Nicotinic Receptor Influences on Neuronal Physiology in Dorsolateral Prefrontal C

烟碱受体对背外侧前额叶 C 神经元生理的影响

• 批准号: 8236410
• 负责人: MIN WANG
• 金额: $ 39.15万
• 依托单位: YALE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-02-10 至 2015-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8236410
• 关键词: Acetylcholine; Agonist; Attention; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Axon; Behavioral; Catecholamines; Cells; Cognition; Cognition Disorders; Cognitive; Cues; Data; Dendritic Spines; Development; Disease; Eye Movements; Family; Genetic; Glutamates; Goals; Human; Impaired cognition; Location; Memory impairment; Mental disorders; Monkeys; N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptors; N-Methylaspartate; Neurons; Nicotine Dependence; Nicotine Withdrawal; Nicotinic Agonists; Nicotinic Antagonists; Nicotinic Receptors; Nootropic Agents; Patients; Performance; Pharmaceutical Preparations; Physiological; Physiology; Play; Positioning Attribute; Prefrontal Cortex; Presynaptic Terminals; Primates; Receptor Signaling; Recurrence; Research; Rewards; Rodent; Schizophrenia; Short-Term Memory; Signal Transduction; Substance abuse problem; Synapses; Therapeutic; Therapeutic Agents; Time; Ventral Tegmental Area; Vertebral column; Work; addiction; cell fixation; cholinergic; clinically significant; cognitive function; comparative efficacy; improved; interest; minimal risk; neurochemistry; neuropsychiatry; operation; receptor; response; sample fixation; success; therapeutic target; transmission process; vigilance

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed research will examine nicotinic receptor influences on dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC) network physiology, with the goal of developing therapeutic agents to treat mental illness and nicotine addiction. Nicotinic agonists have great potential as cognitive enhancers if agents can be found that strengthen PFC without engaging subcortical addictive mechanisms. a4b2 and a7 nicotinic receptor subtypes are localized on presynaptic terminals in PFC, and a7 receptors are also post-synaptic on spines. a7 receptors are of particular interest, as they're genetically altered in some families with schizophrenia, and may not have reinforcing actions in the VTA. The proposed research will characterize the influence of a4b2 and a7 nicotinic receptors on dlPFC network physiology for the very first time. dlPFC networks excite each other via NMDA receptors to maintain persistent firing over the delay period in a working memory task. Aim 1 will characterize the effects of a4b2 agonists and antagonists on the responses of dlPFC neurons during performance of a spatial working memory task under control and distracting conditions, using iontophoretic application of drug during recording. Aim 2 will characterize the effects of a7 nicotinic agonists and antagonists, while Aim 3 will examine the interaction of nicotinic influences with NMDA receptor actions. Preliminary data indicate that a7 receptor stimulation enhances the task-related firing of both Delay and Fixation cells, and can rescue loss of firing from NMDA receptor blockade, encouraging the development of a7 agonists as cognitive enhancers. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Disorders such as schizophrenia have devastating effects on patients and their families, and there are currently no treatments for cognitive impairment in this illness. The proposed research may help to develop a new treatment- an alpha7 nicotinic agonist- that can strengthen cognitive function in patients. It is hoped that an alpha7 nicotinic agonist may be able to improve cognition with minimal risk for addiction.

描述(申请人提供)：拟议的研究将检查尼古丁受体对背外侧前额叶皮质(DlPFC)网络生理学的影响，目标是开发治疗精神疾病和尼古丁成瘾的治疗药物。尼古丁激动剂作为认知增强剂有很大的潜力，如果能够找到在不涉及皮质下成瘾机制的情况下增强PFC的药物。A4b2和A7烟碱受体亚型定位于PFC的突触前终末，A7受体也定位于突触后终末。A7受体特别令人感兴趣，因为它们在一些精神分裂症家庭中是基因改变的，可能在VTA中没有增强作用。这项拟议的研究将首次表征a4b2和a7烟碱受体对dlPFC网络生理学的影响。DLPFC网络通过NMDA受体相互兴奋，以在工作记忆任务的延迟期内保持持续的放电。目的1研究a4b2激动剂和拮抗剂对dlPFC神经元在控制和干扰条件下执行空间工作记忆任务时反应的影响。目标2将描述A7尼古丁激动剂和拮抗剂的作用，而目标3将研究尼古丁影响与NMDA受体作用的相互作用。初步数据表明，A7受体刺激增强了延迟细胞和固定细胞的任务相关放电，并可以从NMDA受体阻断中挽救放电的损失，鼓励A7激动剂作为认知增强剂的发展。 公共卫生相关性：精神分裂症等疾病对患者及其家人具有破坏性影响，目前还没有针对这种疾病的认知障碍的治疗方法。这项拟议的研究可能有助于开发一种新的治疗方法--一种α7尼古丁激动剂--可以增强患者的认知功能。人们希望，一种α7尼古丁激动剂可能能够改善认知，并将成瘾的风险降至最低。