Khezerlou Elnaz, Prajapati Neela, DeCoster Mark A
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA, United States.
Institute for Micromanufacturing, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA, United States.
Front Cell Neurosci. 2021 Jul 13;15:651509. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2021.651509. eCollection 2021.
Glial cells play an important role in maintaining neuronal homeostasis and may thus influence excitability in epileptogenesis. These cells in the brain have glutamate (Glu) transporters, which remove this neurotransmitter from the extracellular space. Lack of negative (-) feedback makes local neuronal circuits more excitable and potentially contributing to epileptogenic phenomena. In this study, the role of glial cells in providing (-) feedback is shown through different models of brain cells in culture imaged for intracellular calcium concentration [(Ca)]. Moreover, here we study the individual cells by putting them in categories. Neuronal networks with high and low (-) feedback were established by using anti-mitotics to deplete glial cells. Separate stimuli with very low subthreshold concentrations of Glu (250-750 nM) were added to cultures to test if the order of stimulations matter in regard to calcium dynamics outcomes. Additionally, KCl and ATP were used to stimulate glial cells. We found that for cultures high in (-) feedback, order of the stimulus was not important in predicting cellular responses and because of the complexity of networks in low (-) feedback cultures the order of stimulus matters. As an additional method for analysis, comparison of high (-) feedback cultures, and pure astrocytes was also considered. Glial cells in pure astrocyte cultures tend to be larger in size than glial cells in high (-) feedback cultures. The potential effect of (-) feedback at the blood brain barrier (BBB) was also considered for the inflammatory responses of nitric oxide (NO) production and [Ca] regulation using brain microvascular endothelial cells (BMVECs). The inflammatory and calcium signaling pathways both indicate the negative feedback role of astrocytes, poised between the BBB and structures deeper within the brain, where neuronal synapses are homeostatically maintained by glial uptake of neurotransmitters.
神经胶质细胞在维持神经元内环境稳定中发挥着重要作用,因此可能影响癫痫发生过程中的兴奋性。大脑中的这些细胞具有谷氨酸(Glu)转运体,可将这种神经递质从细胞外空间清除。缺乏负反馈会使局部神经元回路更易兴奋,并可能导致癫痫发生现象。在本研究中,通过对培养的不同类型脑细胞进行细胞内钙浓度[Ca]成像,显示了神经胶质细胞在提供负反馈中的作用。此外,我们通过将单个细胞分类来进行研究。使用抗有丝分裂剂耗尽神经胶质细胞,建立了具有高负反馈和低负反馈的神经元网络。向培养物中添加非常低的阈下浓度Glu(250 - 750 nM)的单独刺激,以测试刺激顺序对钙动力学结果是否重要。此外,使用KCl和ATP刺激神经胶质细胞。我们发现,对于负反馈高的培养物,刺激顺序在预测细胞反应方面并不重要,而由于低负反馈培养物中网络的复杂性,刺激顺序很重要。作为一种额外分析方法,还考虑了高负反馈培养物与纯星形胶质细胞的比较。纯星形胶质细胞培养物中的神经胶质细胞往往比高负反馈培养物中的神经胶质细胞体积更大。还使用脑微血管内皮细胞(BMVECs)研究了血脑屏障(BBB)处负反馈对一氧化氮(NO)产生的炎症反应和[Ca]调节的潜在影响。炎症和钙信号通路均表明星形胶质细胞的负反馈作用,其处于BBB与大脑深处结构之间,在大脑深处结构中,神经递质的胶质摄取可稳态维持神经元突触。