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Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol ; 304(8): L540-8, 2013 Apr 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23418093

RESUMO

We determined whether store-operated channels (SOC) are involved in neonatal pulmonary artery function under conditions of acute and chronic hypoxia, using newborn sheep gestated and born either at high altitude (HA, 3,600 m) or low altitude (LA, 520 m). Cardiopulmonary variables were recorded in vivo, with and without SOC blockade by 2-aminoethyldiphenylborinate (2-APB), during basal or acute hypoxic conditions. 2-APB did not have effects on basal mean pulmonary arterial pressure (mPAP), cardiac output, systemic arterial blood pressure, or systemic vascular resistance in both groups of neonates. During acute hypoxia 2-APB reduced mPAP and pulmonary vascular resistance in LA and HA, but this reduction was greater in HA. In addition, isolated pulmonary arteries mounted in a wire myograph were assessed for vascular reactivity. HA arteries showed a greater relaxation and sensitivity to SOC blockers than LA arteries. The pulmonary expression of two SOC-forming subunits, TRPC4 and STIM1, was upregulated in HA. Taken together, our results show that SOC contribute to hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction in newborn sheep and that SOC are upregulated by chronic hypoxia. Therefore, SOC may contribute to the development of neonatal pulmonary hypertension. We propose SOC channels could be potential targets to treat neonatal pulmonary hypertension.


Assuntos
Altitude , Canais Iônicos/fisiologia , Circulação Pulmonar/fisiologia , Carneiro Doméstico/fisiologia , Doença da Altitude/sangue , Doença da Altitude/complicações , Doença da Altitude/genética , Doença da Altitude/fisiopatologia , Animais , Animais Recém-Nascidos , Compostos de Boro/farmacologia , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Hemodinâmica/efeitos dos fármacos , Hemodinâmica/fisiologia , Humanos , Hipóxia/sangue , Hipóxia/complicações , Hipóxia/genética , Hipóxia/fisiopatologia , Recém-Nascido , Canais Iônicos/sangue , Canais Iônicos/genética , Síndrome da Persistência do Padrão de Circulação Fetal/sangue , Síndrome da Persistência do Padrão de Circulação Fetal/etiologia , Síndrome da Persistência do Padrão de Circulação Fetal/fisiopatologia , Artéria Pulmonar/fisiopatologia , Circulação Pulmonar/efeitos dos fármacos , Carneiro Doméstico/sangue , Carneiro Doméstico/genética , Canais de Cátion TRPC/sangue , Canais de Cátion TRPC/fisiologia , Vasoconstrição/fisiologia
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Dev Cell ; 58(12): 1037-1051.e4, 2023 06 19.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37119815

RESUMO

The hematopoietic niche is a supportive microenvironment composed of distinct cell types, including specialized vascular endothelial cells that directly interact with hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs). The molecular factors that specify niche endothelial cells and orchestrate HSPC homeostasis remain largely unknown. Using multi-dimensional gene expression and chromatin accessibility analyses in zebrafish, we define a conserved gene expression signature and cis-regulatory landscape that are unique to sinusoidal endothelial cells in the HSPC niche. Using enhancer mutagenesis and transcription factor overexpression, we elucidate a transcriptional code that involves members of the Ets, Sox, and nuclear hormone receptor families and is sufficient to induce ectopic niche endothelial cells that associate with mesenchymal stromal cells and support the recruitment, maintenance, and division of HSPCs in vivo. These studies set forth an approach for generating synthetic HSPC niches, in vitro or in vivo, and for effective therapies to modulate the endogenous niche.


Assuntos
Nicho de Células-Tronco , Fatores de Transcrição , Animais , Fatores de Transcrição/genética , Fatores de Transcrição/metabolismo , Células Endoteliais/metabolismo , Peixe-Zebra/genética , Peixe-Zebra/metabolismo , Regulação da Expressão Gênica
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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol ; 301(4): R1153-60, 2011 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21795632

RESUMO

Using an integrative approach at the whole animal, isolated vessels, and molecular levels, we tested the hypothesis that the llama, a species that undergoes pregnancy under the influence of the chronic hypoxia of high altitude, delivers offspring with an increased α-adrenergic peripheral vascular reactivity compared with neonates from lowland species. We studied the femoral vascular response to acute hypoxia in vivo, the reactivity of femoral vessels ex vivo, and the expression of femoral α(1)-adrenergic receptor subtypes using RT-PCR in vitro. The increase in femoral resistance during hypoxia was 3.6 times greater in newborn llamas than newborn sheep (P < 0.05). The sensitivity of the contractile response to noradrenaline (pD(2) = 5.18 ± 0.06 vs. 4.84 ± 0.05, P < 0.05) and the maximal response (R(max) = 101.3 ± 1.4 vs. 52.4 ± 1.4% K(+)(max), P < 0.05) and sensitivity (pD(2) = 5.47 ± 0.03 vs. 4.57 ± 0.05, P < 0.05) to phenylephrine were higher in femoral vessels from newborn llamas than newborn sheep. Competitive inhibition with prazosin of noradrenaline-induced contraction followed by Schild analysis showed higher affinity in the llama than the sheep (pA(2) = 10.08 ± 0.093 vs. 8.98 ± 0.263, respectively, P < 0.05), consistent with greater α(1B)-adrenergic receptor transcript expression observed in small femoral arteries from neonatal llama. The llama newborn demonstrates significantly greater α-adrenergic peripheral vascular reactivity compared with neonates from lowland species that could be partially explained by preferential expression of α(1B)-adrenergic receptor subtype.


Assuntos
Altitude , Animais Recém-Nascidos/fisiologia , Camelídeos Americanos/fisiologia , Artéria Femoral/fisiologia , Receptores Adrenérgicos alfa/fisiologia , Ovinos/fisiologia , Animais , Gasometria , Sistema Cardiovascular/fisiopatologia , Feminino , Concentração de Íons de Hidrogênio , Hipóxia/fisiopatologia , Modelos Animais , Gravidez
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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol ; 299(6): R1676-84, 2010 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20881096

RESUMO

We determined whether postnatal pulmonary hypertension induced by 70% of pregnancy at high altitude (HA) persists once the offspring return to sea level and investigated pulmonary vascular mechanisms operating under these circumstances. Pregnant ewes were divided into two groups: conception, pregnancy, and delivery at low altitude (580 m, LLL) and conception at low altitude, pregnancy at HA (3,600 m) from 30% of gestation until delivery, and return to lowland (LHL). Pulmonary arterial pressure (PAP) was measured in vivo. Vascular reactivity and morphometry were assessed in small pulmonary arteries (SPA). Protein expression of vascular mediators was determined. LHL lambs had higher basal PAP and a greater increment in PAP after N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (20.9 ± 1.1 vs. 13.7 ± 0.5 mmHg; 39.9 ± 5.0 vs. 18.3 ± 1.3 mmHg, respectively). SPA from LHL had a greater maximal contraction to K(+) (1.34 ± 0.05 vs. 1.16 ± 0.05 N/m), higher sensitivity to endothelin-1 and nitroprusside, and persistence of dilatation following blockade of soluble guanylate cyclase. The heart ratio of the right ventricle-to-left ventricle plus septum was higher in the LHL relative to LLL. The muscle area of SPA (29.3 ± 2.9 vs. 21.1 ± 1.7%) and the protein expression of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (1.7 ± 0.1 vs. 1.1 ± 0.2), phosphodiesterase (1.4 ± 0.1 vs. 0.7 ± 0.1), and Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channel (0.76 ± 0.16 vs. 0.30 ± 0.01) were greater in LHL compared with LLL lambs. In contrast, LHL had decreased heme oxygenase-1 expression (0.82 ± 0.26 vs. 2.22 ± 0.44) and carbon monoxide production (all P < 0.05). Postnatal pulmonary hypertension induced by 70% of pregnancy at HA promotes cardiopulmonary remodeling that persists at sea level.


Assuntos
Doença da Altitude/complicações , Pressão Sanguínea/fisiologia , Hipertensão Pulmonar/etiologia , Hipóxia/complicações , Pulmão/fisiopatologia , Efeitos Tardios da Exposição Pré-Natal , Altitude , Doença da Altitude/fisiopatologia , Análise de Variância , Animais , Western Blotting , Feminino , Frequência Cardíaca/fisiologia , Hipertensão Pulmonar/fisiopatologia , Hipóxia/fisiopatologia , Músculo Liso Vascular/fisiopatologia , Miografia , Gravidez , Artéria Pulmonar/fisiopatologia , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase Via Transcriptase Reversa , Ovinos , Resistência Vascular/fisiologia
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J Neurochem ; 110(2): 641-52, 2009 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19457086

RESUMO

RasGRF1 null mutant mice display impaired memory/learning and their hippocampus transcriptomic pattern includes a number of differentially expressed genes playing significant roles in sensory development and function. Odour avoidance and auditory brainstem response tests yielded normal results but electroretinographic analysis showed severe light perception impairment in the RasGRF1 knockouts. Whereas no structural alterations distinguished the retinas of wild-type and knockout mice, microarray transcriptional analysis identified at least 44 differentially expressed genes in the retinas of these Knockout animals. Among these, Crb1, Pttg1, Folh1 and Myo7a have been previously related to syndromes involving retina degeneration. Interestingly, over-expression of Folh1 would be expected to result in accumulation of its enzymatic product N-acetyl-aspartate, an event known to be linked to Canavan disease, a human cerebral degenerative syndrome often involving blindness and hearing loss. Consistently, in vivo brain nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy identified higher levels of N-acetyl-aspartate in our RasGRF1-/- mice and immunohistochemical analysis detected reduced levels of aspartoacylase, the enzyme which degrades N-acetyl-aspartate. These studies demonstrate for the first time the functional relevance of Ras signalling in mammalian photoreception and warrant further analysis of RasGRF1 Knockout mice as potential models to analyse molecular mechanisms underlying defective photoreception human diseases.


Assuntos
Regulação da Expressão Gênica/genética , Células Fotorreceptoras de Vertebrados/patologia , Degeneração Retiniana/genética , Degeneração Retiniana/metabolismo , ras-GRF1/deficiência , ras-GRF1/genética , Animais , Percepção Auditiva/genética , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica , Marcadores Genéticos/genética , Camundongos , Camundongos Knockout , Análise de Sequência com Séries de Oligonucleotídeos , Células Fotorreceptoras de Vertebrados/metabolismo , Degeneração Retiniana/fisiopatologia
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Cardiovasc Res ; 77(1): 197-201, 2008 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18006479

RESUMO

AIMS: To study the nitric oxide (NO) and carbon monoxide roles in the regulation of the pulmonary circulation in lowland and highland newborn sheep and llamas. METHODS AND RESULTS: We used neonatal sheep (Ovis aries) and llamas (Lama glama) whose gestation and delivery took place at low (580 m) or high (3600 m) altitude. In vivo, we measured the cardiopulmonary function basally and with a NO synthase (NOS) blockade and calculated the production of carbon monoxide by the lung. In vitro, we determined NOS and soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) expression, NOS activity, and haemoxygenase (HO) expression in the lung. Pulmonary arterial pressure was elevated at high altitude in sheep but not in llamas. Sheep at high altitude relative to sea level had significantly greater total lung NOS activity and eNOS protein, but reduced sGC and HO expression and carbon monoxide production. In contrast, llamas showed no difference in NO function between altitudes, but a pronounced increase in pulmonary carbon monoxide production and HO expression at high altitude. CONCLUSIONS: In the llama, enhanced pulmonary carbon monoxide, rather than NO, protects against pulmonary hypertension in the newborn period at high altitude. This shift in pulmonary dilator strategy from NO to carbon monoxide has not been previously described, and it may give insight into new treatments for excessive pulmonary vasoconstriction.


Assuntos
Camelídeos Americanos/fisiologia , Monóxido de Carbono/fisiologia , Artéria Pulmonar/fisiologia , Vasodilatação , Altitude , Animais , Animais Recém-Nascidos , Pressão Sanguínea , Heme Oxigenase-1/análise , Óxido Nítrico/fisiologia , Oxigênio/sangue , Ovinos
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J Physiol ; 586(16): 4017-27, 2008 Aug 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18599539

RESUMO

Although the fetal pineal gland does not secrete melatonin, the fetus is exposed to melatonin of maternal origin. In the non-human primate fetus, melatonin acts as a trophic hormone for the adrenal gland, stimulating growth while restraining cortisol production. This latter physiological activity led us to hypothesize that melatonin may influence some fetal functions critical for neonatal adaptation to extrauterine life. To test this hypothesis we explored (i) the presence of G-protein-coupled melatonin binding sites and (ii) the direct modulatory effects of melatonin on noradrenaline (norepinephrine)-induced middle cerebral artery (MCA) contraction, brown adipose tissue (BAT) lypolysis and ACTH-induced adrenal cortisol production in fetal sheep. We found that melatonin directly inhibits the response to noradrenaline in the MCA and BAT, and also inhibits the response to ACTH in the adrenal gland. Melatonin inhibition was reversed by the melatonin antagonist luzindole only in the fetal adrenal. MCA, BAT and adrenal tissue displayed specific high-affinity melatonin binding sites coupled to G-protein (K(d) values: MCA 64 +/- 1 pm, BAT 98.44 +/- 2.12 pm and adrenal 4.123 +/- 3.22 pm). Melatonin binding was displaced by luzindole only in the adrenal gland, supporting the idea that action in the MCA and BAT is mediated by different melatonin receptors. These direct inhibitory responses to melatonin support a role for melatonin in fetal physiology, which we propose prevents major contraction of cerebral vessels, restrains cortisol release and restricts BAT lypolysis during fetal life.


Assuntos
Tecido Adiposo Marrom/embriologia , Tecido Adiposo Marrom/fisiologia , Glândulas Suprarrenais/embriologia , Glândulas Suprarrenais/fisiologia , Melatonina/administração & dosagem , Melatonina/fisiologia , Artéria Cerebral Média/embriologia , Artéria Cerebral Média/fisiologia , Tecido Adiposo Marrom/efeitos dos fármacos , Glândulas Suprarrenais/efeitos dos fármacos , Animais , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Feminino , Masculino , Artéria Cerebral Média/efeitos dos fármacos , Ovinos , Resistência Vascular/efeitos dos fármacos , Resistência Vascular/fisiologia
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Dis Model Mech ; 11(11)2018 11 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30266803

RESUMO

Xenografts of the hematopoietic system are extremely useful as disease models and for translational research. Zebrafish xenografts have been widely used to monitor blood cancer cell dissemination and homing due to the optical clarity of embryos and larvae, which allow unrestricted in vivo visualization of migratory events. Here, we have developed a xenotransplantation technique that transiently generates hundreds of hematopoietic tissue chimeric embryos by transplanting murine bone marrow cells into zebrafish blastulae. In contrast to previous methods, this procedure allows mammalian cell integration into the fish developmental hematopoietic program, which results in chimeric animals containing distinct phenotypes of murine blood cells in both circulation and the hematopoietic niche. Murine cells in chimeric animals express antigens related to (i) hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells, (ii) active cell proliferation and (iii) myeloid cell lineages. We verified the utility of this method by monitoring zebrafish chimeras during development using in vivo non-invasive imaging to show novel murine cell behaviors, such as homing to primitive and definitive hematopoietic tissues, dynamic hematopoietic cell and hematopoietic niche interactions, and response to bacterial infection. Overall, transplantation into the zebrafish blastula provides a useful method that simplifies the generation of numerous chimeric animals and expands the range of murine cell behaviors that can be studied in zebrafish chimeras. In addition, integration of murine cells into the host hematopoietic system during development suggests highly conserved molecular mechanisms of hematopoiesis between zebrafish and mammals.This article has an associated First Person interview with the first author of the paper.


Assuntos
Quimera/embriologia , Embrião de Mamíferos/fisiologia , Embrião não Mamífero/fisiologia , Hematopoese , Interações Hospedeiro-Patógeno , Peixe-Zebra/embriologia , Animais , Infecções Bacterianas/patologia , Blástula/transplante , Células da Medula Óssea/citologia , Transplante de Medula Óssea , Fusão Celular , Linhagem da Célula , Movimento Celular , Rastreamento de Células , Corantes/metabolismo , Feminino , Larva/citologia , Masculino , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Células Mieloides/citologia , Transplante Heterólogo , Peixe-Zebra/microbiologia
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Respir Physiol Neurobiol ; 158(2-3): 298-306, 2007 Sep 30.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17588504

RESUMO

Compared with lowland species, fetal life for mammalian species whose mothers live in high altitude is demanding. For instance, fetal llamas have to cope with the low fetal arterial PO2 of all species, but also the likely superimposition of hypoxia as a result of the decreased oxygen environment in which the mother lives in the Andean altiplano. When subjected to acute hypoxia the llama fetus responds with an intense peripheral vasoconstriction mediated by alpha-adrenergic mechanisms plus high plasma concentrations of catecholamines and neuropeptide Y (NPY). Endothelial factors such as NO and endothelin-1 also play a role in the regulation of local blood flows. Unlike fetuses of lowland species such as the sheep, the llama fetus shows a profound cerebral hypometabolic response to hypoxia, decreasing cerebral oxygen consumption, Na-K-ATPase activity and temperature, and resulting in an absence of seizures and apoptosis in neural cells. These strategies may have evolved to prevent hypoxic injury to the brain or other organs in the face of the persistent hypobaric hypoxia of life in the Andean altiplano.


Assuntos
Aclimatação/fisiologia , Altitude , Camelídeos Americanos/fisiologia , Desenvolvimento Fetal/fisiologia , Consumo de Oxigênio/fisiologia , Animais , Feminino , Hipóxia/sangue , Troca Materno-Fetal/fisiologia , Oxigênio/sangue , Gravidez
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J Exp Med ; 214(4): 1011-1027, 2017 04 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28351983

RESUMO

The microenvironment is an important regulator of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell (HSPC) biology. Recent advances marking fluorescent HSPCs have allowed exquisite visualization of HSPCs in the caudal hematopoietic tissue (CHT) of the developing zebrafish. Here, we show that the chemokine cxcl8 and its receptor, cxcr1, are expressed by zebrafish endothelial cells, and we identify cxcl8/cxcr1 signaling as a positive regulator of HSPC colonization. Single-cell tracking experiments demonstrated that this is a result of increases in HSPC-endothelial cell "cuddling," HSPC residency time within the CHT, and HSPC mitotic rate. Enhanced cxcl8/cxcr1 signaling was associated with an increase in the volume of the CHT and induction of cxcl12a expression. Finally, using parabiotic zebrafish, we show that cxcr1 acts HSPC nonautonomously to improve the efficiency of donor HSPC engraftment. This work identifies a mechanism by which the hematopoietic niche remodels to promote HSPC engraftment and suggests that cxcl8/cxcr1 signaling is a potential therapeutic target in patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.


Assuntos
Transplante de Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas , Receptores de Interleucina-8A/fisiologia , Animais , Células Cultivadas , Microambiente Celular , Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas/fisiologia , Interleucina-8/fisiologia , Transdução de Sinais/fisiologia , Peixe-Zebra
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J Vis Exp ; (112)2016 06 11.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27341538

RESUMO

Surgical parabiosis of two animals of different genetic backgrounds creates a unique scenario to study cell-intrinsic versus cell-extrinsic roles for candidate genes of interest, migratory behaviors of cells, and secreted signals in distinct genetic settings. Because parabiotic animals share a common circulation, any blood or blood-borne factor from one animal will be exchanged with its partner and vice versa. Thus, cells and molecular factors derived from one genetic background can be studied in the context of a second genetic background. Parabiosis of adult mice has been  used extensively to research aging, cancer, diabetes, obesity, and brain development. More recently, parabiosis of zebrafish embryos has been used to study the developmental biology of hematopoiesis. In contrast to mice, the transparent nature of zebrafish embryos permits the direct visualization of cells in the parabiotic context, making it a uniquely powerful method for investigating fundamental cellular and molecular mechanisms. The utility of this technique, however, is limited by a steep learning curve for generating the parabiotic zebrafish embryos. This protocol provides a step-by-step method on how to surgically fuse the blastulae of two zebrafish embryos of different genetic backgrounds to investigate the role of candidate genes of interest. In addition, the parabiotic zebrafish embryos are tolerant to heat shock, making temporal control of gene expression possible. This method does not require a sophisticated set-up and has broad applications for studying cell migration, fate specification, and differentiation in vivo during embryonic development.


Assuntos
Blástula , Animais , Movimento Celular , Hematopoese , Camundongos , Parabiose , Peixe-Zebra
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J Neurosci ; 22(24): 10720-30, 2002 Dec 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12486165

RESUMO

We studied the cellular and subcellular distribution of GABA(A) receptors in the Bergmann glia and Purkinje cells in the molecular layer of the cerebellum by using electron microscopy postembedding immunogold techniques. Gold particles corresponding to alpha2 and gamma1 immunoreactivity were localized in Bergmann glia processes that wrapped Purkinje cell somata, dendritic shafts, and some dendritic spines. The gold particles were mainly located on the glial plasma membrane or intracellularly but near the plasma membrane. The density of gold particles corresponding to alpha2 and gamma1 GABA(A) receptor subunits was 4.3-fold higher in the glial processes wrapping Purkinje cell somata than in the glial processes wrapping Purkinje cell dendritic spines. Moreover, the Bergmann glia GABA(A) receptors were often located in close proximity to the type II GABAergic synapses made by the basket cell axons on Purkinje cell somata. These GABAergic synapses were enriched in neuronal GABA(A) receptors containing alpha1 and beta2/3 subunits. Unexpectedly, 2.8% of the Purkinje cell dendritic spines also showed immunoreactivity for the neuronal alpha1 or beta2/3 subunits, which were located on the spine in type I synapses or extrasynaptically. Double-labeling immunogold experiments showed that approximately 50% of the dendritic spines that were immunolabeled with the neuronal GABA(A) receptors were wrapped by Bergmann glia processes containing glial GABA(A) receptors. These results are consistent with a role of the Bergmann glial GABA(A) receptors in sensing GABAergic synaptic function.


Assuntos
Astrócitos/química , Cerebelo/citologia , Células de Purkinje , Receptores de GABA-A/análise , Sinapses , Animais , Astrócitos/metabolismo , Astrócitos/ultraestrutura , Membrana Celular/química , Extensões da Superfície Celular/química , Extensões da Superfície Celular/ultraestrutura , Cerebelo/química , Cerebelo/ultraestrutura , Dendritos/química , Dendritos/ultraestrutura , Imuno-Histoquímica , Inibição Neural , Subunidades Proteicas , Células de Purkinje/química , Células de Purkinje/ultraestrutura , Ratos , Receptores de GABA-A/imunologia , Receptores de GABA-A/metabolismo , Sinapses/química , Sinapses/ultraestrutura
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J Comp Neurol ; 488(1): 11-27, 2005 Jul 18.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15912503

RESUMO

The glutamate receptor-interacting protein GRIP1 is present in glutamatergic synapses and interacts with the GluR2/3/4c subunits of the AMPA receptors. This interaction plays important roles in trafficking, synaptic targeting, and recycling of AMPA receptors as well as in the plasticity of glutamatergic synapses. Although GRIP1 has been shown to be present at GABAergic synapses in cultured neurons, the use of EM (electron microscopy) immunocytochemistry in the intact brain has failed to convincingly reveal the presence of GRIP1 in GABAergic synapses. Therefore, most studies on GRIP1 have focused on glutamatergic synapses. By using mild tissue fixation and embedding in EM, we show that in the intact brain the 7-PDZ domain GRIP1a/b is present not only in glutamatergic synapses but also in GABAergic synapses. In GABAergic synapses GRIP1a/b localizes both at the presynaptic terminals and postsynaptically, being frequently localized on the synaptic membranes or the synaptic junctional complex. Considerably higher density of GRIP1a/b is found in the presynaptic GABAergic terminals than in the glutamatergic terminals, while the density of GRIP1a/b in the postsynaptic complex is similar in both types of synapses. The results also show that the 7-PDZ and the shorter 4-PDZ domain splice forms of GRIP1 (GRIP1c 4-7) frequently colocalize with each other in individual GABAergic and glutamatergic synapses. The results suggest that GRIP1 splice forms might play important roles in brain GABAergic synapses.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Transporte/metabolismo , Hipocampo/metabolismo , Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso/metabolismo , Terminações Pré-Sinápticas/metabolismo , Membranas Sinápticas/metabolismo , Ácido gama-Aminobutírico/metabolismo , Animais , Células Cultivadas , Imunofluorescência , Ácido Glutâmico/metabolismo , Hipocampo/citologia , Peptídeos e Proteínas de Sinalização Intracelular , Isoformas de Proteínas , Ratos , Ratos Sprague-Dawley , Receptores de GABA-A/metabolismo , Distribuição Tecidual
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Brain Struct Funct ; 220(6): 3701-20, 2015 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25226845

RESUMO

Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) is an intercellular signaling lipid that regulates multiple cellular functions, acting through specific G-protein coupled receptors (LPA(1-6)). Our previous studies using viable Malaga variant maLPA1-null mice demonstrated the requirement of the LPA1 receptor for normal proliferation, differentiation, and survival of the neuronal precursors. In the cerebral cortex LPA1 is expressed extensively in differentiating oligodendrocytes, in parallel with myelination. Although exogenous LPA-induced effects have been investigated in myelinating cells, the in vivo contribution of LPA1 to normal myelination remains to be demonstrated. This study identified a relevant in vivo role for LPA1 as a regulator of cortical myelination. Immunochemical analysis in adult maLPA1-null mice demonstrated a reduction in the steady-state levels of the myelin proteins MBP, PLP/DM20, and CNPase in the cerebral cortex. The myelin defects were confirmed using magnetic resonance spectroscopy and electron microscopy. Stereological analysis limited the defects to adult differentiating oligodendrocytes, without variation in the NG2+ precursor cells. Finally, a possible mechanism involving oligodendrocyte survival was demonstrated by the impaired intracellular transport of the PLP/DM20 myelin protein which was accompanied by cellular loss, suggesting stress-induced apoptosis. These findings describe a previously uncharacterized in vivo functional role for LPA1 in the regulation of oligodendrocyte differentiation and myelination in the CNS, underlining the importance of the maLPA1-null mouse as a model for the study of demyelinating diseases.


Assuntos
Diferenciação Celular , Córtex Cerebral/fisiologia , Bainha de Mielina/fisiologia , Oligodendroglia/fisiologia , Receptores de Ácidos Lisofosfatídicos/fisiologia , Animais , Apoptose , Axônios/ultraestrutura , Córtex Cerebral/metabolismo , Córtex Cerebral/ultraestrutura , Espectroscopia de Ressonância Magnética , Masculino , Camundongos , Camundongos Knockout , Proteínas da Mielina/metabolismo , Bainha de Mielina/metabolismo , Bainha de Mielina/ultraestrutura , Transporte Proteico , Receptores de Ácidos Lisofosfatídicos/genética
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High Alt Med Biol ; 4(2): 193-202, 2003.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12855051

RESUMO

The pregnant llama (Lama glama) has walked for millions of years through the thin oxygen trail of the Andean altiplano. We hypothesize that a pool of genes has been selected in the llama that express efficient mechanisms to withstand this low-oxygen milieu. The llama fetus responds to acute hypoxia with an intense peripheral vasoconstriction that is not affected by bilateral section of the carotid sinus nerves. Moreover, the increase in fetal plasma concentrations of vasoconstrictor hormones, such as catecholamines, neuropeptide Y, and vasopressin, is much greater in the llama than in the sheep fetus. Furthermore, treatment of fetal llamas with an alpha-adrenergic antagonist abolished the peripheral vasoconstriction and resulted in fetal cardiovascular collapse and death during acute hypoxia, suggesting an indispensable upregulation of alpha-adrenergic mechanisms in this high altitude species. Local endothelial factors such as nitric oxide (NO) also play a key role in the regulation of fetal adrenal blood flow and in the adrenal secretion of catecholamines and cortisol. Interestingly, in contrast to the human or sheep fetus, the llama fetus showed a small increase in brain blood flow during acute hypoxia, with no increase in oxygen extraction across the brain, and thereby a decrease in brain oxygen consumption. These results suggest that the llama fetus responds to acute hypoxia with hypometabolism. How this reduction in metabolism is produced and how the cells are preserved during this condition remain to be elucidated.


Assuntos
Adaptação Fisiológica/fisiologia , Camelídeos Americanos/embriologia , Hipóxia/embriologia , Ovinos/embriologia , Altitude , Animais , Camelídeos Americanos/fisiologia , Feminino , Humanos , Hipóxia/fisiopatologia , Consumo de Oxigênio/fisiologia , Gravidez , Valores de Referência , Ovinos/fisiologia , Telencéfalo/irrigação sanguínea , Resistência Vascular/fisiologia
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Anim Reprod Sci ; 74(1-2): 101-9, 2002 Nov 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12379379

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Sixty-three pregnant llamas of known breeding date were used in this study. Forty-six of them were submitted to surgery between 186 and 320 days of gestation (52-91% of average gestation period, respectively). Under general anesthesia their fetuses were exteriorized and fetal weight (W), biparietal diameter (BPD) and femoral (F), tarsus-hoof (T-H), tibial (T)) and fronto-occipital (F-O) length were determined. Additionally, the same variables were determined on 16 newborn llamas. The weight was measured in kg and the length in cm. All the collected data was entered into a spreadsheet and different regression analyses as a function of gestational age (GA) were assessed. The best fit equations and their correlation for linear regression were the following: GA=169.448+16.66(*)W, r=0.99; GA=-51.713+44.77(*)BPD, r=0.88; GA=-72.139+39.48(*)F-O, r=0.71; GA=39.304+8.35(*)T-H, r=0.97; GA=91.276+8.23(*)T, r=0.86; GA=102.029+9.94(*)F, r=0.91. For multiple regression, the dependent variable GA can be predicted by the following equation: GA=67.462+11.163(*)W+20.297(*)BPD. Results of the present study indicated measured variables to be highly correlated with GA. This could be useful on daily basis in clinical examination of the neonates, in assessment of fetal growth and well being with cesarean sections, in the determination of GA in late gestation abortions, and in perinatal and reproductive research in the llama.


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Biometria , Camelídeos Americanos/embriologia , Feto/fisiologia , Idade Gestacional , Animais , Animais Recém-Nascidos , Peso ao Nascer/fisiologia , Camelídeos Americanos/fisiologia , Feminino , Peso Fetal/fisiologia , Modelos Lineares , Gravidez
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Front Neuroanat ; 4: 27, 2010.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20661454

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Insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) belongs to the family of insulin-related peptides that fulfils a key role during the late development of the nervous system. Human IGF1 mutations cause profound deafness, poor growth and mental retardation. Accordingly, Igf1(-/-) null mice are dwarfs that have low survival rates, cochlear alterations and severe sensorineural deafness. Presbycusis (age-related hearing loss) is a common disorder associated with aging that causes social and cognitive problems. Aging is also associated with a decrease in circulating IGF-I levels and this reduction has been related to cognitive and brain alterations, although there is no information as yet regarding the relationship between presbycusis and IGF-I biodisponibility. Here we present a longitudinal study of wild type Igf1(+/+) and null Igf1(-/-) mice from 2 to 12 months of age comparing the temporal progression of several parameters: hearing, brain morphology, cochlear cytoarchitecture, insulin-related factors and IGF gene expression and IGF-I serum levels. Complementary invasive and non-invasive techniques were used, including auditory brainstem-evoked response (ABR) recordings and in vivo MRI brain imaging. Igf1(-/-) null mice presented profound deafness at all the ages studied, without any obvious worsening of hearing parameters with aging. Igf1(+/+) wild type mice suffered significant age-related hearing loss, their auditory thresholds and peak I latencies augmenting as they aged, in parallel with a decrease in the circulating levels of IGF-I. Accordingly, there was an age-related spiral ganglion degeneration in wild type mice that was not evident in the Igf1 null mice. However, the Igf1(-/-) null mice in turn developed a prematurely aged stria vascularis reminiscent of the diabetic strial phenotype. Our data indicate that IGF-I is required for the correct development and maintenance of hearing, supporting the idea that IGF-I-based therapies could contribute to prevent or ameliorate age-related hearing loss.

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Pediatr Res ; 63(2): 169-75, 2008 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18091352

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Perinatal exposure to chronic hypoxia induces sustained hypertension and structural and functional changes in the pulmonary vascular bed. We hypothesized that highland newborn lambs (HLNB, 3600 m) have a higher pulmonary arterial pressure (PAP) due in part to a higher activity/expression of phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE5). We administered sildenafil, a PDE5 inhibitor, during basal and hypoxic conditions in the pulmonary hypertensive HLNB and compared them to lowland newborn lambs (LLNB, 580 m). Additionally, we compared the vasodilator responses to sildenafil in isolated small pulmonary arteries and the PDE5 mRNA expression and evaluated the vascular remodeling by histomorphometric analysis in these newborn lambs. Under basal conditions, HLNB had a higher PAP and cardiac output compared with LLNB. Sildenafil decreased the PAP during basal conditions and completely prevented the PAP increase during hypoxia in both groups. HLNB showed a greater contractile capacity and a higher maximal dilation to sildenafil. PDE5 mRNA expression did not show significant differences between HLNB and LLNB. The distal pulmonary arteries showed an increased wall thickness in HLNB. Our results showed that HLNB are more sensitive to sildenafil and therefore could be useful for treatment of pulmonary hypertension in high-altitude neonates.


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Hipertensão Pulmonar/tratamento farmacológico , Hipóxia , Piperazinas/farmacologia , Sulfonas/farmacologia , Animais , Animais Recém-Nascidos , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Hemodinâmica , Modelos Biológicos , Inibidores de Fosfodiesterase/farmacologia , Artéria Pulmonar/efeitos dos fármacos , Artéria Pulmonar/metabolismo , Purinas/farmacologia , RNA Mensageiro/metabolismo , Ovinos , Carneiro Doméstico , Citrato de Sildenafila , Vasodilatadores/farmacologia
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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol ; 292(6): R2234-40, 2007 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17322112

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Perinatal exposure to chronic hypoxia induces sustained pulmonary hypertension and structural and functional changes in both pulmonary and systemic vascular beds. The aim of this study was to analyze consequences of high-altitude chronic hypoxia during gestation and early after birth in pulmonary and femoral vascular responses in newborn sheep. Lowland (LLNB; 580 m) and highland (HLNB; 3,600 m) newborn lambs were cathetherized under general anesthesia and submitted to acute sustained or stepwise hypoxic episodes. Contractile and dilator responses of isolated pulmonary and femoral small arteries were analyzed in a wire myograph. Under basal conditions, HLNB had a higher pulmonary arterial pressure (PAP; 20.2 +/- 2.4 vs. 13.6 +/- 0.5 mmHg, P < 0.05) and cardiac output (342 +/- 23 vs. 279 +/- 13 ml x min(-1) x kg(-1), P < 0.05) compared with LLNB. In small pulmonary arteries, HLNB showed greater contractile capacity and higher sensitivity to nitric oxide. In small femoral arteries, HLNB had lower maximal contraction than LLNB with higher maximal response and sensitivity to noradrenaline and phenylephrine. In acute superimposed hypoxia, HLNB reached higher PAP and femoral vascular resistance than LLNB. Graded hypoxia showed that average PAP was always higher in HLNB compared with LLNB at any Po2. Newborn lambs from pregnancies at high altitude have stronger pulmonary vascular responses to acute hypoxia associated with higher arterial contractile status. In addition, systemic vascular response to acute hypoxia is increased in high-altitude newborns, associated with higher arterial adrenergic responses. These responses determined in intrauterine life and early after birth could be adaptive to chronic hypoxia in the Andean altiplano.


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Doença da Altitude/fisiopatologia , Altitude , Débito Cardíaco , Hipóxia Fetal/fisiopatologia , Consumo de Oxigênio , Efeitos Tardios da Exposição Pré-Natal/fisiopatologia , Troca Gasosa Pulmonar , Adaptação Fisiológica , Animais , Animais Recém-Nascidos , Doença Crônica , Feminino , Gravidez , Ovinos
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