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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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