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De La Luz Torres H, Rojas Pérez P, Silva Gómez AB. Neonatal olfactory bulbectomy causes dendritic spine retraction in dorsal hippocampal CA3 neurons in female rats and spatial learning deficits in male rats. Brain Struct Funct 2024; 229:143-149. [PMID: 37943311 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-023-02727-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 10/17/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023]
Abstract
Olfactory bulbectomy (OBX) is an experimental strategy that is widely employed because it produces changes at different levels (from behavioral to molecular) that can be related to symptoms of depression in humans. This procedure has been widely studied in adult rats, but little information has been obtained of its effect in neonatal rats. The objective of the present study was to evaluate learning and memory capacity and dendritic spine density in dorsal hippocampal CA3 neurons. Seven-day-old male and female Wistar rats were subjected to nOBX by suction, we included an intact group as a control (CON) and a sham-operated group (SHAM), too. Spatial learning and memory were measured at 56 days of age using a Morris water maze. A different cohort of experimental groups was used to measure dendritic spine density by Golgi-Cox impregnation. Male rats with nOBX showed a pronounced spatial learning deficit than female rats. Also, there was a significant decrease in basilar dendritic spine density in female rats with nOBX compared to the CON group. No changes were observed in this variable in male rats with nOBX. Our results allow us to suggest that there is sexual dimorphism in the effect of nOBX on the dorsal hippocampus and its relationship with spatial learning and memory processes.
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- Héctor De La Luz Torres
- Laboratorio de Neurofisiología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Edificio BIO1, Ciudad Universitaria, CP, 72570, Puebla, Puebla, México
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- Laboratorio de Neurofisiología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Edificio BIO1, Ciudad Universitaria, CP, 72570, Puebla, Puebla, México
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- Laboratorio de Neurofisiología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Edificio BIO1, Ciudad Universitaria, CP, 72570, Puebla, Puebla, México.
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Manuel Sánchez DM, Limón D, Silva Gómez AB. Obese male Zucker rats exhibit dendritic remodeling in neurons of the hippocampal trisynaptic circuit as well as spatial memory deficits. Hippocampus 2022; 32:828-838. [PMID: 36177907 DOI: 10.1002/hipo.23473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2022] [Revised: 08/26/2022] [Accepted: 09/17/2022] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Abstract
Obesity is characterized by excessive fat accumulation. The Zucker rat displays genetic obesity due to a mutation in the leptin receptor gene; this model is of great interest because of its similarity to human obesity. Brain regions may be affected by obesity, but detailed information is lacking. In the present study, we analyzed the morphology of neurons in the hippocampal trisynaptic circuit as well as the spatial memory of obese Zucker rats. We performed two experiments. Each experiment contained two experimental groups: the control group (male Long Evans rats) and the study group (obese male Zucker rats). We monitored the body weights of all rats over 4 weeks. In the first experiment, we analyzed the morphology of hippocampal neurons. Under anesthesia, we measured the abdominal and hip circumferences and collected at least 1 ml of blood to assess serum glucose (GLU), triglyceride (TGC), and cholesterol (COL) concentrations. We perfused the brains of these rats with 0.9% saline solution, incubated the brains in Golgi-Cox solution, and subsequently evaluated the morphology of pyramidal neurons in the hippocampus (the CA1-CA3 regions) and the entorhinal cortex as well as the morphology of granule neurons in the dentate gyrus. In the second experiment, we assessed the spatial memory of animals with the Morris water maze. The Zucker rats had an obese phenotype, as indicated by their elevated body weight and increased abdominal and hip circumferences as well as elevated GLU, COL, and TGC concentrations. Analysis of neurons from the specified regions in obese male Zucker rats indicated reduced dendritic arborization and reduced dendritic spine density. In terms of spatial learning and memory, the obese Zucker rats exhibited intact spatial learning (i.e., of platform location) but deficits in spatial memory. These data provide evidence that obesity alters the morphology and function of hippocampal neurons.
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- Dulce María Manuel Sánchez
- Laboratorio de Neurofisiología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Neurofarmacología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Neurofisiología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
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Bravo Durán DA, Barreda Guzmán SJ, Trujillo Hernández A, Silva Gómez AB. Obese female Zucker rats (fa/fa) exhibit dendritic retraction in neurons in the ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus. J Chem Neuroanat 2021; 113:101919. [PMID: 33497806 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2021.101919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2020] [Revised: 12/21/2020] [Accepted: 01/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus (VMH) is located in the tuberal region of the hypothalamus and is traditionally considered the satiety center. In obese Zucker rats, which express a mutation in the leptin receptor gene and exhibit obesity from the first weeks of life, the morphology of VMH neurons is unknown. In the present study, we found that the dendritic length of VMH neurons in obese Zucker rats was significantly shorter than that in Long Evans rats. This finding allows us to suggest that obese Zucker rats exhibit both neuronal metabolic alterations related to leptin and a reduction in the flow of information within the neuronal circuits in which the VMH nucleus participates to regulate foraging.
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- Dolores Adriana Bravo Durán
- Laboratorio de Neurofisiología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Ciudad Universitaria, Puebla, Puebla, CP, 72520, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Neurofisiología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Ciudad Universitaria, Puebla, Puebla, CP, 72520, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Neuroendocrinología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Ciudad Universitaria, Puebla, Puebla, CP, 72520, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Neurofisiología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Ciudad Universitaria, Puebla, Puebla, CP, 72520, Mexico.
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Villanueva Espino LA, Silva Gómez AB, Bravo Durán DA. Cognitive training increases dendritic arborization in the dorsal hippocampal CA1 and CA3 neurons of female and male Long–Evans rats. Synapse 2019; 74:e22140. [DOI: 10.1002/syn.22140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2019] [Revised: 10/04/2019] [Accepted: 10/09/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Luis Alberto Villanueva Espino
- Laboratorio de Neurofisiología Experimental Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla Puebla Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Neurofisiología Experimental Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla Puebla Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Neurofisiología Experimental Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla Puebla Mexico
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Bravo Durán DA, Silva Gómez AB, Gutiérrez Rosas AC, Trujillo A. Hemi-ovariectomies promote a decrease in the dendritic lengths of CA1 and CA3 neurons: A dimorphic effect of the cerebral hemispheres. Brain Res 2017; 1662:102-109. [PMID: 28267433 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2017.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2016] [Revised: 02/24/2017] [Accepted: 03/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Certain structures of the central nervous system (CNS) are morphologically and functionally related to the ovaries. Ovariectomy has been used to study the functional role of the ovaries in the CNS, as well as the role of the CNS on the reproductive system. In the present study, the effects of left and right hemi-ovariectomy on the morphology of pyramidal neurons from the CA1 and CA3 regions of the ventral hippocampus were studied. During the estrus phase, female Long-Evans rats underwent either left and right hemi-ovariectomies or left and right sham surgeries. Three estrous cycles later, the animals were sacrificed, and their brains were processed in Golgi-Cox stain and analyzed by the Sholl method to calculate the dendritic length of the CA1 and CA3 neurons of the left and right hemispheres. The results indicate that the dendritic lengths of the basilar and apical arbors of the CA1 neurons from the left hemisphere were shorter after both left and right hemi-ovariectomy, while the CA1 neurons from the right hemisphere were not affected by either procedure. However, the basilar dendritic arbors of the CA3 neurons from both hemispheres were affected by right hemi-ovariectomy. The spine density only decreased in the apical arbors in the CA3 neurons from the left hemisphere of rats that underwent right hemi-ovariectomy. This study's results indicate that hemi-ovariectomy in adult rats changes in the morphology of the CA1 and CA3 pyramidal neurons in the ventral hippocampus and that there are dimorphic responses between the hemispheres.
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- Dolores Adriana Bravo Durán
- Laboratorio de Neurofisiología Experimental, Escuela de Biología, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Edificio 112A, Ciudad Universitaria, CP 72520 Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Neurofisiología Experimental, Escuela de Biología, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Edificio 112A, Ciudad Universitaria, CP 72520 Puebla, Puebla, Mexico.
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- Laboratorio de Neurofisiología Experimental, Escuela de Biología, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Edificio 112A, Ciudad Universitaria, CP 72520 Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Neuroendocrinología, Escuela de Biología, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Edificio 112A, Ciudad Universitaria, CP 72520 Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
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Women are more likely than men to develop psychopathology as a result of stress, but there is little research regarding the effects of a stressful condition and its treatment in female non-human animals, perhaps because of inherent hormonal activity. Recent studies have demonstrated that there are structural and functional differences between the dorsal and ventral hippocampus, but the effects of stress on the morphology of CA1 and CA3 neurons have been studied primarily in the dorsal hippocampus. This study assessed the effects of stress induced by restricted movement on the morphology of ventral hippocampal CA1 neurons in male and female rats. Male and female Long Evans (LE) rats were subjected to restraint stress for 6 h every day for 25 days. One group of rats was used to study the dendritic morphology of CA1 ventral hippocampal neurons using the Golgi-Cox stain. A second group of rats was used to analyze learning and memory using the Morris water maze. Stressed female rats exhibited a decrease in the density of basilar dendritic spines, an increase in the number of apical dendritic intersections and deficits in spatial memory. There were no apparent effects of stress on male rats. Our data support previous findings of a dimorphic response to chronic stress and indicate that the ventral hippocampus is not particularly susceptible to the effects of stress.
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- Alexander Morales Rico
- Laboratorio de Neurofisiología Experimental, Escuela de Biología, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla , Puebla , Mexico
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