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Jonak CR, Assad SA, Garcia TA, Sandhu MS, Rumschlag JA, Razak KA, Binder DK. Phenotypic analysis of multielectrode array EEG biomarkers in developing and adult male Fmr1 KO mice. Neurobiol Dis 2024; 195:106496. [PMID: 38582333 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2024.106496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2024] [Revised: 04/03/2024] [Accepted: 04/03/2024] [Indexed: 04/08/2024] Open
Abstract
Fragile X Syndrome (FXS) is a leading known genetic cause of intellectual disability with symptoms that include increased anxiety and social and sensory processing deficits. Recent electroencephalographic (EEG) studies in humans with FXS have identified neural oscillation deficits that include increased resting state gamma power, increased amplitude of auditory evoked potentials, and reduced phase locking of sound-evoked gamma oscillations. Similar EEG phenotypes are present in mouse models of FXS, but very little is known about the development of such abnormal responses. In the current study, we employed a 30-channel mouse multielectrode array (MEA) system to record and analyze resting and stimulus-evoked EEG signals in male P21 and P91 WT and Fmr1 KO mice. This led to several novel findings. First, P91, but not P21, Fmr1 KO mice have significantly increased resting EEG power in the low- and high-gamma frequency bands. Second, both P21 and P91 Fmr1 KO mice have markedly attenuated inter-trial phase coherence (ITPC) to spectrotemporally dynamic auditory stimuli as well as to 40 Hz and 80 Hz auditory steady-state response (ASSR) stimuli. This suggests abnormal temporal processing from early development that may lead to abnormal speech and language function in FXS. Third, we found hemispheric asymmetry of fast temporal processing in the mouse auditory cortex in WT but not Fmr1 KO mice. Together, these findings define a set of EEG phenotypes in young and adult mice that can serve as translational targets for genetic and pharmacological manipulation in phenotypic rescue studies.
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Affiliation(s)
- Carrie R Jonak
- Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, Riverside, CA, United States of America
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- Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, Riverside, CA, United States of America
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- Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, Riverside, CA, United States of America
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- Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, Riverside, CA, United States of America
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, United States of America
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, Riverside, CA, United States of America; Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, CA, United States of America
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- Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, Riverside, CA, United States of America; Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, Riverside, CA, United States of America.
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Garcia TA, Jonak CR, Binder DK. The Role of Aquaporins in Spinal Cord Injury. Cells 2023; 12:1701. [PMID: 37443735 PMCID: PMC10340765 DOI: 10.3390/cells12131701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Revised: 06/08/2023] [Accepted: 06/21/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023] Open
Abstract
Edema formation following traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) exacerbates secondary injury, and the severity of edema correlates with worse neurological outcome in human patients. To date, there are no effective treatments to directly resolve edema within the spinal cord. The aquaporin-4 (AQP4) water channel is found on plasma membranes of astrocytic endfeet in direct contact with blood vessels, the glia limitans in contact with the cerebrospinal fluid, and ependyma around the central canal. Local expression at these tissue-fluid interfaces allows AQP4 channels to play an important role in the bidirectional regulation of water homeostasis under normal conditions and following trauma. In this review, we consider the available evidence regarding the potential role of AQP4 in edema after SCI. Although more work remains to be carried out, the overall evidence indicates a critical role for AQP4 channels in edema formation and resolution following SCI and the therapeutic potential of AQP4 modulation in edema resolution and functional recovery. Further work to elucidate the expression and subcellular localization of AQP4 during specific phases after SCI will inform the therapeutic modulation of AQP4 for the optimization of histological and neurological outcomes.
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- Terese A. Garcia
- Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
- Center for Glial-Neuronal Interactions, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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Peterson AR, Garcia TA, Ford BD, Binder DK. Regulation of NRG-1-ErbB4 signaling and neuroprotection by exogenous neuregulin-1 in a mouse model of epilepsy. Neurobiol Dis 2021; 161:105545. [PMID: 34742879 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2021.105545] [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: 09/15/2021] [Revised: 10/28/2021] [Accepted: 11/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
Abstract
Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is the most common form of focal epilepsy. Dysregulation of glutamate transporters has been a common finding across animal models of epilepsy and in patients with TLE. In this study, we investigate NRG-1/ErbB4 signaling in epileptogenesis and the neuroprotective effects of NRG-1 treatment in a mouse model of temporal lobe epilepsy. Using immunohistochemistry, we report the first evidence for NRG-1/ErbB4-dependent selective upregulation of glutamate transporter EAAC1 and bihemispheric neuroprotection by exogeneous NRG-1 in the intrahippocampal kainic acid (IHKA) model of TLE. Our findings provide evidence that dysregulation of glutamate transporter EAAC1 contributes to the development of epilepsy and can be therapeutically targeted to reduce neuronal death following IHKA-induced status epilepticus (SE).
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- Allison R Peterson
- Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, Center for Glial-Neuronal Interactions, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA
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- Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, Center for Glial-Neuronal Interactions, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA
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- Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, Center for Glial-Neuronal Interactions, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA
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- Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, Center for Glial-Neuronal Interactions, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA.
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Peterson AR, Garcia TA, Cullion K, Tiwari-Woodruff SK, Pedapati EV, Binder DK. Targeted overexpression of glutamate transporter-1 reduces seizures and attenuates pathological changes in a mouse model of epilepsy. Neurobiol Dis 2021; 157:105443. [PMID: 34246771 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2021.105443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2021] [Revised: 07/02/2021] [Accepted: 07/05/2021] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Astrocytic glutamate transporters are crucial for glutamate homeostasis in the brain, and dysregulation of these transporters can contribute to the development of epilepsy. Glutamate transporter-1 (GLT-1) is responsible for the majority of glutamate uptake in the dorsal forebrain and has been shown to be reduced at epileptic foci in patients and preclinical models of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). Current antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) work primarily by targeting neurons directly through suppression of excitatory neurotransmission or enhancement of inhibitory neurotransmission, which can lead to both behavioral and psychiatric side effects. This study investigates the therapeutic capacity of astrocyte-specific AAV-mediated GLT-1 expression in the intrahippocampal kainic acid (IHKA) model of TLE. In this study, we used Western blot analysis, immunohistochemistry, and long-term-video EEG monitoring to demonstrate that cell-type-specific upregulation of GLT-1 in astrocytes is neuroprotective at early time points during epileptogenesis, reduces seizure frequency and total time spent in seizures, and eliminates large behavioral seizures in the IHKA model of epilepsy. Our findings suggest that targeting glutamate uptake is a promising therapeutic strategy for the treatment of epilepsy.
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Affiliation(s)
- Allison R Peterson
- Division of Biomedical Sciences, Center for Glial-Neuronal Interactions, School of Medicine, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA
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- Division of Biomedical Sciences, Center for Glial-Neuronal Interactions, School of Medicine, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA
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- Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Division of Biomedical Sciences, Center for Glial-Neuronal Interactions, School of Medicine, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA
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- Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA; Division of Neurology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Division of Biomedical Sciences, Center for Glial-Neuronal Interactions, School of Medicine, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA.
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Ribeiro RD, Lopes RA, Garcia TA, Carraro AA. A new aspect of the morphological transformation of Trypanosoma cruzi brought about by environmental variation. Angew Parasitol 1990; 31:207-10. [PMID: 2085209] [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: 12/30/2022]
Abstract
The development of Trypanosoma cruzi has been described both in vertebrate and invertebrate hosts, and the morphological transformations of the parasite have been studied in both cell-free cultures and tissue cultures. The investigators who studied this topic have emphasized the fact that the morphogenesis of T. cruzi may be associated with a series of factors. In the present study, we noted that when bloodstream trypomastigotes leave a vertebrate host reaching the digestive tract of triatomines through the blood sucking action of these vectors, specific culture by blood plating or maintenance of blood in physiological saline at different temperatures shows a phenomenon of trypanosome joining, with intensive movement of internal organelles (nucleus and kinetoplast) and junction at the kinetoplast level. Different situations may occur after this phenomenon, such as flagellate separation, passage of kinetoplast content from one individual to another, transformation into rounded elements that approach the pairs of agglomerate, or the formation of spherical elements similar to cyst-like bodies. When observed by light or phase-contrast microscopy, these bodies appear to be static and show inner structures moving in circles or in disorderly manner. On the basis of the molecular studies carried out by other authors, who observed that not all proteins synthetized from DNA are of immediate usefulness in the cell, but need to undergo activation by the action of another protein or of environmental variation, we may infer that T. cruzi, under adverse conditions, i.e. a change in habitat, may undergo transformations, taking on different forms for the exchange of genetic information for adaptation to the environment and for possible continuity of the evolutionary cycle.
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- R D Ribeiro
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ribeirão Preto-USP, Brazil
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Lopes RA, Ribeiro RD, Satake T, Nuti-Sobrinho A, Garcia TA. Trypanosomes of Brazilian fishes. II. Trypanosoma barrettoi sp. n. from Hypostomus paulinus (Siluriformes, Loricariidae). Angew Parasitol 1990; 31:11-4. [PMID: 2337249] [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: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
Trypanosoma barrettoi sp.n. is described from the blood of the armored catfish Hypostomas paulinus Ihering, from the State of São Paulo, Brazil. The total length averages 40.22 microns, of which 14.22 microns is free flagellum.
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- R A Lopes
- Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil
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Affiliation(s)
- R D Ribeiro
- Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil
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