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Maldonado-García JL, Pérez-Sánchez G, Becerril-Villanueva E, Alvarez-Herrera S, Pavón L, Sánchez-Torres L, Gutiérrez-Ospina G, Girón-Pérez MI, Damian-Morales G, Maldonado-Tapia JO, López-Santiago R, Moreno-Lafont MC. Imipramine Administration in Brucella abortus 2308-Infected Mice Restores Hippocampal Serotonin Levels, Muscle Strength, and Mood, and Decreases Spleen CFU Count. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2023; 16:1525. [PMID: 38004391 PMCID: PMC10674296 DOI: 10.3390/ph16111525] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2023] [Revised: 09/25/2023] [Accepted: 09/28/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
Abstract
Brucellosis infection causes non-specific symptoms such as fever, chills, sweating, headaches, myalgia, arthralgia, anorexia, fatigue, and mood disorders. In mouse models, it has been associated with increased levels of IL-6, TNF-α, and IFN-γ, a decrease in serotonin and dopamine levels within the hippocampus, induced loss of muscle strength and equilibrium, and increased anxiety and hopelessness. Imipramine (ImiP), a tricyclic antidepressant, is used to alleviate neuropathic pain. This study evaluated the effects of ImiP on Balb/c mice infected with Brucella abortus 2308 (Ba) at 14- and 28-days post-infection. Serum levels of six cytokines (IFN-γ, IL-6, TNF-α, IL-12, MCP-1. and IL-10) were assessed by FACS, while the number of bacteria in the spleen was measured via CFU. Serotonin levels in the hippocampus were analyzed via HPLC, and behavioral tests were conducted to assess strength, equilibrium, and mood. Our results showed that mice infected with Brucella abortus 2308 and treated with ImiP for six days (Im6Ba14) had significantly different outcomes compared to infected mice (Ba14) at day 14 post-infection. The mood was enhanced in the forced swimming test (FST) (p < 0.01), tail suspension test (TST) (p < 0.0001), and open-field test (p < 0.0001). Additionally, there was an increase in serotonin levels in the hippocampus (p < 0.001). Furthermore, there was an improvement in equilibrium (p < 0.0001) and muscle strength (p < 0.01). Lastly, there was a decrease in IL-6 levels (p < 0.05) and CFU count in the spleen (p < 0.0001). At 28 days, infected mice that received ImiP for 20 days (Im20Ba28) showed preservation of positive effects compared to infected mice (Ba28). These effects include the following: (1) improved FST (p < 0.0001) and TST (p < 0.0001); (2) better equilibrium (p < 0.0001) and muscle strength (p < 0.0001); (3) decreased IL-6 levels (p < 0.05); and (4) reduced CFU count in the spleen (p < 0.0001). These findings suggest the potential for ImiP to be used as an adjuvant treatment for the symptoms of brucellosis, which requires future studies.
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- José Luis Maldonado-García
- Laboratorio de Psicoinmunología, Dirección de Investigaciones en Neurociencias del Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Mexico City 14370, Mexico
- Laboratorio de Inmunología Celular, Departamento de Inmunología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City 07738, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Psicoinmunología, Dirección de Investigaciones en Neurociencias del Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Mexico City 14370, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Psicoinmunología, Dirección de Investigaciones en Neurociencias del Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Mexico City 14370, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Psicoinmunología, Dirección de Investigaciones en Neurociencias del Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Mexico City 14370, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Psicoinmunología, Dirección de Investigaciones en Neurociencias del Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Mexico City 14370, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Inmunología de los Microorganismos, Departamento de Inmunología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City 07738, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Biología de Sistemas, Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas y Coordinación de Psicobiología y Neurociencias, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 04510, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Inmunología Celular, Departamento de Inmunología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City 07738, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Psicoinmunología, Dirección de Investigaciones en Neurociencias del Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Mexico City 14370, Mexico
- Laboratorio de Inmunología Celular, Departamento de Inmunología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City 07738, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Inmunología Celular, Departamento de Inmunología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City 07738, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Inmunología Celular, Departamento de Inmunología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City 07738, Mexico
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Villafán H, Gutiérrez-Ospina G. Looking beyond Self-Protection: The Eyes Instruct Systemic Immune Tolerance Early in Life. Brain Sci 2023; 13:1261. [PMID: 37759864 PMCID: PMC10526493 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci13091261] [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: 05/28/2023] [Revised: 08/15/2023] [Accepted: 08/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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The eyes provide themselves with immune tolerance. Frequent skin inflammatory diseases in young blind people suggest, nonetheless, that the eyes instruct a systemic immune tolerance that benefits the whole body. We tested this premise by using delayed skin contact hypersensitivity (DSCH) as a tool to compare the inflammatory response developed by sighted (S) and birth-enucleated (BE) mice against oxazolone or dinitrofluorobenzene at the ages of 10, 30 and 60 days of life. Adult mice enucleated (AE) at 60 days of age were also assessed when they reached 120 days of life. BE mice displayed exacerbated DSCH at 60 but not at 10 or 30 days of age. AE mice, in contrast, show no exacerbated DSCH. Skin inflammation in 60-day-old BE mice was hapten exclusive and supported by distinct CD8+ lymphocytes. The number of intraepidermal T lymphocytes and migrating Langerhans cells was, however, similar between S and BE mice by the age of 60 days. Our observations support the idea that the eyes instruct systemic immune tolerance that benefits organs outside the eyes from an early age. The higher prevalence of inflammatory skin disorders reported in young people might then reflect reduced immune tolerance associated with the impaired functional morphology of the eyes.
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- Horacio Villafán
- Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Biológicas, Unidad de Posgrado, Circuito de Posgrados, Ciudad Universitaria, Edificio D, 1piso, Coyoacán, Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico
- Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico
- Coordinación de Psicobiología y Neurociencias, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico
- Department of Zoology and Physiology and Wyoming Sensory Biology Center of Biomedical Research Excellence, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA
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García-Lacy F. F, Méndez-Cruz ST, Reyes-Vivas H, Dávila-Borja VM, Barrera-Morales JA, Gutiérrez-Ospina G, Gómez-Chavarín M, Trigo-Tavera FJ. Concentraciones del factor de crecimiento similar a la insulina 1 (IGF-1) en el líquido sinovial de caballos sanos y osteoartríticos, y su correlación con las citoquinas proinflamatorias IL-6 y TNF. REV MEX CIENC PECU 2022. [DOI: 10.22319/rmcp.v14i1.6241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-1) is the most important known growth factor for cartilage repair in horses. It promotes mitosis of chondrocytes, collagen II expression, and extra cellular matrix production. Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common musculoskeletal condition that causes lameness and poor performance in sport horses. A total of 11 lame horses were clinically and radiographically evaluated, and all were confirmed to suffer a front metacarpophalangeal lameness by a positive flexion test, a low-4-point nerve block and an intraarticular block. Total protein, IGF-1, IL-6 and TNFa were determined by ELISA, demonstrating changes and different correlations between clinical condition, radiographic changes and degree of inflammation. All horses with joint associated pain and therefore associated lameness, demonstrated a significant increase of total protein (P<0.0001) and IGF-1 concentration (P<0.05). Concentrations of IL-6 and TNFa between controls and lame horses demonstrated significant differences (P<0.01 and P<0.001 respectively). Horses with less radiographic changes, demonstrated the highest IGF-1 expression in synovial fluid, and horses with more chronic OA conditions had very similar IGF-1 expression levels than control joints. In all lame joints, it was identified by Western blot a lighter isoform of IGF-1 (~7.5 kDa) which was inflammation related and it is the molecular weight of the mature peptide, and all control joints expressed a heavier isoform (~12 kDa). This finding could lead to new research for sequencing and targeting the isoform which is not expressed during an inflammatory process within a joint, and to have a better understanding of its role in the horse’s joint.
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Romo-González T, Barranca-Enríquez A, León-Díaz R, Del Callejo-Canal E, Gutiérrez-Ospina G, Jimenez Urrego AM, Bolaños C, Botero Carvajal A. Psychological suppressive profile and autoantibodies variability in women living with breast cancer: A prospective cross-sectional study. Heliyon 2022; 8:e10883. [PMID: 36237972 PMCID: PMC9552120 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e10883] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2022] [Revised: 08/23/2022] [Accepted: 09/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Breast cancer (BC) is a leading cause of women's morbimortality worldwide. Unfortunately, attempts to predict women's susceptibility to developing BC well before it becomes symptomatic, based on their genetic, family, and reproductive background have proved unsatisfactory. Here we analyze the matching of personality traits and protein serum profiles to predict women's susceptibility to developing cancer. We conducted a prospective study among 150 women (aged 18-70 years), who were distributed into three groups (n = 50): women without breast pathology and women diagnosed with BC or benign breast pathology. Psychological data were obtained through standardized psychological tests and serum protein samples were analyzed through semiquantitative protein immunoblotting. The matching for psychological and immunological profiles was constructed from these data using a mathematical generalized linear model.The model predicted that women who have stronger associations between high-intensity stress responses, emotional containment, and an increased number and reduced variability of serum proteins (detected by IgG autoantibodies) have the greatest susceptibility to develop BC before the disease has manifested clinically. Hence, the present study endorses the possibility of using psychological and biochemical tests in combination to increase the possibility of identifying women at risk of developing BC before the disease shows clinical manifestations. A longitudinal study must be instrumented to test the prediction ability of the instrument in real scenarios. Trial registration Committee of Ethical Research of the Hospital General de México "Dr. Eduardo Liceaga," Ministry of Health (DI/12/111/03/064).
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- Tania Romo-González
- Biology and Integral Health Area of the Biological Research Institute of the Universidad Veracruzana. Dr. Luis Castelazo Ayala S/N, Industrial Animas, Rubí Animas, C.P. 91190, Xalapa-Enríquez, Veracruz, Mexico,Corresponding author.
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- Center for Health Studies and Services, in the Universidad Veracruzana at Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico
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- Biology and Integral Health Area of the Biological Research Institute of the Universidad Veracruzana. Dr. Luis Castelazo Ayala S/N, Industrial Animas, Rubí Animas, C.P. 91190, Xalapa-Enríquez, Veracruz, Mexico
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- Biology and Integral Health Area of the Biological Research Institute of the Universidad Veracruzana. Dr. Luis Castelazo Ayala S/N, Industrial Animas, Rubí Animas, C.P. 91190, Xalapa-Enríquez, Veracruz, Mexico
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology in the Institute for Biomedical Research of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Psychology Program, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Universidad de San Buenaventura Cali, Cali, Colombia
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- Medicine Program, Fundación Universitaria San Martin, Pasto, Colombia
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Gutiérrez-Ospina G, Perez-Cruz C, Zenaro E, Zille M. Editorial: Neurodegenerative Diseases: Looking Beyond the Boundaries of the Brain. Front Neurosci 2022; 16:929786. [PMID: 35812215 PMCID: PMC9261872 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.929786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2022] [Accepted: 05/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Gabriel Gutiérrez-Ospina
- Laboratorio de Biología de Sistemas, Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas y Coordinación de Psicobiología y Neurociencias, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
- *Correspondence: Gabriel Gutiérrez-Ospina
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- Center of Research and Advanced Studies (Cinvestav) of the National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico City, Mexico
- Claudia Perez-Cruz
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- Section of General Pathology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
- Elena Zenaro
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- Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Marietta Zille
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García-Lascuráin AA, Aranda-Contreras G, Gomez-Chavarin M, Gómez R, Méndez-Bernal A, Gutiérrez-Ospina G, Masri M. Tratamiento de la laminitis crónica en equinos utilizando células troncales mesenquimales alogénicas de la médula ósea. REV MEX CIENC PECU 2021. [DOI: 10.22319/rmcp.v12i3.5765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Chronic laminitis is a disabling condition that affects the laminar corium of the horse’s hooves. Commonly, it develops as a collateral injury of numerous primary systemic diseases. It is believed that the critical physiopathological event that renders a hoof laminitic is the loss of mesenchymal stem cells. This loss greatly impairs the ability of the laminar corium to regenerate. Although previous work provides credibility to this notion, there remain unsettled issues that must be addressed before accepting it as a well-founded fact. Here, it was reexamined the central tenet of the physiopathological model of laminitis by infusing allogeneic bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (ABM-MSCs), through the digital palmar vein, into the hooves of horses afflicted by chronic laminitis. Horses were clinically monitored during 6 mo by evaluating them monthly using the lameness-modified Obel-Glasgow’s scale and hooves thermography. Venograms and lamellar biopsies were taken at the beginning and at the end of the study period to gathered evidence on vascular remodeling and laminar corium regeneration. The results showed that ABM-MSCs infusion promotes vascular remodeling and laminar corium regeneration, further supporting that the loss of stem cells is the critical event leading to chronic laminitis. This work also demonstrated that the infusion of ABM-MSCs is safe since the treated horses did not develop local or systemic, negative clinical manifestations attuned with rejection reactions, at least during the 6-mo period they were follow up and under the therapeutic scheme proposed.
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Maldonado-García JL, Pérez-Sánchez G, Becerril Villanueva E, Alvarez-Herrera S, Pavón L, Gutiérrez-Ospina G, López-Santiago R, Maldonado-Tapia JO, Pérez-Tapia SM, Moreno-Lafont MC. Behavioral and Neurochemical Shifts at the Hippocampus and Frontal Cortex Are Associated to Peripheral Inflammation in Balb/c Mice Infected with Brucella abortus 2308. Microorganisms 2021; 9:microorganisms9091937. [PMID: 34576830 PMCID: PMC8470318 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9091937] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2021] [Revised: 08/15/2021] [Accepted: 09/01/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Brucellosis is a zoonosis affecting 50,000,000 people annually. Most patients progress to a chronic phase of the disease in which neuropsychiatric symptoms upsurge. The biological processes underlying the progression of these symptoms are yet unclear. Peripheral inflammation mounted against Brucella may condition neurochemical shifts and hence unchained neuropsychiatric disorders. Our work aimed at establishing whether neurological, behavioral, and neurochemical disarrays are circumstantially linked to peripheral inflammation uprise secondary to Brucella abortus 2308 infections. We then evaluated, in control and Brucella-infected mice, skeletal muscle strength, movement coordination, and balance and motivation, as well as dopamine, epinephrine, norepinephrine, and serotonin availability in the cerebellum, frontal cortex, and hippocampus. Serum levels of proinflammatory cytokines and corticosterone in vehicle-injected and -infected mice were also estimated. All estimates were gathered at the infection acute and chronic phases. Our results showed that infected mice displayed motor disabilities, muscular weakness, and reduced motivation correlated with neurochemical and peripheral immunological disturbances that tended to decrease after 21 days of infection. The present observations support that disturbed peripheral inflammation and the related neurochemical disruption might lead to mood disorders in infected mice. Future experiments must be aimed at establishing causal links and to explore whether similar concepts might explain neurological and mood disorders in humans affected by brucellosis.
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- José Luis Maldonado-García
- Laboratorio de Psicoinmunología, Dirección de Investigaciones en Neurociencias del Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Ciudad de México 14370, Mexico; (J.L.M.-G.); (G.P.-S.); (E.B.V.); (S.A.-H.)
- Laboratorio de Inmunología Celular, Departamento de Inmunología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Ciudad de México 11340, Mexico; (R.L.-S.); (J.O.M.-T.)
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- Laboratorio de Psicoinmunología, Dirección de Investigaciones en Neurociencias del Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Ciudad de México 14370, Mexico; (J.L.M.-G.); (G.P.-S.); (E.B.V.); (S.A.-H.)
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- Laboratorio de Psicoinmunología, Dirección de Investigaciones en Neurociencias del Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Ciudad de México 14370, Mexico; (J.L.M.-G.); (G.P.-S.); (E.B.V.); (S.A.-H.)
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- Laboratorio de Psicoinmunología, Dirección de Investigaciones en Neurociencias del Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Ciudad de México 14370, Mexico; (J.L.M.-G.); (G.P.-S.); (E.B.V.); (S.A.-H.)
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- Laboratorio de Psicoinmunología, Dirección de Investigaciones en Neurociencias del Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Ciudad de México 14370, Mexico; (J.L.M.-G.); (G.P.-S.); (E.B.V.); (S.A.-H.)
- Correspondence: (L.P.); (M.C.M.-L.); Tel.: +52-5541-605082 (L.P.); +52-5729-6300 (ext. 62368) (M.C.M.-L.)
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- Laboratorio de Biología de Sistemas, Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas y Coordinación de Psicobiología y Neurociencias, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico;
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- Laboratorio de Inmunología Celular, Departamento de Inmunología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Ciudad de México 11340, Mexico; (R.L.-S.); (J.O.M.-T.)
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- Laboratorio de Inmunología Celular, Departamento de Inmunología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Ciudad de México 11340, Mexico; (R.L.-S.); (J.O.M.-T.)
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- Unidad de Desarrollo e Investigación en Bioprocesos (UDIBI), Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Ciudad de México 11340, Mexico;
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- Laboratorio de Inmunología Celular, Departamento de Inmunología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Ciudad de México 11340, Mexico; (R.L.-S.); (J.O.M.-T.)
- Correspondence: (L.P.); (M.C.M.-L.); Tel.: +52-5541-605082 (L.P.); +52-5729-6300 (ext. 62368) (M.C.M.-L.)
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Olivos-Cisneros L, Ramírez-Santos J, Gutiérrez-Ospina G. Proliferation rate and differentiation potential are independent during the transition from neurogenesis to gliogenesis in the mouse embryonic spinal cord. IBRO Neurosci Rep 2021; 10:75-82. [PMID: 33842913 PMCID: PMC8019975 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibneur.2020.11.004] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2019] [Accepted: 11/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Neural stem cells (NSC) restrict their differentiation potential as the central nervous system develops. Experimental evidence suggests that the mechanisms governing the transition from the neurogenic to the gliogenic phase irreversibly affect the ability of NSC to generate neurons. Cell cycle regulation has been associated with cell fate in different models. In this work, we assessed the temporal correlation between the loss of the neurogenic potential and cell cycle lengthening of NSC obtained from embryonic mouse spinal cords, during the transition of the neurogenic to the gliogenic phase, using neurospheres. We also used the cell cycle inhibitor Olomoucine to increase cell cycle length by decreasing the proliferation rate. Our results show that neurospheres obtained from a neurogenic stage give rise mostly to neurons, whereas those obtained from later stages produce preferentially glial cells. During the transition from neurogenesis to gliogenesis, the proliferation rate dropped, and the cell cycle length increased 1.5 folds, as monitored by DNA BrdU incorporation. Interestingly, Olomoucine-treated neurogenic-neurospheres display a reduced proliferation rate and preserve their neurogenic potential. Our results suggest that the mechanisms that restrict the differentiation potential of NSC are independent of the proliferation control. Neurosphere cultured, spinal cord NSC preserve their differentiation potential. Neurogenic NSC divide faster than those giving rise to glial cells. Cell cycle inhibitors increase in NSC transitioning from the neurogenic to the gliogenic phase. Artificial cell cycle lengthening does not affect the differentiation potential of neurogenic NSC.
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- Leonora Olivos-Cisneros
- Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510, Mexico
- Laboratorio de Biología de Sistemas, Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, 04510, Mexico
- Corresponding author at: Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510, Mexico.
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- Laboratorio de Biología de Sistemas, Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, 04510, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Biología de Sistemas, Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, 04510, Mexico
- Corresponding author.
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Báez-Becerra CT, Valencia-Rincón E, Velásquez-Méndez K, Ramírez-Suárez NJ, Guevara C, Sandoval-Hernandez A, Arboleda-Bustos CE, Olivos-Cisneros L, Gutiérrez-Ospina G, Arboleda H, Arboleda G. Nucleolar disruption, activation of P53 and premature senescence in POLR3A-mutated Wiedemann-Rautenstrauch syndrome fibroblasts. Mech Ageing Dev 2020; 192:111360. [PMID: 32976914 DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2020.111360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 01/30/2020] [Revised: 09/15/2020] [Accepted: 09/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
Abstract
Recently, mutations in the RNA polymerase III subunit A (POLR3A) have been described as the cause of the neonatal progeria or Wiedemann-Rautenstrauch syndrome (WRS). POLR3A has important roles in transcription regulation of small RNAs, including tRNA, 5S rRNA, and 7SK rRNA. We aim to describe the cellular and molecular features of WRS fibroblasts. Cultures of primary fibroblasts from one WRS patient [monoallelic POLR3A variant c.3772_3773delCT (p.Leu1258Glyfs*12)] and one control patient were cultured in vitro. The mutation caused a decrease in the expression of wildtype POLR3A mRNA and POLR3A protein and a sharp increase in mutant protein expression. In addition, there was an increase in the nuclear localization of the mutant protein. These changes were associated with an increase in the number and area of nucleoli and to a high increase in the expression of pP53 and pH2AX. All these changes were associated with premature senescence. The present observations add to our understanding of the differences between Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome and WRS and opens new alternatives to study cell senesce and human aging.
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- Cindy Tatiana Báez-Becerra
- Grupo de Neurociencias y Muerte Celular, Instituto de Genética, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Grupo de Neurociencias y Muerte Celular, Instituto de Genética, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Grupo de Neurociencias y Muerte Celular, Instituto de Genética, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Grupo de Neurociencias y Muerte Celular, Instituto de Genética, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Grupo de Neurociencias y Muerte Celular, Instituto de Genética, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Grupo de Neurociencias y Muerte Celular, Instituto de Genética, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia; Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Grupo de Neurociencias y Muerte Celular, Instituto de Genética, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
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- Grupo de Neurociencias y Muerte Celular, Instituto de Genética, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia; Departamento de Pediatría, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Bogotá, Colombia
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- Grupo de Neurociencias y Muerte Celular, Instituto de Genética, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia; Departamento de Patología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
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Fuentes-Morales MR, Gutiérrez-Ospina G, Fernández-Guasti A, Cruz Y, Lucio RA. Rats ejaculate prematurely and increase the sperm output during competitive mating. ETHOL ECOL EVOL 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/03949370.2020.1715488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- Maria R. Fuentes-Morales
- Doctorado en Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Ciudad Universitaria, Ciudad de México, CP 04510, México
- Centro Tlaxcala de Biología de la Conducta, Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala, Carretera Tlaxcala-Puebla km 1.5 s/n, Loma Xicoténcatl, Tlaxcala, Tlax., CP 90062, México
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas and Coordinación de Psicobiología y Neurociencias, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Ciudad de México, CP 04510, México
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- Centro Tlaxcala de Biología de la Conducta, Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala, Carretera Tlaxcala-Puebla km 1.5 s/n, Loma Xicoténcatl, Tlaxcala, Tlax., CP 90062, México
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- Centro Tlaxcala de Biología de la Conducta, Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala, Carretera Tlaxcala-Puebla km 1.5 s/n, Loma Xicoténcatl, Tlaxcala, Tlax., CP 90062, México
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Trejo-Sánchez I, Pérez-Monter C, Huerta-Pacheco S, Gutiérrez-Ospina G. Male Ejaculatory Endophenotypes: Revealing Internal Inconsistencies of the Concept in Heterosexual Copulating Rats. Front Behav Neurosci 2020; 14:90. [PMID: 32670030 PMCID: PMC7332778 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2020.00090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2019] [Accepted: 05/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Distinct manifestations of sexual behavior are conceived as separate phenotypes. Each sexual phenotype is assumed to be associated with a characteristic brain. These notions have justified the phenotyping of heterosexual copulator males based upon their ejaculation's latencies (EL) or frequencies (i.e., cumulative ejaculation number; EN). For instance, men and male rats showing premature, normal or retarded ejaculation are assumed to be distinctive endophenotypes. This concept, nonetheless, contradicts past and recent evidence that supports that sexual behavior is highly variable within each sex, and that the brain sexual functional morphology represents an intricate sexual phenotypic mosaic. Hence, for ejaculatory male endophenotypes to be considered as a valid biological concept, it must show internal consistency at various levels of organization (including genetic architectures), after being challenged by intrinsic and/or extrinsic factors. We then judged the internal consistency of the presumed ejaculatory endophenotypes by assessing whether copulatory behavior and the expression of copulation relevant genes and brain limbic structures are specific to each of the presumed EL- or EN-ejaculatory endophenotypes. To do this, copulating male rats were first phenotyped in groups consistently displaying short, average or long ejaculation latencies or very high, high, average, low or very low EN, based in their copulatory performance. Then, the internal consistency of the presumed EL- or EN-endophenotypes was tested by introducing as covariates of phenotyping other copulatory parameters (e.g., number of intromissions) in addition to EL or EN, or by analyzing the expression levels of genes encoding for estrogen receptor alpha, progesterone receptor, androgen receptor, aromatase, DNA methyl-transferase 3a and DNA methyl-transferase 1 in the amygdala, medial preoptic area, ventromedial hypothalamus and olfactory bulb. We found that even though there were group-level differences in all the variables that were studied, these differences did not add-up to create the presumed EL- or EN-ejaculatory endophenotypes. In fact, the extensive overlapping of copulatory parameters and expression levels of copulation relevant genes in limbic structures across EL- or EN-phenotyped copulating male rats, is not consistent with the hypothesis that distinct ejaculatory endophenotypes exist and that they are associated with specific brain characteristics.
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- Itztli Trejo-Sánchez
- Laboratorio de Biología de Sistemas, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
- Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Biomédicas, Unidad de Posgrado, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Departamento de Gastroenterología, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición “Salvador Zubirán”, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Ciencia Forense, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Biología de Sistemas, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
- Coordinación de Psicobiología y Neurociencias, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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Martínez-Méndez R, Pérez-Torres D, Gómez-Chavarín M, Padilla-Cortés P, Fiordelisio T, Gutiérrez-Ospina G. Bilateral enucleation at birth modifies calcium spike amplitude, but not frequency, in neurons of the somatosensory thalamus and cortex: Implications for developmental cross-modal plasticity. IBRO Rep 2019; 7:108-116. [PMID: 31799470 PMCID: PMC6881598 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibror.2019.11.003] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2019] [Accepted: 11/07/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Bilateral eye enucleation at birth (BE) leads to an expansion of the primary somatosensory cortex (S1) in rat pups. Although increased growth of the somatosensory thalamo-cortical afferents (STCAs) in part explains S1 expansion, timing mechanisms governing S1 formation are also involved. In this work, we begin the search of a developmental clock by intending to document the existence of putative clock neurons in the somatosensory thalamus (VPM) and S1 based upon changes of spontaneous spike amplitude; a biophysical property sensitive to circadian regulation; the latter known to be shifted by enucleation. In addition, we also evaluated whether STCAs growth rate and segregation timing were modified, as parameters the clock might time. We found that spontaneous spike amplitude transiently, but significantly, increased or decreased in VPM and S1 neurons of BE rat pups, respectively, as compared to their control counterparts. The growth rate and segregation timing of STCAs was, however, unaffected by BE. These results support the existence of a developmental clock that ticks differently in the VPM and S1 after BE. This observation, together with the fact that STCAs growth rate and segregation timing is unchanged, suggests that S1 expansion in BE rats may in part be controlled at the cortical level.
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Key Words
- ACSF, artificial cerebrospinal fluid
- AChE, acetylcholinesterase
- BE, birth-enucleated
- Barrel formation
- Blind
- CP, cortical plate
- DAPI, 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole
- Developmental clock
- Developmental timing
- DiI, 1,1′-dioctadecyl-3,3,3′,3′-tetramethylindocarbocyanine Perchlorate
- PD, postnatal day
- S, sighted
- S1, primary somatosensory cortex
- SEM, standard error of the mean
- STCAs, somatosensory thalamo-cortical afferents
- Somatosensory cortex specification
- Spontaneous activity
- VPM, ventral posteromedial nucleus
- τd, decay time constant
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- Raquel Martínez-Méndez
- Laboratorio de Biología de Sistemas, Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, 04510, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Biología de Sistemas, Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, 04510, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Biología de Sistemas, Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, 04510, Mexico
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- Unidad de Cromatografía de Alta Resolución, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, 04510, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Neuroendocrinología, Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, 04510, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Biología de Sistemas, Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, 04510, Mexico
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Herrera EM, Martínez-Alcantar L, Talavera-Carrillo DK, Pineda-Salazar JU, Avalos-Viveros M, Gutiérrez-Ospina G, Phillips-Farfán BV, Fuentes-Farías AL. Immune-tolerance to cytosolic neural antigens biases the retinal environment towards a neuroprotective profile. IBRO Rep 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ibror.2019.07.535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Martínez-Alcantar L, Talavera-Carrillo D, Pineda-Salazar J, Ávalos-Viveros M, Gutiérrez-Ospina G, Phillips-Farfán B, Fuentes-Farías A, Meléndez-Herrera E. Anterior chamber associated immune deviation to cytosolic neural antigens avoids self-reactivity after optic nerve injury and polarizes the retinal environment to an anti-inflammatory profile. J Neuroimmunol 2019; 333:476964. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2019.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2018] [Revised: 04/09/2019] [Accepted: 05/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Castillo X, Castro-Obregón S, Gutiérrez-Becker B, Gutiérrez-Ospina G, Karalis N, Khalil AA, Lopez-Noguerola JS, Rodríguez LL, Martínez-Martínez E, Perez-Cruz C, Pérez-Velázquez J, Piña AL, Rubio K, García HPS, Syeda T, Vanoye-Carlo A, Villringer A, Winek K, Zille M. Re-thinking the Etiological Framework of Neurodegeneration. Front Neurosci 2019; 13:728. [PMID: 31396030 PMCID: PMC6667555 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2019.00728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2019] [Accepted: 06/28/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Neurodegenerative diseases are among the leading causes of disability and death worldwide. The disease-related socioeconomic burden is expected to increase with the steadily increasing life expectancy. In spite of decades of clinical and basic research, most strategies designed to manage degenerative brain diseases are palliative. This is not surprising as neurodegeneration progresses "silently" for decades before symptoms are noticed. Importantly, conceptual models with heuristic value used to study neurodegeneration have been constructed retrospectively, based on signs and symptoms already present in affected patients; a circumstance that may confound causes and consequences. Hence, innovative, paradigm-shifting views of the etiology of these diseases are necessary to enable their timely prevention and treatment. Here, we outline four alternative views, not mutually exclusive, on different etiological paths toward neurodegeneration. First, we propose neurodegeneration as being a secondary outcome of a primary cardiovascular cause with vascular pathology disrupting the vital homeostatic interactions between the vasculature and the brain, resulting in cognitive impairment, dementia, and cerebrovascular events such as stroke. Second, we suggest that the persistence of senescent cells in neuronal circuits may favor, together with systemic metabolic diseases, neurodegeneration to occur. Third, we argue that neurodegeneration may start in response to altered body and brain trophic interactions established via the hardwire that connects peripheral targets with central neuronal structures or by means of extracellular vesicle (EV)-mediated communication. Lastly, we elaborate on how lifespan body dysbiosis may be linked to the origin of neurodegeneration. We highlight the existence of bacterial products that modulate the gut-brain axis causing neuroinflammation and neuronal dysfunction. As a concluding section, we end by recommending research avenues to investigate these etiological paths in the future. We think that this requires an integrated, interdisciplinary conceptual research approach based on the investigation of the multimodal aspects of physiology and pathophysiology. It involves utilizing proper conceptual models, experimental animal units, and identifying currently unused opportunities derived from human data. Overall, the proposed etiological paths and experimental recommendations will be important guidelines for future cross-discipline research to overcome the translational roadblock and to develop causative treatments for neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Ximena Castillo
- Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
- Institute of Neurobiology, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, United States
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- Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging KJP, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Laboratorio de Biología de Sistemas, Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas y Coordinación de Psicobiología y Neurociencias, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
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- Center for Stroke Research Berlin, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Neurology, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Cell Communication & Extracellular Vesicles Laboratory, Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica, Mexico City, Mexico
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- National Polytechnic Institute, Center of Research in Advanced Studies, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Departamento de Matemáticas y Mecánica, Instituto de Investigaciones en Matemáticas Aplicadas y Sistemas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
- Mathematische Modellierung Biologischer Systeme, Fakultät für Mathematik, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Lung Cancer Epigenetics, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- National Polytechnic Institute, Center of Research in Advanced Studies, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Neurociencias, Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, Secretaría de Salud, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Center for Stroke Research Berlin, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Neurology, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
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- The Shimon Peres Postdoctoral Fellow at the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
- Department of Experimental Neurology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
- Institute for Medical and Marine Biotechnology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
- Fraunhofer Research Institution for Marine Biotechnology and Cell Technology, Lübeck, Germany
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Gómez-Chavarín M, Prado-Prone G, Padilla P, Ramírez Santos J, Gutiérrez-Ospina G, García-Macedo JA. Dopamine Released from TiO 2 Semicrystalline Lattice Implants Attenuates Motor Symptoms in Rats Treated with 6-Hydroxydopamine. ACS Omega 2019; 4:7953-7962. [PMID: 31459884 PMCID: PMC6648478 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.8b00626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2018] [Accepted: 02/26/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
The motor dysfunction featured by patients aggrieved by Parkinson's disease (PD) results from the reduction of dopamine (DA) availability in the caudate nucleus (CN). Restituting CN DA levels is therefore essential to ameliorate PD motor deficits. In this regard, nanotechnology may offer solutions to restore CN DA availability. DA, however, can be rapidly oxidized into toxic compounds if made available in situ, unprotected. Then, we tested whether a semicrystalline TiO2 lattice, implanted into the CN of 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA)-lesioned, hemiparkinsonian rats, was able to release DA during a time window sufficient to attenuate motor symptoms while protecting it from the ongoing oxidation. Accordingly, implanted semicrystalline TiO2 lattices released incremental amounts of DA into the CN of lesioned rats. Motor symptoms were already attenuated by the 1st month and significantly reduced 2 months after implantation. These effects were specific since TiO2 lattices alone did not modify motor symptoms in lesioned rats. DA-unloaded or -loaded TiO2 lattices did not produce obvious symptoms of systemic or neurological toxicity nor significantly increased CN lipid peroxidation in implanted, lesioned rats at the time of sacrifice. Our results thus support that loaded TiO2 lattices are capable of releasing DA while protecting it from the ongoing oxidation when implanted into the brain. Their implantation does not cause noticeable systemic or local toxicity. On the contrary, they attenuated motor symptoms in hemiparkinsonian rats.
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- Margarita Gómez-Chavarín
- Departamento
de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Posgrado en Ciencia
e Ingeniería de Materiales, Departamento de Estado Sólido, Instituto
de Física, Unidad de Cromatografía, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, and Departamento
de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones
Biomédicas and Coordinación de Psicobiología
y Neurociencias, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico
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- Departamento
de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Posgrado en Ciencia
e Ingeniería de Materiales, Departamento de Estado Sólido, Instituto
de Física, Unidad de Cromatografía, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, and Departamento
de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones
Biomédicas and Coordinación de Psicobiología
y Neurociencias, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico
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- Departamento
de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Posgrado en Ciencia
e Ingeniería de Materiales, Departamento de Estado Sólido, Instituto
de Física, Unidad de Cromatografía, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, and Departamento
de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones
Biomédicas and Coordinación de Psicobiología
y Neurociencias, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico
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- Departamento
de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Posgrado en Ciencia
e Ingeniería de Materiales, Departamento de Estado Sólido, Instituto
de Física, Unidad de Cromatografía, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, and Departamento
de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones
Biomédicas and Coordinación de Psicobiología
y Neurociencias, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico
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- Departamento
de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Posgrado en Ciencia
e Ingeniería de Materiales, Departamento de Estado Sólido, Instituto
de Física, Unidad de Cromatografía, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, and Departamento
de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones
Biomédicas and Coordinación de Psicobiología
y Neurociencias, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico
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- Departamento
de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Posgrado en Ciencia
e Ingeniería de Materiales, Departamento de Estado Sólido, Instituto
de Física, Unidad de Cromatografía, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, and Departamento
de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones
Biomédicas and Coordinación de Psicobiología
y Neurociencias, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico
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Montes-Nogueira I, Campos-Uscanga Y, Gutiérrez-Ospina G, Hernández-Pozo MDR, Larralde C, Romo-González T. Psychological Features of Breast Cancer in Mexican Women II: The Psychological Network. NIB 2018. [DOI: 10.3233/nib-170125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- Iván Montes-Nogueira
- Área de Biología y Salud Integral, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico
- Doctorado en Psicología, Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Coordinación de Psicobiología, Facultad de Psicología Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Inmunología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
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- Área de Biología y Salud Integral, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico
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Esquivel-Franco DC, Olivier B, Waldinger MD, Gutiérrez-Ospina G, Olivier JDA. Tramadol's Inhibitory Effects on Sexual Behavior: Pharmacological Studies in Serotonin Transporter Knockout Rats. Front Pharmacol 2018; 9:676. [PMID: 29997507 PMCID: PMC6030355 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2018.00676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2018] [Accepted: 06/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
Abstract
Tramadol is an effective pharmacological intervention in human premature ejaculation (PE). To investigate whether the inhibitory action of tramadol is primarily caused by its selective serotonin reuptake inhibitory (SSRI) effects we tested the dose–response effects of tramadol on sexual behavior in serotonin transporter wild type (SERT+/+), heterozygous (SERT+/-), and knockout (SERT-/-) rats. To investigate whether other mechanisms contribute to the inhibitory effects, WAY100,635, a 5-HT1A receptor antagonist and naloxone, a μ-opioid receptor antagonist, were tested on sexual behavior together with tramadol. Tramadol dose-dependently decreases sexual activity in all genotypes. In all studies, SERT+/- rats did not respond differently from SERT+/+ rats. WAY100,635 did not affect sexual activity in SERT+/+, but dose-dependently reduced sexual activity in SERT-/- rats. WAY100,635 (0.3 mg/kg) combined with tramadol (20 mg/kg) significantly reduced sexual activity in SERT+/+ and even stronger in SERT-/- rats. Naloxone did not affect sexual behavior consistently in SERT+/+ rats, while in SERT-/- rats all doses reduced ejaculation frequency mildly. Combining naloxone (20 mg/kg) and tramadol (20 mg/kg) decreased ejaculation frequencies in both genotypes. Interestingly, combining tramadol (20 mg/kg), WAY100,635 (0.3 mg/kg) and naloxone (20 mg/kg) led to complete elimination of all sexual activity in both SERT+/+ and SERT-/- rats. These findings suggest that the inhibitory effects of tramadol on male sexual behavior in SERT+/+ rats is mainly, if not exclusively, due to SERT inhibition, with an important role for 5-HT1A receptors, although influence of other systems (e.g., noradrenergic) cannot be excluded. As SSRIs exert their sexual inhibition after chronic administration, tramadol may be therapeutically attractive as “on demand” therapy for PE.
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- Diana C Esquivel-Franco
- Neurobiology, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.,Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico.,Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Neurobiology, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.,Department of Psychopharmacology, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Science Faculty, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.,Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology & Physiology, College of Medicine, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico.,Coordinación de Psicobiología y Neurociencias, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Neurobiology, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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Torres-Ortiz MC, Gutiérrez-Ospina G, Gómez-Chavarín M, Murcia C, Alonso-Morales RA, Perera-Marín G. The presence of VEGF and Notch2 during preantral-antral follicular transition in infantile rats: Anatomical evidence and its implications. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2017; 249:82-92. [PMID: 28495268 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2017.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2017] [Revised: 04/25/2017] [Accepted: 05/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Folliculogenesis is a process that depends on angiogenesis, in which VEGF and Notch signaling pathway members are involved. Although this pathway is present in preantral and antral follicular structures during the second stage of folliculogenesis, this association has not been described. Therefore, this study aimed to identify VEGF and Notch2 in ovary structures of infantile rats after induction of follicular development with a gonadotropin stimulus. In order to explore this possibility we analyzed rat ovary morphology from days 10-25 after birth; subsequently, the transition from preantral follicle to an antral stage was analyzed by the induction of follicular development with equine chorionic gonadotropin (eCG) and VEGF and Notch were identified in the rat ovary by fluorescence. The histological analysis revealed that the ovary of a 10-day-old rat has the highest percentage of preantral follicles and based on this a 10IU eCG dose promoted an increase in the number of antral follicles, as well as a decrease in the number of preantral follicles, related to which there was an increase in ovary weight and size. In addition, a higher concentration of circulating estradiol was observed, proliferation of granulosa cells in both follicle groups was stimulated, and the accumulation of VEGF in granulosa and theca cells and in the antral follicle oocyte was increased (p<0.05), whereas the presence of Notch2 was limited to mural granulosa cells, in granulosa cells that formed the cumulus oophorus and in the oocyte of both groups of follicles. The multiple correspondence analysis allowed us to support an association between VEGF and Notch2 during the transition from preantral to antral follicles in the ovary of an infantile rat.
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- Minerva Carolina Torres-Ortiz
- Departamento de Reproducción, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico; Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico; Coordinación de Psicobiología y Neurociencias, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico; Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Reproducción, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Genética y Bioestadística, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Reproducción, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico; Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico.
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Campos-Uscanga Y, Gutiérrez-Ospina G, Morales-Romero J, Romo-González T. Self-regulation of eating and physical activity is lower in obese female college students as compared to their normal weight counterparts. Eat Weight Disord 2017; 22:311-319. [PMID: 27796845 DOI: 10.1007/s40519-016-0338-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2016] [Accepted: 10/20/2016] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Obesity is characterized, among other features, by overeating, reduced physical activity and an abnormal accumulation of body fat. These features are thought to result, at least in part, from the individual's inability to self-regulate their eating and physical activity behaviors (E&PaB). Self-regulation of the E&PaB is a three-step sequential process: self-observation, self-evaluation and self-reaction. However, it is yet unclear whether deficient self-regulation of E&PaB could predispose, facilitate and/or consolidate obesity. Unraveling this issue is fundamental in order to more precisely define the role of self-regulation of E&PaB in the management of obesity. METHODS This research was focused on the question of whether or not self-regulation of E&PaB is related to obesity in female undergraduate students. This population segment seems especially vulnerable to developing obesity since they undergo a significant shift of their E&PaB upon their university enrollment. To address this question, a cross-sectional study with 108 female undergraduate students with normal weight (n = 80) or obesity (n = 28) was performed, in which self-regulation of eating habits and physical activity was measured by two validated scales and a personal data questionnaire. RESULTS Female undergraduate students displaying lower E&PaB self-reactions were consistently overweight or obese. In addition, a multivariate analysis identified high levels of self-reaction towards eating habits related to a minor presence of overweight issues or obesity. CONCLUSION Self-regulation should be an essential component in the strategies for obesity prevention as an integral approach that must include orientation about healthy eating and physical activity behaviors. In addition, further studies on the effect of self-regulation in the treatment of the obesity are needed.
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- Yolanda Campos-Uscanga
- Instituto de Salud Pública, Universidad Veracruzana, Luis Castelazo Ayala s/n, Col. Industrial Ánimas, 91190, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas; Coordinación de Psicobiología, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Avenida Universidad # 3000, Distrito Federal, 04510, Mexico
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- Instituto de Salud Pública, Universidad Veracruzana, Luis Castelazo Ayala s/n, Col. Industrial Ánimas, 91190, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
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- Área de Biología y Salud Integral, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Luis Castelazo Ayala s/n, Col. Industrial Ánimas, 91190, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.
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Vanoye-Carlo A, Gutiérrez-Ospina G, Marcial-Quino J, Gómez-Manzo S, Garcia-Torres I, De la Mora-De la Mora I, Enríquez-Flores S, Méndez ST, Phillips-Farfán BV, Gutiérrez-Castrellón P. Analysis of Cyp2b1 gene expression in the rat liver and brain by multiplex PCR. Mol Cell Toxicol 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s13273-015-0043-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Colín-Castelán D, Ramírez-Santos J, Gutiérrez-Ospina G. Differential vascular permeability along the forebrain ventricular neurogenic niche in the adult murine brain. J Neurosci Res 2015; 94:161-9. [PMID: 26492830 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.23682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 03/17/2015] [Revised: 09/24/2015] [Accepted: 10/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Adult neurogenesis is influenced by blood-borne factors. In this context, greater or lesser vascular permeability along neurogenic niches would expose differentially neural stem cells (NSCs), transit amplifying cells (TACs), and neuroblasts to such factors. Here we evaluate endothelial cell morphology and vascular permeability along the forebrain neurogenic niche in the adult brain. Our results confirm that the subventricular zone (SVZ) contains highly permeable, discontinuous blood vessels, some of which allow the extravasation of molecules larger than those previously reported. In contrast, the rostral migratory stream (RMS) and the olfactory bulb core (OBc) display mostly impermeable, continuous blood vessels. These results imply that NSCs, TACs, and neuroblasts located within the SVZ are exposed more readily to blood-borne molecules, including those with very high molecular weights, than those positioned along the RMS and the OBc, subregions in which every stage of neurogenesis also takes place. These observations suggest that the existence of specialized vascular niches is not a precondition for neurogenesis to occur; specialized vascular beds might be essential for keeping high rates of proliferation and/or differential differentiation of neural precursors located at distinct domains.
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- Dannia Colín-Castelán
- Departmento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, México D.F., Ciudad de México, México.,Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, México D.F., Ciudad de México, México
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- Departmento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, México D.F., Ciudad de México, México
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- Departmento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, México D.F., Ciudad de México, México.,Coordinación de Psicobiología, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, México D.F., Ciudad de México, México
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Montero-Pardo A, Diaz D, Olivares A, González-Padilla E, Murcia C, Gómez-Chavarín M, Gutiérrez-Ospina G, Perera-Marín G. Effect of ovine luteinizing hormone (oLH) charge isoforms on VEGF and cAMP production. Anim Reprod Sci 2015; 163:35-47. [PMID: 26507528 DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2015.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2015] [Revised: 09/22/2015] [Accepted: 09/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Although an increase in VEGF expression and synthesis in association with LH has been established; it is unknown if all LH isoforms act similarly. This study evaluated the production of cAMP and VEGF among LH isoforms in two in vitro bioassays. The LH was obtained from hypophyses and the group of isoforms was isolated by chromatofocusing. cAMP production was assessed using the in vitro bioassay of HEK-293 cells and VEGF production was evaluated in granulosa cells. Immunological activity was measured with a homologous RIA. Immunoactivity and bioactivity for each isoform were compared against a standard, by estimating the IC50 and the EC50. The basic isoforms were more immunoactive than the standard. The neutral and the moderately acidic had an immunological activity similar to the standard. The acidic isoform was the least immunoreactive. cAMP production at the EC50 dose was similar among the basic isoforms, the moderately acidic and the standard; for the neutral and the acidic, the EC50 dose was higher. It was observed that compared with the control, VEGF production at the lowest LH dose was no different in the standard and each isoform. In the intermediate dose, a positive response was caused in the standard and the neutral and basic isoforms. Although the acidic isoform showed a dose-dependent response, it was not significant relative to the control. In conclusion, the basic isoform generated the greatest cAMP and VEGF production, similar to the reference standard, and the acidic the smallest.
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- Arnulfo Montero-Pardo
- Departamento de Reproducción, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
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- Unidad de Investigación Médica en Medicina Reproductiva, UMAE Hospital de Gineco Obstetricia No. 4 Luis Castelazo Ayala, IMSS, México D.F., Mexico
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- Departamento de Reproducción, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico.
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- Departamento de Reproducción, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Reproducción, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico; Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico.
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Martínez-Silva L, Manjarrez E, Gutiérrez-Ospina G, Quevedo JN. Electrophysiological representation of scratching CpG activity in the cerebellum. PLoS One 2014; 9:e109936. [PMID: 25350378 PMCID: PMC4211676 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2014] [Accepted: 09/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
We analyzed the electrical activity of neuronal populations in the cerebellum and the lumbar spinal cord during fictive scratching in adult decerebrate cats before and after selective sections of the Spino-Reticulo Cerebellar Pathway (SRCP) and the Ventral-Spino Cerebellar Tract (VSCT). During fictive scratching, we found a conspicuous sinusoidal electrical activity, called Sinusoidal Cerebellar Potentials (SCPs), in the cerebellar vermis, which exhibited smaller amplitude in the paravermal and hemisphere cortices. There was also a significant spino-cerebellar coherence between these SCPs and the lumbar sinusoidal cord dorsum potentials (SCDPs). However, during spontaneous activity such spino-cerebellar coherence between spontaneous potentials recorded in the same regions decreased. We found that the section of the SRCP and the VSCT did not abolish the amplitude of the SCPs, suggesting that there are additional pathways conveying information from the spinal CPG to the cerebellum. This is the first evidence that the sinusoidal activity associated to the spinal CPG circuitry for scratching has a broad representation in the cerebellum beyond the sensory representation from hindlimbs previously described. Furthermore, the SCPs represent the global electrical activity of the spinal CPG for scratching in the cerebellar cortex.
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- Instituto de Fisiología, BUAP, Puebla, México
- * E-mail: (JNQ); (EM)
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Biofísica y Neurociencias CINVESTAV, México City, México
- * E-mail: (JNQ); (EM)
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Ibarra A, Sosa M, García E, Flores A, Cruz Y, Mestre H, Martiñón S, Pineda-Rodríguez B, Gutiérrez-Ospina G. Prophylactic neuroprotection with A91 improves the outcome of spinal cord injured rats. Neurosci Lett 2013; 554:59-63. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.08.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2013] [Revised: 08/23/2013] [Accepted: 08/24/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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García-Iglesias BB, Mendoza-Garrido ME, Gutiérrez-Ospina G, Rangel-Barajas C, Noyola-Díaz M, Terrón JA. Sensitization of restraint-induced corticosterone secretion after chronic restraint in rats: involvement of 5-HT₇ receptors. Neuropharmacology 2013; 71:216-27. [PMID: 23542440 PMCID: PMC3838668 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2013.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2012] [Revised: 03/04/2013] [Accepted: 03/18/2013] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
Serotonin (5-HT) modulates the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis response to stress. We examined the effect of chronic restraint stress (CRS; 20 min/day) as compared to control (CTRL) conditions for 14 days, on: 1) restraint-induced ACTH and corticosterone (CORT) secretion in rats pretreated with vehicle or SB-656104 (a 5-HT₇ receptor antagonist); 2) 5-HT₇ receptor-like immunoreactivity (5-HT₇-LI) and protein in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) and adrenal glands (AG); 3) baseline levels of 5-HT and 5-hydroxyindolacetic acid (5-HIAA), and 5-HIAA/5-HT ratio in PVN and AG; and 4) 5-HT-like immunoreactivity (5-HT-LI) in AG and tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH) protein in PVN and AG. On day 15, animals were subdivided into Treatment and No treatment groups. Treatment animals received an i.p. injection of vehicle or SB-656104; No Treatment animals received no injection. Sixty min later, Treatment animals were either decapitated with no further stress (0 min) or submitted to acute restraint (10, 30, 60 or 120 min); hormone serum levels were measured. No Treatment animals were employed for the rest of measurements. CRS decreased body weight gain and increased adrenal weight. In CTRL animals, acute restraint increased ACTH and CORT secretion in a time of restraint-dependent manner; both responses were inhibited by SB-656104. Exposure to CRS abolished ACTH but magnified CORT responses to restraint as compared to CTRL conditions; SB-656104 had no effect on ACTH levels but significantly inhibited sensitized CORT responses. In CTRL animals, 5-HT₇-LI was detected in magnocellular and parvocellular subdivisions of PVN and sparsely in adrenal cortex. Exposure to CRS decreased 5-HT₇-LI and protein in the PVN, but increased 5-HT₇-LI in the adrenal cortex and protein in whole AG. Higher 5-HT and 5-HIAA levels were detected in PVN and AG from CRS animals but 5-HIAA/5-HT ratio increased in AG only. Finally, whereas 5-HT-LI was sparsely observed in the adrenal cortex of CTRL animals, it strongly increased in the adrenal cortex of CRS animals. No TPH protein was detected in AG from both animal groups. Results suggest that CRS promotes endocrine disruption involving decreased ACTH and sensitized CORT responses to acute restraint. This phenomenon may be associated with increased function and expression of 5-HT₇ receptors as well as 5-HT turnover in AG.
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- Brenda B. García-Iglesias
- Departamento de Farmacología, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV-IPN), Apartado Postal 14-740, Zacatenco 07000, Mexico City, México
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City, México
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Biofísica y Neurociencias, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico City, México
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- Departamento de Farmacología, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV-IPN), Apartado Postal 14-740, Zacatenco 07000, Mexico City, México
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- Departamento de Farmacología, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV-IPN), Apartado Postal 14-740, Zacatenco 07000, Mexico City, México
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Ayala-García B, López-Santibáñez Guevara M, Marcos-Camacho LI, Fuentes-Farías AL, Meléndez-Herrera E, Gutiérrez-Ospina G. Speciation, phenotypic variation and plasticity: what can endocrine disruptors tell us? Int J Endocrinol 2013; 2013:862739. [PMID: 23762055 PMCID: PMC3670528 DOI: 10.1155/2013/862739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2013] [Accepted: 03/28/2013] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
Abstract
Phenotype variability, phenotypic plasticity, and the inheritance of phenotypic traits constitute the fundamental ground of processes such as individuation, individual and species adaptation and ultimately speciation. Even though traditional evolutionary thinking relies on genetic mutations as the main source of intra- and interspecies phenotypic variability, recent studies suggest that the epigenetic modulation of gene transcription and translation, epigenetic memory, and epigenetic inheritance are by far the most frequent reliable sources of transgenerational variability among viable individuals within and across organismal species. Therefore, individuation and speciation should be considered as nonmutational epigenetic phenomena.
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- Braulio Ayala-García
- Laboratorio de Ecofisiología Animal, Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Investigaciones Sobre Recursos Naturales, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, MI, Mexico
- Laboratorio de Biología de Sistemas, Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510 Ciudad de México, Mexico
- *Braulio Ayala-García: and
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- Laboratorio de Biología de Sistemas, Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510 Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Ecofisiología Animal, Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Investigaciones Sobre Recursos Naturales, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, MI, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Ecofisiología Animal, Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Investigaciones Sobre Recursos Naturales, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, MI, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Ecofisiología Animal, Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Investigaciones Sobre Recursos Naturales, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, MI, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Biología de Sistemas, Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510 Ciudad de México, Mexico
- *Gabriel Gutiérrez-Ospina:
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Contreras-García JI, Rodríguez-Castañeda L, Gómez-Lira G, Ramírez-Hernández R, Villafán H, Granados-Rojas L, Gutiérrez-Ospina G, Mendoza Torreblanca JG. The age-dependent change in olfactory periglomerular neuronal populations is not affected by interrupting subventricular neuroblast migration in adult rats. Neurosci Lett 2012; 522:6-11. [PMID: 22634627 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.05.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2012] [Revised: 04/22/2012] [Accepted: 05/15/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
The olfactory bulb (OB) is rich in the number and variety of neurotransmitter and neuropeptide containing cells, in particular in the glomerular layer. Several reports suggest that numbers of some periglomerular phenotypes could change depending on age. However, it is unclear whether the different classes of periglomerular interneurons are modified or are maintained stable throughout life. Thus, our first objective was to obtain the absolute number of cells belonging to the different periglomerular phenotypes at adulthood. On the other hand, the olfactory bulb is continously supplied with newly generated periglomerular neurons produced by stem cells located in the subventricular zone (SVZ) and rostral migratory stream. Previously, we demonstrated that the implantation of a physical barrier completely prevents SVZ neuroblast migration towards the OB. Then, another objective of this study was to evaluate whether stopping the continuous supply of SVZ neuroblasts modified the different periglomerular populations throughout time. In summary, we estimated the total number of TH-IR, CalB-IR, CalR-IR and GAD-IR cells in the OB glomerular layer at several time points in control and barrier implanted adult rats. In addition, we estimated the volume of glomerular, granular and complete OB. Our main finding was that the number of the four main periglomerular populations is age-dependent, even after impairment of subventricular neuroblast migration. Furthermore, we established that these changes do not correlate with changes in the volume of glomerular layer.
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- Jatziri I Contreras-García
- Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas and Grupo de Investigación en Células Troncales IMPULSA 02, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510 México, DF, Mexico
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Lajud N, Roque A, Cajero M, Gutiérrez-Ospina G, Torner L. Periodic maternal separation decreases hippocampal neurogenesis without affecting basal corticosterone during the stress hyporesponsive period, but alters HPA axis and coping behavior in adulthood. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2012; 37:410-20. [PMID: 21862224 DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2010] [Revised: 07/08/2011] [Accepted: 07/18/2011] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Although not directly evaluated, the early rise of glucocorticoid (GC) levels, as occur after exposure to adverse early life experience, are assumed to affect hippocampal ontogeny by altering the hippocampus negative feedback on adult HPA axis. To test whether hippocampal ontogeny is affected by early exposure to stress we estimated the survival of recently formed hippocampal granule cells in rat pups subjected to periodic maternal separation (180 min/day; MS180) from postnatal days (PND) 1 to 14. Accordingly, MS180 pups injected with bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU, 50 mg/kg, ip) at PND 5 showed decreased density of doublecortin (DCX) positive BrdU-labeled cells at PND 15. MS180 and AFR pups showed similar corticosterone (CORT) basal levels between PND 3 and 12, whereas adult MS180 rats presented with higher CORT levels than AFR adults. Nonetheless, both AFR and MS180 pups and adults showed similar transient increments of CORT levels in response to stress. In addition, MS180 had no effect on the adult anxiety-like behavior evaluated in the elevated plus maze, but evoked a passive coping strategy in the forced swimming test. The data show that the decrease in hippocampal neurogenesis is an early onset phenomenon, and suggests that adverse experiences alter hippocampal ontogeny without chronic elevation of GC levels.
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- Naima Lajud
- División de Neurociencias, Centro de Investigación Biomédica de Michoacán - Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Morelia 58341, Michoacán, Mexico
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Colín-Castelán D, Phillips-Farfán BV, Gutiérrez-Ospina G, Fuentes-Farias AL, Báez-Saldaña A, Padilla-Cortés P, Meléndez-Herrera E. EphB4 is developmentally and differentially regulated in blood vessels throughout the forebrain neurogenic niche in the mouse brain: Implications for vascular remodeling. Brain Res 2011; 1383:90-8. [PMID: 21303665 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2011.01.110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2010] [Revised: 12/21/2010] [Accepted: 01/31/2011] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Neurogenesis is a process influenced by environmental cues that create highly specific functional niches. Recently, the role of blood vessels in the maintenance and functioning of neurogenic niches during development and in adult life has been hallmarked. In addition to their trophic support for the highly demanding neurogenic process, blood vessels regulate neuroblast differentiation and migration and define functional domains. Since neurogenesis along the forebrain neurogenic niche (FNN) is a multistage process, in which neuroblast proliferation, differentiation and migration are spatially restricted to specific locations; we evaluated the structural features of vascular beds that support these processes during critical time points in their development. Additionally, we studied the molecular identity of the endothelial components of vascular beds using the expression of the venous marker EphB4. Our results show that blood vessels along the FNN: 1) are present very early in development; 2) define the borders of the FNN since early developmental stages; 3) experience constant remodeling until achieving their mature structure; 4) show venous features during perinatal developmental times; and 5) down-regulate their EphB4 expression as development proceeds. Collectively, our results describe the formation of the intricate vascular network that may support neurogenesis along the FNN and show that blood vessels along this neurogenic niche are dynamic entities that experience significant structural and molecular remodeling throughout development.
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- Dannia Colín-Castelán
- Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología and Grupo de Investigación de Células Troncales, IMPULSA 02, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510, Mexico
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Fetter-Pruneda I, Martínez-Méndez R, Olivos-Cisneros L, Diaz D, Padilla-Cortés P, Báez-Saldaña A, Gutiérrez-Ospina G. Valproic acid modulates brain plasticity through epigenetic chromatin remodeling in the blind rat: implications for human sight recovery. Proc West Pharmacol Soc 2011; 54:83-88. [PMID: 22423589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Blindness is a pervasive sensory condition that imposes diverse difficulties to carry on with activities of daily living. In blind individuals, the brain is subjected to a large scale reorganization characterized by expanded cortical territories associated with somatosensory and auditory functions and the recruitment of the former visual areas to perform bimodal somatosensory and auditory integration. This poses obstacles to efforts aimed at reassigning visual functions to the recruited visual cortex in the blind, especially after the end of the ontogentic sensitive period. Devising pharmacological measures to modulate the magnitude of brain plasticity could improve our chances of recovering visual functions in the blind. Here, by using the primary somatosensory cortex (S1) in the rat as a working model, we showed that valproic acid administered through the mother's milk prevents cortical reorganization in blinded rats by delaying neuronal histone de-acetylation. These results suggest that in the future, we might be able to devise epigenetic pharmacological measures that could improve our chances of reassigning visual functions to the once deprived former visual cortex in the blind, by modulating the magnitude of brain plasticity during critical times of development.
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- I Fetter-Pruneda
- Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México City, México D.F.
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Pichardo AI, Tlachi-López JL, Jiménez-Trejo F, Fuentes-Farías AL, Báez-Saldaña A, Molina-Cerón ML, Manjarréz-Gutiérrez G, Gutiérrez-Ospina G, Lucio RA. Increased serotonin concentration and tryptophan hydroxylase activity in reproductive organs of copulator males: a case of adaptive plasticity. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.4236/abb.2011.22012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Sánchez-Peña LC, Petrosyan P, Morales M, González NB, Gutiérrez-Ospina G, Del Razo LM, Gonsebatt ME. Arsenic species, AS3MT amount, and AS3MT gene expression in different brain regions of mouse exposed to arsenite. Environ Res 2010; 110:428-434. [PMID: 20138265 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2010.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2009] [Revised: 12/22/2009] [Accepted: 01/14/2010] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Human exposure to inorganic arsenic (iAs) has been associated with cancer and serious injury to various internal organs, as well as peripheral neuropathy, endocrine disruption and diverse effects in the central nervous system (CNS). Using rodent models, it is possible to demonstrate As accumulation in the brain that leads to defects in operant learning, behavioral changes, and affect pituitary gonadotrophins. iAs biomethylation in the CNS is a significant process, yielding products that are more reactive and toxic than the parent compound. Mice received 2.5, 5, and 10 mg/kg/day sodium arsenite orally for 9 days. We investigated the distribution of iAs and its metabolites as well as the mRNA and protein expression of arsenic (III) methyltransferase (AS3MT), which encodes the key enzyme in iAs metabolism, in the cerebral cortex, hippocampus, striatum, mesencephalon, thalamus, cerebellum, hypothalamus, pons, medulla oblongata, and pituitary of mouse brain. Our findings show that methylated As metabolites are present in all brain regions studied suggesting that AS3MT is ubiquitously expressed in the brain and it is not inducible by dose of arsenite. There is also a dose-related accumulation of As species in all brain regions, with the highest accumulation observed in the pituitary. The higher distribution of arsenicals in pituitary can help to explain the neuroendocrine effects associated with iAs exposure.
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Flores CV, Peña LS, Petrosian P, Morales M, González N, Gutiérrez-Ospina G, Del Razo L, Gonsebatt M. Arsenic (III) methyltransferase expression and arsenic metabolites accumulation in brain regions of mice exposed to arsenite. Toxicol Lett 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2010.03.751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Vidaltamayo R, Bargas J, Covarrubias L, Hernández A, Galarraga E, Gutiérrez-Ospina G, Drucker-Colin R. Stem Cell Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease: A Road Map for a Successful Future. Stem Cells Dev 2010; 19:311-20. [DOI: 10.1089/scd.2009.0205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Román Vidaltamayo
- Grupo de Celulas Troncales Neurales (IMPULSA-02), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
- Depto. de Neurociencias and Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
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- Grupo de Celulas Troncales Neurales (IMPULSA-02), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
- Depto. de Genética del Desarrollo y Fisiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, and Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
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- Grupo de Celulas Troncales Neurales (IMPULSA-02), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
- Depto. de Biofísica, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
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- Grupo de Celulas Troncales Neurales (IMPULSA-02), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
- Depto. de Genética del Desarrollo y Fisiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, and Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
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- Grupo de Celulas Troncales Neurales (IMPULSA-02), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
- Depto. de Genética del Desarrollo y Fisiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, and Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
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- Grupo de Celulas Troncales Neurales (IMPULSA-02), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
- Depto. Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
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- Grupo de Celulas Troncales Neurales (IMPULSA-02), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
- Depto. de Neurociencias and Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
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Cabrera-Vásquez S, Navarro-Tableros V, Sánchez-Soto C, Gutiérrez-Ospina G, Hiriart M. Remodelling sympathetic innervation in rat pancreatic islets ontogeny. BMC Dev Biol 2009; 9:34. [PMID: 19534767 PMCID: PMC2711085 DOI: 10.1186/1471-213x-9-34] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2009] [Accepted: 06/17/2009] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Background Pancreatic islets are not fully developed at birth and it is not clear how they are vascularised and innervated. Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) is required to guide sympathetic neurons that innervate peripheral organs and also in cardiovascular system and ovary angiogenesis. Pancreatic beta cells of a transgenic mouse that over-expressed NGF in attracts sympathetic hyper-innervation towards them. Moreover, we have previously demonstrated that adult beta cells synthesize and secrete NGF; however, we do not know how is NGF secreted during development, nor if it might be trophic for sympathetic innervation and survival in the pancreas. We analyzed sympathetic innervation and vasculature development in rat pancreatic islets at different developmental stages; foetal (F19), early postnatal (P1), weaning period (P20) and adults. We temporarily correlated these events to NGF secretion by islet cells. Results Sympathetic fibres reached pancreatic islets in the early postnatal period, apparently following blood vessels. The maximal number of sympathetic fibres (TH immunopositive) in the periphery of the islets was observed at P20, and then fibres entered the islets and reached the core where beta cells are mainly located. The number of fibres decreased from that stage to adulthood. At all stages studied, islet cells secreted NGF and also expressed the high affinity receptor TrkA. Foetal and neonatal isolated islet cells secreted more NGF than adults. TrkA receptors were expressed at all stages in pancreatic sympathetic fibres and blood vessels. These last structures were NGF–immunoreactive only at early stages (foetal and P0). Conclusion The results suggest that NGF signalling play an important role in the guidance of blood vessels and sympathetic fibres toward the islets during foetal and neonatal stages and could also preserve innervation at later stages of life.
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- Siraam Cabrera-Vásquez
- Biophysics Department, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Neuroscience, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico DF, Mexico.
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Prieto-Gómez B, Velázquez-Paniagua M, Cisneros LO, Reyes-Vázquez C, Jiménez-Trejo F, Reyes ME, Mendoza-Torreblanca J, Gutiérrez-Ospina G. Melatonin attenuates the decrement of dendritic protein MAP-2 immuno-staining in the hippocampal CA1 and CA3 fields of the aging male rat. Neurosci Lett 2008; 448:56-61. [PMID: 18951952 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.10.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2008] [Revised: 10/10/2008] [Accepted: 10/11/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Neuronal death during brain aging results, at least in part, from the disruption of synaptic connectivity caused by oxidative stress. Synaptic elimination might be caused by increased instability of the neuronal processes. In vitro evidence shows that melatonin increases MAP-2 expression, a protein that improves the stability of the dendritic cytoskeleton, opening the possibility that melatonin could prevent synaptic elimination by increasing dendritic stability. One way to begin exploring this issue in vivo is to evaluate whether long-term melatonin treatment changes the intensity of MAP-2 immuno-staining in areas commonly afflicted by aging that are rich in dendritic processes. Accordingly, we evaluated the effects of administering melatonin for 6 or 12 months on the intensity of MAP-2 immuno-staining in the strata oriens and lucidum of the hippocampal CA1 and CA3 fields of aging male rats, through semi-quantitative densitometry. Melatonin treated rats showed a relative increment in the intensity of MAP-2 immuno-staining in both regions after 6 or 12 months of treatment, as compared with age matched control rats. Although melatonin untreated and treated rats showed a decrease of MAP-2 immuno-staining in the hippocampus with increasing age, such decrement was less pronounced following melatonin treatment. These findings were confirmed by qualitative Western blot analyses. The melatonin effect seems specific because MAP-2 staining in the primary somatosensory cortex was not affected by the treatment. Thus, chronic melatonin administration increases MAP-2 immuno-staining and attenuates its decay in the adult aging hippocampus. These results are compatible with the idea that melatonin could improve dendritic stability and thus diminish synaptic elimination in the aging brain.
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- Bertha Prieto-Gómez
- Departamento de Fisiología, División de Investigación, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F., México City 04510, Mexico.
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Meléndez-Herrera E, Colín-Castelán D, Varela-Echavarría A, Gutiérrez-Ospina G. Semaphorin-3A and its receptor neuropilin-1 are predominantly expressed in endothelial cells along the rostral migratory stream of young and adult mice. Cell Tissue Res 2008; 333:175-84. [PMID: 18574596 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-008-0643-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2007] [Accepted: 05/09/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In the adult brain, neuroblasts originating in the subventricular zone migrate through the rostral migratory stream to the olfactory bulb. While migrating, neuroblasts undergo progressive differentiation until reaching their final locations and fates. Because molecules involved in migration may also exert differentiating effects on young neurons, the identification of factors that support migration could also shed light on the processes of adult neuroblast differentiation. This is the case for members of the family of semaphorins and of its cognate receptors, the neuropilins. Here, we have evaluated the presence of semaphorin-3A and of its receptor neuropilin-1 along the rostral migratory stream in young and adult mice by using immunocytochemical, histochemical, and in situ hybridization techniques. Our morphological studies show that semaphorin-3A and neuropilin-1 are both mainly expressed on endothelial cells along the rostral migratory stream during postnatal development. Our results suggest that endothelial cells constitute the primary source and target of semaphorin-3A along the rostral migratory stream. Moreover, the present work outlines the potential role of blood vessels on neuroblast migration in the postnatal rostral migratory stream.
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- Esperanza Meléndez-Herrera
- Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México City, D.F., México
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Medina-Aguirre I, Gutiérrez-Ospina G, Hernández-Rodríguez J, Boyzo A, Manjarrez-Gutiérrez G. Development of 5-HT(1B), SERT and thalamo-cortical afferents in early nutrionally restricted rats: an emerging explanation for delayed barrel formation. Int J Dev Neurosci 2007; 26:225-31. [PMID: 18207350 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2007.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2007] [Revised: 12/05/2007] [Accepted: 12/06/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Barrel formation is delayed in nutritionally restricted rats. The underlying cause of such delay is yet unclear. Because barrels appear upon the arrival of somatosensory thalamo-cortical afferents and the reorientation of the dendritic arborizations of cortical spiny stellate neurons, it is likely that at least one of these processes is altered by nutritional restriction. Also, the serotoninergic afferent system has been implicated in regulating barrel segregation and growth during early postnatal life. We then evaluated the pattern of immunostaining of the serotonin transporter (SERT) and of the serotonin receptor 1B (5-HT(1B)), as well as the growth and arrival time of somatosensory thalamo-cortical afferents, to infer the contribution of these elements in the delayed formation of barrels observed in nutritionally restricted rats. It was found that the rates of development and the segregation of thalamo-cortical fibers were normal in nutritionally restricted rats. SERT, but not 5-HT(1B) immunoreactivity, was decreased in the primary somatosensory cortex during barrel specification. The availability of both proteins in nutritionally restricted rats was lower than that observed in their well fed counterparts at later developmental times. It is concluded that the delayed formation of barrels observed in nutritionally restricted rats is due to a retarded reorientation of dendritic arbors of cortical neurons. This might happen as a secondary effect of decreasing the availability of SERT and/or increasing the availability of 5-HT(1B) receptor early in postnatal life.
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- Ivett Medina-Aguirre
- Laboratorio de Patología Molecular, Unidad de Investigación Biomolecular en Cardiología, Hospital de Cardiología, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, México 06725, DF, Mexico
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Bata-García JL, Villanueva-Toledo J, Gutiérrez-Ospina G, Alvarez-Cervera FJ, Heredia-López FJ, Góngora-Alfaro JL. Sustained improvement of motor function in hemiparkinsonian rats chronically treated with low doses of caffeine or trihexyphenidyl. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2007; 86:68-78. [PMID: 17250882 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2006.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2006] [Revised: 12/05/2006] [Accepted: 12/09/2006] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The effects of chronic oral treatment with low doses of caffeine (1-3 mg/kg) and trihexyphenidyl (0.1-0.2 mg/kg) were tested on hemiparkinsonian rats, which received the following treatments in a counterbalanced order: vehicle, caffeine, trihexyphenidyl, and caffeine plus trihexyphenidyl. Three preclinical models were used: the stepping test, the cylinder test, and the staircase test. Compared to pre-lesion values, the forepaw contralateral to the dopamine-denervated side showed impaired stepping, fewer wall contacts in the cylinder test, and fewer pellets retrieved in the staircase test. In the stepping test both doses of caffeine produced a complete recovery of motor function (100%), whereas the effect of trihexyphenidyl was less intense (77-80%). In this same test the maximal effect of drugs did not develop tolerance during 2-3 weeks, and was completely reversible after drug cessation. In the cylinder test only the wall contacts performed simultaneously with both forepaws were significantly increased by caffeine (3 mg/kg) and trihexyphenidyl (0.2 mg/kg), and this effect was also reversible. In the staircase test none of the treatments improved food pellet retrieval with the contralateral forepaw. Altogether, these results show that chronic treatment with caffeine, at doses similar to daily human consumption, produces a sustained improvement in the use of the contralateral forelimb in unilaterally 6-hydroxydopamine denervated rats, without the development of tolerance. Although the combined administration of caffeine plus trihexyphenidyl showed no synergism in these models, the results suggest that low doses of caffeine (1-3 mg/kg/day) could be of therapeutic value for the reversal of motor symptoms in parkinsonian patients.
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- José L Bata-García
- Departamento de Neurociencias, Centro de Investigaciones Regionales Dr. Hideyo Noguchi, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Avenida Itzaes 490, Mérida, Yucatán, 97000, Mexico
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Aguayo-Mazzucato C, Sanchez-Soto C, Godinez-Puig V, Gutiérrez-Ospina G, Hiriart M. Restructuring of pancreatic islets and insulin secretion in a postnatal critical window. PLoS One 2006; 1:e35. [PMID: 17183663 PMCID: PMC1762382 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2006] [Accepted: 10/10/2006] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Function and structure of adult pancreatic islets are determined by early postnatal development, which in rats corresponds to the first month of life. We analyzed changes in blood glucose and hormones during this stage and their association with morphological and functional changes of alpha and beta cell populations during this period. At day 20 (d20), insulin and glucose plasma levels were two- and six-fold higher, respectively, as compared to d6. Interestingly, this period is characterized by physiological hyperglycemia and hyperinsulinemia, where peripheral insulin resistance and a high plasmatic concentration of glucagon are also observed. These functional changes were paralleled by reorganization of islet structure, cell mass and aggregate size of alpha and beta cells. Cultured beta cells from d20 secreted the same amount of insulin in 15.6 mM than in 5.6 mM glucose (basal conditions), and were characterized by a high basal insulin secretion. However, beta cells from d28 were already glucose sensitive. Understanding and establishing morphophysiological relationships in the developing endocrine pancreas may explain how events in early life are important in determining adult islet physiology and metabolism.
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- Cristina Aguayo-Mazzucato
- Department of Biophysics, Institute of Cellular Physiology, National Autonomous University of MéxicoMexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Biophysics, Institute of Cellular Physiology, National Autonomous University of MéxicoMexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Biomedical Research Institute, National Autonomous University of MéxicoMexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Biophysics, Institute of Cellular Physiology, National Autonomous University of MéxicoMexico City, Mexico
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Jiménez-Trejo F, Tapia-Rodríguez M, Queiroz DBC, Padilla P, Avellar MCW, Manzano PR, Manjarrez-Gutiérrez G, Gutiérrez-Ospina G. Serotonin concentration, synthesis, cell origin, and targets in the rat caput epididymis during sexual maturation and variations associated with adult mating status: morphological and biochemical studies. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 28:136-49. [PMID: 16988324 DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.106.000653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The caput epididymis of some mammals contains large quantities of serotonin whose origin, targets, and physiological variations have been poorly studied. We combined morphological and biochemical techniques to begin approaching these aspects of serotonin in the rat caput epididymis. Serotonin immunostaining was detected in mast, epithelial, and neuroendocrine cells. Epithelial cells displayed immunoreactivity to 5HT(1A), 5HT(2A,) and 5HT(3) serotonin receptors. Endothelial and mast cells labeled positive for 5HT(1B) serotonin receptors and spermatozoa displayed 5HT(2A) and 5HT(3) serotonin receptor immunoreactivity. Epithelial, endothelial, and mast cells stained positive for serotonin transporters. Only epithelial cells showed tryptophan hydroxylase immunoreactivity; this enzyme catalyzes the limiting step in the serotonin synthetic pathway. In addition, Western blot analyses of caput homogenates documented the presence of 2 protein bands ( approximately 51 kd and approximately 48 kd) that were immunoreactive for tryptophan hydroxylase. Chromatographic analyses documented the presence of tryptophan hydroxylase in the caput, and showed that both its activity and serotonin availability increased with sexual maturation and decreased following p-chlorophenylalanine treatment, an inhibitor of tryptophan hydroxylase activity. Interestingly, serotonin concentration and tryptophan hydroxylase activity tended to be higher in breeding males than in those with no mating experience. We think that these results support the existence of a local serotoninergic system in the rat caput epididymis that might regulate some aspects of male reproductive function.
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- Francisco Jiménez-Trejo
- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico City
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Queiróz DBC, Silva AMD, Gutiérrez-Ospina G, Porto CS, Grossman G, Petrusz P, Avellar MCW. Cells positive for microtubule-associated protein 1B (MAP 1B) are present along rat and human efferent ductules and epididymis. Cell Tissue Res 2006; 325:125-33. [PMID: 16541288 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-005-0108-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2005] [Accepted: 10/21/2005] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Microtubule-associated protein 1B (MAP 1B) is a neuronal cytoskeleton marker with predominant expression in the developing nervous system. The present study provides evidence for the expression of this cytoskeleton protein in non-neuronal and neuronal cells along rat and human efferent ductules and epididymis (initial segment, caput, and cauda). Reverse transcription/polymerase chain reaction and Western blot analysis were used to confirm the presence of MAP 1B (mRNA and protein) in rat tissues. Immunohistochemical studies revealed MAP-1B-positive staining in columnar ciliated cells present in efferent ductules and in narrow cells located in the initial segment, in both rat and human. MAP-1B-positive basal cells, located underneath the columnar cells, were only identified in the initial segment and caput epididymidis of the rat. Qualitative analysis of tissues from 40-day-old and 120-day-old rats indicated that the number of MAP-1B-positive ciliated, narrow, and basal cells per tubule increased with sexual maturation. These immunoreactive cells did not stain for dopamine beta-hydroxylase or acetylcholinesterase, indicating that they were not adrenergic or cholinergic in nature. Immunohistochemical studies also revealed the presence of MAP-1B-positive staining in interstitial nerve fibers in caput and cauda epididymidis from both rat and human. Thus, the expression of MAP 1B is not confined to a specific cell type in rat and human efferent ductules and epididymis. The functional significance of this cytoskeleton protein in tissues from the male reproductive tract requires further investigation.
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- Daniel B C Queiróz
- Section of Experimental Endocrinology, Department of Pharmacology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo-Escola Paulista de Medicina, Rua 3 de maio 100, INFAR, Vila Clementino, 04044-020 São Paulo, Brazil
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Uribe-Querol E, Martínez-Martínez E, Tapia-Rodríguez M, Hernández LR, Toscano-Márquez B, Padilla P, Gutiérrez-Ospina G. Metabolic indices shift in the hypothalamic-neurohypophysial system during lactation: implications for interpreting their relationship with neuronal activity. Neuroscience 2005; 134:1217-22. [PMID: 16054766 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.05.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2004] [Revised: 04/11/2005] [Accepted: 05/12/2005] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Metabolic indices of neuronal activity are thought to predict changes in the frequency of action potentials. There are stimuli that do not shift action potential frequency but change the temporal organization of neuronal firing following modifications of excitatory inputs by inhibitory synaptic activation. To our knowledge it is unknown whether this kind of stimulus associates with adjustments of metabolic markers of neuronal activity. Here, we used the hypothalamic-neurohypophysial system of lactating rats to address whether shifts in the temporal organization of neuronal firing relate with modifications of metabolic markers of neuronal activity. Cytochrome oxidase activity, (3)H-2-deoxyglucose uptake, and the area occupied by blood vessels increased in the paraventricular nucleus and neurohypophysis of lactating rats, as compared with their virgin counterparts. Taken together, these results suggest that metabolic demands denote shifts in the temporal organization of action potentials related with the adjustment of excitatory synaptic activation, and support that changes in metabolic markers do not necessarily reflect shifts in the frequency of action potentials.
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- E Uribe-Querol
- Laboratory of Evolutionary and Developmental Neurobiology, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
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Rodríguez VM, Del Razo LM, Limón-Pacheco JH, Giordano M, Sánchez-Peña LC, Uribe-Querol E, Gutiérrez-Ospina G, Gonsebatt ME. Glutathione Reductase Inhibition and Methylated Arsenic Distribution in Cd1 Mice Brain and Liver. Toxicol Sci 2005; 84:157-66. [PMID: 15601678 DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfi057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Inorganic arsenic exposure via drinking water has been associated with cancer and serious injury in various internal organs, as well as with peripheral neuropathy and diverse effects in the nervous system. Alterations in memory and attention processes have been reported in exposed children, whereas adults acutely exposed to high amounts of inorganic arsenic showed impairments in learning, memory, and concentration. Glutathione (GSH) is extensively involved in the metabolism of inorganic arsenic, and both arsenite and its methylated metabolites have been shown to be potent inhibitors of glutathione reductase (GR) in vitro. Brain would be more susceptible to GR inhibition because of the decreased activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase reported in this tissue. To investigate whether GR inhibition could be documented in vivo, we determined the activity and levels of GR in brain as well as in liver, the main organ of arsenic metabolism in mice exposed to 2.5, 5, or 10 mg/kg/day of sodium arsenite over a period of 9 days. In contrast to what has been observed in vitro, significant inhibition of the expression and activity of GR was observed only at the highest concentration used (10 mg/kg/day) in both organs. Although the disposition of arsenicals was higher in liver, significant amounts of inorganic and methylated arsenic forms were determined in the brain of exposed animals. The formation of monomethylarsenic (MMA) and dimethylarsenic (DMA) metabolites in the brain was confirmed by incubating brain slices for 24, 48, and 72 h with sodium arsenite.
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- V M Rodríguez
- Instituto de Neurobiología, UNAM, HP 70-228, Civdad Universitaria, 04510 DF, Mexico Sección de Toxicología, CINVESTAV-IPN, AP 14-740, 07000 DF, México
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Gutiérrez-Ospina G, Uribe-Querol E, Sánchez N, Geovannini H, Padilla P, Hernández-Echeagaray E. Similar synapse density in layer IV columns of the primary somatosensory cortex of transgenic mice with different brain size: implications for mechanisms underlying the differential allocation of cortical space. Brain Behav Evol 2004; 64:61-9. [PMID: 15205542 DOI: 10.1159/000079116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2003] [Accepted: 02/04/2004] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The relative dimension of the areas constituting the cerebral cortex differs greatly in the brains of different mammalian species. The mechanisms by which such an evolutionary remodeling has occurred is not well understood. To begin exploring possible mechanisms, we took advantage of a transgenic mouse model in which the area of the primary somatosensory cortex (S1) shifts, to some extent independent from the area of the cortex as a whole, as a result of differences in the availability of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I). Electron microscopy estimations of synapse density in D3 and C3 cortical columns of the S1 layer IV revealed that this parameter was similar among wild type and transgenic mice with higher and lower availability of IGF-I. Because D3 and C3 columns were larger and smaller than normal in mice with higher and lower IGF-I availability, the total number of synapses contained in the average area of D3 and C3 columns increased and decreased, respectively. No differences in the number and overall arrangement of S1 columns were observed among animal groups. These results suggest that: 1) synapse density is a constant factor within the S1 cortical column structure; 2) the mechanisms and factors regulating cell number and synaptogenesis are affected as columns and cortical areas modify their relative dimensions; 3) altered availability of neurotrophic factors might be associated with changes in areal dimensions; and 4) changes in cortical areal dimensions within single lineages might result from the addition of minicolumns to preexisting columns.
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- Gabriel Gutiérrez-Ospina
- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Biomedical Research Institute, National Autonomous University of México, México DF, México.
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Granados-Rojas L, Serrano N, Gutiérrez-Ospina G, Díaz-Cintra S. Prenatal protein malnutrition differentially affects the volume of the granule layer and mossy fibers in young male and female rats. Proc West Pharmacol Soc 2003; 45:53-4. [PMID: 12434526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/27/2023]
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- L Granados-Rojas
- Departamento de Neurobiología del Desarrollo, Centro de Neurobiología, UNAM-UAQ-Juriquilla, P.O. Box 1-1141, Querétaro, Qro. 76001, México.
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Gutiérrez-Ospina G, Manjarrez-Gutiérrez G, González C, López S, Herrera R, Medina Aguirre I, Hernández-R J. Neither increased nor decreased availability of cortical serotonin (5HT) disturbs barrel field formation in isocaloric undernourished rat pups. Int J Dev Neurosci 2002; 20:497-501. [PMID: 12392753 DOI: 10.1016/s0736-5748(02)00058-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Serotonin (5HT) is expressed transiently in primary sensory areas of the rat neocortex during the establishment of the thalamo-cortical topography and somatotopy. The precise role of 5HT during the specification of neocortical areas is still uncertain. We evaluated the effects of increasing and decreasing cortical serotonin concentrations on the specification of the barrel cortex using a rat model of isocaloric undernutrition. This manipulation increases brain 5HT levels during brain development. Undernourished animals were also treated with p-clorophenylalanine; an inhibitor of 5HT synthesis. Barrels representing the head were readily seen at postnatal day 5 in control and p-clorophenylalanine treated rats. In contrast, undernourished rats treated or not with p-clorophenylalanine showed no barrels representing the head but until postnatal day 7. Chromatographic analyses demonstrated that the concentration of cortical 5HT increased by 50% in undernourished pups during barrel field formation. Control and undernourished animals treated with p-clorophenylalanine had a significant reduction (90%) of 5HT in the cortex. The overall geometry of the barrel field and of individual barrels was similar among animal groups. Our results support that 5HT plays a small role in triggering and timing barrel field somatotopy.
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- Gabriel Gutiérrez-Ospina
- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Biomedical Research Institute, National Autonomous University of México, México, DF 04510, Mexico.
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Gutiérrez-Ospina G, Gutiérrez de la Barrera A, Larriva J, Giordano M. Insulin-like growth factor I partly prevents axon elimination in the neonate rat optic nerve. Neurosci Lett 2002; 325:207-10. [PMID: 12044657 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(02)00293-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Developmental neuronal death ensues after access of innervating neurons to target-derived neurotrophic factors is restricted. Recent evidence suggests, however, that growth factors such as those of the insulin family modulate neuronal death through autocrine/paracrine mechanisms. In rats, retinal ganglion neurons (RGNs) undergo massive death during early postnatal life. During this same period, the expression of various members of the insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) protein family is down regulated. To evaluate whether ocular IGF-I might modulate RGN death, we administered IGF-I in the posterior chamber of the eye of newborn rats. Optic nerve fiber number was estimated in control and IGF-I treated animals at postnatal day 5 when RGN death peaks. Intraocular IGF-I treatment at birth partly prevented optic nerve fiber elimination. Because the axon number in the optic nerve correlates to some extent with the RGN number, these results suggest that IGF-I may modulate RGN death in vivo through local interactions.
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- Gabriel Gutiérrez-Ospina
- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Biomedical Research Institute, National University of México, Mexico D.F., 04510, Mexico.
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Silva AM, Queiróz DBC, Castro Neto EF, Naffah-Mazzacoratti MDG, Godinho RO, Porto CS, Gutiérrez-Ospina G, Avellar MCW. Segment-specific decrease of both catecholamine concentration and acetylcholinesterase activity are accompanied by nerve refinement in the rat cauda epididymis during sexual maturation. J Androl 2002; 23:374-83. [PMID: 12002439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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In the present work, histochemical and biochemical studies were conducted to analyze changes in the pattern of autonomic innervation during sexual maturation, using the rat epididymis as a model. Glyoxylic acid histochemistry and immunohistochemical studies against dopamine beta-hydroxylase (DbetaH) and acetylcholinesterase (AChE) indicated a reduction in the amount of catecholaminergic and AChE-positive neurons, fibers, and puncta detected in the cauda epididymis of adult rats (120 days old), when compared to immature (40 days) and young adult (60 days) animals. No obvious age-related variations were detected in the few catecholaminergic and AChE-positive fibers and puncta present in the caput region. AChE-positive fibers were found sorting out among epithelial cells and ending free upon the epithelial surface or into the tubular lumen of the cauda region of adult rats. Furthermore, a positive staining for AChE in epithelial cells was also detected in the caput and cauda epididymis in all ages studied. Biochemical analysis confirmed a significant decrease in noradrenaline concentration as well as AChE activity in the cauda epididymis with sexual maturation. Immunohistochemical studies against microtubule-associated protein 1B (MAP 1B), a neuronal cytoskeletal marker, further substantiated the quantitative changes observed in catecholaminergic and AChE-positive neuronal elements in the cauda epididymis. Thus, our results documented segment-specific variations in noradrenaline concentration and AChE activity during epididymal sexual maturation and suggest that such variations result, at least in part, from the refinement of the autonomic innervation pattern with age.
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- Adilson M Silva
- Department of Pharmacology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo-Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo, Brazil
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