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Schneider NY, Chaudy S, Epstein AL, Viollet C, Benani A, Pénicaud L, Grosmaître X, Datiche F, Gascuel J. Centrifugal projections to the main olfactory bulb revealed by transsynaptic retrograde tracing in mice. J Comp Neurol 2020; 528:1805-1819. [PMID: 31872441 DOI: 10.1002/cne.24846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2019] [Revised: 11/26/2019] [Accepted: 11/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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A wide range of evidence indicates that olfactory perception is strongly involved in food intake. However, the polysynaptic circuitry linking the brain areas involved in feeding behavior to the olfactory regions is not well known. The aim of this article was to examine such circuits. Thus, we described, using hodological tools such as transsynaptic viruses (PRV152) transported in a retrograde manner, the long-distance indirect projections (two to three synapses) onto the main olfactory bulb (MOB). The ß-subunit of the cholera toxin which is a monosynaptic retrograde tracer was used as a control to be able to differentiate between direct and indirect projections. Our tracing experiments showed that the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus, as a major site for regulation of food intake, sends only very indirect projections onto the MOB. Indirect projections to MOB also originate from the solitary nucleus which is involved in energy homeostasis. Other indirect projections have been evidenced in areas of the reward circuit such as VTA and accumbens nucleus. In contrast, direct projections to the MOB arise from melanin-concentrating hormone and orexin neurons in the lateral hypothalamus. Functional significances of these projections are discussed in relation to the role of food odors in feeding and reward-related behavior.
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- Nanette Y Schneider
- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation (CSGA), CNRS, INRAE, AgroSup Dijon, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, F21000, Dijon, France
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation (CSGA), CNRS, INRAE, AgroSup Dijon, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, F21000, Dijon, France
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- UMR 1179 INSERM-UVSQ-End-icap, Université de Versailles-Saint Quentin en Yvelines, Versailles, France
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- Université de Paris, Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris (IPNP), INSERM U1266, "Synaptic plasticity and Neuronal Circuits", F-75014, Paris, France
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation (CSGA), CNRS, INRAE, AgroSup Dijon, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, F21000, Dijon, France
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation (CSGA), CNRS, INRAE, AgroSup Dijon, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, F21000, Dijon, France
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation (CSGA), CNRS, INRAE, AgroSup Dijon, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, F21000, Dijon, France
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation (CSGA), CNRS, INRAE, AgroSup Dijon, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, F21000, Dijon, France
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation (CSGA), CNRS, INRAE, AgroSup Dijon, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, F21000, Dijon, France
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Nocera S, Simon A, Fiquet O, Chen Y, Gascuel J, Datiche F, Schneider N, Epelbaum J, Viollet C. Somatostatin Serves a Modulatory Role in the Mouse Olfactory Bulb: Neuroanatomical and Behavioral Evidence. Front Behav Neurosci 2019; 13:61. [PMID: 31024270 PMCID: PMC6465642 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2019.00061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2018] [Accepted: 03/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Somatostatin (SOM) and somatostatin receptors (SSTR1-4) are present in all olfactory structures, including the olfactory bulb (OB), where SOM modulates physiological gamma rhythms and olfactory discrimination responses. In this work, histological, viral tracing and transgenic approaches were used to characterize SOM cellular targets in the murine OB. We demonstrate that SOM targets all levels of mitral dendritic processes in the OB with somatostatin receptor 2 (SSTR2) detected in the dendrites of previously uncharacterized mitral-like cells. We show that inhibitory interneurons of the glomerular layer (GL) express SSTR4 while SSTR3 is confined to the granule cell layer (GCL). Furthermore, SOM cells in the OB receive synaptic inputs from olfactory cortical afferents. Behavioral studies demonstrate that genetic deletion of SSTR4, SSTR2 or SOM differentially affects olfactory performance. SOM or SSTR4 deletion have no major effect on olfactory behavioral performances while SSTR2 deletion impacts olfactory detection and discrimination behaviors. Altogether, these results describe novel anatomical and behavioral contributions of SOM, SSTR2 and SSTR4 receptors in olfactory processing.
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- Sonia Nocera
- INSERM, UMR 894-Center for Psychiatry and Neuroscience (CPN), Paris, France
- Université Paris Descartes-Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- INSERM, UMR 894-Center for Psychiatry and Neuroscience (CPN), Paris, France
- Université Paris Descartes-Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- INSERM, UMR 894-Center for Psychiatry and Neuroscience (CPN), Paris, France
- Université Paris Descartes-Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- INSERM, UMR 894-Center for Psychiatry and Neuroscience (CPN), Paris, France
- Université Paris Descartes-Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- CNRS UMR 6265—Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l’Alimentation (CSGA), Dijon, France
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- CNRS UMR 6265—Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l’Alimentation (CSGA), Dijon, France
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- CNRS UMR 6265—Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l’Alimentation (CSGA), Dijon, France
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- INSERM, UMR 894-Center for Psychiatry and Neuroscience (CPN), Paris, France
- Université Paris Descartes-Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- INSERM, UMR 894-Center for Psychiatry and Neuroscience (CPN), Paris, France
- Université Paris Descartes-Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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Chrétien C, Fenech C, Liénard F, Grall S, Chevalier C, Chaudy S, Brenachot X, Berges R, Louche K, Stark R, Nédélec E, Laderrière A, Andrews ZB, Benani A, Flockerzi V, Gascuel J, Hartmann J, Moro C, Birnbaumer L, Leloup C, Pénicaud L, Fioramonti X. Transient Receptor Potential Canonical 3 (TRPC3) Channels Are Required for Hypothalamic Glucose Detection and Energy Homeostasis. Diabetes 2017; 66:314-324. [PMID: 27899482 DOI: 10.2337/db16-1114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2016] [Accepted: 11/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
Abstract
The mediobasal hypothalamus (MBH) contains neurons capable of directly detecting metabolic signals such as glucose to control energy homeostasis. Among them, glucose-excited (GE) neurons increase their electrical activity when glucose rises. In view of previous work, we hypothesized that transient receptor potential canonical type 3 (TRPC3) channels are involved in hypothalamic glucose detection and the control of energy homeostasis. To investigate the role of TRPC3, we used constitutive and conditional TRPC3-deficient mouse models. Hypothalamic glucose detection was studied in vivo by measuring food intake and insulin secretion in response to increased brain glucose level. The role of TRPC3 in GE neuron response to glucose was studied by using in vitro calcium imaging on freshly dissociated MBH neurons. We found that whole-body and MBH TRPC3-deficient mice have increased body weight and food intake. The anorectic effect of intracerebroventricular glucose and the insulin secretory response to intracarotid glucose injection are blunted in TRPC3-deficient mice. TRPC3 loss of function or pharmacological inhibition blunts calcium responses to glucose in MBH neurons in vitro. Together, the results demonstrate that TRPC3 channels are required for the response to glucose of MBH GE neurons and the central effect of glucose on insulin secretion and food intake.
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- Chloé Chrétien
- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, CNRS, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, CNRS, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, CNRS, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, CNRS, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, CNRS, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, CNRS, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, CNRS, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, CNRS, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
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- INSERM UMR1048, Institute of Metabolic and Cardiovascular Diseases, Obesity Research Laboratory, University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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- Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Metabolic Disease and Obesity Program, Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, CNRS, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, CNRS, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
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- Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Metabolic Disease and Obesity Program, Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, CNRS, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
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- Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Saarland University School of Medicine, Homburg, Germany
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, CNRS, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Center for Integrated Protein Science, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany
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- INSERM UMR1048, Institute of Metabolic and Cardiovascular Diseases, Obesity Research Laboratory, University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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- Neurobiology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC
- Institute of Biomedical Research, Catholic University of Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, CNRS, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, CNRS, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, CNRS, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
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Gouazé A, Brenachot X, Rigault C, Krezymon A, Rauch C, Nédélec E, Lemoine A, Gascuel J, Bauer S, Pénicaud L, Benani A. Cerebral cell renewal in adult mice controls the onset of obesity. PLoS One 2013; 8:e72029. [PMID: 23967273 PMCID: PMC3742483 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2013] [Accepted: 07/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The hypothalamus plays a crucial role in the control of the energy balance and also retains neurogenic potential into adulthood. Recent studies have reported the severe alteration of the cell turn-over in the hypothalamus of obese animals and it has been proposed that a neurogenic deficiency in the hypothalamus could be involved in the development of obesity. To explore this possibility, we examined hypothalamic cell renewal during the homeostatic response to dietary fat in mice, i.e., at the onset of diet-induced obesity. We found that switching to high-fat diet (HFD) accelerated cell renewal in the hypothalamus through a local, rapid and transient increase in cell proliferation, peaking three days after introducing the HFD. Blocking HFD-induced cell proliferation by central delivery of an antimitotic drug prevented the food intake normalization observed after HFD introduction and accelerated the onset of obesity. This result showed that HFD-induced dividing brain cells supported an adaptive anorectic function. In addition, we found that the percentage of newly generated neurons adopting a POMC-phenotype in the arcuate nucleus was increased by HFD. This observation suggested that the maturation of neurons in feeding circuits was nutritionally regulated to adjust future energy intake. Taken together, these results showed that adult cerebral cell renewal was remarkably responsive to nutritional conditions. This constituted a physiological trait required to prevent severe weight gain under HFD. Hence this report highlighted the amazing plasticity of feeding circuits and brought new insights into our understanding of the nutritional regulation of the energy balance.
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- Alexandra Gouazé
- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l’Alimentation, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l’Alimentation, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l’Alimentation, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l’Alimentation, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l’Alimentation, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l’Alimentation, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l’Alimentation, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l’Alimentation, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
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- Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditerranée, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Marseille, France
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l’Alimentation, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l’Alimentation, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
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Gascuel J, Amano T. Exotic models may offer unique opportunities to decipher specific scientific question: the case of Xenopus olfactory system. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 2013; 296:1453-61. [PMID: 23904180 DOI: 10.1002/ar.22749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2013] [Accepted: 06/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The fact that olfactory systems are highly conserved in all animal species from insects to mammals allow the generalization of findings from one species to another. Most of our knowledge about the anatomy and physiology of the olfactory system comes from data obtained in a very limited number of biological models such as rodents, Zebrafish, Drosophila, and a worm, Caenorhabditis elegans. These models have proved useful to answer most questions in the field of olfaction, and thus concentrating on these few models appear to be a pragmatic strategy. However, the diversity of the organization and physiology of the olfactory system amongst phyla appear to be greater than generally assumed and the four models alone may not be sufficient to address all the questions arising from the study of olfaction. In this article, we will illustrate the idea that we should take advantage of biological diversity to address specific scientific questions and will show that the Xenopus olfactory system is a very good model to investigate: first, olfaction in aerial versus aquatic conditions and second, mechanisms underlying postnatal reorganization of the olfactory system especially those controlled by tyroxine hormone.
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- Jean Gascuel
- CNRS UMR 6265 Centre des sciences du goût et de l'alimentation, Dijon France.
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Gaudin A, Lardière-Butterfield J, Gascuel J. Ontogenesis of the extra-bulbar olfactory pathway in Xenopus laevis. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 2013; 296:1462-76. [PMID: 23904212 DOI: 10.1002/ar.22751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2013] [Accepted: 06/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Although the development, anatomy, and physiology of the vertebrate olfactory system are fairly well understood, there is still no clear definition of the terminal nerve complex acknowledged by all. Among the most debated matters is whether or not the extrabulbar projections found in anamniotes should or should not be considered part of the terminal nerve complex. In this context, we investigated the early development of the extrabulbar pathway in Xenopus larvae from placodal differentiation to postmetamorphic stages. We showed that the extrabulbar fibers become visible around Stage 42 and are conserved throughout metamorphosis. We confirmed previous reports concerning their central projection patterns. In addition, we showed that these fibers originate from two types of cell bodies located in the olfactory epithelium at premetamorphic stages. Furthermore, in postmetamorphic animals, we showed that the extrabulbar axons originated from both aquatic and aerial cavities. Retrograde tracing experiment also revealed densifications evocating cell bodies along the extrabulbar axons, distributed at different positions along the olfactory nerve depending on the stages of development. These densifications were observed closer to the periphery early in development and always closer to the olfactory bulb up to the metamorphic climax. We discuss these results in light of the latest theories and more recent reports.
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- Arnaud Gaudin
- CNRS UMR 6265 Centre des sciences du goût et de l'alimentation, Dijon, France
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Gascuel J, Lemoine A, Rigault C, Datiche F, Benani A, Penicaud L, Lopez-Mascaraque L. Hypothalamus-olfactory system crosstalk: orexin a immunostaining in mice. Front Neuroanat 2012; 6:44. [PMID: 23162437 PMCID: PMC3492705 DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2012.00044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2012] [Accepted: 10/06/2012] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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It is well known that olfaction influences food intake, and conversely, that an individual’s nutritional status modulates olfactory sensitivity. However, what is still poorly understood is the neuronal correlate of this relationship, as well as the connections between the olfactory bulb and the hypothalamus. The goal of this report is to analyze the relationship between the olfactory bulb and hypothalamus, focusing on orexin A immunostaining, a hypothalamic neuropeptide that is thought to play a role in states of sleep/wakefulness. Interestingly, orexin A has also been described as a food intake stimulator. Such an effect may be due in part to the stimulation of the olfactory bulbar pathway. In rats, orexin positive cells are concentrated strictly in the lateral hypothalamus, while their projections invade nearly the entire brain including the olfactory system. Therefore, orexin appears to be a good candidate to play a pivotal role in connecting olfactory and hypothalamic pathways. So far, orexin has been described in rats, however, there is still a lack of information concerning its expression in the brains of adult and developing mice. In this context, we revisited the orexin A pattern in adult and developing mice using immunohistological methods and confocal microscopy. Besides minor differences, orexin A immunostaining in mice shares many features with those observed in rats. In the olfactory bulb, even though there are few orexin projections, they reach all the different layers of the olfactory bulb. In contrast to the presence of orexin projections in the main olfactory bulb, almost none have been found in the accessory olfactory bulb. The developmental expression of orexin A supports the hypothesis that orexin expression only appears post-natally.
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- Jean Gascuel
- Instituto Cajal, CSIC, Avda del Doctor Arce Madrid, Spain ; CNRS UMR 6265, Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation Dijon, France ; Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique UMR 1324, Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation Dijon, France ; Université de Bourgogne UMR CSGA, Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation Dijon, France
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Amano T, Gascuel J. Expression of odorant receptor family, type 2 OR in the aquatic olfactory cavity of amphibian frog Xenopus tropicalis. PLoS One 2012; 7:e33922. [PMID: 22509266 PMCID: PMC3324471 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2011] [Accepted: 02/23/2012] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Recent genome wide in silico analyses discovered a new family (type 2 or family H) of odorant receptors (ORs) in teleost fish and frogs. However, since there is no evidence of the expression of these novel OR genes in olfactory sensory neurons (OSN), it remains unknown if type 2 ORs (OR2) function as odorant receptors. In this study, we examined expression of OR2 genes in the frog Xenopus tropicalis. The overall gene expression pattern is highly complex and differs depending on the gene and developmental stage. RT-PCR analysis in larvae showed that all of the OR2η genes we identified were expressed in the peripheral olfactory system and some were detected in the brain and skin. Whole mount in situ hybridization of the larval olfactory cavity confirmed that at least two OR2η genes so far tested are expressed in the OSN. Because tadpoles are aquatic animals, OR2η genes are probably involved in aquatic olfaction. In adults, OR2η genes are expressed in the nose, brain, and testes to different degrees depending on the genes. OR2η expression in the olfactory system is restricted to the medium cavity, which participates in the detection of water-soluble odorants, suggesting that OR2ηs function as receptors for water-soluble odorants. Moreover, the fact that several OR2ηs are significantly expressed in non-olfactory organs suggests unknown roles in a range of biological processes other than putative odorant receptor functions.
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- Tosikazu Amano
- CNRS, UMR6265 Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, Dijon, France
- INRA, UMR1324 Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, Dijon, France
- Université de Bourgogne, UMR Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, Dijon, France
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- CNRS, UMR6265 Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, Dijon, France
- INRA, UMR1324 Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, Dijon, France
- Université de Bourgogne, UMR Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, Dijon, France
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Millery J, Briand L, Bézirard V, Blon F, Fenech C, Richard-Parpaillon L, Quennedey B, Pernollet JC, Gascuel J. Specific expression of olfactory binding protein in the aerial olfactory cavity of adult and developing Xenopus. Eur J Neurosci 2006; 22:1389-99. [PMID: 16190893 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04337.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Olfactory binding proteins (OBP), commonly associated with aerial olfaction, are found in the olfactory mucus of mammals but have never been identified in fish. It is still not clear whether the presence of OBP in aerial olfactory systems is due to phylogenetic or to functional differences linked to the adaptation of the olfactory system to an aerial environment. To test this alternative, the olfactory system of Xenopus offers a unique opportunity because it includes two olfactory cavities, one of which is thought to be devoted to aquatic olfaction and the other to aerial olfaction. We therefore purified and cloned OBPs in two Xenopus species. Xenopus laevis OBP (XlaeOBP) and Xenopus tropicalis OBP (XtroOBP) exhibit 158 and 160 amino acids, respectively, sharing 89 residues. cRNA probes allowed us to demonstrate that XlaeOBP and XtroOBP are expressed at the level of Bowman's gland specifically in the aerial olfactory cavity, as confirmed using anti-XlaeOBP antiserum. OBP mRNA transcription occurs early during metamorphosis, as early as stage 57. This is the first study to demonstrate that OBPs are exclusively present in the aerial chamber and are only expressed as the tadpole becomes an adult in species which possess both aquatic and aerial olfactory organs.
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- Julie Millery
- Centre Européen des Sciences du Goût, CNRS UMR 5170, 15 Rue Hugues Picardet, 21000 Dijon, France
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Gaudin A, Gascuel J. 3D atlas describing the ontogenic evolution of the primary olfactory projections in the olfactory bulb of Xenopus laevis. J Comp Neurol 2005; 489:403-24. [PMID: 16025461 DOI: 10.1002/cne.20655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The adult Xenopus presents the unique capability to smell odors both in water and air thanks to two different olfactory pathways. Nevertheless, the tadpole can initially perceive only water-borne odorants, as the olfactory receptor neurons (ORN) that will detect air-borne odorants develop later. Such a phenomenon requires major reorganization processes. Here we focused on the precise description of the neuroanatomical modifications occurring in the olfactory bulb (OB) of the tadpole throughout metamorphosis. Using both carbocyanine dyes and lectin staining, we investigated the evolution of ORN projection patterns into the OB from Stages 47 to 66, thus covering the period of time when all the modifications take place. Although our results confirm previous works (Reiss and Burd [1997] Semin Cell Dev Biol 8:171-179), we showed for the first time that the main olfactory bulb (MOB) is subdivided into seven zones at Stage 47 plus the accessory olfactory bulb (AOB). These seven zones receive fibers dedicated to aquatic olfaction ("aquatic fibers") and are conserved until Stage 66. At Stage 48 the first fibers dedicated to the aerial olfaction constitute a new dorsomedial zone that grows steadily, pushing the seven original zones ventrolaterally. Only the part of the OB receiving aquatic fibers is fragmented, reminiscent of the organization described in fish. This raises the question of whether such an organization in zones constitutes a plesiomorphy or is linked to aquatic olfaction. We generated a 3D atlas at several stages which are representative of the reorganization process. This will be a useful tool for future studies of development and function.
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- Arnaud Gaudin
- Centre des Sciences du Goût (Unité Mixte de Recherche 5170 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-Université de Bourgogne-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique), F-21000 Dijon, France
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Huang Q, Zhao S, Gaudin A, Quennedey B, Gascuel J. Glial fibrillary acidic protein and vimentin expression in the frog olfactory system during metamorphosis. Neuroreport 2005; 16:1439-42. [PMID: 16110267 DOI: 10.1097/01.wnr.0000177009.06485.89] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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In the present study, we investigated glial cell organization in the olfactory system of adult and tadpole Xenopus laevis using glial fibrillary acidic protein and vimentin antibodies. Our results showed for the first time that glial fibrillary acidic protein was strongly expressed at the level of the olfactory nerve from tadpole to adult and was likely to be expressed by ensheathing glia. In the olfactory bulb, the nerve layer was stained, and no staining was observed in glomeruli. By contrast, vimentin decorated radial glia in the bulb but faintly stained the olfactory nerve. Interestingly, glial fibrillary acidic protein and vimentin presented complementary staining patterns, with glial fibrillary acidic protein being expressed in the peripheral olfactory system and vimentin being expressed in the central part of the olfactory system.
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- Qilin Huang
- Centre Européen des Sciences du Goût. UMR 5170, CNRS, 21000 Dijon, France
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The processes whereby developing neurones acquire morphological features that are common to entire populations (thereby allowing the definition of neuronal types) are still poorly understood. A mathematical model of neuronal arborizations may be useful to extract basic parameters or organization rules, hence helping to achieve a better understanding of the underlying growth processes. We present a parsimonious statistical model, intended to describe the topological organization of neuritic arborizations with a minimal number of parameters. It is based on a probability of splitting which depends only on the centrifugal order of segments. We compare the predictions made by the model of several topological properties of neurones with the corresponding actual values measured on a sample of honeybee (olfactory) antennal lobe neurones grown in primary culture, described in a previous study. The comparison is performed for three populations of segments corresponding to three neuronal morphological types previously identified and described in this sample. We show that simple assumptions together with the knowledge of a very small number of parameters allow the topological reconstruction of representative (bi-dimensional) biological neurones. We discuss the biological significance (in terms of possible factors involved in the determinism of neuronal types) of both common properties and cell-type specific features, observed on the neurones and predicted by the model.
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We produced and characterized two monoclonal antibodies, termed 1.9.E and 4.11.C, that specifically recognize olfactory bulb ensheathing glia. Both antibodies were generated using the olfactory nerve layer (ONL) of newborn rat olfactory bulbs (P0, P1) as immunogens. The specificity of these antibodies was tested by immunofluorescence techniques on tissue sections and cultures of adult and neonatal rat olfactory bulbs, and by Western blot analysis. 1.9.E labeled the ONL and glomerular layer of the olfactory bulb (OB) of adult rats. In newborn rats, 1.9.E immunostained ensheathing cells from the ONL and peripheral olfactory fascicles. Furthermore, 1.9.E reacted with some processes of the radial glia in the periventricular germinal layer of the newborn rat. Although 4.11.C also specifically labeled ensheathing cells in the adult OB, it did not stain any cell type in the ONL of newborn rats. The lack of double labeling with either 1.9.E or 4.11.C and anti-olfactory marker protein (OMP) antibody, a specific marker for olfactory axons, indicated that none of the monoclonals recognized olfactory axons. Double immunostaining of adult OB cultures with 1.9.E or 4.11.C and anti-p75-nerve growth factor receptor revealed that both antibodies specifically recognized ensheathing glia in those cultures. Filaments were strongly labeled throughout the entire cytoplasm of ensheathing cells, suggesting that 1.9.E and 4.11.C immunoreacted with ensheathing glia cytoskeleton. 4.11.C stained a few Schwann cells in adult sciatic nerve sections. Moreover, 4.11.C immunostained cortical astrocyte cultures from newborn rats (P1). In Western blot analysis both antibodies recognized a major component, migrating with an apparent molecular weight of 60 kDa, from olfactory nerve and glomerular layer (ONGL) extracts of adult and neonatal rats. The pattern of immunoreactivity of 1.9.E and 4.11.C antibodies suggest that both antibodies are specific markers for olfactory ensheathing glia in the adult rat central nervous system (CNS).
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- M Heredia
- Departamento Fisiología y Farmacología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain.
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In order to identify molecules involved in the development of the honeybee olfactory pathway, hybridoma technology has been used. Among different cell lines, A2B7 has been selected. It produces a specific antibody for a surface glycoprotein of 91 kDa. This protein is mainly expressed by both the antennal receptor cells and mushroom body neurons. Based on (i) the spatio-temporal pattern of expression during pupal development; (ii) the cell surface location of the antigen; and (iii) the partial molecular characterization of the antigen, a putative role for this protein in axonal fasciculation and guidance is discussed.
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- J Gascuel
- Laboratoire de Neurobiologie Comparée des Invertébrés, INRA-CNRS (URA 1190), Bures-sur-Yvette, France
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This study was undertaken to examine the expression of the protooncogene c-fos in an invertebrate, the honeybee. We investigated first the expression of Fos-like proteins, testing different methodologies (immunohistochemistry, immunocytochemistry, immunoblotting). These studies were carried out at the embryonic, nymphal and adult stages. We found immunoreactive bands at approximately 30 kD and 57 kD. The first ones are revealed at the embryonic, nymphal and adult stages. The approximately 57 kD proteins are present at the adult stage. Beside this qualitative variation, intensive modification occurs with a burst of protein expression a few days after the insect emergence. The results suggest that Fos-like proteins are found in the developing and maturing nervous system. Basal level of expression is found in the olfactory pathway, convincing to explore the protooncogene c-fos expression in the cellular and molecular analyses of olfactory plasticity.
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- C Fonta
- Laboratoire de Neurobiologie Comparée des Invertébrés, INRA-CNRS (URA 1190), Bures-sur-Yvette, France
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Both intrinsic (programmed) and extrinsic (non-programmed) factors are thought to play a role in the morphogenesis of neurones in the honeybee antennal lobe (the first relay station in the olfactory pathway) during development. We present here a morphometric and statistical analysis of a large population of pupal honeybee antennal lobe neurones grown in primary culture. Quantitative parameters were used to characterize neuronal shapes. On the basis of such morphometric measurements, an automatic classification allowed three morphological types to be distinguished. Their main characteristics are presented and the role of intrinsic and extrinsic factors in their determination is discussed.
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- J M Devaud
- Laboratoire de Neurobiologie Comparée des Invertébrés, INRA-CNRS, URA, Bures-sur-Yvette, France
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The role of antennal sensory projections on the ontogeny of the bee antennal lobe was analyzed using both light and transmission electron microscopy. Normal and deafferented developing antennal lobes were examined. The results obtained show that (1) initiation of synaptogenesis in the antennal lobe is independent of the arrival of sensory inputs; (2) sensory inputs are necessary for setting up the glomerular antennal lobe organization; (3) regressive events, such as the reduction of synapse density, occur during the development of the antennal lobe; and (4) glomeruli formation appears as related to glia development.
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- J Gascuel
- Laboratoire de Neurobiologie Comparée des Invertébrés, INRA-CNRS (URA 1190), Bures sur Yvette, France
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Gascuel J, Masson C, Beadle D. The morphology and ultrastructure of antennal lobe cells from pupal honeybees (Apis mellifera) growing in culture. Tissue Cell 1991; 23:547-59. [DOI: 10.1016/0040-8166(91)90012-i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/1991] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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