Single Cell Scale Neuronal and Glial Gene Expression and Putative Cell Phenotypes and Networks in the Nucleus Tractus Solitarius in an Alcohol Withdrawal Time Series

Alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) is characterized by neuronal hyperexcitability, autonomic dysregulation, and severe negative emotion. The nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS) likely plays a prominent role in the neurological processes underlying these symptoms as it is the main viscerosensory nucleus...

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Autores principales: Sean J. O’Sullivan, Damani McIntosh-Clarke, James Park, Rajanikanth Vadigepalli, James S. Schwaber
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:ee4e039aba274d2a8f26a523ce0f09d52021-11-19T12:41:03ZSingle Cell Scale Neuronal and Glial Gene Expression and Putative Cell Phenotypes and Networks in the Nucleus Tractus Solitarius in an Alcohol Withdrawal Time Series1662-513710.3389/fnsys.2021.739790https://doaj.org/article/ee4e039aba274d2a8f26a523ce0f09d52021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnsys.2021.739790/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/1662-5137Alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) is characterized by neuronal hyperexcitability, autonomic dysregulation, and severe negative emotion. The nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS) likely plays a prominent role in the neurological processes underlying these symptoms as it is the main viscerosensory nucleus in the brain. The NTS receives visceral interoceptive inputs, influences autonomic outputs, and has strong connections to the limbic system and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis to maintain homeostasis. Our prior analysis of single neuronal gene expression data from the NTS shows that neurons exist in heterogeneous transcriptional states that form distinct functional subphenotypes. Our working model conjectures that the allostasis secondary to alcohol dependence causes peripheral and central biological network decompensation in acute abstinence resulting in neurovisceral feedback to the NTS that substantially contributes to the observed AWS. We collected single noradrenergic and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) neurons and microglia from rat NTS and measured a subset of their transcriptome as pooled samples in an alcohol withdrawal time series. Inflammatory subphenotypes predominate at certain time points, and GLP-1 subphenotypes demonstrated hyperexcitability post-withdrawal. We hypothesize such inflammatory and anxiogenic signaling contributes to alcohol dependence via negative reinforcement. Targets to mitigate such dysregulation and treat dependence can be identified from this dataset.Sean J. O’SullivanSean J. O’SullivanDamani McIntosh-ClarkeDamani McIntosh-ClarkeJames ParkJames ParkJames ParkRajanikanth VadigepalliRajanikanth VadigepalliJames S. SchwaberFrontiers Media S.A.articlealcohol withdrawalneuroinflammationRT-PCRsubphenotypessingle-cell heterogeneitymicrogliaNeurosciences. Biological psychiatry. NeuropsychiatryRC321-571ENFrontiers in Systems Neuroscience, Vol 15 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic alcohol withdrawal
neuroinflammation
RT-PCR
subphenotypes
single-cell heterogeneity
microglia
Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
RC321-571
spellingShingle alcohol withdrawal
neuroinflammation
RT-PCR
subphenotypes
single-cell heterogeneity
microglia
Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
RC321-571
Sean J. O’Sullivan
Sean J. O’Sullivan
Damani McIntosh-Clarke
Damani McIntosh-Clarke
James Park
James Park
James Park
Rajanikanth Vadigepalli
Rajanikanth Vadigepalli
James S. Schwaber
Single Cell Scale Neuronal and Glial Gene Expression and Putative Cell Phenotypes and Networks in the Nucleus Tractus Solitarius in an Alcohol Withdrawal Time Series
description Alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) is characterized by neuronal hyperexcitability, autonomic dysregulation, and severe negative emotion. The nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS) likely plays a prominent role in the neurological processes underlying these symptoms as it is the main viscerosensory nucleus in the brain. The NTS receives visceral interoceptive inputs, influences autonomic outputs, and has strong connections to the limbic system and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis to maintain homeostasis. Our prior analysis of single neuronal gene expression data from the NTS shows that neurons exist in heterogeneous transcriptional states that form distinct functional subphenotypes. Our working model conjectures that the allostasis secondary to alcohol dependence causes peripheral and central biological network decompensation in acute abstinence resulting in neurovisceral feedback to the NTS that substantially contributes to the observed AWS. We collected single noradrenergic and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) neurons and microglia from rat NTS and measured a subset of their transcriptome as pooled samples in an alcohol withdrawal time series. Inflammatory subphenotypes predominate at certain time points, and GLP-1 subphenotypes demonstrated hyperexcitability post-withdrawal. We hypothesize such inflammatory and anxiogenic signaling contributes to alcohol dependence via negative reinforcement. Targets to mitigate such dysregulation and treat dependence can be identified from this dataset.
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author Sean J. O’Sullivan
Sean J. O’Sullivan
Damani McIntosh-Clarke
Damani McIntosh-Clarke
James Park
James Park
James Park
Rajanikanth Vadigepalli
Rajanikanth Vadigepalli
James S. Schwaber
author_facet Sean J. O’Sullivan
Sean J. O’Sullivan
Damani McIntosh-Clarke
Damani McIntosh-Clarke
James Park
James Park
James Park
Rajanikanth Vadigepalli
Rajanikanth Vadigepalli
James S. Schwaber
author_sort Sean J. O’Sullivan
title Single Cell Scale Neuronal and Glial Gene Expression and Putative Cell Phenotypes and Networks in the Nucleus Tractus Solitarius in an Alcohol Withdrawal Time Series
title_short Single Cell Scale Neuronal and Glial Gene Expression and Putative Cell Phenotypes and Networks in the Nucleus Tractus Solitarius in an Alcohol Withdrawal Time Series
title_full Single Cell Scale Neuronal and Glial Gene Expression and Putative Cell Phenotypes and Networks in the Nucleus Tractus Solitarius in an Alcohol Withdrawal Time Series
title_fullStr Single Cell Scale Neuronal and Glial Gene Expression and Putative Cell Phenotypes and Networks in the Nucleus Tractus Solitarius in an Alcohol Withdrawal Time Series
title_full_unstemmed Single Cell Scale Neuronal and Glial Gene Expression and Putative Cell Phenotypes and Networks in the Nucleus Tractus Solitarius in an Alcohol Withdrawal Time Series
title_sort single cell scale neuronal and glial gene expression and putative cell phenotypes and networks in the nucleus tractus solitarius in an alcohol withdrawal time series
publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/ee4e039aba274d2a8f26a523ce0f09d5
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