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- Title
Intermittent Hypoxia Disrupts Adult Neurogenesis and Synaptic Plasticity in the Dentate Gyrus.
- Authors
Khuu, Maggie A.; Nallamothu, Thara; Garcia III, Alfredo J.; Pagan, Chelsea M.; Hevner, Robert F.; Ramirez, Jan-Marino; Hodge, Rebecca D.
- Abstract
Individuals with sleep apnea often exhibit changes in cognitive behaviors consistent with alterations in the hippocampus. It is hypothesized that adult neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus is an ongoing process that maintains normal hippocampal function in many mammalian species, including humans. However, the impact of chronic intermittent hypoxia (IH), a principal consequence of sleep apnea, on hippocampal adult neurogenesis remains unclear. Using a murine model, we examined the impact of 30 d of IH (IH30) on adult neurogenesis and synaptic plasticity in the dentate gyrus. Although IH30 did not affect paired-pulse facilitation, IH30 suppressed long-term potentiation (LTP). Immunohistochemical experiments also indicate that IH perturbs multiple aspects of adult neurogenesis. IH30 increased the number of proliferating Sox² neural progenitor cells in the subgranular zone yet reduced the number of doublecortin-positive neurons. Consistent with these findings, cell lineage tracing revealed that IHjq increased the proportion of radial glial cells in the subgranular zone, yet decreased the proportion of adult-born neurons in the dentate gyrus. While administration of a superoxide anion scavenger during IH did not prevent neural progenitor cell proliferation, it mitigated the IH-dependent suppression of LTP and prevented adult-born neuron loss. These data demonstrate that IH causes both reactive oxygen species-dependent and reactive oxygen species-independent effects on adult neurogenesis and synaptic plasticity in the dentate gyrus. Our findings identify cellular and neurophysio-logical changes in the hippocampus that may contribute to cognitive and behavioral deficits occurring in sleep apnea.
- Subjects
DENTATE gyrus; NEUROPLASTICITY; NEUROGLIA; HYPOXEMIA; SLEEP apnea syndromes; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS physiology
- Publication
Journal of Neuroscience, 2019, Vol 39, Issue 7, p1320
- ISSN
0270-6474
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1359-18.2018