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Diabetes depresses synaptic transmission in sympathetic ganglia by inactivating nAChRs through a conserved intracellular cysteine residue.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20620869     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Most people with diabetes develop severe complications of the autonomic nervous system; yet, the underlying causes of many diabetic-induced dysautonomias are poorly understood. Here we explore the idea that these dysautonomias results, in part, from a defect in synaptic transmission. To test this idea, we investigated cultured sympathetic neurons and show that hyperglycemia inactivates nAChRs through a mechanism involving an elevation in reactive oxygen species and an interaction with highly conserved cysteine residues located near the intracellular mouth of the nAChR channel. Consistent with this, we show that diabetic mice have depressed ganglionic transmission and reduced sympathetic reflexes, whereas diabetic mice expressing mutant postsynaptic nAChRs that lack the conserved cysteine residues on the alpha3 subunit have normal synaptic transmission in sympathetic ganglia and normal sympathetic reflexes. Our work suggests a new model for diabetic-induced dysautonomias and identifies ganglionic nAChRs as targets of hyperglycemia-induced downstream signals.
Authors:
Verónica Campanucci; Arjun Krishnaswamy; Ellis Cooper
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Neuron     Volume:  66     ISSN:  1097-4199     ISO Abbreviation:  Neuron     Publication Date:  2010 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-07-12     Completed Date:  2010-08-06     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8809320     Medline TA:  Neuron     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  827-34     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1Y6, Canada.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acetylcholine / pharmacology
Adenoviridae
Age Factors
Aldehydes / metabolism
Animals
Animals, Newborn
Body Temperature / drug effects,  physiology
Cells, Cultured
Cysteine / genetics,  metabolism*
Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / chemically induced,  pathology*
Disease Models, Animal
Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology
Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials / drug effects,  genetics
Glucose / pharmacology
Guanidines / pharmacology
Heart Rate / drug effects,  physiology
Hypoglycemic Agents / pharmacology
Insulin / pharmacology
Leptin / genetics
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Mice, Transgenic
Mutation / genetics
Oxidative Stress / drug effects,  physiology
Patch-Clamp Techniques
Reactive Oxygen Species / metabolism
Receptors, Leptin / genetics
Receptors, Nicotinic / deficiency,  metabolism*
Sensory Receptor Cells / physiology*
Superior Cervical Ganglion / pathology*
Synaptic Transmission / drug effects,  physiology*
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
//Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Aldehydes; 0/Enzyme Inhibitors; 0/Guanidines; 0/Hypoglycemic Agents; 0/Leptin; 0/Reactive Oxygen Species; 0/Receptors, Leptin; 0/Receptors, Nicotinic; 0/nicotinic receptor subunit alpha3; 11061-68-0/Insulin; 29343-52-0/4-hydroxy-2-nonenal; 50-99-7/Glucose; 51-84-3/Acetylcholine; 52-90-4/Cysteine; 79-17-4/pimagedine
Comments/Corrections
Comment In:
Neuron. 2010 Jun 24;66(6):809-11   [PMID:  20620864 ]

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