Data on the effect of a muscimol treatment in caspase activation in descending neurons of lampreys after a complete spinal cord injury
Abstract
In this article, caspase activation in identifiable reticulospinalneurons of lampreys was inhibited after a complete spinal cordinjury using a specific agonist of the GABAA receptor (muscimol).The data presented in this article are quantifications offluorescentlabelling of identifiable descending neurons of larval lampreysafter a complete spinal cord injury usingfluorochrome-labelledinhibitors of caspases (FLICA) and the corresponding statisticalanalysis. A single dose of muscimol decreased the intensity ofFLICA labelling in giant identifiable reticulospinal neuronsfollowing spinal cord injury in lampreys
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Da a A icle
Da a on he e ec o a muscimol ea men in
caspase ac i a ion in descending neu ons o
lamp eys a e a comple e spinal co d inju y
Daniel Sob ido-Cameán, Ma ía Celina Rodicio
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An ón Ba ei o-Iglesias
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Depa men o Func ional Biology, CIBUS, Facul y o Biology, Uni e sidade de San iago de Compos ela, 15782
San iago de Compos ela, Spain
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A icle his o y:
Recei ed 26 Sep embe 2018
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31 Oc obe 2018
Accep ed 1 No embe 2018
A ailable online 6 No embe 2018
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In his a icle, caspase ac i a ion in iden ifiable e iculospinal
neu ons o lamp eys was inhibi ed a e a comple e spinal co d
inju y using a specific agonis o he GABAA ecep o (muscimol).
The da a p esen ed in his a icle a e quan ifica ions o fluo escen
labelling o iden ifiable descending neu ons o la al lamp eys
a e a comple e spinal co d inju y using fluo och ome-labelled
inhibi o s o caspases (FLICA) and he co esponding s a is ical
analysis. A single dose o muscimol dec eased he in ensi y o
FLICA labelling in gian iden ifiable e iculospinal neu ons
ollowing spinal co d inju y in lamp eys.
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How da a was acqui ed Con ocal mic oscope (TCS-SP2; Leica, We zla , Ge many)
Da a o ma Analysed da a, p ocessed da a.
Expe imen al ac o s La al sea lamp eys we e ea ed wi h muscimol a e a comple e
spinal co d inju y. Caspase ac i a ion was analysed in iden ifiable
descending neu ons using fluo och ome-labelled inhibi o s o cas-
pases (FLICA).
Expe imen al ea u es The e ec o muscimol on caspase ac i a ion a e a comple e spinal
co d inju y was analysed using fluo escence mic oscopy.
Da a sou ce loca ion Depa men o Func ional Biology, Facul y o Biology, CIBUS, Uni-
e sidade de San iago de Compos ela
Da a accessibili y The da a a e a ailable wi hin his a icle.
Rela ed esea ch a icle Romaus-Sanju jo e al. [1]
Value o he da a
Fluo och ome-labelled inhibi o s o caspases allow he de ec ion o changes in caspase ac i a ion.
This da ase is o in e es o hose s udying signalling pa hways modula ing neu onal su i al
a e spinal co d inju y in fishes.
This da ase is o in e es o he de elopmen o neu op o ec an s as a he apy o spinal co d
inju y.
1. Da a
Recen ly, ou g oup epo ed ha endogenous GABA p omo es axonal egene a ion o iden ifiable
e iculospinal neu ons a e a comple e spinal co d ansec ion in lamp eys [1]. The beneficial e ec o
GABA appea s o be caused by a educ ion in he ac i a ion o caspases h ough he ac i a ion o
GABAB ecep o s [1]. O he au ho s also epo ed ha inc eased GABAe gic inhibi ion ough GABAA
ecep o s is ela ed o a be e eco e y o unc ion ollowing spinal co d inju y in lamp eys [2]. He e,
we show ha he ac i a ion o GABAA ecep o s a e a comple e spinal co d ansec ion also inhibi s
caspase ac i a ion in iden ifiable e iculospinal neu ons o lamp eys. A ea men wi h a single dose
o muscimol, which is a specific agonis o he GABAA ecep o , ollowing a comple e spinal co d
ansec ion educed he ac i a ion o caspases in gian e iculospinal neu ons o lamp eys as e ealed
by a dec eased fluo escen in ensi y o FLICA labelling (Fig. 1). Table 1 shows he mean 7S.E.M. o
fluo escence in ensi y o each neu onal ype and he numbe o iden ifiable neu ons used o he
s a is ical analysis. The da a om each indi idual neu on is gi en in Table S1.
2. Expe imen al design, ma e ials, and me hods
2.1. Animals
All expe imen s in ol ing animals we e app o ed by he Bioe hics Commi ee a he Uni e si y o
San iago de Compos ela and he Conselle ía do Medio Ru al e do Ma o he Xun a de Galicia (License
e e ence JLPV/IId; Galicia, Spain) and we e pe o med in acco dance o Eu opean Union and Spanish
guidelines on animal ca e and expe imen a ion. Animals we e deeply anaes he ized wi h 0.1%
MS-222 (Sigma, S . Louis, MO) in lamp ey Ringe solu ion (137 mM NaCl, 2.9 mM KCl, 2.1 mM CaCl
2
,2
mM HEPES; pH 7.4) be o e all expe imen al p ocedu es and eu hanized by decapi a ion a he end o
he expe imen s.
Ma u e and de elopmen ally s able la al sea lamp eys, Pe omyzon ma inus L. (n¼17; be ween
95 and 120 mm in body leng h, 5–7 yea s o age), we e used in he s udy. La al lamp eys we e
collec ed om he i e Ulla (Galicia, Spain), wi h pe mission om he Xun a de Galicia) and
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main ained in ae a ed esh wa e aqua ia a 14–20 °C wi h a bed o i e sedimen un il hei use in
expe imen al p ocedu es. Lamp eys we e andomly dis ibu ed be ween he di e en expe imen al
g oups.
2.2. Spinal co d inju y su gical p ocedu es
Comple e spinal co d ansec ions we e pe o med as p e iously desc ibed [3]. The os al spinal
co d was exposed om he do sal midline a he le el o he 5 h gill by making a longi udinal incision
wi h a scalpel (#11). A comple e spinal co d ansec ion was pe o med wi h Cas o iejo scisso s and
he spinal co d cu ends we e isualized unde he s e eomic oscope. Animals wi h a comple e spinal
co d ansec ion we e assigned o ei he a ehicle ea ed con ol g oup (n¼8) o o muscimol
ea ed g oup (n¼9). A e spinal ansec ions, he animals we e e u ned o esh wa e anks. The
animals we e allowed o eco e in indi idual esh wa e anks a 19.5 °C. Animals we e analysed
2-weeks pos -lesion (wpl). The expe imen was ca ied ou in 3 di e en ba ches o animals.
Fig. 1. Muscimol ea men inhibi s caspase ac i a ion in iden ifiable descending neu ons. A: Pho omic og aph o a whole-moun ed
b ain showing iden ifiable descending neu ons wi h in ense FLICA labelling in con ol animals. B: Pho omic og aph o a whole-
moun ed b ain showing iden ifiable descending neu ons wi h a educ ion in he in ensi y o FLICA labelling in muscimol ea ed
animals. C: G aph showing a significan change (Mann Whi ney U- es , p¼0.0054; as e isks) in he le el o caspase ac i a ion
(in ensi y o fluo escen FLICA labelling; Yaxis) a e he muscimol ea men in iden ifiable descending neu ons (Xaxis). Ros al is
up and he en icle o he le in all pho omic og aphs. Scale ba s: 150 mm.
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2.3. D ug ea men s
Muscimol was dissol ed in dis illed wa e a a concen a ion o 25 mM, soaked in a small piece o
Gel oam (Pfize ; New Yo k, NY) and placed on op o he si e o inju y a he ime o ansec ion as
p e iously desc ibed [4]. Gel oam soaked in dis illed wa e se ed as a con ol.
2.4. De ec ion o ac i a ed caspases in whole-moun ed b ain p epa a ions
The Image-iT LIVE G een Poly Caspases De ec ion Ki (Ca . No. I35104, In i ogen, USA) was used o
de ec ac i a ed caspases in iden ifiable descending neu ons ( he M1, M2, M3, I1, I2, I3, I4, I5, I6, B1,
B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, M h and M h’neu ons) o la al sea lamp eys 2 weeks a e he comple e spinal
co d ansec ion. This ki con ains 1 ial (componen A o he ki ) o he lyophilized FLICA eagen
(FAM-VAD-FMK). The eagen associa es a fluo ome hyl ke one (FMK) moie y, which can eac
co alen ly wi h a cys eine, wi h a caspase-specific aminoacid sequence [ aline-alanine-aspa ic acid
(VAD)]. A ca boxyfluo escein g oup (FAM) is a ached as a fluo escen epo e . The FLICA eagen
in e ac s wi h he enzyme ac i e cen e o an ac i a ed caspase ia he ecogni ion sequence, and
hen a aches co alen ly h ough he FMK moie y. Expe imen s o he de ec ion o ac i a ed caspases
in whole-moun ed b ain p epa a ions using FLICA labelling we e done as p e iously desc ibed [5].
2.5. Imaging and quan ifica ions
The quan ifica ion o he in ensi y o FLICA labelling was done as p e iously desc ibed [6]. B iefly,
pho omic og aphs we e acqui ed wi h a spec al con ocal mic oscope (model TCS-SP2; Leica, We zla ,
Ge many). Images we e always acqui ed unde he same mic oscope condi ions o con ol and
ea ed animals. Quan ifica ion o mean fluo escen in ensi y (mean g ey alue) o each iden ifiable
neu on was done using he Fiji so wa e [7]. The mean o fluo escence in ensi y o each ype o
iden ifiable descending neu on was used o s a is ical analyses. Figu e pla es we e gene a ed using
Adobe Pho oshop CS6 (Adobe Sys ems).
Table 1
Table showing he o al numbe o iden ifiable e iculospinal neu ons ha we e included in he analyses and he mean 7S.E.
M. o fluo escence in ensi y o FLICA labelling o each iden ifiable neu on.
The da a om each indi idual neu on is gi en in Table S1.
Con ol Muscimol
Mean S.E.M. NMean S.E.M. N
M1 96.53958 712.3778 12 75.67378 713.63257 14
M2 101.704 710.53632 12 58.14621 77.223279 14
M3 89.88461 710.92918 13 79.14021 712.03266 14
I1 109.5599 715.80085 12 88.42269 711.18598 16
I2 68.21775 710.45724 12 57.74719 77.989043 16
I3 75.28416 79.889297 13 71.58913 79.475986 16
I4 88.61723 712.39366 13 64.75288 79.115862 16
I5 65.69509 79.503008 11 50.27394 76.789322 16
I6 82.24782 717.39615 11 49.91087 75.125011 16
B1 91.59154 712.3856 15 85.62478 710.22685 18
B2 72.6452 79.034819 15 71.90128 79.277125 18
B3 105.5087 714.23046 15 87.06628 711.55049 18
B4 89.14333 710.9955 15 78.09394 77.780739 18
B5 74.33907 79.773049 15 73.49995 712.7075 18
B6 93.76653 714.91869 15 72.91844 711.33416 18
M h 89.1006 713.2872 15 90.32294 713.61253 18
M h' 61.15147 77.887609 15 56.45844 76.828169 18
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2.6. S a is ical analyses
S a is ical analysis was ca ied ou using P ism 6 (G aphPad so wa e, La Jolla, CA). Da a a e p e-
sen ed as mean 7S.E.M. No mali y o he da a was de e mined by he Shapi o-Wilk, D'Agos ino and
Pea son omnibus and Kolmogo o –Smi no no mali y es s. All da a passed all he no mali y es s.
The esul s o con ol e sus ea men g oups we e analysed by Mann-Whi ney U- es .
Acknowledgmen s
G an sponso s: Spanish Minis y o Economy and Compe i i eness and he Eu opean Regional
De elopmen Fund 2007–2013 (G an s numbe : BFU2014-56300-P and BFU2017-87079-P) o M.C.R.
A.B.-I. was suppo ed by a g an om he Xun a de Galicia (G an numbe : 2016-PG008) and a g an
om he c owd unding pla o m P ecipi a (FECYT; Spanish Minis y o Economy and Compe i i e-
ness; g an numbe 2017-CP081). The au ho s would like o acknowledge he ollowing indi idual
dono s o he c owd unding campaign in P ecipi a: Blanca Fe nández, Emilio Río, Guille mo Vi a ,
Pablo Pé ez, Jo ge Fé nandez, Ignacio Valino, Pago de los Cen ena ios, E a Candal, Ma ía del Pila
Balsa, Jo ge Fa aldo, Isabel Rod íguez-Moldes, José Manuel López, Juan José Pi a, Ma ía E. Cameán,
Jesús To es, José Puma es, Ve ónica Rod íguez, Sa a López, Tania Villa es Balsa, Rocío Lizcano, José
Ga cía, Ana M. Ce eijo, Ma ía Pa do, Ne ea San ama ía, Ca olina He nández, Jesús López and Ma ía
Manei o. The au ho s hank he s a o Ximonde Biological S a ion o p o iding lamp eys used in
his s udy, and he Mic oscopy Se ice (Uni e si y o San iago de Compos ela) and D . Me cedes Ri as
Cascalla o con ocal mic oscope acili ies and help.
T anspa ency documen . Suppo ing in o ma ion
T anspa ency da a associa ed wi h his a icle can be ound in he online e sion a h ps://doi.o g/
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Supplemen a y da a associa ed wi h his a icle can be ound in he online e sion a h ps://doi.
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