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Chihab AW, Andrianov VV, Bogodvid TK, Deryabina IB, Sylantyeva DI, Gainutdinov KL. Serotonin Synthesis Inhibition by Para-Chlorophenylalanine Impairs Defensive Reactions of Aversive Learning and Long-term Sensitization in Terrestrial Snails. BIONANOSCIENCE 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s12668-020-00814-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Deryabina IB, Andrianov VV, Muranova LN, Bogodvid TK, Gainutdinov KL. Effects of Thryptophan Hydroxylase Blockade by P-Chlorophenylalanine on Contextual Memory Reconsolidation after Training of Different Intensity. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E2087. [PMID: 32197439 PMCID: PMC7139692 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21062087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2020] [Revised: 03/13/2020] [Accepted: 03/16/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The processes of memory formation and its storage are extremely dynamic. Therefore, the determination of the nature and temporal evolution of the changes that underlie the molecular mechanisms of retrieval and cause reconsolidation of memory is the key to understanding memory formation. Retrieval induces the plasticity, which may result in reconsolidation of the original memory and needs critical molecular events to stabilize the memory or its extinction. 4-Chloro-DL-phenylalanine (P-chlorophenylalanine-PCPA) depresses the most limiting enzyme of serotonin synthesis the tryptophan hydroxylase. It is known that PCPA reduces the serotonin content in the brain up to 10 times in rats (see Methods). We hypothesized that the PCPA could behave the similar way in snails and could reduce the content of serotonin in snails. Therefore, we investigated the effect of PCPA injection on contextual memory reconsolidation using a protein synthesis blocker in snails after training according to two protocols of different intensities. The results obtained in training according to the first protocol using five electrical stimuli per day for 5 days showed that reminding the training environment against the background of injection of PCPA led to a significant decrease in contextual memory. At the same time, the results obtained in training according to the second protocol using three electrical stimuli per day for 5 days showed that reminding the training environment against the injection of PCPA did not result in a significant change in contextual memory. The obtain results allowed us to conclude that the mechanisms of processes developed during the reconsolidation of contextual memory after a reminding depend both on the intensity of learning and on the state of the serotonergic system.
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- Irina B. Deryabina
- Laboratory of Neuroreabilitation of Motor Disorders, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, 420000 Kazan, Russia; (I.B.D.); (V.V.A.); (L.N.M.); (T.K.B.)
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- Laboratory of Neuroreabilitation of Motor Disorders, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, 420000 Kazan, Russia; (I.B.D.); (V.V.A.); (L.N.M.); (T.K.B.)
- Laboratory of Spin Physics and Spin Chemistry, Zavoisky Physical-Technical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 420000 Kazan, Russia
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- Laboratory of Neuroreabilitation of Motor Disorders, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, 420000 Kazan, Russia; (I.B.D.); (V.V.A.); (L.N.M.); (T.K.B.)
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- Laboratory of Neuroreabilitation of Motor Disorders, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, 420000 Kazan, Russia; (I.B.D.); (V.V.A.); (L.N.M.); (T.K.B.)
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Volga Region State Academy of Physical Culture, Sport and Tourism, 420000 Kazan, Russia
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- Laboratory of Neuroreabilitation of Motor Disorders, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, 420000 Kazan, Russia; (I.B.D.); (V.V.A.); (L.N.M.); (T.K.B.)
- Laboratory of Spin Physics and Spin Chemistry, Zavoisky Physical-Technical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 420000 Kazan, Russia
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Increase in serotonin precursor levels reinstates the context memory during reconsolidation. INVERTEBRATE NEUROSCIENCE 2019; 19:8. [PMID: 31363864 DOI: 10.1007/s10158-019-0227-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2019] [Accepted: 07/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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In the present study, we tested possible ways of modification of the context long-term memory using the reconsolidation as a tool. Recently, using a depletion of the serotonin content, it was shown that the reinforcing neurotransmitter serotonin is necessary for successful repeated reconsolidation of context memory in terrestrial snails Helix lucorum (Balaban et al. in Sci Rep 6:36933, 2016), and in the present study, we investigated effects of serotonin increase in memory maintenance by injection of the serotonin precursor 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP). We studied reinstatement of the context memory after its impairment during reconsolidation with a protein synthesis blocker anisomycin (ANI) or with a specific inhibitor of protein-kinase Mζ (ZIP). It was observed that applications of 5-HTP alone, known to increase the release of serotonin, or reactivation of memory alone did not restore the ZIP- or ANI-impaired context memory, while combination of the 5-HTP + reactivation of memory effectively reinstated the context memory. The data obtained confirmed the assumption that serotonin/reinforcing transmitter is a part of successful reconsolidation necessary for memory maintenance, demonstrated possible ways of long-term memory regulation during the reconsolidation process.
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Walters ET. Nociceptive Biology of Molluscs and Arthropods: Evolutionary Clues About Functions and Mechanisms Potentially Related to Pain. Front Physiol 2018; 9:1049. [PMID: 30123137 PMCID: PMC6085516 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2018] [Accepted: 07/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Important insights into the selection pressures and core molecular modules contributing to the evolution of pain-related processes have come from studies of nociceptive systems in several molluscan and arthropod species. These phyla, and the chordates that include humans, last shared a common ancestor approximately 550 million years ago. Since then, animals in these phyla have continued to be subject to traumatic injury, often from predators, which has led to similar adaptive behaviors (e.g., withdrawal, escape, recuperative behavior) and physiological responses to injury in each group. Comparisons across these taxa provide clues about the contributions of convergent evolution and of conservation of ancient adaptive mechanisms to general nociceptive and pain-related functions. Primary nociceptors have been investigated extensively in a few molluscan and arthropod species, with studies of long-lasting nociceptive sensitization in the gastropod, Aplysia, and the insect, Drosophila, being especially fruitful. In Aplysia, nociceptive sensitization has been investigated as a model for aversive memory and for hyperalgesia. Neuromodulator-induced, activity-dependent, and axotomy-induced plasticity mechanisms have been defined in synapses, cell bodies, and axons of Aplysia primary nociceptors. Studies of nociceptive sensitization in Drosophila larvae have revealed numerous molecular contributors in primary nociceptors and interacting cells. Interestingly, molecular contributors examined thus far in Aplysia and Drosophila are largely different, but both sets overlap extensively with those in mammalian pain-related pathways. In contrast to results from Aplysia and Drosophila, nociceptive sensitization examined in moth larvae (Manduca) disclosed central hyperactivity but no obvious peripheral sensitization of nociceptive responses. Squid (Doryteuthis) show injury-induced sensitization manifested as behavioral hypersensitivity to tactile and especially visual stimuli, and as hypersensitivity and spontaneous activity in nociceptor terminals. Temporary blockade of nociceptor activity during injury subsequently increased mortality when injured squid were exposed to fish predators, providing the first demonstration in any animal of the adaptiveness of nociceptive sensitization. Immediate responses to noxious stimulation and nociceptive sensitization have also been examined behaviorally and physiologically in a snail (Helix), octopus (Adopus), crayfish (Astacus), hermit crab (Pagurus), and shore crab (Hemigrapsus). Molluscs and arthropods have systems that suppress nociceptive responses, but whether opioid systems play antinociceptive roles in these phyla is uncertain.
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- Edgar T Walters
- Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States
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Bogodvid TK, Andrianov VV, Deryabina IB, Muranova LN, Silantyeva DI, Vinarskaya A, Balaban PM, Gainutdinov KL. Responses of Withdrawal Interneurons to Serotonin Applications in Naïve and Learned Snails Are Different. Front Cell Neurosci 2017; 11:403. [PMID: 29311833 PMCID: PMC5735116 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2017.00403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2017] [Accepted: 12/04/2017] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Long-term changes in membrane potential after associative training were described previously in identified premotor interneurons for withdrawal of the terrestrial snail Helix. Serotonin was shown to be a major transmitter involved in triggering the long-term changes in mollusks. In the present study we compared the changes in electrophysiological characteristics of identifiable premotor interneurons for withdrawal in response to bath applications of serotonin (5-HT) or serotonin precursor 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) in preparations from naïve, neurotoxin-injected or associatively trained snails. It was found that 5-HT or 5-HTP applications caused a significant decrease of membrane potential in premotor interneurons of naïve snails, associatively trained snails and snails with impaired serotonergic system by injection of a selective neurotoxin 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine (5,7-DHT) 1 week before the experiments. Applications of 5-HT or 5-HTP did not cause significant changes in the action potential (AP) threshold potential of these neurons in naïve snails. Conversely, applications of 5-HT or 5-HTP to the premotor interneurons of previously trained or 5,7-DHT-injected snails caused a significant increase in the firing threshold potential in spite of a depolarizing shift of the resting membrane potential. Results demonstrate that responsiveness of premotor interneurons to extracellularly applied 5-HT or 5-HTP changes for days after the associative training or serotonin depletion. Similarity of the effects in trained and 5,7-DHT-injected animals may be due to massive release of serotonin elicited by 5,7-DHT injection. Our results suggest that serotonin release due to aversive conditionining or elicited by the neurotoxin administration triggers similar changes in resting membrane potential and AP threshold in response to bath applications of 5-HT or its precursor 5-HTP.
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- Tatiana K. Bogodvid
- Laboratory of Neuroreabilitation of Motor Disorders, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Volga Region State Academy of Physical Culture, Sport and Tourism, Kazan, Russia
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- Laboratory of Neuroreabilitation of Motor Disorders, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
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- Laboratory of Neuroreabilitation of Motor Disorders, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
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- Laboratory of Neuroreabilitation of Motor Disorders, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
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- Laboratory of Neuroreabilitation of Motor Disorders, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
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- Laboratory of Cellular Neurobiology of Learning, Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Laboratory of Cellular Neurobiology of Learning, Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Laboratory of Neuroreabilitation of Motor Disorders, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
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Bruno AM, Frost WN, Humphries MD. A spiral attractor network drives rhythmic locomotion. eLife 2017; 6:e27342. [PMID: 28780929 PMCID: PMC5546814 DOI: 10.7554/elife.27342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2017] [Accepted: 07/11/2017] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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The joint activity of neural populations is high dimensional and complex. One strategy for reaching a tractable understanding of circuit function is to seek the simplest dynamical system that can account for the population activity. By imaging Aplysia's pedal ganglion during fictive locomotion, here we show that its population-wide activity arises from a low-dimensional spiral attractor. Evoking locomotion moved the population into a low-dimensional, periodic, decaying orbit - a spiral - in which it behaved as a true attractor, converging to the same orbit when evoked, and returning to that orbit after transient perturbation. We found the same attractor in every preparation, and could predict motor output directly from its orbit, yet individual neurons' participation changed across consecutive locomotion bouts. From these results, we propose that only the low-dimensional dynamics for movement control, and not the high-dimensional population activity, are consistent within and between nervous systems.
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- Angela M Bruno
- Department of Neuroscience, The Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, Illinois, United States
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- Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, The Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, Illinois, United States
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- Faculty of Biology, Medicine, and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Andrianov VV, Bogodvid TK, Deryabina IB, Golovchenko AN, Muranova LN, Tagirova RR, Vinarskaya AK, Gainutdinov KL. Modulation of defensive reflex conditioning in snails by serotonin. Front Behav Neurosci 2015; 9:279. [PMID: 26557063 PMCID: PMC4615812 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2015] [Accepted: 10/02/2015] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Highlights Daily injection of serotonin before a training session accelerated defensive reflex conditioning in snails.Daily injection of 5-hydroxytryptophan before a training session in snails with a deficiency of serotonin induced by the "neurotoxic" analog of serotonin 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine, restored the ability of snails to learn.After injection of the "neurotoxic" analogs of serotonin 5,6- and 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine as well as serotonin, depolarization of the membrane and decrease of the threshold potential of premotor interneurons was observed. We studied the role of serotonin in the mechanisms of learning in terrestrial snails. To produce a serotonin deficit, the "neurotoxic" analogs of serotonin, 5,6- or 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine (5,6/5,7-DHT) were used. Injection of 5,6/5,7-DHT was found to disrupt defensive reflex conditioning. Within 2 weeks of neurotoxin application, the ability to learn had recovered. Daily injection of serotonin before a training session accelerated defensive reflex conditioning and daily injections of 5-HTP in snails with a deficiency of serotonin induced by 5,7-DHT restored the snail's ability to learn. We discovered that injections of the neurotoxins 5,6/5,7-DHT as well as serotonin, caused a decrease in the resting and threshold potentials of the premotor interneurons LPa3 and RPa3.
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- Vyatcheslav V. Andrianov
- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal UniversityKazan, Russia
- Group of Biophysics, Zavoisky Physical-Technical Institute, Russian Academy of SciencesKazan, Russia
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal UniversityKazan, Russia
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Volga Region State Academy of Physical Culture, Sport and TourismKazan, Russia
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal UniversityKazan, Russia
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal UniversityKazan, Russia
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal UniversityKazan, Russia
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal UniversityKazan, Russia
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- Laboratory of Cellular Neurobiology of Learning, Institute of High Nerve Activity and Neurophysiology, Russian Academy of SciencesMoscow, Russia
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal UniversityKazan, Russia
- Group of Biophysics, Zavoisky Physical-Technical Institute, Russian Academy of SciencesKazan, Russia
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Farah CA, Naqib F, Weatherill DB, Pack CC, Sossin WS. Synapse formation changes the rules for desensitization of PKC translocation in Aplysia. Eur J Neurosci 2014; 41:328-40. [PMID: 25401305 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2014] [Revised: 10/15/2014] [Accepted: 10/23/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Protein kinase Cs (PKCs) are activated by translocating from the cytoplasm to the membrane. We have previously shown that serotonin-mediated translocation of PKC to the plasma membrane in Aplysia sensory neurons was subject to desensitization, a decrease in the ability of serotonin to induce translocation after previous application of serotonin. In Aplysia, changes in the strength of the sensory-motor neuron synapse are important for behavioral sensitization and PKC regulates a number of important aspects of this form of synaptic plasticity. We have previously suggested that the desensitization of PKC translocation in Aplysia sensory neurons may partially explain the differences between spaced and massed training, as spaced applications of serotonin, a cellular analog of spaced training, cause greater desensitization of PKC translocation than one massed application of serotonin, a cellular analog of massed training. Our previous studies were performed in isolated sensory neurons. In the present study, we monitored translocation of fluorescently-tagged PKC to the plasma membrane in living sensory neurons that were co-cultured with motor neurons to allow for synapse formation. We show that desensitization now becomes similar during spaced and massed applications of serotonin. We had previously modeled the signaling pathways that govern desensitization in isolated sensory neurons. We now modify this mathematical model to account for the changes observed in desensitization dynamics following synapse formation. Our study shows that synapse formation leads to significant changes in the molecular signaling networks that underlie desensitization of PKC translocation.
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- Carole A Farah
- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2B4, Canada
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Hirayama K, Moroz LL, Hatcher NG, Gillette R. Neuromodulatory control of a goal-directed decision. PLoS One 2014; 9:e102240. [PMID: 25048964 PMCID: PMC4105495 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2014] [Accepted: 06/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Many cost-benefit decisions reduce to simple choices between approach or avoidance (or active disregard) to salient stimuli. Physiologically, critical factors in such decisions are modulators of the homeostatic neural networks that bias decision processes from moment to moment. For the predatory sea-slug Pleurobranchaea, serotonin (5-HT) is an intrinsic modulatory promoter of general arousal and feeding. We correlated 5-HT actions on appetitive state with its effects on the approach-avoidance decision in Pleurobranchaea. 5-HT and its precursor 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) augmented general arousal state and reduced feeding thresholds in intact animals. Moreover, 5-HT switched the turn response to chemosensory stimulation from avoidance to orienting in many animals. In isolated CNSs, bath application of 5-HT both stimulated activity in the feeding motor network and switched the fictive turn response to unilateral sensory nerve stimulation from avoidance to orienting. Previously, it was shown that increasing excitation state of the feeding network reversibly switched the turn motor network response from avoidance to orienting, and that 5-HT levels vary inversely with nutritional state. A simple model posits a critical role for 5-HT in control of the turn network response by corollary output of the feeding network. In it, 5-HT acts as an intrinsic neuromodulatory factor coupled to nutritional status and regulates approach-avoidance via the excitation state of the feeding network. Thus, the neuromodulator is a key organizing element in behavioral choice of approach or avoidance through its actions in promoting appetitive state, in large part via the homeostatic feeding network.
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- Keiko Hirayama
- The Neuroscience Program, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
- The Neuroscience Program, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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Delgado N, Vallejo D, Miller MW. Localization of serotonin in the nervous system of Biomphalaria glabrata, an intermediate host for schistosomiasis. J Comp Neurol 2013; 520:3236-55. [PMID: 22434538 DOI: 10.1002/cne.23095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The digenetic trematode Schistosoma mansoni that causes the form of schistosomiasis found in the Western Hemisphere requires the freshwater snail Biomphalaria glabrata as its primary intermediate host. It has been proposed that the transition from the free-living S. mansoni miracidium to parasitic mother sporocyst depends on uptake of biogenic amines, e.g. serotonin, from the snail host. However, little is known about potential sources of serotonin in B. glabrata tissues. This investigation examined the localization of serotonin-like immunoreactivity (5HTli) in the central nervous system (CNS) and peripheral tissues of B. glabrata. Emphasis was placed on the cephalic and anterior pedal regions that are commonly the sites of S. mansoni miracidium penetration. The anterior foot and body wall were densely innervated by 5HTli fibers but no peripheral immunoreactive neuronal somata were detected. Within the CNS, clusters of 5HTli neurons were observed in the cerebral, pedal, left parietal, and visceral ganglia, suggesting that the peripheral serotonergic fibers originate from the CNS. Double-labeling experiments (biocytin backfill × serotonin immunoreactivity) of the tentacular nerve and the three major pedal nerves (Pd n. 10, Pd n. 11, and Pd n. 12) disclosed central neurons that project to the cephalopedal periphery. Overall, the central distribution of 5HTli neurons suggests that, as in other gastropods, serotonin regulates the locomotion, reproductive, and feeding systems of Biomphalaria. The projections to the foot and body wall indicate that serotonin may also participate in defensive, nociceptive, or inflammation responses. These observations identify potential sources of host-derived serotonin in this parasite-host system. Inc.
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- Nadia Delgado
- Institute of Neurobiology, and Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00901
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Fruson L, Dalesman S, Lukowiak K. A flavonol present in cocoa [(-)epicatechin] enhances snail memory. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 215:3566-76. [PMID: 23014569 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.070300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Dietary consumption of flavonoids (plant phytochemicals) may improve memory and neuro-cognitive performance, though the mechanism is poorly understood. Previous work has assessed cognitive effects in vertebrates; here we assess the suitability of Lymnaea stagnalis as an invertebrate model to elucidate the effects of flavonoids on cognition. (-)Epicatechin (epi) is a flavonoid present in cocoa, green tea and red wine. We studied its effects on basic snail behaviours (aerial respiration and locomotion), long-term memory (LTM) formation and memory extinction of operantly conditioned aerial respiratory behaviour. We found no significant effect of epi exposure (15 mg l(-1)) on either locomotion or aerial respiration. However, when snails were operantly conditioned in epi for a single 0.5 h training session, which typically results in memory lasting ~3 h, they formed LTM lasting at least 24 h. Snails exposed to epi also showed significantly increased resistance to extinction, consistent with the hypothesis that epi induces a more persistent LTM. Thus training in epi facilitates LTM formation and results in a more persistent and stronger memory. Previous work has indicated that memory-enhancing stressors (predator kairomones and KCl) act via sensory input from the osphradium and are dependent on a serotonergic (5-HT) signalling pathway. Here we found that the effects of epi on LTM were independent of osphradial input and 5-HT, demonstrating that an alternative mechanism of memory enhancement exists in L. stagnalis. Our data are consistent with the notion that dietary sources of epi can improve cognitive abilities, and that L. stagnalis is a suitable model with which to elucidate neuronal mechanisms.
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- Lee Fruson
- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, T2N 4N1
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Rapid and persistent suppression of feeding behavior induced by sensitization training in Aplysia. Learn Mem 2012; 19:159-63. [PMID: 22419814 DOI: 10.1101/lm.024638.111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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In Aplysia, noxious stimuli induce sensitization of defensive responses. However, it remains largely unknown whether such stimuli also alter nondefensive behaviors. In this study, we examined the effects of noxious stimuli on feeding. Strong electric shocks, capable of inducing sensitization, also led to the suppression of feeding. The use of multiple training protocols revealed that the time course of the suppression of feeding was analogous to that of sensitization. In addition, the suppression of feeding was present only at the time points in which sensitization was expressed. These results suggest that, in Aplysia, noxious stimuli may produce concurrent changes in neural circuits controlling both defensive and nondefensive behaviors.
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Dunn TW, Farah CA, Sossin WS. Inhibitory responses in Aplysia pleural sensory neurons act to block excitability, transmitter release, and PKC Apl II activation. J Neurophysiol 2011; 107:292-305. [PMID: 21994260 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00767.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Expression of the 5-HT(1Apl(a)) receptor in Aplysia pleural sensory neurons inhibited 5-HT-mediated translocation of the novel PKC Apl II in sensory neurons and prevented PKC-dependent synaptic facilitation at sensory to motoneuron synapses (Nagakura et al. 2010). We now demonstrate that the ability of inhibitory receptors to block PKC activation is a general feature of inhibitory receptors and is found after expression of the 5-HT(1Apl(b)) receptor and with activation of endogenous dopamine and FMRFamide receptors in sensory neurons. Pleural sensory neurons are heterogeneous for their inhibitory response to endogenous transmitters, with dopamine being the most prevalent, followed by FMRFamide, and only a small number of neurons with inhibitory responses to 5-HT. The inhibitory response is dominant, reduces membrane excitability and synaptic efficacy, and can reverse 5-HT facilitation at both naive and depressed synapses. Indeed, dopamine can reverse PKC translocation during the continued application of 5-HT. Reversal of translocation can also be seen after translocation mediated by an analog of diacylglycerol, suggesting inhibition is not through blockade of diacylglycerol production. The effects of inhibition on PKC translocation can be rescued by phosphatidic acid, consistent with the inhibitory response involving a reduction or block of production of this lipid. However, phosphatidic acid could not recover PKC-dependent synaptic facilitation due to an additional inhibitory effect on the non-L-type calcium flux linked to synaptic transmission. In summary, we find a novel mechanism downstream of inhibitory receptors linked to inhibition of PKC activation in Aplysia sensory neurons.
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- Tyler W Dunn
- Dept. of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill Univ., Montreal Neurological Institute, BT 110, 3801 Univ. St., Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4, Canada.
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Kodirov SA. The neuronal control of cardiac functions in Molluscs. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2011; 160:102-16. [PMID: 21736949 PMCID: PMC5480900 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2011.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2010] [Revised: 05/12/2011] [Accepted: 06/17/2011] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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In this manuscript, I review the current and relevant classical studies on properties of the Mollusca heart and their central nervous system including ganglia, neurons, and nerves involved in cardiomodulation. Similar to mammalian brain hemispheres, these invertebrates possess symmetrical pairs of ganglia albeit visceral (only one) ganglion and the parietal ganglia (the right ganglion is bigger than the left one). Furthermore, there are two major regulatory drives into the compartments (pericard, auricle, and ventricle) and cardiomyocytes of the heart. These are the excitatory and inhibitory signals that originate from a few designated neurons and their putative neurotransmitters. Many of these neurons are well-identified, their specific locations within the corresponding ganglion are mapped, and some are termed as either heart excitatory (HE) or inhibitory (HI) cells. The remaining neurons are classified as cardio-regulatory, and their direct and indirect actions on the heart's function have been documented. The cardiovascular anatomy of frequently used experimental animals, Achatina, Aplysia, Helix, and Lymnaea is relatively simple. However, as in humans, it possesses all major components including even trabeculae and atrio-ventricular valves. Since the myocardial cells are enzymatically dispersible, multiple voltage dependent cationic currents in isolated cardiomyocytes are described. The latter include at least the A-type K(+), delayed rectifier K(+), TTX-sensitive Na(+), and L-type Ca(2+) channels.
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- Sodikdjon A Kodirov
- Department of Biophysics, Saint Petersburg University, Saint Petersburg 199034, Russia.
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LEWIS STEFANIEL, LYONS DEBORAHE, MEEKINS TIFFANIEL, NEWCOMB JAMESM. Serotonin influences locomotion in the nudibranch mollusc Melibe leonina. THE BIOLOGICAL BULLETIN 2011; 220:155-60. [PMID: 21712224 PMCID: PMC4479179 DOI: 10.1086/bblv220n3p155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Serotonin (5-HT) influences locomotion in many animals, from flatworms to mammals. This study examined the effects of 5-HT on locomotion in the nudibranch mollusc Melibe leonina (Gould, 1852). M. leonina exhibits two modes of locomotion, crawling and swimming. Animals were bath-immersed in a range of concentrations of 5-HT or injected with various 5-HT solutions into the hemolymph and then monitored for locomotor activity. In contrast to other gastropods studied, M. leonina showed no significant effect of 5-HT on the distance crawled or the speed of crawling. However, the highest concentration (10(-3) mol l(-1) for bath immersion and 10(-5) mol l(-1) for injection) significantly increased the time spent swimming and the swimming speed. The 5-HT receptor antagonist methysergide inhibited the influence of 5-HT on the overall amount of swimming but not on swimming speed. These results suggest that 5-HT influences locomotion at the behavioral level in M. leonina. In conjunction with previous studies on the neural basis of locomotion in M. leonina, these results also suggest that this species is an excellent model system for investigating the 5-HT modulation of locomotion.
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Philips GT, Sherff CM, Menges SA, Carew TJ. The tail-elicited tail withdrawal reflex of Aplysia is mediated centrally at tail sensory-motor synapses and exhibits sensitization across multiple temporal domains. Learn Mem 2011; 18:272-82. [PMID: 21450911 DOI: 10.1101/lm.2125311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The defensive withdrawal reflexes of Aplysia californica have provided powerful behavioral systems for studying the cellular and molecular basis of memory formation. Among these reflexes the tail-elicited tail withdrawal reflex (T-TWR) has been especially useful. In vitro studies examining the monosynaptic circuit for the T-TWR, the tail sensory-motor (SN-MN) synapses, have identified the induction requirements and molecular basis of different temporal phases of synaptic facilitation that underlie sensitization in this system. They have also permitted more recent studies elucidating the role of synaptic and nuclear signaling during synaptic facilitation. Here we report the development of a novel, compartmentalized semi-intact T-TWR preparation that allows examination of the unique contributions of processing in the SN somatic compartment (the pleural ganglion) and the SN-MN synaptic compartment (the pedal ganglion) during the induction of sensitization. Using this preparation we find that the T-TWR is mediated entirely by central connections in the synaptic compartment. Moreover, the reflex is stably expressed for at least 24 h, and can be modified by tail shocks that induce sensitization across multiple temporal domains, as well as direct application of the modulatory neurotransmitter serotonin. This preparation now provides an experimentally powerful system in which to directly examine the unique and combined roles of synaptic and nuclear signaling in different temporal domains of memory formation.
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- Gary T Philips
- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, University of California Irvine, California 92697-4550, USA
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Il-Han J, Janes T, Lukowiak K. The role of serotonin in the enhancement of long-term memory resulting from predator detection in Lymnaea. J Exp Biol 2010; 213:3603-14. [DOI: 10.1242/jeb.048256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Serotonergic systems play important roles in modulating stress-induced arousal and vigilance behaviours. The pond snail, Lymnaea, shows multiple defensive vigilance behaviours in response to the stress associated with predator detection. Predator detection elicited by crayfish effluent (CE), increases the time to re-emerge from the shell and enhances the shadow withdrawal response. More importantly, in Lymnaea, CE enhances the ability to form long-term memory (LTM). We investigated the role of the serotonergic system in these anti-predator responses in Lymnaea. Using a serotonin-receptor antagonist, mianserin, we found that two defensive vigilance behaviours (e.g. increasing the time to re-emerge from their shell and shadow response) elicited by CE were not observed when the serotonergic system was disrupted. Also, methysergide, another serotonin antagonist, blocked the enhanced LTM formation after training in CE. Importantly, mianserin did not alter LTM formation in pond water (PW). These data suggest that a serotonergic system is activated only when Lymnaea detect a predator. When snails were trained in CE using a training procedure that in PW produces a 24-h LTM, a more persistent form of LTM (5 days) occurred. This more persistent form of LTM was abolished after mianserin treatment. Increasing 5-HT levels in the snail by the injection of 5-HT was also associated with enhanced LTM formation. Lastly, we tested whether the osphradium is implicated in CE detection and subsequent enhanced formation of LTM. Cutting the osphradial nerve to the CNS resulted in the loss of the ability to form enhanced LTM in CE. Together, these findings support the hypothesis that the serotonergic system plays a key role in modulating the predator-induced stress responses in Lymnaea.
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- Jae Il-Han
- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive, NW Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada
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- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive, NW Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada
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- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive, NW Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada
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Jing J, Gillette R, Weiss KR. Evolving concepts of arousal: insights from simple model systems. Rev Neurosci 2010; 20:405-27. [PMID: 20397622 DOI: 10.1515/revneuro.2009.20.5-6.405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Arousal states strongly influence behavioral decisions. In general, arousal promotes activity and enhances responsiveness to sensory stimuli. Earlier work has emphasized general, or nonspecific, effects of arousal on multiple classes of behaviors. However, contemporary work indicates that arousal has quite specific effects on behavior. Here we review studies of arousal-related circuitry in molluscan model systems. Neural substrates for both general and specific effects of arousal have been identified. Based on the scope of their actions, we can distinguish two major classes of arousal elements: localized versus general. Actions of localized arousal elements are often limited to one class of behavior, and may thereby mediate specific effects of arousal. In contrast, general arousal elements may influence multiple classes of behaviors, and mediate both specific and nonspecific effects of arousal. One common way in which general arousal elements influence multiple behaviors is by acting on localized arousal elements of distinct networks. Often, effects on distinct networks have different time courses that may facilitate formation of specific behavioral sequences. This review highlights prominent roles of serotonergic systems in arousal that are conserved in gastropod molluscs despite extreme diversification of body forms, diet and ecological niches. The studies also indicate that the serotonergic elements can act as either localized or general arousal elements. We discuss the implications of these findings across animals.
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- Jian Jing
- Department of Neuroscience, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA.
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Direct and decarboxylation-dependent effects of neurotransmitter precursors on firing of isolated monoaminergic neurons. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 2009; 195:515-27. [DOI: 10.1007/s00359-009-0428-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2009] [Revised: 02/20/2009] [Accepted: 02/20/2009] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Ye X, Shobe JL, Sharma SK, Marina A, Carew TJ. Small G proteins exhibit pattern sensitivity in MAPK activation during the induction of memory and synaptic facilitation in Aplysia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008; 105:20511-6. [PMID: 19075231 PMCID: PMC2629267 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0808110105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Memory formation is highly sensitive to specific patterns of training, but the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying pattern sensitivity are not well understood. We explored this general question by using Aplysia californica as a model system. We examined the regulation of MAPK (ERK1/2) activation by small G proteins in the CNS by using different patterns of analog stimuli that mimic different patterns of behavioral training for memory induction. We first cloned and characterized the Aplysia homologs of the small G proteins, Ras and Rap1 (ApRas and ApRap, respectively). We next examined changes in ApRas and ApRap activity that accompany MAPK activation. Last, by delivering recombinant ApRas and ApRap into the CNS, we directly manipulated their activity and examined the resultant MAPK activation. We found that MAPK activation induced by analog training depends on the combined activity of ApRas and ApRap, rather than the individual activity of either one alone. Also, ApRas and ApRap have a complex role in MAPK activation: they can act as activators or inhibitors, depending on the specific pattern of the training. The pattern-sensitive regulation of MAPK by interactive ApRas and ApRap activity that we have identified could contribute to the molecular routing of different downstream effects of spatially localized MAPK required for the induction of specific pattern-sensitive forms of synaptic facilitation and memory.
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- Xiaojing Ye
- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697; and
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- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697; and
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- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697; and
- National Brain Research Centre, Manesar, Haryana 122 050, India
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- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697; and
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- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697; and
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Philips GT, Tzvetkova EI, Carew TJ. Transient mitogen-activated protein kinase activation is confined to a narrow temporal window required for the induction of two-trial long-term memory in Aplysia. J Neurosci 2007; 27:13701-5. [PMID: 18077681 PMCID: PMC6673619 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4262-07.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2007] [Revised: 10/15/2007] [Accepted: 10/19/2007] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Although it is commonly appreciated that spaced training is superior to massed training in memory formation, the molecular mechanisms underlying this feature of memory are largely unknown. We previously described the selective benefit of multiple spaced (vs massed) training trials in the induction of long-term memory (LTM) for sensitization in Aplysia californica. We now report that LTM can be induced with only two spaced training trials [tail shocks (TSs)] when the second TS is administered 45 min after the first. In contrast, spacing intervals of 15 and 60 min are ineffective. This surprisingly narrow permissive training window for two-trial LTM is accompanied by an equally narrow window of transient mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activation, a necessary signaling molecule for LTM induction, at 45 min after a single TS. Thus, the transient recruitment of MAPK following a single TS may provide a narrow molecular window for two-trial LTM formation.
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Hatcher NG, Zhang X, Stuart JN, Moroz LL, Sweedler JV, Gillette R. 5-HT and 5-HT-SO4, but not tryptophan or 5-HIAA levels in single feeding neurons track animal hunger state. J Neurochem 2007; 104:1358-63. [PMID: 18036151 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2007.05084.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Serotonin (5-HT) is an intrinsic modulator of neural network excitation states in gastropod molluscs. 5-HT and related indole metabolites were measured in single, well-characterized serotonergic neurons of the feeding motor network of the predatory sea-slug Pleurobranchaea californica. Indole amounts were compared between paired hungry and satiated animals. Levels of 5-HT and its metabolite 5-HT-SO4 in the metacerebral giant neurons were observed in amounts approximately four-fold and two-fold, respectively, below unfed partners 24 h after a satiating meal. Intracellular levels of 5-hydroxyindole acetic acid and of free tryptophan did not differ significantly with hunger state. These data demonstrate that neurotransmitter levels and their metabolites can vary in goal-directed neural networks in a manner that follows internal state.
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- N G Hatcher
- Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, Department of Chemistry and Beckman Institute, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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Hernádi L, Vehovszky Á, Győri J, Hiripi L. Neuronal background of activation of estivated snails, with special attention to the monoaminergic system: a biochemical, physiological, and neuroanatomical study. Cell Tissue Res 2007; 331:539-53. [DOI: 10.1007/s00441-007-0522-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2006] [Accepted: 09/20/2007] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Villalón CM, Centurión D. Cardiovascular responses produced by 5-hydroxytriptamine:a pharmacological update on the receptors/mechanisms involved and therapeutic implications. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 2007; 376:45-63. [PMID: 17703282 DOI: 10.1007/s00210-007-0179-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2007] [Accepted: 07/11/2007] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The complexity of cardiovascular responses produced by 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT, serotonin), including bradycardia or tachycardia, hypotension or hypertension, and vasodilatation or vasoconstriction, has been explained by the capability of this monoamine to interact with different receptors in the central nervous system (CNS), on the autonomic ganglia and postganglionic nerve endings, on vascular smooth muscle and endothelium, and on the cardiac tissue. Depending, among other factors, on the species, the vascular bed under study, and the experimental conditions, these responses are mainly mediated by 5-HT(1), 5-HT(2), 5-HT(3), 5-HT(4), 5-ht(5A/5B), and 5-HT(7) receptors as well as by a tyramine-like action or unidentified mechanisms. It is noteworthy that 5-HT(6) receptors do not seem to be involved in the cardiovascular responses to 5-HT. Regarding heart rate, intravenous (i.v.) administration of 5-HT usually lowers this variable by eliciting a von Bezold-Jarisch-like reflex via 5-HT(3) receptors located on sensory vagal nerve endings in the heart. Other bradycardic mechanisms include cardiac sympatho-inhibition by prejunctional 5-HT(1B/1D) receptors and, in the case of the rat, an additional 5-ht(5A/5B) receptor component. Moreover, i.v. 5-HT can increase heart rate in different species (after vagotomy) by a variety of mechanisms/receptors including activation of: (1) myocardial 5-HT(2A) (rat), 5-HT(3) (dog), 5-HT(4) (pig, human), and 5-HT(7) (cat) receptors; (2) adrenomedullary 5-HT(2) (dog) and prejunctional sympatho-excitatory 5-HT(3) (rabbit) receptors associated with a release of catecholamines; (3) a tyramine-like action mechanism (guinea pig); and (4) unidentified mechanisms (certain lamellibranch and gastropod species). Furthermore, central administration of 5-HT can cause, in general, bradycardia and/or tachycardia mediated by activation of, respectively, 5-HT(1A) and 5-HT(2) receptors. On the other hand, the blood pressure response to i.v. administration of 5-HT is usually triphasic and consists of an initial short-lasting vasodepressor response due to a reflex bradycardia (mediated by 5-HT(3) receptors located on vagal afferents, via the von Bezold-Jarisch-like reflex), a middle vasopressor phase, and a late, longer-lasting, vasodepressor response. The vasopressor response is a consequence of vasoconstriction mainly mediated by 5-HT(2A) receptors; however, vasoconstriction in the canine saphenous vein and external carotid bed as well as in the porcine cephalic arteries and arteriovenous anastomoses is due to activation of 5-HT(1B) receptors. The late vasodepressor response may involve three different mechanisms: (1) direct vasorelaxation by activation of 5-HT(7) receptors located on vascular smooth muscle; (2) inhibition of the vasopressor sympathetic outflow by sympatho-inhibitory 5-HT(1A/1B/1D) receptors; and (3) release of endothelium-derived relaxing factor (nitric oxide) by 5-HT(2B) and/or 5-HT(1B/1D) receptors. Furthermore, central administration of 5-HT can cause both hypotension (mainly mediated by 5-HT(1A) receptors) and hypertension (mainly mediated by 5-HT(2) receptors). The increasing availability of new compounds with high affinity and selectivity for the different 5-HT receptor subtypes makes it possible to develop drugs with potential therapeutic usefulness in the treatment of some cardiovascular illnesses including hypertension, migraine, some peripheral vascular diseases, and heart failure.
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- Carlos M Villalón
- Departamento de Farmacobiología, Cinvestav-Coapa, Tenorios 235, Col. Granjas-Coapa, Delegación Tlalpan, 14330 México D.F., Mexico.
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Marinesco S, Wickremasinghe N, Carew TJ. Regulation of behavioral and synaptic plasticity by serotonin release within local modulatory fields in the CNS of Aplysia. J Neurosci 2006; 26:12682-93. [PMID: 17151271 PMCID: PMC6674826 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3309-06.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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In Aplysia, serotonergic neurons are widely activated during sensitization training, but the effects of exogenous serotonin (5-HT) on reflex circuits vary, inducing short- or long-term synaptic facilitation or synaptic inhibition, depending on the site of application. During learning, it is possible that specific spatial patterns of 5-HT release evoked by training may produce different phases of sensitization or behavioral inhibition. To test this hypothesis, we examined the modulation of the tail-induced siphon withdrawal reflex by repeated noxious stimuli applied to one of three sites: the (1) ipsilateral or (2) contralateral sides of the tail or (3) the head. Ipsilateral tail shock produced long-term sensitization, whereas contralateral tail shock induced only short-term sensitization, and head shock produced inhibition. In parallel cellular experiments, tail-nerve shock evoked large 5-HT release localized around the ipsilateral tail sensory neurons (SNs) and motor neurons (MNs) but only modest 5-HT release in the contralateral pleural-pedal ganglia and in the abdominal ganglion, in which the siphon MNs are located. Head-nerve shock, in contrast, produced only modest 5-HT release in the pleural, pedal, and abdominal ganglia. Thus, each training protocol evoked a specific pattern of 5-HT release within the CNS. In addition, we found that 5-HT released in the pleural ganglia was correlated with facilitation of SN-MN synapses; however, in the abdominal ganglion, it was associated with inhibition of the synapses between identified interneurons (L29s) and siphon MNs (LFSs). Because 5-HT differentially modulates synaptic efficacy at different synaptic sites, our data can explain how specific spatial patterns of 5-HT release in local modulatory fields can contribute to the induction of short- or long-term sensitization or to behavioral inhibition.
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- Stéphane Marinesco
- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-4550, and
- Institut de Neurobiologie Alfred Fessard, Fédération de Recherche du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) 2118, Laboratoire de Neurobiologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, Unité Propre de Recherche 9040, CNRS, Gif sur Yvette F-91198, France
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- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-4550, and
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- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-4550, and
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Newcomb JM, Katz PS. Homologues of serotonergic central pattern generator neurons in related nudibranch molluscs with divergent behaviors. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 2006; 193:425-43. [PMID: 17180703 DOI: 10.1007/s00359-006-0196-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2006] [Revised: 10/23/2006] [Accepted: 11/19/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Homologues of a neuron that contributes to a species-specific behavior were identified and characterized in species lacking that behavior. The nudibranch Tritonia diomedea swims by flexing its body dorsally and ventrally. The dorsal swim interneurons (DSIs) are components of the central pattern generator (CPG) underlying this rhythmic motor pattern and also activate crawling. Homologues of the DSIs were identified in six nudibranchs that do not exhibit dorsal-ventral swimming: Tochuina tetraquetra, Melibe leonina, Dendronotus iris, D. frondosus, Armina californica, and Triopha catalinae. Homology was based upon shared features that distinguish the DSIs from all other neurons: (1) serotonin immunoreactivity, (2) location in the Cerebral serotonergic posterior (CeSP) cluster, and (3) axon projection to the contralateral pedal ganglion. The DSI homologues, named CeSP-A neurons, share additional features with the DSIs: irregular basal firing, synchronous inputs, electrical coupling, and reciprocal inhibition. Unlike the DSIs, the CeSP-A neurons were not rhythmically active in response to nerve stimulation. The CeSP-A neurons in Tochuina and Triopha also excited homologues of the Tritonia Pd5 neuron, a crawling efferent. Thus, the CeSP-A neurons and the DSIs may be part of a conserved network related to crawling that may have been co-opted into a rhythmic swim CPG in Tritonia.
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- James M Newcomb
- Department of Biology, Georgia State University, P.O. Box 4010, Atlanta, GA 30302-4010, USA.
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Liang B, Moussaif M, Kuan CJ, Gargus JJ, Sze JY. Serotonin targets the DAF-16/FOXO signaling pathway to modulate stress responses. Cell Metab 2006; 4:429-40. [PMID: 17141627 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2006.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2005] [Revised: 04/10/2006] [Accepted: 11/09/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Stress response is a fundamental form of behavioral and physiological plasticity. Here we describe how serotonin (5HT) governs stress behavior by regulating DAF-2 insulin/IGF-1 receptor signaling to the DAF-16/FOXO transcription factor at the nexus of development, metabolism, immunity, and stress responses in C. elegans. Serotonin-deficient tph-1 mutants, like daf-2 mutants, exhibit DAF-16 nuclear accumulation and constitutive physiological stress states. Exogenous 5HT and fluoxetine (Prozac) prevented DAF-16 nuclear accumulation in wild-type animals under stresses. Genetic analyses imply that DAF-2 is a downstream target of 5HT signaling and that distinct serotonergic neurons act through distinct 5HT receptors to influence distinct DAF-16-mediated stress responses. We suggest that modulation of FOXO by 5HT represents an ancient feature of stress physiology and that the C. elegans is a genetically tractable model that can be used to delineate the molecular mechanisms and drug actions linking 5HT, neuroendocrine signaling, immunity, and mitochondrial function.
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- Bin Liang
- Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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Rose T, Gras H, Hörner M. Activity-dependent suppression of spontaneous spike generation in the Retzius neurons of the leech Hirudo medicinalis L. INVERTEBRATE NEUROSCIENCE 2006; 6:169-76. [PMID: 17075704 DOI: 10.1007/s10158-006-0030-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2006] [Accepted: 09/26/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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We report on factors affecting the spontaneous firing pattern of the identified serotonin-containing Retzius neurons of the medicinal leech. Increased firing activity induced by intracellular current injection is followed by a 'post-stimulus-depression' (PSD) without spiking for up to 23 s. PSD duration depends both on the duration and the amplitude of the injected current and correlates inversely with the spontaneous spiking activity. In contrast to serotonin-containing neurons in mammals, serotonin release from the Retzius cells presumably does not mediate the observed spike suppression in a self-inhibitory manner since robust PSD persists after synaptic isolation. Moreover, single additional spikes elicited at specific delays after spontaneously occurring action potentials are sufficient to significantly alter the firing pattern. Since sub-threshold current injections do not affect the ongoing spiking pattern and PSD persists in synaptically isolated preparations our data suggest that PSD reflects an endogenous and 'spike-dependent' mechanism controlling the spiking activity of Retzius cells in a use-dependent way.
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- Tobias Rose
- Institute for Zoology and Anthropology, Georg August Universität Göttingen, Berlinerstrasse 28, 37073, Göttingen, Germany
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Goel P, Gelperin A. A neuronal network for the logic of Limax learning. J Comput Neurosci 2006; 21:259-70. [PMID: 16927210 DOI: 10.1007/s10827-006-8097-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2005] [Revised: 02/27/2006] [Accepted: 03/01/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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We construct a neuronal network to model the logic of associative conditioning as revealed in experimental results using the terrestrial mollusk Limax maximus. We show, in particular, how blocking to a previously conditioned stimulus in the presence of the unconditional stimulus, can emerge as a dynamical property of the network. We also propose experiments to test the new model.
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In the analysis of memory it is commonly observed that, even after a memory is apparently forgotten, its latent presence can still be revealed in a subsequent learning task. Although well established on a behavioral level, the mechanisms underlying latent memory are not well understood. To begin to explore these mechanisms, we have used Aplysia, a model system that permits the simultaneous study of memory at the behavioral, cellular, and molecular levels. We first demonstrate that robust latent memory is induced by long-term sensitization training of the tail-elicited siphon withdrawal reflex. It is revealed by its ability to facilitate the subsequent induction of three mechanistically distinct temporal domains of sensitization memory: short-term, intermediate-term, and long-term memory. Under our training conditions, the latent memory persists for at least 2 d following the decay of original memory expression but appears to be gone by 4 d. Interestingly, we also find that latent memory is induced even in the absence of overt memory for the original training. These findings now permit the analysis of the cellular and molecular architecture of a common feature of learning and memory.
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- Gary T Philips
- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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Kim H, Lee SH, Han JH, Lee JA, Cheang YH, Chang DJ, Lee YS, Kaang BK. A nucleolar protein ApLLP induces ApC/EBP expression required for long-term synaptic facilitation in aplysia neurons. Neuron 2006; 49:707-18. [PMID: 16504946 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2006.01.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2005] [Revised: 06/07/2005] [Accepted: 01/26/2006] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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In Aplysia, long-term synaptic plasticity is induced by serotonin (5-HT) or neural activity and requires gene expression. Here, we demonstrate that ApLLP, a novel nucleolus protein, is critically involved in both long-term facilitation (LTF) and behavioral sensitization. Membrane depolarization induced ApLLP expression, which activated ApC/EBP expression through a direct binding to CRE. LTF was produced by a single pulse of 5-HT 30 min after the membrane depolarization. This LTF was blocked when either ApLLP or ApC/EBP were blocked by specific antibodies. In contrast, ApLLP overexpression induced LTF in response to a single 5-HT treatment. Simultaneously, a siphon noxious stimulus (SNS) to intact Aplysia induced ApLLP and ApC/EBP expression, and single tail shock 30 min after SNS transformed short-term sensitization to long-term sensitization of siphon withdrawal reflex. These results suggest that ApLLP is an activity-dependent transcriptional activator that switches short-term facilitation to long-term facilitation.
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- Hyoung Kim
- National Research Laboratory, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, School of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, San 56-1 Silim-dong Kwanak-gu, Seoul 151-742, Korea
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Dumitriu B, Cohen JE, Wan Q, Negroiu AM, Abrams TW. Serotonin receptor antagonists discriminate between PKA- and PKC-mediated plasticity in aplysia sensory neurons. J Neurophysiol 2005; 95:2713-20. [PMID: 16236785 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00642.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Highly selective serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) receptor antagonists developed for mammals are ineffective in Aplysia due to the evolutionary divergence of neurotransmitter receptors and because the higher ionic strength of physiological saline for marine invertebrates reduces antagonist affinity. It has therefore been difficult to identify antagonists that specifically block individual signaling cascades initiated by 5-HT. We studied two broad-spectrum 5-HT receptor antagonists that have been characterized biochemically in Aplysia CNS: methiothepin and spiperone. Methiothepin is highly effective in inhibiting adenylyl cyclase (AC)-coupled 5-HT receptors in Aplysia. Spiperone, which blocks phospholipase C (PLC)-coupled 5-HT receptors in mammals, does not block AC-coupled 5-HT receptors in Aplysia. In electrophysiological studies, we explored whether methiothepin and spiperone can be used in parallel to distinguish between the AC-cAMP and PLC-protein kinase C (PKC) modulatory cascades that are initiated by 5-HT. 5-HT-induced broadening of the sensory neuron action potential in the presence of tetraethylammonium/nifedipine, which is mediated by modulation of the S-K+ currents, was used an assay for the AC-cAMP cascade. Spike broadening initiated by 5 microM 5-HT was unaffected by 100 microM spiperone, whereas it was effectively blocked by 100 microM methiothepin. Facilitation of highly depressed sensory neuron-to-motor neuron synapses by 5-HT was used as an assay for the PLC-PKC cascade. Spiperone completely blocked facilitation of highly depressed synapses by 5 microM 5-HT. In contrast, methiothepin produced a modest, nonsignificant, reduction in the facilitation of depressed synapses. Interestingly, these experiments revealed that the PLC-PKC cascade undergoes desensitization during exposure to 5-HT.
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- Bogdan Dumitriu
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201-1559, USA
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Fickbohm DJ, Spitzer N, Katz PS. Pharmacological manipulation of serotonin levels in the nervous system of the opisthobranch mollusc Tritonia diomedea. THE BIOLOGICAL BULLETIN 2005; 209:67-74. [PMID: 16110094 DOI: 10.2307/3593142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Serotonin-related disorders can be treated by manipulating serotonin synthesis with the serotonin precursor 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) or other pharmacological agents. The mollusc Tritonia diomedea is a model for investigating the effects of altering serotonin content on the functions of identified neurons. We used high-performance liquid chromatography and immunohistochemistry to examine the amount and localization of 5-HTP, serotonin, and the serotonin breakdown product 5-hydroxyindolacetic acid (5-HIAA) in the Tritonia brain after various pharmacological treatments. Exposure to 5-HTP (2 mM for 30 min-1 h) caused an immediate and massive increase in total 5-HTP content, which lasted more than 20 h, and the widespread appearance of 5-HTP immunoreactivity in neurons. Serotonin levels rose gradually, but only a restricted number of additional neurons displayed serotonin immunoreactivity. 5-HTP treatment also caused an increase in the total amount of 5-HIAA and the appearance of 5-HIAA immunoreactivity throughout the brain. Treatment with the synthesis cofactor tetrahydrobiopterin, the initial precursor tryptophan, or serotonin itself had no persistent effect on total serotonin content. The amino acid decarboxylase inhibitor hydroxybenzylhydrazine (NSD-1015) also had no effect on the total serotonin content, although it caused an accumulation of 5-HTP. Thus, serotonin levels in the brain of T. diomedea appear to be maintained by a homeostatic mechanism that can be disrupted by 5-HTP.
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- David J Fickbohm
- Department of Biology, Georgia State University, P.O. Box 4010, Atlanta, Georgia 30302-4010, USA.
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Marinesco S, Kolkman KE, Carew TJ. Serotonergic Modulation in Aplysia. I. Distributed Serotonergic Network Persistently Activated by Sensitizing Stimuli. J Neurophysiol 2004; 92:2468-86. [PMID: 15140903 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00209.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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A common feature of arousing stimuli used as reinforcement in animal models of learning is that they promote memory formation through widespread effects in the CNS. In the marine mollusk Aplysia, sensitization is typically induced by tail-shock, an aversive reinforcer that triggers a state of defensive arousal characterized by escape locomotion and increased heart rate. Serotonin (5-HT) contributes importantly to sensitization of defensive reflexes as well as to the regulation of locomotion and heart rate. Although specific serotonergic neurons increase their firing after tail-shock, it remains unclear whether this effect is restricted to these neurons or whether tail-shock recruits a more global serotonergic system. In this study, we recorded from serotonergic neurons throughout the CNS, which were prelabeled with 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine, during an in vitro analog of sensitization training, tail-nerve shock. We found that most of the serotonergic neurons that we recorded from (80%) increased their firing rate for several minutes after nerve shock. Most serotonergic neurons in the pedal and abdominal ganglion were also excited by 5-HT and by intracellular activation of the two serotonergic neurons CB1/CC3. This interconnectivity between serotonergic neurons might contribute to spread excitation within a large proportion of the serotonergic system during sensitization training. It is also possible that serotonergic neurons could be activated by 5-HT present in the hemolymph via a neuro-humoral positive feedback mechanism. Overall, these data indicate that sensitization training activates a large proportion of Aplysia serotonergic neurons and that this form of learning occurs in a context of increased serotonergic tone.
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- Stéphane Marinesco
- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, University of California, Irvine California 92697-4550, USA
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