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Correa J, Tintorelli R, Budriesi P, Viola H. Persistence of spatial memory induced by spaced training involves a behavioral-tagging process. Neuroscience 2022; 497:215-227. [PMID: 35276307 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2022.02.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2021] [Revised: 02/04/2022] [Accepted: 02/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Spaced training, which involves long inter-trial intervals, has positive effects on memories. One of the main attributes of long-term memories (LTM) is persistence. Here, to identify the process that promotes LTM persistence by spaced learning, we used the spatial object recognition (SOR) task. The protocol consisted of a first strong training session that induced LTM formation (tested 1 day after training), but not LTM persistence (tested 7 or 14 days after training); and a second weak training session that promoted memory persistence when applied 1 day, but not 7 days, after the first training. We propose that the promotion of memory persistence is based on the Behavioral Tagging (BT) mechanism operating when the memory trace is retrieved. BT involves the setting of a tag induced by learning which gives rise to input selectivity, and the use of plasticity-related proteins (PRPs) to establish the mnemonic trace. We postulate that retraining will mainly retag the sites initially activated by the original learning, where the PRPs needed for memory expression and/or induced by retrieval would be used to maintain a persistent mnemonic trace. Our results suggest that the mechanism of memory expression, but not those of memory reinforcement or reconsolidation, is necessary to promote memory persistence after retraining. The molecular mechanisms involve ERKs1/2 activity to set the SOR learning tag, and the availability of GluA2-containing AMPA receptor. In conclusion, both the synthesis of PRPs and the setting of a learning tag are key processes triggered by retraining that allow SOR memory persistence.
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- J Correa
- Facultad de Medicina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires, Argentina; Laboratorio de Memoria, Instituto de Biología Celular y Neurociencia "Prof. E. De Robertis" (IBCN), Facultad de Medicina, UBA-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Facultad de Medicina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires, Argentina; Laboratorio de Memoria, Instituto de Biología Celular y Neurociencia "Prof. E. De Robertis" (IBCN), Facultad de Medicina, UBA-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Facultad de Medicina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires, Argentina; Laboratorio de Memoria, Instituto de Biología Celular y Neurociencia "Prof. E. De Robertis" (IBCN), Facultad de Medicina, UBA-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular "Dr. Héctor Maldonado" (FBMC), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Laboratorio de Memoria, Instituto de Biología Celular y Neurociencia "Prof. E. De Robertis" (IBCN), Facultad de Medicina, UBA-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires (ITBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Ramirez Butavand D, Hirsch I, Tomaiuolo M, Moncada D, Viola H, Ballarini F. Novelty Improves the Formation and Persistence of Memory in a Naturalistic School Scenario. Front Psychol 2020; 11:48. [PMID: 32063874 PMCID: PMC7000375 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [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: 07/29/2019] [Accepted: 01/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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One of the top challenges in education and neuroscience consists in translating laboratory results into strategies to improve learning and memory in teaching environments. In that sense, during the last two decades, researchers have discovered specific temporal windows around learning, during which the intervention with some experiences induces modulatory effects on the formation and/or persistence of memory. Based on these results, the aim of the present study was to design a specific strategy to improve the memory of students in a high-school scenario, by assessing the effect of a novel situation experienced close to learning. We found that the long-term memory about a geometrical figure was more precise in the group of students that faced a novel situation 1 h before or after learning the figure than the control group of students who did not face the novelty. This enhancement was probably triggered by processes acting on memory formation mechanisms that remained evident 45 days after learning, indicating that the improvement was sustained over time. In addition, our results showed that novelty no longer improved the memory if it was experienced 4 h before or after learning. However, far beyond this window of efficacy, when it was faced around 10 h after learning, the novel experience improved the memory persistence tested 7 days later. In summary, our findings characterized different temporal windows of the effectiveness of novelty acting on memory processing, providing a simple and inexpensive strategy that could be used to improve memory formation and persistence in high-school students.
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- D Ramirez Butavand
- Laboratorio de Neurociencia Traslacional, Instituto de Biología Celular y Neurociencias "Dr. Eduardo De Robertis" (IBCN), CONICET - Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.,Laboratorio de Memoria, Instituto de Biología Celular y Neurociencias "Dr. Eduardo De Robertis" (IBCN), CONICET - Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.,Laboratorio de Memoria, Instituto de Biología Celular y Neurociencias "Dr. Eduardo De Robertis" (IBCN), CONICET - Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.,Instituto de Biología Celular y Neurociencias "Dr. Eduardo De Robertis" (IBCN), CONICET - Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Memoria, Instituto de Biología Celular y Neurociencias "Dr. Eduardo De Robertis" (IBCN), CONICET - Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.,Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular "Dr. Héctor Maldonado" (FBMC), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Neurociencia Traslacional, Instituto de Biología Celular y Neurociencias "Dr. Eduardo De Robertis" (IBCN), CONICET - Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.,Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Solomon T, Eroglu E, Andharia N, Cserne Szappanos H, Hool L, Viola H. 095 Characterising the Phenotypic Switch in a Murine Model of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Heart Lung Circ 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2020.09.102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Viola H, Hool L. 145 Oxidative Stress Does not Contribute to the Development of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in a Murine Model of the Disease. Heart Lung Circ 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2020.09.152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Shah A, Viola H, Norret M, Kretzmann J, Iyer K, Hool L. Optimal Design of Dendrimer Nanotechnology to Deliver a Peptide as a Therapeutic to the Heart. Heart Lung Circ 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2019.06.117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Hughes L, Rudler D, Perks K, Richman T, Kusnetsova I, Ermer J, Shearwood A, Viola H, Hool L, Siira S, Rackham O, Filipovska A. Misregulation of Mitochondrial Protein Synthesis Leads to Cardiomyopathy. Heart Lung Circ 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2019.06.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Lopes da Cunha P, Ramirez Butavand D, Chisari LB, Ballarini F, Viola H. Exams at classroom have bidirectional effects on the long-term memory of an unrelated graphical task. NPJ Sci Learn 2018; 3:19. [PMID: 30631480 PMCID: PMC6220208 DOI: 10.1038/s41539-018-0036-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2018] [Revised: 09/13/2018] [Accepted: 09/18/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The influence of a given event on long-term memory formation of another one has been a relevant topic of study in the neuroscience field in recent years. Students at school learn contents which are usually tested in exam format. However, exam elevates the arousal state of the students acting as a mild stressor that could influence another memory formation ongoing process. Thus, in this study we examine in high school students the effect of exams on long-term retention of unrelated information, learned at different times before or after the exams. Our results show that exams are not innocuous and that they could improve or reduce the retention of temporarily associated content. These effects did not show gender differences. Our findings should alert teachers about the side effects of exams on the learning of other content within the same school day.
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- P. Lopes da Cunha
- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Laboratorio de Memoria, Instituto de Biología Celular y Neurociencias “Dr Eduardo De Robertis” (IBCN), CONICET- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Laboratorio de Neurociencia Traslacional, Instituto de Biología Celular y Neurociencias “Dr Eduardo De Robertis” (IBCN), CONICET- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Present Address: Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva y Traslacional (INCyT), Universidad de Favaloro, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Laboratorio de Memoria, Instituto de Biología Celular y Neurociencias “Dr Eduardo De Robertis” (IBCN), CONICET- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Laboratorio de Neurociencia Traslacional, Instituto de Biología Celular y Neurociencias “Dr Eduardo De Robertis” (IBCN), CONICET- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Memoria, Instituto de Biología Celular y Neurociencias “Dr Eduardo De Robertis” (IBCN), CONICET- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular “Dr. Héctor Maldonado” (FBMC), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Shah A, Viola H, Kretzmann J, Swaminathan Iyer K, Hool L. Comparing efficacy of 8% versus 17% fluorinated dendrimers as delivery vehicles for a peptide in cardiomyocytes. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2018.05.123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Viola H, Major L, Choi Y, Hool L. The Role of Extracellular Matrix Stiffness on Regulation of Cardiac Metabolic Activity: Implications for the Development of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Heart Lung Circ 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2018.06.216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Walker M, Major L, Szappanos HC, Lovett S, Choi Y, Hool L, Viola H. Developing an In Vitro Model of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Using Hydrogel Technology. Heart Lung Circ 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2018.06.108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Hughes L, Perks K, Rossetti G, Ermer J, Viola H, Hool L, Filipovska A. Loss of Mitochondrial RNA Binding Protein PTCD1 Leads to Cardiomyopathy. Heart Lung Circ 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2018.06.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Saha B, Johnstone V, Viola H, Filipovska A, Hool L. Characterising Mitochondrial Morphology and Signalling in Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Heart Lung Circ 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2017.06.140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Viola H, Semsarian C, Hool L. Identifying the Therapeutic Window for Treatment of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Heart Lung Circ 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2017.06.147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Viola H, Johnstone V, Cserne Szappanos H, Tsoutsman T, Semsarian C, Seidman C, Hool L. Characterising effects of a peptide directed against the L-type Ca2+ channel on mitochondrial function in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Heart Lung Circ 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2015.06.153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Johnstone V, Viola H, Adams A, Wilton S, Fletcher S, Hool L. Optimising morpholino oligomer therapy in the treatment of mdx cardiomyopathy. Heart Lung Circ 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2015.06.164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Viola H, Adams A, Fletcher S, Hool L. Treatment of mdx Mice with Antisense Oligomers to Induce Exon Skipping of Dystrophin Exon 23 Restores Mitochondrial Function in mdx Cardiomyopathy. Heart Lung Circ 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2013.05.555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Viola H, Tsoutsman T, Semsarian C, Seidman C, Hool L. Characterising L-type Ca2+ Channel Function and Mitochondrial Function in Two Murine Models of Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Heart Lung Circ 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2013.05.541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Viola H, Jordan M, Roos K, Hool L. A Peptide Derived Against the Alpha-Interacting Domain of the L-type Ca2+ Channel Reduces Ischaemia-Reperfusion Injury In Vivo in Rat Heart and Improves Contractility. Heart Lung Circ 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2013.05.129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Hool L, Viola H. Identification of Proteins that Mediate Functional Communication Between the L-type Calcium Channel and the Mitochondria. Heart Lung Circ 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2012.05.152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Viola H, Davies S, Filipovska A, Hool L. Altered Communication Between the l-Type Ca2+ Channel and VDAC Contributes to Metabolic Inhibition in mdx Cardiomyopathy. Heart Lung Circ 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2012.05.138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Viola H, Davies S, Tsoutsman T, Filipovska A, Semsarian C, Hool L. Characterising l-Type Ca2+ Channel Function and Mitochondrial Function in the Cardiac Troponin I Mouse Model of Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Heart Lung Circ 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2012.05.143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Hool L, Viola H, Clemons T, Swaminatha-Iyer K. Examining Efficacy of Nanoparticles as a Mode of Delivery of a Peptide Derived Against the Alpha-interacting Domain of the l-Type Ca2+ Channel in Ischaemia-reperfusion Injury in Guinea-pig Heart. Heart Lung Circ 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2012.05.104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Viola H, Hool L. The Role of the Cytoskeleton in Communication between the L-type Calcium Channel and the Mitochondria in Isolated Cardiac Myocytes. Heart Lung Circ 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2011.05.129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Muralidharan P, Chua A, Viola H, Hool L. Examining the Efficacy of a Peptide Derived Against the Alpha-Interacting Domain of the L-type Calcium Channel in Preventing Ischaemia–Reperfusion Injury. Heart Lung Circ 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2011.05.117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Viola H, Macdonald W, Tang H, Hool L. The L-Type Ca2+ Channel as a Therapeutic Target in Heart Disease. Curr Med Chem 2009; 16:3341-58. [DOI: 10.2174/092986709789057671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2009] [Accepted: 06/18/2009] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Lopez-Salon M, Alonso M, Vianna MR, Viola H, Mello e Souza T, Izquierdo I, Pasquini JM, Medina JH. The ubiquitin-proteasome cascade is required for mammalian long-term memory formation. Eur J Neurosci 2001; 14:1820-6. [PMID: 11860477 DOI: 10.1046/j.0953-816x.2001.01806.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 186] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [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: 11/20/2022]
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It has been recently demonstrated that ubiquitin-proteasome-mediated proteolysis is required for long-term synaptic facilitation in Aplysia. Here we show that the hippocampal blockade of this proteolytic pathway is also required for the formation of long-term memory in the rat. Bilateral infusion of lactacystin, a specific proteasome inhibitor, to the CA1 region caused full retrograde amnesia for a one-trial inhibitory avoidance learning when given 1, 4 or 7h, but not 10 h, after training. Proteasome inhibitor I produced similar effects. In addition, inhibitory avoidance training resulted in an increased ubiquitination and 26S proteasome proteolytic activity and a decrease in the levels of IkappaB, a substrate of the ubiquitin-proteasome cascade, in hippocampus 4 h after training. Together, these findings indicate that the ubiquitin-proteasome cascade is crucial for the establishment of LTM in the behaving animal.
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- M Lopez-Salon
- Departamento de Quimica Biologica, IQUIFIB, UBA-CONICET, Argentina
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Izquierdo LA, Viola H, Barros DM, Alonso M, Vianna MR, Furman M, Levi de Stein M, Szapiro G, Rodrigues C, Choi H, Medina JH, Izquierdo I. Novelty enhances retrieval: molecular mechanisms involved in rat hippocampus. Eur J Neurosci 2001; 13:1464-7. [PMID: 11298809 DOI: 10.1046/j.0953-816x.2001.01530.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [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: 11/20/2022]
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Rats exposed to a novel environment just prior to or 1-2 h, but not 4 or 6 h, before retention testing exhibited an enhanced retrieval of a one-trial inhibitory avoidance training. The bilateral intrahippocampal infusion of PD098059, an inhibitor of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), the specific upstream activator of p42 and p44 MAPKs, given 10 min before the exposure to the novel environment, blocked the enhancing effect of novelty on memory retrieval. In addition, prenovelty infusion of DL-2-amino-5-phosphonovalerate (APV), an antagonist of glutamate NMDA receptors, produced similar effects. The exposure to the novel environment is associated with an activation of p42 and p44 MAPKs and an increase in the phosphorylation state of the transcription factor cAMP response element binding protein (CREB). No changes were observed in cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) activity or in alpha-CAMKII activation. Taken together, our results indicate that novelty activates hippocampal MAPKs, which are necessary, along with glutamate NMDA receptors, for the enhancing effect of novelty on retrieval.
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- L A Izquierdo
- Centro de Memoria, Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Ramiro Barcellos 2600 (90035-003) Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Marder M, Estiú G, Blanch LB, Viola H, Wasowski C, Medina JH, Paladini AC. Molecular modeling and QSAR analysis of the interaction of flavone derivatives with the benzodiazepine binding site of the GABA(A) receptor complex. Bioorg Med Chem 2001; 9:323-35. [PMID: 11249125 DOI: 10.1016/s0968-0896(00)00250-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [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: 10/27/2022]
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A large number of structurally different classes of ligands, many of them sharing the main characteristics of the benzodiazepine (BDZ) nucleus, are active in the modulation of anxiety, sedation, convulsion, myorelaxation, hypnotic and amnesic states in mammals. These compounds have high affinity for the benzodiazepine binding site (BDZ-bs) of the GABA(A) receptor complex. Since 1989 onwards our laboratories established that some natural flavonoids were ligands for the BDZ-bs which exhibit medium to high affinity in vitro and anxiolytic activity in vivo. Further research resulted in the production of synthetic flavonoid derivatives with increased biochemical and pharmacological activities. The currently accepted receptor/pharmacophore model of the BDZ-bs (Zhang, W.; Koeler, K. F.; Zhang, P.; Cook, J. M. Drug Des. Dev. 1995, 12, 193) accounts for the general requirements that should be met by this receptor for ligand recognition. In this paper we present a model pharmacophore which defines the characteristics for a ligand to be able to interact and bind to a flavone site, in the GABA(A) receptor. closely related to the BDZ-bs. A model of a flavone binding site has already been described (Dekermendjian, K.; Kahnberg, P.; Witt, M. R.; Sterner, O.; Nielsen, M.; Liljerfors, T. J. Med. Chem. 1999, 42, 4343). However, this alternative model is based only on graphic superposition techniques using as template a non-BDZ agonist. In this investigation all the natural and synthetic flavonoids found to be ligands for the BDZ-bs have been compared with the classical BDZ diazepam. A QSAR regression analysis of the parameters that describe the interaction demonstrates the relevance of the electronic effects for the ligand binding, and shows that they are associated with the negatively charged oxygen atom of the carbonyl group of the flavonoids and with the nature of the substituent in position 3'.
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- M Marder
- Instituto de Química y Fisicoquímica Biológicas, Faultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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To determine whether neonatal intracranial injection of apotransferrin (aTf), which increases myelin deposition, has behavioral effects in rats, 3-day-old rats were intracranially injected with 350 ng of aTf and tested at 25 and 60 days of age. An anxiolytic-like behavior was observed in aTf-treated rats, evidenced by an increase in the exploration of open arms in the plus maze test without changes in the locomotor activity. This behavioral profile persists until adulthood. Intraperitoneal injection of 0.75 mg/kg of picrotoxin, a GABA(A) receptor channel antagonist, abolished this anxiolytic-like behavior, indicating that neonatal aTf induces a long-lasting increase in GABA(A) receptor functionality.
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- H Viola
- Instituto de Biología Celular y Neurociencias, Facultad de Medicina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Viola H, Furman M, Izquierdo LA, Alonso M, Barros DM, de Souza MM, Izquierdo I, Medina JH. Phosphorylated cAMP response element-binding protein as a molecular marker of memory processing in rat hippocampus: effect of novelty. J Neurosci 2000; 20:RC112. [PMID: 11090612 PMCID: PMC6773084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023] Open
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From mollusks to mammals the activation of cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB) appears to be an important step in the formation of long-term memory (LTM). Here we show that a 5 min exposure to a novel environment (open field) 1 hr after acquisition of a one-trial inhibitory avoidance training hinders both the formation of LTM for the avoidance task and the increase in the phosphorylation state of hippocampal Ser 133 CREB [phosphorylated CREB (pCREB)] associated with the avoidance training. To determine whether this LTM deficit is attributable to the reduced pCREB level, rats were bilaterally cannulated to deliver Sp-adenosine 3', 5'-cyclic monophosphothioate (Sp-cAMPS), an activator of PKA. Infusion of Sp-Adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphothioate Sp-cAMPS to CA1 region increased hippocampal pCREB levels and restored normal LTM of avoidance learning in rats exposed to novelty. Moreover, a 5 min exposure to the open field 10 min before the avoidance training interferes with the amnesic effect of a second 5 min exposure to the open field 1 hr after avoidance training and restores the hippocampal levels of pCREB. In contrast, the avoidance training-associated activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinases (p42 and p44 mitogen-activated protein kinases) in the hippocampus is not altered by novelty. Together, these findings suggest that novelty regulates LTM formation by modulating the phosphorylation state of CREB in the hippocampus.
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- H Viola
- Instituto de Biologia Celular y Neurociencias, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Paraguay 2155, piso 3, 1121 Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Vianna MR, Alonso M, Viola H, Quevedo J, de Paris F, Furman M, de Stein ML, Medina JH, Izquierdo I. Role of hippocampal signaling pathways in long-term memory formation of a nonassociative learning task in the rat. Learn Mem 2000; 7:333-40. [PMID: 11040265 PMCID: PMC311352 DOI: 10.1101/lm.34600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 218] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2000] [Accepted: 08/16/2000] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Long-term habituation to a novel environment is one of the most elementary forms of nonassociative learning. Here we studied the effect of pre- or posttraining intrahippocampal administration of drugs acting on specific molecular targets on the retention of habituation to a 5-min exposure to an open field measured 24 h later. We also determined whether the exposure to a novel environment resulted in the activation of the same intracellular signaling cascades previously shown to be activated during hippocampal-dependent associative learning. The immediate posttraining bilateral infusion of CNQX (1 microg/side), an AMPA/kainate glutamate receptor antagonist, or of muscimol (0.03 microg/side), a GABA(A) receptor agonist, into the CA1 region of the dorsal hippocampus impaired long-term memory of habituation. The NMDA receptor antagonist AP5 (5 microg/side) impaired habituation when infused 15 min before, but not when infused immediately after, the 5-min training session. In addition, KN-62 (3.6 ng/side), an inhibitor of calcium calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII), was amnesic when infused 15 min before or immediately and 3 h after training. In contrast, the cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) inhibitor Rp-cAMPS, the mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MAPKK) inhibitor PD098059, and the protein synthesis inhibitor anisomycin, at doses that fully block memory formation of inhibitory avoidance learning, did not affect habituation to a novel environment. The detection of spatial novelty is associated with a sequential activation of PKA, ERKs (p44 and p42 MAPKs) and CaMKII and the phosphorylation of c-AMP responsive element-binding protein (CREB) in the hippocampus. These findings suggest that memory formation of spatial habituation depends on the functional integrity of NMDA and AMPA/kainate receptors and CaMKII activity in the CA1 region of the hippocampus and that the detection of spatial novelty is accompanied by the activation of at least three different hippocampal protein kinase signaling cascades.
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- M R Vianna
- Centro de Memoria, Departamento de Bioquimica, Instituto de Ciencias Basicas da Saude, UFRGS, 90035-003 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Viola H, Marder M, Wasowski C, Giorgi O, Paladini AC, Medina JH. 6,3'-dibromoflavone and 6-nitro-3'-bromoflavone: new additions to the 6,3'-disubstituted flavone family of high-affinity ligands of the brain benzodiazepine binding site with agonistic properties. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2000; 273:694-8. [PMID: 10873666 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.2979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 11/22/2022]
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6,3'-dibromoflavone and 6-nitro-3'-bromoflavone inhibited [(3)H]flunitrazepam binding to the benzodiazepine binding site of the gamma amino butyric acid receptor complex with K(i) values between 17 and 36 nM in different brain regions. Their gamma amino butyric acid ratio for [(3)H]flunitrazepam binding to cerebral cortex membranes indicated partial agonistic properties. Both compounds had similar pharmacological effects: they produced anxiolytic-like effects at low doses but did not alter locomotor activity or muscle tonicity; sedation was caused only at doses higher than 30 mg/kg in mice. These synthetic flavone derivatives join an existing family of 6,3'-disubstituted flavone compounds with high affinity for the benzodiazepine binding site and partial agonistic profiles.
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- H Viola
- Facultad de Medicina, Instituto de Biología Celular y Neurociencias, Paraguay 2155, Buenos Aires, (1121), Argentina
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Viola H, Wolfman C, Marder M, Goutman JD, Bianchin M, Wasowski C, Calvo DJ, Izquierdo I, Paladini AC, Medina JH. 6-Chloro-3'-nitroflavone is a potent ligand for the benzodiazepine binding site of the GABA(A) receptor devoid of intrinsic activity. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2000; 65:313-20. [PMID: 10672984 DOI: 10.1016/s0091-3057(99)00199-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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6-Chloro-3'-nitroflavone integrates a list of nearly 70 flavone derivatives synthesized in our laboratories. The effects of 6-chloro-3'-nitroflavone on the benzodiazepine binding sites (BDZ-BSs) of the GABA(A) receptor were examined in vitro and in vivo. 6-Chloro-3'-nitroflavone inhibited the [3H]flunitrazepam ([3H]FNZ) binding to rat cerebral cortex membranes with a Ki of 6.68 nM and the addition of GABA to extensively washed membranes did not modify its affinity for the BDZ-BSs (GABA-shift = 1.16+/-0.12). The binding assays performed in rat striatal and cerebellar brain membranes showed that this compound has similar affinity to different populations of BDZ-BSs. Electrophysiological experiments revealed that 6-chloro-3'-nitroflavone did not affect GABA(A)-receptors (GABA(A)-Rs) responses recorded in Xenopus oocytes expressing alpha1beta2gamma2s subunits, but blocked the potentiation exerted by diazepam (DZ) on GABA-activated chloride currents. In vivo experiments showed that 6-chloro-3'-nitroflavone did not possess anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, sedative, myorelaxant actions in mice or amnestic effects in rats; however, 6-chloro-3'-nitroflavone antagonized diazepam-induced antianxiety action, anticonvulsion, short-term, and long-term amnesia and motor incoordination. These biochemical, electrophysiological, and pharmacological results suggest that 6-chloro-3'-nitroflavone behaves as an antagonist of the BDZ-BSs.
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- H Viola
- Instituto de Biología Celular y Neurosciencias, Facultad de Medicina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Viola H, Marder M, Nuñez J, Izquierdo L, Wasowski C, Wolfman C, Ardenghi P, Barros D, Medina JH, Paladini AC. 6-Methyl-3'-bromoflavone, a high-affinity ligand for the benzodiazepine binding site of the GABA(A) receptor with some antagonistic properties. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1999; 262:643-6. [PMID: 10471378 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1999.1273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 11/22/2022]
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6-Methyl-3'-bromoflavone inhibited [(3)H]flunitrazepam binding to the benzodiazepine binding site of the GABA(A) receptor (BDZ-bs) with Ki values between 10 and 50 nM in different brain regions. The GABA ratio of 1.03 for [(3)H]flunitrazepam binding to cerebral cortex, 0.76 for cerebellum, 0.7 for hippocampus, 0.7 for striatum, and 0.8 for spinal cord indicated an antagonistic or weak inverse agonistic profile of 6-methyl-3'-bromoflavone on BDZ-bs. Unlike classical benzodiazepines, it had no anticonvulsant, anxiolytic, myorelaxant, sedative, amnestic or motor incoordination effects. However, it antagonized the muscle relaxant, the sedative effect, and the changes in locomotor activity induced by diazepam. Taken together, these findings suggest that 6-methyl-3'-bromoflavone has an antagonistic profile on the BDZ-bs.
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- H Viola
- Facultad de Medicina, Instituto de Biología Celular, Paraguay 2155 (1121), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Ribeiro RL, Andreatini R, Wolfman C, Viola H, Medina JH, Da Cunha C. The "anxiety state" and its relation with rat models of memory and habituation. Neurobiol Learn Mem 1999; 72:78-94. [PMID: 10438649 DOI: 10.1006/nlme.1998.3891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 11/22/2022]
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Rats selected as "anxious", "nonanxious," or normal according to their behavior in an elevated plus maze were submitted to memory tasks and the densities of central benzodiazepine receptors in the amygdala and the hippocampus were studied. Anxious rats exibited better retention scores in the inhibitory avoidance task while nonanxious rats exibited worse retention scores in inhibitory and two-way active avoidance tasks compared to normal rats. No significant differences were detected in the retention scores for habituation to an open field. Nonanxious rats presented a lower benzodiazepine receptor density in the hippocampus but not in the amygdala compared to the other groups. These data suggest that the benzodiazepine receptors are involved in the effect of "anxiety" or emotional states on memory storage processes.
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- R L Ribeiro
- Dep. Farmacologia, UFPR, Laboratório de Fisiologia e Farmacologia do SNC, Curitiba, PR, 81.531-990, Brazil
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Paladini AC, Marder M, Viola H, Wolfman C, Wasowski C, Medina JH. Flavonoids and the central nervous system: from forgotten factors to potent anxiolytic compounds. J Pharm Pharmacol 1999; 51:519-26. [PMID: 10411210 DOI: 10.1211/0022357991772790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [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: 10/31/2022]
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The list of activities of plant flavonoids did not include effects on the central nervous system (CNS) up to 1990, when our laboratory described the existence of natural anxiolytic flavonoids. The first of these was chrysin (5,7-dihydroxyflavone), followed by apigenin (5,7,4'-trihydroxyflavone) and flavone itself. Semisynthetic derivatives of flavone obtained by introducing halogens, nitro groups or both in its molecule, give rise to high affinity ligands for the benzodiazepine receptor, active in-vivo; 6,3'-dinitroflavone, for example, is an anxiolytic drug 30 times more potent than diazepam. The data collected in this paper make clear that some natural flavonoids are CNS-active molecules and that the chemical modification of the flavone nucleus dramatically increases their anxiolytic potency.
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- A C Paladini
- Instituto de Quimica y Fisicoquimica Biologicas, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquimica, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Wolfman C, Viola H, Marder M, Ardenghi P, Wasowski C, Schröder N, Izquierdo I, Rúveda E, Paladini A, Medina JH. Pharmacological characterization of 6-bromo-3'-nitroflavone, a synthetic flavonoid with high affinity for the benzodiazepine receptors. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 1998; 61:239-46. [PMID: 9768558 DOI: 10.1016/s0091-3057(98)00088-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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6-Bromo-3'-nitroflavone is a synthetic flavone derivative that selectively recognizes benzodiazepine receptors and has potent anxiolytic-like effects. Here, we describe in detail its pharmacological characterization. When i.p. injected in mice, 6-bromo-3'-nitroflavone (0.01-0.3 mg/kg) had an anxiolytic-like effect in the elevated plus-maze test. This effect was blocked by the specific benzodiazepine receptor antagonist, flumazenil. In addition, it exhibited anxiolytic-like actions when given orally (1 mg/kg). 6-Bromo-3'-nitroflavone did not exhibit myorelaxant effects (up to 30 mg/kg, i.p.). Unlike diazepam, this flavonoid produced no anterograde amnesia in a one-trial inhibitory avoidance learning. On the other hand, 6-bromo-3'-nitroflavone possessed mild anticonvulsant activity (0.1 mg/kg, i.p.) and provoked sedative-depressant actions only at doses 100-1000 times higher than those producing anxiolytic-like effects. 6-Bromo-3'-nitroflavone (0.1-1 mM) produced a lower potentiation of gamma-amino-butyric acid (GABA)-stimulated 36Cl- influx (126-138%) in comparison to diazepam (0.1 mM: 166%) in cerebral cortical membrane vesicles. Taken together, these findings suggest that 6-bromo-3'-nitroflavone has anxiolytic-like action possibly behaving as a partial agonist of the benzodiazepine receptors.
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- C Wolfman
- Instituto de Biología Celular y Neurociencias, Facultad de Medicina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Marder M, Viola H, Bacigaluppo JA, Colombo MI, Wasowski C, Wolfman C, Medina JH, Rúveda EA, Paladini AC. Detection of benzodiazepine receptor ligands in small libraries of flavone derivatives synthesized by solution phase combinatorial chemistry. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1998; 249:481-5. [PMID: 9712722 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1998.9146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [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: 11/22/2022]
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Solution phase combinatorial synthesis of flavone derivatives and evaluation of their affinity for the central benzodiazepine receptors is described. The libraries preparation is simple and provides a convenient method for rapid compound generation and screening. Thirty one new compounds were obtained of which the most promising, as high affinity benzodiazepine receptor ligands, were 6-bromo-3'-fluoroflavone; 6,3'-dichloroflavone; 6-bromo-3'-chloroflavone and 6-chloro-3'-bromoflavone.
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- M Marder
- Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Instituto de Química y Fisicoquímica Biológicas, Junín 956, Buenos Aires, 1113, Argentina
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Benzodiazepines (BDZs) are the most widely prescribed class of psychoactive drugs in current therapeutic use, despite the important unwanted side-effects that they produce such as sedation, myorelaxation, ataxia, amnesia, ethanol and barbiturate potentiation and tolerance. Searching for safer BDZ-receptor (BDZ-R) ligands we have recently demonstrated the existence of a new family of ligands which have a flavonoid structure. First isolated from plants used as tranquilizers in folkloric medicine, some natural flavonoids have shown to possess a selective and relatively mild affinity for BDZ-Rs and a pharmacological profile compatible with a partial agonistic action. In a logical extension of this discovery various synthetic derivatives of those compounds, such as 6,3'-dinitroflavone were found to have a very potent anxiolytic effect not associated with myorelaxant, amnestic or sedative actions. This dinitro compound, in particular, exhibits a high affinity for the BDZ-Rs (Ki = 12-30 nM). Due to their selective pharmacological profile and low intrinsic efficacy at the BDZ-Rs, flavonoid derivatives, such as those described, could represent an improved therapeutic tool in the treatment of anxiety. In addition, several flavone derivatives may provide important leads for the development of potent and selective BDZ-Rs ligands.
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- J H Medina
- Instituto de Biologia Celular y Neurociencias, Facultad de Medicina, UBA, Paraguay, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Wolfman C, Viola H, Marder M, Wasowski C, Ardenghi P, Izquierdo I, Paladini AC, Medina JH. Anxioselective properties of 6,3'-dinitroflavone, a high-affinity benzodiazepine receptor ligand. Eur J Pharmacol 1996; 318:23-30. [PMID: 9007508 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(96)00784-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [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: 02/03/2023]
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6,3'-Dintroflavone is a synthetic flavone derivative with high affinity for central benzodiazepine receptors that has anxiolytic effects. Here, we describe its biochemical and pharmacological characterization. 6,3'-Dinitroflavone inhibited differentially [3H]flunitrazepam binding to central benzodiazepine receptors in several brain regions, showing a lower Ki value in the cerebellum (central benzodiazepine receptor type I-enriched area), and a higher Ki value in the spinal cord and in the dentate gyrus (central benzodiazepine receptor type II-enriched area). When i.p. injected in mice, 6,3'-dinitroflavone had a potent anxiolytic effect in the elevated plus maze test. This effect was blocked by the specific central benzodiazepine receptor antagonist, Ro 15-1788. 6,3'-Dinitroflavone did not exhibit anticonvulsant or myorelaxant effects in mice or amnestic effects in rats. Moreover, it abolished the myorelaxant effect of diazepam. On the other hand, 6,3'-dinitroflavone possessed a mild sedative action only at doses 100-300-fold greater than the anxiolytic one. Based on these findings, we suggest that 6,3'-dinitroflavone has a benzodiazepine partial agonist profile, with low selectivity for central benzodiazepine receptor types I and II.
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- C Wolfman
- Instituo de Biología Celular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Paraguay, Argentina
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Marder M, Viola H, Wasowski C, Wolfman C, Waterman PG, Cassels BK, Medina JG, Paladini AC. 6-Bromoflavone, a high affinity ligand for the central benzodiazepine receptors is a member of a family of active flavonoids. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1996; 223:384-9. [PMID: 8670291 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1996.0903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [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: 02/01/2023]
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6-Bromoflavone, obtained by bromination of flavanone, binds to central benzodiazepine receptors with a Ki=70 nM and has a clear anxiolytic activity in mice, at 0.5 mg/kg i.p. A survey of the structure/affinity relationship for those receptors in a series of natural and synthetic flavonoids is presented.
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- M Marder
- Instituto de Química y Fisicoquímica Biológicas, Facultad de Farmaciay Bioquímica, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Scorza MC, Reyes-Parada M, Silveira R, Viola H, Medina JH, Viana MB, Zangrossi H, Graeff FG. Behavioral effects of the putative anxiolytic (+/-)-1-(2,5-dimethoxy-4-ethylthiophenyl)-2-aminopropane (ALEPH-2) in rats and mice. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 1996; 54:355-61. [PMID: 8743595 DOI: 10.1016/0091-3057(95)02149-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Behavioral effects of the phenethylamine derivative (+/-)-1-(2,5-dimethoxy-4-ethylthiophenyl)-2-aminopropane (ALEPH-2) were studied in mice and rats. Murine locomotor activity, measured with a photocell actometer, was markedly depressed following IP injection of 2 and 6 mg/kg of the drug. The same doses of the drug also decreased frequency and duration of head dipping and the number of rearings in the hole board apparatus. In the murine elevated plus maze 2 and 6 mg/kg of ALEPH-2 increased the percentage of both open arm entries and time. The total number of entries into the enclosed arms was not significantly affected by the drug. In the rat, 2-12 mg/kg ALEPH-2, IP, decreased photobeam counts in the actometer in a dose-dependent fashion. Both 2 and 4 mg/kg of the drug increased the percentage of open arm entries, but only the highest dose significantly increased the percentage of time spent on the open arms. The dose of 4 mg/kg ALEPH-2 also significantly decreased the total number of enclosed arm entries. Finally, in a recently developed model of anxiety and memory, the elevated T-maze, the doses of 2 and 4 mg/kg ALEPH-2 did not change inhibitory avoidance of the open arms. Nevertheless, the highest dose had an amnestic effect on this task, repeated 72 h later in the absence of drug. In addition, this dose significantly increased the latency to escape from the open arms and had an amnestic effect measured 72 h later. Overall, these results indicate that ALEPH-2 possesses anxiolytic, amnestic as well as sedative and/or motor depressant actions.
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- M C Scorza
- Division Biología Celular, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable, Montevideo, Uruguay
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Viola H, Wasowski C, Levi de Stein M, Wolfman C, Silveira R, Dajas F, Medina JH, Paladini AC. Apigenin, a component of Matricaria recutita flowers, is a central benzodiazepine receptors-ligand with anxiolytic effects. Planta Med 1995; 61:213-216. [PMID: 7617761 DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-958058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The dried flower heads of Matricaria recutita L. (Asteraceae) are used in folk medicine to prepare a spasmolytic and sedative tea. Our fractionation of the aqueous extract of this plant led to the detection of several fractions with significant affinity for the central benzodiazepine receptor and to the isolation and identification of 5,7,4'-trihydroxyflavone (apigenin) in one of them. Apigenin competitively inhibited the binding of flunitrazepam with a Ki of 4 microM and had no effect on muscarinic receptors, alpha 1-adrenoceptors, and on the binding of muscimol to GABAA receptors. Apigenin had a clear anxiolytic activity in mice in the elevated plusmaze without evidencing sedation or muscle relaxant effects at doses similar to those used for classical benzodiazepines and no anticonvulsant action was detected. However, a 10-fold increase in dosage produced a mild sedative effect since a 26% reduction in ambulatory locomotor activity and a 35% decrement in hole-board parameters were evident. The results reported in this paper demonstrate that apigenin is a ligand for the central benzodiazepine receptors exerting anxiolytic and slight sedative effects but not being anticonvulsant or myorelaxant.
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- H Viola
- Instituto de Biología Celular, Facultad de Medicina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Viola H, Wolfman C, Levi de Stein M, Wasowski C, Peña C, Medina JH, Paladini AC. Isolation of pharmacologically active benzodiazepine receptor ligands from Tilia tomentosa (Tiliaceae). J Ethnopharmacol 1994; 44:47-53. [PMID: 7990504 DOI: 10.1016/0378-8741(94)90098-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Tilia species are traditional medicinal plants widely used in Latin America as sedatives and tranquilizers. For this purpose, the infusion of their inflorescences is used to prepare a tea. In this study extracts of inflorescences from Tilia tomentosa Moench, one of the species found in the market, were purified using a benzodiazepine (BZD) binding assay to detect BZD receptor ligands in the different fractions. One of the ligands was identified as kaempferol, but it had low affinity (Ki = 93 microM) for this receptor, and did not produce sedative or anxiolytic effects in mice. On the other hand, a complex fraction, containing as yet unidentified constituents, but probably of a flavonoid nature, when administered intraperitoneally in mice, had a clear anxiolytic effect in both the elevated plus-maze and holeboard tests, two well validated pharmacological tests to measure anxiolytic and sedative compounds. This active fraction had no effect on total and ambulatory locomotor activity. In conclusion, our results demonstrate the occurrence of active principle(s) in, at least, one species of Tilia that may explain its ethnopharmacological use as an anxiolytic.
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- H Viola
- Instituto de Biología Celular, Facultad de Medicina, Paraguay, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Wolfman C, Viola H, Paladini A, Dajas F, Medina JH. Possible anxiolytic effects of chrysin, a central benzodiazepine receptor ligand isolated from Passiflora coerulea. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 1994; 47:1-4. [PMID: 7906886 DOI: 10.1016/0091-3057(94)90103-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 190] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [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] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The pharmacological effects of 5,7-dihydroxyflavone (chrysin), a naturally occurring monoflavonoid that displaces [3H]flunitrazepam binding to the central benzodiazepine (BDZ) receptors, were examined in mice. In the elevated plus-maze test of anxiety, diazepam (DZ, 0.3-0.6 mg/kg) or chrysin (1 mg/kg) induced increases in the number of entries into the open arms and in the time spent on the open arms, consistent with an anxiolytic action of both compounds. The effects of chrysin on the elevated plus-maze was abolished by pretreatment with the specific BDZ receptor antagonist Ro 15-1788 (3 mg/kg). In the holeboard, diazepam (1 mg/kg) and chrysin (3 mg/kg) increased the time spent head-dipping. In contrast, high doses of DZ (6 mg/kg) but not of chrysin produced a decrease in the number of head dips and in the time spent head-dipping. In the horizontal wire test, diazepam (6 mg/kg) had a myorelaxant action. In contrast, chrysin (0.6-30 mg/kg) produced no effects in this test. These data suggest that chrysin possesses anxiolytic actions without inducing sedation and muscle relaxation. We postulate that this natural monoflavonoid is a partial agonist of the central BDZ receptors.
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- C Wolfman
- Instituto de Biología Celular, Facultad de Medicina, UBA, Argentina
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Wolfman C, Da Cunha C, Jerusalinsky D, Levi de Stein M, Viola H, Izquierdo I, Medina JH. Habituation and inhibitory avoidance training alter brain regional levels of benzodiazepine-like molecules and are affected by intracerebral flumazenil microinjection. Brain Res 1991; 548:74-80. [PMID: 1651148 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(91)91108-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [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: 12/28/2022]
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The effects of habituation and inhibitory avoidance training on the rat brain regional levels of benzodiazepine (BZD)-like molecules and on central type BZD binding sites were examined. BZD-like immunoreactivity was decreased by 26-50% in the amygdala, cerebral cortex and septum of rats sacrificed immediately after stepping-down from the platform of an inhibitory avoidance apparatus (non-trained group) as compared to naive controls. Rats submitted to a second step-down session 20 h later (habituated group) have significantly lower BZD-like immunoreactivity in the septum (-60%) as compared to non-trained animals. Rats exposed to an inhibitory avoidance training, i.e. stepping-down and receiving a footshock (trained group), showed a significant reduction in the content of BZD-like molecules in cerebral cortex (-44%), amygdala (-68%), septum (-80%) and hippocampus (-82%) as compared to non-trained rats. In addition, the density of central type BZD binding sites was slightly increased in the hippocampus and septum of trained rats. No changes were observed in the apparent dissociation constant. No changes were observed in parallel measurements of [3H]-L-quinuclidinyl benzylate binding constants at cholinergic muscarinic binding sites. The immediate posttraining intrahippocampal bilateral injection of the central type BZD receptor antagonist flumazenil (10 nmol/hippocampus), enhanced the retention of habituation but not when injected in the amygdala or septum. In contrast, retention of the inhibitory avoidance task was significantly increased by flumazenil administered bilaterally into any of the 3 brain structures.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- C Wolfman
- Instituto de Biologia Celular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Mayer R, Fabian J, Viola H, Jakisch L. SYNTHESIS AND ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE OF POTENTIALLY VALENCE ISOMERIC 1,2-DITHIOLYLIUM-4-OLATES. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1987. [DOI: 10.1080/03086648708079348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Hempel R, Viola H. Anwendung der Reflexionsspektroskopie zur Ermittlung der Tautomeranteile p-substituierter 4-Phenylazo-1-naphthole in Polyamidgewebe. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1979. [DOI: 10.1002/actp.1979.010300716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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