scholarly journals Features of neurosteroid support of the state of alcohol dependence and its correction with dosed physical load in rats

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 546-551
Author(s):  
A. M. Titkova ◽  
O. G. Berchenko ◽  
O. V. Veselovska ◽  
A. V. Shliakhova

The role of steroid hormones in regulation of the functions of the emotiogenic limbic-neocortical system has been actively studied over the recent decades in order to determine their synthesis in the brain structures and role in the development and maintenance of dependence on psychoactive substances. However, the wide range of neurosteroids and their metabolites, as well as structural specific features of the synthesis of both neurohormones and their receptors make it difficult to obtain experimental data and interpret the results of the study. The participation of progesterone, cortisol, testosterone and estradiol in the development of alcohol dependence and the changes in their concentrations in the hypothalamus, hippocampus, amygdala and serum under the influence of dosed physical load were studied in 48 outbred adult male rats. Alcohol dependence was modeled by means of consuming food containing alcohol in the dose of 1.25 g of ethanol per 1 kg of rat body weight for two months. Dosed physical load was reproduced by a rat running in a wheel for 30 minutes daily for 7–10 days against the background of alcohol withdrawal. Neuroethological testing of craving for alcohol, EEG recording of the neocortex, hippocampus and amygdala was performed using a computer-diagnostic complex. The concentration of steroid hormones was determined in the structures of the brain and blood serum by the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. It was shown that dosed physical load attenuated the alcohol motivation of rats. On the 5th day it suppressed the electrographic manifestations of paroxysmal activity in the hippocampus and increased the level of the theta-rhythm in the amygdala, and on the 7th day it activated the neocortex with increasing beta-rhythm. This effect was accompanied by an increase in serum testosterone level against the background of maintaining functional tension of the peripheral glucocorticoid link of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal system, which was observed in a state of alcohol dependence. The study demonstrated that progesterone plays the key role in allostatic rearrangements of the functional state of animals. An imbalance of progesterone levels was revealed in the brain structures: an increase – in the hypothalamus and hippocampus, and a decrease – in the amygdala under alcohol dependence; a decrease – in the hippocampus with recovery in the amygdala against the background of its high level in the hypothalamus, which occurs under the influence of dosed physical load on the rats under alcohol withdrawal. Thus, the dosed physical load is a promising approach to alcohol dependence rehabilitation.

The complex of neurophysiological methods (stereotaxic implantation of electrodes into brain structures, recording of electrical activity of the neocortex, hippocampus, hypothalamus, and nucleus accumbens) was applied to 65 laboratory male rats with models of chronic alcoholization (during 40 days of alcohol consumption in dose 1.25 g/kg body mass) and alcohol withdrawal during 2 days. The leading role of functional changes of electrogenesis in hippocampus, hypothalamus and nucleus accumbens has been revealed in rats being in states of alcohol dependence. The highest absolute spectral powers of oscillations of the β and Ѳ rhythms in the hippocampus and manifestations of generalized hypersynchronous activity with initiation in the hippocampus and hypothalamus were noted in rats under alcohol dependence. The paroxysmal pattern of activity on EEG of the structures of the limbico-neocortical system acquired an “explosive” character after alcohol withdrawal. The complex of neurochemical methods (detection of dopamine and testosterone concentration with enzymoimmunoassay and nitric oxide concentration with spectrophotometric analysis in the brain structures and serum) was carried out after 40 days of alcoholization as well as after 2 days of alcohol withdrawal. Decreased levels of testosterone and nitric oxide were identified in hypothalamus and hippocampus as well as testosterone in nucleus accumbens and serum. There were observed increased dopamine release in nucleus accumbens in response to latest dose of alcohol consumption and recovery of dopamine level after alcohol withdrawal. To the contrary, the dopamine content decreased in hypothalamus in the state of alcohol withdrawal. The five-time (twice a day) intranasal introduction of sodium nitroprusside repaired nitric oxide and testosterone levels in the brain structures of motivational reinforcement and suppressed seizure pattern on EEG but didn’t change testosterone concentration in serum. Obtained data are considered as one of the important aspects of interactions in the system of hormonal-neurotransmitter-metabolic regulatory mechanisms of motivational reinforcement under formation and suppression of alcohol dependence.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Zhou ◽  
Jing Xiong ◽  
Chang-qing Gao ◽  
Jian-jun Bao ◽  
Xin-Fu Zhou

Abstract ObjectiveProlonged excessive ethanol intake impairs learning, memory and also causes brain atrophy. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) plays pivotal roles in the pathology of alcohol dependence. Our previous work found that chronic ethanol exposure altered the metabolism of BDNF, leading to the imbalance of proBDNF and mature BDNF (mBDNF). In this study, we hypothesized that early alcohol withdrawal would reverse the abnormal levels of proBDNF, mBDNF and their receptors.Method30 male alcohol dependence patients were recruited. Peripheral blood was sampled from all the subjects before and one week after alcohol withdrawal. The lymphocyte protein levels of proBDNF, p75NTR, sortilin and TrkB were analyzed by western blots and the serum level of mBDNF and TrkB was assayed by sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) at two different time points. ResultsThe levels of mBDNF and its receptor (TrkB) increased, oppositely the levels of proBDNF and its receptors (p75NTR and sortilin) decreased one week after alcohol withdrawal. ConclusionsEarly alcohol withdrawal reversed the abnormal levels of proBDNF, mBDNF and their receptors. The shift levels of proBDNF and mBDNF were both taken in the pathology of alcohol withdrawal.


Hypertension ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 76 (Suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Baojian Xue ◽  
Terry Beltz ◽  
Fang Guo ◽  
David M Pollock ◽  
Jennifer S Pollock ◽  
...  

Separation of neonatal rodent pups from their mothers has been used as a model to study the effects of early life stress (ELS) on behavioral and physiological responses in adults. Using an Induction-Delay-Expression experimental paradigm, our previous studies demonstrate that a wide range of stressors administered during an induction period produces hypertensive response sensitization (HTRS) in response to a subsequent pro-hypertensive stimulus. HTRS is accompanied by activation of the brain renin-angiotensin system (RAS) and CNS inflammation. The present study investigated whether ELS induces HTRS and changes in brain-related underlying mechanisms. Rat neonates from Sprague-Dawley breeders were subjected to ELS by separating them each morning from their mothers for 3 h on postnatal days 2 to 14. Pups from non-handled litters formed control groups. At 10 weeks of age, male rats were used to evaluate blood pressure and autonomic function using telemetric probes and pharmacological methods. In addition, in separate control and ELS groups, the lamina terminalis (LT) structures and the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) were analyzed for mRNA expression of RAS components and proinflammatory cytokines. Adult ELS rats as compared to non-separated controls exhibited 1) HTRS during expression testing using 2 week ANG II infusions (120 ng/kg/min s.c.; ELS animals, Δ45.5±4.5 mmHg vs. controls, Δ22.4±3.1 mmHg); 2) a greater reduction in mean arterial pressure following ganglionic blockade (hexamethonium, 30 mg/kg, ip), 3) increased sympathetic drive to the heart (atenolol, 8 mg/kg, ip), 4) decreased vagal tone (atropine, 8 mg/kg, ip), and 5) increased mRNA expression of several components of the brain RAS and proinflammatory cytokines in the LT and PVN. These results suggest that maternal ELS may predispose individuals to hypertension that is mediated by upregulation of the brain RAS and proinflammatory cytokines and increased sympathetic drive to the cardiovascular system.


2020 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 391-394
Author(s):  
Abhishek Chaturvedi ◽  
Guruprasad Rao ◽  
Samir Kumar Praharaj ◽  
Kanive Parashiva Guruprasad ◽  
Vivek Pais

Abstract Aim Chronic alcohol consumption can activate and dysregulate the neuroimmune system which leads to neuroinflammation. Neuroimmune regulatory proteins (NIReg) (e.g. Cluster of Differentiation 200 (CD200)) are the regulators of innate immune response and are responsible for silencing the innate immunity and suppression of inflammation. In this study, we explored the changes of serum levels of CD200 in patients with alcohol dependence at baseline, after one-week alcohol withdrawal and after one-month of alcohol abstinence. Methods Seventeen patients with alcohol dependence admitted for de-addiction treatment and 12 healthy controls were enrolled in the study. Blood samples were collected at baseline, after one-week, and after one-month, and CD200 levels were measured using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kit and compared with the healthy controls. Results The serum level of the neuroimmune regulatory protein CD200 in alcohol dependent group (at baseline) was significantly lower compared to healthy controls (p=0.003), and increased after one-week, and one-month period. Conclusion The present study indicates that decrease of CD200 serum levels in alcohol dependent patients and its rise during alcohol withdrawal and abstinence may provide a preliminary evidence of the role of neuroimmune regulatory proteins in neuroadaptation during alcohol withdrawal.


2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-46
Author(s):  
Petr D. Shabanov ◽  
Aleksandra A. Blazhenko ◽  
Aleksandr S. Devyashin ◽  
Platon P. Khokhlov ◽  
Andrei A. Lebedev

The aim: of the study was to investigate the level of ghrelin in various brain structures during a stress response in Zebrafish to a predator, to evaluate this indicator as a potential biomarker of stress, and the effect of a benzodiazepine tranquilizer (phenazepam) on stress-induced changes Materials and methods: The object of the study was Zebrafish, or Danio rerio wild type, which was subjected to stress by exposure to a predator Hypsophrys nicaraguensis from the cichlid family. In the tail tissue, the level of cortisol was determined, in the brain – the level of total (acylated and non-acylated) ghrelin by the method of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The benzodiazepine anxiolytic phenazepam (1 mg/L), a ghrelin antagonist [D-Lys3]-GHRP-6 (0.333 mg/l) and corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRF; 0.4 mg/L) were used as the pharmacological agents. Results and discussion: Exposure to a predator, just as administering CRF, more than doubled the level of cortisol in the tail tissue. [D-Lys3]-GHRP-6 and phenazepam prevented an increase in a tissue cortisol level. Simultaneously, in the medulla oblongata and cerebellum, the phylogenetically most ancient structures, rather than in the forebrain (telencephalon) or in the midbrain (corpora bigemia), the level of ghrelin was recorded about 500 pg/g of total protein. In response to exposure to a predator, the level of ghrelin increased in the forebrain and midbrain to nanogram concentrations and moderately decreased in the cerebellum. The effect was prevented by phenazepam and [D-Lys3]-GHRP-6. Conclusion: Increases in ghrelin in the brain in response to stressful situations can be seen as a functional brain biomarker of stress, along with increased levels of tissue cortisol levels. Both of these effects are prevented by both the ghrelin antagonist and the benzodiazepine tranquilizer. The mechanism of action of the tranquilizer is a functional antagonism between the GABAergic system of the brain and the ghrelin system.


Author(s):  
Anna Shlіakhova ◽  
Elena Veselovska ◽  
Olga Berchenko ◽  
Anna Titkova ◽  
Elena Prikhodko

Introduction. Disturbances of the molecular nitrosergic mechanisms of brain activity regulation underlie the reduction of brain protective functions under alcohol dependence. However, development of pathogenetically substantiated approaches to the correction of nitrogen oxide (NO) imbalance in the structures of the limbico-neocortical system of the brain (LNCSB) remains insufficient. Objective. To study the effect of intranasal sodium nitroprusside (SNP) administration on anxiety, electrical activity of the LNCSB and NO content in the hippocampus, hypothalamus and septum + nucleus аccumbens of rats with alcohol dependence. Materials and methods. The studies were carried out on 50 nonlinear white adult male rats in a chronic experiment in 3 groups: intact rats; rats with alcohol dependence; rats with alcohol dependence and intranasal SNP administration. The model of alcohol dependence was created by voluntary alcohol intake at a dose of 1.25 g/kg body weight of rat for 35 days. SNP was administered intranasal at a dose of 8 μg/kg body weight of the animal. The level of anxiety was determined by means of neuroethological tests: multi-parameter comprehensive assessment of anxiety, «open field» and «tail suspension test». The electrical activity of LNCSB was registered by the stereotactic introduction of electrodes. The concentration of NO was investigated in the hippocampus, hypothalamus, septum + nucleus аccumbens Results. Intranasal administration of SNP to rats with alcohol dependence led to suppression of convulsive and paroxysmal activity, caused by alcoholization and withdrawal of alcohol, on the electroencephalogram of the structures of the LNCSB and increased the absolute power of biopotentials of the delta and theta ranges on the spectrogram of the hippocampus. Reduction of anxiety was found in rats with a high baseline level of anxiety accompanied by recovery of NO level, which was depleted by chronic alcoholization, in the hypothalamus and hippocampus. Conclusions. Intranasal administration of SNP as a NO donor causes anxiolytic effects in the state of alcohol withdrawal depending on the baseline level of anxiety: in rats with the high baseline level of anxiety – reduces this level; in rats with the low baseline level – restrains it at the level of anxiety after alcohol intake. Intranasal administration of SNP to the rats with alcohol withdrawal causes positive changes in the electroencephalogram of the LNCSB, which are manifested in suppression of convulsive and paroxysmal activity and enhancement of brain biopotentials in alpha and delta ranges on spectrogram of hippocampus with sustaining this effect for whole day. Intranasal administration of SNP is a source of short-term supply of NO to brain cells, which leads to the restoration of NO levels in the hypothalamus, hippocampus, septum and nucleus accumbens – structures that are involved in the regulation of emotional motivational behavior. Key words. limbic-neocortical system of the brain, model of alcohol dependence, anxiety, nitric oxide, sodium nitroprusside


2021 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-99
Author(s):  
M.I. Airapetov ◽  
S.O. Eresko ◽  
E.R. Bychkov ◽  
A.A. Lebedev ◽  
P.D. Shabanov

Intracellular signaling mediated by the HMGB1 protein, an agonist of TLRs, is considered as a possible target for the correction of pathologies of the neuroimmune system, however, the expression level of the Hmgb1 gene has not been previously studied in various brain structures of rats exposed to prolonged alcoholization followed by ethanol withdrawal. The study showed that long-term use of ethanol caused to an increase in the level of Hmgb1 mRNA in the striatum of rat brain. Alcohol withdrawal changed the level Hmgb1 mRNA in the striatum and amygdala on the 1st and 14th day. The data obtained may indicate that in different structures of the brain there are multidirectional changes in the molecular mechanisms of the neuroimmune response with prolonged use of ethanol and its withdrawal.


2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S350-S350
Author(s):  
T. Shushpanova ◽  
T. Novozheeva ◽  
A. Solonskii ◽  
N. Bokhan ◽  
E. Markova

ObjectiveChronic exposure to alcohol causes neuroadaptive changes in the brain, which leads to the recurrence of the disease. Promising in this area is to find new safe and effective pharmacological agents acting on molecular targets of influence of alcohol in the CNS.MethodsExperiments were performed on male rats Wistar and male mice (CBAxC57Bl/6)F1.U. Experimental animals were formed alcohol dependence, based on long-term use of alcohol solution. Animals in a state of alcohol dependence were injected original anticonvulsant meta-chloro-benzhydryl-urea. We evaluated parameters orienting-exploratory behavior and emotional reactivity of the animals in the test “open field”, the cellular and humoral immune response. Properties of benzodiazepine receptors of the brain examined radioreceptor method using selective ligands [3H]flunitrazepam and [3H]Ro5-4864.ResultsChronic exposure to ethanol resulted in a significant change in the parameters of the experimental animal behavior and emotional reactivity in the test “open field”, observed suppression of immune response (∼40%), and increase in the number of receptors on 54.8–59.4% associated with reduced receptor affinity. Administration of meta-chloro-benzhydryl-urea led to the abandonment of the use of ethanol, recorded a correction of the above immunological and behavioral disorders due to alcohol intoxication. Properties of benzodiazepine receptors in the brain of experimental animals receiving the drug at a dose of 100 mg/kg for 14 days, indicators affinity and receptor density were close to the values in the control group.ConclusionsAnticonvulsant has a modulating effect on the functional activity of the nervous and immune systems, reduces compulsive craving for alcohol.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.


2014 ◽  
Vol 25 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 107-113
Author(s):  
T. G. Turitskaya ◽  
A. G. Sidorenko

Multiple studies have shown that the hippocampus is a major part of the limbic system of the brain. It has complex cyclic connections with other brain structures. The hippocampus is an area that stores the sensory information that is associated with effective programs of behavior. The projection of this region in the cortex creates a sense of emotional background, which is a factor of automatic extraction and evaluation of programs, in accordance with past experience, including programs got with a new consciousness. Neurons of hippocampus differ with a severe background activity. Up to 60% of neurons in the hippocampus are responding on the sensory stimulation. Electrical activity is a manifestation of complex shape analyzer processes in stimulating tissues. Changes in activity may indicate the occurrence of adaptive processes that are the result of stress- realizing and stress- limiting systems. One of the main roles in these systems plays hippocampus. The main neurotransmitters of synaptic stimulation in the hippocampus are glutamate. In the hippocampus under conditions of chronic stress are developing neurodegenerative processes in which primary importance belongs to prolonged changes in membrane potential of neurons that potentiate the action of glutamate on nerve cells. Balanced job of synaptic stimulation/inhibition and neurotransmitters systems is underlying the transmission, processing and storage of information in the hippocampus, as well as generating its rhythms, which is a kind of clock operating frequencies of the structure of the brain. Obviously, the various factors that affect the body from the outside can affect on recovery efficiency of electric shift of homeostasis. One of such factors are caffeinated substances, due to their inhibitory effect on phosphodiesterase and interaction with the purine receptors, which ultimately leads to the predominance of stimulating in the brain. In addition, for many decades consumption of caffeinated products with neuro-stimulating properties have greatly increased. Leaders in this list remain coffee and tea. Today the well-known biological effects of caffeinated substances are investigated their chemical composition and process of the transformation in the body. The wide range of research is due to the high consumption of these substances. The environmental factors indirectly or directly, in combination or single affect health, and the caffeinated substances can go to one of the best in strength and impact performance. In neurochemical mechanism of stimulating effect of caffeine plays an important role its ability to bind to specific ("purine" or adenosine) receptors in the brain, the endogenous ligand for which is purine nucleoside – adenosine. The structural similarity of molecules of caffeine and adenosine contributes to this. Since adenosine is seen as a factor that reduces the stimulating processes in the brain, replacing its caffeine results in stimulative effect. Prolonged use of caffeine promotes the formation of new adenosine receptors and the effect of caffeine gradually decreases. However, the sudden cessation of caffeine consumption, adenosine covers all receptors that may lead to increased inhibition with symptoms of fatigue, sleepiness, depression. The relevance of this work is determined by the following observations. Activating mechanism of action of these substances is launching adaptive responses that represent the interaction stress-activating and stress-limiting systems. Energy shortage of the last one under these conditions can appear the cause of many neurodegenerative patalohiy. What may occur in terms of the electroencephalogramm. Electrical activity of the hippocampus, in turn, is one of the indicators of the functional state, which plays an important role in adaptive-compensatory reactions. Therefore, we can assume that prolonged consumption of caffeinated substances can lead to neurodegenerative changes that will show itself in terms of power on hippocampogramm. Therefore, the present study has to identify the dynamics of the bioelectrical activity of the hippocampus of rats under prolonged consumption of caffeinated substances. Experiments were carried out on non-linear white male rats. At the beginning rats were with weight 125–140 g. The animals were divided into 2 groups. The first group consisted of control animals (n = 20). The second group (n = 15) was presented by the animals feeded with pure caffeine in an amount of 150 mg/kg/day. Registration of electrohippocampogramm was performed in acute experiments in the subgroup of 3–5 animals every 2 weeks throughout the study, which lasted for 8 weeks. Background electrical activity of the hippocampus were recorded using standard electrophysiological complex equipment. Recordings started when the electrical activity of the hippocampus disappeared drugs spindle. Each animal spent 10–12 records for 1–2 minutes and then these records are digitally stored on a personal computer and processed using the application package consisting of "MathCAD 2001". Analyzed spectral power (mkV2) and normalized power (%) waves of background electrical activity of the hippocampus within common frequency bands. In the group of animals that continued to receive caffeine in its pure form at the beginning of experiment was observed desynchronization of rhythms in hippocampogramm that after 8 weeks of the study varied synchronization. The results may indicate that the effect of coffeine substances on neurophysiological parameters of electrical activity of the hippocampus of rats reflects one of the many lines of action of some form of nutritional stress, which mechanisms relate to the agreed work and limiting and activating systems of the brain over time.


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