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Roesler R. Interplay between neural stem cells and glioblastoma: possible role of neurotrophin signaling. Clin Transl Oncol 2019; 21:1578-1579. [PMID: 31571153 DOI: 10.1007/s12094-019-02206-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2019] [Accepted: 09/13/2019] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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- R Roesler
- Cancer and Neurobiology Laboratory, Experimental Research Center, Clinical Hospital (CPE-HCPA), Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
- Department of Pharmacology, Institute for Basic Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Rua Sarmento Leite, 500 (ICBS, Campus Centro/UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, 90050-170, Brazil.
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Portich J, Gil M, Kersting N, Dos Santos R, Fratini L, Goulart B, Loss J, Gregianin L, Ferreira M, Brunetto A, Roesler R, De Farias C. 225 BDNF as a potential new biomarker in childhood acute leukemia. Eur J Cancer 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(16)30112-5] [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: 10/22/2022]
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Kuhle J, Disanto G, Dobson R, Adiutori R, Bianchi L, Topping J, Bestwick JP, Meier UC, Marta M, Costa GD, Runia T, Evdoshenko E, Lazareva N, Thouvenot E, Iaffaldano P, Direnzo V, Khademi M, Piehl F, Comabella M, Sombekke M, Killestein J, Hegen H, Rauch S, D’Alfonso S, Alvarez-Cermeño JC, Kleinová P, Horáková D, Roesler R, Lauda F, Llufriu S, Avsar T, Uygunoglu U, Altintas A, Saip S, Menge T, Rajda C, Bergamaschi R, Moll N, Khalil M, Marignier R, Dujmovic I, Larsson H, Malmestrom C, Scarpini E, Fenoglio C, Wergeland S, Laroni A, Annibali V, Romano S, Martínez AD, Carra A, Salvetti M, Uccelli A, Torkildsen Ø, Myhr KM, Galimberti D, Rejdak K, Lycke J, Frederiksen JL, Drulovic J, Confavreux C, Brassat D, Enzinger C, Fuchs S, Bosca I, Pelletier J, Picard C, Colombo E, Franciotta D, Derfuss T, Lindberg RLP, Yaldizli Ö, Vécsei L, Kieseier BC, Hartung HP, Villoslada P, Siva A, Saiz A, Tumani H, Havrdová E, Villar LM, Leone M, Barizzone N, Deisenhammer F, Teunissen C, Montalban X, Tintoré M, Olsson T, Trojano M, Lehmann S, Castelnovo G, Lapin S, Hintzen R, Kappos L, Furlan R, Martinelli V, Comi G, Ramagopalan SV, Giovannoni G. Conversion from clinically isolated syndrome to multiple sclerosis: A large multicentre study. Mult Scler 2015; 21:1013-24. [DOI: 10.1177/1352458514568827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 196] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2014] [Accepted: 11/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Background and objective: We explored which clinical and biochemical variables predict conversion from clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) to clinically definite multiple sclerosis (CDMS) in a large international cohort. Methods: Thirty-three centres provided serum samples from 1047 CIS cases with at least two years’ follow-up. Age, sex, clinical presentation, T2-hyperintense lesions, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) oligoclonal bands (OCBs), CSF IgG index, CSF cell count, serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25-OH-D), cotinine and IgG titres against Epstein-Barr nuclear antigen 1 (EBNA-1) and cytomegalovirus were tested for association with risk of CDMS. Results: At median follow-up of 4.31 years, 623 CIS cases converted to CDMS. Predictors of conversion in multivariable analyses were OCB (HR = 2.18, 95% CI = 1.71–2.77, p < 0.001), number of T2 lesions (two to nine lesions vs 0/1 lesions: HR = 1.97, 95% CI = 1.52–2.55, p < 0.001; >9 lesions vs 0/1 lesions: HR = 2.74, 95% CI = 2.04–3.68, p < 0.001) and age at CIS (HR per year inversely increase = 0.98, 95% CI = 0.98–0.99, p < 0.001). Lower 25-OH-D levels were associated with CDMS in univariable analysis, but this was attenuated in the multivariable model. OCB positivity was associated with higher EBNA-1 IgG titres. Conclusions: We validated MRI lesion load, OCB and age at CIS as the strongest independent predictors of conversion to CDMS in this multicentre setting. A role for vitamin D is suggested but requires further investigation.
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- J Kuhle
- Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, UK/ Departments of Neurology and Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Switzerland
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- Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, UK
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- Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, UK
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- Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, UK
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- Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, UK
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- Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, UK
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- Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, Barts and the London School for Medicine and Dentistry, UK
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- Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, UK
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- Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, UK
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- Department of Neurology and INSPE, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, The Netherlands
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- Centre of Multiple Sclerosis, City Clinical Hospital#31, Russia
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- Centre of Multiple Sclerosis, City Clinical Hospital#31, Russia
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- Institut de Génomique Fonctionelle, CNRS UMR5203, INSERM U661, Université Montpellier 1, Université Montpellier, France, and Hôpital Carémeau, France
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, University of Bari, Italy
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, University of Bari, Italy
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- Neuroimmunology Unit, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
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- Neuroimmunology Unit, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
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- Servei de Neurologia-Neuroimmunologia, Centre d’Esclerosi Múltiple de Catalunya (Cemcat), Institut de Receca Vall d’Hebron (VHIR), Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
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- Departments of Neurology and Clinical Chemistry, MS Center, Neurocampus Amsterdam, VU University Medical Centre Amsterdam, The Netherlands and BioMS-eu network
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- Departments of Neurology and Clinical Chemistry, MS Center, Neurocampus Amsterdam, VU University Medical Centre Amsterdam, The Netherlands and BioMS-eu network
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- Department of Neurology, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria
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- Department of Radiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria
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- Department of Health Sciences and IRCAD, Eastern Piedmont University, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurology, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurology, CSF Laboratory and MS Outpatient Unit, University of Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, CSF Laboratory and MS Outpatient Unit, University of Ulm, Germany
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- Center for Neuroimmunology and Department of Neurology. Institut d’investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi Sunyer (IDIBAPS) – Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Spain
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- Dr Orhan Öcalgiray Molecular Biology-Biotechnology and Genetics Research Centre, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, Istanbul University, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, Istanbul University, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, Istanbul University, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University of Szeged, Hungary
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- Pôle de Neurosciences Cliniques, Service de Neurologie, Centre de Résonance Magnétique Biologique et Médicale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Timone, Laboratoire d’histocompatibilité, Etablissement Français du Sang Alpes Méditerrannée, Aix Marseille Université, France
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- Department of Neurology, Medical University of Graz, Austria
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- Department of Neurology, Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard-Lyon 1, France
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- Clinic of Neurology, Belgrade University School of Medicine, Serbia
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- Unit of Functional Imaging, Glostrup Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Neurology Unit, Dept. of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Fondazione Cà Granda, IRCCS Policlinico
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- Neurology Unit, Dept. of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Fondazione Cà Granda, IRCCS Policlinico
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- KG Jebsen Centre for MS-Research, Department of Clinical Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, University of Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Neurology, University of Genoa, Italy
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- Centre for Experimental Neurological Therapies, S. Andrea Hospital-site, Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs (NESMOS), Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University, Italy
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- Centre for Experimental Neurological Therapies, S. Andrea Hospital-site, Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs (NESMOS), Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University, Italy
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- Department of Neurology of Hospital Británico of Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Neurology of Hospital Británico of Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Centre for Experimental Neurological Therapies, S. Andrea Hospital-site, Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs (NESMOS), Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, University of Genoa, Italy
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- KG Jebsen Centre for MS-Research, Department of Clinical Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, University of Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Neurology, University of Genoa, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Dept. of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Fondazione Cà Granda, IRCCS Policlinico
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- Department of Neurology, Medical University of Lublin, Poland
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Neurology, Glostrup Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Clinic of Neurology, Belgrade University School of Medicine, Serbia
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- Department of Neurology, Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard-Lyon 1, France
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- Department of Neurology, University of Toulouse, France
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- Department of Neurology, Medical University of Graz, Austria
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- Department of Neurology, Medical University of Graz, Austria
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- MS Unit, Neurology Department, La Fe University and Polytechnic Hospital, Instituto de investigación Sanitaria La Fe, Spain
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- Pôle de Neurosciences Cliniques, Service de Neurologie, Centre de Résonance Magnétique Biologique et Médicale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Timone, Laboratoire d’histocompatibilité, Etablissement Français du Sang Alpes Méditerrannée, Aix Marseille Université, France
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- Pôle de Neurosciences Cliniques, Service de Neurologie, Centre de Résonance Magnétique Biologique et Médicale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Timone, Laboratoire d’histocompatibilité, Etablissement Français du Sang Alpes Méditerrannée, Aix Marseille Université, France
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- C. Mondino National Neurological Institute, Italy
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- C. Mondino National Neurological Institute, Italy
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- Departments of Neurology and Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Switzerland
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- Departments of Neurology and Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Switzerland
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- Departments of Neurology and Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology, University of Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Germany
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- Center for Neuroimmunology and Department of Neurology. Institut d’investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi Sunyer (IDIBAPS) – Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Neurology, Istanbul University, Turkey
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- Center for Neuroimmunology and Department of Neurology. Institut d’investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi Sunyer (IDIBAPS) – Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Neurology, CSF Laboratory and MS Outpatient Unit, University of Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurology and Immunology, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Spain
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- MS Centre, SCDU Neurology, Head and Neck Department, AOU Maggiore della Carità, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences and IRCAD, Eastern Piedmont University, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria
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- Departments of Neurology and Clinical Chemistry, MS Center, Neurocampus Amsterdam, VU University Medical Centre Amsterdam, The Netherlands and BioMS-eu network
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- Servei de Neurologia-Neuroimmunologia, Centre d’Esclerosi Múltiple de Catalunya (Cemcat), Institut de Receca Vall d’Hebron (VHIR), Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
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- Servei de Neurologia-Neuroimmunologia, Centre d’Esclerosi Múltiple de Catalunya (Cemcat), Institut de Receca Vall d’Hebron (VHIR), Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
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- Neuroimmunology Unit, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, University of Bari, Italy
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- Institut de Génomique Fonctionelle, CNRS UMR5203, INSERM U661, Université Montpellier 1, Université Montpellier, France, and Hôpital Carémeau, France
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- Institut de Génomique Fonctionelle, CNRS UMR5203, INSERM U661, Université Montpellier 1, Université Montpellier, France, and Hôpital Carémeau, France
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- Centre of Multiple Sclerosis, City Clinical Hospital#31, Russia
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- Department of Neurology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, The Netherlands
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- Departments of Neurology and Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology and INSPE, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and INSPE, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and INSPE, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Italy
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- Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics and Medical Research Council Functional Genomics Unit, University of Oxford, UK
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- Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, UK
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Merali Z, Presti-Torres J, Mackay JC, Johnstone J, Du L, St-Jean A, Levesque D, Kent P, Schwartsmann G, Roesler R, Schroder N, Anisman H. Long-term behavioral effects of neonatal blockade of gastrin-releasing peptide receptors in rats: similarities to autism spectrum disorders. Behav Brain Res 2014; 263:60-9. [PMID: 24462726 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2014.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [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: 11/20/2013] [Revised: 01/10/2014] [Accepted: 01/13/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
Gastrin releasing peptide, the mammalian counterpart of the amphibian peptide, bombesin, has been increasingly implicated in regulating normal brain function as well as in the pathogenesis of psychiatric and/or neurodevelopmental disorders. We have previously shown that the neonatal blockade of the gastrin-releasing peptide receptor (GRPr) in rats produces long-lasting consequences during central nervous system development that are commonly observed in neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism spectrum disorders. The present investigation assessed in further detail, long-term behavioral effects of neonatal GRPr blockade. During postnatal days 1-10, male Wistar rat pups (n=5-10/litter) were injected (subcutaneously) with the GRPr antagonist, RC-3095 (1 mg/kg), or a vehicle (control), twice daily. Following the drug treatment regimen, several behaviors were assessed (starting on postnatal day 14) including specific social behaviors (namely, group huddling characteristics, social interaction, and social approach), restrictive/repetitive and stereotyped behaviors (y-maze, repetitive novel object contact task, observation for stereotypies) and anxiety/fear-related responses (open field, elevated plus maze and contextual fear conditioning). Rats treated neonatally with RC-3095 showed reduced sociability, restrictive interests, motor stereotypies and enhanced learned fear response compared to the controls (vehicle-treated rats). These behavioral abnormalities are consistent with those observed in autism spectrum disorders and provide further evidence that neonatal blockade of GRPr could potentially serve as a useful model to gain a better understanding of the underlying neurodevelopmental disruptions contributing to the expression of autism-relevant phenotypes.
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- Z Merali
- School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada; Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada; University of Ottawa, Institute of Mental Health Research, Ottawa, ON, K1Z 7K4, Canada.
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- University of Ottawa, Institute of Mental Health Research, Ottawa, ON, K1Z 7K4, Canada; Neurobiology and Developmental Biology Laboratory, Pontifical Catholic University, Porto Alegre, 90619-900, Brazil
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- School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada; University of Ottawa, Institute of Mental Health Research, Ottawa, ON, K1Z 7K4, Canada
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- School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada; University of Ottawa, Institute of Mental Health Research, Ottawa, ON, K1Z 7K4, Canada
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- University of Ottawa, Institute of Mental Health Research, Ottawa, ON, K1Z 7K4, Canada
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- School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada
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- School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada
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- School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada; University of Ottawa, Institute of Mental Health Research, Ottawa, ON, K1Z 7K4, Canada
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- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, 90035-003, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; Cancer Research Laboratory, University Hospital Research Center (CPE-HCPA), Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, 90035-003, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; National Institute for Translational Medicine (INCT-TM), 90035-003, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Cancer Research Laboratory, University Hospital Research Center (CPE-HCPA), Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, 90035-003, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; National Institute for Translational Medicine (INCT-TM), 90035-003, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; Laboratory of Neuropharmacology and Neural Tumor Biology, Department of Pharmacology, Institute for Basic Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, 90050-170, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Neurobiology and Developmental Biology Laboratory, Pontifical Catholic University, Porto Alegre, 90619-900, Brazil; National Institute for Translational Medicine (INCT-TM), 90035-003, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6, Canada; University of Ottawa, Institute of Mental Health Research, Ottawa, ON, K1Z 7K4, Canada
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Fahlenkamp U, Lembcke A, Roesler R, Schwenke C, Huppertz A, Streitparth F, Taupitz M, Hamm B, Wagner M. ECG-gated imaging of the left atrium and pulmonary veins: Intra-individual comparison of CTA and MRA. Clin Radiol 2013; 68:1059-64. [DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2013.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2012] [Revised: 04/26/2013] [Accepted: 05/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Wilson TJ, Jobim M, Segat L, Bianco AM, Salim PH, Portela P, Jobim LF, Damin DC, Schwartsmann G, Roesler R, Crovella S. DEFB1 gene 5′ untranslated region (UTR) polymorphisms are marginally involved in inflammatory bowel disease in south Brazilians. Int J Immunogenet 2013; 41:138-42. [DOI: 10.1111/iji.12089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2013] [Revised: 07/24/2013] [Accepted: 08/10/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- T. J. Wilson
- Department of Immunology; Hospital de Clínicas; Porto Alegre Brazil
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- Department of Immunology; Hospital de Clínicas; Porto Alegre Brazil
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- Institute for Maternal and Child Health-IRCCS ‘‘Burlo Garofolo’’; Trieste Italy
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- Institute for Maternal and Child Health-IRCCS ‘‘Burlo Garofolo’’; Trieste Italy
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- Department of Immunology; Hospital de Clínicas; Porto Alegre Brazil
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- Department of Immunology; Hospital de Clínicas; Porto Alegre Brazil
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- Department of Immunology; Hospital de Clínicas; Porto Alegre Brazil
- Department of Internal Medicine; Faculty of Medicine; Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul; Porto Alegre Brazil
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- Division of Coloproctology; Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre; Porto Alegre Brazil
- Department of Surgery; Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul; Porto Alegre Brazil
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- Department of Internal Medicine; Faculty of Medicine; Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul; Porto Alegre Brazil
- Cancer Research Laboratory; University Hospital Research Center (CPE-HCPA); Porto Alegre Brazil
- National Institute for Translational Medicine; Porto Alegre Brazil
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- Cancer Research Laboratory; University Hospital Research Center (CPE-HCPA); Porto Alegre Brazil
- National Institute for Translational Medicine; Porto Alegre Brazil
- Laboratory of Neuropharmacology and Neural Tumor Biology; Department of Pharmacology; Institute for Basic Health Sciences; Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul; Porto Alegre Brazil
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- Department of Genetics; federal University of Pernambuco; Recife Brazil
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Oliveira PG, Grespan R, Pinto LG, Meurer L, Brenol JCT, Roesler R, Schwartsmann G, Cunha FQ, Xavier RM. Protective effect of RC-3095, an antagonist of the gastrin-releasing peptide receptor, in experimental arthritis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 63:2956-65. [PMID: 21953084 DOI: 10.1002/art.30486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the antiinflammatory effects of RC-3095 in 2 experimental models of arthritis, collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) and antigen-induced arthritis (AIA), and to determine the mechanisms of action involved. METHODS RC-3095 was administered daily to mice with CIA and mice with AIA, after induction of disease with methylated bovine serum albumin. Disease incidence and severity were assessed using a clinical index and evaluation of histologic features, respectively. In mice with CIA, gastrin-releasing peptide receptor (GRPR) was detected by immunohistochemical analysis, while in mice with AIA, migration of neutrophils, presence of glycosaminoglycans, and lymphocyte proliferation, determined using the MTT assay, were assessed. Expression of cytokines interleukin-17 (IL-17), IL-1β, and tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα) was evaluated in all mouse knees using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Treg cell production was assessed by flow cytometry in the joints of mice with AIA. RESULTS In mice with AIA, administration of RC-3095 reduced neutrophil migration, mechanical hypernociception, and proteoglycan loss. These findings were associated with inhibition of the levels of all 3 proinflammatory cytokines, decreased lymphocyte proliferation, and increased Treg cell numbers. In the CIA model, treatment with RC-3095 led to a significant reduction in arthritis clinical scores and the severity of disease determined histologically. Synovial inflammation, synovial hyperplasia, pannus formation, and extensive erosive changes were all dramatically reduced in the arthritic mice treated with RC-3095. Furthermore, arthritic mice treated with RC-3095 showed a significant reduction in the concentrations of IL-17, IL-1β, and TNFα, and showed a diminished expression of GRPR. CONCLUSION These findings suggest that the GRP pathway has a significant role in chronic arthritis, and its inhibition can be explored as a possible therapeutic strategy in rheumatoid arthritis.
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- P G Oliveira
- Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Serviço de Reumatologia, and Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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Izetti P, Hautefeuille A, Abujamra A, de Farias CB, Roesler R, Macedo G, Hainaut P, Lenz G, Osvaldt A, Ashton-Prolla P. 577 Pharmacological Reactivation of Mutant p53 by PRIMA-1 Induces Apoptosis and Enhances Chemotherapeutic Cytotoxicity in Pancreatic Cancer Cells. Eur J Cancer 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(12)72374-2] [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: 10/27/2022]
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Badran I, Forster TD, Roesler R, Shi YJ. Competition of Silene/Silylene Chemistry with Free Radical Chain Reactions Using 1-Methylsilacyclobutane in the Hot-Wire Chemical Vapor Deposition Process. J Phys Chem A 2012; 116:10054-62. [DOI: 10.1021/jp3055558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- I. Badran
- Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
T2N 1N4, Canada
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Portela P, Jobim LF, Salim PH, Koff WJ, Wilson TJ, Jobim MR, Schwartsmann G, Roesler R, Jobim M. Analysis of KIR gene frequencies and HLA class I genotypes in prostate cancer and control group. Int J Immunogenet 2012; 39:423-8. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313x.2012.01115.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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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Silva PFD, Garcia VA, Dornelles ADS, Silva VKD, Maurmann N, Portal BCD, Ferreira RDP, Piazza FC, Roesler R, Schröder N. Memory impairment induced by brain iron overload is accompanied by reduced H3K9 acetylation and ameliorated by sodium butyrate. Neuroscience 2011; 200:42-9. [PMID: 22067609 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.10.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2011] [Revised: 10/20/2011] [Accepted: 10/21/2011] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Iron accumulation in the brain has been associated to the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disorders. We have previously demonstrated that iron overload in the neonatal period results in severe and persistent memory deficits in adult rats. Alterations in histone acetylation have been associated with memory deficits in models of neurological disorders. Here we examine histone acetylation in the brain and the effects of the histone deacetylase inhibitor (HDACi) sodium butyrate (NaB) on memory in the neonatal iron overload model in rats. Rats received vehicle or 30.0-mg/kg Fe⁺² orally at postnatal days 12-14. When animals reached adulthood, they were given training in either novel object recognition or inhibitory avoidance. Histone acetylation in the dorsal hippocampus and the effects of NaB were examined in separate sets of rats. Iron overload led to a reduction in H3 lysine 9 acetylation in the hippocampus, without affecting the acetylation of other H3 and H4 lysine residues. A single systemic injection of NaB (1.2 g/kg) immediately after training ameliorated iron-induced memory impairments. The results suggest that a reduction in H3K9 acetylation might play a role in iron-induced memory impairment and support the view that HDACis can rescue memory dysfunction in models of brain disorders.
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- P F da Silva
- Neurobiology and Developmental Biology Laboratory, Faculty of Biosciences, Pontifical Catholic University, 90619-900 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Mattei J, Kato Y, Wynes MW, Cano CH, Achcar RD, Reyna Asuncion B, de Macedo BR, Meurer L, Kulczynski J, Roesler R, Yoshida K, Matsubayashi J, Ohira T, Nagao T, Furukawa K, Ikeda N, Brunetto A, Schwartsmann G. Gastrin-releasing peptide receptor expression in Brazilian and Japanese patients with lung cancer and normal lung tissue samples from healthy individuals. J Clin Oncol 2011. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2011.29.15_suppl.10588] [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: 11/20/2022] Open
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Schmidt AL, Brunetto AL, Schwartsmann G, Roesler R, Abujamra AL. Recent therapeutic advances for treating medulloblastoma: focus on new molecular targets. CNS Neurol Disord Drug Targets 2010; 9:335-48. [PMID: 20438440 DOI: 10.2174/187152710791292602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2009] [Accepted: 02/01/2010] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Medulloblastoma is the most common malignant brain tumor in children. This malignant tumor of the cerebellum commonly affects children and is believed to arise from the precursor cells of the external granule layer or neuroepithelial cells from the cerebellar ventricular zone of the developing cerebellum. The standard treatment, consisting of surgery, craniospinal radiotherapy and chemotherapy, still provides a poor overall survival for infants and young children. Furthermore, the dose of radiation that can be safely given without causing extensive neurocognitive and endocrinologic sequelae is limited. Therefore, understanding the oncogenic pathways that lead to medulloblastoma, as well as the identification of specific molecular targets with significant therapeutic implications in order to develop new strategies for therapy, is crucial to improve patient survival without substantially increasing toxicity. In this review, we discuss recent therapeutics for treating medulloblastoma, focusing on new molecular targets, as well as advances in translational studies for the treatment of this malignancy.
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- A L Schmidt
- Center for Biotechnology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, 91501-970 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Goulart B, de Lima M, de Farias C, Reolon G, Almeida V, Quevedo J, Kapczinski F, Schröder N, Roesler R. Ketamine impairs recognition memory consolidation and prevents learning-induced increase in hippocampal brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels. Neuroscience 2010; 167:969-73. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.03.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2010] [Revised: 03/15/2010] [Accepted: 03/15/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Jobim M, Salim PH, Portela P, Wilson TJ, Fraportti J, Baronio D, Gil B, Penna LS, Roesler R, Jobim LF, Schwartsmann G. Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor gene diversity in a Caucasian population of Southern Brazil. Int J Immunogenet 2010; 37:83-9. [PMID: 20082646 DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313x.2009.00894.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- M Jobim
- Department of Immunology, Hospital de Clínicas, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
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Fregonesi A, Scanavez C, Santos L, de Oliveira A, Roesler R, Escudeiro C, Moncayo P, de Sanctis D, Gesztesi JL. Brazilian oils and butters: The effect of different fatty acid chain composition on human hair physiochemical properties. Int J Cosmet Sci 2010. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2494.2010.00534_16.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [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: 11/29/2022]
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Petronilho F, Felisberto F, Constantino L, Vuolo F, Cardoso F, Mina F, de Souza CT, Soriano FG, Streck EL, Ritter C, Moreira JCF, Roesler R, Schwartsmann G, Schally AV, Dal-Pizzol F. Gastrin-releasing peptide receptor antagonist induces a protection from lethal sepsis: involvement of toll-like receptor 4 signaling. Crit Care 2010. [PMCID: PMC3254964 DOI: 10.1186/cc9149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Roesler R, Quevedo J. Retrieval mediated by hippocampal extracellular signal-regulated kinase/mitogen-activated protein kinase is required for memory strengthening. Neuroscience 2009; 160:711-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.03.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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: 02/10/2009] [Revised: 03/06/2009] [Accepted: 03/12/2009] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Oliveira PG, Brenol CV, Edelweiss MI, Brenol JCT, Petronilho F, Roesler R, Dal-Pizzol F, Schwartsmann G, Xavier RM. Effects of an antagonist of the bombesin/gastrin-releasing peptide receptor on complete Freund's adjuvant-induced arthritis in rats. Peptides 2008; 29:1726-31. [PMID: 18590783 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2008.05.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2008] [Revised: 05/26/2008] [Accepted: 05/27/2008] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the effects of RC-3095 in clinical and histopathologic parameters and inflammatory mediators on complete Freund's adjuvant-induced arthritis (CFA). METHODS The arthritis was induced by injection of CFA into the left hind footpad. The animals were divided into control, vehicle injected control, placebo group (saline subcutaneously 50ml/kg, once daily for 8 days after modeling), treatment group (0.3mg/kg of RC-3095 subcutaneously, once daily for 8 days after induction). Clinical evaluation was accomplished daily, through scoring of the paw edema. The animals were sacrificed 15 days after induction for collection of hind foot joints for histology. We used a histological scoring system which was previously described, and interferon (INF)-gamma, interleukin (IL)-1beta, tumor necrosis factor (TNF), interleukin (IL)-6 and interleukin (IL)-10 were measured by ELISA. RESULTS There was a significant inhibition of joint histological findings in the RC-3095 treated group, including synovial inflammatory infiltration and hyperplasia, cartilage and bone erosion. IFN-gamma, IL-1beta, TNF, IL-6 and IL-10 serum levels were significantly lower in the treated group. Paw swelling and subcutaneous inflammation, evaluated clinically, were not different between CFA-induced groups. CONCLUSIONS RC-3095 was able to improve experimental arthritis, attenuate joint damage and decrease serum levels of IFN-gamma, IL-1beta, TNF, IL-6 and IL-10. These data indicate that interference with GRP pathway is a potential new strategy for the treatment of RA that needs further investigational studies.
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- P G Oliveira
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul , Brazil
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Parvez M, Hobbs M, Roesler R. Iridium and zirconium formamidinates as precursors for novel stable carbenes. Acta Crystallogr A 2008. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767308087059] [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: 11/10/2022] Open
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dos Santos MP, Schwartsmann G, Roesler R, Brunetto AL, Abujamra AL. Sodium butyrate enhances the cytotoxic effect of antineoplastic drugs in human lymphoblastic T-cells. Leuk Res 2008; 33:218-21. [PMID: 18692895 DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2008.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2008] [Revised: 05/08/2008] [Accepted: 07/03/2008] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Sodium butyrate (NaB), a potent histone deacetylase inhibitor, induces cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in malignant cells. We investigated the effects on cellular proliferation in vitro when combining NaB with antineoplastic drugs commonly used to treat leukemias. Our results demonstrate that NaB increases the cytotoxic effects of cytarabine and etoposide, but not of bleomycin, doxorubicin, vincristine or methotrexate. These data suggest that NaB is a promising adjuvant therapeutic agent for the treatment of lymphoblastic leukemias, and provides a basis for further studies in this field.
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- M P dos Santos
- Cancer Research Laboratory, Academic Hospital Research Center, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, 90035-903 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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de Lima MN, Presti-Torres J, Garcia VA, Guimarães MR, Scalco FS, Roesler R, Schröder N. Amelioration of recognition memory impairment associated with iron loading or aging by the type 4-specific phosphodiesterase inhibitor rolipram in rats. Neuropharmacology 2008; 55:788-92. [PMID: 18619476 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2008.06.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2008] [Revised: 05/12/2008] [Accepted: 06/13/2008] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Increasing evidence indicates that iron deposition in the brain might play a role in cognitive dysfunction associated with neurodegenerative disorders and aging. Previous studies have not examined whether iron-induced memory deficits can be attenuated by acute treatments with memory-enhancing agents. Phosphodiesterase type 4 (PDE4) inhibitors such as rolipram (ROL) ameliorate memory impairments in several rodent models of amnesia and have been proposed as candidate cognitive-enhancing drugs. Here we show that a single posttraining systemic injection of ROL dose-dependently attenuates the impairment of memory for novel object recognition (NOR) in rats given neonatal iron loading, a model of iron-induced cognitive impairment. Posttraining administration of ROL also recovered NOR deficits associated with aging in rats. These findings provide the first evidence that stimulation of an intracellular second messenger signaling pathway can attenuate iron-induced memory impairment, and support the view that PDE4 inhibitors might ameliorate cognitive dysfunction associated with aging and neurodegenerative disorders.
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- M N de Lima
- Faculty of Biosciences, Pontifical Catholic University, Av. Ipiranga, 6681 Predio 12D, 90619-900 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Over the last two decades, several lines of experimental evidence have suggested that the gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) may act as a growth factor in many types of cancer. For that reason, gastrin-releasing peptide receptor (GRPR) antagonists have been developed as anticancer candidate compounds, exhibiting impressive antitumoral activity both in vitro and in vivo in various murine and human tumors. In this article, the GRPR cell surface expression profile in human malignancies is reviewed aiming at the identification of potential tumor types for future clinical trials with GRP analogues and antagonists. In this review, we summarize the current literature regarding the GRPR status in human malignancies. Source data were obtained by searching all published material available through Medline, PubMed and relevant articles from 1971 to 2006. The data available demonstrated a high expression of GRPRs in a large spectrum of human cancers, demonstrating the potential relevance of this intracellular signaling pathway in various human tumor models. The GRPR may be an interesting target for therapeutic intervention in human malignancies, as carriers for cytotoxins, immunotoxins or radioactive compounds, being also a potential tool for tumor detection.
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- D B Cornelio
- Cancer Research Laboratory, Academic Hospital Research Center, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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Rosa R, Roesler R, Braga A, Saffi J, Henriques J. Pharmacology and toxicology of diphenyl diselenide in several biological models. Braz J Med Biol Res 2007; 40:1287-304. [DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x2006005000171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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- R.M. Rosa
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
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- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
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- Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brasil
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- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Brasil
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- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Brasil
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Roesler R, Henriques JAP, Schwartsmann G. Gastrin-releasing peptide receptor as a molecular target for psychiatric and neurological disorders. CNS Neurol Disord Drug Targets 2006; 5:197-204. [PMID: 16611092 DOI: 10.2174/187152706776359673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The mammalian bombesin (BB)-like peptide gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) stimulates cell proliferation, displays a range of neuroendocrine activities, and acts as a growth factor in the pathogenesis of several types of human cancer. Several lines of evidence have indicated that GRP and its receptor (GRPR) might also be involved in the neurochemical alterations associated with psychiatric and neurological disorders. GRP and GRPR are distributed throughout the mammalian central nervous system (CNS). Altered levels of BB-like peptides have been found in the CNS of patients with schizophrenia and Parkinson's disease. Dysfunctions in GRPR-induced cellular calcium signaling have been reported in fibroblasts from patients with Alzheimer's disease. A translocation in the GRPR gene has been associated with autism. Pharmacological and genetic studies in rodents have shown that GRPRs in brain areas such as the dorsal hippocampus and amygdala are importantly involved in regulating synaptic plasticity and aspects of behavior that might be altered in disorders such as anxiety, schizophrenia, depression, autism and dementia. Behaviors modulated by the GRPR in rodents include grooming, food intake, stereotypy, social behavior, and emotionally-motivated learning and memory. Together, these findings support the view that the GRPR should be considered a therapeutic target for a subset of CNS diseases.
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- R Roesler
- Cellular and Molecular Neuropharmacology Research Group, Department of Pharmacology, Institute for Basic Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, 90046-900 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
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Roesler R, Luft T, Oliveira SHS, Farias CB, Almeida VR, Quevedo J, Dal Pizzol F, Schröder N, Izquierdo I, Schwartsmann G. Molecular mechanisms mediating gastrin-releasing peptide receptor modulation of memory consolidation in the hippocampus. Neuropharmacology 2006; 51:350-7. [PMID: 16735043 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2006.03.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2006] [Revised: 03/24/2006] [Accepted: 03/24/2006] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Although the gastrin-releasing peptide-preferring bombesin receptor (GRPR) has been implicated in memory formation, the underlying molecular events are poorly understood. In the present study, we examined interactions between the GRPR and cellular signaling pathways in influencing memory consolidation in the hippocampus. Male Wistar rats received bilateral infusions of bombesin (BB) into the dorsal hippocampus immediately after inhibitory avoidance (IA) training. Intermediate doses of BB enhanced, whereas a higher dose impaired, 24-h IA memory retention. The BB-induced memory enhancement was prevented by pretraining infusions of a GRPR antagonist or inhibitors of protein kinase C (PKC), mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) kinase and protein kinase A (PKA), but not by a neuromedin B receptor (NMBR) antagonist. We next further investigated the interactions between the GRPR and the PKA pathway. BB-induced enhancement of consolidation was potentiated by coinfusion of activators of the dopamine D1/D5 receptor (D1R)/cAMP/PKA pathway and prevented by a PKA inhibitor. We conclude that memory modulation by hippocampal GRPRs is mediated by the PKC, MAPK, and PKA pathways. Furthermore, pretraining infusion of BB prevented beta-amyloid peptide (25-35)-induced memory impairment, supporting the view that the GRPR is a target for the development of cognitive enhancers for dementia.
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- R Roesler
- Cellular and Molecular Neuropharmacology Research Group, Department of Pharmacology, Institute for Basic Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Rua Sarmento Leite, Campus Centro/UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
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Parvez M, Krahulic KE, Ly HV, Forster TD, Roesler R. Novel five-membered B-N-C heterocycles. Acta Crystallogr A 2005. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767305087258] [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: 11/10/2022] Open
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Picada JN, Roesler R, Henriques JAP. Genotoxic, neurotoxic and neuroprotective activities of apomorphine and its oxidized derivative 8-oxo-apomorphine. Braz J Med Biol Res 2005; 38:477-86. [PMID: 15962173 DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x2005000400001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Apomorphine is a dopamine receptor agonist proposed to be a neuroprotective agent in the treatment of patients with Parkinson's disease. Both in vivo and in vitro studies have shown that apomorphine displays both antioxidant and pro-oxidant actions, and might have either neuroprotective or neurotoxic effects on the central nervous system. Some of the neurotoxic effects of apomorphine are mediated by its oxidation derivatives. In the present review, we discuss recent studies from our laboratory in which the molecular, cellular and neurobehavioral effects of apomorphine and its oxidized derivative, 8-oxo-apomorphine-semiquinone (8-OASQ), were evaluated in different experimental models, i.e., in vitro genotoxicity in Salmonella/microsome assay and WP2 Mutoxitest, sensitivity assay in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, neurobehavioral procedures (inhibition avoidance task, open field behavior, and habituation) in rats, stereotyped behavior in mice, and Comet assay and oxidative stress analyses in mouse brain. Our results show that apomorphine and 8-OASQ induce differential mutagenic, neurochemical and neurobehavioral effects. 8-OASQ displays cytotoxic effects and oxidative and frameshift mutagenic activities, while apomorphine shows antimutagenic and antioxidant effects in vitro. 8-OASQ induces a significant increase of DNA damage in mouse brain tissue. Both apomorphine and 8-OASQ impair memory for aversive training in rats, although the two drugs showed a different dose-response pattern. 8-OASQ fails to induce stereotyped behaviors in mice. The implications of these findings are discussed in the light of evidence from studies by other groups. We propose that the neuroprotective and neurotoxic effects of dopamine agonists might be mediated, in part, by their oxidized metabolites.
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- J N Picada
- Curso de Farmácia, Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Canoas, RS, Brasil
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Walz R, Roesler R, Reinke A, Martins MR, Quevedo J, Izquierdo I. Differential role of entorhinal and hippocampal nerve growth factor in short- and long-term memory modulation. Braz J Med Biol Res 2005; 38:55-8. [PMID: 15665989 DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x2005000100009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [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: 11/22/2022] Open
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We studied the effects of infusion of nerve growth factor (NGF) into the hippocampus and entorhinal cortex of male Wistar rats (250-300 g, N = 11-13 per group) on inhibitory avoidance retention. In order to evaluate the modulation of entorhinal and hippocampal NGF in short- and long-term memory, animals were implanted with cannulae in the CA1 area of the dorsal hippocampus or entorhinal cortex and trained in one-trial step-down inhibitory avoidance (foot shock, 0.4 mA). Retention tests were carried out 1.5 h or 24 h after training to measure short- and long-term memory, respectively. Immediately after training, rats received 5 microl NGF (0.05, 0.5 or 5.0 ng) or saline per side into the CA1 area and entorhinal cortex. The correct position of the cannulae was confirmed by histological analysis. The highest dose of NGF (5.0 ng) into the hippocampus blocked short-term memory (P < 0.05), whereas the doses of 0.5 (P < 0.05) and 5.0 ng (P < 0.01) NGF enhanced long-term memory. NGF administration into the entorhinal cortex improved long-term memory at the dose of 5.0 ng (P < 0.05) and did not alter short-term memory. Taken as a whole, our results suggest a differential modulation by entorhinal and hippocampal NGF of short- and long-term memory.
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- R Walz
- Departamento de Medicina, Universidade do Vale do Itajaí, Itajaí, SC, Brazil
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Quevedo J, de-Paris F, Vianna MRM, Barichello T, Roesler R, Kapczinski F. Interaction between midazolam-induced anterograde amnesia and memory enhancement by treatments given immediately after training on an inhibitory avoidance task in rats. Behav Pharmacol 2002; 13:319-22. [PMID: 12218513 DOI: 10.1097/00008877-200207000-00009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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: 11/26/2022]
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of interactions between memory modulatory systems on inhibitory avoidance retention in rats. Adult female Wistar rats were trained and tested in a step-down inhibitory avoidance task (0.3 mA footshock). The training-test interval was 24 h. The animals received an intraperitoneal injection of saline or midazolam (1 mg/kg) 15 min before training, and saline, adrenaline (25 microg/kg), naloxone (0.4 mg/kg), dexamethasone (0.3 mg/kg) or glucose (320 mg/kg) immediately after training. In saline-pretreated rats, adrenaline, naloxone, dexamethasone and glucose enhanced memory retention. Pretreatment with midazolam prevented the facilitatory effects of those treatments. These findings suggest that the facilitation of learning by post-training memory-enhancing treatments is prevented by midazolam.
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- J Quevedo
- Laboratório de Neurotoxicologia, Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense, 88806-000 Criciúma, SC, Brazil.
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Two experiments investigated the effects of Fe(2+), administered postnatally to rat pups on days 10-12, upon tests of memory performance and motor behaviour. In experiment I, Wistar rat pups were administered Fe(2+) at doses of either 2.5, 7.5, 15.0 or 30.0 mg/kg, or vehicle, postnatally, and tested in the open-field at 3 months of age, followed 6 weeks later by testing in the radial arm maze. In the open-field test, only the 30.0 mg/kg Fe(2+) group showed a significantly decreased number of ambulations, but not rearings. In the radial arm maze, all four dose groups, demonstrated deficits in acquisition performance from test days 3 to 5. Retention quotients confirmed the cognitive deficits over all four Fe(2+) groups. In experiment II, rats were administered either 2.5, 7.5 or 22.5 mg Fe(2+) per kg, or vehicle, postnatally, and tested in the inhibitory avoidance (IA) conditioning and retention test at 3 months of age. In the IA conditioning test, groups were either given five 10-min preexposures to the test chamber (preexposed) or simply moved to another cage (non-preexposed). IA retention was blocked in non-preexposed rats administered 7.5 and 22.5 mg Fe(2+) per kg whereas in preexposed rats the 7.5 mg/kg group did not differ from the control (vehicle) group, although the preexposed control group showed significantly better retention than the non-preexposed control group. Postnatal iron administration appears to induce long-lasting detrimental effects upon performance of both appetitively and negatively reinforced tests of memory. Analysis of iron content indicated significant increases in the substantia nigra of the 7.5, 15.0 and 30.0 mg/kg dose groups, but not in the 2.5 mg/kg dose group. Postnatal iron administration appears to induce far-reaching effects upon the performance of certain learned behaviours.
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- N Schröder
- Departamento de Bioquimica, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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The nucleoside guanosine, previously found to exert trophic and neuroprotective effects, was found to impair retention of inhibitory avoidance responses, with a complete effect at 7.5 mg/kg i.p. pretraining. Treated animals, when retrained 1 week later, showed normal learning ability. Guanosine injected immediately after training or pretest did not alter retention latency. Combined pretraining and pretest treatments with guanosine failed to reverse its amnestic effect, excluding the contribution of state dependency. Open field parameters and shock sensitivity were mostly unaltered by guanosine. These results suggest an amnestic effect of guanosine on inhibitory avoidance in rats, in a pattern compatible with inhibition of glutamatergic activity. However, the mechanism for the amnestic effect of guanosine is yet to be elucidated.
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- R Roesler
- Centro de Memória, ICBS, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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Roesler R, Vianna MR, de-Paris F, Rodrigues C, Sant'Anna MK, Quevedo J, Ferreira MB. NMDA receptor antagonism in the basolateral amygdala blocks enhancement of inhibitory avoidance learning in previously trained rats. Behav Brain Res 2000; 112:99-105. [PMID: 10862940 DOI: 10.1016/s0166-4328(00)00169-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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: 11/24/2022]
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Extensive evidence suggests that N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) glutamate receptor channels in the amygdala are involved in fear-motivated learning, and infusion of NMDA receptor antagonists into the amygdala blocks memory of fear-motivated tasks. Recent studies have shown that previous training can prevent the amnestic effects of NMDA receptor antagonists on spatial learning. In the present study, we evaluated whether infusion of the NMDA antagonist D,L-2-amino-5-phosphonopentanoic acid (AP5) into the basolateral nucleus of the amygdala (BLA) impairs reinforcement of inhibitory avoidance learning in rats given previous training. Adult male Wistar rats (220-310 g) were bilaterally implanted under thionembutal anesthesia (30 mg/kg, i.p.) with 9.0-mm guide cannulae aimed 1.0 mm above the BLA. Infusion of AP5 (5.0 microg) 10 min prior to training in a step-down inhibitory avoidance task (0.4 mA footshock) blocked retention measured 24 h after training. When infused 10 min prior to a second training session in animals given previous training (0.2 mA footshock), AP5 blocked the enhancement of retention induced by the second training. Control experiments showed that the effects were not due to alterations in motor activity or footshock sensitivity. The results suggest that NMDA receptors in the basolateral amygdala are involved in both formation of memory for inhibitory avoidance and enhancement of retention in rats given previous training.
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- R Roesler
- Centro de Memória, Departamento de Bioquímica, ICBS, UFRGS (Campus da Saúde), 90035-003, RS, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
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Roesler R, Vianna MR, De-Paris F, Quevedo J, Walz R, Bianchin M. Infusions of AP5 into the basolateral amygdala impair the formation, but not the expression, of step-down inhibitory avoidance. Braz J Med Biol Res 2000; 33:829-34. [PMID: 10881059 DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x2000000700014] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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We evaluated the effects of infusions of the NMDA receptor antagonist D,L-2-amino-5-phosphonopentanoic acid (AP5) into the basolateral nucleus of the amygdala (BLA) on the formation and expression of memory for inhibitory avoidance. Adult male Wistar rats (215-300 g) were implanted under thionembutal anesthesia (30 mg/kg, ip) with 9.0-mm guide cannulae aimed 1.0 mm above the BLA. Bilateral infusions of AP5 (5.0 microg) were given 10 min prior to training, immediately after training, or 10 min prior to testing in a step-down inhibitory avoidance task (0.3 mA footshock, 24-h interval between training and the retention test session). Both pre- and post-training infusions of AP5 blocked retention test performance. When given prior to the test, AP5 did not affect retention. AP5 did not affect training performance, and a control experiment showed that the impairing effects were not due to alterations in footshock sensitivity. The results suggest that NMDA receptor activation in the BLA is involved in the formation, but not the expression, of memory for inhibitory avoidance in rats. However, the results do not necessarily imply that the role of NMDA receptors in the BLA is to mediate long-term storage of fear-motivated memory within the amygdala.
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- R Roesler
- Centro de Memória, Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
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Walz R, Lenz G, Roesler R, Vianna MM, Martins V, Brentani R, Rodnight R, Izquierdo I. Time-dependent enhancement of inhibitory avoidance retention and MAPK activation by post-training infusion of nerve growth factor into CA1 region of hippocampus of adult rats. Eur J Neurosci 2000; 12:2185-9. [PMID: 10886357 DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00123.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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: 11/20/2022]
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Several studies have demonstrated that chronic intracerebroventricular nerve growth factor (NGF) infusion has a beneficial effect on cognitive performance of lesioned as well as old and developing animals. Here we investigate: (i) the effect of post-training infusion of NGF into the CA1 region of hippocampus on inhibitory avoidance (IA) retention in rats; (ii) the extension of the effect, in time and space, of NGF infusion into CA1 on the activity of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK, syn: ERK1/2, p42/p44 MAPK). NGF was bilaterally injected into the CA1 regions of the dorsal hippocampus (0.05, 0.5 or 5.0 ng diluted in 0.5 microL of saline per side ) at 0, 120 or 360 min after IA training in rats. Retention testing was carried out 24 h after training. The injection of 5.0 and 0.5, but not 0.05, ng per side of NGF at 0 and 120 min after IA training enhanced IA retention. The highest dose used was ineffective when injected 360 min after training. The infusion of 0. 5 microL of NGF (5.0 ng) induced a significant enhancement of MAPK activity in hippocampal microslices; this enhancement was restricted to a volume with 0.8 mm radius at 30 min after injection. The MAPK activation was still seen 180 min after NGF infusion, although this value showed only a tendency. In conclusion, localized infusion of NGF into the CA1 region enhanced MAPK activity, restricted in time and space, and enhanced IA retention in a time- and dose-dependent manner.
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- R Walz
- Centro de Memória and Laboratório de Plasticidade Neuroglial, Departamento de Bioquímica, ICBS, UFRGS, Ramiro Barcellos 2600, 90035-003, Brazil.
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Graner E, Mercadante AF, Zanata SM, Forlenza OV, Cabral AL, Veiga SS, Juliano MA, Roesler R, Walz R, Minetti A, Izquierdo I, Martins VR, Brentani RR. Cellular prion protein binds laminin and mediates neuritogenesis. Brain Res Mol Brain Res 2000; 76:85-92. [PMID: 10719218 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-328x(99)00334-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 233] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Laminin (LN) plays a major role in neuronal differentiation, migration and survival. Here, we show that the cellular prion protein (PrPc) is a saturable, specific, high-affinity receptor for LN. The PrPc-LN interaction is involved in the neuritogenesis induced by NGF plus LN in the PC-12 cell line and the binding site resides in a carboxy-terminal decapeptide from the gamma-1 LN chain. Neuritogenesis induced by LN or its gamma-1-derived peptide in primary cultures from rat or either wild type or PrP null mice hippocampal neurons, indicated that PrPc is the main cellular receptor for that particular LN domain. These results point out to the importance of the PrPc-LN interaction for the neuronal plasticity mechanism.
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- E Graner
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, São Paulo Branch, Rua Prof. Antônio Prudente 109/4A, 01509-010, São Paulo, Brazil
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Schröder N, De-Paris F, Roesler R, Medina JH, Souza DO, Izquierdo I. Effect of inhibitory avoidance training on [3H]-glutamate binding in the hippocampus and parietal cortex of rats. Braz J Med Biol Res 2000; 33:229-32. [PMID: 10657064 DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x2000000200011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [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: 11/22/2022] Open
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Glutamate receptors have been implicated in memory formation. The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of inhibitory avoidance training on specific [3H]-glutamate binding to membranes obtained from the hippocampus or parietal cortex of rats. Adult male Wistar rats were trained (0.5-mA footshock) in a step-down inhibitory avoidance task and were sacrificed 0, 5, 15 or 60 min after training. Hippocampus and parietal cortex were dissected and membranes were prepared and incubated with 350 nM [3H]-glutamate (N = 4-6 per group). Inhibitory avoidance training induced a 29% increase in glutamate binding in hippocampal membranes obtained from rats sacrificed at 5 min (P<0.01), but not at 0, 15, or 60 min after training, and did not affect glutamate binding in membranes obtained from the parietal cortex. These results are consistent with previous evidence for the involvement of glutamatergic synaptic modification in the hippocampus in the early steps of memory formation.
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- N Schröder
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
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Bonan CD, Roesler R, Pereira GS, Battastini AM, Izquierdo I, Sarkis JJ. Learning-specific decrease in synaptosomal ATP diphosphohydrolase activity from hippocampus and entorhinal cortex of adult rats. Brain Res 2000; 854:253-6. [PMID: 10784132 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(99)02300-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [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: 11/18/2022]
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Considering the involvement of extracellular ATP in the memory formation, we analyzed the effect of inhibitory avoidance training on ectonucleotidase activities in synaptosomes from hippocampus, entorhinal cortex and parietal cortex. ATP diphosphohydrolase activity presented a decrease (33%) in hippocampal synaptosomes of rats sacrificed 180 min after training. Our results also showed a decrease in synaptosomal ATP diphosphohydrolase (30% and 42% for ATP and ADP, respectively) in entorhinal cortex immediately after training. These findings suggest an integrated action of ATP diphosphohydrolase from hippocampus and entorhinal cortex in the formation of inhibitory avoidance memory.
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- C D Bonan
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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Bianchin MM, Spanis CW, Roesler R, McGaugh JL, Izquierdo I. (+/-)-Alpha-methyl-4-carboxyphenylglycine, a metabotropic glutamate receptor blocker, impairs retention of an inhibitory avoidance task in rats when infused into the basolateral nucleus of the amygdala. Brain Res 2000; 852:436-43. [PMID: 10678771 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(99)02220-9] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The amygdala is important for memory processes of emotionally motivated learning and the amygdala glutamatergic system may play a key role in this process. In this study we assessed the effect of the infusion of (+/-)-alpha-methyl-4-carboxyphenylglycine (MCPG), a metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) antagonist, into the basolateral complex of the amygdala (BLA) on the learning and retention of an emotionally motivated task. Rats received either vehicle or three different doses of MCPG (0.2, or 1.0, or 5.0 microg/0.2 microl/side, respectively) bilaterally into the BLA, 5 min before they were trained in a continuous multiple-trial inhibitory avoidance (CMIA) task. Response latencies during the training were recorded. Retention was assessed 8 days later. MCPG in the doses given did not significantly affect the acquisition of the CMIA task. However, MCPG at a dose of 5.0 microg/0.2 microl/side impaired the long-term retention test performance. Additionally, a nociception test indicated that dose of MCPG infused into the BLA did not affect the footshock sensitivity. Our results indicate that MCPG, when infused into the BLA of rats prior to the training, impaired long-term memory of aversive training without affecting acquisition.
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- M M Bianchin
- Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory and Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California, Irvine 92697-3800, USA
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Walz R, Roesler R, Quevedo J, Sant'Anna MK, Madruga M, Rodrigues C, Gottfried C, Medina JH, Izquierdo I. Time-dependent impairment of inhibitory avoidance retention in rats by posttraining infusion of a mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase inhibitor into cortical and limbic structures. Neurobiol Learn Mem 2000; 73:11-20. [PMID: 10686120 DOI: 10.1006/nlme.1999.3913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [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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Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) is abundantly expressed in postmitotic neurons of the developed nervous system. MAPK is activated and required for induction of long-term potentiation (LTP) in the CA1 area of the hippocampus, which is blocked by the specific inhibitor of the MAPK kinase, PD 098059. Recently it was demonstrated that MAPK is activated in the hippocampus after training and is necessary for contextual fear conditioning learning. The present work tests the role of the MAPK cascade in step-down inhibitory avoidance (IA) retention. PD 098059 (50 microM) was bilaterally injected (0.5 microl/side) into the CA1 region of the dorsal hippocampus or entorhinal cortex at 0, 90, 180, or 360 min, or into the amygdala or parietal cortex at 0, 180, or 360 min after IA training in rats using a 0.4-mA foot shock. Retention testing was carried out 24 h after training. PD 098059 impaired retention when injected into the dorsal hippocampus at 180 min, but not 0, 90, and 360 min after training. When infused into the entorhinal cortex, PD 098059 was amnestic at 0 and 180 min, but not at 90 and 360 min after training. The MAPKK inhibitor also impairs IA retention when infused into the parietal cortex immediately after training, but not at 180 or 360 min. Infusions performed into amygdala were amnestic at 180 min, but not at 0 and 360 min after training. Our results suggest a time-dependent involvement of the MAPK cascade in the posttraining memory processing of IA; the time dependency is different in the hippocampus, amygdala, entorhinal cortex, or parietal cortex of rats.
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- R Walz
- Centro de Memória, Departamento de Bioquímica, ICBS, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
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Walz R, Amaral OB, Rockenbach IC, Roesler R, Izquierdo I, Cavalheiro EA, Martins VR, Brentani RR. Increased sensitivity to seizures in mice lacking cellular prion protein. Epilepsia 1999; 40:1679-82. [PMID: 10612329 DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb01583.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [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: 11/29/2022]
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PURPOSE The physiologic role of the cellular prion protein (PrPc) is unknown. Mice devoid of PrPc develop normally and show only minor deficits. However, electrophysiologic and histologic alterations found in these mice suggest a possible role for PrPc in seizure threshold and/or epilepsy. METHODS We tested the sensitivity of PrPc knockout mice to seizures induced by single convulsant or repeated subconvulsant (kindling) doses of pentylenetetrazol (PTZ), and to status epilepticus (SE) induced by kainic acid or pilocarpine. RESULTS In PTZ kindling, seizure severity progressed faster in the PrPc knockout group, in which 92.8% reached stage 5 or death after 4 days of stimulation, as opposed to 38.4% in wild-type animals. After 10 injections, mortality was 85.7% among knockouts and 15.3% among controls. After a single PTZ injection (60 mg/kg), overall mortality due to seizures was 91% in knockout mice, but only 33% among wild-type animals. Pilocarpine-induced SE (320 mg/kg) caused an 86.7% mortality in knockouts, as opposed to 40% in wild-type animals. Finally, after kainic acid injections (10 mg/kg), 70% of the knockouts developed at least one severe seizure, and 50% showed repetitive seizures, whereas no wild-type animal exhibited observable seizures. CONCLUSIONS Animals lacking cellular prion protein expression are more susceptible to seizures induced by various convulsant agents. This is perhaps the most striking alteration yet found in PrPc-null mice, who at first analysis appeared to be completely normal. A possible role for PrPc in chronic and idiopathic (familial), secondary, or cryptogenic epilepsies in humans remains to be investigated.
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- R Walz
- Centro de Memória, Departamento de Bioquímica, ICBS, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
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Walz R, Roesler R, Barros DM, de Souza MM, Rodrigues C, Sant'Anna MK, Quevedo J, Choi HK, Neto WP, DeDavid e Silva TL, Medina JH, Izquierdo I. Effects of post-training infusions of a mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase inhibitor into the hippocampus or entorhinal cortex on short- and long-term retention of inhibitory avoidance. Behav Pharmacol 1999; 10:723-30. [PMID: 10780287 DOI: 10.1097/00008877-199912000-00003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 11/26/2022]
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We recently demonstrated the time-dependent impairment of long-term retention of a step-down inhibitory avoidance task in rats induced by post-training infusion of the specific MAPKK (mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase) inhibitor PD 098059 into the hippocampus (HIP), amygdala (AMY), entorhinal cortex (EC) and posterior parietal cortex (PPC). Here we investigate the role of the MAPK cascade in the HIP and the EC on both short- and long-term retention of inhibitory avoidance in rats, using three different doses of the MAPKK inhibitor PD 098059. Adult male Wistar rats were trained and tested in inhibitory avoidance and given an infusion of PD 098059 (0.5, 5.0 or 50.0 microM) at 0, 30, 90, 120, 180, 270 or 360 min after training. A retention test session was carried out at 90, 180 or 270 min after training (short-term memory, STM) and/ or 24 h after training (long-term memory, LTM). When infused into the HIP at 0 min, but not at 30, 90, 120 or 180 min after training, PD 098059 impaired STM. Intrahippocampal PD 098059 impaired LTM when infused at 180 min, but not at 0, 30, 90, 120 or 270 min after training. When infused into the EC, PD 098059 enhanced STM when given at 0 min after training and had no effect when given at 30, 90, 120 or 180 min after training. In this structure, PD 098059 impaired LTM when given at 180 or 270 min, but not at 30, 90, 120 or 360 min after training. All effects were dose-dependent. These findings indicate that the MAPK cascade in the HIP and EC is differentially involved in short- and long-term retention of inhibitory avoidance in rats.
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- R Walz
- Centro de Memória, Departamento de Bioquimica, ICBS, UFRIGS, Ramiro Barcellos, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
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Walz R, Roesler R, Quevedo J, Rockenbach IC, Amaral OB, Vianna MR, Lenz G, Medina JH, Izquierdo I. Dose-dependent impairment of inhibitory avoidance retention in rats by immediate post-training infusion of a mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase inhibitor into cortical structures. Behav Brain Res 1999; 105:219-23. [PMID: 10563495 DOI: 10.1016/s0166-4328(99)00077-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [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: 11/19/2022]
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Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) is a serine/threonine protein kinase abundantly expressed in postmitotic neurons of the developed nervous system. MAPK is activated in and required for both the induction of long-term potentiation (LTP) in hippocampal slices and the acquisition of fear conditioning training in rats. The present work was performed in order to test the effect of the specific inhibitor of MAPK kinase (MAPKK), PD 098059, on retention of a step-down inhibitory avoidance (IA). Adult male Wistar rats were bilaterally injected (0.5 microl/side) with PD 098059 (at 0.5, 5, or 50 microM) or vehicle into the entorhinal cortex or into the parietal cortex immediately after IA training using a 0.4 mA footshock. Retention testing was carried out 24 h after training. PD 098059 impaired retention when injected into the entorhinal cortex at the dose of 50 microM, but not at the doses of 5 or 0.5 microM. When infused into the parietal cortex, PD 098059 was amnestic at the doses of 5 and 50 microM. The drug had no effect when infused at the highest dose in either structure 6 h after training. Our results suggest that the MAPKK inhibitor impairs IA retention memory in a dose-dependent manner when injected immediately after training into entorhinal cortex or parietal cortex. The effective dose is variable according to the neocortical structure studied.
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- R Walz
- Centro de Memória, Departamento de Bioquímica, ICBS, U.F.R.G.S., Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
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Roesler R, Vianna MR, de-Paris F, Quevedo J. Memory-enhancing treatments do not reverse the impairment of inhibitory avoidance retention induced by NMDA receptor blockade. Neurobiol Learn Mem 1999; 72:252-8. [PMID: 10536102 DOI: 10.1006/nlme.1999.3910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [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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The aim of the present research was to verify whether the impairment of retention induced by the N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor blocker (+)-10,11-dihydro-5-methyl-5H-dibenzo[a,d]cycloheptene-5,10 imine (MK-801) can be reversed by memory-enhancing treatments. Adult female Wistar rats were trained and tested in a step-down inhibitory avoidance task (0.3-mA foot shock, 24-h training-test interval). Animals were given an ip injection of saline (SAL) or MK-801 (0.0625 mg/kg) 30 minutes before training, and an ip injection of SAL, epinephrine (EPI) (25 microg/kg), the opioid receptor antagonist naloxone (NAL) (0.4 mg/kg), the glucocorticoid receptor agonist dexamethasone (DEX) (0.3 mg/kg), or glucose (GLU) (320 mg/kg) immediately after training. There was an impairment of inhibitory avoidance retention in the MK-801-SAL, MK-801-EPI, MK-801-NAL, MK-801-DEX, and MK-801-GLU groups. There was an enhancement of retention in the SAL-EPI, SAL-NAL, SAL-DEX, and SAL-GLU groups. A control experiment showed that the amnestic effects of MK-801 could not be attributed to decreased reactivity to the foot shock. The results suggest that memory-enhancing treatments directed at modulatory mechanisms do not reverse the memory impairment induced by NMDA receptor blockade.
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- R Roesler
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (Campus da Saúde), Porto Alegre, RS, 90035-003, Brazil.
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Quevedo J, Vianna MR, Roesler R, de-Paris F, Izquierdo I, Rose SP. Two time windows of anisomycin-induced amnesia for inhibitory avoidance training in rats: protection from amnesia by pretraining but not pre-exposure to the task apparatus. Learn Mem 1999; 6:600-7. [PMID: 10641764 PMCID: PMC311311 DOI: 10.1101/lm.6.6.600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [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: 11/25/2022]
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We have studied the effect of training conditions on hippocampal protein synthesis-dependent processes in consolidation of the inhibitory avoidance task. Adult male Wistar rats were trained and tested in a step-down inhibitory avoidance task (0.4 mA foot shock, 24 hr training-test interval). Fifteen minutes before or 0, 3, or 6 hr after training, animals received a 0.8-microl intrahippocampal infusion of the protein-synthesis inhibitor anisomycin (80 microg) or vehicle (PBS, pH 7.4). The infusion of anisomycin impaired retention test performance in animals injected 15 min before and 3 hr after the training session, but not at 0 or 6 h post-training. Pretraining with a low foot shock intensity (0.2 mA) 24 hr before training, prevented the amnestic effect of anisomycin injected at 15 min before or 3 hr after training. However, simple pre-exposure to the inhibitory avoidance apparatus did not alter the amestic effects of anisomycin. The results suggest that hippocampal protein synthesis is critical in two periods, around the time of, and 3 hr after training. A prior weak training session, however, which does not itself alter step-down latencies, is sufficient to prevent the amnestic effect of anisomycin, suggesting that even if not behaviorally detectable, weak training must be sufficient to produce some lasting cellular expression of the experience.
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- J Quevedo
- Centro de Memória, Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Mello e Souza T, Roesler R, Madruga M, de-Paris F, Quevedo J, Rodrigues C, Sant'Anna MK, Medina JH, Izquierdo I. Differential effects of post-training muscimol and AP5 infusions into different regions of the cingulate cortex on retention for inhibitory avoidance in rats. Neurobiol Learn Mem 1999; 72:118-27. [PMID: 10438651 DOI: 10.1006/nlme.1998.3892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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: 11/22/2022]
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Adult male Wistar rats were bilaterally implanted with indwelling cannulae in four different coordinates of the cingulate cortex: (1) the anterior cingulate (AC), (2) the rostral region of the posterior cingulate (RC), (3) the upper portion of the caudal region of the posterior cingulate (UC), and (4) the lower portion of the caudal region of the posterior cingulate (LC). After recovery, animals were trained in a step-down inhibitory avoidance task (3.0-s, 0.4-mA foot shock). Either immediately, or 90 or 180 min after training, animals received a 0.5-microl infusion of vehicle (phosphate buffer, pH 7.4), of muscimol (0.5 microg), or of AP5 (5.0 microg). Retention testing was carried out 24 h after training. Muscimol was amnestic when given into any of the three coordinates of the posterior cingulate cortex 90 min after training, and when given into LC immediately post-training. In addition, AP5 was amnestic when given into UC 90 min post-training, but not when given into any other region and/or at any other time. None of the treatments had any effect when given into AC. The results suggest that memory processing of the inhibitory avoidance task is regulated by the posterior but not by the anterior cingulate cortex, through muscimol-sensitive synapses, relatively late after training. AP5-sensitive synapses appear to play a very limited role in these processes, restricted to UC.
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- T Mello e Souza
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Ramiro Barcelos 2600, Porto Alegre, RS, 90035-003, Brazil.
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Roesler R, Walz R, Quevedo J, de-Paris F, Zanata SM, Graner E, Izquierdo I, Martins VR, Brentani RR. Normal inhibitory avoidance learning and anxiety, but increased locomotor activity in mice devoid of PrP(C). Brain Res Mol Brain Res 1999; 71:349-53. [PMID: 10521590 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-328x(99)00193-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Prions are the causative agents of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. The transmissible agent (PrP(Sc)) is an abnormal form of PrP(C), a normal neuronal protein. The physiological role of PrP(C) remains unclear. In the present report, we evaluated behavioral parameters in Prnp(0/0) mice devoid of PrP(C). Prnp(0/0) mice showed normal short- and long-term retention of a step-down inhibitory avoidance task and normal behavior in an elevated plus maze test of anxiety. During a 5-min exploration of an open field, Prnp(0/0) mice showed normal number of rearings, defecation, and latency to initiate locomotion, but a significant increase in the number of crossings. The results suggest that Prnp(0/0) mice show normal fear-motivated memory, anxiety and exploratory behavior, and a slight increase in locomotor activity during exploration of a novel environment.
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- R Roesler
- Centro de Memória, Departamento de Bioquímica, ICBS, UFRGS (Campus da Saúde), Porto Alegre, Brazil.
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Roesler R, Quevedo J, Walz R, Bianchin M. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of deprenyl and thiotic acid in HIV-associated cognitive impairment. Neurology 1999; 52:1920-1. [PMID: 10371554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023] Open
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