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Amygdala-Prefrontal Structural Connectivity Mediates the Relationship between Prenatal Depression and Behavior in Preschool Boys. J Neurosci 2020; 40:6969-6977. [PMID: 32788182 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0481-20.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2020] [Revised: 06/11/2020] [Accepted: 06/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Prenatal depression is common, underrecognized, and undertreated. It has negative consequences on child behavior and brain development, yet the relationships among prenatal depression, child behavior, and children's brain structure remain unclear. The aim of this study was to determine whether altered brain connectivity mediates relationships between prenatal maternal depressive symptoms and child behavior. This study included 54 human mother-child pairs. Mothers completed the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy and 3 months postpartum. Their children had diffusion MRI at age 4.1 ± 0.8 years, and children's behavior was assessed using the Child Behavior Checklist within 6 months of their MRI scan. Structural brain connectivity of the amygdala, fornix, uncinate fasciculus, and cingulum was assessed using fractional anisotropy and mean diffusivity and analyzed with maternal prenatal depressive symptoms as well as child behavior. Third trimester maternal Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale scores were positively associated with mean diffusivity in the amygdala-frontal tract and the cingulum, controlling for postpartum depression. Externalizing behavior had a sex interaction in the amygdala-frontal pathway; weaker connectivity (lower fractional anisotropy, higher mean diffusivity) was associated with worse behavior in boys. Amygdala-frontal connectivity mediated the relationship between third trimester depressive symptoms and child externalizing behavior in males. These findings suggest that altered brain structure is a mechanism via which prenatal depressive symptoms can impact child behavior, highlighting the importance of both recognition and intervention in prenatal depression.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Understanding how prenatal maternal depression impacts child behavior is critical for appropriately treating prenatal maternal mental health problems and improving child outcomes. Here, we show white matter changes in young children exposed to maternal prenatal depressive symptoms. Children of mothers with worse depressive symptoms had weaker white matter connectivity between areas related to emotional processing. Furthermore, connectivity between the amygdala and prefrontal cortex mediated the relationship between maternal depressive symptoms and externalizing behavior in boys, showing that altered brain structure is a possible mechanism via which maternal prenatal depression impacts children's behavior. This provides important information for understanding why children of depressed mothers may be more vulnerable to depression themselves and may help shape future guidelines on maternal prenatal care.
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Kubo KY, Murabayashi C, Kotachi M, Suzuki A, Mori D, Sato Y, Onozuka M, Azuma K, Iinuma M. Tooth loss early in life suppresses neurogenesis and synaptophysin expression in the hippocampus and impairs learning in mice. Arch Oral Biol 2017; 74:21-27. [DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2016.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2016] [Revised: 11/01/2016] [Accepted: 11/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Massey CA, Kim G, Corcoran AE, Haynes RL, Paterson DS, Cummings KJ, Dymecki SM, Richerson GB, Nattie EE, Kinney HC, Commons KG. Development of brainstem 5-HT1A receptor-binding sites in serotonin-deficient mice. J Neurochem 2013; 126:749-57. [PMID: 23692315 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.12311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2013] [Revised: 05/06/2013] [Accepted: 05/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The sudden infant death syndrome is associated with a reduction in brainstem serotonin 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) and 5-HT(1A) receptor binding, yet it is unknown if and how these findings are linked. In this study, we used quantitative tissue autoradiography to determine if post-natal development of brainstem 5-HT(1A) receptors is altered in two mouse models where the development of 5-HT neurons is defective, the Lmx1b(f/f/p) , and the Pet-1⁻/⁻ mouse. 5-HT(1A) receptor agonist-binding sites were examined in both 5-HT-source nuclei (autoreceptors) and in sites that receive 5-HT innervation (heteroreceptors). In control mice between post-natal day (P) 3 and 10, 5-HT(1A) receptor binding increased in several brainstem sites; by P25, there were region-specific increases and decreases, refining the overall binding pattern. In the Lmx1b(f/f/p) and Pet-1⁻/⁻ mice, 5-HT(1A)-autoreceptor binding was significantly lower than in control mice at P3, and remained low at P10 and P25. In contrast, 5-HT(1A) heteroreceptor levels were comparable between control and 5-HT-deficient mice. These data define the post-natal development of 5-HT(1A)-receptor binding in the mouse brainstem. Furthermore, the data suggest that 5-HT(1A)-heteroreceptor deficits detected in sudden infant death syndrome are not a direct consequence of a 5-HT neuron dysfunction nor reduced brain 5-HT levels. To elucidate the developmental relationship between serotonin (5-HT) levels and 5-HT(1A) receptors in the brainstem, we examined 5-HT(1A) binding in two 5-HT-deficient mouse models. In nuclei containing 5-HT neurons, 5-HT(1A) binding was decreased (autoreceptors), while binding was maintained in projection sites (heteroreceptors). Thus, brainstem 5-HT(1A)-heteroreceptor-binding sites do not appear developmentally sensitive to reduced brain 5-HT levels.
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- Caitlin A Massey
- Department of Anesthesiology, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Izumi T, Ohmura Y, Futami Y, Matsuzaki H, Kubo Y, Yoshida T, Yoshioka M. Effects of serotonergic terminal lesion in the amygdala on conditioned fear and innate fear in rats. Eur J Pharmacol 2012; 696:89-95. [PMID: 23036373 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2012.09.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2012] [Revised: 09/08/2012] [Accepted: 09/22/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The amygdala and the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) are crucial brain structures for anxiety, and it is speculated that the serotonergic neural system in these structures has an important role in regulating anxiety. In our previous study, we indicated that local injections of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor into the amygdala attenuated anxiety-related behaviors in conditioned fear in rats. In the present study, we investigated the effects of serotonergic terminal lesions in the amygdala and in mPFC induced by local injection of 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine (5,7-DHT), on anxiety-related behaviors in conditioned fear and the elevated plus-maze test in rats. A 5,7-DHT lesion in the amygdala attenuated memory-dependent fear assessed by conditioned fear, but enhanced memory-independent fear assessed by the elevated plus-maze test. These results suggest that the role of the amygdalar serotonergic system in fear is different between memory-dependent and independent fear and, in particular, it is paradoxical that an amygdalar serotonergic lesion exerts a similar effect on memory-dependent fear to SSRI. Moreover, a serotonergic lesion in the amygdala enhanced the retrieval of extinction memory in conditioned fear; however, a serotonergic lesion in mPFC did not bring about any behavioral changes.
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- Takeshi Izumi
- Department of Neuropharmacology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, North 15, West 7, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan.
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Jabeen Haleem D. Raphe-Hippocampal Serotonin Neurotransmission In The Sex Related Differences of Adaptation to Stress: Focus on Serotonin-1A Receptor. Curr Neuropharmacol 2012; 9:512-21. [PMID: 22379463 PMCID: PMC3151603 DOI: 10.2174/157015911796558019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2010] [Revised: 05/07/2010] [Accepted: 10/29/2010] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Stress is the major predisposing and precipitating factor in the onset of depression which is the most significant mental health risk for women. Behavioral studies in animal models show that female sex though less affected by an acute stressor; exposure to repeated stressors induces coping deficits to impair adaptation in them. A decrease in the function of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT; serotonin) in the hippocampus and an increased function of the 5-HT-1A receptor in the raphe nucleus coexist in depression. Pharmacological and neurochemical data are relevant that facilitation of serotonin neurotransmission via hippocampus due to desensitization of somatodendritic 5-HT1A receptors may lead to adaptation to stress. The present article reviews research on sex related differences of raphe-hippocampal serotonin neurotransmission to find a possible answer that may account for the sex differences of adaptation to stress reported in preclinical research and greater incidence of depression in women than men.
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- Darakhshan Jabeen Haleem
- Department of Biochemistry, Neurochemistry and Biochemical Neuropharmacology Research Unit, University of Karachi, Karachi 75270, Pakistan
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Hafizi S, Serres F, Pei Q, Totterdell S, Sharp T. Evidence for the differential co-localization of neurokinin-1 receptors with 5-HT receptor subtypes in rat forebrain. J Psychopharmacol 2012; 26:505-15. [PMID: 22057017 DOI: 10.1177/0269881111425969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Studies suggest that like selective 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT; serotonin) reuptake inhibitors, antagonists at neurokinin-1 receptors (NK(1)Rs) may have antidepressant and anxiolytic properties. NK(1)Rs are present in 5-HT innervated forebrain regions which may provide a common point of interaction between these two transmitter systems. This study aimed to investigate for cellular co-localization between NK(1)Rs and 5-HT receptor subtypes in mood-related brain regions in the rat forebrain. With experiments using fluorescence immunocytochemistry, double-labelling methods demonstrated a high degree of co-localization between NK(1)Rs and 5-HT(1A) receptors in most regions examined. Co-localization was highest in the medial septum (88% NK(1)R expressing cells were 5-HT(1A) receptor-positive) and hippocampal regions (e.g. dentate gyrus, 65%), followed by the lateral/basolateral amygdala (35%) and medial prefrontal cortex (31%). In contrast, co-localization between NK(1)Rs and 5-HT(2A) receptors was infrequent (< 8%) in most areas examined except for the hippocampus (e.g. CA3, 43%). Overall co-localization between NK(1)Rs and 5-HT(1A) receptors was much greater than that between NK(1)Rs and 5-HT(2A) receptors. Thus, these experiments demonstrate a high degree of co-localization between NK(1)Rs and 5-HT(1A) receptors in cortical and limbic regions of the rat forebrain. These findings suggest a novel site of interaction between NK(1)R antagonists and the 5-HT system.
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- Sepehr Hafizi
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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Jacobsen KX, Czesak M, Deria M, Le François B, Albert PR. Region-specific regulation of 5-HT1A receptor expression by Pet-1-dependent mechanisms in vivo. J Neurochem 2011; 116:1066-76. [PMID: 21182526 PMCID: PMC4540595 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2010.07161.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) neurotransmission is negatively regulated by 5-HT1A autoreceptors on raphe neurons, and is implicated in mood disorders. Pet-1/FEV is an ETS transcription factor expressed exclusively in serotonergic neurons and is essential for serotonergic differentiation, although its regulation of 5-HT receptors has not yet been studied. Here, we show by electrophoretic mobility shift assay that recombinant human Pet-1/FEV binds directly to multiple Pet-1 elements of the human 5-HT1A receptor promoter to enhance its transcriptional activity. In luciferase reporter assays, mutational analysis indicated that while several sites contribute, the Pet-1 site at -1406 bp had the greatest effect on 5-HT1A promoter activity. To address the effect of Pet-1 on 5-HT1A receptor regulation in vivo, we compared the expression of 5-HT1A receptor RNA and protein in Pet-1 null and wild-type littermate mice. In the raphe nuclei of Pet-1-/- mice tryptophan hydroxylase 2 (TPH2) RNA, and 5-HT and TPH immunostaining were greatly reduced, indicating a deficit in 5-HT production. Raphe 5-HT1A RNA and protein levels were also reduced in Pet-1-deficient mice, consistent with an absence of Pet-1-mediated transcriptional enhancement of 5-HT1A autoreceptors in serotonergic neurons. Interestingly, 5-HT1A receptor expression was up-regulated in the hippocampus, but down-regulated in the striatum and cortex. These data indicate that, in addition to transcriptional regulation by Pet-1 in raphe neurons, 5-HT1A receptor expression is regulated indirectly by alterations in 5-HT neurotransmission in a region-specific manner that together may contribute to the aggressive/anxiety phenotype observed in Pet-1 null mice.
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- Kristen X. Jacobsen
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Neuroscience), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Neuroscience), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Neuroscience), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Neuroscience), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Neuroscience), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Influence of escitalopram treatment on 5-HT 1A receptor binding in limbic regions in patients with anxiety disorders. Mol Psychiatry 2009; 14:1040-50. [PMID: 18362913 DOI: 10.1038/mp.2008.35] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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There is an increasing interest in the underlying mechanisms of the antidepressant and anxiolytic treatment effect associated with changes in serotonergic neurotransmission after treatment with selective serotonin (5-HT) reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) in humans. The 5-HT(1A) receptor is known to play a crucial role in the pathophysiology of affective disorders, and altered 5-HT(1A) receptor binding has been found in anxiety patients. SSRI treatment raises the 5-HT level in the synaptic cleft and might change postsynaptic receptor densities. Therefore, our study in patients suffering from anxiety disorders investigated the effects of long-term treatment with escitalopram on the 5-HT(1A) receptor. A longitudinal positrone emission tomography (PET) study in 12 patients suffering from anxiety disorders was conducted. Two dynamic PET scans were performed applying the selective 5-HT(1A) receptor antagonist [carbonyl-(11)C]WAY-100635. Eight regions of interest were defined a priori (orbitofrontal cortex, amygdala, hippocampus, subgenual cortex, anterior and posterior cingulate cortex, dorsal raphe nucleus and cerebellum as reference). After the baseline PET scan, patients were administered escitalopram (average dose of 11.2+/-6.0 mg day(-1)) for a minimum of 12 weeks. A second PET scan was conducted after 109+/-27 days. 5-HT(1A) receptor binding potentials in 12 patients were assessed by PET applying the Simplified Reference Tissue Model.There was a significant reduction in the 5-HT(1A) receptor binding potential after a minimum of 12 weeks of escitalopram treatment in the hippocampus (P=0.006), subgenual cortex (P=0.017) and posterior cingulate cortex (P=0.034). The significance of the hippocampus region survived the Bonferroni-adjusted threshold for multiple comparisons. These PET data in humans in vivo demonstrate a reduction of the 5-HT(1A) binding potential after SSRI treatment.
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Preliminary evidence for white matter tract abnormalities in young adults exposed to parental verbal abuse. Biol Psychiatry 2009; 65:227-34. [PMID: 18692174 PMCID: PMC2652864 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2008.06.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 244] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2007] [Revised: 05/29/2008] [Accepted: 06/18/2008] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Psychiatric sequelae of exposure to parental verbal abuse (PVA) appear to be comparable with that of nonfamilial sexual abuse and witnessing domestic violence. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) was used to ascertain whether PVA was associated with abnormalities in white matter (WM) tract integrity. METHODS 1271 healthy young adults were screened for exposure to childhood adversity. Diffusion tensor imaging was collected on 16 unmedicated subjects with history of high-level exposure to PVA but no other form of maltreatment (4 male/12 female subjects, mean age 21.9 +/- 2.4 years) and 16 healthy control subjects (5 male/11 female subjects, 21.0 +/- 1.6 years). Group differences in fractional anisotropy (FA), covaried by parental education and income, were assessed using tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS). RESULTS Three WM tract regions had significantly reduced FA: 1) arcuate fasciculus in left superior temporal gyrus, 2) cingulum bundle by the posterior tail of the left hippocampus, and 3) the left body of the fornix. Fractional anisotropy in these areas was strongly associated with average PVA scores (r(s) = -.701, -.801, -.524, respectively) and levels of maternal verbal abuse. Across groups, FA in region 1 correlated with verbal IQ and verbal comprehension index. Fractional anisotropy in region 2 was inversely associated with ratings of depression, dissociation, and limbic irritability. Fractional anisotropy in region 3 was inversely correlated with ratings of somatization and anxiety. CONCLUSIONS Exposure to PVA may be associated with alteration in the integrity of neural pathways with implications for language development and psychopathology.
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Thakker-Varia S, Alder J. Neuropeptides in depression: role of VGF. Behav Brain Res 2008; 197:262-78. [PMID: 18983874 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2008] [Accepted: 10/05/2008] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The monoamine hypothesis of depression is increasingly called into question by newer theories that revolve around changes in neuronal plasticity, primarily in the hippocampus, at both the structural and the functional levels. Chronic stress negatively regulates hippocampal function while antidepressants ameliorate the effects of stress on neuronal morphology and activity. Both stress and antidepressants have been shown to affect levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) whose transcription is dependent on cAMP response element binding protein (CREB). BDNF itself has antidepressant-like actions and can induce transcription of a number of molecules. One class of genes regulated by both BDNF and serotonin (5-HT) are neuropeptides including VGF (non-acryonimic) which has a novel role in depression. Neuropeptides are important modulators of neuronal function but their role in affective disorders is just emerging. Recent studies demonstrate that VGF, which is also a CREB-dependent gene, is upregulated by antidepressant drugs and voluntary exercise and is reduced in animal models of depression. VGF enhances hippocampal synaptic plasticity as well as neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus but the mechanisms of antidepressant-like actions of VGF in behavioral paradigms are not known. We summarize experimental data describing the roles of BDNF, VGF and other neuropeptides in depression and how they may be acting through the generation of new neurons and altered synaptic activity. Understanding the molecular and cellular changes that underlie the actions of neuropeptides and how these adaptations result in antidepressant-like effects will aid in developing drugs that target novel pathways for major depressive disorders.
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- Smita Thakker-Varia
- Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 683 Hoes Lane West, Robert Wood Johnson-School of Public Health 357A, Piscataway, NJ 08854-5635, United States
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1. In recent decades evidence has accumulated demonstrating the birth and functional integration of new neurons in specific regions of the adult mammalian brain, including the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus and the subventricular zone. 2. Studies in a variety of models have revealed genetic, environmental and pharmacological factors that regulate adult neurogenesis. The present review examines some of the molecular and cellular mechanisms that could be mediating these regulatory effects in both the normal and dysfunctional brain. 3. The dysregulation of adult neurogenesis may contribute to the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disorders, such as Huntington's, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, as well as psychiatric disorders such as depression. Recent evidence supports this idea and, furthermore, also indicates that factors promoting neurogenesis can modify the onset and progression of specific brain disorders, including Huntington's disease and depression.
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- Helen E Grote
- University Laboratory of Physiology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Huber R. Amines and motivated behaviors: a simpler systems approach to complex behavioral phenomena. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 2005; 191:231-9. [PMID: 15685443 DOI: 10.1007/s00359-004-0585-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2004] [Revised: 10/15/2004] [Accepted: 10/30/2004] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Recent investigations in invertebrate neurobiology have opened up new lines of research into the basic roles of behavioral, neurochemical, and physiological effects in complex behavioral phenomena, such as aggression and drug-sensitive reward. This review summarizes a body of quantitative work, which identifies biogenic amines as a pharmacological substrate for motivated behaviors in the crayfish, Orconectes rusticus. Specifically, this paper details progress that has (1) explored links between serotonin and an individual's aggressive state, and (2) demonstrated the existence of crayfish reward systems that are sensitive to human drugs of abuse, such as psychostimulants. First, we summarize a set of experimental approaches that explore aggression in crayfish and the significance of aminergic systems in its control. Agonistic behavior in crustaceans can be characterized within a quantitative framework; different types of behavioral plasticity in aggressive behavior are in need of physiological explanation, and pharmacological intervention involving serotonergic systems bring about characteristic changes in behavior. A second set of experiments demonstrates that psychostimulants (cocaine and D: -amphetamine) serve as rewards when an intra-circulatory infusion is coupled to a distinct visual environment. Work in novel model systems such as crayfish constitutes a useful comparative approach to the study of aggression and drug addiction.
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- Robert Huber
- Center for Neuroscience, Mind and Behavior, Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403, USA.
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A primary goal of our research is to explore proximate mechanisms important in recruiting adaptive social behaviors. For instance, if one of three different behaviors may be expressed in a particular set of circumstances, how do neurochemical mechanisms bias behavior towards the expression of one act in lieu of the other possibilities? In this article, we review recent results suggesting that serotonin may play such a role in the control of aggression in crayfish. First, we summarize techniques that have been optimized for sensitive characterization of neurochemical profiles in crayfish. Then, borrowing concepts from behavioral ecology, we review a framework for quantitative investigation, which regards behavior as a set of individual decisions, each with a particular probability for occurrence, a motivational context, and controlled by its own distinct neurochemical mechanisms.
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- Correspondence to: Robert Huber, Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Life Sciences Building, Bowling Green, OH 43403.
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Radley JJ, Jacobs BL. 5-HT1A receptor antagonist administration decreases cell proliferation in the dentate gyrus. Brain Res 2002; 955:264-7. [PMID: 12419546 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(02)03477-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 174] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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This study investigated the action of 5-HT(1A) receptor antagonists on cell proliferation in the dentate gyrus of adult rats. Three antagonists (NAN-190, p-MPPI and WAY-100635) all produced a statistically significant approximately 30% reduction in the number of BrdU-immunoreactive cells in the dentate gyrus. This suggests that 5-HT(1A) receptor activity is important during naturally occurring cell proliferation in the dentate gyrus, and perhaps neurogenesis, and is one of the many factors involved in its regulation.
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- Jason J Radley
- Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
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Panksepp JB, Huber R. Chronic alterations in serotonin function: dynamic neurochemical properties in agonistic behavior of the crayfish, Orconectes rusticus. JOURNAL OF NEUROBIOLOGY 2002; 50:276-90. [PMID: 11891663 PMCID: PMC4782932 DOI: 10.1002/neu.10035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The biogenic amine serotonin [5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)] has received considerable attention for its role in behavioral phenomena throughout a broad range of invertebrate and vertebrate taxa. Acute 5-HT infusion decreases the likelihood of crayfish to retreat from dominant opponents. The present study reports the biochemical and behavioral effects resulting from chronic treatment with 5-HT-modifying compounds delivered for up to 5 weeks via silastic tube implants. High performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection (HPLC-ED) confirmed that 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine (5,7-DHT) effectively reduced 5-HT in all central nervous system (CNS) areas, except brain, while a concurrent accumulation of the compound was observed in all tissues analyzed. Unexpectedly, two different rates of chronic 5-HT treatment did not increase levels of the amine in the CNS. Behaviorally, 5,7-DHT treated crayfish exhibited no significant differences in measures of aggression. Although treatment with 5-HT did not elevate 5-HT content in the CNS, infusion at a slow rate caused animals to escalate more quickly while 5-HT treatment at a faster rate resulted in slower escalation. 5,7-DHT is commonly used in behavioral pharmacology and the present findings suggest its biochemical properties should be more thoroughly examined. Moreover, the apparent presence of powerful compensatory mechanisms indicates our need to adopt an increasingly dynamic view of the serotonergic bases of behavior like crayfish aggression.
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- Jules B Panksepp
- J.P. Scott Center for Neuroscience, Mind & Behavior and Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Life Sciences Building, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403, USA.
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Andrade TG, Graeff FG. Effect of electrolytic and neurotoxic lesions of the median raphe nucleus on anxiety and stress. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2001; 70:1-14. [PMID: 11566137 DOI: 10.1016/s0091-3057(01)00512-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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To study the role played by 5-HT mechanisms of the MRN, behavioural and physiological parameters were presently measured in rats having either electrolytic or 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine (5,7-DHT) lesion of the MRN made 7 days before testing. Half the animals were submitted to 2-h restraint 24 h before the test. In the elevated plus-maze, the electrolytic lesion increased the percentage of open-arm entries and of time spent on open arms - an anxiolytic effect - in both restrained and nonrestrained rats. The neurotoxic lesion had a similar effect, but only on restrained rats. Restraint had anxiogenic effect. The electrolytic lesion increased transitions between the light and dark compartments and the time spent in the bright compartment of the light-dark box in both restrained and nonrestrained rats. The neurotoxic lesion only increased bright time in restrained rats. The incidence, number and size of gastric ulcers were increased by either the electrolytic or the neurotoxic lesion in both restrained and nonrestrained animals. Both types of lesion depleted 5-HT in the hippocampus in restrained and nonrestrained rats. Restraint increased 5-HT levels. These results implicate 5-HT mechanisms of the median raphe nucleus in the regulation of anxiety and in the genesis of gastric stress ulcers.
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- T G Andrade
- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, FCLA, Universidade Estadual Paulista, AV. Dom Antonio, 2100, 19.800-000, SP, Assiz, Brazil.
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Park C, Kang M, Kwon YK, Chung JH, Ahn H, Huh Y. Inhibition of neuronal nitric oxide synthase enhances cell proliferation in the dentate gyrus of the adrenalectomized rat. Neurosci Lett 2001; 309:9-12. [PMID: 11489534 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(01)02003-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Recent studies have demonstrated that the elimination of adrenal steroids by an adrenalectomy (ADX) increases the expression of neuronal nitric oxide synthase (NOS), and that it increases cell proliferation in the rat dentate gyrus. However, no evidence has been presented to date which indicates that NO regulates cell proliferation in the dentate gyrus of the adult rats. In this study, the effect of blocking NO production on ADX-induced increase of cell proliferation and serotonergic innervation was examined in the rat dentate gyrus. 7-nitroindazole (7-NI; 30 mg/kg, intraperitoneally), a selective inhibitor of neuronal NOS, was injected 1 day before an ADX and then once every 24 h for 4 days after the ADX subsequently. The proliferating cells were identified with 5-bromo-2-deoxyuridine (BrdU) immunostaining. Long-term inhibition of the neuronal NOS by 7-NI markedly increased the BrdU-labeled cell population density 4-18-fold in the dentate gyrus of the adrenalectomized rats compared to that in the vehicle-injected adrenalectomized rats. Immunoreactivity of serotonin, known as a mediator of granule cell genesis, was detected only in the dentate gyrus of 7-NI-injected adrenalectomized rats. These results indicate that NO may be involved in the cell proliferation in the dentate gyrus of the adrenalecomized rat and that serotonin may mediate the regulatory effect of NO on the cell proliferation in rat dentate gyrus.
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- C Park
- Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Kyunghee University, Hoeki-Dong 1, Dongdaemun-Gu, 130-701, Seoul, South Korea
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Thomas H, Fink H, Sohr TR, Voits M. Lesion of the median raphe nucleus: a combined behavioral and microdialysis study in rats. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2000; 65:15-21. [PMID: 10638630 DOI: 10.1016/s0091-3057(99)00119-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the behavioral consequences and the neurochemical correlates of a 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine (5,7-DHT) lesion of the median raphe nucleus (MRN) in rats. Anxiety-related behavior was assessed in the elevated plus maze test on days 5, 14, and 21 after lesioning. In general, behavior of MRN-lesioned rats was unchanged when compared with sham-lesioned or untreated controls. Neurochemically, microinjection of 5,7-DHT into the MRN resulted in 87.5% depletion of hippocampal 5-HT content. Using the in vivo microdialysis technique, the exposure of 5,7-DHT-lesioned rats to the elevated plus-maze failed to increase extracellular 5-HT release (94%) in the hippocampus, as shown in sham-lesioned (150%) or untreated controls (194%). Moreover, application of fenfluramine (10 mg/kg, i.p.) evoked a 10-fold increase in hippocampal extracellular 5-HT levels in sham-lesioned animals, whereas in 5,7-DHT lesioned rats 5-HT was only slightly increased. The results demonstrate, that a marked reduction of 5-HT release from the MRN is not necessarily accompanied by anxiolytic-like behavior.
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- H Thomas
- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Faculty (Charité) of the Humboldt University at Berlin, Germany
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Steciuk M, Kram M, Kramer GL, Petty F. Acute stress does not alter 5-HT1A receptor density. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2000; 24:155-61. [PMID: 10659991 DOI: 10.1016/s0278-5846(99)00078-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Previous research suggests that 5-HT1A receptors are altered with exposure to chronic stress. No previous studies have examined the effect of acute stress on 5-HT1A. Using receptor autoradiography it was observed that there were no differences in [3H]-8-OH-DPAT binding between control rats and rats that received 20 minutes of restraint stress 2 hours prior to sacrifice. This study suggests that the changes in 5-HT1A receptor density associated with chronic stress develop over the course of repeated stress.
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- M Steciuk
- North Texas Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Dallas 75216, USA
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Huang J, Azmitia EC. Homologous regulation of 5-HT1A receptor mRNA in adult rat hippocampal dentate gyrus. Neurosci Lett 1999; 270:5-8. [PMID: 10454132 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(99)00439-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Short-term adrenalectomy induces a loss of mature granular neuronal phenotypes in the hippocampal dentate gyrus; injection of 5-HT1A receptor agonist reverses this effect. Adrenalectomy also induces an increase of expression of 5-HT1A receptor mRNA in the dentate gyrus. This study tested the effect of 5-HT1A agonist on this adrenalectomy-induced increase of 5-HT1A mRNA. Five, 9 and 18 days after adrenalectomy, 5-HT1A receptor mRNA is increased in the granular layer of the dentate gyrus. The increase is nearly 100% at day 18 after adrenalectomy. 5-HT1A agonist treatment decreased 5-HT1A mRNA both at 9 (20%) and 18 days (34%) after adrenalectomy. Our results indicated that a 5-HT1A agonist can partly reverse the adrenalectomy-induced increase of 5-HT1A mRNA and loss of mature granular neuronal phenotypes in hippocampal dentate gyrus.
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- J Huang
- Department of Biology, New York University, NY 10003, USA
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We examined the response and regulation of 5-HT1A receptor on hippocampal cultured fetal neurons grown in the absence of serotonin and steroids using three experimental designs: 1) functional response using an antibody against phosphorylated cyclic adenosine monophosphate response element binding protein (pCREB); 2) transcriptional regulation using in situ hybridization; and 3) translational expression using antipeptide 5-HT1A receptor antibody. Pretreatment of cultured hippocampal cells with the agonist 8-hydroxy-2-(di-N-propylamino)-tetralin (8-OH-DPAT) (10(-8) M) or ipsapirone (IPS) (10(-9) M) for 10 min blocked the forskolin-stimulated increase in pCREB immunoreactivity. In situ hybridization radioautography revealed that IPS (10(-9) M) decreased the 5-HT1A receptor mRNA expression (-33%) after a 24-h treatment. The decrease in 5-HT1A receptor mRNAwas accompanied by a change in protein immunoreactivity using a 5-HT1A receptor antipeptide antibody. Computer-assisted morphometric analyses showed a reduction in the 5-HT1A receptor immunoreactive (IR) intensity as compared to control 24 h after treatment with 8-OH-DPAT (10(-7)-10(-12) M) and IPS (10(-9) M). Thus, fetal hippocampal neurons have a functional 5-HT1A receptor that is downregulated at both the transcription and translation levels. In addition, we found increased 5-HT1A receptor-IR intensity (+17% approximately +39%) 24 h after treatment with the antagonist N-[2-[4-(2-methoxyphenyl)-1-piperazinyl]ethyl]-N-(2-pyridinyl) cyclohexane carboxamide (WAY 100635) (10(-7)-10(-12) M). Our results indicate that the 5-HT1A receptor is sensitive to both agonists (downregulation) and antagonists (upregulation) in hippocampal fetal neurons grown in the absence of serotonin and steroids.
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- M Nishi
- Department of Biology, New York University, New York 10003, USA.
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Zhou FC, Tao-Cheng JH, Segu L, Patel T, Wang Y. Serotonin transporters are located on the axons beyond the synaptic junctions: anatomical and functional evidence. Brain Res 1998; 805:241-54. [PMID: 9733975 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(98)00691-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The serotonin (5-HT) transporter (5-HTT) is known to play a role in depression and many 5-HT related diseases, and is the target site for drugs of abuse, such as cocaine, MDMA, and methamphetamine. The major role of the 5-HTT has long been considered to be to inactivate serotonin transmission through the elimination of serotonin at release sites. However, immunocytochemistry using an antibody against the N-terminal of the 5-HTT at the light microscopic (LM) level indicates that the 5-HTT is associated not only with 5-HT varicosities but also with axons. Electron microscopy (EM) reveals that the majority of the 5-HTTs exist on the axolemma outside the synaptic junctions. In studying whether axonal 5-HTTs are involved in the uptake of 5-HT, we found with autoradiography that [3H]citalopram bound to all major 5-HT fibers, not only in the terminal regions, but also in 5-HT axonal bundles such as the cingulum bundle and medial forebrain bundle. Furthermore, voltammetry recordings indicated that serotonin axonal bundles were actively engaged in high affinity serotonin uptake. The evidence indicates that 5-HTTs on 5-HT axons away from the synapse are likely to be functional in a manner similar to the terminal 5-HTT for serotonin uptake. It also suggests that the role of the 5-HTT may not only be for the termination of synaptic transmission, but also for the regulation of 5-HT through extrasynaptic (volume) transmission. Our findings may also impact the understanding of the sites of action of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and drug entry into serotonin neurons via the numerous axonal sites.
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- F C Zhou
- Department of Anatomy and Medical Neurobiology Program, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
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Cassel JC, Duconseille E, Jeltsch H, Will B. The fimbria-fornix/cingular bundle pathways: a review of neurochemical and behavioural approaches using lesions and transplantation techniques. Prog Neurobiol 1997; 51:663-716. [PMID: 9175161 DOI: 10.1016/s0301-0082(97)00009-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Extensive lesions of the fimbria-fornix pathways and the cingular bundle deprive the hippocampus of a substantial part of its cholinergic, noradrenergic and serotonergic afferents and, among several other behavioural alterations, induce lasting impairment of spatial learning and memory capabilities. After a brief presentation of the neuroanatomical organization of the hippocampus and the connections relevant to the topic of this article, studies which have contributed to characterize the neurochemical and behavioural aspects of the fimbria-fornix lesion "syndrome" with lesion techniques differing by the extent, the location or the specificity of the damage produced, are reviewed. Furthermore, several compensatory changes that may occur as a reaction to hippocampal denervation (sprouting changes in receptor sensitivity and modifications of neurotransmitter turnover in spared fibres) are described and discussed in relation with their capacity (or incapacity) to foster recovery from the lesion-induced deficits. According to this background, experiments using intrahippocampal or "parahippocampal" grafts to substitute for missing cholinergic, noradrenergic or serotonergic afferents are considered according to whether the reported findings concern neurochemical and/or behavioural effects. Taken together, these experiments suggest that appropriately chosen fetal neurons (or other cells such as for instance, genetically-modified fibroblasts) implanted into or close to the denervated hippocampus may substitute, at least partially, for missing hippocampal afferents with a neurochemical specificity that closely depends on the neurochemical identity of the grafted neurons. Thereby, such grafts are able not only to restore some functions as they can be detected locally, namely within the hippocampus, but also to attenuate some of the behavioural (and other types of) disturbances resulting from the lesions. In some respects, also these graft-induced behavioural effects might be considered as occurring with a neurochemically-defined specificity. Nevertheless, if a graft-induced recovery of neurochemical markers in the hippocampus seems to be a prerequisite for also behavioural recovery to be observed, this neurochemical recovery is neither the one and only condition for behavioural effects to be expressed, nor is it the one and only mechanism to account for the latter effects.
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- J C Cassel
- LN2C-URA 1939 du CNRS, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France
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Zhou FC, Xu Y, Bledsoe S, Lin R, Kelley MR. Serotonin transporter antibodies: production, characterization, and localization in the brain. BRAIN RESEARCH. MOLECULAR BRAIN RESEARCH 1996; 43:267-78. [PMID: 9037542 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-328x(96)00209-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Serotonin (5-HT) transporter, the mechanism for 5-HT high affinity uptake, is the essential component for the termination of 5-HT transmission. In order to identify transporter sites on 5-HT neurons or on other 5-HT uptaking cells, three rabbit antisera against cocaine sensitive-serotonin transporter (5-HTT) were produced. Antisera 5-HTT55 (against amino acid sequence 55-68 in cytoplasmic N-terminal) and 5-HTT315 (against amino acid sequence 315-325, a 3rd external loop peptide) were produced against synthetic multiple-antigenic peptides (MAP). Antiserum 5-HTTN was produced against a fusion protein of the first 71 amino acids of N-terminal peptide expressed in recombinant DNA transformed bacteria. SDS-PAGE/Western blots indicate that 5-HTT55 and 5-HTT315 recognized bands of 74 and 64 kDa in rat brains with densities in the order of cortex > or = hippocampus > cerebellum, but not in liver, or muscle. The 5-HTTN recognized the fusion protein expressed in the bacteria, and the 64 kDa band with a similar density profile in the rat brain regions, and negative in liver and muscle. The immunocytochemistry of all three antisera revealed 5-HTT-immunostaining (5-HTT-im) in a pattern similar to 5-HT fiber distribution. 5-HTT55 and 5-HTT315 stainings were punctate in appearance, while 5-HTTN outlined the fibers in the 5-HT fiber areas, and neurons in raphe but not in substantia nigra or locus ceruleus. The preimmune serum and immune serum preabsorbed with 5-HTTN showed negative or diminished staining. Specific neurotoxin, 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine lesion removed all of the 5-HTTN fibers from the injection site, indicating, that 5-HTTN-im fibers are 5-HT fibers in nature. Our study indicates that the three antibodies we produced recognize various domains of the 5-HTT. Our 5-HTT antibodies could be used as new markers of 5-HT fibers, and are particularly useful for the study of the plasticity of 5-HT fibers free of the complications involved with 5-HT content.
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- F C Zhou
- Department of Anatomy, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis 46202, USA.
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