Schizophrenia research has increased in recent decades and focused more on its neural basis. Decision-making and cognitive flexibility are the main cognitive functions that are impaired and considered schizophrenia endophenotypes. Cognitive impairment was recently connected with altered functions of N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDAR) glutamatergic receptors, which increased cortical activity. Selective NMDAR antagonists, such as MK-801, have been used to model cognitive inflexibility in schizophrenia. Decreased GABAergic inhibitory activity has been shown elsewhere with enhanced cortical activity. This imbalance in the excitatory/inhibitory may reduce the entrainment of prefrontal gamma and hippocampal theta rhythms and result in gamma/theta band de-synchronization. The current study established an acute MK-801 administration model of schizophrenia-like cognitive inflexibility in rats and used the attentional set-shifting task in which rats learned to switch/reverse the relevant rule. During the task, we used in vivo optogenetic stimulations of parvalbumin-positive interneurons at specific light pulses in the prefrontal cortex and ventral hippocampus. The first experiments showed that acute dizocilpine in rats produced schizophrenia-like cognitive inflexibility. The second set of experiments demonstrated that specific optogenetic stimulation at specific frequencies of parvalbumin-positive interneurons in the prefrontal cortex and ventral hippocampus rescued the cognitive flexibility rats that received acute MK-801. These findings advance our knowledge of the pivotal role of parvalbumin interneurons in schizophrenia-like cognitive impairment and may guide further research on this severe psychiatric disorder.
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- dizocilpinmaleát * farmakologie MeSH
- hipokampus metabolismus MeSH
- interneurony metabolismus MeSH
- kognice MeSH
- krysa rodu rattus MeSH
- optogenetika MeSH
- parvalbuminy metabolismus MeSH
- prefrontální mozková kůra metabolismus MeSH
- receptory N-methyl-D-aspartátu metabolismus MeSH
- schizofrenie * MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- krysa rodu rattus MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
Finding a cure for Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been notoriously challenging for many decades. Therefore, the current focus is mainly on prevention, timely intervention, and slowing the progression in the earliest stages. A better understanding of underlying mechanisms at the beginning of the disease could aid in early diagnosis and intervention, including alleviating symptoms or slowing down the disease progression. Changes in social cognition and progressive parvalbumin (PV) interneuron dysfunction are among the earliest observable effects of AD. Various AD rodent models mimic these early alterations, but only a narrow field of study has considered their mutual relationship. In this review, we discuss current knowledge about PV interneuron dysfunction in AD and emphasize their importance in social cognition and memory. Next, we propose oxytocin (OT) as a potent modulator of PV interneurons and as a promising treatment for managing some of the early symptoms. We further discuss the supporting evidence on its beneficial effects on AD-related pathology. Clinical trials have employed the use of OT in various neuropsychiatric diseases with promising results, but little is known about its prospective impacts on AD. On the other hand, the modulatory effects of OT in specific structures and local circuits need to be clarified in future studies. This review highlights the connection between PV interneurons and social cognition impairment in the early stages of AD and considers OT as a promising therapeutic agent for addressing these early deficits.
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- Alzheimerova nemoc * patologie MeSH
- hipokampus patologie MeSH
- interneurony MeSH
- kognice MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- modely nemocí na zvířatech MeSH
- myši transgenní MeSH
- oxytocin MeSH
- parvalbuminy metabolismus MeSH
- prospektivní studie MeSH
- sociální kognice MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- přehledy MeSH
The main aim was to describe interneuronal population expressing calcium binding proteins calretinin (CR) and parvalbumin (PV) in the perirhinal (PRC) and retrosplenial (RSC) cortex of the rat. These two cortical areas differ strikingly in their connectivity and function, which could be caused also by different structure of the interneuronal populations. Having a precise knowledge of the cellular composition of any cerebral area forms one of the basic input parameters and tenets for computational modelling of neuronal networks and for understanding some pathological conditions, like generating and spreading of epileptic activity. PRC possesses higher absolute and relative densities of CR+ and PV+ neurons than RSC, but the CR : PV ratio is higher in the RSC, which is similar to the neocortex. The bipolar/bitufted neurons are most common type of CR+ population, while the majority of PV+ neurons show multipolar morphology. Current results indicate that main difference between analysed areas is in density of CR+ neurons, which was significantly higher in the PRC. Our results coupled with works of other authors show that there are significant differences in the interneuronal composition and distribution of heretofore seemingly similar transitional cortical areas. These results may contribute to the better understanding of the mechanism of function of this cortical region in normal and diseased states.
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- cingulární gyrus cytologie metabolismus MeSH
- imunohistochemie MeSH
- interneurony metabolismus MeSH
- kalbindin 2 metabolismus MeSH
- parvalbuminy metabolismus MeSH
- perirhinální mozková kůra cytologie metabolismus MeSH
- potkani Wistar MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- srovnávací studie MeSH
Maternal immune activation (MIA) during pregnancy represents an important environmental factor in the etiology of schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Our goal was to investigate the impacts of MIA on the brain and behavior of adolescent and adult offspring, as a rat model of these neurodevelopmental disorders. We injected bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS, 1 mg/kg) to pregnant Wistar dams from gestational day 7, every other day, up to delivery. Behavior of the offspring was examined in a comprehensive battery of tasks at postnatal days P45 and P90. Several brain parameters were analyzed at P28. The results showed that prenatal immune activation caused social and communication impairments in the adult offspring of both sexes; males were affected already in adolescence. MIA also caused prepulse inhibition deficit in females and increased the startle reaction in males. Anxiety and hypolocomotion were apparent in LPS-affected males and females. In the 28-day-old LPS offspring, we found enlargement of the brain and decreased numbers of parvalbumin-positive interneurons in the frontal cortex in both sexes. To conclude, our data indicate that sex of the offspring plays a crucial role in the development of the MIA-induced behavioral alterations, whereas changes in the brain apparent in young animals are sex-independent.
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- chování zvířat * MeSH
- imunohistochemie MeSH
- imunomodulace * MeSH
- interneurony metabolismus MeSH
- krysa rodu rattus MeSH
- lipopolysacharidy imunologie MeSH
- matka - expozice noxám MeSH
- mikroglie imunologie metabolismus MeSH
- mozek imunologie metabolismus MeSH
- parvalbuminy metabolismus MeSH
- sexuální faktory MeSH
- sociální chování MeSH
- těhotenství MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- krysa rodu rattus MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- těhotenství MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
Prevalence potravinové alergie na ryby a mořské plody v Evropě narůstá. Tyto potraviny obsahují vysoce stabilní alergeny, které mohou způ-sobovat závažné IgE mediované alergické reakce. Je tedy třeba dbát na správnou diagnostiku, která vzhledem ke zkřížené reaktivitě vyžaduje komplexní přístup. K přesnější diagnostice senzibilizace může výrazně přispět vyšetření hladin specifických IgE protilátek (sIgE). Nabídka extraktů a molekulárních komponent na stanovení sIgE se v posledních letech značně rozšířila.
The prevalence of food allergy to fish and seafood has been increasing in Europe. These kinds of foods contain highly stable allergens that can cause severe IgE-mediated allergic reactions. It is therefore necessary to pay attention to the precise diagnosis, which requires a comprehensive approach due to cross-reactivity. Testing of specific IgE antibodies (sIgE) levels may significantly contribute to the accurate diagnosis of sen-sitization. The range of extracts and molecular components for the determination of sIgE has expanded considerably in recent years.
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- alergeny MeSH
- alergie na korýše * diagnóza imunologie krev MeSH
- Anisakis imunologie MeSH
- argininkinasa imunologie MeSH
- fosfopyruváthydratasa imunologie MeSH
- hmyzí proteiny imunologie škodlivé účinky MeSH
- imunoglobulin E krev MeSH
- kolagen imunologie MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- parvalbuminy imunologie krev MeSH
- potravinová alergie diagnóza imunologie krev MeSH
- rybí proteiny * imunologie škodlivé účinky MeSH
- tropomyosin imunologie MeSH
- vitelogeniny imunologie krev MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
Exposure to loud sounds damages the auditory periphery and induces maladaptive changes in central parts of the auditory system. Diminished peripheral afferentation and altered inhibition influence the processing of sounds in the auditory cortex. It is unclear, however, which types of inhibitory interneurons are affected by acoustic trauma. Here we used single-unit electrophysiological recording and two-photon calcium imaging in anesthetized mice to evaluate the effects of acute acoustic trauma (125 dB SPL, white noise, 5 min) on the response properties of neurons in the core auditory cortex. Electrophysiological measurements suggested the selective impact of acoustic trauma on inhibitory interneurons in the auditory cortex. To further investigate which interneuronal types were affected, we used two-photon calcium imaging to record the activity of neurons in cortical layers 2/3 and 4, specifically focusing on parvalbumin-positive (PV+) and somatostatin-positive (SST+) interneurons. Spontaneous and pure-tone-evoked firing rates of SST+ interneurons increased in layer 4 immediately after acoustic trauma and remained almost unchanged in layer 2/3. Furthermore, PV+ interneurons with high best frequencies increased their evoked-to-spontaneous firing rate ratios only in layer 2/3 and did not change in layer 4. Finally, acoustic trauma unmasked low-frequency excitatory inputs only in layer 2/3. Our results demonstrate layer-specific changes in the activity of auditory cortical inhibitory interneurons within minutes after acoustic trauma.
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- akční potenciály MeSH
- interneurony metabolismus fyziologie MeSH
- myši inbrední C57BL MeSH
- myši MeSH
- nedoslýchavost z hluku patofyziologie MeSH
- parvalbuminy genetika metabolismus MeSH
- sluchové evokované potenciály * MeSH
- sluchové korové centrum cytologie patofyziologie MeSH
- somatostatin genetika metabolismus MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- myši MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
The retrosplenial cortex (RSC) is a mesocortical region broadly involved with memory and navigation. It shares many characteristics with the perirhinal cortex (PRC), both of which appear to be significantly involved in the spreading of epileptic activity. We hypothesized that RSC possesses an interneuronal composition similar to that of PRC. To prove the hypothesis we studied the general pattern of calretinin (CR) and parvalbumin (PV) immunoreactivity in the RSC of the rat brain, its optical density as well as the morphological features and density of CR- and PV-immunoreactive (CR+ and PV+) interneurons. We also analyzed the overall neuronal density on Nissl-stained sections in RSC. Finally, we compared our results with our earlier analysis of PRC (Barinka et al., 2012). Compared to PRC, RSC was observed to have a higher intensity of PV staining and lower intensity of CR staining of neuropil. Vertically-oriented bipolar neurons were the most common morphological type among CR+ neurons. The staining pattern did not allow for a similarly detailed analysis of somatodendritic morphology of PV+ neurons. RSC possessed lower absolute (i.e., neurons/mm(3)) and relative (i.e., percentage of the overall neuronal population) densities of CR+ neurons and similar absolute and lower relative densities of PV+ neurons relative to PRC. CR: PV neuronal ratio in RSC (1:2 in area 29 and 1:2.2 in area 30) differed from PRC (1:1.2 in area 35 and 1:1.7 in area 36). In conclusion, RSC, although similar in many aspects to PRC, differs strikingly in the interneuronal composition relative to PRC.
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- analýza rozptylu MeSH
- denzitometrie MeSH
- interneurony metabolismus MeSH
- kalbindin 2 metabolismus MeSH
- krysa rodu rattus MeSH
- mozková kůra cytologie MeSH
- parvalbuminy metabolismus MeSH
- potkani Wistar MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- krysa rodu rattus MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
The strength of the acoustic startle response (ASR) to short bursts of broadband noise or tone pips (4, 8 and 16 kHz) and the prepulse inhibition (PPI) of the ASR elicited by prepulse tones (4, 8 and 16 kHz) were measured in parvalbumin-deficient (PV-/-) mice and in age-matched PV+/+ mice as controls. Hearing thresholds as determined from recordings of auditory brainstem responses were found to be similar in both genotypes. The ASRs to broadband noise and tones of low and middle frequencies were stronger than the ASRs in response to high-frequency tones in both groups. In PV-/- mice, we observed smaller ASR amplitudes in response to relatively weak startling stimuli (80-90 dB sound pressure level (SPL)) of either broadband noise or 8-kHz tones compared to those recorded in PV+/+ mice. For these startling stimuli, PV-/- mice had higher ASR thresholds and longer ASR latencies. PPI of the ASR in PV-/- mice was less effective than in PV+/+ mice, for all tested prepulse frequencies (4, 8 or 16 kHz) at 70 dB SPL. Our findings demonstrate no effect of PV deficiency on hearing thresholds in PV-/- mice. However, the frequency-specific differences in the ASR and the significant reduction of PPI of ASR likely reflect specific changes of neuronal circuits, mainly inhibitory, in the auditory centers in PV-deficient mice.
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- akustická stimulace MeSH
- myši inbrední C57BL MeSH
- myši knockoutované MeSH
- parvalbuminy genetika metabolismus MeSH
- senzorické prahy MeSH
- sluch fyziologie MeSH
- sluchové kmenové evokované potenciály MeSH
- úleková reakce * MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
The conventional polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method to detect the major allergenic protein parvalbumin beta 2 of Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) and Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) was developed. The specific set of primers for the amplification of the partial genomic sequence of the pvalb 2 gene encoding the main fish allergen of both herrings was designed and applied to the investigation of 24 commercial fish products. The targeted amplicon size was 189 bp of pvalb 2 gene of Atlantic herring and Pacific herring. As the internal amplification control, the DNA of 18S rRNA gene for eukaryotes (141 bp) was successfully used. The specificity of designed primer pair using 26 various fish species was assessed. The intrinsic detection limit was 10 pg µl(-1) of the present specific DNA. Atlantic herring or Pacific herring allergenic parvalbumins were detected in 22 investigated fish products in conformity with the package declaration. Two fish products were negative in spite of the declaration. The proposed PCR method is specific enough and can be used for the detection of Atlantic and Pacific herrings' major allergen parvalbumin beta 2 in fish food products.
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- alergeny analýza genetika MeSH
- kontaminace potravin analýza MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- parvalbuminy analýza genetika imunologie MeSH
- polymerázová řetězová reakce metody statistika a číselné údaje MeSH
- potravinová alergie imunologie MeSH
- rybí proteiny analýza genetika imunologie MeSH
- rybí výrobky škodlivé účinky analýza MeSH
- ryby genetika imunologie MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
- Geografické názvy
- Atlantský oceán MeSH
- Tichý oceán MeSH
