SLEEP 2011 Abstract Supplement
SLEEP 2011 Abstract Supplement
SLEEP 2011 Abstract Supplement
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A. Basic Science II. Cell and Molecular Biology and Genetics<br />
0030<br />
OPTOGENETIC STIMULATION ENHANCES C-FOS AND<br />
INTERLEUKIN-1β LEVELS IN CULTURED NEURONS<br />
Jewett K 1 , Sengupta P 1 , Kirkpatrick R 2 , Clinton JM 1 , Krueger JM 1<br />
1<br />
WWAMI Medical Education Program, Program in Neuroscience, and<br />
Sleep and Performance Research Center, Washington State University,<br />
Spokane, WA, USA, 2 Veterinary Comparative Anatomy, Pharmacology<br />
and Physiology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA<br />
Introduction: The pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-1β (IL-1)<br />
has a role in sleep regulation in health and disease states including the<br />
chronic inflammation associated sleep disorders. Yet a mechanistic connection<br />
between specific activity at the cellular level and IL-1 expression<br />
remains to be established. We have recently developed the methods<br />
for optogenetic stimulation of cultured networks of neurons and glial<br />
cells. Using that in vitro tool, here we test the hypothesis that enhanced<br />
level of induced activity in neurons elevates IL-1 production in cultured<br />
neurons.<br />
Methods: Cortices from newborn mouse (C57BL/6) brains were dissected<br />
in ice-cold Hibernate-E solution, digested in 2mg/mL papain,<br />
and then mechanically dissociated. The cells were transfected, using<br />
nucleofection technique, with YFP-tagged Syn-Channelrhodopsin-2<br />
(SynChR2-YFP). The transfected cells were grown on poly-D-lysine<br />
coated coverslips in a 5% CO 2<br />
incubator at 37°C in serum free NbActiv4<br />
medium. Within about 4 days, cells form complex neuronal/glial<br />
networks. On day 8 in vitro (DIV8), these networks were stimulated<br />
using a train of light pulses (random, frequency 10 Hz) from light emitting<br />
diodes (470nm) under ambient growth conditions. After stimulation<br />
the cells were fixed and probed for c-Fos and IL-1 expression using immunofluorescence<br />
techniques, and imaged using a confocal microscope.<br />
Results: Stimulation for 90 minutes shows increase in c-Fos (in nuclei)<br />
and IL-1 (in cytoplasm) expression for most neurons. The extent of c-<br />
Fos and IL-1 expression depended on the duration of stimulation.<br />
Conclusion: Optogenetic stimulation increases the expression levels of<br />
c-Fos confirming cell activation. The elevated level of IL-1 in neurons<br />
indicates that the expression of IL-1 is dependent, at least in part, on neuronal<br />
activation. Neuron activation-induced IL1 expression may provide<br />
a mechanism linking cell activity to sleep regulation.<br />
Support (If Any): NIH grants R01NS025378 and R01NS031453 to<br />
James Krueger. SynChR2-YFP construct was a gift from Karl Deisseroth<br />
lab (Stanford University).<br />
0031<br />
EXPRESSION OF CHANNELRHODOPSINS IN<br />
PARVALBUMIN-POSITIVE BASAL FOREBRAIN NEURONS<br />
Kim T 1 , McKenna JT 1 , Brown RE 1 , Winston S 1 , Chen L 1 , Strecker RE 1 ,<br />
Kocsis B 2 , Deisseroth K 3 , McCarley RW 1 , Basheer R 1<br />
1<br />
Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School-Boston VA Healthcare System,<br />
West Roxbury, MA, USA, 2 Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical<br />
Center, Boston, MA, USA, 3 Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,<br />
Stanford University, Stanford, MA, USA<br />
Introduction: The basal forebrain (BF) plays an important role in the<br />
modulation of cortical activity across sleep-wake cycles via corticopetal<br />
projections of cholinergic and non-cholinergic neurons. Among noncholinergic<br />
neurons, an important component consists of parvalbumin<br />
(PV)-containing, γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA)ergic neurons whose firing<br />
rates increase during electroencephalographic (EEG) low-voltage<br />
fast activity. However, their precise contribution to cortical activation<br />
and sleep-wake regulation is not well understood. Therefore, we sought<br />
to selectively incorporate channelrhodopsins (light-activated ion channels)<br />
into PV-positive neurons in BF in order to investigate the effect on<br />
sleep and wakefulness.<br />
Methods: Adeno-associated virus with double-floxed Channelrhodopsin2<br />
(ChR2)-eYFP was injected stereotactically into BF of two types of<br />
transgenic mice (n=2/each). In both transgenic mice, Cre recombinase<br />
expression was under the control of the PV promoter, thus ChR2-eYFP<br />
should be expressed specifically in PV neurons. In homozygous PV-Cre<br />
mice, colocalization of ChR2-eYFP with PV protein was confirmed by<br />
immunohistochemistry. The second strain of transgenic mice (PV-Tomato)<br />
was generated by crossing PV-Cre mice with Cre-reporter Rosa/<br />
Tomato mice, creating heterozygous PV-Cre mice with Cre-dependent<br />
expression of Tomato (red fluorescence), allowing confirmation that viral<br />
expression was Cre-dependent without the need for immunohistochemistry.<br />
Following viral injection, co-expression of ChR2-eYFP and<br />
Tomato was compared.<br />
Results: Preliminary data showed that >90% of ChR2-eYFP-positive<br />
BF neurons expressed PV and ~75% of the BF PV-positive neurons<br />
expressed ChR2-eYFP in PV-Cre mouse. In the second condition of<br />
PV-Tomato mice >90% of ChR2-eYFP-positive BF neurons expressed<br />
Tomato, and >90% of Tomato-positive BF neurons expressed ChR2-<br />
eYFP.<br />
Conclusion: Our results confirm that ChR2-eYFP expression was exclusively<br />
dependent on Cre recombinase under the control of the PV<br />
promoter. These results suggest that the Cre-dependent AAV expression<br />
system will be a useful tool to enable selective stimulation of BF PV<br />
neurons in order to examine their role in cortical arousal.<br />
Support (If Any): VA Merit Award (RB), NIMH Grant MH 39683<br />
(RWM), HL095491 (BK)<br />
0032<br />
CD73 IN <strong>SLEEP</strong> REGULATION<br />
Zielinski MR, Taishi P, Krueger JM<br />
WWAMI Medical Education Program, Sleep and Performance<br />
Research Center, Washington State University, Spokane, WA, USA<br />
Introduction: Adenosine and extracellular ATP have multiple physiological<br />
actions including sleep and cerebral blood flow regulation.<br />
However, the exact mechanisms of adenosine-modulated sleep remain<br />
unknown. Extracellular ATP and ADP are converted to AMP by the enzyme<br />
CD39. Extracellular AMP is in turn converted to adenosine by the<br />
enzyme CD73. Here, we investigate the role of CD73 in sleep regulation.<br />
Methods: Male CD73KO mice (provided by Thompson LF, Oklahoma<br />
Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK) and C57BL/6 control<br />
mice were implanted with cortical EEG and EMG electrodes. Spontaneous<br />
sleep and sleep responses to 6 h of sleep deprivation (SD) were<br />
determined by established criteria. Power spectral analyses were also<br />
performed. Adenosine-related molecules in the somatosensory cortex<br />
following SD were analyzed by real-time PCR. Further, CD73 expression<br />
was analyzed in male rats throughout the time-of-day and following<br />
6 h of SD.<br />
Results: Spontaneous NREMS was enhanced in CD73KO mice compared<br />
to controls (P = 0.046). REMS did not differ between strains.<br />
NREMS following SD was enhanced in controls (P = 0.004). In contrast,<br />
SD failed to affect NREMS duration in CD73KO mice. EEG SWA<br />
during NREMS following SD was enhanced in both strains (P = 0.044).<br />
CD39, adenosine deaminase, adenosine kinase, and adenosine A2a receptor<br />
expression did not differ between strains or in their responses to<br />
SD. Adenosine A1 receptor expression was significantly lower in CD73<br />
mice compared to controls (P = 0.004) but enhanced following SD only<br />
in CD73KOs (P = 0.003). In rats, CD73 expression was elevated following<br />
SD and with time-of-day dependent increases in sleep propensity (P<br />
= 0.012 and P < 0.001, respectively).<br />
Conclusion: These data indicate that CD73 is involved with sleep<br />
regulation. Further, these data suggest that mechanisms upstream of adenosine<br />
and CD73, such as extracellular ATP, are involved in regulating<br />
sleep.<br />
Support (If Any): NIH NS025378, NS031453<br />
<strong>SLEEP</strong>, Volume 34, <strong>Abstract</strong> <strong>Supplement</strong>, <strong>2011</strong><br />
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