14d and a second decrease 28d after stroke. Coinciding with the 24 h proliferation decrease, an increase in the eutopic neuroblast migration towards the olfactory bulb was observed. The analysis of the neuroblast ectopic migration from the SVZ toward the lesion showed an increase in this process from day 14 after the insult. Finally, our data revealed an increased number of new cortical neurons in the peri-infarct cortex 65d after the insult. In summary, we report here critical check-points about post-stroke neurogenesis after cortical infarcts, important for the pharmacological modulation of this process in stroke patients.
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- S Palma-Tortosa
- Unidad de Investigación Neurovascular, Departamento de Farmacología and Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Neuroquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense; Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 Octubre (i+12), Madrid, Spain
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- Unidad de Investigación Neurovascular, Departamento de Farmacología and Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Neuroquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense; Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 Octubre (i+12), Madrid, Spain
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- Unidad de Investigación Neurovascular, Departamento de Farmacología and Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Neuroquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense; Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 Octubre (i+12), Madrid, Spain
- James Black Centre, Cardiovascular Division, King's College London BHF Centre, London, United Kingdom
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- Unidad de Investigación Neurovascular, Departamento de Farmacología and Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Neuroquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense; Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 Octubre (i+12), Madrid, Spain
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- Unidad de Investigación Neurovascular, Departamento de Farmacología and Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Neuroquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense; Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 Octubre (i+12), Madrid, Spain
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- Unidad de Investigación Neurovascular, Departamento de Farmacología and Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Neuroquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense; Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 Octubre (i+12), Madrid, Spain
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- Unidad de Investigación Neurovascular, Departamento de Farmacología and Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Neuroquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense; Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 Octubre (i+12), Madrid, Spain
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- Unidad de Investigación Neurovascular, Departamento de Farmacología and Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Neuroquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense; Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 Octubre (i+12), Madrid, Spain
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- Unidad de Investigación Neurovascular, Departamento de Farmacología and Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Neuroquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense; Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 Octubre (i+12), Madrid, Spain.
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- Unidad de Investigación Neurovascular, Departamento de Farmacología and Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Neuroquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense; Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 Octubre (i+12), Madrid, Spain
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- Unidad de Investigación Neurovascular, Departamento de Farmacología and Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Neuroquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense; Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 Octubre (i+12), Madrid, Spain.
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Grade S, Götz M. Neuronal replacement therapy: previous achievements and challenges ahead. NPJ Regen Med 2017; 2:29. [PMID: 29302363 PMCID: PMC5677983 DOI: 10.1038/s41536-017-0033-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2017] [Revised: 09/22/2017] [Accepted: 09/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
Abstract
Lifelong neurogenesis and incorporation of newborn neurons into mature neuronal circuits operates in specialized niches of the mammalian brain and serves as role model for neuronal replacement strategies. However, to which extent can the remaining brain parenchyma, which never incorporates new neurons during the adulthood, be as plastic and readily accommodate neurons in networks that suffered neuronal loss due to injury or neurological disease? Which microenvironment is permissive for neuronal replacement and synaptic integration and which cells perform best? Can lost function be restored and how adequate is the participation in the pre-existing circuitry? Could aberrant connections cause malfunction especially in networks dominated by excitatory neurons, such as the cerebral cortex? These questions show how important connectivity and circuitry aspects are for regenerative medicine, which is the focus of this review. We will discuss the impressive advances in neuronal replacement strategies and success from exogenous as well as endogenous cell sources. Both have seen key novel technologies, like the groundbreaking discovery of induced pluripotent stem cells and direct neuronal reprogramming, offering alternatives to the transplantation of fetal neurons, and both herald great expectations. For these to become reality, neuronal circuitry analysis is key now. As our understanding of neuronal circuits increases, neuronal replacement therapy should fulfill those prerequisites in network structure and function, in brain-wide input and output. Now is the time to incorporate neural circuitry research into regenerative medicine if we ever want to truly repair brain injury.
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- Sofia Grade
- Physiological Genomics, Biomedical Center, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
- Institute of Stem Cell Research, Helmholtz Center Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Physiological Genomics, Biomedical Center, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
- Institute of Stem Cell Research, Helmholtz Center Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
- SYNERGY, Excellence Cluster of Systems Neurology, Biomedical Center, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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Uemori T, Toda K, Seki T. Seizure severity-dependent selective vulnerability of the granule cell layer and aberrant neurogenesis in the rat hippocampus. Hippocampus 2017; 27:1054-1068. [PMID: 28608989 DOI: 10.1002/hipo.22752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2016] [Revised: 06/07/2017] [Accepted: 06/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus rodent model has been commonly used to analyze the mechanisms of human temporal lobe epilepsy. Recent studies using this model have demonstrated that epileptic seizures lead to increased adult neurogenesis of the dentate granule cells, and cause abnormal cellular organization in dentate neuronal circuits. In this study, we examined these structural changes in rats with seizures of varying severity. In rats with frequent severe seizures, we found a clear loss of Prox1 and NeuN expression in the dentate granule cell layer (GCL), which was confined mainly to the suprapyramidal blade of the GCL at the septal and middle regions of the septotemporal axis of the hippocampus. In the damaged suprapyramidal region, the number of immature neurons in the subgranular zone was markedly reduced. In contrast, in rats with less frequent severe seizures, there was almost no loss of Prox1 and NeuN expression, and the number of immature neurons was increased. In rats with no or slight loss of Prox1 expression in the GCL, ectopic immature neurons were detected in the molecular layer of the suprapyramidal blade in addition to the hilus, and formed chainlike aggregated structures along the blood vessels up to the hippocampal fissure, suggesting that newly generated neurons migrate at least partially along blood vessels to the hippocampal fissure. These results suggest that seizures of different severity cause different effects on GCL damage, neurogenesis, and the migration of new neurons, and that these structural changes are selective to subdivisions of the GCL and the septotemporal axis of the hippocampus.
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- Takeshi Uemori
- Department of Histology and Neuroanatomy, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Histology and Neuroanatomy, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Histology and Neuroanatomy, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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