Journal Articles Neurochemical Research Year : 2003

Effects of septal grafts on acetylcholine release from rat hippocampus after 192 IgG-saporin lesion

Michael Hilgert
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Joachim Hartmann
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Konrad Löffelholz
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Jochen Klein
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Abstract

The cholinergic inputs to the rat hippocampus were lesioned by intraseptal injections of 192 IgG-saporin. After 15 days, fetal septal cells were grafted into the hippocampus. Thirteen months later, hippocampal acetylcholine (ACh) release was studied by microdialysis. Lesioning reduced basal ACh release (100%) to 20% of normal, which was compensated for by the graft (71%). Infusion of the serotonin uptake inhibitor citalopram (100 microM) enhanced ACh release to the same extent (% of basal release) in all rat groups. Systemic injection of 8-OH-DPAT (0.5 mg/kg, SC), an agonist of 5-HT1A receptors, caused a smaller ACh release than citalopram. Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) staining and densitometric quantification revealed that the lesion-induced reduction of the AChE-staining density was compensated for by septal grafting. In conclusion, both histochemical and biochemical methods showed that cholinergic hippocampal parameters were drastically impaired by 192 IgG-saporin lesions, but were almost completely restored by septal grafting. The graft responded to intrinsic serotonergic regulation.

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hal-03197583 , version 1 (13-04-2021)

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Michael Hilgert, Joachim Hartmann, Konrad Löffelholz, Helene Jeltsch-David, Jean-Christophe Cassel, et al.. Effects of septal grafts on acetylcholine release from rat hippocampus after 192 IgG-saporin lesion. Neurochemical Research, 2003, 28 (3/4), pp.467-472. ⟨10.1023/A:1022852819018⟩. ⟨hal-03197583⟩
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