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PNAS Nexus ; 2(6): pgad166, 2023 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37266396

RESUMO

Extracellular glutamate levels are elevated across brain regions immediately after stress. Despite sharing common features in their genesis, the patterns of stress-induced plasticity that eventually take shape are strikingly different between these brain areas. While stress causes structural and functional deficits in the hippocampus, it has the opposite effect on the amygdala. Riluzole, an FDA-approved drug known to modulate glutamate release and facilitate glutamate clearance, prevents stress-induced deficits in the hippocampus. But whether the same drug is also effective in countering the opposite effects of stress in the amygdala remains unexplored. We addressed this question by using a rat model wherein even a single 2-h acute immobilization stress causes a delayed expression of anxiety-like behavior, 10 days later, alongside stronger excitatory synaptic connectivity in the basolateral amygdala (BLA). This temporal profile-several days separating the acute stressor and its delayed impact-allowed us to test if these effects can be prevented by administering riluzole in drinking water after acute stress. Poststress riluzole not only prevented the delayed increase in anxiety-like behavior on the elevated plus maze but also blocked the increase in spine density on BLA neurons 10 days later. Further, stress-induced increase in the frequency of miniature excitatory postsynaptic currents recorded in BLA slices, 10 days later, was also blocked by the same poststress riluzole administration. Together, these findings underscore the importance of therapeutic strategies, aimed at glutamate uptake and modulation, in correcting the delayed behavioral, physiological, and morphological effects of stress on the amygdala.

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J Neurochem ; 158(5): 1094-1109, 2021 09.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34327719

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Fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP) is a neuronal protein mediating multiple functions, with its absence resulting in one of the most common monogenic causes of autism, Fragile X syndrome (FXS). Analyses of FXS pathophysiology have identified a range of aberrations in synaptic signaling pathways and plasticity associated with group I metabotropic glutamate (mGlu) receptors. These studies, however, have mostly focused on the post-synaptic functions of FMRP and mGlu receptor activation, and relatively little is known about their presynaptic effects. Neurotransmitter release is mediated via multiple forms of synaptic vesicle (SV) fusion, each of which contributes to specific neuronal functions. The impacts of mGlu receptor activation and loss of FMRP on these SV fusion events remain unexplored. Here we combined electrophysiological and fluorescence imaging analyses on primary hippocampal cultures prepared from an Fmr1 knockout (KO) rat model. Compared to wild-type (WT) hippocampal neurons, KO neurons displayed an increase in the frequency of spontaneous excitatory post-synaptic currents (sEPSCs), as well as spontaneous SV fusion events. Pharmacological activation of mGlu receptors in WT neurons caused a similar increase in spontaneous SV fusion and sEPSC frequency. Notably, this increase in SV fusion was not observed when spontaneous activity was blocked using the sodium channel antagonist tetrodotoxin. Importantly, the effect of mGlu receptor activation on spontaneous SV fusion was occluded in Fmr1 KO neurons. Together, our results reveal that FMRP represses spontaneous presynaptic SV fusion, whereas mGlu receptor activation increases this event. This reciprocal control appears to be mediated via their regulation of intrinsic neuronal excitability.


Assuntos
Proteína do X Frágil da Deficiência Intelectual/antagonistas & inibidores , Proteína do X Frágil da Deficiência Intelectual/metabolismo , Receptores de Glutamato Metabotrópico/metabolismo , Vesículas Sinápticas/metabolismo , Animais , Células Cultivadas , Potenciais Pós-Sinápticos Excitadores/fisiologia , Proteína do X Frágil da Deficiência Intelectual/genética , Masculino , Fusão de Membrana/fisiologia , Neurônios/metabolismo , Ratos , Ratos Sprague-Dawley , Ratos Transgênicos , Receptores de Glutamato Metabotrópico/genética , Vesículas Sinápticas/genética
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Sci Rep ; 8(1): 1403, 2018 01 23.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29362477

RESUMO

Conjunctive encoding of inputs has been hypothesized to be a key feature in the computational capabilities of the brain. This has been inferred based on behavioral studies and electrophysiological recording from animals. In this report, we show that random neuronal ensembles grown on multi-electrode array perform a coarse-conjunctive encoding for a sequence of inputs with the first input setting the context. Such an encoding scheme creates similar yet unique population codes at the output of the ensemble, for related input sequences, which can then be decoded via a simple perceptron and hence a single STDP neuron layer. The random neuronal ensembles allow for pattern generalization and novel sequence classification without needing any specific learning or training of the ensemble. Such a representation of the inputs as population codes of neuronal ensemble outputs, has inherent redundancy and is suitable for further decoding via even probabilistic/random connections to subsequent neuronal layers. We reproduce this behavior in a mathematical model to show that a random neuronal network with a mix of excitatory and inhibitory neurons and sufficient connectivity creates similar coarse-conjunctive encoding of input sequences.


Assuntos
Rede Nervosa/fisiologia , Neurônios/fisiologia , Potenciais de Ação , Animais , Células Cultivadas , Modelos Neurológicos , Redes Neurais de Computação , Ratos
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Int J Dev Neurosci ; 61: 112-124, 2017 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28673682

RESUMO

Pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) offer an excellent model to study neural development and function. Although various protocols have been developed to direct the differentiation of PSCs into desired neural cell types, many of them suffer from limitations including low efficiency, long duration of culture, and the use of expensive, labile, and undefined growth supplements. In this study, we achieved efficient differentiation of mouse PSCs to neural lineage, in the absence of exogenous molecules, by employing a serum-free culture medium containing knockout serum replacement (KSR). Embryoid bodies (EBs) cultured in this medium predominantly produced neural cells which included neural progenitors (15-18%), immature neurons (8-24%), mature neurons (10-26%), astrocytes (27-61%), and oligodendrocytes (∼1%). Different neuronal subtypes including glutamatergic, GABAergic, cholinergic, serotonergic, and dopaminergic neurons were generated. Importantly, neurons generated in the KSR medium were electrically active. Further, the EB scooping strategy, involving the removal of the EB core region from the peripheral EB outgrowth, resulted in the enrichment of PSC-derived neural cells. Taken together, this study provides the evidence that the KSR medium is ideal for the rapid and efficient generation of neural cells, including functional neurons, from PSCs without the requirement of any other additional molecule.


Assuntos
Diferenciação Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Meios de Cultura Livres de Soro/farmacologia , Embrião de Mamíferos/efeitos dos fármacos , Neurônios/fisiologia , Células-Tronco Pluripotentes/efeitos dos fármacos , Potenciais de Ação/efeitos dos fármacos , Potenciais de Ação/fisiologia , Animais , Diferenciação Celular/fisiologia , Células Cultivadas , Embrião de Mamíferos/citologia , Citometria de Fluxo , Regulação da Expressão Gênica no Desenvolvimento/efeitos dos fármacos , Regulação da Expressão Gênica no Desenvolvimento/fisiologia , Glutamato Descarboxilase/metabolismo , Camundongos , Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso/metabolismo , Neurogênese/efeitos dos fármacos , Neurônios/efeitos dos fármacos , Neurotransmissores/metabolismo , Técnicas de Cultura de Órgãos , Técnicas de Patch-Clamp , RNA Mensageiro/metabolismo , Fatores de Tempo , Fatores de Transcrição/metabolismo , Tubulina (Proteína)/metabolismo
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