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Yunusa S, Hassan Z, Müller CP. Mitragynine inhibits hippocampus neuroplasticity and its molecular mechanism. Pharmacol Rep 2023; 75:1488-1501. [PMID: 37924443 PMCID: PMC10661785 DOI: 10.1007/s43440-023-00541-w] [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: 07/20/2023] [Revised: 10/03/2023] [Accepted: 10/05/2023] [Indexed: 11/06/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Mitragynine (MIT), the primary indole alkaloid of kratom (Mitragyna speciosa), has been associated with addictive and cognitive decline potentials. In acute studies, MIT decreases spatial memory and inhibits hippocampal synaptic transmission in long-term potentiation (LTP). This study investigated the impacts of 14-day MIT treatment on hippocampus synaptic transmission and its possible underlying mechanisms. METHODS Under urethane anesthesia, field excitatory post-synaptic potentials (fEPSP) of the hippocampal CA1 region were recorded in the Sprague Dawley (SD) rats that received MIT (1, 5, and 10 mg/kg), morphine (MOR) 5 mg/kg, or vehicle (ip). The effects of the treatments on basal synaptic transmission, paired-pulse facilitation (PPF), and LTP were assessed in the CA1 region. Analysis of the brain's protein expression linked to neuroplasticity was then performed using a western blot. RESULTS The baseline synaptic transmission's amplitude was drastically decreased by MIT at 5 and 10 mg/kg doses, although the PPF ratio before TBS remained unchanged, the PPF ratio after TBS was significantly reduced by MIT (10 mg/kg). Strong and persistent inhibition of LTP was generated in the CA1 region by MIT (5 and 10 mg/kg) doses; this effect was not seen in MIT (1 mg/kg) treated rats. In contrast to MIT (1 mg/kg), MIT (5 and 10 mg/kg) significantly raised the extracellular glutamate levels. After exposure to MIT, GluR-1 receptor expression remained unaltered. However, NMDAε2 receptor expression was markedly downregulated. The expression of pCaMKII, pERK, pCREB, BDNF, synaptophysin, PSD-95, Delta fosB, and CDK-5 was significantly downregulated in response to MIT (5 and 10 mg/kg) exposure, while MOR (5 mg/kg) significantly raised synaptophysin and Delta fosB expression. CONCLUSION Findings from this work reveal that a smaller dose of MIT (1 mg/kg) poses no risk to hippocampal synaptic transmission. Alteration in neuroplasticity-associated proteins may be a molecular mechanism for MIT (5 and 10 mg/kg)-induced LTP disruption and cognitive impairments. Data from this work posit that MIT acted differently from MOR on neuroplasticity and its underlying mechanisms.
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- Suleiman Yunusa
- Centre for Drug Research, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, Penang, Malaysia
- Department of Pharmacology, Bauchi State University Gadau, PMB 65 Itas/Gadau, Bauchi, Bauchi State, Nigeria
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- Centre for Drug Research, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, Penang, Malaysia.
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- Centre for Drug Research, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, Penang, Malaysia.
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Clinic, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Schwabachanlage 6, 91054, Erlangen, Germany.
- Institute of Psychopharmacology, Central Institute of Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
- Psychiatric and Psychotherapeutic University Hospital, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Schwabachanlage 6, 91054, Erlangen, Germany.
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Kalati ZH, Gholami O, Amin B, Pejhan A, Sahab-Negah S, Gholami M, Azhdari-Zarmehri H, Mohammad-Zadeh M. The Role of 5-HT1A Receptors and Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase in a Seizur Induced Kindling Model in Rats. Neurochem Res 2022; 47:1934-1942. [PMID: 35305199 DOI: 10.1007/s11064-022-03577-1] [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: 07/07/2021] [Revised: 02/21/2022] [Accepted: 03/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Dentate gyrus (DG) has a high density of 5-HT1A receptors. It has neural nitric oxide synthase (nNOS), which is involved in neural excitability. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of 5-HT1A receptors and nNOS of DG in perforant path kindling model of epilepsy. MATERIAL AND METHODS To achieve this purpose, a receptor antagonist (WAY100635, 0.1 mg/kg, intracerebroventricular, i.c.v) and neuronal nitric oxide synthase inhibitor (7-NI, 15 mg/kg, intraperitoneal, i.p.) were injected during kindling aquisition. Adult male Wistar rats (280 ± 20 g) were used in this study Animals were kindled through the daily administration of brief electrical stimulations (10 stimulations per day) to the perforant pathway. Field potential recordings were performed for 20 min in DG beforehand. Additionally, glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) expression rate in the DG was determined using immunohistochemistry as a highly specific marker for glia. RESULTS WAY100635 (0.1 mg/kg) significantly attenuated the kindling threshold compared to the kindled + vehicle group (P < 0.001). The co-administration of WAY100635 with 7-NI, exerted a significant anticonvulsive effect. Furthermore, the slope of field Excitatory Post Synaptic Potentials (fEPSP) at the end of 10 days in the kindled + 7-NI + WAY100635 group was significantly lower than in the kindled + vehicle group (P < 0.001). Furthermore, immunohistochemistry showed that the density of GAFP+ cells in the kindled + 7-NI + WAY100635 group was significantly higher than in the kindled + vehicle group (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION Our data demonstrate that antagonists of 5-HT1A receptors have proconvulsive effects and that astrocyte cells are involved in this process, while nNOS has an inhibitory effect on neuronal excitability.
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- Zinat Heydarnia Kalati
- Student Research Committee, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran
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- Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran.,Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran
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- Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran.,Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran
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- Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran.,Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran
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- Neuroscience Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, School of Paramedical Sciences, Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences, Torbat Heydariyeh, Iran.
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- Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
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Sasaki-Hamada S, Maeno Y, Yabe M, Ishibashi H. Neuromedin U modulates neuronal excitability in rat hippocampal slices. Neuropeptides 2021; 89:102168. [PMID: 34243110 DOI: 10.1016/j.npep.2021.102168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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: 11/11/2020] [Revised: 06/24/2021] [Accepted: 06/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Neuromedin U (NMU) is a neuropeptide that was initially isolated from the porcine spinal cord and later from several species. Although NMU receptors exist in the CA1 region of the hippocampus, the role of NMU in hippocampal synaptic transmission remains unknown. In the present study, we demonstrated that the colocalization ratio of NMU type 1 (NMUR1) or type 2 (NMUR2) receptors was higher with neuronal nuclei (a neuronal marker) than with glial fibrillary acidic protein (an astrocyte marker) in the CA1 region of rats. Moreover, we revealed that the bath application of NMU (1 μM) enhanced extracellular field excitatory postsynaptic potentials at Schaffer collateral-CA1 synapses in rat hippocampal slices (+28.9 ± 1.3%; P < 0.05). After extracellular recordings, we examined the pattern of neuronal activation induced by NMU using c-Fos immunohistochemistry (Fos-IR). Histological analyses revealed that NMU increased Fos-IR in the CA1 region, but reduced the proportion of Fos-IR colocalized with glutamic acid decarboxylase (a GABA neuron marker). These results suggest that the activation of NMU receptors contributes to GABAergic neuronal activity in the CA1 region of the hippocampus.
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- Sachie Sasaki-Hamada
- Department of Physiology, School of Allied Health Sciences, Kitasato University, Sagamihara 252-0373, Japan.
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- Department of Physiology, School of Allied Health Sciences, Kitasato University, Sagamihara 252-0373, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, School of Allied Health Sciences, Kitasato University, Sagamihara 252-0373, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, School of Allied Health Sciences, Kitasato University, Sagamihara 252-0373, Japan
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Annamneedi A, del Angel M, Gundelfinger ED, Stork O, Çalışkan G. The Presynaptic Scaffold Protein Bassoon in Forebrain Excitatory Neurons Mediates Hippocampal Circuit Maturation: Potential Involvement of TrkB Signalling. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22157944. [PMID: 34360710 PMCID: PMC8347324 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22157944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2021] [Revised: 07/23/2021] [Accepted: 07/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
Abstract
A presynaptic active zone organizer protein Bassoon orchestrates numerous important functions at the presynaptic active zone. We previously showed that the absence of Bassoon exclusively in forebrain glutamatergic presynapses (BsnEmx1cKO) in mice leads to developmental disturbances in dentate gyrus (DG) affecting synaptic excitability, morphology, neurogenesis and related behaviour during adulthood. Here, we demonstrate that hyperexcitability of the medial perforant path-to-DG (MPP-DG) pathway in BsnEmx1cKO mice emerges during adolescence and is sustained during adulthood. We further provide evidence for a potential involvement of tropomyosin-related kinase B (TrkB), the high-affinity receptor for brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), mediated signalling. We detect elevated TrkB protein levels in the dorsal DG of adult mice (~3–5 months-old) but not in adolescent (~4–5 weeks-old) mice. Electrophysiological analysis reveals increased field-excitatory-postsynaptic-potentials (fEPSPs) in the DG of the adult, but not in adolescent BsnEmx1cKO mice. In line with an increased TrkB expression during adulthood in BsnEmx1cKO, blockade of TrkB normalizes the increased synaptic excitability in the DG during adulthood, while no such effect was observed in adolescence. Accordingly, neurogenesis, which has previously been found to be increased in adult BsnEmx1cKO mice, was unaffected at adolescent age. Our results suggest that Bassoon plays a crucial role in the TrkB-dependent postnatal maturation of the hippocampus.
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- Anil Annamneedi
- Institute of Biology, Otto-Von-Guericke University, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany; (M.d.A.); (O.S.)
- Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences (CBBS), 39120 Magdeburg, Germany;
- Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology (LIN), RG Neuroplasticity, 39118 Magdeburg, Germany
- Correspondence: (A.A.); (G.Ç.)
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- Institute of Biology, Otto-Von-Guericke University, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany; (M.d.A.); (O.S.)
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- Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences (CBBS), 39120 Magdeburg, Germany;
- Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology (LIN), RG Neuroplasticity, 39118 Magdeburg, Germany
- Institute of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Medical Faculty, Otto-von-Guericke University, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biology, Otto-Von-Guericke University, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany; (M.d.A.); (O.S.)
- Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences (CBBS), 39120 Magdeburg, Germany;
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- Institute of Biology, Otto-Von-Guericke University, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany; (M.d.A.); (O.S.)
- Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences (CBBS), 39120 Magdeburg, Germany;
- Correspondence: (A.A.); (G.Ç.)
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Park HS, Hwang ES, Choi GY, Kim HB, Park KS, Sul JY, Hwang Y, Choi GW, Kim BI, Park H, Maeng S, Park JH. Sulforaphane enhances long-term potentiation and ameliorate scopolamine-induced memory impairment. Physiol Behav 2021; 238:113467. [PMID: 34033847 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2021.113467] [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: 11/23/2020] [Revised: 05/18/2021] [Accepted: 05/20/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
Abstract
Increases in human life expectancy have led to increases in the prevalence of senile dementia and neurodegenerative diseases. This is a major problem because there are no curative treatments for these diseases, and patients with unmanaged cognitive and neurodegenerative symptoms experience many social problems. Sulforaphane is a type of organosulfur compound known as an isothiocyanate. It is derived from glucoraphanin, a compound found in cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, brussels sprouts, and cabbages, via an enzymatic reaction that is triggered by plant damage (e.g., chewing). Sulforaphane exhibits activity against cancer, inflammation, depression, and severe cardiac diseases. It can also alleviate oxidative stress and neural dysfunction in the brain. However, there is insufficient knowledge about the electrophysiological and behavioral basis of the effects of sulforaphane on learning and memory. Therefore, we evaluated whether acute sulforaphane administration affected long-term potentiation (LTP) in organotypic cultured rat hippocampal tissues. We also measured the effect of sulforaphane on the performance of three behavioral tests, the Y-maze test, the passive avoidance test, and the Morris water maze, which assess short-term memory, avoidance memory, and short and long-term spatial memory, respectively. We found that sulforaphane increased the total field excitatory postsynaptic potential (fEPSP) in a dose-dependent manner after high frequency stimulation and attenuated scopolamine-induced interference of the fEPSP in the hippocampal CA1 area. Sulforaphane also restored cognitive function and inhibited memory impairment as indicated by the alleviation of the negative neurological effects of scopolamine, i.e, a lowered ratio of spontaneous alternation in the Y-maze, a reduced step-through latency in the passive avoidance test, and an increased navigation time in the Morris water maze. These results indicate that sulforaphane can effectively prevent the attenuation of LTP and cognitive abilities induced by cholinergic and muscarinic receptor blockade. Further research is warranted to explore the potential therapeutic and prophylactic utility of sulforaphane for improving learning and memory, especially in those suffering from neurodegenerative disorders.
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- Ho-Sub Park
- Department of Gerontology, Graduate School of East-West Medical Science, Kyung Hee University, Deogyeong-daero, Giheung-gu, Yongin 446-701, Korea
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- Department of Gerontology, Graduate School of East-West Medical Science, Kyung Hee University, Deogyeong-daero, Giheung-gu, Yongin 446-701, Korea
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- Department of East-West Medicine, Graduate School of East-West Medical Science, Kyung Hee University, Deogyeong-daero, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, 446-701, Korea
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- Department of East-West Medical Science, Graduate School of East-West Medical Science, Kyung Hee University, Deogyeong-daero, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, 446-701, Korea
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- Department of East-West Medicine, Graduate School of East-West Medical Science, Kyung Hee University, Deogyeong-daero, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, 446-701, Korea
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- Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; PENN Program in Single Cell Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA 19104, USA
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- Department of East-West Medicine, Graduate School of East-West Medical Science, Kyung Hee University, Deogyeong-daero, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, 446-701, Korea
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- Department of East-West Medicine, Graduate School of East-West Medical Science, Kyung Hee University, Deogyeong-daero, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, 446-701, Korea
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- Department of East-West Medicine, Graduate School of East-West Medical Science, Kyung Hee University, Deogyeong-daero, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, 446-701, Korea
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- Health Park Co., Ltd., #2502, Gangnam-dae-Ro 305, Sucho-gu, Seoul 06628, Korea
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- Department of Gerontology, Graduate School of East-West Medical Science, Kyung Hee University, Deogyeong-daero, Giheung-gu, Yongin 446-701, Korea.
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- Department of East-West Medicine, Graduate School of East-West Medical Science, Kyung Hee University, Deogyeong-daero, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, 446-701, Korea; Research Institute of Medical Nutrition, Kyung Hee University, Deogyeong-daero, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si 446-701, Korea.
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Maltsev AV, Balaban PM. PP1/PP2A phosphatase inhibition-induced metaplasticity in protein synthesis blocker-treated hippocampal slices: LTP and LTD, or There and Back again. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2021; 558:64-70. [PMID: 33901925 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2021.04.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2021] [Accepted: 04/15/2021] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
Abstract
Long-term potentiation (LTP) and long-term depression (LTD) are key forms of synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus. LTP and LTD are believed to underlie the processes occurring during learning and memory. Search of mechanisms responsible for switching from LTP to LTD and vice versa is an important fundamental task. Protein synthesis blockers (PSB) are widely used in models of memory impairment and LTP suppression. Here, we found that blockade of serine/threonine phosphatases 1 (PP1) and 2A (PP2A) with the specific blockers, calyculin A (CalyA) or okadaic acid (OA), and simultaneous blockade of the protein translation by anisomycin or cycloheximide leads to a switch from PSB-impaired LTP to LTD. PP1/PP2A-dependent LTD was extremely sensitive to the intensity of the test stimuli, whose increase restored the field excitatory postsynaptic potentials (fEPSP) to the values corresponding to control LTP in the non-treated slices. PP1/PP2A blockade affected the basal synaptic transmission, increasing the paired-pulse facilitation (PPF) ratio, and restored the PSB-impaired PPF 3 h after tetanus. Prolonged exposure to anisomycin led to the NO synthesis increase (measured using fluorescent dye) both in the dendrites and somata of CA1, CA3, dentate gyrus (DG) hippocampal layers. OA partially prevented the NO production in the CA1 dendrites, as well in the CA3 and DG somas. Direct measurements of changes in serine/threonine phosphatase (STPP) activity revealed importance of the PP1/PP2A-dependent component in the late LTP phase (L-LTP) in anisomycin-treated slices. Thus, serine/threonine phosphatases PP1/PP2A influence both basal synaptic transmission and stimulation-induced synaptic plasticity.
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- Alexander V Maltsev
- Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117485, Butlerova 5A, Moscow, Russia.
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- Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117485, Butlerova 5A, Moscow, Russia
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Avchalumov Y, Piña-Crespo JC, Woodward JJ, Mandyam CD. Acute Ethanol Exposure Enhances Synaptic Plasticity in the Dorsal Striatum in Adult Male and Female Rats. Brain Plast 2020; 6:113-122. [PMID: 33680850 PMCID: PMC7903017 DOI: 10.3233/bpl-190097] [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] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Background: Acute (ex vivo) and chronic (in vivo) alcohol exposure induces neuroplastic changes in the dorsal striatum, a
critical region implicated in instrumental learning. Objective: Sex differences are evident in alcohol reward and reinforcement, with
female rats consuming higher amount of alcohol in operant paradigms compared to male rats. However, sex differences in
the neuroplastic changes produced by acute alcohol in the dorsal striatum have been unexplored. Methods: Using electrophysiological
recordings from dorsal striatal slices obtained from adult male and female rats, we investigated the effects of ex vivo ethanol
exposure on synaptic transmission and synaptic plasticity. Ethanol (44 mM) enhanced basal synaptic transmission in both
sexes. Ethanol also enhanced long-term potentiation in both sexes. Other measures of synaptic plasticity including paired-pulse
ratio were unaltered by ethanol in both sexes. Results: The results suggest that alterations in synaptic plasticity induced by acute
ethanol, at a concentration associated with intoxication, could play an important role in alcohol-induced experience-dependent
modification of corticostriatal circuits underlying the learning of goal-directed instrumental actions and formation of habits
mediating alcohol seeking and taking. Conclusions: Taken together, understanding the mechanism(s) underlying alcohol induced changes
in corticostriatal function may lead to the development of more effective therapeutic agents to reduce habitual drinking and
seeking associated with alcohol use disorders.
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- Neuroscience Initiative, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
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- VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, USA.,Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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Dobryakova YV, Stepanichev MY, Markevich VA, Bolshakov AP. Long-term potentiation in the hippocampal CA3 to CA1 synapses may be induced in vivo by activation of septal cholinergic inputs. Int J Neurosci 2020; 132:1-7. [PMID: 32916077 DOI: 10.1080/00207454.2020.1822834] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2020] [Revised: 08/27/2020] [Accepted: 09/04/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
Abstract
PURPOSE/AIM The role of cholinergic neurotransmission in the hippocampus remains controversial since different studies showed either no influence or its modulatory effect on glutamatergic hippocampal synapses. It remains unclear whether septal cholinergic input can modulate plasticity of synapses formed by CA3 pyramids on CA1 neurons. The aim of the study was to clarify the role of septal input in the development of LTP in this synapse. MATERIALS AND METHODS We recorded in vivo in rats under urethane anesthesia focal excitatory postsynaptic potential (fEPSP) characteristics in CA1 area after stimulation of the ventral hippocampal commissure (VHC), which contains both CA3 axons innervating CA1 neurons and cholinergic axons coming from the medial septum. We performed two series of experiments in which LTP was induced by tetanization of either VHC or medial septal area (MSA). Degeneration of cholinergic neurons in MSA was induced by intraseptal injection of 192IgG-saporin. RESULTS In both experimental series, tetanization induced an increase in fEPSP amplitude which lasted for at least 40 min after tetanic stimulation, although tetanization of VHC induced a larger increase in fEPSP amplitude compared to MSA tetanization. Elimination of septal cholinergic neurons by 192IgG-saporin abolished LTP development in both experimental series. This suppression of LTP in animals with cholinergic deficit was not due to loss of hippocampal neurons. CONCLUSIONS Our data suggest that activation of septal cholinergic fibers during tetanization is a critical factor of LTP induction in the hippocampal CA3 to CA1 synapses.
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- Y V Dobryakova
- Neurophysiology of Learning Lab, Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia
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- Neurophysiology of Learning Lab, Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia
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- Neurophysiology of Learning Lab, Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia
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- Neurophysiology of Learning Lab, Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia
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Mohamadi-Jorjafki E, Abbasnejad M, Kooshki R, Esmaeili-Mahani S, Raoof M. Mode of delivery alters dental pulp nociception and pain-induced changes in cognitive performance in adults male rats. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2020; 98:717-724. [PMID: 32516558 DOI: 10.1139/cjpp-2019-0370] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
Abstract
This study examined the effects of delivery mode on the response to inflammatory pulpal pain and pain-induced changes in cognitive performance in adult rats. Experiments were done on rats born by vaginal or caesarean section (C-section) delivery. Dental pulp was irritated by intradental capsaicin (100 μg) application and then nociceptive scores were recorded for 40 min. Spatial and passive avoidance learning and memory were assessed using the Morris water maze (MWM) and shuttle box tools, respectively. Additionally, in vivo recording of field excitatory postsynaptic potential (fEPSP) in the CA1 of the hippocampus was used to verify synaptic plasticity. Capsaicin produced more significant nociceptive behavior in vaginally delivered rats compared to C-section rats (P < 0.01). C-section-delivered rats show better performance in both MWM and shuttle box tests. Likewise, C-section rats had greater fEPSP slopes compared to the vaginally delivered group (P < 0.05). Capsaicin impairs cognitive performance in rats born by each delivery route. However, capsaicin effects were more significant in rats delivered vaginally than by C-section. Overall, C-section-delivered rats show lower sensitivity to capsaicin-evoked pulpal nociception and better cognitive performance than vaginally delivered rats. These effects are in part mediated by reduced neuroinflammation and enhanced neuronal synaptic plasticity following C-section delivery.
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- Elham Mohamadi-Jorjafki
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
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- Endodontology Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.,Department of Orofacial Pain and Dysfunction, Academic Center for Dentistry of Amsterdam (ACTA), University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universities Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Jing D, Li D, Peng C, Chen Y, Behnisch T. Role of microtubules in late-associative plasticity of hippocampal Schaffer collateral-CA1 synapses in mice. Neurobiol Learn Mem 2019; 163:107038. [PMID: 31278986 DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2019.107038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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: 11/27/2018] [Revised: 04/13/2019] [Accepted: 07/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The microtubule network represents a key scaffolding structure that forms part of the neuronal cytoskeleton and contributes to biomolecule exchange within neurons. However, researchers have not determined whether an intact microtubule network is required for late associative plasticity. Therefore, the late associative plasticity of field excitatory postsynaptic potentials from two synaptic inputs was analyzed. Synaptic potentiation was induced through alternating tetanization of hippocampal Schaffer-collateral CA1 synaptic populations in acute slices prepared from young-adult C57BL/6 mice. Vincristine was applied to depolymerize microtubules. Vincristine did not alter the phosphorylation levels of plasticity-related pre- or postsynaptic proteins but reduced the level of a protein marker of the ER-Golgi intermediate compartment (ERGIC-53/p58). Vincristine did not alter the magnitude or maintenance of the synaptic potentiation evoked by repeated tetanization (3 × 100 stimuli at 100 Hz) of one synaptic population. However, this synaptic potentiation was sensitive to the coapplication of a protein synthesis inhibitor, such as rapamycin, anisomycin or cycloheximide, indicating that protein synthesis has become essential in depolymerized microtubules during the first hour of the synaptic potentiation. The application of vincristine up to a 70 stimuli, 100 Hz tetanization of a second synaptic input prevented the transformation of short-term potentiation into long-term potentiation (LTP), further indicating that intact microtubules are required for the late associative properties of synaptic plasticity. Therefore, activity-dependent synaptic plasticity does not rely on microtubules within the first two hours after tetanization; however, the associative interaction of independent synaptic inputs relies on their proper function. In addition, either new protein synthesis or microtubule-based processes are sufficient to stabilize LTP within the first 3 h after tetanization, and a deficit in synaptic plasticity is only observable when both processes are blocked.
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- Dongqing Jing
- Institutes of Brain Science, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Institutes of Brain Science, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Institutes of Brain Science, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Institutes of Brain Science, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Institutes of Brain Science, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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Avvisati R, Meringolo M, Stendardo E, Malavasi E, Marinelli S, Badiani A. Intravenous self-administration of benzydamine, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug with a central cannabinoidergic mechanism of action. Addict Biol 2018; 23:610-619. [PMID: 28429885 DOI: 10.1111/adb.12516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 10/16/2016] [Revised: 03/21/2017] [Accepted: 03/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Benzydamine (BZY) is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used for the topical treatment of inflammations of the oral and vaginal mucosae. Virtually nothing is known about the central pharmacological actions of BZY. Yet there are reports of voluntary systemic overdosage of BZY in drug addicts, resulting in a euphoric, hallucinatory state. In the present study, we investigated the reinforcing properties of BZY in a rat self-administration paradigm. We found that BZY has a powerful reinforcing effect and that this effect is greatly facilitated in animals that already had substance experience, having previously self-administered heroin and cocaine, indicating cross sensitization between BZY and other common drugs of abuse. We then assessed the effect of BZY on prelimbic cortex-to-nucleus accumbens glutamatergic transmission, using field recordings in rat parasagittal brain slices. BZY dose-dependently reduced both field excitatory post synaptic potential amplitude and paired pulse ratio, suggesting a presynaptic mechanism of action. Similarly to the in vivo paradigm, also the electrophysiological effects of BZY were potentiated in slices from animals that had undergone cocaine and heroin self-administration. Furthermore, BZY-induced Long Term Depression (LTD)-like responses in the prelimbic cortex-to-nucleus accumbens circuitry were significantly reduced in the presence of the CB1 receptor antagonist AM251. These findings provide firm evidence of the abuse liability of BZY and suggest a possible cannabinoidergic mechanism of action. Further research is needed in order to give insights into the molecular mechanism underlying BZY psychoactive and reinforcing effects, to better understand its abuse potential.
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- Riccardo Avvisati
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology; Sapienza University of Rome; Italy
- Sussex Addiction Research and Intervention Centre (SARIC), School of Psychology; University of Sussex; UK
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology; Sapienza University of Rome; Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology; Sapienza University of Rome; Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology; Sapienza University of Rome; Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology; Sapienza University of Rome; Italy
- Sussex Addiction Research and Intervention Centre (SARIC), School of Psychology; University of Sussex; UK
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Xiang Q, Li XH, Yang B, Fang XX, Jia J, Ren J, Dong YC, Ou-Yang C, Wang GC. Allicin attenuates tunicamycin-induced cognitive deficits in rats via its synaptic plasticity regulatory activity. Iran J Basic Med Sci 2017; 20:676-682. [PMID: 28868122 PMCID: PMC5569445 DOI: 10.22038/ijbms.2017.8837] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Objective(s): To illuminate the functional effects of allicin on rats with cognitive deficits induced by tunicamycin (TM) and the molecular mechanism of this process. Materials and Methods: 200–250 g male SD rats were divided into three groups at random: control group (n=12), TM group (5 μl, 50 μM, ICV, n=12), and allicin treatment group (180 mg/kg/d with chow diet, n=12). After 16 weeks of allicin treatment, the learning ability and memory were tested using novel object recognition (NOR) testing on rats with 72 hr TM treatment (5 μl, 50 μM, ICV); meanwhile, the variation of field excitatory postsynaptic potential (fEPSP) in the Schaffer Collateral (SC)-CA1 synapse was detected by extracellular electrophysiological recordings and the morphology of dendritic spine was observed by Golgi staining as well as detecting several synaptic plasticity-related proteins by Western blot. Results: The density of dendritic spine was increased significantly in allicin-treated groups and the correspondence slope of fEPSP in TM-induced cognitive deficits group was enhanced and expression of synaptophysin and glutamate receptor-1(GluR1) in hippocampal neurons was up-regulated. Conclusion: The results indicate that allicin plays an important role in synaptic plasticity regulation. These finding showed that allicin could be used as a pharmacologic treatment in TM-induced cognitive deficits.
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- Qiong Xiang
- Institute of Medicine, Medical Research Center, Jishou University, Hunan, China
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- Institute of Medicine, Medical Research Center, Jishou University, Hunan, China
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- Jishou University First Affiliated Hospital, Jishou University, Hunan, China
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- Institute of Medicine, Medical Research Center, Jishou University, Hunan, China
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- Institute of Medicine, Medical Research Center, Jishou University, Hunan, China
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- Institute of Medicine, Medical Research Center, Jishou University, Hunan, China
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- Institute of Medicine, Medical Research Center, Jishou University, Hunan, China
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- Institute of Medicine, Medical Research Center, Jishou University, Hunan, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jishou University, Hunan, China
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Albiñana E, Luengo JG, Baraibar AM, Muñoz MD, Gandía L, Solís JM, Hernández-Guijo JM. Choline induces opposite changes in pyramidal neuron excitability and synaptic transmission through a nicotinic receptor-independent process in hippocampal slices. Pflugers Arch 2017; 469:779-795. [PMID: 28176016 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-017-1939-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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: 12/23/2016] [Revised: 01/17/2017] [Accepted: 01/19/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Choline is present at cholinergic synapses as a product of acetylcholine degradation. In addition, it is considered a selective agonist for α5 and α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs). In this study, we determined how choline affects action potentials and excitatory synaptic transmission using extracellular and intracellular recording techniques in CA1 area of hippocampal slices obtained from both mice and rats. Choline caused a reversible depression of evoked field excitatory postsynaptic potentials (fEPSPs) in a concentration-dependent manner that was not affected by α7 nAChR antagonists. Moreover, this choline-induced effect was not mimicked by either selective agonists or allosteric modulators of α7 nAChRs. Additionally, this choline-mediated effect was not prevented by either selective antagonists of GABA receptors or hemicholinium, a choline uptake inhibitor. The paired pulse facilitation paradigm, which detects whether a substance affects presynaptic release of glutamate, was not modified by choline. On the other hand, choline induced a robust increase of population spike evoked by orthodromic stimulation but did not modify that evoked by antidromic stimulation. We also found that choline impaired recurrent inhibition recorded in the pyramidal cell layer through a mechanism independent of α7 nAChR activation. These choline-mediated effects on fEPSP and population spike observed in rat slices were completely reproduced in slices obtained from α7 nAChR knockout mice, which reinforces our conclusion that choline modulates synaptic transmission and neuronal excitability by a mechanism independent of nicotinic receptor activation.
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- E Albiñana
- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutic, University Autónoma de Madrid, Av. Arzobispo Morcillo 4, 28029, Madrid, Spain.,Instituto Teófilo Hernando, Facultad de Medicina, University Autónoma de Madrid, 28029, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutic, University Autónoma de Madrid, Av. Arzobispo Morcillo 4, 28029, Madrid, Spain.,Instituto Teófilo Hernando, Facultad de Medicina, University Autónoma de Madrid, 28029, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutic, University Autónoma de Madrid, Av. Arzobispo Morcillo 4, 28029, Madrid, Spain.,Instituto Teófilo Hernando, Facultad de Medicina, University Autónoma de Madrid, 28029, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Neurología Experimental, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, IRYCIS, 28034, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutic, University Autónoma de Madrid, Av. Arzobispo Morcillo 4, 28029, Madrid, Spain.,Instituto Teófilo Hernando, Facultad de Medicina, University Autónoma de Madrid, 28029, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Neurobiología-Investigación, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, IRYCIS, 28034, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutic, University Autónoma de Madrid, Av. Arzobispo Morcillo 4, 28029, Madrid, Spain. .,Instituto Teófilo Hernando, Facultad de Medicina, University Autónoma de Madrid, 28029, Madrid, Spain.
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Mikhailova A, Mack J, Vitagliano N, Hamilton JS, Horowitz JM, Horwitz BA. Recovery of Syrian hamster hippocampal signaling following its depression during oxygen-glucose deprivation is enhanced by cold temperatures and by hibernation. Neurosci Lett 2016; 621:98-103. [PMID: 27068759 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2016.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 12/04/2015] [Revised: 03/22/2016] [Accepted: 04/05/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Signal transmission over a hippocampal network of CA3 and CA1 neurons in Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus), facultative hibernators, has not been fully characterized in response to oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD). We hypothesized that during OGD, hippocampal signal transmission fails first at the synapse between CA3 and CA1 pyramidal neurons and that recovery of signal processing following OGD is more robust in hippocampal slices at cold temperature, from hamsters vs. rats, and from hibernating vs. non-hibernating hamsters. To test these hypotheses, we recorded fEPSPs and population spikes of CA1 neurons at 25°C, 30°C, and 35°C in 400μm slices over a 15min control period with the slice in oxygenated aCSF containing glucose (control solution), a 10min treatment period (OGD insult) where oxygen was replaced by nitrogen in aCSF lacking glucose, and a 30min recovery period with the slice in the control solution. The initial site of transmission failure during OGD occurred at the CA3-CA1 synapse, and recovery of signal transmission was at least, if not more (depending on temperature), complete in slices from hibernating vs. non-hibernating hamsters, and from non-hibernating hamsters vs. rats. Thus, hamster neuroprotective mechanisms supporting functional recovery were enhanced by cold temperatures and by hibernation.
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- Alexandra Mikhailova
- Dept. of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave., Davis, CA 95616, United States
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- Dept. of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave., Davis, CA 95616, United States
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- Dept. of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave., Davis, CA 95616, United States
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- Dept. of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave., Davis, CA 95616, United States
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- Dept. of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave., Davis, CA 95616, United States
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- Dept. of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave., Davis, CA 95616, United States.
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Dao AT, Zagaar MA, Levine AT, Alkadhi KA. Comparison of the Effect of Exercise on Late-Phase LTP of the Dentate Gyrus and CA1 of Alzheimer's Disease Model. Mol Neurobiol 2016; 53:6859-68. [PMID: 26660327 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-015-9612-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2015] [Accepted: 12/03/2015] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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We investigated the neuroprotective effect of regular treadmill exercise training on long-term memory and its correlate: the late-phase long-term potentiation (L-LTP) and plasticity- and memory-related signaling molecules in the DG and CA1 areas of a rat model of Alzheimer's disease (AD) (i.c.v. infusion of Aβ1-42 peptides, 2 weeks, 250 pmol/day). Testing in the radial arm water maze revealed severe impairment of spatial long-term memory in Aβ-infused sedentary rats but not in exercised Aβ-infused rats. The L-LTP, measured as changes in the field (f)EPSP and in the amplitude of population spike (pspike), was induced by multiple high-frequency stimulation in the CA1 and DG areas of anesthetized rats. The L-LTP of fEPSP in both areas was severely impaired in the sedentary Aβ rats but not in exercised Aβ rats. However, L-LTP of the pspike was severely suppressed in the CA1 area but not in the DG of sedentary Aβ rats. Immunoblot analysis revealed no increase in the levels of phosphorylated (p)-CREB, CaMKIV, and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in both CA1 and DG areas of sedentary Aβ rats during L-LTP, whereas the levels of these molecules were robustly increased in exercised Aβ rats. Impairment of synaptic function may be due to deleterious changes in the molecular signaling cascades that mediate synaptic structural and functional changes. The protective effect of regular exercise can be a promising therapeutic measure for countering or delaying the AD-like pathology.
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Fernández-Fernández D, Dorner-Ciossek C, Kroker KS, Rosenbrock H. Age-related synaptic dysfunction in Tg2576 mice starts as a failure in early long-term potentiation which develops into a full abolishment of late long-term potentiation. J Neurosci Res 2015; 94:266-81. [PMID: 26629777 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.23701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 08/12/2015] [Revised: 09/30/2015] [Accepted: 11/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
Abstract
Tg2576 mice are widely used to study amyloid-dependent synaptic dysfunction related to Alzheimer's disease. However, conflicting data have been reported for these mice with regard to basal transmission as well as the in vitro correlate of memory, long-term potentiation (LTP). Some studies show clear impairments, whereas others report no deficiency. The present study uses hippocampal slices from 3-, 10-, and 15-month-old wild-type (WT) and Tg2576 mice to evaluate synaptic function in each group, including experiments to investigate basal synaptic transmission, short- and long-term plasticity by inducing paired-pulse facilitation, and both early and late LTP. We show that synaptic function remains intact in hippocampal slices from Tg2576 mice at 3 months of age. However, both early and late LTP decline progressively during aging in these mice. This deterioration of synaptic plasticity starts affecting early LTP, ultimately leading to the abolishment of both forms of LTP in 15-month-old animals. In comparison, WT littermates display normal synaptic parameters during aging. Additional pharmacological investigation into the involvement of NMDA receptors and L-type voltage-gated calcium channels in LTP suggests a distinct mechanism of induction among age groups, demonstrating that both early and late LTP are differentially affected by these channels in Tg2576 mice during aging.
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- Diego Fernández-Fernández
- Deparment of CNS Diseases Research, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach (Riss), Germany
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- Deparment of CNS Diseases Research, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach (Riss), Germany
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- Deptartment of Drug Discovery Support, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach (Riss), Germany
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- Deparment of CNS Diseases Research, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach (Riss), Germany
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Tian H, Xu Y, Liu F, Wang G, Hu S. Effect of acute fentanyl treatment on synaptic plasticity in the hippocampal CA1 region in rats. Front Pharmacol 2015; 6:251. [PMID: 26578961 PMCID: PMC4626754 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2015.00251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [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: 06/20/2015] [Accepted: 10/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD), mainly characterized by short-term decline of learning and memory, occurs after operations under anesthesia. However, the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. The μ-opioid receptors (MOR) are highly expressed in interneurons of hippocampus, and is believed to be critical for the dysfunction of synaptic plasticity between hippocampal neurons. Therefore, we investigated the effect of fentanyl, a strong agonist of MOR and often used for anesthesia and analgesia in clinical settings, on hippocampal synaptic plasticity in the Schaffer-collateral CA1 pathway during acute exposure and washout in vitro. Our results revealed that acute fentanyl exposure (0.01, 0.1, 1 μM) dose-dependently increased the field excitatory postsynaptic potentials (fEPSPs), which was prevented by pre-administration of picrotoxin (50 μM) or MOR antagonist D-Phe-Cys-Tyr-D-Trp-Orn-Thr-Phe-Thr-NH2 (CTOP, 10 μM). While fentanyl exposure-increased fEPSPs amplitude was prevented by picrotoxin [an inhibitor of γ-aminobutyric acid receptor (GABAR)] treatment or fentanyl washout, pretreatment of picrotoxin failed to prevent the fentanyl-impaired long-term potentiation (LTP) of synaptic strength as well as the fentanyl-enhanced long-term depression (LTD). These results demonstrated that fentanyl acute exposure and washout increases hippocampal excitability in the Schaffer-collateral CA1 pathway, depending on disinhibiting interneurons after MOR activation. In addition, fentanyl acute exposure and washout modulated synaptic plasticity, but the inhibitory activation was not critical. Elucidating the detailed mechanisms for synaptic dysfunction after fentanyl exposure and washout may provide insights into POCD generation after fentanyl anesthesia.
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- Hai Tian
- Clinic of Anesthesiology, No. 324 Hospital of the People's Liberation Army Chongqing, China
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- Clinic of Anesthesiology, No. 324 Hospital of the People's Liberation Army Chongqing, China
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- Clinic of Pharmacology, No. 324 Hospital of the People's Liberation Army Chongqing, China
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- Department of Medical Affairs, No. 324 Hospital of the People's Liberation Army Chongqing, China
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- Institute of Neurosciences, The Fourth Military Medical University Xi'an, China
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Shetty PK, Galeffi F, Turner DA. Nicotinamide pre-treatment ameliorates NAD(H) hyperoxidation and improves neuronal function after severe hypoxia. Neurobiol Dis 2013; 62:469-78. [PMID: 24184921 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2013.10.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2013] [Revised: 09/27/2013] [Accepted: 10/24/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Prolonged hypoxia leads to irreversible loss of neuronal function and metabolic impairment of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide recycling (between NAD(+) and NADH) immediately after reoxygenation, resulting in NADH hyperoxidation. We test whether the addition of nicotinamide (to enhance NAD(+) levels) or PARP-1 inhibition (to prevent consumption of NAD(+)) can be effective in improving either loss of neuronal function or hyperoxidation following severe hypoxic injury in hippocampal slices. After severe, prolonged hypoxia (maintained for 3min after spreading depression) there was hyperoxidation of NADH following reoxygenation, an increased soluble NAD(+)/NADH ratio, loss of neuronal field excitatory post-synaptic potential (fEPSP) and decreased ATP content. Nicotinamide incubation (5mM) 2h prior to hypoxia significantly increased total NAD(H) content, improved neuronal recovery, enhanced ATP content, and prevented NADH hyperoxidation. The nicotinamide-induced increase in total soluble NAD(H) was more significant in the cytosolic compartment than within mitochondria. Prolonged incubation with PJ-34 (>1h) led to enhanced baseline NADH fluorescence prior to hypoxia, as well as improved neuronal recovery, NADH hyperoxidation and ATP content on recovery from severe hypoxia and reoxygenation. In this acute model of severe neuronal dysfunction prolonged incubation with either nicotinamide or PJ-34 prior to hypoxia improved recovery of neuronal function, enhanced NADH reduction and ATP content, but neither treatment restored function when administered during or after prolonged hypoxia and reoxygenation.
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- Pavan K Shetty
- Neurosurgery and Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Research and Surgery Services, Durham VAMC, NC 27710, USA.
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- Neurosurgery and Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Research and Surgery Services, Durham VAMC, NC 27710, USA
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- Neurosurgery and Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Research and Surgery Services, Durham VAMC, NC 27710, USA
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Pachoud B, Sharma P, Bergerot A, Knöpfel T, Marcaggi P. Quantification of the density of cooperative neighboring synapses required to evoke endocannabinoid signaling. Neuroscience 2014; 256:412-25. [PMID: 24183961 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.10.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2013] [Revised: 10/07/2013] [Accepted: 10/22/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The spatial pattern of synapse activation may impact on synaptic plasticity. This applies to the synaptically-evoked endocannabinoid-mediated short-term depression at the parallel fiber (PF) to Purkinje cell synapse, the occurrence of which requires close proximity between the activated synapses. Here, we determine quantitatively this required proximity, helped by the geometrical organization of the cerebellar molecular layer. Transgenic mice expressing a calcium indicator selectively in granule cells enabled the imaging of action potential-evoked presynaptic calcium rise in isolated, single PFs. This measurement was used to derive the number of PFs activated within a beam of PFs stimulated in the molecular layer, from which the density of activated PFs (input density) was calculated. This density was on average 2.8 μm(-2) in sagittal slices and twice more in transverse slices. The synaptically-evoked endocannabinoid-mediated suppression of excitation (SSE) evoked by ten stimuli at 200 Hz was determined from the monitoring of either postsynaptic responses or presynaptic calcium rise. The SSE was significantly larger when recorded in transverse slices, where the input density is larger. The exponential description of the SSE plotted as a function of the input density suggests that the SSE is half reduced when the input density decreases from 6 to 2 μm(-2). We conclude that, although all PFs are truncated in an acute sagittal slice, half of them remain respondent to stimulation, and activated synapses need to be closer than 1.5 μm to synergize in endocannabinoid signaling.
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Kamal A, Ramakers GMJ, Altinbilek B, Kas MJH. Social isolation stress reduces hippocampal long-term potentiation: effect of animal strain and involvement of glucocorticoid receptors. Neuroscience 2013; 256:262-70. [PMID: 24161282 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [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: 09/11/2013] [Accepted: 10/09/2013] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Depressive patients show cognitive impairments that are strongly associated with cortisol levels and hippocampus functioning that interact via unknown mechanisms. In addition, a relation between depression and hippocampal synaptic plasticity was described. METHODS In the first experiment, strain-dependent effects of 72-h social isolation on long-term potentiation (LTP) in the CA1 area of the in vitro hippocampus, was determined. Extracellular field excitatory postsynaptic potentials were recorded and a brief high-frequency stimulation (100 Hz, 1s) was applied and recording resumed after the high frequency stimulation (HFS) for 30 min to determine the effect of HFS. In the second experiment we investigated the effect of 72 h of corticosterone treatment and the involvement of glucocorticoid receptors (GRs) in the effect of 72 h of social isolation on LTP in the CA1 area of hippocampus, in vitro. RESULTS Genetic background has a major effect on the level of hippocampal LTP impairment in mice following social isolation. Data showed that the potentiation levels in socially housed (SH) A/J mice were significantly higher than the SH C57BL/6J mice (224.88 ± 16.65, 131.56 ± 6.25% of the baseline values, t(9)=2.648, p=0.026). However, both strains showed depressed induction of potentiation when reared in an isolated environment for 72 h, and no significant difference was recorded between the two (112.88 ± 16.65%, and 117.91 ± 3.23% of the baseline values, respectively, t(10)=0.618, p=0.551). Social isolation increased corticosterone levels significantly and chronic corticosterone infusion in SH phenocopied the LTP impairments observed in socially isolated mice. Infusion of the GR antagonist RU38486 rescued the LTP-impairments following social isolation. CONCLUSIONS These findings support the notion that increased levels of stress hormone act via the GR on hippocampal functioning and that, in this way, the cognitive deficits in mood disorders may be restored.
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- A Kamal
- Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neurosciences, Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Arabian Gulf University, College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Department of Physiology, Manama, Bahrain.
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- Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neurosciences, Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neurosciences, Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neurosciences, Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Miladi-Gorji H, Rashidy-Pour A, Fathollahi Y, Semnanian S, Jadidi M. Effects of voluntary exercise on hippocampal long-term potentiation in morphine-dependent rats. Neuroscience 2013; 256:83-90. [PMID: 24141180 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.09.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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: 07/15/2013] [Revised: 09/25/2013] [Accepted: 09/30/2013] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
Abstract
This study was designed to examine the effect of voluntary exercise on hippocampal long-term potentiation (LTP) in morphine-dependent rats. The rats were randomly distributed into the saline-sedentary (Sal/Sed), the dependent-sedentary, the saline-exercise (Sal/Exc), and the dependent-exercise (D/Exc) groups. The Sal/Exc and the D/Exc groups were allowed to freely exercise in a running wheel for 10 days. The Sal/Sed and the morphine-sedentary groups were kept sedentary for the same extent of time. Morphine (10 mg/kg) was injected bi-daily (12 h interval) during 10 days of voluntary exercise. On day 11, 2h after the morphine injection, the in vivo LTP in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus was examined. The theta frequency primed bursts were delivered to the perforant path for induction of LTP. Population spike (PS) amplitude and the field excitatory post-synaptic potentials (fEPSP) slope were measured as indices of increase in synaptic efficacy. Chronic morphine increased the mean basal EPSP, and augmented PS-LTP. Exercise significantly increased the mean baseline EPSP and PS responses, and augmented PS-LTP in both saline and morphine-treated groups. Moreover, the increase of PS-LTP in the morphine-exercise group was greater (22.5%), but not statistically significant, than that of the Sal/Exc group. These results may imply an additive effect between exercise and morphine on mechanisms of synaptic plasticity. Such an interaction between exercise and chronic morphine may influence cognitive functions in opiate addicts.
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- H Miladi-Gorji
- Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran; Laboratory of Learning and Memory, Research Center and Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran
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- Laboratory of Learning and Memory, Research Center and Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran.
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Laboratory of Learning and Memory, Research Center and Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran; Department of Medical Physics, School of Medicine, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran
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Moradpour F, Naghdi N, Fathollahi Y, Javan M, Choopani S, Gharaylou Z. Pre-pubertal castration improves spatial learning during mid-adolescence in rats. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2013; 46:105-12. [PMID: 23871792 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2013.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2013] [Revised: 07/06/2013] [Accepted: 07/06/2013] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Hippocampus functions, including spatial cognition and stress responses, mature during adolescence. In addition, hippocampus neuronal structures are modified by circulating sex steroids, which dramatically increase during adolescence. Therefore, the effects of castration and the circulating levels of the main sex steroid testosterone on spatial learning and memory were examined across postnatal ages to test whether pre-pubertal castration affected rats' spatial ability in the Morris Water maze (MWM). Male rats were either castrated or sham-castrated at 22d (days of age), or left gonadally intact. They were then trained and tested in the MWM beginning at 28d, 35d, 45d or 60d. We found that all of the intact rats learned the spatial task; however, the males at 22d and 28d required more trials to acquire the task than the males at older ages. The males castrated at 22d and tested at 35d had significantly lower escape latency and traveled distance during training than the sham-castrated males trained at the same age. No differences were observed in mean values of escape latency and traveled distance at 45d even though they had comparable levels of testosterone. We conclude that adult-typical performance for male spatial memory emerges during mid-adolescence and that pre-pubertal castration appears to improve spatial learning during this time.
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Wall AM, Corcoran AE, O'Halloran KD, O'Connor JJ. Effects of prolyl-hydroxylase inhibition and chronic intermittent hypoxia on synaptic transmission and plasticity in the rat CA1 and dentate gyrus. Neurobiol Dis 2013; 62:8-17. [PMID: 24055213 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2013.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [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: 06/14/2013] [Revised: 08/07/2013] [Accepted: 08/14/2013] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH) is an underlying component of obstructive sleep apnoea and has been shown to have deleterious and damaging effects on central neurons and to impair synaptic plasticity in the CA1 region of the rat hippocampus. CIH has previously been shown to impair synaptic plasticity and working memory. CIH is a potent inducer of hypoxia inducible factor (HIF), a key regulator in a cell's adaptation to hypoxia that plays an important role in the fate of neurons during ischemia. Levels of HIF-1α are regulated by the activity of a group of enzymes called HIF-prolyl 4-hydroxylases (PHDs) and these have become potential pharmacological targets for preconditioning against ischemia. However little is known about the effects of prolyl hydroxylase inhibition and CIH on synaptic transmission and plasticity in sub-regions of the hippocampus. Male Wistar rats were treated for 7-days with either saline, CIH or PHD inhibition (dimethyloxaloylglycine, DMOG; 50mg/kg, i.p.). At the end of treatment all three groups showed no change in synaptic excitability using paired pulse paradigms. However long-term potentiation (LTP) was impaired in the CA1 region of the hippocampus in both CIH and DMOG treated animals. LTP induced in the dentate gyrus was not significantly affected by either CIH or DMOG treatment. We also investigated the effect of 7-day CIH and DMOG treatment on the recovery of synaptic transmission following an acute 30min hypoxic insult. CIH treated animals showed an improved rate of recovery of synaptic transmission following re-oxygenation in both the CA1 and the dentate gyrus. These results suggest that LTP induction in the CA1 region is more sensitive to both CIH and DMOG treatments than the dentate gyrus.
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- Audrey M Wall
- UCD School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular & Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- UCD School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular & Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- UCD School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular & Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
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Isono T, Yamashita N, Obara M, Araki T, Nakamura F, Kamiya Y, Alkam T, Nitta A, Nabeshima T, Mikoshiba K, Ohshima T, Goshima Y. Amyloid-β₂₅₋₃₅ induces impairment of cognitive function and long-term potentiation through phosphorylation of collapsin response mediator protein 2. Neurosci Res 2013; 77:180-5. [PMID: 23994236 DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2013.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [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: 06/12/2013] [Revised: 08/17/2013] [Accepted: 08/22/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by amyloid-β (Aβ) protein and tau deposition in the brain. Numerous studies have reported a central role of Aβ in the development of AD, but the pathogenesis is not well understood. Collapsin response mediator protein 2 (CRMP2), an intracellular protein mediating a repulsive axon guidance molecule, Semaphorin3A, is also accumulated in neurofibrillary tangles in AD brains. To gain insight into the role of CRMP2 phosphorylation in AD pathogenesis, we investigated the effects of Aβ neurotoxicity in CRMP2 phosphorylation-deficient knock-in (crmp2(ki/ki)) mice, in which the serine residue at 522 was replaced with alanine. Intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) injection of Aβ₂₅₋₃₅ peptide, a neurotoxic fragment of Aβ protein, to wild-type (wt) mice increased hippocampal phosphorylation of CRMP2. Behavioral assessment revealed that i.c.v. injection of Aβ₂₅₋₃₅ peptide caused impairment of novel object recognition in wt mice, while the same peptide did not in crmp2(ki/ki) mice. In electrophysiological recording, wt and crmp2(ki/ki) mice have similar input-output basal synaptic transmission and paired-pulse ratios. However, long-term potentiation was impaired in hippocampal slices of Aβ₂₅₋₃₅ peptide-treated wt but not those of crmp2(ki/ki). Our findings indicate that CRMP2 phosphorylation is required for Aβ-induced impairment of cognitive memory and synaptic plasticity.
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- Toshinari Isono
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Neurobiology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan; Division of Physics, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Yokohama National University Graduate School of Engineering, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan
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Yang J, Li MX, Luo Y, Chen T, Liu J, Fang P, Jiang B, Hu ZL, Jin Y, Chen JG, Wang F. Chronic ceftriaxone treatment rescues hippocampal memory deficit in AQP4 knockout mice via activation of GLT-1. Neuropharmacology 2013; 75:213-22. [PMID: 23973312 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2013.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [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: 05/14/2013] [Revised: 07/03/2013] [Accepted: 08/08/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Aquaporin-4 (AQP4) is the predominant water channel protein in the mammalian brain, and is mainly expressed in astrocytes. Besides its important role in water transport across the blood-brain barrier, our present study demonstrated that AQP4 deficiency impaired hippocampal long-term potentiation (LTP) and hippocampus-dependent memory formation, accompanied by the increase in extracellular glutamate concentration and N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor-mediated currents in hippocampal dentate gyrus (DG) region. The impairment of LTP and memory formation of AQP4 knockout (KO) mice was mediated by the downregulation of glutamate transporter-1 (GLT-1) expression/function, since it can be rescued by β-lactam antibiotic ceftriaxone (Cef), a potent GLT-1 stimulator. These results suggest that AQP4 functions as the modulator of synaptic plasticity and memory, and chronic Cef treatment rescues hippocampal memory deficit induced by AQP4 knockout.
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- Jun Yang
- Department of Pharmacology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China; Key Laboratory of Neurological Diseases (HUST), Ministry of Education of China, Wuhan 430030, China; The Key Laboratory for Drug Target Researches and Pharmacodynamic Evaluation of Hubei Province, Wuhan 430030, China.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China; Key Laboratory of Neurological Diseases (HUST), Ministry of Education of China, Wuhan 430030, China; The Key Laboratory for Drug Target Researches and Pharmacodynamic Evaluation of Hubei Province, Wuhan 430030, China.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China; Key Laboratory of Neurological Diseases (HUST), Ministry of Education of China, Wuhan 430030, China; The Key Laboratory for Drug Target Researches and Pharmacodynamic Evaluation of Hubei Province, Wuhan 430030, China.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China; Key Laboratory of Neurological Diseases (HUST), Ministry of Education of China, Wuhan 430030, China; The Key Laboratory for Drug Target Researches and Pharmacodynamic Evaluation of Hubei Province, Wuhan 430030, China.
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Morice E, Farley S, Poirier R, Dallerac G, Chagneau C, Pannetier S, Hanauer A, Davis S, Vaillend C, Laroche S. Defective synaptic transmission and structure in the dentate gyrus and selective fear memory impairment in the Rsk2 mutant mouse model of Coffin-Lowry syndrome. Neurobiol Dis 2013; 58:156-68. [PMID: 23742761 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2013.05.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [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: 01/18/2013] [Revised: 04/18/2013] [Accepted: 05/27/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The Coffin-Lowry syndrome (CLS) is a syndromic form of intellectual disability caused by loss-of-function of the RSK2 serine/threonine kinase encoded by the rsk2 gene. Rsk2 knockout mice, a murine model of CLS, exhibit spatial learning and memory impairments, yet the underlying neural mechanisms are unknown. In the current study, we examined the performance of Rsk2 knockout mice in cued, trace and contextual fear memory paradigms and identified selective deficits in the consolidation and reconsolidation of hippocampal-dependent fear memories as task difficulty and hippocampal demand increase. Electrophysiological, biochemical and electron microscopy analyses were carried out in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus to explore potential alterations in neuronal functions and structure. In vivo and in vitro electrophysiology revealed impaired synaptic transmission, decreased network excitability and reduced AMPA and NMDA conductance in Rsk2 knockout mice. In the absence of RSK2, standard measures of short-term and long-term potentiation (LTP) were normal, however LTP-induced CREB phosphorylation and expression of the transcription factors EGR1/ZIF268 were reduced and that of the scaffolding protein SHANK3 was blocked, indicating impaired activity-dependent gene regulation. At the structural level, the density of perforated and non-perforated synapses and of multiple spine boutons was not altered, however, a clear enlargement of spine neck width and post-synaptic densities indicates altered synapse ultrastructure. These findings show that RSK2 loss-of-function is associated in the dentate gyrus with multi-level alterations that encompass modifications of glutamate receptor channel properties, synaptic transmission, plasticity-associated gene expression and spine morphology, providing novel insights into the mechanisms contributing to cognitive impairments in CLS.
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- Elise Morice
- Centre de Neurosciences Paris-Sud, CNRS, Orsay, France
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Guo RB, Sun PL, Zhao AP, Gu J, Ding X, Qi J, Sun XL, Hu G. Chronic asthma results in cognitive dysfunction in immature mice. Exp Neurol 2013; 247:209-17. [PMID: 23639832 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2013.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2013] [Revised: 04/09/2013] [Accepted: 04/15/2013] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Asthma is the most common chronic childhood illness today. However, little attention is paid for the impacts of chronic asthma-induced hypoxia on cognitive function in children. The present study used immature mice to establish ovalbumin-induced chronic asthma model, and found that chronic asthma impaired learning and memory ability in Morris Water Maze test. Further study revealed that chronic asthma destroyed synaptic structure, impaired long-term potentiation (LTP) maintaining in the CA1 region of mouse hippocampal slices. We found that intermittent hypoxia during chronic asthma resulted in down-regulation of c-fos, Arc and neurogenesis, which was responsible for the impairment of learning and memory in immature mice. Moreover, our results showed that budesonide treatment alone was inadequate for attenuating chronic asthma-induced cognitive impairment. Therefore, our findings indicate that chronic asthma might result in cognitive dysfunction in children, and more attention should be paid for chronic asthma-induced brain damage in the clinical therapy.
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- Ruo-Bing Guo
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neurodegeneration, Department of Pharmacology, Nanjing Medical University, 140 Hanzhong Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, China
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