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The neuropeptide galanin and its three receptor subtypes (Gal R1-3) are highly expressed in the dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN),
a region of the brain that contains a large population of serotonergic neurons. Galanin is co-expressed with serotonin in
approximately 40% of the DRN neurons, and galanin and GALR2 expression are elevated by antidepressants like the SSRI fluoxetine,
suggesting an interaction between serotonin and galanin. The present study examines the effect of galanin (Gal 1–29), a pan
ligand for GalR (1–3) and the GalR2/GalR3-selective ligand, Gal 2–11, on the electrophysiological properties of DRN serotonergic
neurons in a slice preparation. We recorded from cells in the DRN with electrophysiological characteristics consistent with
those of serotonergic neurons that exhibit high input resistance, large after-hyperpolarizations and long spike duration as
defined by Aghajanian and Vandermaelen. Both Gal 1–29 and Gal 2–11 decreased the amplitudes pharmacologically-isolated GABAergic
inhibitory postsynaptic potentials (IPSPs) in these putative serotonergic neurons. Furthermore, based on paired pulse facilitation
studies, we show that Gal 1–29 likely decreases GABA release through a presynaptic mechanism, whereas Gal 2–11 may act postsynaptically.
These findings may enhance understanding of the cellular mechanisms underlying the effects of antidepressant treatments on
galanin and galanin receptors in DRN.
Special issue article in honor of Dr. Frode Fonnum. 相似文献
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In the laboratory, the vertical migration of Aphelenchoides besseyi was favored by rough surfaces and an inverse water gradient. In relation th gravity, the nematode migrated down or up equally, a circumstance suggesting that a geotaxis was not involved. Stems of rice seedlings were effective surfaces for vertical migration of nematodes only when the stems were continuously supplied with moisture. 相似文献
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Larisa V. Lysenko Jeesun Kim Cassandra Henry Anna Tyrtyshnaia Rebecca A. Kohnz Francisco Madamba Gabriel M. Simon Natalia E. Kleschevnikova Daniel K. Nomura R . Alan B. Ezekowitz Alexander M. Kleschevnikov 《PloS one》2014,9(12)
Genetic alterations or pharmacological treatments affecting endocannabinoid signaling have profound effects on synaptic and neuronal properties and, under certain conditions, may improve higher brain functions. Down syndrome (DS), a developmental disorder caused by triplication of chromosome 21, is characterized by deficient cognition and inevitable development of the Alzheimer disease (AD) type pathology during aging. Here we used JZL184, a selective inhibitor of monoacylglycerol lipase (MAGL), to examine the effects of chronic MAGL inhibition on the behavioral, biochemical, and synaptic properties of aged Ts65Dn mice, a genetic model of DS. In both Ts65Dn mice and their normosomic (2N) controls, JZL184-treatment increased brain levels of 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG) and decreased levels of its metabolites such as arachidonic acid, prostaglandins PGD2, PGE2, PGFα, and PGJ2. Enhanced spontaneous locomotor activity of Ts65Dn mice was reduced by the JZL184-treatement to the levels observed in 2N animals. Deficient long-term memory was also improved, while short-term and working types of memory were unaffected. Furthermore, reduced hippocampal long-term potentiation (LTP) was increased in the JZL184-treated Ts65Dn mice to the levels observed in 2N mice. Interestingly, changes in synaptic plasticity and behavior were not observed in the JZL184-treated 2N mice suggesting that the treatment specifically attenuated the defects in the trisomic animals. The JZL184-treatment also reduced the levels of Aβ40 and Aβ42, but had no effect on the levels of full length APP and BACE1 in both Ts65Dn and 2N mice. These data show that chronic MAGL inhibition improves the behavior and brain functions in a DS model suggesting that pharmacological targeting of MAGL may be considered as a perspective new approach for improving cognition in DS. 相似文献
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Carbonic anhydrase inhibition selectively prevents amyloid β neurovascular mitochondrial toxicity
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María E. Solesio Pablo M. Peixoto Ludovic Debure Stephen M. Madamba Mony J. de Leon Thomas Wisniewski Evgeny V. Pavlov Silvia Fossati 《Aging cell》2018,17(4)
Mounting evidence suggests that mitochondrial dysfunction plays a causal role in the etiology and progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD). We recently showed that the carbonic anhydrase inhibitor (CAI) methazolamide (MTZ) prevents amyloid β (Aβ)‐mediated onset of apoptosis in the mouse brain. In this study, we used MTZ and, for the first time, the analog CAI acetazolamide (ATZ) in neuronal and cerebral vascular cells challenged with Aβ, to clarify their protective effects and mitochondrial molecular mechanism of action. The CAIs selectively inhibited mitochondrial dysfunction pathways induced by Aβ, without affecting metabolic function. ATZ was effective at concentrations 10 times lower than MTZ. Both MTZ and ATZ prevented mitochondrial membrane depolarization and H2O2 generation, with no effects on intracellular pH or ATP production. Importantly, the drugs did not primarily affect calcium homeostasis. This work suggests a new role for carbonic anhydrases (CAs) in the Aβ‐induced mitochondrial toxicity associated with AD and cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA), and paves the way to AD clinical trials for CAIs, FDA‐approved drugs with a well‐known profile of brain delivery. 相似文献
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DAVID G. GARBUZ OLGA G. ZATSEPINA ANDREY A. PRZHIBORO IRINA YUSHENOVA IRINA V. GUZHOVA MICHAEL B. EVGEN’EV 《Molecular ecology》2008,17(21):4763-4777
A population of Stratiomys japonica, a species belonging to the family Stratiomyidae (Diptera), common name ‘soldier flies’, occurs in a hot volcanic spring, which is apparently among the most inhospitable environments for animals because of chemical and thermal conditions. Larvae of this species, which naturally often experience temperatures more than 40 °C, have constitutively high concentrations of the normally inducible heat-shock protein Hsp70, but very low level of corresponding mRNA. Larvae of three other species of the same family, Stratiomys singularior, Nemotelus bipunctatus and Oxycera pardalina, are confined to different type semi-aquatic habitats with contrasting thermal regime. However, all of them shared the same pattern of Hsp70 expression. Interestingly, heat-shock treatment of S. japonica larvae activates heat-shock factor and significantly induces Hsp70 synthesis, whereas larvae of O. pardalina, a species from constant cold environment, produce significantly less Hsp70 in response to heat shock. Adults of the four species also exhibit lower, but detectable levels of Hsp70 without heat shock. Larvae of all species studied have very high tolerance to temperature stress in comparison with other Diptera species investigated, probably representing an inherent adaptive feature of all Stratiomyidae enabling successful colonization of highly variable and extreme habitats. 相似文献
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