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Espinosa F, Pop IV, Lai HC. Electrophysiological Properties of Proprioception-Related Neurons in the Intermediate Thoracolumbar Spinal Cord. eNeuro 2024; 11:ENEURO.0331-23.2024. [PMID: 38627062 PMCID: PMC11055654 DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0331-23.2024] [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: 08/29/2023] [Revised: 04/03/2024] [Accepted: 04/08/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
Abstract
Proprioception, the sense of limb and body position, is required to produce accurate and precise movements. Proprioceptive sensory neurons transmit muscle length and tension information to the spinal cord. The function of excitatory neurons in the intermediate spinal cord, which receive this proprioceptive information, remains poorly understood. Using genetic labeling strategies and patch-clamp techniques in acute spinal cord preparations in mice, we set out to uncover how two sets of spinal neurons, Clarke's column (CC) and Atoh1-lineage neurons, respond to electrical activity and how their inputs are organized. Both sets of neurons are located in close proximity in laminae V-VII of the thoracolumbar spinal cord and have been described to receive proprioceptive signals. We find that a majority of CC neurons have a tonic-firing type and express a distinctive hyperpolarization-activated current (Ih). Atoh1-lineage neurons, which cluster into two spatially distinct populations, are mostly a fading-firing type and display similar electrophysiological properties to each other, possibly due to their common developmental lineage. Finally, we find that CC neurons respond to stimulation of lumbar dorsal roots, consistent with prior knowledge that CC neurons receive hindlimb proprioceptive information. In contrast, using a combination of electrical stimulation, optogenetic stimulation, and transsynaptic rabies virus tracing, we find that Atoh1-lineage neurons receive heterogeneous, predominantly local thoracic inputs that include parvalbumin-lineage sensory afferents and local interneuron presynaptic inputs. Altogether, we find that CC and Atoh1-lineage neurons have distinct membrane properties and sensory input organization, representing different subcircuit modes of proprioceptive information processing.
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- Felipe Espinosa
- Department of Neuroscience, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390
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- Department of Neuroscience, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390
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- Department of Neuroscience, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390
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Hamati R, Ahrens J, Shvetz C, Holahan MR, Tuominen L. 65 years of research on dopamine's role in classical fear conditioning and extinction: A systematic review. Eur J Neurosci 2024; 59:1099-1140. [PMID: 37848184 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.16157] [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: 02/14/2023] [Revised: 09/08/2023] [Accepted: 09/13/2023] [Indexed: 10/19/2023]
Abstract
Dopamine, a catecholamine neurotransmitter, has historically been associated with the encoding of reward, whereas its role in aversion has received less attention. Here, we systematically gathered the vast evidence of the role of dopamine in the simplest forms of aversive learning: classical fear conditioning and extinction. In the past, crude methods were used to augment or inhibit dopamine to study its relationship with fear conditioning and extinction. More advanced techniques such as conditional genetic, chemogenic and optogenetic approaches now provide causal evidence for dopamine's role in these learning processes. Dopamine neurons encode conditioned stimuli during fear conditioning and extinction and convey the signal via activation of D1-4 receptor sites particularly in the amygdala, prefrontal cortex and striatum. The coordinated activation of dopamine receptors allows for the continuous formation, consolidation, retrieval and updating of fear and extinction memory in a dynamic and reciprocal manner. Based on the reviewed literature, we conclude that dopamine is crucial for the encoding of classical fear conditioning and extinction and contributes in a way that is comparable to its role in encoding reward.
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- Rami Hamati
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Integrated Program in Neuroscience, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Department of Neuroscience, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Neuroscience, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Neuroscience, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Neuroscience, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Behera CK, Joshi A, Wang DH, Sharp T, Wong-Lin K. Degeneracy and stability in neural circuits of dopamine and serotonin neuromodulators: A theoretical consideration. Front Comput Neurosci 2023; 16:950489. [PMID: 36761394 PMCID: PMC9905743 DOI: 10.3389/fncom.2022.950489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2022] [Accepted: 12/30/2022] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
Abstract
Degenerate neural circuits perform the same function despite being structurally different. However, it is unclear whether neural circuits with interacting neuromodulator sources can themselves degenerate while maintaining the same neuromodulatory function. Here, we address this by computationally modeling the neural circuits of neuromodulators serotonin and dopamine, local glutamatergic and GABAergic interneurons, and their possible interactions, under reward/punishment-based conditioning tasks. The neural modeling is constrained by relevant experimental studies of the VTA or DRN system using, e.g., electrophysiology, optogenetics, and voltammetry. We first show that a single parsimonious, sparsely connected neural circuit model can recapitulate several separate experimental findings that indicated diverse, heterogeneous, distributed, and mixed DRNVTA neuronal signaling in reward and punishment tasks. The inability of this model to recapitulate all observed neuronal signaling suggests potentially multiple circuits acting in parallel. Then using computational simulations and dynamical systems analysis, we demonstrate that several different stable circuit architectures can produce the same observed network activity profile, hence demonstrating degeneracy. Due to the extensive D2-mediated connections in the investigated circuits, we simulate the D2 receptor agonist by increasing the connection strengths emanating from the VTA DA neurons. We found that the simulated D2 agonist can distinguish among sub-groups of the degenerate neural circuits based on substantial deviations in specific neural populations' activities in reward and punishment conditions. This forms a testable model prediction using pharmacological means. Overall, this theoretical work suggests the plausibility of degeneracy within neuromodulator circuitry and has important implications for the stable and robust maintenance of neuromodulatory functions.
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- Chandan K. Behera
- Intelligent Systems Research Centre, School of Computing, Engineering and Intelligent Systems, Ulster University, Derry∼Londonderry, United Kingdom,*Correspondence: Chandan K. Behera,
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- Intelligent Systems Research Centre, School of Computing, Engineering and Intelligent Systems, Ulster University, Derry∼Londonderry, United Kingdom
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China,School of Systems Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Intelligent Systems Research Centre, School of Computing, Engineering and Intelligent Systems, Ulster University, Derry∼Londonderry, United Kingdom,KongFatt Wong-Lin,
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Siller A, Hofer NT, Tomagra G, Burkert N, Hess S, Benkert J, Gaifullina A, Spaich D, Duda J, Poetschke C, Vilusic K, Fritz EM, Schneider T, Kloppenburg P, Liss B, Carabelli V, Carbone E, Ortner NJ, Striessnig J. β2-subunit alternative splicing stabilizes Cav2.3 Ca 2+ channel activity during continuous midbrain dopamine neuron-like activity. eLife 2022; 11:e67464. [PMID: 35792082 PMCID: PMC9307272 DOI: 10.7554/elife.67464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2021] [Accepted: 07/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
In dopaminergic (DA) Substantia nigra (SN) neurons Cav2.3 R-type Ca2+-currents contribute to somatodendritic Ca2+-oscillations. This activity may contribute to the selective degeneration of these neurons in Parkinson's disease (PD) since Cav2.3-knockout is neuroprotective in a PD mouse model. Here, we show that in tsA-201-cells the membrane-anchored β2-splice variants β2a and β2e are required to stabilize Cav2.3 gating properties allowing sustained Cav2.3 availability during simulated pacemaking and enhanced Ca2+-currents during bursts. We confirmed the expression of β2a- and β2e-subunit transcripts in the mouse SN and in identified SN DA neurons. Patch-clamp recordings of mouse DA midbrain neurons in culture and SN DA neurons in brain slices revealed SNX-482-sensitive R-type Ca2+-currents with voltage-dependent gating properties that suggest modulation by β2a- and/or β2e-subunits. Thus, β-subunit alternative splicing may prevent a fraction of Cav2.3 channels from inactivation in continuously active, highly vulnerable SN DA neurons, thereby also supporting Ca2+ signals contributing to the (patho)physiological role of Cav2.3 channels in PD.
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- Anita Siller
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Institute of Pharmacy, Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck, University of InnsbruckInnsbruckAustria
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Institute of Pharmacy, Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck, University of InnsbruckInnsbruckAustria
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- Department of Drug Science, NIS Centre, University of TorinoTorinoItaly
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- Institute of Applied Physiology, University of Ulm, Ulm, GermanyUlmGermany
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- Institute for Zoology, Biocenter, University of CologneCologneGermany
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- Institute of Applied Physiology, University of Ulm, Ulm, GermanyUlmGermany
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- Institute of Applied Physiology, University of Ulm, Ulm, GermanyUlmGermany
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- Institute of Applied Physiology, University of Ulm, Ulm, GermanyUlmGermany
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- Institute of Applied Physiology, University of Ulm, Ulm, GermanyUlmGermany
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Institute of Pharmacy, Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck, University of InnsbruckInnsbruckAustria
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Institute of Pharmacy, Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck, University of InnsbruckInnsbruckAustria
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- Institute of Neurophysiology, University of CologneCologneGermany
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- Institute for Zoology, Biocenter, University of CologneCologneGermany
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- Institute of Applied Physiology, University of Ulm, Ulm, GermanyUlmGermany
- Linacre College & New College, University of OxfordOxfordUnited Kingdom
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- Department of Drug Science, NIS Centre, University of TorinoTorinoItaly
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Institute of Pharmacy, Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck, University of InnsbruckInnsbruckAustria
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Institute of Pharmacy, Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck, University of InnsbruckInnsbruckAustria
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Hobson BD, Kong L, Angelo MF, Lieberman OJ, Mosharov EV, Herzog E, Sulzer D, Sims PA. Subcellular and regional localization of mRNA translation in midbrain dopamine neurons. Cell Rep 2022; 38:110208. [PMID: 35021090 PMCID: PMC8844886 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.110208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2021] [Revised: 10/25/2021] [Accepted: 12/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Midbrain dopaminergic (mDA) neurons exhibit extensive dendritic and axonal arborizations, but local protein synthesis is not characterized in these neurons. Here, we investigate messenger RNA (mRNA) localization and translation in mDA neuronal axons and dendrites, both of which release dopamine (DA). Using highly sensitive ribosome-bound RNA sequencing and imaging approaches, we find no evidence for mRNA translation in mDA axons. In contrast, mDA neuronal dendrites in the substantia nigra pars reticulata (SNr) contain ribosomes and mRNAs encoding the major components of DA synthesis, release, and reuptake machinery. Surprisingly, we also observe dendritic localization of mRNAs encoding synaptic vesicle-related proteins, including those involved in exocytic fusion. Our results are consistent with a role for local translation in the regulation of DA release from dendrites, but not from axons. Our translatome data define a molecular signature of sparse mDA neurons in the SNr, including the enrichment of Atp2a3/SERCA3, an atypical ER calcium pump. Local translation regulates the subcellular proteome in neurons but has not been characterized in midbrain dopamine neurons, cells with large dendrites and axonal arborizations. Hobson et al. investigate messenger RNA localization and translation in midbrain dopamine neurons in the mouse brain, finding ribosomes and dopaminergic mRNAs in dendrites, but not axons.
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- Benjamin D Hobson
- Department of Systems Biology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York 10032, NY, USA; Medical Scientist Training Program, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Systems Biology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York 10032, NY, USA
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- Interdisciplinary Institute for Neuroscience, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France; Interdisciplinary Institute for Neuroscience, CNRS UMR 5297, Bordeaux, France
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- Medical Scientist Training Program, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA; Division of Molecular Therapeutics, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Interdisciplinary Institute for Neuroscience, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France; Interdisciplinary Institute for Neuroscience, CNRS UMR 5297, Bordeaux, France.
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- Department of Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA; Department of Pharmacology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA; Division of Molecular Therapeutics, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA; Aligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network, Chevy Chase, MD, USA.
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- Department of Systems Biology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York 10032, NY, USA; Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA; Sulzberger Columbia Genome Center, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA; Aligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network, Chevy Chase, MD, USA.
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Knowlton CJ, Ziouziou TI, Hammer N, Roeper J, Canavier CC. Inactivation mode of sodium channels defines the different maximal firing rates of conventional versus atypical midbrain dopamine neurons. PLoS Comput Biol 2021; 17:e1009371. [PMID: 34534209 PMCID: PMC8480832 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2021] [Revised: 09/29/2021] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Two subpopulations of midbrain dopamine (DA) neurons are known to have different dynamic firing ranges in vitro that correspond to distinct projection targets: the originally identified conventional DA neurons project to the dorsal striatum and the lateral shell of the nucleus accumbens, whereas an atypical DA population with higher maximum firing frequencies projects to prefrontal regions and other limbic regions including the medial shell of nucleus accumbens. Using a computational model, we show that previously identified differences in biophysical properties do not fully account for the larger dynamic range of the atypical population and predict that the major difference is that originally identified conventional cells have larger occupancy of voltage-gated sodium channels in a long-term inactivated state that recovers slowly; stronger sodium and potassium conductances during action potential firing are also predicted for the conventional compared to the atypical DA population. These differences in sodium channel gating imply that longer intervals between spikes are required in the conventional population for full recovery from long-term inactivation induced by the preceding spike, hence the lower maximum frequency. These same differences can also change the bifurcation structure to account for distinct modes of entry into depolarization block: abrupt versus gradual. The model predicted that in cells that have entered depolarization block, it is much more likely that an additional depolarization can evoke an action potential in conventional DA population. New experiments comparing lateral to medial shell projecting neurons confirmed this model prediction, with implications for differential synaptic integration in the two populations. We developed a theoretical and mathematical framework that could explain the major electrophysiological differences between the conventional midbrain dopamine (DA) neurons with a low maximum firing rate, and the more recently identified atypical DA neurons. Testable predictions from this framework were then verified with in vitro patch-clamp recordings from DA neurons with identified phenotypes and projection targets. Since different subpopulations of DA neurons participate in different circuits, and these circuits are likely differentially dysregulated in diseases such as addiction, Parkinson disease, and schizophrenia, it is important to identify the differences of their intrinsic electrophysiological properties as a prelude to developing more precisely targeted therapies.
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- Christopher J. Knowlton
- Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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- Institut für Neurophysiologie, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institut für Neurophysiologie, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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The gating pore blocker 1-(2,4-xylyl)guanidinium selectively inhibits pacemaking of midbrain dopaminergic neurons. Neuropharmacology 2021; 197:108722. [PMID: 34273387 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2021.108722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2021] [Revised: 07/08/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
Although several ionic mechanisms are known to control rate and regularity of the slow pacemaker in dopamine (DA) neurons, the core mechanism of pacing is controversial. Here we tested the hypothesis that pacemaking of SNc DA neurons is enabled by an unconventional conductance. We found that 1-(2,4-xylyl)guanidinium (XG), an established blocker of gating pore currents, selectively inhibits pacemaking of DA neurons. The compound inhibited all slow pacemaking DA neurons that were tested, both in the substantia nigra pars compacta, and in the ventral tegmental area. Interestingly, bursting behavior was not affected by XG. Furthermore, the drug did not affect fast pacemaking of GABAergic neurons from substantia nigra pars reticulata neurons or slow pacemaking of noradrenergic neurons. In DA neurons, current-clamp analysis revealed that XG did not appear to affect ion channels involved in the action potential. Its inhibitory effect persisted during blockade of all ion channels previously suggested to contribute to pacemaking. RNA sequencing and voltage-clamp recordings yielded no evidence for a gating pore current to underlie the conductance. However, we could isolate a small subthreshold XG-sensitive current, which was carried by both Na+ and Cl- ions. Although the molecular target of XG remains to be defined, these observations represent a step towards understanding pacemaking in DA neurons.
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McElvain LE, Chen Y, Moore JD, Brigidi GS, Bloodgood BL, Lim BK, Costa RM, Kleinfeld D. Specific populations of basal ganglia output neurons target distinct brain stem areas while collateralizing throughout the diencephalon. Neuron 2021; 109:1721-1738.e4. [PMID: 33823137 PMCID: PMC8169061 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2021.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Revised: 03/07/2021] [Accepted: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Abstract
Basal ganglia play a central role in regulating behavior, but the organization of their outputs to other brain areas is incompletely understood. We investigate the largest output nucleus, the substantia nigra pars reticulata (SNr), and delineate the organization and physiology of its projection populations in mice. Using genetically targeted viral tracing and whole-brain anatomical analysis, we identify over 40 SNr targets that encompass a roughly 50-fold range of axonal densities. Retrograde tracing from the volumetrically largest targets indicates that the SNr contains segregated subpopulations that differentially project to functionally distinct brain stem regions. These subpopulations are electrophysiologically specialized and topographically organized and collateralize to common diencephalon targets, including the motor and intralaminar thalamus as well as the pedunculopontine nucleus and the midbrain reticular formation. These findings establish that SNr signaling is organized as dense, parallel outputs to specific brain stem targets concurrent with extensive collateral branches that encompass the majority of SNr axonal boutons.
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- Lauren E. McElvain
- Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA,Section of Neurobiology, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA,Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, 1400-038, Portugal
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- Department of Computer Science, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA,These authors contributed equally
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA,These authors contributed equally
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- Section of Neurobiology, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Section of Neurobiology, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Section of Neurobiology, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, 1400-038, Portugal,Zuckerman Institute and Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University, New York 10027 USA,Correspondence: (DK), (RMC)
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- Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA,Section of Neurobiology, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA,Lead contact,Correspondence: (DK), (RMC)
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Hess S, Pouzat C, Paeger L, Pippow A, Kloppenburg P. Analysis of neuronal Ca 2+ handling properties by combining perforated patch clamp recordings and the added buffer approach. Cell Calcium 2021; 97:102411. [PMID: 34082340 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2021.102411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2020] [Revised: 03/25/2021] [Accepted: 04/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Ca2+ functions as an important intracellular signal for a wide range of cellular processes. These processes are selectively activated by controlled spatiotemporal dynamics of the free cytosolic Ca2+. Intracellular Ca2+ dynamics are regulated by numerous cellular parameters. Here, we established a new way to determine neuronal Ca2+ handling properties by combining the 'added buffer' approach [1] with perforated patch-clamp recordings [2]. Since the added buffer approach typically employs the standard whole-cell configuration for concentration-controlled Ca2+ indicator loading, it only allows for the reliable estimation of the immobile fraction of intracellular Ca2+ buffers. Furthermore, crucial components of intracellular signaling pathways are being washed out during prolonged whole-cell recordings, leading to cellular deterioration. By combining the added buffer approach with perforated patch-clamp recordings, these issues are circumvented, allowing the precise quantification of the cellular Ca2+ handling properties, including immobile as well as mobile Ca2+ buffers.
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- Simon Hess
- Institute for Zoology, Biocenter, Cologne Excellence Cluster in Aging Associated Diseases (CECAD), and Center of Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Université de Paris, CNRS, MAP5 UMR 8145, 45, rue des Saints-Pères, 75006 Paris, France
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- Institute for Zoology, Biocenter, Cologne Excellence Cluster in Aging Associated Diseases (CECAD), and Center of Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute for Zoology, Biocenter, Cologne Excellence Cluster in Aging Associated Diseases (CECAD), and Center of Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute for Zoology, Biocenter, Cologne Excellence Cluster in Aging Associated Diseases (CECAD), and Center of Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
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Tikidji-Hamburyan RA, Colonnese MT. Polynomial, piecewise-Linear, Step (PLS): A Simple, Scalable, and Efficient Framework for Modeling Neurons. Front Neuroinform 2021; 15:642933. [PMID: 34025382 PMCID: PMC8134741 DOI: 10.3389/fninf.2021.642933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2020] [Accepted: 03/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
Abstract
Biological neurons can be modeled with different levels of biophysical/biochemical details. The accuracy with which a model reflects the actual physiological processes and ultimately the information function of a neuron, can range from very detailed to a schematic phenomenological representation. This range exists due to the common problem: one needs to find an optimal trade-off between the level of details needed to capture the necessary information processing in a neuron and the computational load needed to compute 1 s of model time. An increase in modeled network size or model-time, for which the solution should be obtained, makes this trade-off pivotal in model development. Numerical simulations become incredibly challenging when an extensive network with a detailed representation of each neuron needs to be modeled over a long time interval to study slow evolving processes, e.g., development of the thalamocortical circuits. Here we suggest a simple, powerful and flexible approach in which we approximate the right-hand sides of differential equations by combinations of functions from three families: Polynomial, piecewise-Linear, Step (PLS). To obtain a single coherent framework, we provide four core principles in which PLS functions should be combined. We show the rationale behind each of the core principles. Two examples illustrate how to build a conductance-based or phenomenological model using the PLS-framework. We use the first example as a benchmark on three different computational platforms: CPU, GPU, and mobile system-on-chip devices. We show that the PLS-framework speeds up computations without increasing the memory footprint and maintains high model fidelity comparable to the fully-computed model or with lookup-table approximation. We are convinced that the full range of neuron models: from biophysical to phenomenological and even to abstract models, may benefit from using the PLS-framework.
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- School of Medicine and Health Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States
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Mechanism of Pacemaker Activity in Zebrafish DC2/4 Dopaminergic Neurons. J Neurosci 2021; 41:4141-4157. [PMID: 33731451 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2124-20.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2020] [Revised: 02/02/2021] [Accepted: 02/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Zebrafish models are used increasingly to study the molecular pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD), owing to the extensive array of techniques available for their experimental manipulation and analysis. The ascending dopaminergic projection from the posterior tuberculum (TPp; diencephalic populations DC2 and DC4) to the subpallium is considered the zebrafish correlate of the mammalian nigrostriatal projection, but little is known about the neurophysiology of zebrafish DC2/4 neurons. This is an important knowledge gap, because autonomous activity in mammalian substantia nigra (SNc) dopaminergic neurons contributes to their vulnerability in PD models. Using a new transgenic zebrafish line to label living dopaminergic neurons, and a novel brain slice preparation, we conducted whole-cell patch clamp recordings of DC2/4 neurons from adult zebrafish of both sexes. Zebrafish DC2/4 neurons share many physiological properties with mammalian dopaminergic neurons, including the cell-autonomous generation of action potentials. However, in contrast to mammalian dopaminergic neurons, the pacemaker driving intrinsic rhythmic activity in zebrafish DC2/4 neurons does not involve calcium conductances, hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) channels, or sodium leak currents. Instead, voltage clamp recordings and computational models show that interactions between three components - a small, predominantly potassium, leak conductance, voltage-gated sodium channels, and voltage-gated potassium channels - are sufficient for pacemaker activity in zebrafish DC2/4 neurons. These results contribute to understanding the comparative physiology of the dopaminergic system and provide a conceptual basis for interpreting data derived from zebrafish PD models. The findings further suggest new experimental opportunities to address the role of dopaminergic pacemaker activity in the pathogenesis of PD.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Posterior tuberculum (TPp) DC2/4 dopaminergic neurons are considered the zebrafish correlate of mammalian substantia nigra (SNc) neurons, whose degeneration causes the motor signs of Parkinson's disease (PD). Our study shows that DC2/4 and SNc neurons share a number of electrophysiological properties, including depolarized membrane potential, high input resistance, and continual, cell-autonomous pacemaker activity, that strengthen the basis for the increasing use of zebrafish models to study the molecular pathogenesis of PD. The mechanisms driving pacemaker activity differ between DC2/4 and SNc neurons, providing: (1) experimental opportunities to dissociate the contributions of intrinsic activity and underlying pacemaker currents to pathogenesis; and (2) essential information for the design and interpretation of studies using zebrafish PD models.
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Angiotensin-II Modulates GABAergic Neurotransmission in the Mouse Substantia Nigra. eNeuro 2021; 8:ENEURO.0090-21.2021. [PMID: 33771900 PMCID: PMC8174047 DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0090-21.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2021] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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GABAergic projections neurons of the substantia nigra reticulata (SNr), through an extensive network of dendritic arbors and axon collaterals, provide robust inhibitory input to neighboring dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra compacta (SNc). Angiotensin-II (Ang-II) receptor signaling increases SNc dopaminergic neuronal sensitivity to insult, thus rendering these cells susceptible to dysfunction and destruction. However, the mechanisms by which Ang-II regulates SNc dopaminergic neuronal activity are unclear. Given the complex relationship between SN dopaminergic and GABAergic neurons, we hypothesized that Ang-II could regulate SNc dopaminergic neuronal activity directly and indirectly by modulating SNr GABAergic neurotransmission. Here, using transgenic mice, slice electrophysiology, and optogenetics, we provide evidence of an AT1 receptor-mediated signaling mechanism in SNr GABAergic neurons where Ang-II suppresses electrically-evoked neuronal output by facilitating postsynaptic GABAA receptors (GABAARs) and prolonging the action potential (AP) duration. Unexpectedly, Ang-II had no discernable effects on the electrical properties of SNc dopaminergic neurons. Also, and indicating a nonlinear relationship between electrical activity and neuronal output, following phasic photoactivation of SNr GABAergic neurons, Ang-II paradoxically enhanced the feedforward inhibitory input to SNc dopaminergic neurons. In sum, our observations describe an increasingly complex and heterogeneous response of the SN to Ang-II by revealing cell-specific responses and nonlinear effects on intranigral GABAergic neurotransmission. Our data further implicate the renin-angiotensin-system (RAS) as a functionally relevant neuromodulator in the substantia nigra, thus underscoring a need for additional inquiry.
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Lippert RN, Hess S, Klemm P, Burgeno LM, Jahans-Price T, Walton ME, Kloppenburg P, Brüning JC. Maternal high-fat diet during lactation reprograms the dopaminergic circuitry in mice. J Clin Invest 2021; 130:3761-3776. [PMID: 32510473 DOI: 10.1172/jci134412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2019] [Accepted: 03/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The maternal perinatal environment modulates brain formation, and altered maternal nutrition has been linked to the development of metabolic and psychiatric disorders in the offspring. Here, we showed that maternal high-fat diet (HFD) feeding during lactation in mice elicits long-lasting changes in gene expression in the offspring's dopaminergic circuitry. This translated into silencing of dopaminergic midbrain neurons, reduced connectivity to their downstream targets, and reduced stimulus-evoked dopamine (DA) release in the striatum. Despite the attenuated activity of DA midbrain neurons, offspring from mothers exposed to HFD feeding exhibited a sexually dimorphic expression of DA-related phenotypes, i.e., hyperlocomotion in males and increased intake of palatable food and sucrose in females. These phenotypes arose from concomitantly increased spontaneous activity of D1 medium spiny neurons (MSNs) and profoundly decreased D2 MSN projections. Overall, we have unraveled a fundamental restructuring of dopaminergic circuitries upon time-restricted altered maternal nutrition to induce persistent behavioral changes in the offspring.
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- R N Lippert
- Department of Neuronal Control of Metabolism, Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, Cologne, Germany.,National Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Neuherberg, Germany
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- Biocenter, Institute for Zoology, and.,Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Neuronal Control of Metabolism, Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Biocenter, Institute for Zoology, and.,Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Neuronal Control of Metabolism, Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, Cologne, Germany.,National Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Neuherberg, Germany.,Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.,Center for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Preventive Medicine (CEPD), University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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α-Synuclein Aggregates Increase the Conductance of Substantia Nigra Dopamine Neurons, an Effect Partly Reversed by the KATP Channel Inhibitor Glibenclamide. eNeuro 2021; 8:ENEURO.0330-20.2020. [PMID: 33229413 PMCID: PMC7810260 DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0330-20.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2020] [Revised: 10/13/2020] [Accepted: 10/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Dopaminergic neurons (DNs) in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc) form an important part of the basal ganglia circuitry, playing key roles in movement initiation and coordination. A hallmark of Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the degeneration of these SNpc DNs leading to akinesia, bradykinesia and tremor. There is gathering evidence that oligomeric α-synuclein (α-syn) is one of the major pathologic species in PD, with its deposition in Lewy bodies (LBs) closely correlated with disease progression. However, the precise mechanisms underlying the effects of oligomeric α-syn on DN function have yet to be fully defined. Here, we have combined electrophysiological recording and detailed analysis to characterize the time-dependent effects of α-syn aggregates (consisting of oligomers and possibly small fibrils) on the properties of SNpc DNs. The introduction of α-syn aggregates into single DNs via the patch electrode significantly reduced both the input resistance and the firing rate without changing the membrane potential. These effects occurred after 8–16 min of dialysis but did not occur with the monomeric form of α-syn. The effects of α-syn aggregates could be significantly reduced by preincubation with the ATP-sensitive K+ channel (KATP) inhibitor glibenclamide. These data suggest that accumulation of α-syn aggregates in DNs may chronically activate KATP channels leading to a significant loss of excitability and dopamine release.
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Regoni M, Cattaneo S, Mercatelli D, Novello S, Passoni A, Bagnati R, Davoli E, Croci L, Consalez GG, Albanese F, Zanetti L, Passafaro M, Serratto GM, Di Fonzo A, Valtorta F, Ciammola A, Taverna S, Morari M, Sassone J. Pharmacological antagonism of kainate receptor rescues dysfunction and loss of dopamine neurons in a mouse model of human parkin-induced toxicity. Cell Death Dis 2020; 11:963. [PMID: 33173027 PMCID: PMC7656261 DOI: 10.1038/s41419-020-03172-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2020] [Revised: 10/22/2020] [Accepted: 10/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Mutations in the PARK2 gene encoding the protein parkin cause autosomal recessive juvenile Parkinsonism (ARJP), a neurodegenerative disease characterized by dysfunction and death of dopamine (DA) neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc). Since a neuroprotective therapy for ARJP does not exist, research efforts aimed at discovering targets for neuroprotection are critically needed. A previous study demonstrated that loss of parkin function or expression of parkin mutants associated with ARJP causes an accumulation of glutamate kainate receptors (KARs) in human brain tissues and an increase of KAR-mediated currents in neurons in vitro. Based on the hypothesis that such KAR hyperactivation may contribute to the death of nigral DA neurons, we investigated the effect of KAR antagonism on the DA neuron dysfunction and death that occur in the parkinQ311X mouse, a model of human parkin-induced toxicity. We found that early accumulation of KARs occurs in the DA neurons of the parkinQ311X mouse, and that chronic administration of the KAR antagonist UBP310 prevents DA neuron loss. This neuroprotective effect is associated with the rescue of the abnormal firing rate of nigral DA neurons and downregulation of GluK2, the key KAR subunit. This study provides novel evidence of a causal role of glutamate KARs in the DA neuron dysfunction and loss occurring in a mouse model of human parkin-induced toxicity. Our results support KAR as a potential target in the development of neuroprotective therapy for ARJP.
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- Maria Regoni
- Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 58, 20132, Milan, Italy
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Via Olgettina 58, 20132, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 58, 20132, Milan, Italy
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Via Olgettina 58, 20132, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Section of Pharmacology, University of Ferrara, Via Fossato di Mortara 17-19, 44121, Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Section of Pharmacology, University of Ferrara, Via Fossato di Mortara 17-19, 44121, Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Via Mario Negri 2, 20156, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Via Mario Negri 2, 20156, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Via Mario Negri 2, 20156, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 58, 20132, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 58, 20132, Milan, Italy
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Via Olgettina 58, 20132, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Section of Pharmacology, University of Ferrara, Via Fossato di Mortara 17-19, 44121, Ferrara, Italy
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- Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 58, 20132, Milan, Italy
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Via Olgettina 58, 20132, Milan, Italy
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- CNR, Institute of Neuroscience, Milan, Via Luigi Vanvitelli 32, 20129, Milan, Italy
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- CNR, Institute of Neuroscience, Milan, Via Luigi Vanvitelli 32, 20129, Milan, Italy
- Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Piazzale Brescia 20, 20149, Milan, Italy
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- Foundation IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Neurology Unit, Via Francesco Sforza 28, 20122, Milan, Italy
- Dino Ferrari Center, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Neuroscience Section, Via Francesco Sforza 28, 20122, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 58, 20132, Milan, Italy
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Via Olgettina 58, 20132, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Piazzale Brescia 20, 20149, Milan, Italy.
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- Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 58, 20132, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Section of Pharmacology, University of Ferrara, Via Fossato di Mortara 17-19, 44121, Ferrara, Italy
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- Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 58, 20132, Milan, Italy.
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Via Olgettina 58, 20132, Milan, Italy.
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Belliveau S, Kang W, Bovaird S, Hamadjida A, Bédard D, Dancause N, Stroh T, Huot P. Stereological investigation of 5-HT 3 receptors in the substantia nigra and dorsal raphe nucleus in the rat. J Chem Neuroanat 2020; 111:101881. [PMID: 33160048 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2020.101881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2020] [Revised: 10/27/2020] [Accepted: 10/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Serotonin (5-HT) is a common neurotransmitter in mammals, playing a central role in the regulation of various processes such as sleep, perception, cognitive and autonomic functions in the nervous system. Previous studies have demonstrated that 5-HT type 3 (5-HT3) receptors are expressed in either or both the substantia nigra (SN) and the dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN) in humans, marmosets, rats and Syrian hamsters. Here, we quantify the distribution of 5-HT3 receptors across these regions in the adult rat. Fluorescent immunohistochemistry was performed on sections of rat brain covering the entire rostro-caudal extent of the SN and DRN with antibodies specific to the 5-HT3A receptor subunit, as well as others targeting the monoaminergic markers tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and the 5-HT transporter (SERT). The number of 5-HT3A receptor-positive, TH-positive (n = 28,428 ± 888, Gundersen's m = 1 coefficient of error [CE] = 0.05) and SERT-positive (n = 12,852 ± 462, CE = 0.06) cells were estimated in both the SN and the DRN using stereology. We found that 5-HT3A receptor-positive cells are present in the SNr (n = 1250 ± 64, CE = 0.24), but they did not co-localise with TH-positive cells, nor were they present in the SNc. In contrast, no 5-HT3A receptor-positive cells were found in the DRN. These results support the presence of 5-HT3 receptors in the SN, but not in the DRN, and do not support their expression on monoaminergic cells within these two brain areas.
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- Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Département de Neurosciences, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; Department of Neurosciences, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada.
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Chaunsali L, Tewari BP, Gallucci A, Thompson EG, Savoia A, Feld N, Campbell SL. Glioma-induced peritumoral hyperexcitability in a pediatric glioma model. Physiol Rep 2020; 8:e14567. [PMID: 33026196 PMCID: PMC7539466 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.14567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2020] [Revised: 08/10/2020] [Accepted: 08/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Epileptic seizures are among the most common presenting symptom in patients with glioma. The etiology of glioma-related seizures is complex and not completely understood. Studies using adult glioma patient tissue and adult glioma mouse models, show that neurons adjacent to the tumor mass, peritumoral neurons, are hyperexcitable and contribute to seizures. Although it is established that there are phenotypic and genotypic distinctions in gliomas from adult and pediatric patients, it is unknown whether these established differences in pediatric glioma biology and the microenvironment in which these glioma cells harbor, the developing brain, differentially impacts surrounding neurons. In the present study, we examine the effect of patient-derived pediatric glioma cells on the function of peritumoral neurons using two pediatric glioma models. Pediatric glioma cells were intracranially injected into the cerebrum of postnatal days 2 and 3 (p2/3) mouse pups for 7 days. Electrophysiological recordings showed that cortical layer 2/3 peritumoral neurons exhibited significant differences in their intrinsic properties compared to those of sham control neurons. Peritumoral neurons fired significantly more action potentials in response to smaller current injection and exhibited a depolarization block in response to higher current injection. The threshold for eliciting an action potential and pharmacologically induced epileptiform activity was lower in peritumoral neurons compared to sham. Our findings suggest that pediatric glioma cells increase excitability in the developing peritumoral neurons by exhibiting early onset of depolarization block, which was not previously observed in adult glioma peritumoral neurons.
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- Lata Chaunsali
- Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate ProgramSchool of NeuroscienceVirginia TechBlacksburgVAUSA
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- Fralin Biomedical Research InstituteGlial Biology in HealthDisease and CancerVirginia TechRoanokeVAUSA
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- Fralin Biomedical Research InstituteTranslational Biology, Medicine and HealthVirginia TechRoanokeVAUSA
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- Animal and Poultry SciencesVirginia TechBlacksburgVAUSA
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- School of MedicineVirginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmondVAUSA
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate ProgramSchool of NeuroscienceVirginia TechBlacksburgVAUSA
- Fralin Biomedical Research InstituteGlial Biology in HealthDisease and CancerVirginia TechRoanokeVAUSA
- Animal and Poultry SciencesVirginia TechBlacksburgVAUSA
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Phillips RS, Rosner I, Gittis AH, Rubin JE. The effects of chloride dynamics on substantia nigra pars reticulata responses to pallidal and striatal inputs. eLife 2020; 9:e55592. [PMID: 32894224 PMCID: PMC7476764 DOI: 10.7554/elife.55592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2020] [Accepted: 08/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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As a rodent basal ganglia (BG) output nucleus, the substantia nigra pars reticulata (SNr) is well positioned to impact behavior. SNr neurons receive GABAergic inputs from the striatum (direct pathway) and globus pallidus (GPe, indirect pathway). Dominant theories of action selection rely on these pathways' inhibitory actions. Yet, experimental results on SNr responses to these inputs are limited and include excitatory effects. Our study combines experimental and computational work to characterize, explain, and make predictions about these pathways. We observe diverse SNr responses to stimulation of SNr-projecting striatal and GPe neurons, including biphasic and excitatory effects, which our modeling shows can be explained by intracellular chloride processing. Our work predicts that ongoing GPe activity could tune the SNr operating mode, including its responses in decision-making scenarios, and GPe output may modulate synchrony and low-frequency oscillations of SNr neurons, which we confirm using optogenetic stimulation of GPe terminals within the SNr.
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- Ryan S Phillips
- Department of Mathematics, University of PittsburghPittsburghUnited States
- Center for the Neural Basis of CognitionPittsburghUnited States
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- Center for the Neural Basis of CognitionPittsburghUnited States
- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburghUnited States
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- Center for the Neural Basis of CognitionPittsburghUnited States
- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburghUnited States
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- Department of Mathematics, University of PittsburghPittsburghUnited States
- Center for the Neural Basis of CognitionPittsburghUnited States
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Cui D, Mesaros A, Burdeos G, Voigt I, Giavalisco P, Hinze Y, Purrio M, Neumaier B, Drzezga A, Obata Y, Endepols H, Xu X. Dnmt3a2/Dnmt3L Overexpression in the Dopaminergic System of Mice Increases Exercise Behavior through Signaling Changes in the Hypothalamus. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21176297. [PMID: 32878077 PMCID: PMC7504350 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21176297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2020] [Revised: 08/23/2020] [Accepted: 08/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Dnmt3a2, a de novo DNA methyltransferase, is induced by neuronal activity and participates in long-term memory formation with the increased expression of synaptic plasticity genes. We wanted to determine if Dnmt3a2 with its partner Dnmt3L may influence motor behavior via the dopaminergic system. To this end, we generated a mouse line, Dnmt3a2/3LDat/wt, with dopamine transporter (DAT) promotor driven Dnmt3a2/3L overexpression. The mice were studied with behavioral paradigms (e.g., cylinder test, open field, and treadmill), brain slice patch clamp recordings, ex vivo metabolite analysis, and in vivo positron emission tomography (PET) using the dopaminergic tracer 6-[18F]FMT. The results showed that spontaneous activity and exercise performance were enhanced in Dnmt3a2/3LDat/wt mice compared to Dnmt3a2/3Lwt/wt controls. Dopaminergic substantia nigra pars compacta neurons of Dnmt3a2/3LDat/wt animals displayed a higher fire frequency and excitability. However, dopamine concentration was not increased in the striatum, and dopamine metabolite concentration was even significantly decreased. Striatal 6-[18F]FMT uptake, reflecting aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase activity, was the same in Dnmt3a2/3LDat/wt mice and controls. [18F]FDG PET showed that hypothalamic metabolic activity was tightly linked to motor behavior in Dnmt3a2/3LDat/wt mice. Furthermore, dopamine biosynthesis and motor-related metabolic activity were correlated in the hypothalamus. Our findings suggest that Dnmt3a2/3L, when overexpressed in dopaminergic neurons, modulates motor performance via activation of the nigrostriatal pathway. This does not involve increased dopamine synthesis.
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- Di Cui
- Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 9b, 50931 Cologne, Germany; (A.M.); (G.B.); (I.V.); (P.G.); (Y.H.); (M.P.)
- Correspondence: (D.C.); (X.X.)
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- Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 9b, 50931 Cologne, Germany; (A.M.); (G.B.); (I.V.); (P.G.); (Y.H.); (M.P.)
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- Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 9b, 50931 Cologne, Germany; (A.M.); (G.B.); (I.V.); (P.G.); (Y.H.); (M.P.)
- Institute for Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Hermann-Rodewald Street, 9, 24118 Kiel, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 9b, 50931 Cologne, Germany; (A.M.); (G.B.); (I.V.); (P.G.); (Y.H.); (M.P.)
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- Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 9b, 50931 Cologne, Germany; (A.M.); (G.B.); (I.V.); (P.G.); (Y.H.); (M.P.)
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- Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 9b, 50931 Cologne, Germany; (A.M.); (G.B.); (I.V.); (P.G.); (Y.H.); (M.P.)
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- Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 9b, 50931 Cologne, Germany; (A.M.); (G.B.); (I.V.); (P.G.); (Y.H.); (M.P.)
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- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Institute of Radiochemistry and Experimental Molecular Imaging, Kerpener Str. 62, 50937 Cologne, Germany; (B.N.); (H.E.)
- Institute for Neuroscience and Medicine, INM-5: Nuclear Chemistry, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Wilhelm-Johnen-Str., 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Kerpener Str. 62, 50937 Köln, Germany;
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- Department of Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Faculty of Life Sciences, 1-1-1 Sakuragaoka, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8502, Japan;
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- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Institute of Radiochemistry and Experimental Molecular Imaging, Kerpener Str. 62, 50937 Cologne, Germany; (B.N.); (H.E.)
- Institute for Neuroscience and Medicine, INM-5: Nuclear Chemistry, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Wilhelm-Johnen-Str., 52425 Jülich, Germany
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Kerpener Str. 62, 50937 Köln, Germany;
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- Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 9b, 50931 Cologne, Germany; (A.M.); (G.B.); (I.V.); (P.G.); (Y.H.); (M.P.)
- Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine, 10 Amistad Street, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
- Correspondence: (D.C.); (X.X.)
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Robles-Gómez AA, Vega AV, Florán B, Barral J. Differential calcium channel-mediated dopaminergic modulation in the subthalamonigral synapse. Synapse 2020; 74:e22149. [PMID: 31975491 DOI: 10.1002/syn.22149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2019] [Revised: 12/09/2019] [Accepted: 01/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Dopamine (DA) modulates basal ganglia (BG) activity for initiation and execution of goal-directed movements and habits. While most studies are aimed to striatal function, the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying dopaminergic regulation in other nuclei of the BG are not well understood. Therefore, we set to analyze the dopaminergic modulation occurring in subthalamo-nigral synapse, in both pars compacta (SNc) and pars reticulata (SNr) neurons, because these synapses are important for the integration of information previously processed in striatum and globus pallidus. In this study, electrophysiological and pharmacological evidence of dopaminergic modulation on glutamate release through calcium channels is presented. Using paired pulse ratio (PPR) measurements and selective blockers of these ionic channels, together with agonists and antagonists of DA D2 -like receptors, we found that blockade of the CaV 3 family occludes the presynaptic inhibition produced by the activation of DA receptors pharmacologically profiled as D3 -type in the STh-SNc synapses. On the contrast, the blockade of CaV 2 channels, but not CaV 3, occlude with the effect of the D3 agonist, PD 128907, in the STh-SNr synapse. The functional role of this differential distribution of calcium channels that modulate the release of glutamate in the SN implies a fine adjustment of firing for both classes of neurons. Dopaminergic neurons of the SNc establish a DA tone within the SN based on the excitatory/inhibitory inputs; such tone may contribute to processing information from subthalamic nucleus and could also be involved in pathological DA depletion that drives hyperexcitation of SNr neurons.
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- Carrera de Médico Cirujano, FES Iztacala, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Physiology, Biophysics and Neurosciences, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Neurociencias, FES Iztacala, UNAM, Tlalnepantla de Baz, Mexico
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Lerner TN. Interfacing behavioral and neural circuit models for habit formation. J Neurosci Res 2020; 98:1031-1045. [PMID: 31916623 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.24581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2019] [Revised: 12/15/2019] [Accepted: 12/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Habits are an important mechanism by which organisms can automate the control of behavior to alleviate cognitive demand. However, transitions to habitual control are risky because they lead to inflexible responding in the face of change. The question of how the brain controls transitions into habit is thus an intriguing one. How do we regulate when our repeated actions become automated? When is it advantageous or disadvantageous to release actions from cognitive control? Decades of research have identified a variety of methods for eliciting habitual responding in animal models. Progress has also been made to understand which brain areas and neural circuits control transitions into habit. Here, I discuss existing research on behavioral and neural circuit models for habit formation (with an emphasis on striatal circuits), and discuss strategies for combining information from different paradigms and levels of analysis to prompt further progress in the field.
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- Talia N Lerner
- Department of Physiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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Noh J, Chung JM. Modulation of Dopaminergic Neuronal Excitability by Zinc through the Regulation of Calcium-related Channels. Exp Neurobiol 2019; 28:578-592. [PMID: 31698550 PMCID: PMC6844832 DOI: 10.5607/en.2019.28.5.578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2019] [Revised: 10/28/2019] [Accepted: 10/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Depending on the intracellular buffering of calcium by chelation, zinc has the following two apparent effects on neuronal excitability: enhancement or reduction. Zinc increased tonic activity in the depolarized state when neurons were intracellularly dialyzed with EGTA but attenuated the neuronal activity when BAPTA was used as an intracellular calcium buffer. This suggests that neuronal excitability can be modulated by zinc, depending on the internal calcium buffering capacity. In this study, we elucidated the mechanisms of zinc-mediated alterations in neuronal excitability and determined the effect of calcium-related channels on zinc-mediated alterations in excitability. The zinc-induced augmentation of firing activity was mediated via the inhibition of small-conductance calcium-activated potassium (SK) channels with not only the contribution of voltage-gated L-type calcium channels (VGCCs) and ryanodine receptors (RyRs), but also through the activation of VGCCs via melastatin-like transient receptor potential channels. We suggest that zinc modulates the dopaminergic neuronal activity by regulating not only SK channels as calcium sensors, but also VGCCs or RyRs as calcium sources. Our results suggest that the cytosolic calcium-buffering capacity can tightly regulate zinc-induced neuronal firing patterns and that local calcium-signaling domains can determine the physiological and pathological state of synaptic activity in the dopaminergic system.
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- Jihyun Noh
- Department of Science Education, Dankook University, Yongin 16890, Korea
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- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea
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Faynveitz A, Lavian H, Jacob A, Korngreen A. Proliferation of Inhibitory Input to the Substantia Nigra in Experimental Parkinsonism. Front Cell Neurosci 2019; 13:417. [PMID: 31572130 PMCID: PMC6753199 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2019.00417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2019] [Accepted: 08/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The substantia nigra pars reticulata (SNr) is one of the output nuclei of the basal ganglia (BG) and plays a vital role in movement execution. Death of dopaminergic neurons in the neighboring nucleus, the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc), leads to Parkinson's disease. The ensuing dopamine depletion affects all BG nuclei. However, the long-term effects of dopamine depletion on BG output are less characterized. In this in vitro study, we applied electrophysiological and immunohistochemical techniques to investigate the long-term effects of dopamine depletion on GABAergic transmission to the SNr. The findings showed a reduction in firing rate and regularity in SNr neurons after unilateral dopamine depletion with 6-OHDA, which we associate with homeostatic mechanisms. The strength of the GABAergic synapses between the globus pallidus (GP) and the SNr increased but not their short-term dynamics. Consistent with this observation, there was an increase in the frequency and amplitude of spontaneous inhibitory synaptic events to SNr neurons. Immunohistochemistry revealed an increase in the density of vGAT-labeled puncta in dopamine depleted animals. Overall, these results may suggest that synaptic proliferation can explain how dopamine depletion augments GABAergic transmission in the SNr.
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- Anna Faynveitz
- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- The Leslie and Susan Gonda Interdisciplinary Brain Research Center, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.,The Leslie and Susan Gonda Interdisciplinary Brain Research Center, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
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Circuits That Mediate Expression of Signaled Active Avoidance Converge in the Pedunculopontine Tegmentum. J Neurosci 2019; 39:4576-4594. [PMID: 30936242 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0049-19.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2019] [Revised: 03/16/2019] [Accepted: 03/26/2019] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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An innocuous sensory stimulus that reliably signals an upcoming aversive event can be conditioned to elicit locomotion to a safe location before the aversive outcome ensues. The neural circuits that mediate the expression of this signaled locomotor action, known as signaled active avoidance, have not been identified. While exploring sensorimotor midbrain circuits in mice of either sex, we found that excitation of GABAergic cells in the substantia nigra pars reticulata blocks signaled active avoidance by inhibiting cells in the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus (PPT), not by inhibiting cells in the superior colliculus or thalamus. Direct inhibition of putative-glutamatergic PPT cells, excitation of GABAergic PPT cells, or excitation of GABAergic afferents in PPT, abolish signaled active avoidance. Conversely, excitation of putative-glutamatergic PPT cells, or inhibition of GABAergic PPT cells, can be tuned to drive avoidance responses. The PPT is an essential junction for the expression of signaled active avoidance gated by nigral and other synaptic afferents.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT When a harmful situation is signaled by a sensory stimulus (e.g., street light), subjects typically learn to respond with active or passive avoidance responses that circumvent the threat. During signaled active avoidance behavior, subjects move away to avoid a threat signaled by a preceding innocuous stimulus. We identified a part of the midbrain essential to process the signal and avoid the threat. Inhibition of neurons in this area eliminates avoidance responses to the signal but preserves escape responses caused by presentation of the threat. The results highlight an essential part of the neural circuits that mediate signaled active avoidance behavior.
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Kim Y, Jang J, Kim HJ, Park MK. Regional difference in spontaneous firing inhibition by GABA A and GABA B receptors in nigral dopamine neurons. THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY & PHARMACOLOGY : OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY AND THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF PHARMACOLOGY 2018; 22:721-729. [PMID: 30402033 PMCID: PMC6205942 DOI: 10.4196/kjpp.2018.22.6.721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2018] [Revised: 10/04/2018] [Accepted: 10/04/2018] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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GABAergic control over dopamine (DA) neurons in the substantia nigra is crucial for determining firing rates and patterns. Although GABA activates both GABAA and GABAB receptors distributed throughout the somatodendritic tree, it is currently unclear how regional GABA receptors in the soma and dendritic compartments regulate spontaneous firing. Therefore, the objective of this study was to determine actions of regional GABA receptors on spontaneous firing in acutely dissociated DA neurons from the rat using patch-clamp and local GABA-uncaging techniques. Agonists and antagonists experiments showed that activation of either GABAA receptors or GABAB receptors in DA neurons is enough to completely abolish spontaneous firing. Local GABA-uncaging along the somatodendritic tree revealed that activation of regional GABA receptors limited within the soma, proximal, or distal dendritic region, can completely suppress spontaneous firing. However, activation of either GABAA or GABAB receptor equally suppressed spontaneous firing in the soma, whereas GABAB receptor inhibited spontaneous firing more strongly than GABAA receptor in the proximal and distal dendrites. These regional differences of GABA signals between the soma and dendritic compartments could contribute to our understanding of many diverse and complex actions of GABA in midbrain DA neurons.
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- Yumi Kim
- Department of Physiology, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Department of Physiology, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Department of Physiology, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon 16419, Korea.,Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul 06351, Korea
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- Department of Physiology, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon 16419, Korea.,Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul 06351, Korea
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di Volo M, Morozova EO, Lapish CC, Kuznetsov A, Gutkin B. Dynamical ventral tegmental area circuit mechanisms of alcohol-dependent dopamine release. Eur J Neurosci 2018; 50:2282-2296. [PMID: 30215874 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.14147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2018] [Revised: 08/15/2018] [Accepted: 08/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A large body of data has identified numerous molecular targets through which ethanol (EtOH) acts on brain circuits. Yet how these multiple mechanisms interact to result in dysregulated dopamine (DA) release under the influence of alcohol in vivo remains unclear. In this manuscript, we delineate potential circuit-level mechanisms responsible for EtOH-dependent dysregulation of DA release from the ventral tegmental area (VTA) into its projection areas. For this purpose, we constructed a circuit model of the VTA that integrates realistic Glutamatergic (Glu) inputs and reproduces DA release observed experimentally. We modelled the concentration-dependent effects of EtOH on its principal VTA targets. We calibrated the model to reproduce the inverted U-shape dose dependence of DA neuron activity on EtOH concentration. The model suggests a primary role of EtOH-induced boost in the Ih and AMPA currents in the DA firing-rate/bursting increase. This is counteracted by potentiated GABA transmission that decreases DA neuron activity at higher EtOH concentrations. Thus, the model connects well-established in vitro pharmacological EtOH targets with its in vivo influence on neuronal activity. Furthermore, we predict that increases in VTA activity produced by moderate EtOH doses require partial synchrony and relatively low rates of the Glu afferents. We propose that the increased frequency of transient (phasic) DA peaks evoked by EtOH results from synchronous population bursts in VTA DA neurons. Our model predicts that the impact of acute ETOH on dopamine release is critically shaped by the structure of the cortical inputs to the VTA.
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- Matteo di Volo
- Unité de Neurosciences, Information et Complexité, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.,Group for Neural Theory, LNC INSERM U960, DEC Ecole Normale Superieure PSL University, Paris, France
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- Addiction Neuroscience Program, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Mathematical Sciences, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Group for Neural Theory, LNC INSERM U960, DEC Ecole Normale Superieure PSL University, Paris, France.,Center for Cognition and Decision Making, NRU HSE, Moscow, Russia
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Cáceres-Chávez VA, Hernández-Martínez R, Pérez-Ortega J, Herrera-Valdez MA, Aceves JJ, Galarraga E, Bargas J. Acute dopamine receptor blockade in substantia nigra pars reticulata: a possible model for drug-induced Parkinsonism. J Neurophysiol 2018; 120:2922-2938. [PMID: 30256736 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00579.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Dopamine (DA) depletion modifies the firing pattern of neurons in the substantia nigra pars reticulata (SNr), shifting their mostly tonic firing toward irregularity and bursting, traits of pathological firing underlying rigidity and postural instability in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients and animal models of Parkinsonism (PS). Drug-induced Parkinsonism (DIP) represents 20-40% of clinical cases of PS, becoming a problem for differential diagnosis, and is still not well studied with physiological tools. It may co-occur with tardive dyskinesia. Here we use in vitro slice preparations including the SNr to observe drug-induced pathological firing by using drugs that most likely produce it, DA-receptor antagonists (SCH23390 plus sulpiride), to compare with firing patterns found in DA-depleted tissue. The hypothesis is that SNr firing would be similar under both conditions, a prerequisite to the proposal of a similar preparation to test other DIP-producing drugs. Firing was analyzed with three complementary metrics, showing similarities between DA depletion and acute DA-receptor blockade. Moreover, blockade of either nonselective cationic channels or Cav3 T-type calcium channels hyperpolarized the membrane and abolished bursting and irregular firing, silencing SNr neurons in both conditions. Therefore, currents generating firing in control conditions are in part responsible for pathological firing. Haloperidol, a DIP-producing drug, reproduced DA-receptor antagonist firing modifications. Since acute DA-receptor blockade induces SNr neuron firing similar to that found in the 6-hydroxydopamine model of PS, output basal ganglia neurons may play a role in generating DIP. Therefore, this study opens the way to test other DIP-producing drugs. NEW & NOTEWORTHY Dopamine (DA) depletion enhances substantia nigra pars reticulata (SNr) neuron bursting and irregular firing, hallmarks of Parkinsonism. Several drugs, including antipsychotics, antidepressants, and calcium channel antagonists, among others, produce drug-induced Parkinsonism. Here we show the first comparison between SNr neuron firing after DA depletion vs. firing found after acute blockade of DA receptors. It was found that firing in both conditions is similar, implying that pathological SNr neuron firing is also a physiological correlate of drug-induced Parkinsonism.
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- División de Neurociencias, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México , México City, México
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- Departamento de Neurobiología del Desarrollo y Neurofisiología, Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México , Querétaro, México
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- Departamento de Matemáticas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México , México City, México
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- Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán , Mexico City, México
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- División de Neurociencias, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México , México City, México
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- División de Neurociencias, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México , México City, México
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Tapia M, Baudot P, Formisano-Tréziny C, Dufour MA, Temporal S, Lasserre M, Marquèze-Pouey B, Gabert J, Kobayashi K, Goaillard JM. Neurotransmitter identity and electrophysiological phenotype are genetically coupled in midbrain dopaminergic neurons. Sci Rep 2018; 8:13637. [PMID: 30206240 PMCID: PMC6134142 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-31765-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2018] [Accepted: 08/22/2018] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
Abstract
Most neuronal types have a well-identified electrical phenotype. It is now admitted that a same phenotype can be produced using multiple biophysical solutions defined by ion channel expression levels. This argues that systems-level approaches are necessary to understand electrical phenotype genesis and stability. Midbrain dopaminergic (DA) neurons, although quite heterogeneous, exhibit a characteristic electrical phenotype. However, the quantitative genetic principles underlying this conserved phenotype remain unknown. Here we investigated the quantitative relationships between ion channels’ gene expression levels in midbrain DA neurons using single-cell microfluidic qPCR. Using multivariate mutual information analysis to decipher high-dimensional statistical dependences, we unravel co-varying gene modules that link neurotransmitter identity and electrical phenotype. We also identify new segregating gene modules underlying the diversity of this neuronal population. We propose that the newly identified genetic coupling between neurotransmitter identity and ion channels may play a homeostatic role in maintaining the electrophysiological phenotype of midbrain DA neurons.
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- Mónica Tapia
- Unité de Neurobiologie des Canaux Ioniques et de la Synapse, INSERM UMR 1072, Aix Marseille Université, 13015, Marseille, France
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- Unité de Neurobiologie des Canaux Ioniques et de la Synapse, INSERM UMR 1072, Aix Marseille Université, 13015, Marseille, France
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- Unité de Neurobiologie des Canaux Ioniques et de la Synapse, INSERM UMR 1072, Aix Marseille Université, 13015, Marseille, France
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- Unité de Neurobiologie des Canaux Ioniques et de la Synapse, INSERM UMR 1072, Aix Marseille Université, 13015, Marseille, France
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- Unité de Neurobiologie des Canaux Ioniques et de la Synapse, INSERM UMR 1072, Aix Marseille Université, 13015, Marseille, France
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- Unité de Neurobiologie des Canaux Ioniques et de la Synapse, INSERM UMR 1072, Aix Marseille Université, 13015, Marseille, France
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- Unité de Neurobiologie des Canaux Ioniques et de la Synapse, INSERM UMR 1072, Aix Marseille Université, 13015, Marseille, France
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- Unité de Neurobiologie des Canaux Ioniques et de la Synapse, INSERM UMR 1072, Aix Marseille Université, 13015, Marseille, France.,Département de Biochimie et Biologie Moléculaire, Hôpital Nord, Marseille, France
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, 960-1295, Japan
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- Unité de Neurobiologie des Canaux Ioniques et de la Synapse, INSERM UMR 1072, Aix Marseille Université, 13015, Marseille, France.
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Sequential Application of Discrete Topographical Patterns Enhances Derivation of Functional Mesencephalic Dopaminergic Neurons from Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. Sci Rep 2018; 8:9567. [PMID: 29934644 PMCID: PMC6014983 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-27653-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2017] [Accepted: 06/04/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Parkinson’s Disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder attributed to death of mesencephalic dopaminergic (DA) neurons. Pluripotent stem cells have great potential in the study for this late-onset disease, but acquirement of cells that are robust in quantity and quality is still technically demanding. Biophysical cues have been shown to direct stem cell fate, but the effect of different topographies in the lineage commitment and subsequent maturation stages of cells have been less examined. Using human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), we applied topographical patterns sequentially during differentiation stages and examined their ability to influence derivation yield and functionality of regionalized subtype-specific DA neurons. Gratings showed higher yield of DA neurons and may be beneficial for initial lineage commitment. Cells derived on pillars in the terminal differentiation stage have increased neuronal complexity, and were more capable of firing repetitive action potentials, showing that pillars yielded better network formation and functionality. Our topography platform can be applied to patient-derived iPSCs as well, and that cells harbouring LRRK2 mutation were more functionally mature when optimal topographies were applied sequentially. This will hopefully accelerate development of robust cell models that will provide novel insights into discovering new therapeutic approaches for Parkinson’s Disease.
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Kamiński J, Mamelak AN, Birch K, Mosher CP, Tagliati M, Rutishauser U. Novelty-Sensitive Dopaminergic Neurons in the Human Substantia Nigra Predict Success of Declarative Memory Formation. Curr Biol 2018; 28:1333-1343.e4. [PMID: 29657115 PMCID: PMC5973539 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.03.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2017] [Revised: 02/13/2018] [Accepted: 03/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
The encoding of information into long-term declarative memory is facilitated by dopamine. This process depends on hippocampal novelty signals, but it remains unknown how midbrain dopaminergic neurons are modulated by declarative-memory-based information. We recorded individual substantia nigra (SN) neurons and cortical field potentials in human patients performing a recognition memory task. We found that 25% of SN neurons were modulated by stimulus novelty. Extracellular waveform shape and anatomical location indicated that these memory-selective neurons were putatively dopaminergic. The responses of memory-selective neurons appeared 527 ms after stimulus onset, changed after a single trial, and were indicative of recognition accuracy. SN neurons phase locked to frontal cortical theta-frequency oscillations, and the extent of this coordination predicted successful memory formation. These data reveal that dopaminergic neurons in the human SN are modulated by memory signals and demonstrate a progression of information flow in the hippocampal-basal ganglia-frontal cortex loop for memory encoding.
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- Jan Kamiński
- Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA; Computation and Neural Systems, Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA; Department of Neurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA; Center for Neural Science and Medicine, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA; Computation and Neural Systems, Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.
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GluD1, linked to schizophrenia, controls the burst firing of dopamine neurons. Mol Psychiatry 2018; 23:691-700. [PMID: 28696429 PMCID: PMC5822454 DOI: 10.1038/mp.2017.137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2016] [Revised: 05/11/2017] [Accepted: 05/15/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Human mutations of the GRID1 gene encoding the orphan delta1 glutamate receptor-channel (GluD1) are associated with schizophrenia but the explicit role of GluD1 in brain circuits is unknown. Based on the known function of its paralog GluD2 in cerebellum, we searched for a role of GluD1 in slow glutamatergic transmission mediated by metabotropic receptor mGlu1 in midbrain dopamine neurons, whose dysfunction is a hallmark of schizophrenia. We found that an mGlu1 agonist elicits a slow depolarizing current in HEK cells co-expressing mGlu1 and GluD1, but not in cells expressing mGlu1 or GluD1 alone. This current is abolished by additional co-expression of a dominant-negative GluD1 dead pore mutant. We then characterized mGlu1-dependent currents in dopamine neurons from midbrain slices. Both the agonist-evoked and the slow postsynaptic currents are abolished by expression of the dominant-negative GluD1 mutant, pointing to the involvement of native GluD1 channels in these currents. Likewise, both mGlu1-dependent currents are suppressed in GRID1 knockout mice, which reportedly display endophenotypes relevant for schizophrenia. It is known that mGlu1 activation triggers the transition from tonic to burst firing of dopamine neurons, which signals salient stimuli and encodes reward prediction. In vivo recordings of dopamine neurons showed that their spontaneous burst firing is abolished in GRID1 knockout mice or upon targeted expression of the dominant-negative GluD1 mutant in wild-type mice. Our results de-orphanize GluD1, unravel its key role in slow glutamatergic transmission and provide insights into how GRID1 gene alterations can lead to dopaminergic dysfunctions in schizophrenia.
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The role of cortical oscillations in a spiking neural network model of the basal ganglia. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0189109. [PMID: 29236724 PMCID: PMC5728518 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0189109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2016] [Accepted: 11/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Although brain oscillations involving the basal ganglia (BG) have been the target of extensive research, the main focus lies disproportionally on oscillations generated within the BG circuit rather than other sources, such as cortical areas. We remedy this here by investigating the influence of various cortical frequency bands on the intrinsic effective connectivity of the BG, as well as the role of the latter in regulating cortical behaviour. To do this, we construct a detailed neural model of the complete BG circuit based on fine-tuned spiking neurons, with both electrical and chemical synapses as well as short-term plasticity between structures. As a measure of effective connectivity, we estimate information transfer between nuclei by means of transfer entropy. Our model successfully reproduces firing and oscillatory behaviour found in both the healthy and Parkinsonian BG. We found that, indeed, effective connectivity changes dramatically for different cortical frequency bands and phase offsets, which are able to modulate (or even block) information flow in the three major BG pathways. In particular, alpha (8–12Hz) and beta (13–30Hz) oscillations activate the direct BG pathway, and favour the modulation of the indirect and hyper-direct pathways via the subthalamic nucleus—globus pallidus loop. In contrast, gamma (30–90Hz) frequencies block the information flow from the cortex completely through activation of the indirect pathway. Finally, below alpha, all pathways decay gradually and the system gives rise to spontaneous activity generated in the globus pallidus. Our results indicate the existence of a multimodal gating mechanism at the level of the BG that can be entirely controlled by cortical oscillations, and provide evidence for the hypothesis of cortically-entrained but locally-generated subthalamic beta activity. These two findings suggest new insights into the pathophysiology of specific BG disorders.
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Basal Ganglia Output Controls Active Avoidance Behavior. J Neurosci 2017; 36:10274-10284. [PMID: 27707965 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1842-16.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2016] [Accepted: 07/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Engrained avoidance behavior is highly adaptive when it keeps away harmful events and can be highly maladaptive when individuals elude harmless situations in anxiety disorders, but the neural circuits that mediate avoidance are poorly understood. Using DREADDs and optogenetics in mice, we show that the output of the basal ganglia through the substantia nigra pars reticulata (SNr) controls active avoidance. SNr excitation blocks avoidance to a conditioned sensory stimulus while preserving the ability to escape the harmful event. Conversely, SNr inhibition facilitates avoidance to the conditioned stimulus and suffices to drive avoidance without any conditioned sensory stimulus. The results highlight a midbrain circuit that gates avoidance responses, which can be targeted to ameliorate maladaptive avoidance in psychiatric disorders. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT In many circumstances, subjects respond to fearful situations with avoidance. This is a useful coping strategy in situations in which there is impending danger. However, avoidance responses can also be maladaptive, as in anxiety disorders such as phobias (e.g., avoiding air transportation) and social anxiety (e.g., avoiding social situations). Despite the obvious clinical relevance, little is known about the neural circuits that mediate active avoidance. Using chemogenetics and optogenetics, we show that the output of the basal ganglia fully controls active avoidance behavior.
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Differential Somatic Ca2+ Channel Profile in Midbrain Dopaminergic Neurons. J Neurosci 2017; 36:7234-45. [PMID: 27383597 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0459-16.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2016] [Accepted: 05/31/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED Dopaminergic (DA) neurons located in the ventral midbrain continuously generate a slow endogenous pacemaker activity, the mechanism of which is still debated. It has been suggested that, in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc), the pacemaking relies more on Ca(2+) channels and that the density of L-type Ca(2+) channels is higher in these DA neurons than in those located in the ventral tegmental area (VTA). This might lead to a higher Ca(2+) load in SNc DA neurons and explain their higher susceptibility to degeneration. However, direct evidence for this hypothesis is lacking. We found that the L-type current and channel density are indeed higher in the somata of rat SNc DA neurons and that this current undergoes less inactivation in this region. Nonstationary fluctuation analysis measurements showed a much higher number of L-type channels in the soma of SNc DA neurons, as well as a smaller single-channel conductance, pointing to a possible different molecular identity of L-type channels in DA neurons from the two areas. A major consequence of this is that pacemaking and, even more so, bursting are associated with a larger Ca(2+) entry through L-type channels in SNc DA neurons than in their VTA counterparts. Our results establish a molecular and functional difference between two populations of midbrain DA neurons that may contribute to their differential sensitivity to neurodegeneration. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Dopamine neurons from the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc) and ventral tegmental area (VTA) are involved in various brain functions, such as movement initiation and goal directed behavior, respectively. This work shows that, although both neurons fire in a similar regular and slow pacemaker mode, this firing activity is supported by different calcium channel landscapes. Indeed, the L-type calcium current is larger in the soma of dopamine neurons of the SNc, leading to a higher charge transfer through L-type channels during pacemaking and bursting. Therefore, these neurons may be physiologically exposed to a larger stress than their neighbors from the VTA.
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Ortner NJ, Bock G, Dougalis A, Kharitonova M, Duda J, Hess S, Tuluc P, Pomberger T, Stefanova N, Pitterl F, Ciossek T, Oberacher H, Draheim HJ, Kloppenburg P, Liss B, Striessnig J. Lower Affinity of Isradipine for L-Type Ca 2+ Channels during Substantia Nigra Dopamine Neuron-Like Activity: Implications for Neuroprotection in Parkinson's Disease. J Neurosci 2017; 37:6761-6777. [PMID: 28592699 PMCID: PMC6596555 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2946-16.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2016] [Revised: 05/08/2017] [Accepted: 05/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Ca2+-influx through L-type Ca2+-channels (LTCCs) is associated with activity-related stressful oscillations of Ca2+ levels within dopaminergic (DA) neurons in the substantia nigra (SN), which may contribute to their selective degeneration in Parkinson's disease (PD). LTCC blockers were neuroprotective in mouse neurotoxin models of PD, and isradipine is currently undergoing testing in a phase III clinical trial in early PD. We report no evidence for neuroprotection by in vivo pretreatment with therapeutically relevant isradipine plasma levels, or Cav1.3 LTCC deficiency in 6-OHDA-treated male mice. To explain this finding, we investigated the pharmacological properties of human LTCCs during SN DA-like and arterial smooth muscle (aSM)-like activity patterns using whole-cell patch-clamp recordings in HEK293 cells (Cav1.2 α1-subunit, long and short Cav1.3 α1-subunit splice variants; β3/α2δ1). During SN DA-like pacemaking, only Cav1.3 variants conducted Ca2+ current (ICa) at subthreshold potentials between action potentials. SN DA-like burst activity increased integrated ICa during (Cav1.2 plus Cav1.3) and after (Cav1.3) the burst. Isradipine inhibition was splice variant and isoform dependent, with a 5- to 11-fold lower sensitivity to Cav1.3 variants during SN DA-like pacemaking compared with Cav1.2 during aSM-like activity. Supratherapeutic isradipine concentrations reduced the pacemaker precision of adult mouse SN DA neurons but did not affect their somatic Ca2+ oscillations. Our data predict that Cav1.2 and Cav1.3 splice variants contribute differentially to Ca2+ load in SN DA neurons, with prominent Cav1.3-mediated ICa between action potentials and after bursts. The failure of therapeutically relevant isradipine levels to protect SN DA neurons can be explained by weaker state-dependent inhibition of SN DA LTCCs compared with aSM Cav1.2.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT The high vulnerability of dopamine (DA) neurons in the substantia nigra (SN) to neurodegenerative stressors causes Parkinson's disease (PD). Ca2+ influx through voltage-gated L-type Ca2+ channels (LTCCs), in particular Cav1.3, appears to contribute to this vulnerability, and the LTCC inhibitor isradipine is currently being tested as a neuroprotective agent for PD in a phase III clinical trial. However, in our study isradipine plasma concentrations approved for therapy were not neuroprotective in a PD mouse model. We provide an explanation for this observation by demonstrating that during SN DA-like neuronal activity LTCCs are less sensitive to isradipine than Cav1.2 LTCCs in resistance blood vessels (mediating dose-limiting vasodilating effects) and even at supratherapeutic concentrations isradipine fails to reduce somatic Ca2+ oscillations of SN DA neurons.
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- Nadine J Ortner
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Center for Molecular Biosciences, University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Center for Molecular Biosciences, University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of Applied Physiology, University of Ulm, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Center for Molecular Biosciences, University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of Applied Physiology, University of Ulm, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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- Biocenter, Institute for Zoology, and Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, 50674 Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Center for Molecular Biosciences, University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Center for Molecular Biosciences, University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of Legal Medicine and Core Facility Metabolomics, Medical University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co KG, CNS Research, 88400 Biberach an der Riss, Germany, and
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- Institute of Legal Medicine and Core Facility Metabolomics, Medical University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co KG, CNS Research, 88400 Biberach an der Riss, Germany, and
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- Biocenter, Institute for Zoology, and Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, 50674 Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Applied Physiology, University of Ulm, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Center for Molecular Biosciences, University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria,
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Inhibition of L-Type Ca 2+ Channels by TRPC1-STIM1 Complex Is Essential for the Protection of Dopaminergic Neurons. J Neurosci 2017; 37:3364-3377. [PMID: 28258168 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3010-16.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2016] [Revised: 02/01/2017] [Accepted: 02/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Loss of dopaminergic (DA) neurons leads to Parkinson's disease; however, the mechanism(s) for the vulnerability of DA neurons is(are) not fully understood. We demonstrate that TRPC1 regulates the L-type Ca2+ channel that contributes to the rhythmic activity of adult DA neurons in the substantia nigra region. Store depletion that activates TRPC1, via STIM1, inhibits the frequency and amplitude of the rhythmic activity in DA neurons of wild-type, but not in TRPC1-/-, mice. Similarly, TRPC1-/- substantia nigra neurons showed increased L-type Ca2+ currents, decreased stimulation-dependent STIM1-Cav1.3 interaction, and decreased DA neurons. L-type Ca2+ currents and the open channel probability of Cav1.3 channels were also reduced upon TRPC1 activation, whereas increased Cav1.3 currents were observed upon STIM1 or TRPC1 silencing. Increased interaction between Cav1.3-TRPC1-STIM1 was observed upon store depletion and the loss of either TRPC1 or STIM1 led to DA cell death, which was prevented by inhibiting L-type Ca2+ channels. Neurotoxins that mimic Parkinson's disease increased Cav1.3 function, decreased TRPC1 expression, inhibited Tg-mediated STIM1-Cav1.3 interaction, and induced caspase activation. Importantly, restoration of TRPC1 expression not only inhibited Cav1.3 function but increased cell survival. Together, we provide evidence that TRPC1 suppresses Cav1.3 activity by providing an STIM1-based scaffold, which is essential for DA neuron survival.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Ca2+ entry serves critical cellular functions in virtually every cell type, and appropriate regulation of Ca2+ in neurons is essential for proper function. In Parkinson's disease, DA neurons are specifically degenerated, but the mechanism is not known. Unlike other neurons, DA neurons depend on Cav1.3 channels for their rhythmic activity. Our studies show that, in normal conditions, the pacemaking activity in DA neurons is inhibited by the TRPC1-STIM1 complex. Neurotoxins that mimic Parkinson's disease target TRPC1 expression, which leads to an abnormal increase in Cav1.3 activity, thereby causing degeneration of DA neurons. These findings link TRPC1 to Cav1.3 regulation and provide important indications about how disrupting Ca2+ balance could have a direct implication in the treatment of Parkinson's patients.
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Untangling Basal Ganglia Network Dynamics and Function: Role of Dopamine Depletion and Inhibition Investigated in a Spiking Network Model. eNeuro 2017; 3:eN-NWR-0156-16. [PMID: 28101525 PMCID: PMC5228592 DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0156-16.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2016] [Revised: 11/22/2016] [Accepted: 11/27/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The basal ganglia are a crucial brain system for behavioral selection, and their function is disturbed in Parkinson's disease (PD), where neurons exhibit inappropriate synchronization and oscillations. We present a spiking neural model of basal ganglia including plausible details on synaptic dynamics, connectivity patterns, neuron behavior, and dopamine effects. Recordings of neuronal activity in the subthalamic nucleus and Type A (TA; arkypallidal) and Type I (TI; prototypical) neurons in globus pallidus externa were used to validate the model. Simulation experiments predict that both local inhibition in striatum and the existence of an indirect pathway are important for basal ganglia to function properly over a large range of cortical drives. The dopamine depletion-induced increase of AMPA efficacy in corticostriatal synapses to medium spiny neurons (MSNs) with dopamine receptor D2 synapses (CTX-MSN D2) and the reduction of MSN lateral connectivity (MSN-MSN) were found to contribute significantly to the enhanced synchrony and oscillations seen in PD. Additionally, reversing the dopamine depletion-induced changes to CTX-MSN D1, CTX-MSN D2, TA-MSN, and MSN-MSN couplings could improve or restore basal ganglia action selection ability. In summary, we found multiple changes of parameters for synaptic efficacy and neural excitability that could improve action selection ability and at the same time reduce oscillations. Identification of such targets could potentially generate ideas for treatments of PD and increase our understanding of the relation between network dynamics and network function.
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Morozova EO, Zakharov D, Gutkin BS, Lapish CC, Kuznetsov A. Dopamine Neurons Change the Type of Excitability in Response to Stimuli. PLoS Comput Biol 2016; 12:e1005233. [PMID: 27930673 PMCID: PMC5145155 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2016] [Accepted: 11/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The dynamics of neuronal excitability determine the neuron's response to stimuli, its synchronization and resonance properties and, ultimately, the computations it performs in the brain. We investigated the dynamical mechanisms underlying the excitability type of dopamine (DA) neurons, using a conductance-based biophysical model, and its regulation by intrinsic and synaptic currents. Calibrating the model to reproduce low frequency tonic firing results in N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) excitation balanced by γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA)-mediated inhibition and leads to type I excitable behavior characterized by a continuous decrease in firing frequency in response to hyperpolarizing currents. Furthermore, we analyzed how excitability type of the DA neuron model is influenced by changes in the intrinsic current composition. A subthreshold sodium current is necessary for a continuous frequency decrease during application of a negative current, and the low-frequency "balanced" state during simultaneous activation of NMDA and GABA receptors. Blocking this current switches the neuron to type II characterized by the abrupt onset of repetitive firing. Enhancing the anomalous rectifier Ih current also switches the excitability to type II. Key characteristics of synaptic conductances that may be observed in vivo also change the type of excitability: a depolarized γ-Aminobutyric acid receptor (GABAR) reversal potential or co-activation of α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptors (AMPARs) leads to an abrupt frequency drop to zero, which is typical for type II excitability. Coactivation of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) together with AMPARs and GABARs shifts the type I/II boundary toward more hyperpolarized GABAR reversal potentials. To better understand how altering each of the aforementioned currents leads to changes in excitability profile of DA neuron, we provide a thorough dynamical analysis. Collectively, these results imply that type I excitability in dopamine neurons might be important for low firing rates and fine-tuning basal dopamine levels, while switching excitability to type II during NMDAR and AMPAR activation may facilitate a transient increase in dopamine concentration, as type II neurons are more amenable to synchronization by mutual excitation.
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- Ekaterina O. Morozova
- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America
- Department of Mathematical sciences, Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
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- Group of Neural Theory, INSERM U960 LNC, IEC, Ecole Normale Superieure PSL University, Paris
- Center for Cognition and Decision Making, NRU HSE, Moscow, Russia
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- Addiction Neuroscience Program, Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
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- Department of Mathematical sciences, Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
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Tucker KR, Cavolo SL, Levitan ES. Elevated mitochondria-coupled NAD(P)H in endoplasmic reticulum of dopamine neurons. Mol Biol Cell 2016; 27:3214-3220. [PMID: 27582392 PMCID: PMC5170855 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e16-07-0479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2016] [Revised: 08/18/2016] [Accepted: 08/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Pyridine nucleotides are redox coenzymes that are critical in bioenergetics, metabolism, and neurodegeneration. Here we use brain slice multiphoton microscopy to show that substantia nigra dopamine neurons, which are sensitive to stress in mitochondria and the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), display elevated combined NADH and NADPH (i.e., NAD(P)H) autofluorescence. Despite limited mitochondrial mass, organellar NAD(P)H is extensive because much of the signal is derived from the ER. Remarkably, even though pyridine nucleotides cannot cross mitochondrial and ER membranes, inhibiting mitochondrial function with an uncoupler or interrupting the electron transport chain with cyanide (CN-) alters ER NAD(P)H. The ER CN- response can occur without a change in nuclear NAD(P)H, raising the possibility of redox shuttling via the cytoplasm locally between neuronal mitochondria and the ER. We propose that coregulation of NAD(P)H in dopamine neuron mitochondria and ER coordinates cell redox stress signaling by the two organelles.
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- Kristal R Tucker
- Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261
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- Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261
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- Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261
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Borgs L, Peyre E, Alix P, Hanon K, Grobarczyk B, Godin JD, Purnelle A, Krusy N, Maquet P, Lefebvre P, Seutin V, Malgrange B, Nguyen L. Dopaminergic neurons differentiating from LRRK2 G2019S induced pluripotent stem cells show early neuritic branching defects. Sci Rep 2016; 6:33377. [PMID: 27640816 PMCID: PMC5027571 DOI: 10.1038/srep33377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2016] [Accepted: 08/24/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Some mutations of the LRRK2 gene underlie autosomal dominant form of Parkinson’s disease (PD). The G2019S is a common mutation that accounts for about 2% of PD cases. To understand the pathophysiology of this mutation and its possible developmental implications, we developed an in vitro assay to model PD with human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) reprogrammed from skin fibroblasts of PD patients suffering from the LRKK2 G2019S mutation. We differentiated the hiPSCs into neural stem cells (NSCs) and further into dopaminergic neurons. Here we show that NSCs bearing the mutation tend to differentiate less efficiently into dopaminergic neurons and that the latter exhibit significant branching defects as compared to their controls.
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- Laurence Borgs
- GIGA-Research, GIGA-Neurosciences, Université de Liège, Belgium
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- GIGA-Research, GIGA-Neurosciences, Université de Liège, Belgium
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- GIGA-Research, GIGA-Neurosciences, Université de Liège, Belgium
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- GIGA-Research, GIGA-Neurosciences, Université de Liège, Belgium
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- GIGA-Research, GIGA-Neurosciences, Université de Liège, Belgium
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- GIGA-Research, GIGA-Neurosciences, Université de Liège, Belgium
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- GIGA-Research, GIGA-Neurosciences, Université de Liège, Belgium.,Service de Neurologie, CHU Sart Tilman, Belgium
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- GIGA-Research, GIGA-Neurosciences, Université de Liège, Belgium.,Service d'othorhinolaryngologie, CHU Sart Tilman, Belgium
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- GIGA-Research, GIGA-Neurosciences, Université de Liège, Belgium
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- GIGA-Research, GIGA-Neurosciences, Université de Liège, Belgium
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Canavier CC, Evans RC, Oster AM, Pissadaki EK, Drion G, Kuznetsov AS, Gutkin BS. Implications of cellular models of dopamine neurons for disease. J Neurophysiol 2016; 116:2815-2830. [PMID: 27582295 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00530.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2016] [Accepted: 08/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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This review addresses the present state of single-cell models of the firing pattern of midbrain dopamine neurons and the insights that can be gained from these models into the underlying mechanisms for diseases such as Parkinson's, addiction, and schizophrenia. We will explain the analytical technique of separation of time scales and show how it can produce insights into mechanisms using simplified single-compartment models. We also use morphologically realistic multicompartmental models to address spatially heterogeneous aspects of neural signaling and neural metabolism. Separation of time scale analyses are applied to pacemaking, bursting, and depolarization block in dopamine neurons. Differences in subpopulations with respect to metabolic load are addressed using multicompartmental models.
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- Carmen C Canavier
- Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana;
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- Cellular Neurophysiology Unit, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Department of Mathematics, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, Washington
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- IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York.,Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium
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- Department of Mathematical Sciences and Center for Mathematical Biosciences, Indiana University, Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Group for Neural Theory, LNC INSERM U960, Département d'Études Cognitives, École Normale Supérieure PSL Research University, Paris, France.,Center for Cognition and Decision Making, NRU Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia; and
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Morozova EO, Myroshnychenko M, Zakharov D, di Volo M, Gutkin B, Lapish CC, Kuznetsov A. Contribution of synchronized GABAergic neurons to dopaminergic neuron firing and bursting. J Neurophysiol 2016; 116:1900-1923. [PMID: 27440240 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00232.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2016] [Accepted: 07/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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In the ventral tegmental area (VTA), interactions between dopamine (DA) and γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) neurons are critical for regulating DA neuron activity and thus DA efflux. To provide a mechanistic explanation of how GABA neurons influence DA neuron firing, we developed a circuit model of the VTA. The model is based on feed-forward inhibition and recreates canonical features of the VTA neurons. Simulations revealed that γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptor (GABAR) stimulation can differentially influence the firing pattern of the DA neuron, depending on the level of synchronization among GABA neurons. Asynchronous activity of GABA neurons provides a constant level of inhibition to the DA neuron and, when removed, produces a classical disinhibition burst. In contrast, when GABA neurons are synchronized by common synaptic input, their influence evokes additional spikes in the DA neuron, resulting in increased measures of firing and bursting. Distinct from previous mechanisms, the increases were not based on lowered firing rate of the GABA neurons or weaker hyperpolarization by the GABAR synaptic current. This phenomenon was induced by GABA-mediated hyperpolarization of the DA neuron that leads to decreases in intracellular calcium (Ca2+) concentration, thus reducing the Ca2+-dependent potassium (K+) current. In this way, the GABA-mediated hyperpolarization replaces Ca2+-dependent K+ current; however, this inhibition is pulsatile, which allows the DA neuron to fire during the rhythmic pauses in inhibition. Our results emphasize the importance of inhibition in the VTA, which has been discussed in many studies, and suggest a novel mechanism whereby computations can occur locally.
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- Ekaterina O Morozova
- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana; Department of Mathematical Sciences, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, Indiana;
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- Program in Neuroscience, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana; Addiction Neuroscience Program, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, Indiana; and
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- Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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- Department of Mathematical Sciences, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, Indiana; Group of Neural Theory, INSERM U960, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, Institut d'Etude de Cognition, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris Sciences et Lettres Research University, Paris, France
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- Group of Neural Theory, INSERM U960, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, Institut d'Etude de Cognition, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris Sciences et Lettres Research University, Paris, France; Center for Cognition and Decision Making, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia
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- Addiction Neuroscience Program, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, Indiana; and
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- Department of Mathematical Sciences, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, Indiana
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Grow DA, Simmons DV, Gomez JA, Wanat MJ, McCarrey JR, Paladini CA, Navara CS. Differentiation and Characterization of Dopaminergic Neurons From Baboon Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. Stem Cells Transl Med 2016; 5:1133-44. [PMID: 27343168 PMCID: PMC4996432 DOI: 10.5966/sctm.2015-0073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2015] [Accepted: 03/23/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED : The progressive death of dopamine producing neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta is the principal cause of symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD). Stem cells have potential therapeutic use in replacing these cells and restoring function. To facilitate development of this approach, we sought to establish a preclinical model based on a large nonhuman primate for testing the efficacy and safety of stem cell-based transplantation. To this end, we differentiated baboon fibroblast-derived induced pluripotent stem cells (biPSCs) into dopaminergic neurons with the application of specific morphogens and growth factors. We confirmed that biPSC-derived dopaminergic neurons resemble those found in the human midbrain based on cell type-specific expression of dopamine markers TH and GIRK2. Using the reverse transcriptase quantitative polymerase chain reaction, we also showed that biPSC-derived dopaminergic neurons express PAX6, FOXA2, LMX1A, NURR1, and TH genes characteristic of this cell type in vivo. We used perforated patch-clamp electrophysiology to demonstrate that biPSC-derived dopaminergic neurons fired spontaneous rhythmic action potentials and high-frequency action potentials with spike frequency adaption upon injection of depolarizing current. Finally, we showed that biPSC-derived neurons released catecholamines in response to electrical stimulation. These results demonstrate the utility of the baboon model for testing and optimizing the efficacy and safety of stem cell-based therapeutic approaches for the treatment of PD. SIGNIFICANCE Functional dopamine neurons were produced from baboon induced pluripotent stem cells, and their properties were compared to baboon midbrain cells in vivo. The baboon has advantages as a clinically relevant model in which to optimize the efficacy and safety of stem cell-based therapies for neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson's disease. Baboons possess crucial neuroanatomical and immunological similarities to humans, and baboon pluripotent stem cells can be differentiated into functional neurons that mimic those in the human brain, thus laying the foundation for the utility of the baboon model for evaluating stem cell therapies.
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- Douglas A Grow
- Department of Biology, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA; San Antonio Cellular Therapeutics Institute, San Antonio, Texas, USA; University of Texas at San Antonio Neurosciences Institute, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA; University of Texas at San Antonio Neurosciences Institute, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA; University of Texas at San Antonio Neurosciences Institute, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA; University of Texas at San Antonio Neurosciences Institute, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA; San Antonio Cellular Therapeutics Institute, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA; University of Texas at San Antonio Neurosciences Institute, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA; San Antonio Cellular Therapeutics Institute, San Antonio, Texas, USA;
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Zakharov D, Lapish C, Gutkin B, Kuznetsov A. Synergy of AMPA and NMDA Receptor Currents in Dopaminergic Neurons: A Modeling Study. Front Comput Neurosci 2016; 10:48. [PMID: 27252643 PMCID: PMC4877376 DOI: 10.3389/fncom.2016.00048] [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: 02/08/2016] [Accepted: 05/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Dopaminergic (DA) neurons display two modes of firing: low-frequency tonic and high-frequency bursts. The high frequency firing within the bursts is attributed to NMDA, but not AMPA receptor activation. In our models of the DA neuron, both biophysical and abstract, the NMDA receptor current can significantly increase their firing frequency, whereas the AMPA receptor current is not able to evoke high-frequency activity and usually suppresses firing. However, both currents are produced by glutamate receptors and, consequently, are often co-activated. Here we consider combined influence of AMPA and NMDA synaptic input in the models of the DA neuron. Different types of neuronal activity (resting state, low frequency, or high frequency firing) are observed depending on the conductance of the AMPAR and NMDAR currents. In two models, biophysical and reduced, we show that the firing frequency increases more effectively if both receptors are co-activated for certain parameter values. In particular, in the more quantitative biophysical model, the maximal frequency is 40% greater than that with NMDAR alone. The dynamical mechanism of such frequency growth is explained in the framework of phase space evolution using the reduced model. In short, both the AMPAR and NMDAR currents flatten the voltage nullcline, providing the frequency increase, whereas only NMDA prevents complete unfolding of the nullcline, providing robust firing. Thus, we confirm a major role of the NMDAR in generating high-frequency firing and conclude that AMPAR activation further significantly increases the frequency.
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- Denis Zakharov
- Nonlinear Dynamics Department, Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Science (RAS) Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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- Department of Psychology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Group of Neural Theory, Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS)Paris, France; Centre for Cognition and Decision Making, National Research University Higher School of EconomicsMoscow, Russia
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- Department of Mathematical Sciences and Center for Mathematical Modeling and Computational Sciences, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) Indianapolis, IN, USA
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Stagkourakis S, Kim H, Lyons DJ, Broberger C. Dopamine Autoreceptor Regulation of a Hypothalamic Dopaminergic Network. Cell Rep 2016; 15:735-747. [PMID: 27149844 PMCID: PMC4850423 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.03.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2015] [Revised: 02/17/2016] [Accepted: 03/16/2016] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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How autoreceptors contribute to maintaining a stable output of rhythmically active neuronal circuits is poorly understood. Here, we examine this issue in a dopamine population, spontaneously oscillating hypothalamic rat (TIDA) neurons, that underlie neuroendocrine control of reproduction and neuroleptic side effects. Activation of dopamine receptors of the type 2 family (D2Rs) at the cell-body level slowed TIDA oscillations through two mechanisms. First, they prolonged the depolarizing phase through a combination of presynaptic increases in inhibition and postsynaptic hyperpolarization. Second, they extended the discharge phase through presynaptic attenuation of calcium currents and decreased synaptic inhibition. Dopamine reuptake blockade similarly reconfigured the oscillation, indicating that ambient somatodendritic transmitter concentration determines electrical behavior. In the absence of D2R feedback, however, discharge was abolished by depolarization block. These results indicate the existence of an ultra-short feedback loop whereby neuroendocrine dopamine neurons tune network behavior to echoes of their own activity, reflected in ambient somatodendritic dopamine, and also suggest a mechanism for antipsychotic side effects.
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- Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Moriarty O, Lang Y, Idrees Z, McGuire BE, Finn DP. Impaired cued and spatial learning performance and altered cannabinoid CB₁ receptor functionality in the substantia nigra in a rat model of diabetic neuropathy. Behav Brain Res 2016; 303:61-70. [PMID: 26774979 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2016.01.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2015] [Revised: 01/06/2016] [Accepted: 01/10/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Diabetes, and associated diabetic neuropathic pain, impact negatively on cognitive function. However, the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. This study investigated neuropathic pain-related behaviour and cognitive function in the rat streptozotocin (STZ) model of diabetes, and assessed cannabinoid1 (CB1) receptor functionality in discrete brain regions. Male Lister-Hooded rats received STZ (60 mg/kgs.c.) or vehicle. Sensory responses were assessed in von Frey and Hargreaves tests. Cognitive, motor and sensorimotor functions were assessed using novel object recognition and Morris water maze tasks. CB1 receptor functionality was assessed by [(35)S]GTPγS (guanosine 5'-O-[gamma-thio]triphosphate) autoradiography. STZ treatment was associated with mechanical allodynia and thermal hypoalgesia. Novel object recognition was unaltered in diabetic rats. STZ treatment was associated with impaired performance in the Morris water maze acquisition phase, but there were no differences in memory retrieval in the probe trial. Stimulus-response learning in the water maze cued trial was also disrupted in STZ-treated rats, possibly indicating sensorimotor deficits. CB1 receptor agonist-stimulated [(35)S]GTPγS binding was attenuated in the substantia nigra of STZ-treated rats but unaltered in the hippocampus. In conclusion, STZ treatment as a model of diabetic neuropathy was associated with specific functional deficits in the Morris water maze, effects which may be related to altered CB1 receptor functionality in the substantia nigra.
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- Orla Moriarty
- Pharmacology and Therapeutics, School of Medicine, Ireland; NCBES Neuroscience Centre, Ireland; Centre for Pain Research, Ireland
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- Pharmacology and Therapeutics, School of Medicine, Ireland; NCBES Neuroscience Centre, Ireland; Centre for Pain Research, Ireland
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- Department of Opthalmology, Galway University Hospital, Ireland
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- School of Psychology, Ireland; NCBES Neuroscience Centre, Ireland; Centre for Pain Research, Ireland; Galway Diabetes Research Centre, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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- Pharmacology and Therapeutics, School of Medicine, Ireland; NCBES Neuroscience Centre, Ireland; Centre for Pain Research, Ireland; Galway Diabetes Research Centre, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland.
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Rewards are crucial objects that induce learning, approach behavior, choices, and emotions. Whereas emotions are difficult to investigate in animals, the learning function is mediated by neuronal reward prediction error signals which implement basic constructs of reinforcement learning theory. These signals are found in dopamine neurons, which emit a global reward signal to striatum and frontal cortex, and in specific neurons in striatum, amygdala, and frontal cortex projecting to select neuronal populations. The approach and choice functions involve subjective value, which is objectively assessed by behavioral choices eliciting internal, subjective reward preferences. Utility is the formal mathematical characterization of subjective value and a prime decision variable in economic choice theory. It is coded as utility prediction error by phasic dopamine responses. Utility can incorporate various influences, including risk, delay, effort, and social interaction. Appropriate for formal decision mechanisms, rewards are coded as object value, action value, difference value, and chosen value by specific neurons. Although all reward, reinforcement, and decision variables are theoretical constructs, their neuronal signals constitute measurable physical implementations and as such confirm the validity of these concepts. The neuronal reward signals provide guidance for behavior while constraining the free will to act.
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- Wolfram Schultz
- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Pearlstein E, Gouty-Colomer LA, Michel FJ, Cloarec R, Hammond C. Glutamatergic synaptic currents of nigral dopaminergic neurons follow a postnatal developmental sequence. Front Cell Neurosci 2015; 9:210. [PMID: 26074777 PMCID: PMC4448554 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2015.00210] [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: 01/14/2015] [Accepted: 05/15/2015] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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The spontaneous activity pattern of adult dopaminergic (DA) neurons of the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc) results from interactions between intrinsic membrane conductances and afferent inputs. In adult SNc DA neurons, low-frequency tonic background activity is generated by intrinsic pacemaker mechanisms, whereas burst generation depends on intact synaptic inputs in particular the glutamatergic ones. Tonic DA release in the striatum during pacemaking is required to maintain motor activity, and burst firing evokes phasic DA release, necessary for cue-dependent learning tasks. However, it is still unknown how the firing properties of SNc DA neurons mature during postnatal development before reaching the adult state. We studied the postnatal developmental profile of spontaneous and evoked AMPA and NMDA (N-Methyl-D-aspartic acid) receptor-mediated excitatory postsynaptic currents (EPSCs) in SNc DA neurons in brain slices from immature (postnatal days P4–P10) and young adult (P30–P50) tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)-green fluorescent protein mice. We found that somato-dendritic fields of SNc DA neurons are already mature at P4–P10. In contrast, spontaneous glutamatergic EPSCs show a developmental sequence. Spontaneous NMDA EPSCs in particular are larger and more frequent in immature SNc DA neurons than in young adult ones and have a bursty pattern. They are mediated by GluN2B and GluN2D subunit-containing NMDA receptors. The latter generate long-lasting, DQP 1105-sensitive, spontaneous EPSCs, which are transiently recorded during this early period. Due to high NMDA activity, immature SNc DA neurons generate large and long lasting NMDA receptor-dependent (APV-sensitive) bursts in response to the stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus. We conclude that the transient high NMDA activity allows calcium influx into the dendrites of developing SNc DA neurons.
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- Edouard Pearlstein
- UMR 901, Aix-Marseille Université Marseille, France ; Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditerranée, Inserm UMR 901 Marseille, France
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- UMR 901, Aix-Marseille Université Marseille, France ; Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditerranée, Inserm UMR 901 Marseille, France
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- UMR 901, Aix-Marseille Université Marseille, France ; Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditerranée, Inserm UMR 901 Marseille, France
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- UMR 901, Aix-Marseille Université Marseille, France ; Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditerranée, Inserm UMR 901 Marseille, France
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- UMR 901, Aix-Marseille Université Marseille, France ; Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditerranée, Inserm UMR 901 Marseille, France
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Sada N, Lee S, Katsu T, Otsuki T, Inoue T. Epilepsy treatment. Targeting LDH enzymes with a stiripentol analog to treat epilepsy. Science 2015; 347:1362-7. [PMID: 25792327 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaa1299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 251] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Neuronal excitation is regulated by energy metabolism, and drug-resistant epilepsy can be suppressed by special diets. Here, we report that seizures and epileptiform activity are reduced by inhibition of the metabolic pathway via lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), a component of the astrocyte-neuron lactate shuttle. Inhibition of the enzyme LDH hyperpolarized neurons, which was reversed by the downstream metabolite pyruvate. LDH inhibition also suppressed seizures in vivo in a mouse model of epilepsy. We further found that stiripentol, a clinically used antiepileptic drug, is an LDH inhibitor. By modifying its chemical structure, we identified a previously unknown LDH inhibitor, which potently suppressed seizures in vivo. We conclude that LDH inhibitors are a promising new group of antiepileptic drugs.
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- Nagisa Sada
- Department of Biophysical Chemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki 701-0192, Japan
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- Department of Biophysical Chemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki 701-0192, Japan
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- Department of Biophysical Chemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan.
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Metabolism regulates the spontaneous firing of substantia nigra pars reticulata neurons via KATP and nonselective cation channels. J Neurosci 2015; 34:16336-47. [PMID: 25471572 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1357-14.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Neurons use glucose to fuel glycolysis and provide substrates for mitochondrial respiration, but neurons can also use alternative fuels that bypass glycolysis and feed directly into mitochondria. To determine whether neuronal pacemaking depends on active glucose metabolism, we switched the metabolic fuel from glucose to alternative fuels, lactate or β-hydroxybutyrate, while monitoring the spontaneous firing of GABAergic neurons in mouse substantia nigra pars reticulata (SNr) brain slices. We found that alternative fuels, in the absence of glucose, sustained SNr spontaneous firing at basal rates, but glycolysis may still be supported by glycogen in the absence of glucose. To prevent any glycogen-fueled glycolysis, we directly inhibited glycolysis using either 2-deoxyglucose or iodoacetic acid. Inhibiting glycolysis in the presence of alternative fuels lowered SNr firing to a slower sustained firing rate. Surprisingly, we found that the decrease in SNr firing was not mediated by ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channel activity, but if we lowered the perfusion flow rate or omitted the alternative fuel, KATP channels were activated and could silence SNr firing. The KATP-independent slowing of SNr firing that occurred with glycolytic inhibition in the presence of alternative fuels was consistent with a decrease in a nonselective cationic conductance. Although mitochondrial metabolism alone can prevent severe energy deprivation and KATP channel activation in SNr neurons, active glucose metabolism appears important for keeping open a class of ion channels that is crucial for the high spontaneous firing rate of SNr neurons.
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