Acute hypoxic exposure and prolyl-hydroxylase inhibition improves synaptic transmission recovery time from a subsequent hypoxic insult in rat hippocampus.

Abstract

In the CNS short episodes of acute hypoxia can result in a decrease in synaptic transmission which may be fully reversible upon re-oxygenation. Stabilization of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) by inhibition of prolyl hydroxylase domain (PHD) enzymes has been shown to regulate the cellular response to hypoxia and confer neuroprotection both in vivo and in vitro. Hypoxic preconditioning has become a novel therapeutic target to induce neuroprotection during hypoxic insults. However, there is little understanding of the effects of repeated hypoxic insults or pharmacological PHD inhibition on synaptic signaling. In this study we have assessed the effects of hypoxic exposure and PHD inhibition on synaptic transmission in the rat CA1 hippocampus. Field excitatory postsynaptic potentials (fEPSPs) were elicited by stimulation of the Schaffer collateral pathway. 30 min hypoxia (gas mixture 95% N2/5% CO2) resulted in a significant and fully reversible decrease in fEPSP slope associated with decreases in partial pressures of tissue oxygen. 15-30 min of hypoxia was sufficient to induce stabilization of HIF in hippocampal slices. Exposure to a second hypoxic insult after 60 min resulted in a similar depression of fEPSP slope but with a significantly greater rate of recovery of the fEPSP. Prior single treatment of slices with the PHD inhibitor, dimethyloxalylglycine (DMOG) also resulted in a significantly greater rate of recovery of fEPSP post hypoxia. These results suggest that hypoxia and 'pseudohypoxia' preconditioning may improve the rate of recovery of hippocampal neurons to a subsequent acute hypoxia.

• Authors: Sinead Lanigan, Alan E Corcoran, Audrey Wall, Gatambwa Mukandala, John J O'Connor
• Journal: Brain research (Brain Res) Vol. 1701 Pg. 212-218 (12 15 2018) ISSN: 1872-6240 [Electronic] Netherlands
• PMID: 30244114 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Chemical References

• Amino Acids, Dicarboxylic
• Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit
• Neuroprotective Agents
• Prolyl-Hydroxylase Inhibitors
• oxalylglycine

Topics

• Amino Acids, Dicarboxylic (pharmacology)
• Animals
• CA1 Region, Hippocampal (drug effects, metabolism)
• Cell Hypoxia (drug effects)
• Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials (drug effects, physiology)
• Hippocampus (drug effects, metabolism, pathology)
• Hypoxia (metabolism)
• Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit (metabolism)
• Male
• Neurons (metabolism)
• Neuroprotective Agents (pharmacology)
• Prolyl-Hydroxylase Inhibitors (pharmacology)
• Rats
• Rats, Wistar
• Synaptic Transmission (drug effects, physiology)
• Temporal Lobe (metabolism)