期刊：
American Journal of Human Genetics,2019年105(1):166-176 ISSN：0002-9297
通讯作者：
Shen, Lu;Jin, Peng
作者机构：
[Tian, Yun; Sun, Qi-Ying; Yi, Fang; Tang, Bei-Sha; Zhou, Ya-Fang; Xu, Hong-Wei] Cent S Univ, Xiangya Hosp, Dept Geriatr, Changsha 410008, Hunan, Peoples R China.;[Zeng, Sheng; Jiao, Bin; Liu, Zhen; Chen, Zhao; Jiang, Hong; Zhou, Chao-Jun; Yan, Xin-Xiang; Hou, Xuan; Guo, Ji-Feng; Tang, Bei-Sha; Long, Hong-Yu; Wang, Jun-Ling; Shen, Lu] Cent S Univ, Xiangya Hosp, Dept Neurol, Changsha 410008, Hunan, Peoples R China.;[Tian, Yun; Tang, Bei-Sha; Shen, Lu] Cent S Univ, Xiangya Hosp, Natl Clin Res Ctr Geriatr Disorders, Changsha 410008, Hunan, Peoples R China.;[Xia, Kun; Hu, Zheng-Mao; Huang, Wen; Duan, Ran-Hui] Cent S Univ, Sch Life Sci, Ctr Med Genet, Changsha 410008, Hunan, Peoples R China.;[Kong, Ha Eun; Li, Yujing; Shafik, Andrew Mark; Allen, Emily G.; Jin, Peng] Emory Univ, Sch Med, Dept Human Genet, Whitehead Res Bldg,Room 305A,615 Michael St, Atlanta, GA 30322 USA.
通讯机构：
[Shen, Lu] C;[Jin, Peng] E;Cent S Univ, Xiangya Hosp, Dept Neurol, Changsha 410008, Hunan, Peoples R China.;Cent S Univ, Xiangya Hosp, Natl Clin Res Ctr Geriatr Disorders, Changsha 410008, Hunan, Peoples R China.;Emory Univ, Sch Med, Dept Human Genet, Whitehead Res Bldg,Room 305A,615 Michael St, Atlanta, GA 30322 USA.
摘要：
Neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease (NIID) is a slowly progressing neurodegenerative disease characterized by eosinophilic intranuclear inclusions in the nervous system and multiple visceral organs. The clinical manifestation of NIID varies widely, and both familial and sporadic cases have been reported. Here we have performed genetic linkage analysis and mapped the disease locus to 1p13.3-q23.1; however, whole-exome sequencing revealed no potential disease-causing mutations. We then performed long-read genome sequencing and identified a large GGC repeat expansion within human-specific NOTCH2NLC. Expanded GGC repeats as the cause of NIID was further confirmed in an additional three NIID-affected families as well as five sporadic NIID-affected case subjects. Moreover, given the clinical heterogeneity of NIID, we examined the size of the GGC repeat among 456 families with a variety of neurological conditions with the known pathogenic genes excluded. Surprisingly, GGC repeat expansion was observed in two Alzheimer disease (AD)-affected families and three parkinsonism-affected families, implicating that the GGC repeat expansions in NOTCH2NLC could also contribute to the pathogenesis of both AD and PD. Therefore, we suggest defining a term NIID-related disorders (NIIDRD), which will include NIID and other related neurodegenerative diseases caused by the expanded GGC repeat within human-specific NOTCH2NLC.
作者机构：
[Zhang, Zi-xuan; You, Yong] Hainan Med Univ, Affiliated Hosp 2, Dept Neurol, Haikou 571199, Hainan, Peoples R China.;[Zhang, Zi-xuan] XiangTan Cent Hosp, Dept Neurol, Xiangtan 411100, Hunan, Peoples R China.;[Li, E.] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Neurosci, CAS Ctr Excellence Brain Sci & Intelligence Techn, Shanghai 200031, Peoples R China.;[Tian, Shao-Wen] Univ South China, Hengyang Med Coll, Dept Physiol, Hengyang 421001, Hunan, Peoples R China.;[Shen, Pei; Fu, Wan; Yan, Jian-ping] Univ South China, Affiliated Hosp 1, Dept Neurol, Hengyang 421001, Hunan, Peoples R China.
通讯机构：
[You, Yong] H;[Tian, Shao-Wen] U;Hainan Med Univ, Affiliated Hosp 2, Dept Neurol, Haikou 571199, Hainan, Peoples R China.;Univ South China, Hengyang Med Coll, Dept Physiol, Hengyang 421001, Hunan, Peoples R China.
摘要：
Several experimental studies have proved that activation of neuroinflammation pathways may contribute to the development of depression, a neuropsychiatric disorder disease. Our previous studies have shown the antidepressant properties of apelin, but the mechanism was unkown. This study was performed to verify whether the antidepressant effect of apelin was related to its anti-inflammation effect in the central nervous system. To achieve our aim, we selected the co-treatment of chronic stress and LPS to induced an inflammatory process in rats. The effect of this co-treatment was evaluated through the expression of inflammatory markers and glial cell activation. LPS injection co-treated with unpredictable chronic mild stress resulted in the activation of microglial cell and astrocyte, expression of inflammatory markers and depressive behaviors. Treatment with apelin significantly attenuates the deleterious effects in these rats. Our results showed that apelin improved depressive phenotype and decreased the activation of glial cells in stress co-treatment group. The down-regulations of p-NF-kappaB and p-IKKbeta suggested that the effects are possibly mediated by inhibition of the NF-kappaB-mediated inflammatory response. These findings speculated that intracerebroventricular injection of apelin could be a therapeutic approach for the treatment of depression, and the antidepressant function of apelin may closely associated with its alleviation in neuroinflammation.
摘要：
A large number of studies have demonstrated that the hippocampus has important influences on stress response and memory. The abundant expressions of apelin and its receptor APJ in the hippocampus may imply potential involvement of apelin/APJ signaling in modulating stress-related memory performance deficit. In our previous study, apelin-13 ameliorates memory performance deficit in acute stressed rats. Here, we further examined whether apelin-13 can ameliorate memory performance deficit in chronic stressed rats. Rats were exposed to chronic water-immersion restraint stress (CWIRS) for 4 weeks. After stress withdrawal, apelin-13 was intracerebroventricularly infused once a day for one week. The novel object recognition test (NORT) and Y-maze test (YMT), two hippocampus-dependent memory tasks, were performed to assess memory performance. We found that apelin-13 restored CWIRS-induced decline in the discrimination index and alternation ratio in NORT and YMT, respectively. Furthermore, apelin-13 ameliorated CWIRS-induced hippocampal BDNF expression deficit, and the TrkB receptor antagonist ANA-12 blocked the ameliorative effect of apelin-13 on memory performance deficit in CWIRS rats. The current observations indicate that apelin-13 ameliorates CWIRS-induced memory performance deficit through upregulation of BDNF in rats.
摘要：
The peptide apelin and its receptor APJ are found to express in multiple brain regions, especially in the regions such as the hippocampus and hypothalamus that play important roles in stress and depression. The distribution of apelin and APJ suggests that the apelinergic signaling may be a key mediator in the development of stress-related depressive behavior. We recently demonstrated that intracerebroventricular (i.c.v) injection of apelin-13 exerts an antidepressant-like activity in the rat forced swimming test (FST). However, the possible brain region mediating apelin-13's antidepressant-like activity remains unclear. In the present study, we determined whether the hippocampus and hypothalamus are the possible regions mediating antidepressant-like activity of apelin-13. We found that forced swimming exposure upregulated apelin and APJ protein expression levels in the hippocampus but not hypothalamus in rats. Further, intrahippocampal injection of apelin-13 exerted an antidepressant-like activity (as indicated by a decreased immobility behavior), and intrahippocampal infusion of APJ receptor antagonist F13A blocked the antidepressant-like activity produced by i.c.v injection of apelin-13 in the FST. Moreover, intrahypothalamic injection of apelin-13 did not affect the immobility behavior in the FST. These findings suggest that the hippocampus, but not hypothalamus, is a critical site mediating antidepressant-like activity of apelin-13 in rats. (C) 2018 IBRO. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Migraine is considered as a risk factor for subclinical brain ischemic lesions, and right-to-left shunt (RLS) is more common among migraineurs. This cross-sectional study assessed the association of RLS with the increased prevalence of subclinical ischemic brain lesions in migraineurs. We enrolled 334 migraineurs from a multicentre study from June 2015 to August 2016. Participants were all evaluated using contrast-enhanced transcranial Doppler, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and completed a questionnaire covering demographics, the main risk factors of vascular disease, and migraine status. RLS was classified into four grades (Grade 0 = Negative; Grade I = 1 ≤ microbubbles (MBs) ≤ 10; Grade II = MBs > 10 and no curtain; Grade III = curtain). Silent brain ischemic infarctions (SBI) and white matter hyperintensities (WMHs) were evaluated on MRI. We found no significant differences between migraineurs with RLS and migraineurs without RLS in subclinical ischemic brain lesions.SBI and WMHs did not increase with the size of the RLS(p for trend for SBI = 0.066, p for trend for WMHs = 0.543). Furthermore, curtain RLS in migraineurs was a risk factor for the presence of SBI (p = 0.032, OR = 3.47; 95%CI: 1.12−10.76). There was no association between RLS and the presence of WMHs. Overall, RLS is not associated with increased SBI or WMHs in migraineurs. However, when RLS is present as a curtain pattern, it is likely to be a risk factor for SBIs in migraineurs. No.
NCT02425696
; registered on April 21, 2015.
摘要：
Localization of apelin and its receptor APJ in limbic structures such as the hippocampus suggests potential involvement of apelin/APJ signaling in stress-related emotional responses. We have recently reported that apelin-13 exerts antidepressant-like actions in acute stressed rats, and that the hippocampus is a critical brain region mediating its actions. However, the neural mechanism underling antidepressant-like actions of apelin-13 is still largely unknown. The aim of the present study is to determine whether apelin-13 ameliorates chronic water-immersion restraint stress (CWIRS)-induced depression-like phenotypes and its neural mechanism in rats. Here, we report that CWIRS exposure leaded to upregulation of apelin/APJ signaling in the hippocampus. Apelin-13 ameliorated CWIRS-induced depression-like phenotypes including hedonic-like deficit and behavioral despairs. Moreover, apelin-13 ameliorated hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis hyperactivity, and hippocampal BDNF expression deficit and glucocorticoid receptor (GR) nucleus translocation hypoactivity in chronic stressed rats. Finally, apelin-13-mediated effects were blocked by the selective TrkB receptor antagonist ANA-12. These results suggest that apelin-13 upregulates BDNF against chronic stress-induced depression-like phenotypes by ameliorating HPA axis and hippocampal GR dysfunctions. (C) 2018 IBRO. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
作者机构：
[Qing Tian; Lei Chen; Bang Luo; Ai-Ping Wang; Wei Zou; Yong You; Ping Zhang; Xiao-Qing Tang] Department of Physiology,Medical College,University of South China
摘要：
Backgroud:Chronic restraint stress(CRS) induces depression-like behaviors in rodents,which involves dysregulation of hippocampal synapse formation and autophagy.Adiponectin is essential in determining
