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Anadón R, Rodríguez-Moldes I, Adrio F. Distribution of gamma-aminobutyric acid immunoreactivity in the brain of the Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baeri): Comparison with other fishes. J Comp Neurol 2024; 532:e25590. [PMID: 38335045 DOI: 10.1002/cne.25590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2023] [Revised: 01/08/2024] [Accepted: 01/13/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
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Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is the main inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system (CNS) of vertebrates. Immunohistochemical techniques with specific antibodies against GABA or against its synthesizing enzyme, glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) allowed characterizing GABAergic neurons and fibers in the CNS. However, studies on the CNS distribution of GABAergic neurons and fibers of bony fishes are scant and were done in teleost species. With the aim of understanding the early evolution of this system in bony vertebrates, we analyzed the distribution of GABA-immunoreactive (-ir) and GAD-ir neurons and fibers in the CNS of a basal ray-finned fish, the Siberian sturgeon (Chondrostei, Acipenseriformes), using immunohistochemical techniques. Our results revealed the presence and distribution of GABA/GAD-ir cells in different regions of the CNS such as olfactory bulbs, pallium and subpallium, hypothalamus, thalamus, pretectum, optic tectum, tegmentum, cerebellum, central grey, octavolateralis area, vagal lobe, rhombencephalic reticular areas, and the spinal cord. Abundant GABAergic innervation was observed in most brain regions, and GABAergic fibers were very abundant in the hypothalamic floor along the hypothalamo-hypophyseal tract and neurohypophysis. In addition, GABA-ir cerebrospinal fluid-contacting cells were observed in the alar and basal hypothalamus, saccus vasculosus, and spinal cord central canal. The distribution of GABAergic systems in the sturgeon brain shows numerous similarities to that observed in lampreys, but also to those of teleosts and tetrapods.
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- Ramón Anadón
- Área de Bioloxía Celular, Departamento de Bioloxía Funcional, CIBUS, Facultade de Bioloxía, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Área de Bioloxía Celular, Departamento de Bioloxía Funcional, CIBUS, Facultade de Bioloxía, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Área de Bioloxía Celular, Departamento de Bioloxía Funcional, CIBUS, Facultade de Bioloxía, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Hotha A, Ganesh CB. GABA-immunoreactive neurons in the Central Nervous System of the viviparous teleost Poecilia sphenops. J Chem Neuroanat 2023; 133:102339. [PMID: 37689218 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2023.102339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2023] [Revised: 09/06/2023] [Accepted: 09/06/2023] [Indexed: 09/11/2023]
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Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) functions as the primary inhibitory neurotransmitter within the central nervous system (CNS) of vertebrates. In this study, we examined the distribution pattern of GABA-immunoreactive (GABA-ir) cells and fibres in the CNS of the viviparous teleost Poecilia sphenops using immunofluorescence method. GABA immunoreactivity was seen in the glomerular, mitral, and granular layers of the olfactory bulbs, as well as in most parts of the dorsal and ventral telencephalon. The preoptic area consisted of a small cluster of GABA-ir cells, whereas extensively labelled GABA-ir neurons were observed in the hypothalamic areas, including the paraventricular organ, tuberal hypothalamus, nucleus recessus lateralis, nucleus recessus posterioris, and inferior lobes. In the thalamus, GABA-positive neurons were only found in the ventral thalamic and central posterior thalamic nuclei, whereas the dorsal part of the nucleus pretectalis periventricularis consisted of a few GABA-ir cells. GABA-immunoreactivity was extensively seen in the alar and basal subdivisions of the midbrain, whereas in the rhombencephalon, GABA-ir cells and fibres were found in the cerebellum, motor nucleus of glossopharyngeal and vagal nerves, nucleus commissuralis of Cajal, and reticular formation. In the spinal cord, GABA-ir cells and fibres were observed in the dorsal horn, ventral horn, and around the central canal. Overall, the extensive distribution of GABA-ir cells and fibres throughout the CNS suggests several roles for GABA, including the neuroendocrine, viscerosensory, and somatosensory functions, for the first time in a viviparous teleost.
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- Achyutham Hotha
- Neuroendocrinology Research Laboratory, Department of Studies in Zoology, Karnatak University, Dharwad 580 003, India
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- Neuroendocrinology Research Laboratory, Department of Studies in Zoology, Karnatak University, Dharwad 580 003, India.
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Sobrido‐Cameán D, González‐Llera L, Anadón R, Barreiro‐Iglesias A. Organization of the corticotropin-releasing hormone and corticotropin-releasing hormone-binding protein systems in the central nervous system of the sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus. J Comp Neurol 2023; 531:58-88. [PMID: 36150899 PMCID: PMC9826344 DOI: 10.1002/cne.25412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2022] [Revised: 08/27/2022] [Accepted: 08/30/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The expression of the corticotropin-releasing hormone (PmCRH) and the CRH-binding protein (PmCRHBP) mRNAs was studied by in situ hybridization in the brain of prolarvae, larvae, and adults of the sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus. We also generated an antibody against the PmCRH mature peptide to study the distribution of PmCRH-immunoreactive cells and fibers. PmCRH immunohistochemistry was combined with antityrosine hydroxylase immunohistochemistry, PmCRHBP in situ hybridization, or neurobiotin transport from the spinal cord. The most numerous PmCRH-expressing cells were observed in the magnocellular preoptic nucleus-paraventricular nucleus and in the superior and medial rhombencephalic reticular formation. PmCRH expression was more extended in adults than in larvae, and some cell populations were mainly (olfactory bulb) or only (striatum, ventral hypothalamus, prethalamus) observed in adults. The preopto-paraventricular fibers form conspicuous tracts coursing toward the neurohypophysis, but many immunoreactive fibers were also observed coursing in many other brain regions. Brain descending fibers in the spinal cord mainly come from cells located in the isthmus and in the medial rhombencephalic reticular nucleus. The distribution of PmCRHBP-expressing neurons was different from that of PmCRH cells, with cells mainly present in the septum, striatum, preoptic region, tuberal hypothalamus, pretectum, pineal complex, isthmus, reticular formation, and spinal cord. Again, expression in adults was more extended than in larvae. PmCRH- and PmCRHBP-expressing cells are different, excluding colocalization of these substances in the same neuron. Present findings reveal a complex CRH/CRHBP system in the brain of the oldest extant vertebrate group, the agnathans, which shows similarities but important divergences with that of mammals.
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- Daniel Sobrido‐Cameán
- Department of Functional Biology, CIBUS, Faculty of BiologyUniversidade de Santiago de CompostelaSantiago de CompostelaSpain,Department of ZoologyUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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- Department of Functional Biology, CIBUS, Faculty of BiologyUniversidade de Santiago de CompostelaSantiago de CompostelaSpain
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- Department of Functional Biology, CIBUS, Faculty of BiologyUniversidade de Santiago de CompostelaSantiago de CompostelaSpain
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- Department of Functional Biology, CIBUS, Faculty of BiologyUniversidade de Santiago de CompostelaSantiago de CompostelaSpain
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Yang L, Wang F, Strähle U. The Genetic Programs Specifying Kolmer-Agduhr Interneurons. Front Neurosci 2020; 14:577879. [PMID: 33162880 PMCID: PMC7581942 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2020.577879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Accepted: 09/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Kolmer-Agduhr (KA) cells are a subgroup of interneurons positioned adjacent to the neurocoele with cilia on the apical surface protruding into the central canal of the spinal cord. Although KA cells were identified almost a century ago, their development and functions are only beginning to be unfolded. Recent studies have revealed the characteristics of KA cells in greater detail, including their spatial distribution, the timing of their differentiation, and their specification via extrinsic signaling and a unique combination of transcription factors in zebrafish and mouse. Cell lineage-tracing experiments have demonstrated that two subsets of KA cells, named KA' and KA" cells, differentiate from motoneuronal progenitors and floor-plate precursors, respectively, in both zebrafish and mouse. Although KA' and KA" cells originate from different progenitors/precursors, they each share a common set of transcription factors. Intriguingly, the combination of transcription factors that promote the acquisition of KA' cell characteristics differs from those that promote a KA" cell identity. In addition, KA' and KA" cells exhibit separable neuronal targets and differential responses to bending of the spinal cord. In this review, we summarize what is currently known about the genetic programs defining the identities of KA' and KA" cell identities. We then discuss how these two subgroups of KA cells are genetically specified.
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- Lixin Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China.,Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Biological and Chemical Systems - Biological Information Processing, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
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Cholecystokinin in the central nervous system of the sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus: precursor identification and neuroanatomical relationships with other neuronal signalling systems. Brain Struct Funct 2019; 225:249-284. [PMID: 31807925 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-019-01999-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2019] [Accepted: 11/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Cholecystokinin (CCK) is a neuropeptide that modulates processes such as digestion, satiety, and anxiety. CCK-type peptides have been characterized in jawed vertebrates and invertebrates, but little is known about CCK-type signalling in the most ancient group of vertebrates, the agnathans. Here, we have cloned and sequenced a cDNA encoding a sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus L.) CCK-type precursor (PmCCK), which contains a CCK-type octapeptide sequence (PmCCK-8) that is highly similar to gnathostome CCKs. Using mRNA in situ hybridization, the distribution of PmCCK-expressing neurons was mapped in the CNS of P. marinus. This revealed PmCCK-expressing neurons in the hypothalamus, posterior tubercle, prethalamus, nucleus of the medial longitudinal fasciculus, midbrain tegmentum, isthmus, rhombencephalic reticular formation, and the putative nucleus of the solitary tract. Some PmCCK-expressing neuronal populations were only observed in adults, revealing important differences with larvae. We generated an antiserum to PmCCK-8 to enable immunohistochemical analysis of CCK expression, which revealed that GABA or glutamate, but not serotonin, tyrosine hydroxylase or neuropeptide Y, is co-expressed in some PmCCK-8-immunoreactive (ir) neurons. Importantly, this is the first demonstration of co-localization of GABA and CCK in neurons of a non-mammalian vertebrate. We also characterized extensive cholecystokinergic fibre systems of the CNS, including innervation of habenular subnuclei. A conspicuous PmCCK-8-ir tract ascending in the lateral rhombencephalon selectively innervates a glutamatergic population in the dorsal isthmic grey. Interestingly, this tract is reminiscent of the secondary gustatory/visceral tract of teleosts. In conclusion, this study provides important new information on the evolution of the cholecystokinergic system in vertebrates.
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Di Bella DJ, Carcagno AL, Bartolomeu ML, Pardi MB, Löhr H, Siegel N, Hammerschmidt M, Marín-Burgin A, Lanuza GM. Ascl1 Balances Neuronal versus Ependymal Fate in the Spinal Cord Central Canal. Cell Rep 2019; 28:2264-2274.e3. [DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.07.087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2019] [Revised: 06/07/2019] [Accepted: 07/23/2019] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Pombal MA, Megías M. Development and Functional Organization of the Cranial Nerves in Lampreys. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 2018; 302:512-539. [DOI: 10.1002/ar.23821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2017] [Revised: 08/15/2017] [Accepted: 09/17/2017] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- Manuel A. Pombal
- Neurolam Group, Department of Functional Biology and Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology - IBIV; University of Vigo; Vigo, 36310 Spain
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- Neurolam Group, Department of Functional Biology and Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology - IBIV; University of Vigo; Vigo, 36310 Spain
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Romaus-Sanjurjo D, Valle-Maroto SM, Barreiro-Iglesias A, Fernández-López B, Rodicio MC. Anatomical recovery of the GABAergic system after a complete spinal cord injury in lampreys. Neuropharmacology 2018; 131:389-402. [PMID: 29317225 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2018.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2017] [Revised: 12/26/2017] [Accepted: 01/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Lampreys recover locomotion spontaneously several weeks after a complete spinal cord injury. Dysfunction of the GABAergic system following SCI has been reported in mammalian models. So, it is of great interest to understand how the GABAergic system of lampreys adapts to the post-injury situation and how this relates to spontaneous recovery. The spinal cord of lampreys contains 3 populations of GABAergic neurons and most of the GABAergic innervation of the spinal cord comes from these local cells. GABAB receptors are expressed in the spinal cord of lampreys and they play important roles in the control of locomotion. The aims of the present study were to quantify: 1) the changes in the number of GABAergic neurons and innervation of the spinal cord and 2) the changes in the expression of the gabab receptor subunits b1 and b2 in the spinal cord of the sea lamprey after SCI. We performed complete spinal cord transections at the level of the fifth gill of mature larval lampreys and GABA immunohistochemistry or gabab in situ hybridization experiments. Animals were analysed up to 10 weeks post-lesion (wpl), when behavioural analyses showed that they recovered normal appearing locomotion (stage 6 in the Ayer's scale of locomotor recovery). We observed a significant decrease in the number of GABA-ir cells and fibres 1 h after lesion both rostral and caudal to the lesion site. GABA-ir cell numbers and innervation were recovered to control levels 1 to 2 wpl. At 1, 4 and 10 wpl the expression of gabab1 and gabab2 transcripts was significantly decreased in the spinal cord compared to control un-lesioned animals. This is the first study reporting the quantitative long-term changes in the number of GABAergic cells and fibres and in the expression of gabab receptors in the spinal cord of any vertebrate following a traumatic SCI. Our results show that in lampreys there is a full recovery of the GABAergic neurons and a decrease in the expression of gabab receptors when functional recovery is achieved.
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- D Romaus-Sanjurjo
- Department of Functional Biology, CIBUS, Faculty of Biology, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Functional Biology, CIBUS, Faculty of Biology, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Functional Biology, CIBUS, Faculty of Biology, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Functional Biology, CIBUS, Faculty of Biology, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Functional Biology, CIBUS, Faculty of Biology, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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Barreiro-Iglesias A, Fernández-López B, Sobrido-Cameán D, Anadón R. Organization of alpha-transducin immunoreactive system in the brain and retina of larval and young adult Sea Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus), and their relationship with other neural systems. J Comp Neurol 2017; 525:3683-3704. [DOI: 10.1002/cne.24296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2016] [Revised: 07/17/2017] [Accepted: 07/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Antón Barreiro-Iglesias
- Department of Functional Biology, Faculty of Biology; University of Santiago de Compostela; Santiago de Compostela Spain
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- Department of Functional Biology, Faculty of Biology; University of Santiago de Compostela; Santiago de Compostela Spain
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- Department of Functional Biology, Faculty of Biology; University of Santiago de Compostela; Santiago de Compostela Spain
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- Department of Functional Biology, Faculty of Biology; University of Santiago de Compostela; Santiago de Compostela Spain
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Djenoune L, Wyart C. Light on a sensory interface linking the cerebrospinal fluid to motor circuits in vertebrates. J Neurogenet 2017; 31:113-127. [PMID: 28789587 DOI: 10.1080/01677063.2017.1359833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is circulating around the entire central nervous system (CNS). The main function of the CSF has been thought to insure the global homeostasis of the CNS. Recent evidence indicates that the CSF also dynamically conveys signals modulating the development and the activity of the nervous system. The later observation implies that cues from the CSF could act on neurons in the brain and the spinal cord via bordering receptor cells. Candidate neurons to enable such modulation are the cerebrospinal fluid-contacting neurons (CSF-cNs) that are located precisely at the interface between the CSF and neuronal circuits. The atypical apical extension of CSF-cNs bears a cluster of microvilli bathing in the CSF indicating putative sensory or secretory roles in relation with the CSF. In the brainstem and spinal cord, CSF-cNs have been described in over two hundred species by Kolmer and Agduhr, suggesting an important function within the spinal cord. However, the lack of specific markers and the difficulty to access CSF-cNs hampered their physiological investigation. The transient receptor potential channel PKD2L1 is a specific marker of spinal CSF-cNs in vertebrate species. The transparency of zebrafish at early stages eases the functional characterization of pkd2l1+ CSF-cNs. Recent studies demonstrate that spinal CSF-cNs detect spinal curvature via the channel PKD2L1 and modulate locomotion and posture by projecting onto spinal interneurons and motor neurons in vivo. In vitro recordings demonstrated that spinal CSF-cNs are sensing pH variations mainly through ASIC channels, in combination with PKD2L1. Altogether, neurons contacting the CSF appear as a novel sensory modality enabling the detection of mechanical and chemical stimuli from the CSF and modulating the excitability of spinal circuits underlying locomotion and posture.
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- Lydia Djenoune
- a Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière (ICM) , Paris , France
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- a Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière (ICM) , Paris , France
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Romaus-Sanjurjo D, Fernández-López B, Sobrido-Cameán D, Barreiro-Iglesias A, Rodicio MC. Cloning of the GABA B Receptor Subunits B1 and B2 and their Expression in the Central Nervous System of the Adult Sea Lamprey. Front Neuroanat 2016; 10:118. [PMID: 28008311 PMCID: PMC5143684 DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2016.00118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2016] [Accepted: 11/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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In vertebrates, γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is the main inhibitory transmitter in the central nervous system (CNS) acting through ionotropic (GABAA) and metabotropic (GABAB) receptors. The GABAB receptor produces a slow inhibition since it activates second messenger systems through the binding and activation of guanine nucleotide-binding proteins [G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs)]. Lampreys are a key reference to understand molecular evolution in vertebrates. The importance of the GABAB receptor for the modulation of the circuits controlling locomotion and other behaviors has been shown in pharmacological/physiological studies in lampreys. However, there is no data about the sequence of the GABAB subunits or their expression in the CNS of lampreys. Our aim was to identify the sea lamprey GABAB1 and GABAB2 transcripts and study their expression in the CNS of adults. We cloned two partial sequences corresponding to the GABAB1 and GABAB2 cDNAs of the sea lamprey as confirmed by sequence analysis and comparison with known GABAB sequences of other vertebrates. In phylogenetic analyses, the sea lamprey GABAB sequences clustered together with GABABs sequences of vertebrates and emerged as an outgroup to all gnathostome sequences. We observed a broad and overlapping expression of both transcripts in the entire CNS. Expression was mainly observed in neuronal somas of the periventricular regions including the identified reticulospinal cells. No expression was observed in identifiable fibers. Comparison of our results with those reported in other vertebrates indicates that a broad and overlapping expression of the GABAB subunits in the CNS is a conserved character shared by agnathans and gnathostomes.
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- Daniel Romaus-Sanjurjo
- Department of Functional Biology, CIBUS, Faculty of Biology, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Functional Biology, CIBUS, Faculty of Biology, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Functional Biology, CIBUS, Faculty of Biology, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Functional Biology, CIBUS, Faculty of Biology, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Functional Biology, CIBUS, Faculty of Biology, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Salas CA, Yopak KE, Warrington RE, Hart NS, Potter IC, Collin SP. Ontogenetic shifts in brain scaling reflect behavioral changes in the life cycle of the pouched lamprey Geotria australis. Front Neurosci 2015; 9:251. [PMID: 26283894 PMCID: PMC4517384 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2015.00251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2015] [Accepted: 07/03/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Very few studies have described brain scaling in vertebrates throughout ontogeny and none in lampreys, one of the two surviving groups of the early agnathan (jawless) stage in vertebrate evolution. The life cycle of anadromous parasitic lampreys comprises two divergent trophic phases, firstly filter-feeding as larvae in freshwater and secondly parasitism as adults in the sea, with the transition marked by a radical metamorphosis. We characterized the growth of the brain during the life cycle of the pouched lamprey Geotria australis, an anadromous parasitic lamprey, focusing on the scaling between brain and body during ontogeny and testing the hypothesis that the vast transitions in behavior and environment are reflected in differences in the scaling and relative size of the major brain subdivisions throughout life. The body and brain mass and the volume of six brain structures of G. australis, representing six points of the life cycle, were recorded, ranging from the early larval stage to the final stage of spawning and death. Brain mass does not increase linearly with body mass during the ontogeny of G. australis. During metamorphosis, brain mass increases markedly, even though the body mass does not increase, reflecting an overall growth of the brain, with particularly large increases in the volume of the optic tectum and other visual areas of the brain and, to a lesser extent, the olfactory bulbs. These results are consistent with the conclusions that ammocoetes rely predominantly on non-visual and chemosensory signals, while adults rely on both visual and olfactory cues.
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- Carlos A Salas
- Neuroecology Group, School of Animal Biology and UWA Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia Crawley, WA, Australia
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- Neuroecology Group, School of Animal Biology and UWA Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia Crawley, WA, Australia
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- Neuroecology Group, School of Animal Biology and UWA Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia Crawley, WA, Australia
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- Neuroecology Group, School of Animal Biology and UWA Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia Crawley, WA, Australia
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- Centre for Fish and Fisheries Research, School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University Murdoch, WA, Australia
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- Neuroecology Group, School of Animal Biology and UWA Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia Crawley, WA, Australia
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Castro A, Becerra M, Manso MJ, Anadón R. Neuronal organization of the brain in the adult amphioxus (Branchiostoma lanceolatum): A study with acetylated tubulin immunohistochemistry. J Comp Neurol 2015; 523:2211-32. [DOI: 10.1002/cne.23785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2014] [Revised: 09/11/2014] [Accepted: 09/19/2014] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Antonio Castro
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology; Faculty of Sciences; University of A Coruña; 15008 A Coruña Spain
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- Department of Cell Biology and Ecology; CIBUS, University of Santiago de Compostela; 15706 Santiago de Compostela Spain
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology; Faculty of Sciences; University of A Coruña; 15008 A Coruña Spain
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- Department of Cell Biology and Ecology; CIBUS, University of Santiago de Compostela; 15706 Santiago de Compostela Spain
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Lara-Ramírez R, Patthey C, Shimeld SM. Characterization of twoneurogeningenes from the brook lampreylampetra planeriand their expression in the lamprey nervous system. Dev Dyn 2015; 244:1096-1108. [DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.24273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2014] [Revised: 01/29/2015] [Accepted: 02/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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- Ricardo Lara-Ramírez
- Department of Zoology; The Tinbergen Building, University of Oxford; South Parks Road Oxford United Kingdom
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- Department of Zoology; The Tinbergen Building, University of Oxford; South Parks Road Oxford United Kingdom
- Umeå Centre for Molecular Medicine, Umeå University; Umeå Sweden
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- Department of Zoology; The Tinbergen Building, University of Oxford; South Parks Road Oxford United Kingdom
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Djenoune L, Khabou H, Joubert F, Quan FB, Nunes Figueiredo S, Bodineau L, Del Bene F, Burcklé C, Tostivint H, Wyart C. Investigation of spinal cerebrospinal fluid-contacting neurons expressing PKD2L1: evidence for a conserved system from fish to primates. Front Neuroanat 2014; 8:26. [PMID: 24834029 PMCID: PMC4018565 DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2014.00026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2014] [Accepted: 04/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Over 90 years ago, Kolmer and Agduhr identified spinal cerebrospinal fluid-contacting neurons (CSF-cNs) based on their morphology and location within the spinal cord. In more than 200 vertebrate species, they observed ciliated neurons around the central canal that extended a brush of microvilli into the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Although their morphology is suggestive of a primitive sensory cell, their function within the vertebrate spinal cord remains unknown. The identification of specific molecular markers for these neurons in vertebrates would benefit the investigation of their physiological roles. PKD2L1, a transient receptor potential channel that could play a role as a sensory receptor, has been found in cells contacting the central canal in mouse. In this study, we demonstrate that PKD2L1 is a specific marker for CSF-cNs in the spinal cord of mouse (Mus musculus), macaque (Macaca fascicularis) and zebrafish (Danio rerio). In these species, the somata of spinal PKD2L1+ CSF-cNs were located below or within the ependymal layer and extended an apical bulbous extension into the central canal. We found GABAergic PKD2L1-expressing CSF-cNs in all three species. We took advantage of the zebrafish embryo for its transparency and rapid development to identify the progenitor domains from which pkd2l1+ CSF-cNs originate. pkd2l1+ CSF-cNs were all GABAergic and organized in two rows—one ventral and one dorsal to the central canal. Their location and marker expression is consistent with previously described Kolmer–Agduhr cells. Accordingly, pkd2l1+ CSF-cNs were derived from the progenitor domains p3 and pMN defined by the expression of nkx2.2a and olig2 transcription factors, respectively. Altogether our results suggest that a system of CSF-cNs expressing the PKD2L1 channel is conserved in the spinal cord across bony vertebrate species.
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- Lydia Djenoune
- Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Épinière, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière Paris, France ; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale UMR 1127 Paris, France ; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 7225 Paris, France ; UPMC Univ. Paris 06 Paris, France ; Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Paris, France ; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 7221 Paris, France
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- Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Épinière, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière Paris, France ; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale UMR 1127 Paris, France ; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 7225 Paris, France ; UPMC Univ. Paris 06 Paris, France
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- UPMC Univ. Paris 06 Paris, France ; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale UMR S 1158 Paris, France
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- Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Paris, France ; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 7221 Paris, France
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- Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Épinière, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière Paris, France ; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale UMR 1127 Paris, France ; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 7225 Paris, France ; UPMC Univ. Paris 06 Paris, France
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- UPMC Univ. Paris 06 Paris, France ; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale UMR S 1158 Paris, France
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- Institut Curie Paris, France ; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 3215 Paris, France ; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U 934 Paris, France
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- Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Épinière, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière Paris, France ; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale UMR 1127 Paris, France ; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 7225 Paris, France ; UPMC Univ. Paris 06 Paris, France
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- Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Paris, France ; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 7221 Paris, France
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- Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Épinière, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière Paris, France ; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale UMR 1127 Paris, France ; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 7225 Paris, France ; UPMC Univ. Paris 06 Paris, France
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Fernández-López B, Valle-Maroto SM, Barreiro-Iglesias A, Rodicio MC. Neuronal release and successful astrocyte uptake of aminoacidergic neurotransmitters after spinal cord injury in lampreys. Glia 2014; 62:1254-69. [PMID: 24733772 DOI: 10.1002/glia.22678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Revised: 03/13/2014] [Accepted: 04/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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In contrast to mammals, the spinal cord of lampreys spontaneously recovers from a complete spinal cord injury (SCI). Understanding the differences between lampreys and mammals in their response to SCI could provide valuable information to propose new therapies. Unique properties of the astrocytes of lampreys probably contribute to the success of spinal cord regeneration. The main aim of our study was to investigate, in the sea lamprey, the release of aminoacidergic neurotransmitters and the subsequent astrocyte uptake of these neurotransmitters during the first week following a complete SCI by detecting glutamate, GABA, glycine, Hu and cytokeratin immunoreactivities. This is the first time that aminoacidergic neurotransmitter release from neurons and the subsequent astrocytic response after SCI are analysed by immunocytochemistry in any vertebrate. Spinal injury caused the immediate loss of glutamate, GABA and glycine immunoreactivities in neurons close to the lesion site (except for the cerebrospinal fluid-contacting GABA cells). Only after SCI, astrocytes showed glutamate, GABA and glycine immunoreactivity. Treatment with an inhibitor of glutamate transporters (DL-TBOA) showed that neuronal glutamate was actively transported into astrocytes after SCI. Moreover, after SCI, a massive accumulation of inhibitory neurotransmitters around some reticulospinal axons was observed. Presence of GABA accumulation significantly correlated with a higher survival ability of these neurons. Our data show that, in contrast to mammals, astrocytes of lampreys have a high capacity to actively uptake glutamate after SCI. GABA may play a protective role that could explain the higher regenerative and survival ability of specific descending neurons of lampreys.
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- Blanca Fernández-López
- Department of Cell Biology and Ecology, CIBUS, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Villar-Cerviño V, Fernández-López B, Celina Rodicio M, Anadón R. Aspartate-containing neurons of the brainstem and rostral spinal cord of the sea lampreyPetromyzon marinus: Distribution and comparison with γ-aminobutyric acid. J Comp Neurol 2014; 522:1209-31. [DOI: 10.1002/cne.23493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2013] [Revised: 10/29/2013] [Accepted: 10/29/2013] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Verona Villar-Cerviño
- Departamento de Biología Celular y Ecología; Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela; Santiago de Compostela 15782 Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y Ecología; Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela; Santiago de Compostela 15782 Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y Ecología; Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela; Santiago de Compostela 15782 Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y Ecología; Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela; Santiago de Compostela 15782 Spain
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Villar-Cerviño V, Barreiro-Iglesias A, Fernández-López B, Mazan S, Rodicio MC, Anadón R. Glutamatergic neuronal populations in the brainstem of the sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus: an in situ hybridization and immunocytochemical study. J Comp Neurol 2013; 521:522-57. [PMID: 22791297 DOI: 10.1002/cne.23189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2012] [Accepted: 07/06/2012] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Glutamate is the major excitatory neurotransmitter in vertebrates, and glutamatergic cells probably represent a majority of neurons in the brain. Physiological studies have demonstrated a wide presence of excitatory (glutamatergic) neurons in lampreys. The present in situ hybridization study with probes for the lamprey vesicular glutamate transporter (VGLUT) provides an anatomical basis for the general distribution and precise localization of glutamatergic neurons in the sea lamprey brainstem. Most glutamatergic neurons were found within the periventricular gray layer throughout the brainstem, with the following regions being of particular interest: the optic tectum, torus semicircularis, isthmus, dorsal and medial nuclei of the octavolateral area, dorsal column nucleus, solitary tract nucleus, motoneurons, and reticular formation. The reticular population revealed a high degree of cellular heterogeneity including small, medium-sized, large, and giant glutamatergic neurons. We also combined glutamate immunohistochemistry with neuronal tract-tracing methods or γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) immunohistochemistry to better characterize the glutamatergic populations. Injection of Neurobiotin into the spinal cord revealed that retrogradely labeled small and medium-sized cells of some reticulospinal-projecting groups were often glutamate-immunoreactive, mostly in the hindbrain. In contrast, the large and giant glutamatergic reticulospinal perikarya mostly lacked glutamate immunoreactivity. These results indicate that glutamate immunoreactivity did not reveal the entire set of glutamatergic populations. Some spinal-projecting octaval populations lacked both VGLUT and glutamate. As regards GABA and glutamate, their distribution was largely complementary, but colocalization of glutamate and GABA was observed in some small neurons, suggesting that glutamate immunohistochemistry might also detect non-glutamatergic cells or neurons that co-release both GABA and glutamate.
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- Verona Villar-Cerviño
- Departamento de Biología Celular y Ecología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela 15782, Spain
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Fernández-López B, Villar-Cerviño V, Valle-Maroto SM, Barreiro-Iglesias A, Anadón R, Rodicio MC. The glutamatergic neurons in the spinal cord of the sea lamprey: an in situ hybridization and immunohistochemical study. PLoS One 2012; 7:e47898. [PMID: 23110124 PMCID: PMC3478272 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2012] [Accepted: 09/18/2012] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Glutamate is the main excitatory neurotransmitter involved in spinal cord circuits in vertebrates, but in most groups the distribution of glutamatergic spinal neurons is still unknown. Lampreys have been extensively used as a model to investigate the neuronal circuits underlying locomotion. Glutamatergic circuits have been characterized on the basis of the excitatory responses elicited in postsynaptic neurons. However, the presence of glutamatergic neurochemical markers in spinal neurons has not been investigated. In this study, we report for the first time the expression of a vesicular glutamate transporter (VGLUT) in the spinal cord of the sea lamprey. We also study the distribution of glutamate in perikarya and fibers. The largest glutamatergic neurons found were the dorsal cells and caudal giant cells. Two additional VGLUT-positive gray matter populations, one dorsomedial consisting of small cells and another one lateral consisting of small and large cells were observed. Some cerebrospinal fluid-contacting cells also expressed VGLUT. In the white matter, some edge cells and some cells associated with giant axons (Müller and Mauthner axons) and the dorsolateral funiculus expressed VGLUT. Large lateral cells and the cells associated with reticulospinal axons are in a key position to receive descending inputs involved in the control of locomotion. We also compared the distribution of glutamate immunoreactivity with that of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and glycine. Colocalization of glutamate and GABA or glycine was observed in some small spinal cells. These results confirm the glutamatergic nature of various neuronal populations, and reveal new small-celled glutamatergic populations, predicting that some glutamatergic neurons would exert complex actions on postsynaptic neurons.
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- Blanca Fernández-López
- Department of Cell Biology and Ecology, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Cell Biology and Ecology, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Cell Biology and Ecology, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Cell Biology and Ecology, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Cell Biology and Ecology, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Cell Biology and Ecology, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Valle-Maroto S, Fernández-López B, Villar-Cerviño V, Barreiro-Iglesias A, Anadón R, Rodicio MC. Inhibitory descending rhombencephalic projections in larval sea lamprey. Neuroscience 2011; 194:1-10. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2011] [Revised: 07/29/2011] [Accepted: 08/06/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Adrio F, Rodríguez-Moldes I, Anadón R. Distribution of glycine immunoreactivity in the brain of the Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baeri): Comparison with γ-aminobutyric acid. J Comp Neurol 2011; 519:1115-42. [DOI: 10.1002/cne.22556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Villar-Cerviño V, Barreiro-Iglesias A, Rodicio MC, Anadón R. D-serine is distributed in neurons in the brain of the sea lamprey. J Comp Neurol 2010; 518:1688-710. [DOI: 10.1002/cne.22296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Barreiro-Iglesias A, Anadón R, Rodicio M. New insights on the neuropeptide Y system in the larval lamprey brain: neuropeptide Y immunoreactive neurons, descending spinal projections and comparison with tyrosine hydroxylase and GABA immunoreactivities. Neuroscience 2010; 167:396-413. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.02.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2009] [Revised: 02/08/2010] [Accepted: 02/11/2010] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Villar-Cerviño V, Rocancourt C, Menuet A, Da Silva C, Wincker P, Anadón R, Mazan S, Rodicio MC. A vesicular glutamate transporter in lampreys: cDNA cloning and early expression in the nervous system. J Chem Neuroanat 2010; 40:71-81. [PMID: 20363315 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2010.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2010] [Revised: 03/27/2010] [Accepted: 03/27/2010] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Vesicular glutamate transporters (VGLUTs) accumulate glutamate into synaptic vesicles of glutamatergic neurons, and thus are considered to define the phenotype of these neurons. Glutamate also appears to play a role in the development of the nervous system of vertebrates. Here we report the characterization of a vesicular glutamate transporter of lamprey (lVGluT), a novel member of the VGluT gene family. Phylogenetic analysis indicates that lVGLUT cannot be assigned to any of the three VGLUT isoforms characterized in teleosts and mammals, suggesting that these classes may have been fixed after the splitting between cyclostomes and gnathostomes. Expression pattern analysis during lamprey embryogenesis and prolarval stages shows that lVGluT expression is restricted to the nervous system. The first structure to express lVGluT was the olfactory epithelium of late embryos. In the brain of early prolarvae, lVGluT was expressed in most of the neuronal populations that generate the early axonal scaffold. lVGluT expression was also observed in neuronal populations of the rhombencephalon and spinal cord and in ganglia of the branchiomeric, octaval and posterior lateral line nerves. In the rhombencephalon, lVGluT expression appears to be spatially restricted in dorsal and ventral longitudinal domains. Comparison of the early expression of VGluT genes between the lamprey and some anamniotan gnathostomes (frog, zebrafish) reveals a conserved expression pattern, likely to reflect ancestral vertebrate characteristics.
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- Verona Villar-Cerviño
- Departamento de Biología Celular y Ecología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela 15782, Spain
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Barreiro-Iglesias A, Villar-Cerviño V, Anadón R, Rodicio MC. Dopamine and gamma-aminobutyric acid are colocalized in restricted groups of neurons in the sea lamprey brain: insights into the early evolution of neurotransmitter colocalization in vertebrates. J Anat 2009; 215:601-10. [PMID: 19840024 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2009.01159.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Since its discovery, the possible corelease of classic neurotransmitters from neurons has received much attention. Colocalization of monoamines and amino acidergic neurotransmitters [mainly glutamate and dopamine (DA) or serotonin] in mammalian neurons has been reported. However, few studies have dealt with the colocalization of DA and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in neurons. With the aim of providing some insight into the colocalization of neurotransmitters during early vertebrate phylogeny, we studied GABA expression in dopaminergic neurons in the sea lamprey brain by using double-immunofluorescence methods with anti-DA and anti-GABA antibodies. Different degrees of colocalization of DA and GABA were observed in different dopaminergic brain nuclei. A high degree of colocalization (GABA in at least 25% of DA-immunoreactive neurons) was observed in populations of the caudal rhombencephalon, ventral isthmus, postoptic commissure nucleus, preoptic nucleus and in granule-like cells of the olfactory bulb. A new DA-immunoreactive striatal population that showed colocalization with GABA in about a quarter of its neurons was observed. In the periventricular hypothalamus, colocalization was observed in only a few cells, despite the abundance of DA- and GABA-immunoreactive neurons, and no double-labelled cells were observed in the paratubercular nucleus. The frequent colocalization of DA and GABA reveals that the dopaminergic populations of lampreys are more complex than previously reported. Double-labelled fibres or terminals were observed in different brain regions, suggesting possible corelease of DA and GABA by these lamprey neurons. The present results suggest that colocalization of DA and GABA in neurons appeared early in vertebrate evolution.
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- Antón Barreiro-Iglesias
- Department of Cell Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Biology, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Mahmood R, Restrepo CE, El Manira A. Transmitter phenotypes of commissural interneurons in the lamprey spinal cord. Neuroscience 2009; 164:1057-67. [PMID: 19737601 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.08.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2009] [Revised: 08/28/2009] [Accepted: 08/30/2009] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The fundamental network for locomotion in all vertebrates contains a central pattern generator or CPG that produces the required motor output in the spinal cord. In the lamprey spinal cord different classes of interneuron's forming the core CPG circuitry have been characterized based on their morphological and electrophysiological features. The commissural interneuron's (C-INs) represent one essential component of CPG that have been implicated in controlling left-right alternation of the motor activity during swimming. However, it is still unclear if the C-INs displays a homogenous neurotransmitter phenotype and how they are distributed. In this paper we investigated the segmental distribution of glycine, glutamate and GABA-immunoreactive (ir) C-INs by combining retrograde Neurobiotin tracing with specific antibodies for these transmitters. The C-INs were more abundant in caudal and rostral segments adjacent to the injection site and their number gradually decreased in more distal segments, suggesting that these interneurons project over a short distance. The glycine-ir neurons represented around 50% of the total C-INs, while glutamate-ir neurons represented only 29%. Both types of C-INs were homogenously distributed over different segments along the spinal cord. Finally, no Neurobiotin labeled C-INs displayed GABA-ir, although many interneurons were ir to GABA, suggesting that GABAergic interneurons are not directly responsible for controlling left-right alternation of activity during locomotion in lamprey. Overall, these results show that the C-INs display a gradual rostrocaudal distribution and consist of both glycine- and glutamate-ir neurons. The difference in the proportion of inhibitory and excitatory C-INs represents an anatomical substrate that can ensure the predominance of alternating activity during locomotion.
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- R Mahmood
- Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm SE 17177, Sweden
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Barreiro-Iglesias A, Cornide-Petronio ME, Anadón R, Rodicio MC. Serotonin and GABA are colocalized in restricted groups of neurons in the larval sea lamprey brain: insights into the early evolution of neurotransmitter colocalization in vertebrates. J Anat 2009; 215:435-43. [PMID: 19552725 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2009.01119.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Colocalization of the classic neurotransmitters serotonin (5-HT) and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) (or the enzyme that synthesizes the latter, glutamate decarboxylase) has been reported in a few neurons of the rat raphe magnus-obscurus nuclei. However, there are no data on the presence of neurochemically similar neurons in the brain of non-mammalian vertebrates. Lampreys are the oldest extant vertebrates and may provide important data on the phylogeny of neurochemical systems. The colocalization of 5-HT and GABA in neurons of the sea lamprey brain was studied using antibodies directed against 5-HT and GABA and confocal microscopy. Colocalization of the neurotransmitters was observed in the diencephalon and the isthmus. In the diencephalon, about 87% of the serotonergic cells of the rostral tier of the dorsal thalamus (close to the zona limitans) exhibited GABA immunoreactivity. In addition, occasional cells double-labelled for GABA and 5-HT were observed in the hypothalamic tuberal nucleus and the pretectum. Of the three serotonergic isthmic subgroups already recognized in the sea lamprey isthmus (dorsal, medial and ventral), such double-labelled cells were only observed in the ventral subgroup (about 61% of the serotonergic cells in the ventral subgroup exhibited GABA immunoreactivity). An equivalence between these lamprey isthmic cells and the serotonergic/GABAergic raphe cells of mammals is suggested. Present findings suggest that serotonergic/GABAergic neurons are more extensive in lampreys than in the rat and probably appeared before the separation of agnathans and gnathostomes. Cotransmission by release of 5-HT and GABA by the here-described lamprey brain neurons is proposed.
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- Antón Barreiro-Iglesias
- Department of Cell Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Biology, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Villar-Cerviño V, Barreiro-Iglesias A, Anadón R, Rodicio MC. Development of glycine immunoreactivity in the brain of the sea lamprey: Comparison with γ-aminobutyric acid immunoreactivity. J Comp Neurol 2009; 512:747-67. [DOI: 10.1002/cne.21916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Barreiro-Iglesias A, Villar-Cerviño V, Villar-Cheda B, Anadón R, Rodicio MC. Neurochemical characterization of sea lamprey taste buds and afferent gustatory fibers: presence of serotonin, calretinin, and CGRP immunoreactivity in taste bud bi-ciliated cells of the earliest vertebrates. J Comp Neurol 2008; 511:438-53. [PMID: 18831528 DOI: 10.1002/cne.21844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Neuroactive substances such as serotonin and other monoamines have been suggested to be involved in the transmission of gustatory signals from taste bud cells to afferent fibers. Lampreys are the earliest vertebrates that possess taste buds, although these differ in structure from taste buds in jawed vertebrates, and their neurochemistry remains unknown. We used immunofluorescence methods with antibodies raised against serotonin, tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), glutamate, calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), neuropeptide Y (NPY), calretinin, and acetylated alpha-tubulin to characterize the neurochemistry and innervation of taste buds in the sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus L. For localization of proliferative cells in taste buds we used bromodeoxyuridine labeling and proliferating cell nuclear antigen immunohistochemistry. Results with both markers indicate that proliferating cells are restricted to a few basal cells and that almost all cells in taste buds are nonproliferating. A large number of serotonin-, calretinin-, and CGRP-immunoreactive bi-ciliated cells were revealed in lamprey taste buds. This suggests that serotonin participates in the transmission of gustatory signals and indicates that this substance appeared early on in vertebrate evolution. The basal surface of the bi-ciliated taste bud cells was contacted by tubulin-immunoreactive fibers. Some of the fibers surrounding the taste bud were calretinin immunoreactive. Lamprey taste bud cells or afferent fibers did not exhibit TH, GABA, glutamate, or NPY immunoreactivity, which suggests that expression of these substances evolved in taste buds of some gnathostomes lines after the separation of gnathostomes and lampreys.
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- Antón Barreiro-Iglesias
- Department of Cell Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Biology, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Barreiro-Iglesias A, Villar-Cerviño V, Anadón R, Rodicio MC. Descending brain-spinal cord projections in a primitive vertebrate, the lamprey: Cerebrospinal fluid-contacting and dopaminergic neurons. J Comp Neurol 2008; 511:711-23. [DOI: 10.1002/cne.21863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Huang J, Wang Y, Wang W, Wei Y, Li Y, Wu S. Preproenkephalin mRNA is Expressed in a Subpopulation of GABAergic Neurons in the Spinal Dorsal Horn of the GAD67-GFP Knock-In Mouse. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 2008; 291:1334-41. [DOI: 10.1002/ar.20755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Villar-Cerviño V, Holstein GR, Martinelli GP, Anadón R, Rodicio MC. Glycine-immunoreactive neurons in the developing spinal cord of the sea lamprey: comparison with the gamma-aminobutyric acidergic system. J Comp Neurol 2008; 508:112-30. [PMID: 18302155 DOI: 10.1002/cne.21661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The development and cellular distribution of the inhibitory neurotransmitter glycine in the spinal cord of the sea lamprey were studied by immunocytochemistry and double immunofluorescence and compared with the distribution of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). Results in lamprey embryos and prolarvae reveal that the appearance of glycine-immunoreactive (-ir) spinal neurons precedes that of GABA-ir neurons. Throughout development, glycine-ir cells in the lateral and dorsomedial gray matter of the spinal cord are more numerous than the GABA-ir cells. Only a subset of these neurons shows colocalization of GABA and glycine, suggesting that they are primarily disparate neuronal populations. In contrast, most cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)-contacting neurons of the central canal walls are strongly GABA-ir, and only a portion of them are faintly glycine-ir. Some edge cells (lamprey intraspinal mechanoreceptors) were glycine-ir in larvae and adults. The glycine-ir and GABA-ir neuronal populations observed in the adult spinal cord were similar to those found in larvae. Comparison of glycine-ir and GABA-ir fibers coursing longitudinally in the spinal cord of adult lamprey revealed large differences in diameter between these two types of fiber. Commissural glycine-ir fibers appear in prolarvae and become numerous at larval stages, whereas crossed GABA-ir are scarce. Taken together, results in this primitive vertebrate indicate that the spinal glycinergic cells do not arise by biochemical shift of preexisting GABAergic cells but instead suggest that glycine is present in the earliest circuitry of the developing lamprey spinal cord, where it might act transiently as an excitatory transmitter.
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- Verona Villar-Cerviño
- Departamento de Biología Celular y Ecología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela 15782, Spain
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Viloria A, Rodríguez-Alonso M, Costas V, Pérez-Fernández J, Pombal MA, Megías M. Developmental changes of calretinin immunoreactivity in the lamprey spinal cord. Brain Res Bull 2008; 75:428-32. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2007.10.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2007] [Accepted: 10/17/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Osório J, Rétaux S. The lamprey in evolutionary studies. Dev Genes Evol 2008; 218:221-35. [PMID: 18274775 DOI: 10.1007/s00427-008-0208-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2007] [Accepted: 01/22/2008] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Lampreys are a key species to study the evolution of morphological characters at the dawn of Craniates and throughout the evolution of the craniate's phylum. Here, we review a number of research fields where studies on lampreys have recently brought significant and fundamental insights on the timing and mechanisms of evolution, on the amazing diversification of morphology and on the emergence of novelties among Craniates. We report recent example studies on neural crest, muscle and the acquisition of jaws, where important technical advancements in lamprey developmental biology have been made (morpholino injections, protein-soaked bead applications or even the first transgenesis trials). We describe progress in the understanding and knowledge about lamprey anatomy and physiology (skeleton, immune system and buccal secretion), ecology (life cycle, embryology), phylogeny (genome duplications, monophyly of cyclostomes), paleontology, embryonic development and the beginnings of lamprey genomics. Finally, in a special focus on the nervous system, we describe how changes in signaling, neurogenesis or neuronal migration patterns during brain development may be at the origin of some important differences observed between lamprey and gnathostome brains.
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- Joana Osório
- UPR 2197 Développement, Evolution, Plasticité du Système Nerveux, Institut de Neurobiologie Alfred Fessard, C.N.R.S., Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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The early scaffold of axon tracts in the brain of a primitive vertebrate, the sea lamprey. Brain Res Bull 2008; 75:42-52. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2007.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2007] [Revised: 06/28/2007] [Accepted: 07/11/2007] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Villar-Cerviño V, Barreiro-Iglesias A, Anadón R, Rodicio MC. Distribution of glycine immunoreactivity in the brain of adult sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus). Comparison with γ-aminobutyric acid. J Comp Neurol 2008; 507:1441-63. [DOI: 10.1002/cne.21634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Colocalization of dopamine and GABA in spinal cord neurones in the sea lamprey. Brain Res Bull 2007; 76:45-9. [PMID: 18395609 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2007.10.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2007] [Revised: 10/19/2007] [Accepted: 10/29/2007] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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In this study, double immunofluorescence methods were used to investigate possible colocalization of the neurotransmitters dopamine [DA] and GABA in rostral spinal cord neurones in the upstream migrating adult sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus). Double immunofluorescence revealed that all the DA-immunoreactive (ir) cerebrospinal fluid-contacting (CSF-c) cells, approximately 30% of the medioventral DA-ir cells, and most of the DA-ir cells located in the grey lateral to the central canal were also GABA-ir. The results also revealed some DA-ir cells located dorsally to the central canal, which increases the number of dopaminergic cell types known in lamprey. Double-labelled fibres were mainly distributed in the ventral column, and double-labelled boutons contacted some dorsal GABA-ir CSF-c cells, as well as some non-CSF-c GABA-ir cells and ventromedial dendrites of motoneurones. The findings reveal colocalization of dopamine and GABA in some cells and fibres, which suggests co-release of these substances in some synaptic terminals. Although dopaminergic/GABAergic CSF-c cells have been reported in some other vertebrates, the other double-labelled spinal populations appear exclusive to lampreys.
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Robertson B, Auclair F, Ménard A, Grillner S, Dubuc R. GABA distribution in lamprey is phylogenetically conserved. J Comp Neurol 2007; 503:47-63. [PMID: 17480011 DOI: 10.1002/cne.21348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The localization of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) has been well described in most classes of vertebrates but not in adult lampreys. The question if the GABA distribution is similar throughout the vertebrate subphylum is therefore still to be addressed. We here investigate two lamprey species, the sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus, and the river lamprey, Lampetra fluviatilis, and compare the GABA pattern with that of other vertebrates. The present immunohistochemical study provides an anatomical basis for the general distribution and precise localization of GABAergic neurons in the adult lamprey forebrain and brainstem. GABA-immunoreactive cells were organized in a virtually identical manner in the two species. They were found throughout the brain, with the following regions being of particular interest: the granular cell layer of the olfactory bulb, the nucleus of the anterior commissure, the septum, the lateral and medial pallia, the striatum, the nucleus of the postoptic commissure, the thalamus, the hypothalamus, and pretectal areas, the optic tectum, the torus semicircularis, the mesencephalic tegmentum, restricted regions of the rhombencephalic tegmentum, the octavolateral area, and the dorsal column nucleus. The GABA distribution found in cyclostomes is very similar to that of other classes of vertebrates, including mammals. Since the lamprey diverged from the main vertebrate line around 450 million years ago, this implies that already at that time the basic vertebrate plan for the GABA innervation in different parts of the brain had been developed.
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- Brita Robertson
- Nobel Institute for Neurophysiology, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Villar-Cerviño V, Abalo XM, Villar-Cheda B, Meléndez-Ferro M, Pérez-Costas E, Holstein GR, Martinelli GP, Rodicio MC, Anadón R. Presence of glutamate, glycine, and gamma-aminobutyric acid in the retina of the larval sea lamprey: comparative immunohistochemical study of classical neurotransmitters in larval and postmetamorphic retinas. J Comp Neurol 2007; 499:810-27. [PMID: 17048230 DOI: 10.1002/cne.21136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The neurochemistry of the retina of the larval and postmetamorphic sea lamprey was studied via immunocytochemistry using antibodies directed against the major candidate neurotransmitters [glutamate, glycine, gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), aspartate, dopamine, serotonin] and the neurotransmitter-synthesizing enzyme tyrosine hydroxylase. Immunoreactivity to rod opsin and calretinin was also used to distinguish some retinal cells. Two retinal regions are present in larvae: the central retina, with opsin-immunoreactive photoreceptors, and the lateral retina, which lacks photoreceptors and is mainly neuroblastic. We observed calretinin-immunostained ganglion cells in both retinal regions; immunolabeled bipolar cells were detected in the central retina only. Glutamate immunoreactivity was present in photoreceptors, ganglion cells, and bipolar cells. Faint to moderate glycine immunostaining was observed in photoreceptors and some cells of the ganglion cell/inner plexiform layer. No GABA-immunolabeled perikarya were observed. GABA-immunoreactive centrifugal fibers were present in the central and lateral retina. These centrifugal fibers contacted glutamate-immunostained ganglion cells. No aspartate, serotonin, dopamine, or TH immunoreactivity was observed in larvae, whereas these molecules, as well as GABA, glycine, and glutamate, were detected in neurons of the retina of recently transformed lamprey. Immunoreactivity to GABA was observed in outer horizontal cells, some bipolar cells, and numerous amacrine cells, whereas immunoreactivity to glycine was found in amacrine cells and interplexiform cells. Dopamine and serotonin immunoreactivity was found in scattered amacrine cells. Amacrine and horizontal cells did not express classical neurotransmitters (with the possible exception of glycine) during larval life, so transmitter-expressing cells of the larval retina appear to participate only in the vertical processing pathway.
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- Verona Villar-Cerviño
- Departamento de Biología Celular y Ecología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela 15782, Spain
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Abalo XM, Villar-Cheda B, Meléndez-Ferro M, Pérez-Costas E, Anadón R, Rodicio MC. Development of the serotonergic system in the central nervous system of the sea lamprey. J Chem Neuroanat 2007; 34:29-46. [PMID: 17485194 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2007.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2007] [Revised: 03/27/2007] [Accepted: 03/31/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Lampreys belong to the most primitive extant group of vertebrates, the Agnathans, which is considered the sister group of jawed vertebrates. Accordingly, characterization of neuronal groups and their development appears useful for understanding early evolution of the nervous system in vertebrates. Here, the development of the serotonergic system in the central nervous system of the sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus, was investigated by immunohistochemical analysis of specimens ranging from embryos to adults. The different serotonin-immunoreactive (5-HT-ir) neuronal populations that are found in adults were observed between the embryonic and metamorphic stages. The earliest serotonergic neurons were observed in the basal plate of the isthmus region of late embryos. In prolarvae, progressive appearance of new serotonergic cell groups was observed: firstly in the spinal cord, then in the pineal organ, tuberal region, zona limitans intrathalamica, rostral isthmus, and the caudal part of the rhombencephalon. In early larvae a new group of serotonergic cells was observed in the mammillary region, whereas in the pretectal region and the parapineal organ the first serotonergic cells were seen in the middle and late larval stages, respectively. The first serotonergic fibres appeared in early prolarvae, with fibres that ascend and descend from the isthmic cell group, and the number of immunoreactive fibres increased progressively until the adult stage. The results reveal strong resemblances between lampreys and other vertebrates in the spatio-temporal pattern of development of brainstem populations. This study also reveals a shared pattern of early ascending and descending serotonergic pathways in lampreys and jawed vertebrates.
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- Xesús M Abalo
- Department of Cell Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Biology, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Wai MSM, Lorke DE, Zhang A, Kung HF, Yew DT. Study of the spinal cords of the sturgeonAcipenser schrenckii, garLepisosteus oculatus, and goldfishCarassius auratus by morphological, immunohistochemical, and biochemical approaches. Microsc Res Tech 2007; 70:1079-90. [PMID: 17868134 DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Little is known about the spinal cords of phylogenetically ancient actinopterygeans. The spinal cords of the chondrostean Acipenser schrenckii (Amur sturgeon), holostean Lepisosteus oculatus (spotted gar), and teleost Carassius auratus (goldfish) were, therefore, analyzed by immunohistochemistry, electron microscopy and two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. Morphology showed numerous similarities between sturgeons and gars. In both, a dorsal column between the two dorsal horns was lacking, giving the grey matter an inverted Y-shape. In goldfish, a small dorsal column was seen, the grey matter occupied a larger area, neuronal density was much higher, and a ventral commissure was apparent, which was absent in sturgeons and gars. In the white matter of sturgeons and gars, small caliber axons predominated, whereas larger axons were frequent in goldfish. Choline acetyltransferase immunoreactive neurons were prevalent in the ventral horns of all three fish, mainly in motoneurons, but stained fibers were only found in sturgeons and gars. gamma-aminobutyric acid positive cells were seen in both the ventral and the dorsal horns of all three fish. Distribution of serotonin (5-HT) and tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) immunoreaction was similar in sturgeons and gars, being located in both the ventral and the dorsal horns. In goldfish, 5-HT label was confined to the ventral horn and TH label was mainly observed in a cell group located ventromedially. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis showed a gradual increase in protein number from sturgeons to gars to goldfish. In conclusion, the spinal cords of sturgeons and gars share many morphological and chemical features, distinguishing them from the goldfish spinal cord.
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- Maria Sen Mun Wai
- Department of Anatomy, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Osório J, Megías M, Pombal MA, Rétaux S. Dynamic expression of the LIM-homeodomain gene Lhx15 through larval brain development of the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus). Gene Expr Patterns 2006; 6:873-8. [PMID: 16597515 DOI: 10.1016/j.modgep.2006.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2005] [Revised: 02/21/2006] [Accepted: 02/22/2006] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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LIM-homeodomain genes encode a family of transcription factors with highly conserved roles in the patterning and regionalisation of the vertebrate brain. The expression of one of those genes, Lhx15, in the embryonic lamprey brain, characterises precise functional subdivisions. In order to analyse the non-embryonic development of the lamprey brain, we chose this gene to perform in situ hybridisations in Petromyzon marinus larvae of different ages. We demonstrate the usefulness of Lhx15 to follow the development and morphogenesis of brain structures and show the dynamical expression of this gene through time. Furthermore, we provide evidence for the evolutionary conservation of the expression of this gene in the spinal cord, notochord and urogenital system.
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- Joana Osório
- UPR 2197 Développement, Evolution, Plasticité du Système Nerveux, Institut de Neurobiologie Alfred Fessard, C.N.R.S., Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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Mueller T, Vernier P, Wullimann MF. A phylotypic stage in vertebrate brain development: GABA cell patterns in zebrafish compared with mouse. J Comp Neurol 2006; 494:620-34. [PMID: 16374795 DOI: 10.1002/cne.20824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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A recent comparison of early forebrain gene expression in mouse and zebrafish revealed highly comparable expression patterns of developmentally relevant genes, for example, of proneural (Neurogenin1, NeuroD, Mash1/Zash1a) genes involved in neurogenesis at a particular time window (mouse: embryonic day 12.5/13.5; zebrafish: 3 days). Here we extend this analysis to the description of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) cell patterns in the early postembryonic zebrafish brain (i.e., during early secondary neurogenesis). We find again an astonishing degree of correspondences of GABA cell patterns between zebrafish and mouse during this previously established critical time window, for example, regarding absence of GABA cells in certain forebrain regions (pallium, dorsal thalamus, eminentia thalami) or with respect to the spatiotemporal occurrence of GABA cells (e.g., late cerebellar GABA cells). Furthermore, there is perfect correlation with previously established proneural gene expression patterns (i.e., absence of Mash1/Zash1a gene expression in GABA-cell-free forebrain regions) between mouse and zebrafish. The available information in additional vertebrate species, especially in Xenopus, is also highly consistent with our analysis here and suggests that a "phylotypic stage" of neurogenesis during vertebrate brain development may be present.
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- Thomas Mueller
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institute of Neurobiology A. Fessard, "Development, Evolution, and Plasticity of the Nervous System," Research Unit 2197, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Pombal MA, Ruiz Y, Rodríguez-Alonso M, de Arriba MC, Costas V, Alvarez R, Megías M. Developmental changes of the GABA-immunoreactive fibers in the lamprey spinal cord. Brain Res Bull 2005; 66:371-5. [PMID: 16144617 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2005.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2004] [Accepted: 11/01/2004] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The changes in distribution and number of GABA immunoreactive (GABA-ir) fibers from postembryonic stages to adulthood in the lamprey spinal cord white matter were studied by using immunocytochemical techniques. From prolarvae to adult spawning animals there was an increase of the number of GABA-ir fibers. Three phases can be distinguished: (a) from prolarvae to middle size larvae (around 50 mm in body length) an increase in the number of GABA-ir fibers per section is observed. Furthermore, an adult-like pattern of GABA-ir fibers distribution is established during this phase. (b) Then, the number of GABA-ir fibers remains stable until metamorphosis, the end of the larval period. (c) Finally, in young postmetamorphic and adult animals the number of GABA-ir fibers is higher than in larvae. These observations, joined to the changes previously reported in the GABA-ir neurons, indicate that at least parts of the GABA inhibitory component of the spinal locomotor network is reorganized during the lamprey life cycle and it may indicate different inhibitory requirements in the locomotor network.
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- M A Pombal
- Neurolam Group, Department of Functional Biology and Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, University of Vigo, Spain.
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Abalo XM, Villar-Cheda B, Anadón R, Rodicio MC. Development of the dopamine-immunoreactive system in the central nervous system of the sea lamprey. Brain Res Bull 2005; 66:560-4. [PMID: 16144650 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2005.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The development of dopamine-immunoreactive (DAir) populations in the central nervous system of the sea lamprey, a modern representative of the earliest vertebrates, was studied to achieve further understanding of dopaminergic systems in vertebrates. The first DAir cell groups appeared in the spinal cord, the posterior tubercle nucleus and the dorsal hypothalamic nucleus of prolarval stages. In larvae, new DAir cell groups were observed in the caudal preoptic nucleus, the postoptic commissure nucleus, the postinfundibular commissure nucleus and the caudal rhombencephalon. All these DAir cell groups observed in larvae were also DA-positive in adults, which showed only one new DAir cell group found in the ventral hypothalamic nucleus. Occasional DAir cells were observed in the telencephalon, the ventral thalamus and/or the isthmus of large larvae and adults. From medium-sized larvae to adults, the regions most richly innervated by DAir fibers were the neurohypophysis, the striatum, the pretectum and the midbrain tegmentum. Striking differences are observed between lampreys and other vertebrates in regard to the relative time of appearance of DAir cells, which is probably related with the complex life cycle of the sea lamprey.
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- Xesús M Abalo
- Department of Cell Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Biology, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Søviknes AM, Chourrout D, Glover JC. Development of putative GABAergic neurons in the appendicularian urochordateOikopleura dioica. J Comp Neurol 2005; 490:12-28. [PMID: 16041716 DOI: 10.1002/cne.20629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Studying the developing brain of urochordates can increase our understanding of brain evolution in the chordate lineage. To begin addressing regional patterns of neuronal differentiation in appendicularian urochordates, we examined the development of putative GABAergic neurons in Oikopleura dioica using GABA immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization for the GABA-synthesizing enzyme GAD. First, we assessed the developmental dynamics of neuron number and organization in the cerebral and caudal ganglia. We then identified and mapped the positions of putative GABAergic neurons using confocal microscopy. We found GAD mRNA-positive and GABA-immunopositive neurons in the first brain nerves and the cerebral and caudal ganglia, but not in the caudal nerve cord. In both ganglia GAD mRNA-positive and GABA-immunopositive neurons are found in the same characteristic intraganglionic locations. The differentiation of these GABAergic markers occurs first in the first brain nerves and the cerebral ganglion and then with a several-hour delay in the caudal ganglion. In all three structures GAD mRNA expression appears 2-3 hours prior to GABA expression. In general, GABA is expressed by the same number of neurons as express GAD. Several discrepancies suggest differential regulation of the GABAergic phenotype in different neurons, however. Our results show that the GABAergic phenotype has a stereotyped pattern of expression along the anteroposterior axis of the CNS. Given recent genome sequencing and developmental patterning gene studies in this species, the GABAergic neurons in O. dioica provide a good model for assessing, at the invertebrate-vertebrate transition, the molecular mechanisms that specify the GABAergic phenotype.
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- Anne Mette Søviknes
- Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology, Bergen High Technology Centre, N-5008 Bergen, Norway
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Villar-Cheda B, Pérez-Costas E, Meléndez-Ferro M, Abalo XM, Rodríguez-Muñoz R, Anadón R, Rodicio MC. Cell proliferation in the forebrain and midbrain of the sea lamprey. J Comp Neurol 2005; 494:986-1006. [PMID: 16385485 DOI: 10.1002/cne.20851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Cell proliferation in the forebrain and midbrain of the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus L.) was investigated by proliferation cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) immunocytochemistry, with BrdU labeling as a complementary technique. Correspondence between proliferation regions and areas of early neuronal differentiation was also assessed using antibodies against HNK-1 early differentiation marker. The brain of late embryos shows a homogeneously thick ventricular zone (VZ) containing PCNA-immunoreactive (PCNA-ir) nuclei. In early prolarvae, several discontinuities formed by PCNA-negative cells, and differences among regions in VZ thickness, become apparent. In late prolarvae and early larvae, these differences in VZ thickness and appearance, as well as the presence of PCNA-negative discontinuities, allowed us to correlate proliferation domains and neuroanatomical regions. In larvae, the number of PCNA-ir cells in the VZs diminish gradually, although a few PCNA-ir cells are present in the ependyma of most regions. In late larvae, proliferation becomes confined to a few ventricular areas (medial pallium, caudal habenula, ventral preoptic recess near the optic nerve, and tuberal portion of the posterior hypothalamic recess). During metamorphosis there appears to be no proliferation, but in upstream adults a few PCNA-ir cells are observed in the most caudal habenula. The characteristics of the proliferative regions revealed in lamprey with PCNA immunocytochemistry show notable differences from those observed in other vertebrates, and these differences may be related to the peculiar life cycle of lampreys.
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- Begoña Villar-Cheda
- Department of Cell Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Biology, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Sueiro C, Carrera I, Molist P, Rodríguez-Moldes I, Anadón R. Distribution and development of glutamic acid decarboxylase immunoreactivity in the spinal cord of the dogfishScyliorhinus canicula(elasmobranchs). J Comp Neurol 2004; 478:189-206. [PMID: 15349979 DOI: 10.1002/cne.20285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The adult distribution and development of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-synthesizing cells and fibers in the spinal cord of the lesser spotted dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula L.) was studied by means of immunohistochemistry using antibodies against glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD). Complementary immunostaining with antibodies against GABA, tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), and HuC/HuD (members of the Hu/Elav family of RNA-associated proteins) and staining with a reduced silver procedure ("en bloc" Bielschowski method), Nissl, and hematoxylin were also used. In adults, GAD-immunoreactive (GAD-ir) cells were observed in the ventral horns, in the spinal nucleus of the dorsal horn, at the base of the dorsal horns, and around the central canal, where some GAD-ir cells were cerebrospinal fluid-contacting (CSF-c). In addition, a few GAD-ir cells were observed in the lateral funiculus between the ventral horn and the marginal nucleus. The adult spinal cord was richly innervated by GAD-ir fibers. Large numbers of GAD-ir fibers and boutons were observed in the dorsal and ventral horns and also interstitially in the dorsal, lateral, and ventral funiculi. In addition, a rich GAD-ir innervation was observed in the marginal nucleus of the spinal cord. In the embryonic spinal cord, GAD-ir cells develop very early: The earliest cells were observed in the very thin mantle/marginal layer of stage 22 embryos in a short length of the spinal cord. At stages 25 and 26, several types of GAD-ir cells (commissural and noncommissural) were distinguished, and two of these cells were of CSF-c type. At stages 28, 30, and 31, the GAD-ir populations exhibited a marked longitudinal columnar organization. Double-immunolabeling experiments in embryos showed the presence of two different GAD-ir CSF-c cell populations, one ventral that is simultaneously TH-ir and other more dorsal that is TH-negative. By stage 33 (prehatching), GAD-expressing cells are present in virtually all loci, as in adults, especially in the ventral horn and base of the dorsal horn. The present results for the lesser spotted dogfish suggest an important role for gamma-aminobutyric acid in sensory and motor circuits of the spinal cord.
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- Catalina Sueiro
- Departamento de Biología Celular y Ecología, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 15706-Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Pflieger JF, Dubuc R. Vestibulo-reticular projections in adult lamprey: Their role in locomotion. Neuroscience 2004; 129:817-29. [PMID: 15541903 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2004.08.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/15/2004] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
This study describes the anatomical projections from vestibular secondary neurons to reticulospinal neurons in the adult lamprey and the modulation of vestibular inputs during fictive locomotion. Anatomical tracers were applied in the posterior (PRRN) and middle rhombencephalic reticular nuclei as well as to the proximal stumps of cut vestibular nerve branches to identify the neurons projecting to the reticular nuclei that were in close proximity with vestibular primary afferents. Labeled neurons were found in the intermediate (ION) and posterior (PON) octavomotor nuclei, and were more numerous on the side of the injection (around 56-87 and 101-107 for the ION and the PON, respectively). Morphologies varied but cells were mostly round or oval. Axonal projections from the PON formed a dense bundle, whereas those from the ION were less densely packed. Based on their morphology and the distribution of their projections, most vestibulo-reticular neurons were presumed to be vestibulospinal cells. Reticulospinal cells from the PRRN were recorded intracellularly in the in vitro brainstem-spinal cord preparation and large excitatory post-synaptic potentials (EPSPs) were evoked following stimulation of the ipsilateral anterior and the contralateral posterior branches of the vestibular nerves, whereas inhibitory post-synaptic potentials (IPSPs) or smaller EPSPs were elicited by stimulation of the ipsilateral posterior or of the contralateral anterior branches. During fictive locomotion, both the excitatory and the inhibitory responses displayed phasic changes in amplitude such that the amplitude of the EPSPs was minimal when the spinal cord activity switched from the ipsilateral to the contralateral side of the recorded reticulospinal cell. The IPSPs were then of maximal amplitude. We propose that this modulation could serve to reduce the influence of vestibular inputs in response to head movements during locomotion.
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Affiliation(s)
- J-F Pflieger
- Centre de Recherche en Sciences Neurologiques, Université de Montréal, CP 6128 succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada
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