期刊
BRAIN RESEARCH
卷 1576, 期 -, 页码 1-17出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2014.06.016
关键词
Kynurenines; Kynurenic acid; Neurodevelopment; Glutamate transport; GABA transport; Doublecortin; Sonic hedgehog
资金
- Malaysian Government grant PGS-MP
- BBSRC
- United Kingdom Postgraduate Scholarship in Organismal Biology grant [BB/F016700]
- Epsom Medical Research [EMR-TWS09]
- Peacock Trust [TWS-K1]
- Haddon Family Trust [WH1]
Inhibition of the kynurenine pathway of tryptophan metabolism during gestation can lead to changes in synaptic transmission, neuronal morphology and plasticity in the rat hippocampus. This suggests a role for the kynurenine pathway in early brain development, probably caused by kynurenine modulation of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) glutamate receptors which are activated by the tryptophan metabolite quinolinic acid and blocked by kynurenic acid. We have now examined samples of neocortex and cerebellum of adult animals to assess the effects of a prenatally administered kynurenine-3-monoxygenase inhibitor (Ro61-8048) on protein and mRNA expression, dendritic structure and immunohistochemistry. No changes were seen in mRNA expression using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. Changes were detected in the expression of several proteins including the GluN2A subunit, unco-ordinated-5H3 (unc5H3), doublecortin, cyclo-oxygenase, sonic hedgehog and Disrupted in schizophrenia-1 (DISCI), although no differences in immunoreactive cell numbers were observed. In the midbrain, dependence receptor expression was also changed. The numbers and lengths of individual dendritic regions were not changed but there were significant increases in the overall complexity values of apical and basal dendritic trees. The data support the hypothesis that constitutive kynurenine metabolism plays a critical role in early, embryonic brain development, although fewer effects are produced in the neocortex and cerebellum than in the hippocampus and the nature of the changes seen are qualitatively different. The significant changes in DISCI and unc5H3 may be relevant to cerebellar dysfunction and schizophrenia respectively, in which these proteins have been previously implicated. (C) 2014 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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