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Vallejo D, Habib MR, Delgado N, Vaasjo LO, Croll RP, Miller MW. Localization of tyrosine hydroxylase-like immunoreactivity in the nervous systems of Biomphalaria glabrata and Biomphalaria alexandrina, intermediate hosts for schistosomiasis. J Comp Neurol 2014; 522:2532-52. [PMID: 24477836 PMCID: PMC4043854 DOI: 10.1002/cne.23548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [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: 11/03/2013] [Revised: 01/20/2014] [Accepted: 01/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Planorbid snails of the genus Biomphalaria are major intermediate hosts for the digenetic trematode parasite Schistosoma mansoni. Evidence suggests that levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine (DA) are reduced during the course of S. mansoni multiplication and transformation within the snail. This investigation used immunohistochemical methods to localize tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), the rate-limiting enzyme in the biosynthesis of catecholamines, in the nervous system of Biomphalaria. The two species examined, Biomphalaria glabrata and Biomphalaria alexandrina, are the major intermediate hosts for S. mansoni in sub-Saharan Africa, where more than 90% of global cases of human intestinal schistosomiasis occur. TH-like immunoreactive (THli) neurons were distributed throughout the central nervous system (CNS) and labeled fibers were present in all commissures, connectives, and nerves. Some asymmetries were observed, including a large distinctive neuron (LPeD1) in the pedal ganglion described previously in several pulmonates. The majority of TH-like immunoreactive neurons were detected in the peripheral nervous system (PNS), especially in lip and foot regions of the anterior integument. Independent observations supporting the dopaminergic phenotype of THli neurons included 1) block of LPeD1 synaptic signaling by the D2/3 antagonist sulpiride, and 2) the similar localization of aqueous aldehyde (FaGlu)-induced fluorescence. The distribution of THli neurons indicates that, as in other gastropods, dopamine functions as a sensory neurotransmitter and in the regulation of feeding and reproductive behaviors in Biomphalaria. It is hypothesized that infection could stimulate transmitter release from dopaminergic sensory neurons and that dopaminergic signaling could contribute to modifications of both host and parasite behavior.
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- Deborah Vallejo
- Institute of Neurobiology and Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, 201 Blvd del Valle, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00901
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 1X5, Canada
- Theodor Bilharz Research Institute, Giza, Egypt
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- Institute of Neurobiology and Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, 201 Blvd del Valle, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00901
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- Institute of Neurobiology and Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, 201 Blvd del Valle, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00901
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 1X5, Canada
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- Institute of Neurobiology and Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, 201 Blvd del Valle, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00901
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Nikolić L, Todorović N, Zakrzewska J, Stanić M, Rauš S, Kalauzi A, Janać B. Involvement of Na+/K+ pump in fine modulation of bursting activity of the snail Br neuron by 10 mT static magnetic field. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 2012; 198:525-40. [PMID: 22534773 DOI: 10.1007/s00359-012-0727-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2012] [Revised: 04/06/2012] [Accepted: 04/07/2012] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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The spontaneously active Br neuron from the brain-subesophageal ganglion complex of the garden snail Helix pomatia rhythmically generates regular bursts of action potentials with quiescent intervals accompanied by slow oscillations of membrane potential. We examined the involvement of the Na(+)/K(+) pump in modulating its bursting activity by applying a static magnetic field. Whole snail brains and Br neuron were exposed to the 10-mT static magnetic field for 15 min. Biochemical data showed that Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase activity increased almost twofold after exposure of snail brains to the static magnetic field. Similarly, (31)P NMR data revealed a trend of increasing ATP consumption and increase in intracellular pH mediated by the Na(+)/H(+) exchanger in snail brains exposed to the static magnetic field. Importantly, current clamp recordings from the Br neuron confirmed the increase in activity of the Na(+)/K(+) pump after exposure to the static magnetic field, as the magnitude of ouabain's effect measured on the membrane resting potential, action potential, and interspike interval duration was higher in neurons exposed to the magnetic field. Metabolic pathways through which the magnetic field influenced the Na(+)/K(+) pump could involve phosphorylation and dephosphorylation, as blocking these processes abolished the effect of the static magnetic field.
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- Ljiljana Nikolić
- Department of Neurophysiology, Institute for Biological Research Siniša Stanković, University of Belgrade, Bulevar Despota Stefana 142, Belgrade, Serbia.
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Kotsiuba EP. [Distribution and ultrastructure of the tyrosine hydroxylase-positive neurons of the central nervous system of bivalve mollusc Megangulus venulosus under the influence of increased temperature and hypoxia]. Tsitologiia 2011; 53:242-249. [PMID: 21598687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Using immunocytochemistry combined with light and electron microscopy, the distribution and ultrastructure of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)-immunoreactive neurons in the CNS of bivalve mollusc, Megangulus venulosus, have been studied under the influence of increased temperature and hypoxia. It has been established, that the stress causes changes in the amount of TH and in the structure of TH-immunopositive neurons in all ganglia. The most essential changes in CNS of M. venulosus were revealed after 60 min exposure to increased temperature and hypoxia; degenerative changes in large neurons, reduction of the synapses and reduction of TH-immunoreactivity in neurons and neuropil.
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Rozengart EV, Basova NE. [Comparative-enzymological study of cholinesterases from optic ganglia of the Commander squid Berryteuthis magister individuals inhabiting different zones of the species areal]. Zh Evol Biokhim Fiziol 2010; 46:359-369. [PMID: 21061644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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In this review a comparative analysis is performed of enzymological characteristics of cholinesterase (ChE) from optic ganglia of individuals of the Commander squid Berryteuthis magister caught in 8 zones of its habitation areal in the northern-western Pacific aquatorium, of ChE of the Pacific squid Todarodes pacificus as well as of the "standard" acetylcholinesterase from human erythrocytes and butyrylcholinesterase from horse blood serum. By the method of the substrate-inhibitor analysis there was shown heterogeneity of ChE preparations from the B. magister individuals from different habitation zones. Kinetic parameters of the enzymatic hydrolysis of 8 ester substrates are presented as well as the data on study of inhibitory specificity with use of 20 irreversible organophosphorus inhibitors, which show identity of ChE properties in the B. magister individuals from different habitation zones. Study of the process of the ChE reversible inhibition from the Commander squid individuals under action of 57 mono- and bisonium inhibitors has revealed differences in ChE properties of squid individuals from isolates in different zones of the habitation areal, which argues in favor of the existence of intraspecies groups of the Commander squid B. magister.
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Iagodina OV. [Comparative study of substrate and inhibitory specificity of monoamine oxidase in the optic ganglia of squids]. Zh Evol Biokhim Fiziol 2010; 46:191-197. [PMID: 20583578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Comparative study of substrate specificity of monoamine oxidase (MAO) of optic ganglia of the Pacific squid Todarodes pacificus and the Commander squid Berryteuthis magister has been carried out. The enzyme of the Pacific squid, unlike that of the Commander squid, has been established to be able to deaminate not only tyramine, tryptamine, serotonin, benzylamine, and beta-phenylethylamine, but also histamine--substrate of diamine oxidase (DAO). In relation to all studied substrates, the MAO activity of optic ganglia of T. pacificus is several times higher as compared with B. magister. In the case of deamination of serotonin this difference was the greatest and amounted to 5 times. Semicarbazide, the classic DAO inhibitor, at a concentration of 10 mM did not inhibit catalytic activity of both studied enzymes. The substrate-inhibitory analysis with use of deprenyl and chlorogiline, specific inhibitors of different MAO forms, indicates homogeneity of the enzyme of the Pacific squid and heterogeneity of the Commander squid enzyme whose composition seems probably to contain at least two MAO forms. There are obtained quantitative differences in substrate specificity and reaction capability with respect to the inhibitors chlorgiline and deprenyl for MAO of optic ganglia of the studied squid species. These differences probably can be explained by significant differences in the evolutionary level of these biological species.
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Rozengart EV, Basova NE. [Comparative-enzymological study of cholinesterase of the Pacific squid Todarodes pacificus]. Zh Evol Biokhim Fiziol 2010; 46:3-16. [PMID: 20297664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Summarized are results of the 40-year studies of the Russian biochemists on the comparative-enzymological characteristics of cholinesterase of optic ganglia of the Pacific squid Todarodes pacificus. The review includes the comparative evaluation of the cholinesterase activity of various hydrobiont tissues, the proof of enzymatic homogeneity of the tissue of the Pacific squid optic ganglia, data on substrate specificity with study of 18 ester substrates as well as detailed study of inhibitory specificity (61 irreversible inhibitors and 49 reversible onium inhibitors). Peculiarity of properties of this enzyme as compared with vertebrate and invertebrate cholinesterases is shown.
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Vaschenko MA, Kotsyuba EP. NADPH-diaphorase activity in the central nervous system of the Gray mussel Crenomytilus grayanus (Dunker) under stress conditions: a histochemical study. Mar Environ Res 2008; 66:249-258. [PMID: 18442849 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2008.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2005] [Revised: 02/20/2008] [Accepted: 03/02/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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NADPH-diaphorase (NADPH-d) is a histochemical marker for nitric oxide synthase (NOS) and is widely used to identify nitric oxide (NO) producing cells in the central nervous system (CNS) of both vertebrates and invertebrates. NADPH-d histochemistry was used to quantitatively characterize putative NO-producing neurons in the CNS of the Gray mussel Crenomytilus grayanus subjected to two kinds of stress, environmental pollution and hypoxia, the latter caused by the mollusk transportation in a small volume of water. Mussels were sampled from one relatively clean (reference) and four polluted sites in Amursky and Ussuriysky Bays (Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan) in August, 2003. The number of NADPH-d-positive neurons was estimated and enzyme activity was determined from the optical density of the formazan precipitate in the CNS ganglia at 0, 3, and 72 h after sampling. Just after sampling, NADPH-d-positive neurons were found in the cerebropleural, visceral, and pedal ganglia. The number and staining intensity of NADPH-d-positive neurons were significantly higher in the pedal ganglia than the other two ganglia. There were significant differences in the number of NADPH-d-positive neurons and enzyme activity between the mussels from the reference and heavily polluted stations. The proportion and staining intensity of NADPH-d-positive neurons were maximum in the pedal ganglia of the mussels from the heavily polluted station in Amursky Bay. Transportation of mussels in a limited volume of water for 3h resulted in a significant increase in the proportion and staining intensity of NADPH-d-positive neurons in all ganglia. In mollusks from all stations kept in aerated aquaria for 72 h, both the proportion and staining intensity of NADPH-d-positive neurons did not differ significantly from the initial level. However, the differences in the proportion and staining intensity of NADPH-d-positive neurons between the reference and heavily polluted stations were significant. The present results suggest that NO is involved in mollusk nerve cell adaptation to environmental changes.
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- M A Vaschenko
- A.V. Zhirmunsky Institute of Marine Biology, Far East Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok 690041, Russia.
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Hsouna A, VanBerkum MFA. Abelson tyrosine kinase and Calmodulin interact synergistically to transduce midline guidance cues in the Drosophila embryonic CNS. Int J Dev Neurosci 2007; 26:345-54. [PMID: 18243630 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2007.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2007] [Revised: 12/17/2007] [Accepted: 12/18/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Calmodulin and Abelson tyrosine kinase are key signaling molecules transducing guidance cues at the Drosophila embryonic midline. A reduction in the signaling strength of either pathway alone induces ectopic midline crossing errors in a few segments. When Calmodulin and Abelson signaling levels are simultaneously reduced, the frequency of ectopic crossovers is synergistically enhanced as all segments exhibit crossing errors. But as the level of signaling is further reduced, commissures begin to fuse and large gaps form in the longitudinal connectives. Quantitative analysis suggests that the level of Abelson activity is particularly important. Like Calmodulin, Abelson interacts with son-of-sevenless to increase ectopic crossovers suggesting all three contribute to midline repulsive signaling. Axons cross the midline in almost every segment if Frazzled is co-overexpressed with the Calmodulin inhibitor, but the crossovers induced by the Calmodulin inhibitor itself do not require endogenous Frazzled. Thus, Calmodulin and Abelson tyrosine kinase are key signaling molecules working synergistically to transduce both midline attractive and repulsive cues. While they may function downstream of specific receptors, the emergence of commissural and longitudinal connective defects point to a novel convergence of Calmodulin and Abelson signaling during the regulation of actin and myosin dynamics underlying a guidance decision.
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- Anita Hsouna
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
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Grinkevich LN, Lisachev PD, Baranova KA, Kharchenko OA. Comparative analysis of the activation of MAP/ERK kinases in the CNS of animals with different learning abilities. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 37:715-20. [PMID: 17763991 DOI: 10.1007/s11055-007-0072-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2004] [Revised: 10/13/2005] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Western blot analysis was used to study the activation of MAP/ERK protein kinases responsible for controlling gene expression via phosphorylation of transcription factors CREB and ELK-1 in native common snails and animals with impaired abilities to form long-term types of conditioned aversive reflexes. Different periods of the formation of this reflex were found to be characterized by different levels of activation of MAP-ERK kinases. The extents of activation of MAP-ERK kinase cascade were different in ganglia (parietal-visceral, cerebral, and pedal) with different roles in the formation of this reflex. The dynamics of activation showed a wavelike nature, with peaks at 10 min and 4 h. Administration of the neurotoxin 5,7-DHT, which induces dysfunction of serotonin terminals and decreases the ability to acquire this type of learning, led to significant decreases in activation of the MAP-ERK kinase cascade at the early stages of learning, which is evidence for an important role for the serotoninergic system in inducing this cascade. Activation of the MAP/ERK kinase cascade 4 h after training was seen both in native and DHT-treated animals, which is probably evidence for activation of non-specific adaptive processes in response to the sensitizing unconditioned stimulus. Thus, the MAP/ERK kinase intracellular regulatory cascade, which plays an important role in the survival of neurons, the regeneration of neuron processes, and synaptic sprouting, also plays an important role in forming the serotonin-dependent food-aversive reflex in the common snail.
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- L N Grinkevich
- I. P. Pavlov Institute of Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 6 Makarov Bank, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia.
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Vatanparast J, Janahmadi M, Asgari AR. Forskolin potentiates the paraoxon-induced hyperexcitability in snail neurons by blocking afterhyperpolarization. Neurotoxicology 2007; 28:1178-83. [PMID: 17720247 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2007.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2007] [Revised: 07/10/2007] [Accepted: 07/11/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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One characteristic of organophosphate poisoning is the ability to increase excitability or induce epileptiform activity in nerve cells, but underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. We have previously reported that paraoxon, an organophosphate compound, at submicromolar concentrations effectively suppress Ca(2+) spikes and modulate the activity of snail neurons. This effect was unrelated to acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibition but was found to involve the direct or indirect modulation of ion channels [Vatanparast J, Janahmadi M, Asgari AR, Sepehri H, Haeri-Rohani A. Paraoxon suppresses Ca(2+) spike and afterhyperpolarization in snail neurons: relevance to the hyperexcitability induction. Brain Res 2006a;1083(1):110-7]. In the present study, the interaction of paraoxon with cAMP formation on the modulation of Ca(2+) spikes and neuronal excitability was examined. Forskolin, the activators of adenylate cyclase, suppressed afterhyperpolarization (AHP) and increased the activity of snail neurons without any significant effect on the Ca(2+) spike duration. Pretreatment with forskolin, although attenuated the suppressing effect of paraoxon on the duration of Ca(2+) spikes but also potentiated the paraoxon-induced hyperexcitability by enhancing the suppressive effects of paraoxon on AHP. Our findings support the possible involvement of cAMP formation in the paraoxon-induced AHP suppression and neuronal hyperexcitability, although activation of cAMP pathway may attenuates some effects of paraoxon.
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- Jafar Vatanparast
- Neuroscience Research Center, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Shaheed Beheshti Medical Sciences University, PO Box 19835-181, Evin, Tehran, Iran
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Rozengart EV, Basova NE, Suvorov AA. [How thione phosphonates inhibit activities of various cholinesterases]. Zh Evol Biokhim Fiziol 2007; 43:140-7. [PMID: 17674706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Analysis of mechanism of reversible inhibition of human erythrocyte acetylcholinesterase (AChE), of horse serum cholinesterase (ChE), and ChE of optical ganglia tissue of individuals of the Commander squid Berryleuthis magister from various habitat zones was studied under effect thionphosphonates (P=S), derivatives of piperidine, morpholine, perhydroazepine as well as several heterocyclic model compounds. Data of comparative inhibitory specificity have allowed us to suggest that thionphosphonates are sorbed in the area of cholinesterase esterase center at the expense of phosphoryl part of the inhibitor molecule, rather than of its heterocyclic grouping. An advantage in the antienzyme efficiency of thionphosphonates (P=S) over phosphonates (P=O) is revealed. The ion strength effect is used for analysis of contribution of the hydrophobichydrophilic interaction in the enzyme-inhibitor system.
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Yang J, O'Tousa JE. Cellular sites of Drosophila NinaB and NinaD activity in vitamin A metabolism. Mol Cell Neurosci 2007; 35:49-56. [PMID: 17344064 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2007.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2006] [Revised: 01/16/2007] [Accepted: 02/01/2007] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The Drosophila genes ninaB and ninaD, encoding a beta-carotene oxygenase and a type B scavenger receptor respectively, are essential for the biosynthesis of the 3-hydroxyretinal chromophore of rhodopsin. We analyzed transgenic reporter strains and performed in situ hybridization to show that both ninaB and ninaD are expressed in the adult brain but not retinal tissues. Developmental RT-PCR and tissue expression studies showed that ninaB is only expressed in the adult brain, while ninaD is expressed in the adult brain, the adult body, and many larval tissues. The data support a model in which NinaD is required for uptake and storage of dietary carotenoids throughout the larval and adult stages of development. Beta-carotene is transported to the adult brain, where cellular uptake by NinaD allows cleavage by the NinaB enzyme to produce retinal. Retinal is then transported to the retina for rhodopsin biogenesis.
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MESH Headings
- Age Factors
- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Brain/enzymology
- Brain/physiology
- Drosophila Proteins/genetics
- Drosophila Proteins/metabolism
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Ganglia, Invertebrate/enzymology
- Ganglia, Invertebrate/physiology
- Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
- Larva/enzymology
- Larva/physiology
- Optic Lobe, Nonmammalian/enzymology
- Optic Lobe, Nonmammalian/physiology
- Receptors, Immunologic/genetics
- Receptors, Immunologic/metabolism
- Retinaldehyde/biosynthesis
- Retinaldehyde/chemistry
- Vitamin A/biosynthesis
- Vitamin A/metabolism
- beta Carotene/chemistry
- beta Carotene/pharmacokinetics
- beta-Carotene 15,15'-Monooxygenase/genetics
- beta-Carotene 15,15'-Monooxygenase/metabolism
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- Jing Yang
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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Settembrini BP, Coronel MF, Nowicki S, Nighorn AJ, Villar MJ. Distribution and characterization of nitric oxide synthase in the nervous system of Triatoma infestans (Insecta: Heteroptera). Cell Tissue Res 2007; 328:421-30. [PMID: 17235602 PMCID: PMC1868425 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-006-0359-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2006] [Accepted: 11/07/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The biochemical characterization of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) and its distribution in the central nervous system (CNS) were studied in the heteropteran bug Triatoma infestans. NOS-like immunoreactivity was found in the brain, subesophageal ganglion, and thoracic ganglia by using immunocytochemistry. In the protocerebrum, NOS-immunoreactive (IR) somata were detected in the anterior, lateral, and posterior soma rinds. In the optic lobe, numerous immunostained somata were observed at the level of the first optic chiasma, around the lobula, and in the proximal optic lobe. In the deutocerebrum, NOS-IR perikarya were mainly observed in the lateral soma rind, surrounding the sensory glomeruli, and a few cell bodies were seen in association with the antennal mechanosensory and motor neuropil. No immunostaining could be detected in the antennal nerve. The subesophageal and prothoracic ganglia contained scattered immunostained cell bodies. NOS-IR somata were present in all the neuromeres of the posterior ganglion. Western blotting showed that a universal NOS antiserum recognized a band at 134 kDa, in agreement with the expected molecular weight of the protein. Analysis of the kinetics of nitric oxide production revealed a fully active enzyme in tissue samples of the CNS of T. infestans.
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- Beatriz P Settembrini
- Facultad de Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad Austral, Pte Perón 1500, B1629AHJ, Pilar, Pcia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Ott SR, Aonuma H, Newland PL, Elphick MR. Nitric oxide synthase in crayfish walking leg ganglia: Segmental differences in chemo-tactile centers argue against a generic role in sensory integration. J Comp Neurol 2007; 501:381-99. [PMID: 17245703 DOI: 10.1002/cne.21242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Nitric oxide (NO) is a diffusible signaling molecule with evolutionarily conserved roles in neural plasticity. Prominent expression of NO synthase (NOS) in the primary olfactory centers of mammals and insects lead to the notion of a special role for NO in olfaction. In insects, however, NOS is also strongly expressed in non-olfactory chemo-tactile centers of the thoracic nerve cord. The functional significance of this apparent association with various sensory centers is unclear, as is the extent to which it occurs in other arthropods. We therefore investigated the expression of NOS in the pereopod ganglia of crayfish (Pacifastacus lenisculus and Procambarus clarkii). Conventional NADPH diaphorase (NADPHd) staining after formaldehyde fixation gave poor anatomic detail, whereas fixation in methanol/formalin (MF-NADPHd) resulted in Golgi-like staining, which was supported by immunohistochemistry using NOS antibodies that recognize a 135-kDa protein in crayfish. MF-NADPHd revealed an exceedingly dense innervation of the chemo-tactile centers. As in insects, this innervation was provided by a system of prominent intersegmental neurons. Superimposed on a putatively conserved architecture, however, were pronounced segmental differences. Strong expression occurred only in the anterior three pereopod ganglia, correlating with the presence of claws on pereopods one to three. These clawed pereopods, in addition to their role in locomotion, are crucially involved in feeding, where they serve both sensory and motor functions. Our findings indicate that strong expression of NOS is not a universal feature of primary sensory centers but instead may subserve a specific requirement for sensory plasticity that arises only in particular behavioral contexts.
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- Swidbert R Ott
- Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, United Kingdom.
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The circadian clock modulates the induction of long-term sensitization (LTS) in Aplysia such that long-term memory formation is significantly suppressed when animals are trained at night. We investigated whether the circadian clock modulated core molecular processes necessary for memory formation in vivo by analyzing circadian regulation of basal and LTS-induced levels of phosphorylated mitogen-activated protein kinase (P-MAPK) and Aplysia CCAAT/enhancer binding protein (ApC/EBP). No basal circadian regulation occurred for P-MAPK or total MAPK in pleural ganglia. In contrast, the circadian clock regulated basal levels of ApC/EBP protein with peak levels at night, antiphase to the rhythm in LTS. Importantly, LTS training during the (subjective) day produced greater increases in P-MAPK and ApC/EBP than training at night. Thus, circadian modulation of LTS occurs, at least in part, by suppressing changes in key proteins at night. Rescue of long-term memory formation at night required both facilitation of MAPK and transcription in conjunction with LTS training, confirming that the circadian clock at night actively suppresses MAPK activation and transcription involved in memory formation. The circadian clock appears to modulate LTS at multiple levels. 5-HT levels are increased more when animals receive LTS training during the (subjective) day compared with the night, suggesting circadian modulation of 5-HT release. Circadian modulation also occurred downstream of 5-HT release because animals treated with 5-HT to induce LTS exhibited significantly greater LTS when treated during the (subjective) day compared with the night. Together, our studies suggest that the circadian clock modulates LTS at multiple steps and locations during the formation of long-term memory.
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- Lisa C. Lyons
- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204-5001
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204-5001
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204-5001
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204-5001
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204-5001
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Lin CK, Lin PJ, Chen IM, Chen IH, Lin PL, Zhuravlev VL, Tsai MC. [Seizure discharges induced by amphetamine in neuron of african snail Achatina fulica: effects of phosphodiesterase inhibitors]. Zh Evol Biokhim Fiziol 2006; 42:134-9. [PMID: 16756097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Pruett JH, Pound JM. Biochemical diagnosis of organophosphate-insensitivity with neural acetylcholinesterase extracted by sonication from the adult tick synganglion. Vet Parasitol 2006; 135:355-63. [PMID: 16280196 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2004] [Revised: 08/05/2005] [Accepted: 09/07/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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A sonication method for the homogeneous extraction of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) from the synganglia of adult ticks is described. The method provides for the extraction of sufficient AChE for multiple assays of enzyme activity in the presence of specific organophosphate (OP) inhibitors for the rapid diagnosis of OP-insensitivity and assignment of homozygous susceptible (SS), heterozygous resistant (RS), and homozygous resistant (RR) genotypes to individual ticks. A single synganglion from adult ticks of either gender and various stages of feeding can successfully be used for AChE extraction. The study presents the results of diagnostic screening of four Boophilus microplus strains for OP-insensitivity. The extraction method and these findings should find utility in support of researchers involved in the mitigation of acaricide resistance in tick populations worldwide, and in particular, the Cattle Fever Tick Surveillance and Quarantine Program maintained by USDA-APHIS/Veterinary Services along the south Texas border that prevents reentry of Boophilus spp. into the United States from endemic populations in Mexico.
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- J H Pruett
- Knipling-Bushland, U.S. Livestock Insects Research Laboratory, 2700 Fredericksburg Road, Kerrville, TX 78028, USA.
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The role of auditory circuitry is to decipher relevant information from acoustic signals. Acoustic parameters used by different insect species vary widely. All these auditory systems, however, share a common transducer: tympanal organs as well as the Drosophila flagellar ears use chordotonal organs as the auditory mechanoreceptors. We here describe the central neural projections of the Drosophila Johnston's organ (JO). These neurons, which represent the antennal auditory organ, terminate in the antennomechanosensory center. To ensure correct identification of these terminals we made use of a beta-galactosidase-expressing transgene that labels JO neurons specifically. Analysis of these projection pathways shows that parallel JO fibers display extensive contacts, including putative gap junctions. We find that the synaptic boutons show both chemical synaptic structures as well as putative gap junctions, indicating mixed synapses, and belong largely to the divergent type, with multiple small postsynaptic processes. The ultrastructure of JO fibers and synapses may indicate an ability to process temporally discretized acoustic information.
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- *Correspondence to: Daniel F. Eberl, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242-1324. E-mail:
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Zhu W, Mantione KJ, Shen L, Cadet P, Esch T, Goumon Y, Bianchi E, Sonetti D, Stefano GB. Tyrosine and tyramine increase endogenous ganglionic morphine and dopamine levels in vitro and in vivo: cyp2d6 and tyrosine hydroxylase modulation demonstrates a dopamine coupling. Med Sci Monit 2005; 11:BR397-404. [PMID: 16258388] [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] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2005] [Accepted: 09/26/2005] [Indexed: 05/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The ability of animals to make morphine has been in question for the last 30 years. Studies have demonstrated that animals do contain morphine precursors and metabolites, as well as the ability to use some morphine precursors to make morphine. MATERIAL/METHODS The present study uses excised ganglia from the marine invertebrate Mytilus edulis as well as whole animals. Morphine and dopamine levels were determined by high performance liquid chromatography coupled to electrochemical detection and radioimmunoassay. Tissues and whole animals were also exposed to morphine precursors and exposed to the CYP2D6 inhibitor quinidine and the tyrosine hydroxylase inhibitor alpha-methyl-para-tyrosine (AMPT). Additionally, via RT-PCR, a cDNA fragment of the CYP2D6 enzyme in the ganglia of M. edulis was identified. RESULTS Pedal ganglia incubated with either tyramine or tyrosine, or whole animals receiving injections, exhibited a statistically significant concentration- and time-dependent increase in their endogenous morphine and dopamine levels (2.51 +/- 0.76 ng/g for tyrosine and 2.39 +/- 0.64 ng/g for tyramine compared to approximately 1.0 ng/g morphine wet weight). Incubation with quinidine and/or AMPT diminished ganglionic morphine and dopamine synthesis at various steps in the synthesis process. We also demonstrated that CYP2D6 mediates the tyramine to dopamine step in this process, as did tyrosine hydroxylase in the step from tyrosine to L-DOPA. Furthermore, via RT-PCR, we identified a cDNA fragment of the CYP2D6 enzyme in the ganglia, which exhibits 94% sequence identity with its human counterpart. Evidence that tyrosine and tyramine were, in part, being converted to dopamine then morphine, and that this process can be inhibited by altering either or both CYP2D6 or tyrosine hydroxylase, is also provided. CONCLUSIONS It appears that animals have the ability to make morphine. This process also appears to be dynamic in that the inhibition of one pathway allows the other to continue with morphine synthesis. Moreover, dopamine and morphine synthesis were coupled.
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- Wei Zhu
- Neuroscience Research Institute, State University of New York, College at Old Westbury, New York 11568, USA
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Ribeiro MJ, Schofield MG, Kemenes I, O'Shea M, Kemenes G, Benjamin PR. Activation of MAPK is necessary for long-term memory consolidation following food-reward conditioning. Learn Mem 2005; 12:538-45. [PMID: 16166393 PMCID: PMC1240067 DOI: 10.1101/lm.8305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Although an important role for the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) has been established for memory consolidation in a variety of learning paradigms, it is not known if this pathway is also involved in appetitive classical conditioning. We address this question by using a single-trial food-reward conditioning paradigm in the freshwater snail Lymnaea stagnalis. This learning paradigm induces protein synthesis-dependent long-term memory formation. Inhibition of MAPK phosphorylation blocked long-term memory consolidation without affecting the sensory and motor abilities of the snails. Thirty minutes after conditioning, levels of MAPK phosphorylation were increased in extracts from the buccal and cerebral ganglia. These ganglia are involved in the generation, modulation, and plasticity of the feeding behavior. We also detected an increase in levels of MAPK phosphorylation in the peripheral tissue around the mouth of the snails where chemoreceptors are located. Although an increase in MAPK phosphorylation was shown to be essential for food-reward conditioning, it was also detected in snails that were exposed to the conditioned stimulus (CS) or the unconditioned stimulus (US) alone, suggesting that phosphorylation of MAPK is necessary but not sufficient for learning to occur.
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- Maria J Ribeiro
- Sussex Centre for Neuroscience, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QG, United Kingdom
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Korneev SA, Straub V, Kemenes I, Korneeva EI, Ott SR, Benjamin PR, O'Shea M. Timed and targeted differential regulation of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) and anti-NOS genes by reward conditioning leading to long-term memory formation. J Neurosci 2005; 25:1188-92. [PMID: 15689555 PMCID: PMC6725956 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4671-04.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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In a number of neuronal models of learning, signaling by the neurotransmitter nitric oxide (NO), synthesized by the enzyme neuronal NO synthase (nNOS), is essential for the formation of long-term memory (LTM). Using the molluscan model system Lymnaea, we investigate here whether LTM formation is associated with specific changes in the activity of members of the NOS gene family: Lym-nNOS1, Lym-nNOS2, and the antisense RNA-producing pseudogene (anti-NOS). We show that expression of the Lym-nNOS1 gene is transiently upregulated in cerebral ganglia after conditioning. The activation of the gene is precisely timed and occurs at the end of a critical period during which NO is required for memory consolidation. Moreover, we demonstrate that this induction of the Lym-nNOS1 gene is targeted to an identified modulatory neuron called the cerebral giant cell (CGC). This neuron gates the conditioned feeding response and is an essential part of the neural network involved in LTM formation. We also show that the expression of the anti-NOS gene, which functions as a negative regulator of nNOS expression, is downregulated in the CGC by training at 4 h after conditioning, during the critical period of NO requirement. This appears to be the first report of the timed and targeted differential regulation of the activity of a group of related genes involved in the production of a neurotransmitter that is necessary for learning, measured in an identified neuron of known function. We also provide the first example of the behavioral regulation of a pseudogene.
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- Sergei A Korneev
- Sussex Centre for Neuroscience, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QG, United Kingdom.
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Borges E, Cognato GDP, Vuaden FC, Bogo MR, Fauth MDG, Bonan CD, Dias RD. Nucleotidase activities in membrane preparations of nervous ganglia and digestive gland of the snail Helix aspersa. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2005; 137:297-307. [PMID: 15050517 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2003.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2003] [Revised: 11/20/2003] [Accepted: 11/21/2003] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Nucleotide-metabolizing enzymes play an important role in the regulation of nucleotide levels. In the present report, we demonstrated an enzyme activity with different kinetic properties in membrane preparations of the nervous ganglia and digestive gland from Helix aspersa. ATPase and ADPase activities were dependent on Ca2+ and Mg2+ with pH optima approximately 7.2 and between 6.0 and 8.0 in digestive gland and nervous ganglia, respectively. The enzyme activities present in membrane preparations of these tissues preferentially hydrolyzed triphosphate nucleotides. In nervous ganglia, the enzyme was insensitive to the classical ATPases inhibitors. In contrast, in digestive gland, N-ethylmaleimide (NEM) produced 45% inhibition of Ca(2+)-ATP hydrolysis. Sodium azide, at 100 microM and 20 mM, inhibited Mg(2+)-ATP hydrolysis by 36% and 55% in digestive gland, respectively. The presence of nucleotide-metabolizing enzymes in these tissues may be important for the modulation of nucleotide and nucleoside levels, controlling their actions on specific purinoceptors in these species.
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- Eliane Borges
- Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Faculdade de Biociências, Laboratório de Pesquisa Bioquímica, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Avenida Ipiranga, 6681, Caixa postal 1429, 90619-900, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Rozengart EV, Basova NE. Differences in substrate and inhibitor specificity of cholinesterase activity of optical ganglia of the squid Ommastrephes bartrami (Les) as a characteristic of isolation of populations from different areas of a disjunctive home range. DOKL BIOCHEM BIOPHYS 2005; 400:56-60. [PMID: 15846985 DOI: 10.1007/s10628-005-0032-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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- E V Rozengart
- Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg, 194223 Russia
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Sutton MA, Bagnall MW, Sharma SK, Shobe J, Carew TJ. Intermediate-term memory for site-specific sensitization in aplysia is maintained by persistent activation of protein kinase C. J Neurosci 2004; 24:3600-9. [PMID: 15071108 PMCID: PMC6729755 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1134-03.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Recent studies of long-term synaptic plasticity and long-term memory have demonstrated that the same functional endpoint, such as long-term potentiation, can be induced through distinct signaling pathways engaged by different patterns of stimulation. A critical question raised by these studies is whether different induction pathways either converge onto a common molecular mechanism or engage different molecular cascades for the maintenance of long-term plasticity. We directly examined this issue in the context of memory for sensitization in the marine mollusk Aplysia. In this system, training with a single tail shock normally induces short-term memory (<30 min) for sensitization of tail-elicited siphon withdrawal, whereas repeated spaced shocks induce both intermediate-term memory (ITM) (>90 min) and long-term memory (>24 hr). We now show that a single tail shock can also induce ITM that is expressed selectively at the trained site (site-specific ITM). Although phenotypically similar to the form of ITM induced by repeated trials, the mechanisms by which site-specific ITM is induced and maintained are distinct. Unlike repeated-trial ITM, site-specific ITM requires neither protein synthesis nor PKA activity for induction or maintenance. Rather, the induction of site-specific ITM requires calpain-dependent proteolysis of activated PKC, yielding a persistently active PKC catalytic fragment (PKM) that also serves to maintain the memory in the intermediateterm temporal domain. Thus, two unique forms of ITM that have different induction requirements also use distinct molecular mechanisms for their maintenance.
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- Michael A Sutton
- Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8074, USA
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Rozengart EV, Basova NE. [Application of bisalkaloid derivatives of dicarboxylic acids based on lupinine, anabasine and cytisine as cholinesterase inhibitors of various origin]. Zh Evol Biokhim Fiziol 2004; 40:305-10. [PMID: 15481367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/30/2023]
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Schrofner S, Zsombok A, Hermann A, Kerschbaum HH. Nitric oxide decreases a calcium-activated potassium current via activation of phosphodiesterase 2 in Helix U-cells. Brain Res 2004; 999:98-105. [PMID: 14746926 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2003.11.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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In the present study, we investigated the underlaying mechanism of nitric oxide (NO) and cGMP on the decline of a Ca2+-activated potassium (KCa) current in U-cells of the right parietal ganglion of the pulmonate snail, Helix pomatia. Using a two-electrode voltage-clamp technique, we activated a KCa-current either by opening of endogenous voltage-gated Ca2+-channels during depolarizing voltage steps or by ionophoretic injection of Ca2+ via a third electrode containing 100 mM Ca2+. KCa-current amplitude in U-cells was sensitive to Ba2+, TEA, iberiotoxin, kaliotoxin and charybdotoxin (ChTX), but not to 4-aminopyridine (4-AP) (up to 30 mM) and apamin (up to 300 nM). Thus, the biophysical and pharmacological profile of the KCa-current in U-cells shares similarities with the large-conductance KCa channel (BKCa). The NO-donor sodium nitroprusside (SNP) or S-nitro-N-acetylpenicillamine (SNAP) as well as NO-gas decreased the KCa-current amplitude and decreased the rate of KCa-current activation elicited by Ca2+-injection. Decline of the current amplitude and decrease of activation of KCa-current were qualitatively mimicked by the membrane-permeable cGMP analogue dibutyryl-cGMP (db-cGMP). NO-induced decrease of KCa-current was blocked by methylene blue (50 microM), an inhibitor of the guanylyl-cyclase, and by erytho-9-(2-hydroxyl-3-nonyl) adenine (EHNA) (100 microM), an inhibitor of the cGMP-stimulated phosphodiesterase 2 (PDE2). These experiments suggest that the NO-mediated decrease of KCa-current in U-cells results from synthesis of cGMP by activation of a guanylyl-cyclase and subsequent activation of PDE2.
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MESH Headings
- 3',5'-Cyclic-AMP Phosphodiesterases/drug effects
- 3',5'-Cyclic-AMP Phosphodiesterases/metabolism
- Animals
- Calcium/metabolism
- Calcium/pharmacology
- Calcium Channels/drug effects
- Calcium Channels/physiology
- Calcium Signaling/drug effects
- Calcium Signaling/physiology
- Cyclic GMP/biosynthesis
- Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, Type 2
- Ganglia, Invertebrate/cytology
- Ganglia, Invertebrate/drug effects
- Ganglia, Invertebrate/enzymology
- Guanylate Cyclase/drug effects
- Guanylate Cyclase/metabolism
- Helix, Snails/cytology
- Helix, Snails/drug effects
- Helix, Snails/enzymology
- Membrane Potentials/drug effects
- Membrane Potentials/physiology
- Nervous System/cytology
- Nervous System/drug effects
- Nervous System/enzymology
- Neurons/drug effects
- Neurons/enzymology
- Nitric Oxide/metabolism
- Nitric Oxide Donors/pharmacology
- Organ Culture Techniques
- Potassium Channel Blockers/pharmacology
- Potassium Channels, Calcium-Activated/drug effects
- Potassium Channels, Calcium-Activated/physiology
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- Siegfried Schrofner
- Department of Molecular Neurobiology and Cellular Physiology, Institute of Zoology, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstr. 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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Kotsiuba EP, Kotsiuba AE. [NADPH-diaphorase localization in the radial nerve cords of the starfish Patiria pectinifera]. Tsitologiia 2004; 46:346-51. [PMID: 15346793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/30/2023]
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The presence and localization of NADPH-diaphorase (NADPH-d) in the radial nerve cords of Patiria pectonifera was shown by electron histochemistry. NADPH-d-positive structures were found in ectoneural and hyponeural regions of the radial nerve cord. Ultrastructural localization of NADPH-d was detected in neurons, sensory cells, supporting cells, and in the nerve plexus. The highest enzymatic activity in ectoneural region of the radial nerve cord is due, presumably, to the involvement of NADPH in sensory signal processing.
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Fujie S, Yamamoto T, Murakami J, Hatakeyama D, Shiga H, Suzuki N, Ito E. Nitric oxide synthase and soluble guanylyl cyclase underlying the modulation of electrical oscillations in a central olfactory organ. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 62:14-30. [PMID: 15316917 DOI: 10.1002/neu.20046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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We have isolated and characterized the cDNAs for nitric oxide synthase (NOS) and soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC) from the terrestrial slug Limax marginatus, and examined the presence and distribution of their mRNAs in the central nervous system using histological techniques and a reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction method. Our results showed that both bursting and nonbursting neurons in the procerebral lobes contain the mRNAs for both NOS and sGC. We further found that the oscillation frequency of electrical activity in the procerebral lobes increases with increasing intracellular concentrations of cyclic GMP (cGMP). Taken together with previous data on the NO-induced cGMP-like immunoreactivity and on the anatomical distribution of neurites and the localization of synapses of bursting and nonbursting neurons, our present results suggest that NO-induced changes in cGMP concentration modulate the oscillation frequency in the procerebral lobes by acting on the olfactory input pathways, but possibly not on the output pathways, in slugs. .
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- Sayoko Fujie
- Division of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, North 10, West 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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Röszer T, Jenei Z, Gáll T, Nagy O, Czimmerer Z, Serfözö Z, Elekes K, Bánfalvi G. A Possible Stimulatory Effect of FMRFamide on Neural Nitric Oxide Production in the Central Nervous System of Helix lucorum L. Brain Behav Evol 2003; 63:23-33. [PMID: 14673196 DOI: 10.1159/000073757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2003] [Accepted: 08/01/2003] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The anatomical and functional relationship between neurons expressing nitric oxide (NO) synthase and molluscan cardioexcitatory (FMRFamide)-like neuropeptides was studied in the central ganglia of Helix lucorum (Pulmonata, Gastropoda), applying NADPHdiaphorase (NADPHd) histochemistry to visualize NO synthase and immunocytochemistry to demonstrate FMRFamide (FMRFa) at the light microscopic level. The NO production of the ganglia was detected by the colorimetric Griess determination of nitrite, a breakdown product of NO. Effects of the NO synthase substrate amino acid L-arginine, the NO synthase inhibitor Nomega-nitro-L-arginine (NOARG), synthetic FMRFa and the FMRFa sensitive ion channel blocker amiloride hydrochloride on nitrite production were also tested. NADPHd reaction labeled nerve cells and fibers in the procerebra, mesocerebra and metacerebra within the cerebral ganglia, and cell clusters in the postcerebral ganglia. FMRFa immunolabeling could be observed within subpopulations of NADPHd positive cells and in pericellular varicose fibers surrounding NADPHd stained neurons. Nitrite production of the ganglia was stimulated by L-arginine (10- 20 mM) but was decreased by NOARG (1-2 mM). Synthetic FMRFa (0.830-3.340 mM) increased the nitrite production in a dose dependent manner, but was ineffective in the presence of NOARG. Amiloride hydrochloride (7.890 mM) reduced the FMRFa evoked nitrite production in all ganglia. This is the first description of an anatomical relationship between putative NO producing and FMRFa containing cells, suggesting a possible regulatory role of FMRFa in the NO mediated signaling in an invertebrate nervous system.
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- Tamás Röszer
- Department of Animal Anatomy and Physiology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Debrecen University, Debrecen, Hungary.
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Sex differentiation and gametogenesis represent critical steps in the reproductive process and are subject to hormonal control by serotonin, dopamine and steroids such as estradiol-17beta and testosterone. The purpose of this study sought to examine the endocrine-disrupting activity that a primary-treated municipal effluent might have on the metabolism of biogenic amine levels. First, serotonin receptors transfected in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells were used to screen for the presence of serotonin receptor agonist or antagonist. Second, one group of Elliptio complanata mussels were exposed to single compounds likely to be found in municipal wastewaters and another group was exposed in situ to the municipal effluent plume for 90 days in experimental cages. Results showed that solid phase C-8 extracts of surface water downstream a municipal effluent could activate the transport of serotonin by receptors at a distance of at least 5 km from its outfall thereby indicating the presence of serotonin mimics in the effluent dispersion plume. Levels of serotonin and monoamine oxidase (MAO) activity in nerve ganglia of mussels exposed for 90 days to the municipal effluent were, respectively, reduced and increased at a distance 10-km downstream. Injections of estradiol-17beta and nonylphenol in mussels decreased the levels of serotonin and dopamine, but increased MAO activity in the gonad and nerve ganglia. Exposure to estrogenic chemicals present in municipal effluents may therefore alter the normal metabolism of serotonin and dopamine, both of which are involved in sexual differentiation in bivalves and fish. Chemicals acting through E2 receptor-mediated pathways and serotonin receptors are likely to cause the observed effects.
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- F Gagné
- St. Lawrence Centre, Environment Canada, 105 McGill Street, Montréal, Québec, Canada H2Y 2E7.
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Rozengart EV, Basova NE. [Unproductive substrate binding as one aspect of substrate specificity of cholinesterases of different adhesiveness]. Zh Evol Biokhim Fiziol 2003; 39:410-5. [PMID: 14689727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/27/2023]
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Souza da Silva R, Cognato GDP, Vuaden FC, Rezende MFS, Thiesen FV, Fauth MDG, Bogo MR, Bonan CD, Dias RD. Different sensitivity of Ca(2+)-ATPase and cholinesterase to pure and commercial pesticides in nervous ganglia of Phyllocaulis soleiformis (Mollusca). Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2003; 135:215-20. [PMID: 12860061 DOI: 10.1016/s1532-0456(03)00109-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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We measured the effects in vitro of pure and commercial pesticides on Ca(2+)-activated ATPase and cholinesterase (ChE) activities in the nervous system of the slug Phyllocaulis soleiformis. The pesticides used in this study included carbamate and organophosphates, which acts as reversible and irreversible anticholinesterases, respectively. Both enzymes were insensitive to pure carbofuran (1 mM), glyphosate (1 mM) and malathion (120 microM). However, the carbamate carbofuran, in the commercial formulation Furandan 350S, inhibited ATPase and ChE activities. The organophosphate glyphosate used in the commercial preparation of Gliz 480CS inhibited ATPase activity and increased cholinesterase activity. These effects are likely due to the action of adjuvant substances of the chemical formulation. The commercial formulation (Malatol 500CE) did not alter enzymes activities. Our results suggest that cholinesterase present in the slug nervous tissue has a different behavior to those identified in vertebrate nervous tissue, since it was insensitive to pure compounds, known as anticholinesterases in vertebrates. Considering the insensitivity of the Ca(2+)-activated ATPase, we suggested that the purinergic neurotransmission and other roles of ATP might not be affected by the pure pesticides tested.
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- Rosane Souza da Silva
- Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Laboratório de Pesquisa Bioquímica, Faculdade de Biociências, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Avenida Ipiranga, 6681, Caixa Postal 1429, Porto Alegre, RS 90619-900, Brazil
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Blanc A, Vivien-Roels B, Pévet P, Attia J, Buisson B. Melatonin and 5-methoxytryptophol (5-ML) in nervous and/or neurosensory structures of a gastropod mollusc (Helix aspersa maxima): synthesis and diurnal rhythms. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2003; 131:168-75. [PMID: 12679093 DOI: 10.1016/s0016-6480(03)00008-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Daily patterns of melatonin and 5-methoxytryptophol (5-ML) concentrations and of aryl alkylamine N-acetyltransferase (AA-NAT) and hydroxyindole-O-methyltransferase (HIOMT) activities have been measured in the cerebroid ganglions, visceral ganglions, and ocular tentacles of the gastropod mollusc Helix aspersa maxima. Melatonin concentrations are very low in all the studied structures, except a small peak at the end of the night in the cerebroid ganglions. 5-ML, which is quite undetectable in the cerebroid and visceral ganglions, shows clear daily variations in the ocular tentacles with low values in the middle of the light period and high values during the night. These results are opposite to what is known on daily variations of 5-ML in vertebrates. AA-NAT activity was not detected, while the presence of an HIOMT-like activity supports the hypothesis that 5-ML is synthesized in the ocular tentacles. The temporal relationships existing between the 5-ML rhythm in the ocular tentacles and the hemolymph suggest that 5-ML could be released in the general circulation. These preliminary results suggest that 5-ML could be an informative molecule involved in adaptative processes in the snail and they reinforce the hypothesis that the different 5-methoxyindoles could be implicated in the integration of environmental information.
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- A Blanc
- Laboratoire de Biologie animale et appliquée, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Jean Monnet, 23 rue Paul Michelon, 42023 St-Etienne Cedex 2, France.
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Fixation-resistant NADPH-diaphorase (NADPHd) activity is used widely as a marker for nitric oxide synthase (NOS). In frozen sections, NADPHd histochemistry yields high anatomic definition. In whole-mounts, however, poor penetration of the reagents, background staining, and tissue opacity severely limit its application. Here we report a combination of new methods that significantly improves whole-mount NADPHd staining. We demonstrate these methods in the thoracic ganglia of a large insect, the locust Schistocerca gregaria, in which NADPHd has been analyzed previously using both whole-mounts and serial section reconstructions. The penetration of the staining reagents was markedly improved after fixation in methanol/formalin compared to phosphate-buffered formaldehyde. Methanol/formalin also reduced nonspecific NADPHd and enhanced the selective staining. Penetration was further enhanced by incubation regimens that exploit the temperature- or pH-dependence of NADPHd. In combination with methanol/formalin fixation, this permitted staining to develop evenly throughout these comparatively large invertebrate ganglia. These improvements were complemented by a new clearing technique that preserves the NADPHd staining, gives excellent transparency, and avoids distortion of specimen morphology. The new methods revealed the three-dimensional architecture of NADPHd expression in locust ganglia in unprecedented detail and may similarly improve whole-mount detection of NADPHd in other invertebrate and vertebrate preparations.
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- Swidbert R Ott
- School of Biological Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, London, United Kingdom.
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Kotsiuba EP, Kotsiuba AE. [NO-synthase in the central nervous system of fresh water bivalve mollusk Nodularia vladivostokensis in normal conditions and during hypoxia ]. Zh Evol Biokhim Fiziol 2003; 39:179-83. [PMID: 12815975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/21/2023]
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Kotsiuba EP, Kotsiuba AE. [Localization of NADPH diaphorase in the central nervous system of the bivalve mollusc Cristaria tuberculata]. Tsitologiia 2003; 44:925-9. [PMID: 12498074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2023]
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By histochemical and electron histochemical methods, NADPH-diaphorase was discovered in neurons and their processes of all ganglia of the central nervous system (CNS) of Cristaria tuberculata. Small cells predominated among neurons containing NADPH-diaphorase. Ultrastructural localization of the enzyme was detected on the perinuclear membrane and membranes of endoplasmic reticulum, cytoplasmic granules and cytosol. In the majority of cells, the reaction product was commonly found in cytoplasmic granules-cytosomes. We studied peculiarities of synaptic contacts between nitrogen oxide synthesizing neurons and their processes. In active synaptic areas, a sediment was discovered on the internal surface of pre- and postsynaptic membranes.
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- E P Kotsiuba
- Institute of Marine Biology, Far East Branch of RAS, Vladivostok
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Nitric oxide (NO), produced by nitric oxide synthase (NOS) in brain tissue, is essential for a variety of kinds of learning in vertebrates. In invertebrates, there are clear examples of an association between NO signalling and olfaction, feeding behaviour and learning. The role of NO as a neurotransmitter in the manipulative behaviour of Sepia officinalis was tested. Manipulative behaviour requires extensive chemotactile sensory processing, fine motor control and probably motor learning processes. NADPH-diaphorase activity (a reliable histochemical marker for nitric oxide synthase) was found in sensory epithelia and in the axial nerve cord of the arms. NOS inhibitor injections (L-NAME) produced an increase in the latency of prey paralysis. By placing mechanical constraints on the base of the fifth periopods of the crab, we prevented the cuttlefish from injecting cephalotoxin and, thus, forced it to change injection sites. We showed that L-NAME pretreatment did not affect the flexibility of the manipulative behaviour. The implications of the involvement of NO in the acquisition of chemo-tactile information and in the programming of the motor skills of the manipulative behaviour is discussed.
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Rao IG, Singh A, Singh VK, Singh DK. Effect of single and binary combinations of plant-derived molluscicides on different enzyme activities in the nervous tissue of Achatina fulica. J Appl Toxicol 2003; 23:19-22. [PMID: 12518332 DOI: 10.1002/jat.874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Effect of single and binary treatments of plant-derived molluscicides on different enzymes--acetylcholinesterase (AChE), lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) and acid/alkaline phosphatase (ACP/ALP)--in the nervous tissue of the harmful terrestrial snail Achatina fulica were studied. Sublethal in vivo 24-h exposure to 40% and 80% LC(50) of Azadirachta indica oil, Cedrus deodara oil, Allium sativum bulb powder, Nerium indicum bark powder and binary combinations of A. sativum (AS) + C. deodara (CD) and CD + A. indica (AI) oils significantly altered the activity of these enzymes in the nervous tissue of Achatina fulica. The binary treatment of AS + CD was more effective against AChE, LDH, and ALP than the single ones. However, binary treatment of AI + CD was more effective against ALP.
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- I G Rao
- Department of Zoology, DDU Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, India
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Biswas SC, Dutt A, Baker MW, Macagno ER. Association of LAR-like receptor protein tyrosine phosphatases with an enabled homolog in Hirudo medicinalis. Mol Cell Neurosci 2002; 21:657-70. [PMID: 12504598 DOI: 10.1006/mcne.2002.1209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Receptor protein tyrosine phosphatases (RPTPs) are thought to play important functions in pathfinding and target recognition by growing neuronal processes. The leech RPTPs HmLAR1 and HmLAR2 are expressed selectively by central neurons, Comb cells, and peripheral muscle tissues in the Hirudo medicinalis embryo. To explore the functions of HmLARs, we have sought to determine their physiological substrates. We report here the cloning and embryonic expression of Lena, the leech homolog of Enabled, a cytosolic protein implicated in actin-based cell motility. Lena is expressed in embryonic central neurons and in the Comb cell. We present experimental evidences indicating that Lena associates selectively with the intracellular domain of HmLAR1 and HmLAR2. Additionally, RNA interference (RNAi) of HmLAR1 in intact leech embryos leads to the hyperphosphorylation of Lena. We propose, therefore, that Lena is an in vivo substrate of HmLAR1 in neurons and perhaps of HmLAR2 in the Comb cells.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Carrier Proteins/genetics
- Carrier Proteins/metabolism
- Cell Differentiation/genetics
- Cells, Cultured
- Central Nervous System/cytology
- Central Nervous System/embryology
- Central Nervous System/enzymology
- Cytoskeletal Proteins
- DNA, Complementary/analysis
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- DNA-Binding Proteins/isolation & purification
- DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/cytology
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/embryology
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/enzymology
- Ganglia, Invertebrate/cytology
- Ganglia, Invertebrate/embryology
- Ganglia, Invertebrate/enzymology
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental/genetics
- Immunohistochemistry
- Leeches/cytology
- Leeches/enzymology
- Leeches/genetics
- Microfilament Proteins
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics
- Nerve Tissue Proteins/metabolism
- Neurons/cytology
- Neurons/enzymology
- Protein Structure, Tertiary/genetics
- Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases
- Receptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 2
- Receptors, Cell Surface/genetics
- Receptors, Cell Surface/metabolism
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
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- Subhas C Biswas
- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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Rozengart EV, Basova NE. Conformational aspects of the interaction of various cholinesterases with polymethylene-bis(trimethylammonium) derivatives. DOKL BIOCHEM BIOPHYS 2002; 386:264-7. [PMID: 12469505 DOI: 10.1023/a:1020711711998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- E V Rozengart
- Sechenov Institute of Evolution, Physiology, and Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Morisa Toreza 44, St. Petersburg, 194223 Russia
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Ott SR, Elphick MR. Nitric oxide synthase histochemistry in insect nervous systems: Methanol/formalin fixation reveals the neuroarchitecture of formaldehyde-sensitive NADPH diaphorase in the cockroach Periplaneta americana. J Comp Neurol 2002; 448:165-85. [PMID: 12012428 DOI: 10.1002/cne.10235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Formaldehyde-insensitive NADPH diaphorase (NADPHd) activity is used widely as a histochemical marker for neuronal nitric oxide synthase (NOS). However, in several insects including the cockroach Periplaneta americana, NOS is apparently formaldehyde-sensitive; NADPHd fails to reveal neuron morphology and results in faint generalized staining. Here we have used a novel fixative, methanol/ formalin (MF), to reveal for the first time the neuroarchitecture of NADPHd in the cockroach, with intense selective staining occurring in neurons throughout the brain and thoracic ganglia. Immunocytochemical and histochemical analysis of cockroach and locust nervous systems indicated that neuronal NADPHd after MF fixation can be attributed to NOS. However, NADPHd in locust glial and perineurial cells was histochemically different from that in neurons and may thus be due to enzymes other than NOS. Histochemical implications of species-specific enzyme properties and of the transcriptional complexity of the NOS gene are discussed. The present findings suggest that MF fixation is a valuable new tool for the comparative analysis of the neuroarchitecture of NO signaling in insects. The Golgi-like definition of the staining enabled analysis of the NADPHd architecture in the cockroach and comparison with that in the locust. NADPHd in the tactile neuropils of the thoracic ganglia showed a similar organization in the two species. The olfactory glomeruli of the antennal lobes were in both species densely innervated by NADPHd-positive local interneurons that correlated in number with the number of glomeruli. Thus, the NADPHd architectures appear highly conserved in primary sensory neuropils. In the cockroach mushroom bodies, particularly dense staining in the gamma-layer of the lobes was apparently derived from Kenyon cells, whereas extrinsic arborizations were organized in domains across the lobes, an architecture that contrasts with the previously described tubular compartmentalization of locust mushroom bodies. These divergent architectures may result in different spatiotemporal dynamics of NO diffusion and suggest species differences in the role of NO in the mushroom bodies.
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- Swidbert R Ott
- School of Biological Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom.
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Rozengart EV, Basova NE, Suvorov AA. [About mechanism of interaction of phosphororganic inhibitors with cholinesterases of different origin]. Zh Evol Biokhim Fiziol 2002; 38:208-13. [PMID: 12325259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/19/2023]
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- A Zsombok
- Department of General Zoology and Neurobiology, Janus Pannonius University, Pécs, Hungary
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Solt Z, Molnar L. Investigation of the development of a ventral nerve cord ganglion in Eisenia fetida: a histological and histochemical study. Neurobiology (Bp) 2002; 9:59-60. [PMID: 11558940 DOI: 10.1556/neurob.9.2001.1.12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- Z Solt
- Department of General Zoology and Neurobiology, Janus Pannonius University, Pécs, Hungary
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Rozengart EV, Basova NE. [Ammonium compounds with localized and nonlocalized charges as reversible inhibitors of choline esterases of different origin]. Zh Evol Biokhim Fiziol 2001; 37:463-7. [PMID: 11898593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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Newcomb JM, Watson WH. Identifiable nitrergic neurons in the central nervous system of the nudibranch Melibe leonina localized with NADPH-diaphorase histochemistry and nitric oxide synthase immunoreactivity. J Comp Neurol 2001; 437:70-8. [PMID: 11477597 DOI: 10.1002/cne.1270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Nitric oxide (NO) is a gaseous intercellular messenger produced by the enzyme nitric oxide synthase (NOS). In this study, we used two different techniques-nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-diaphorase (NADPH-d) histochemistry and NOS immunocytochemistry-to demonstrate that NOS is present in a pair of identifiable cells in the central nervous system of the nudibranch Melibe leonina. In the Melibe brain, NADPH-d histochemistry revealed only a single pair of bilaterally symmetrical cells in the cerebropleural ganglia. NOS activity also was found in the neuropil of the cerebral, pedal, and buccal ganglia; in the tentacles of the oral hood; in the sensory end of the rhinophores; and in the epithelial tissue of the mouth, preputium, and glans penis. Immunocytochemistry using NOS antisera corroborated the results of the NADPH-d histochemistry by staining the same two cells in the cerebropleural ganglia. Each of these identifiable nitrergic neurons projects into the ipsilateral pedal ganglion. Because the pedal ganglia play a critical role in the control of locomotion, our results provide morphological evidence suggesting that NO may influence swimming or crawling in Melibe leonina.
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- J M Newcomb
- Zoology Department and Center for Marine Biology, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, USA.
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Kiehn L, Saleuddin S, Lange A. Dopaminergic neurons in the brain and dopaminergic innervation of the albumen gland in mated and virgin helisoma duryi (mollusca: pulmonata). BMC Physiol 2001; 1:9. [PMID: 11513757 PMCID: PMC37538 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6793-1-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2001] [Accepted: 08/01/2001] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND Dopamine was shown to stimulate the perivitelline fluid secretion by the albumen gland. Even though the albumen gland has been shown to contain catecholaminergic fibers and its innervation has been studied, the type of catecholamines, distribution of fibers and the precise source of this neural innervation has not yet been deduced. This study was designed to address these issues and examine the correlation between dopamine concentration and the sexual status of snails. RESULTS Dopaminergic neurons were found in all ganglia except the pleural and right parietal, and their axons in all ganglia and major nerves of the brain. In the albumen gland dopaminergic axons formed a nerve tract in the central region, and a uniform net in other areas. Neuronal cell bodies were present in the vicinity of the axons. Dopamine was a major catecholamine in the brain and the albumen gland. No significant difference in dopamine quantity was found when the brain and the albumen gland of randomly mating, virgin and first time mated snails were compared. CONCLUSIONS Our results represent the first detailed studies regarding the catecholamine innervation and quantitation of neurotransmitters in the albumen gland. In this study we localized catecholaminergic neurons and axons in the albumen gland and the brain, identified these neurons and axons as dopaminergic, reported monoamines present in the albumen gland and the brain, and compared the dopamine content in the brain and the albumen gland of randomly mating, virgin and first time mated snails.
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- Lana Kiehn
- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, M3J1P3, Canada
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- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, M3J1P3, Canada
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- Department of Zoology, University of Toronto at Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario, L5L1C6, Canada
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Gioio AE, Eyman M, Zhang H, Lavina ZS, Giuditta A, Kaplan BB. Local synthesis of nuclear-encoded mitochondrial proteins in the presynaptic nerve terminal. J Neurosci Res 2001; 64:447-53. [PMID: 11391699 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.1096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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One of the central tenets in neuroscience has been that the protein constituents of distal compartments of the neuron (e.g., the axon and nerve terminal) are synthesized in the nerve cell body and are subsequently transported to their ultimate sites of function. In contrast to this postulate, we have established previously that a heterogeneous population of mRNAs and biologically active polyribosomes exist in the giant axon and presynaptic nerve terminals of the photoreceptor neurons in squid. We report that these mRNA populations contain mRNAs for nuclear-encoded mitochondrial proteins to include: cytochrome oxidase subunit 17, propionyl-CoA carboxylase (EC 6.4.1.3), dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase (EC 1.8.1.4), and coenzyme Q subunit 7. The mRNA for heat shock protein 70, a chaperone protein known to be involved in the import of proteins into mitochondria, has also been identified. Electrophoretic gel analysis of newly synthesized proteins in the synaptosomal fraction isolated from the squid optic lobe revealed that the large presynaptic terminals of the photoreceptor neuron contain a cytoplasmic protein synthetic system. Importantly, a significant amount of the cycloheximide resistant proteins locally synthesized in the terminal becomes associated with mitochondria. PCR analysis of RNA from synaptosomal polysomes establishes that COX17 and CoQ7 mRNAs are being actively translated. Taken together, these findings indicate that proteins required for the maintenance of mitochondrial function are synthesized locally in the presynaptic nerve terminal, and call attention to the intimacy of the relationship between the terminal and its energy generating system. J. Neurosci. Res. 64:447-453, 2001. Published 2001 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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- A E Gioio
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, NIMH/NIH, Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892-1381, USA
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Nitric oxide (NO) has an important modulatory role on the processing of sensory signals in vertebrates and invertebrates. In this investigation we studied the potential sources of NO in the terminal abdominal ganglion of the crayfish, Pacifastacus leniusculus, using NADPH-diaphorase (NADPHd) histochemistry, with NADPHd acting as a marker for NO synthase (NOS). In the terminal ganglion a mean of 27 strongly labelled NADPHd-positive cell bodies were found, and of these 80% [of stained cell bodies] [corrected] occurred in three regions located in antero-lateral, central and posterior parts of the ganglion. Ventral and antero-ventral commissures as well as specific dorsal and ventral areas of the dendritic neuropil showed positive staining. Intense labelling was seen in the ventro-medial tract, and in the connective between the terminal ganglion and the 5th abdominal ganglion. In addition, some motor neurones and neurones with branches in the sensory commissures were NADPHd positive. Our finding that NADPHd-positive cells occur in consistent patterns in the terminal abdominal ganglion implies that NO may have a role in mechanosensory processing in the crayfish.
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- H Schuppe
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, UK.
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The neurotransmitter GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid) functions as the major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system of vertebrates and invertebrates. In vertebrates GABA signals both through ionotropic receptors (GABA(A), GABA(C)), which induce fast synaptic inhibitory responses, and through metabotropic receptors (GABA(B)), which play a fundamental role in the reduction of presynaptic transmitter release and postsynaptic inhibitory potentials. Whilst GABA(A) and GABA(C) receptors have been cloned from vertebrates as well as invertebrates, GABA(B) receptors have only been identified in vertebrate species to date, although indirect evidence suggests their existence in arthropods, too. Here we report the cloning of three putative invertebrate GABA(B) receptor subtypes (D-GABA(B)R1, R2 and R3) isolated from Drosophila melanogaster. Whilst D-GABA(B)R1 and R2 show high sequence identity to mammalian GABA(B)R1 and R2, respectively, the receptor D-GABA(B)R3 seems to be an insect-specific subtype with no known mammalian counterpart so far. All three D-GABA(B)R subtypes are expressed in the embryonic central nervous system. In situ hybridization of Drosophila melanogaster embryos shows that two of the D-GABA(B)Rs (D-GABA(B)R1 and R2) are expressed in similar regions, suggesting a coexpression of the two receptors, whilst the third D-GABA(B)R (D-GABA(B)R3) displays a unique expression pattern. In agreement with these results we have only been able to functionally characterize D-GABA(B)R1 and R2 when the two subtypes are coexpressed either in Xenopus laevis oocytes or mammalian cell lines, whilst D-GABA(B)R3 was inactive in any combination. The pharmacology of the coexpressed D-GABA(B)R1/2 receptor was different from the mammalian GABA(B)Rs: e.g. baclofen, an agonist of mammalian GABA(B)Rs, showed no effect.
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- M Mezler
- Bayer AG, Agricultural Centre, Molecular Target Research, Geb. 6240, Alfred Nobel Strasse 50, 40789 Monheim, Germany
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