Sleep phenotyping of the animal models of neurodegenerative diseases: Focus on the REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) Pierre-Hervé Luppi, Team "Physiopathology of the neuronal network of the sleep-waking cycle” Centre of Neuroscience of Lyon UMR 5292 CNRS/U1028 INSERM , Lyon, France Michel Jouvet: the father of paradoxical (REM) sleep and RBD!
16 November 1925- 3 October 2017 CNRS Research Director (full time researcher)
2011- Head of the Team “Physiopathology of the neuronal network of the sleep-waking cycle" of the Center of Neuroscience of Lyon, UMR 5292 CNRS/U1028 INSERM, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France.
2002-2010: Director of the CNRS laboratory UMR5167, University Claude Bernard Lyon I. 1999 – 2001 Director of Research (DR2), CNRS, INSERM U52, University Claude Bernard Lyon I. 1989 – 1999 CR1 CNRS, INSERM U52, University Claude Bernard Lyon I. 1984 – 1989 PhD in Neurosciences, University Claude Bernard Lyon I. Michel Jouvet, Advisor. 1990-911983 – 1984Visiting DEA (Master) scientist Neuroscience, (6 months in Universitytotal) at the Claude Department Bernard of Lyon I. MentalMichel Jouvet,Health Sciences,Advisor. Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, USA (Pr. ASTON-JONES), Study of the afferents to the locus coeruleus. 1992 Invited scientist (6 months), at the Brain Research Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA. (Dr. MICHAEL CHASE), Study of the glycinergic neurons responsible for muscle atonia of paradoxical sleep. What is paradoxical (REM) sleep (PS)?
Waking SWS or nonREM sleep
EEG EEG
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total sleep 12h50 (SWS 10h50 min - PS2h00 min) Hypnogram of 24h
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07h00 19h00 07h00 A paradoxical (REM) sleep (PS)like state with muscle atonia is still present in “pontine cats”: muscle atonia of PS is generated by a brainstem circuit
Jouvet, 1962, Arch. Ital. Biol.
SLD
The SLD generates PS
SLD: sublaterodorsal tegmental nucleus ± SubC: subcoeruleus nucleus Peri-LC: nucleus peri-LC alpha A: intact animal PIA: pontine inhibitory area B: total decortication (pontine cat) NPO: nucleus pontis oralis C: mesencephalic section The lesion of SLD in cats induces PS without atonia (RWA) and REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) like behavior:
Sastre et coll., 1979, Physiology & Behavior These results indicate that motoneurones 1) are tonically inhibited during PS by a pathway arising from the SLD 2) are phasically excited by a pathway (originating from the cortex?) Rem Behavior Disorder
Courtesy of Dario Arnaldi University of Genoa, IT
Mark Mahowald and Carlos Schenck 1985 REM sleep behaviour disorder (RBD): Is the motor cortex inducing the movements? Which type of neurons degenerate? SLD?
CORTICAL ACTIVATION
Motor cortex
SLD
W-on neurons PS-on neurons Inhibitory pathways
SWS-on neurons PS-off neurons Excitatory pathways MUSCLE ATONIA
Identification of the neuronal circuit responsible for muscle atonia and movements during PS is required What is the Neurotransmitter of the PSon neurons of the SLD ? Glutamate, acetylcholine or GABA? « In situ » hybridization of vesicular glutamate transporter 2 (vGlut2), GAD67 or ChAt immunohistochemistry combined with CFos immunohistochemistry after PS hypersomnia
SLD section stained with vGlut2 and CFos PS deprivation Control Mean PS quantities PS
SWS Control : 14,6% W
PS Deprivation
SWS Deprivation : 0% W CFos/vGlut2 neurons Rebound PS
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Conclusion: SLD PS-on neurons express only vGlut 2 and are glutamatergic Clement et al., 2011 Ascending and descending projections of the SLD PS-on neurons
GiV ITha
The SLD neurons activated during PS project caudally to the ventral gigantocellular nucleus (GiV) but not rostrally to the thalamic intralaminar nuclei (Itha) Neuronal circuit responsible for muscle atonia during PS
CORTICAL ACTIVATION
Motor cortex
IntralaminarIntralaminar thalamic nuclei
SLD Glutamate
GiV Gly/GABA? Spinal motoneurons
W-on neurons PS-on neurons Inhibitory pathways
SWS-on neurons PS-off neurons Excitatory pathways MUSCLE ATONIA
REM sleep behaviour disorder (RBD): SLD glutamatergic descending neurons degenerate? Inactivation of SLD glutamatergic neurons with adeno-associated virus (AAVs) carrying short-hairpin RNA (shRNA) targeting vesicular glutamate transporter 2
Control shRNA vglut2
Location with mCherry of AAVs injection sites centered on the SLD of control (n=5) and vGluT2- rats (n=5) Expression of vGluT2 mRNAs within SLD Note the lack of cell body labeling in the SLD of vGluT2- versus ctrl mice.
The new genetic method used induces a permanent inactivation of glutamatergic transmission in neurons of the SLD in ratsCollaboration with Michael Lazarus, Tsukuba, Valencia Garcia et al., Brain, 2017 Daily percentage of vigilance states and number of sleep bouts in vGluT2- vs control rats 30 days post shRNA injection.
W, PS and SWS quantities (24h) Number of SWS and PS episodes
The removal of vGluT2 from glutamatergic SLD neurons induces only a 30% decrease in PS quantities in vGluT2- rats
Glutamatergic neurons of the SLD are not the only neurons generating PS? Collaboration with Michael Lazarus, Tsukuba, Valencia Garcia et al., Brain, 2017 The inactivation of glutamate transmission of SLD neurons in rats using short hairpin RNA for vglut2 induces REM sleep without atonia (RWA) and RBD like behaviors
Collaboration with Michael Lazarus, Tsukuba, Valencia Garcia et al., Brain, 2017 How SLD glutamatergic neurons generate muscle atonia? A. Control Paradoxical sleep
EEG EOG PGO EMG ControlStrychnine Membrane -60 potential B. Strychnine -70 30 s EEG EOG SWS PGO PS EMG Membrane -60 potential (Soja et al., 1991) -70 Effect of strychnine (glycine antagonist) application during PS on spinal motoneurons in cats
Glycinergic premotoneurons are hyperpolarizing motoneurones during PS Localisation of the glycine neurons specifically active during PS hypersomnia?
Glycine transporter 2 (GlyT2) is a specific marker of glycine neurons
Expression of GlyT2 mRNAs in GiV and spinal cord neurons
Only the glycine neurons of the ventral gigantocellular reticular nucleus (GiV) are specifically active during PS rebound Localisation of the neurons active during PS hypersomnia and projecting to the lumbar motoneurons
Neurons of the GiV specifically activated during PS send direct projections to lumbar motoneurons Résultats The glycinergic neurons responsible for PS atonia are likely also GABAergic
Gi V
Fos/GAD « in situ »
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PSC PSD PSR Sapin et al., 2009 Neuronal circuit responsible for muscle atonia during PS: role of the GABA/glycinergic neurons of the Giv?
CORTICAL ACTIVATION
Motor cortex
SLD Glutamate
GiV Gly/GABA Spinal motoneurons
W-on neurons PS-on neurons Inhibitory pathways
SWS-on neurons PS-off neurons Excitatory pathways MUSCLE ATONIA
REM sleep behaviour disorder (RBD): GiV GABA/glycinergic descending neurons degenerate? Inactivation of the vesicular GABA/glycine transporter (vGAT) in GiV neurons using transfection with adenoviral vector of short hairpin RNA targeting the vGAT mRNA
GiV GiV
Neurons lack expression of vGAT mRNA in the RMg, GiA and GiV in shRNA injected rats
Valencia Garcia et al., Nat. Com., 2018 Second model of RBD: VGAT knockout in the GiV induces PS without atonia and RBD.
Collaboration with Michael Lazarus, Tsukuba, Valencia Garcia et al., Nat. Com., 2018 In summary: The glutamatergic neurons of the SLD and the GABA/glycinergic neurons of the GiV are responsible for muscle atonia during PS Their degeneration can be responsible for RBD What is generating the movements? Motor cortex?
CORTICAL ACTIVATION
Motor cortex
IntralaminarIntralaminar thalamic nuclei
SLD GlutamateX GiV Gly/GABAX Spinal motoneurons
W-on neurons PS-on neurons Inhibitory pathways
SWS-on neurons PS-off neurons Excitatory pathways MUSCLE ATONIA Review ARticle Alternative hypothesis published: 01 November 2010 doi: 10.3389/fneur.2010.00140 Beyond dreams: do sleep-related movements contribute to brain development? Mark S. Blumberg* Department of Psychology and Delta Center, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
In newborn rats, motor cortex is not mature and the animals still show muscle twitches after mesencephalic section Adult cats with mesencephalic section still show REMs and muscle twitching
Hypothesis: A brainstem system generate the movement and the sensory feedback from the vigorous movements trigger the violent dreams of RBD without intervention of the motor cortex Study of the distribution and number of neurons activated in the cortex during PS hypersomnia and waking Control 10% of PS
Vigilance states PSC quantities (%) PSD 72h 6h PSR PS deprivation 0% # # #** # PS72h hypersomnia6h 32% * W SWS PS
72h 6h Immunohistochemistry Waking 100% of FOS, Arc, Cox-2 « in situ » Hybridation of Bdnf
3h Renouard et al., 2015 Distribution of FOS+ neurons in the hippocampus during PS hypersomnia
PS Hypersomnia Waking
# Number of FOS+ PSC 250 ** # neurones PSD + + 200 #+ PSR # ** **+ 150 # W # # 100 #** 50 * 0 Dentate gyrus CA3 CA1
PS hypersomnia induces an increase in the number of Fos+ neurons specifically in the dentate gyrus Renouard et al., 2015 Distribution of FOS+ neurons in the somatosensory cortex during PS hypersomnia
PS deprivation Waking PS hypersomnia NombreNumber de neurones of FOS+ 4000 neuronsPSC + ## PSD **+ SS 3500 PSR EV
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1000 * 500 # # 0Somatosens cortex somatosensorielory cortex Cortical activity is suppressed globally during sleep, being lowest during REM sleep RBD-associated behaviors are reported to occur more frequently during phasic REM sleep
Manni et al Sleep 2009; Frauscher et al 2009
Activation of the motor cortex during movement and in phasic REM sleep
mean frequency spectral values rest mov
• During tonic REM sleep the Tonic Phasic human Motor cortex exhibits an EEG pattern similar to the one observed during the resting state
• During phasic REM sleep the human Motor cortex exhibits an EEG pattern similar to the one observed when the Motor cortex is activated De Carli et al Annals of Neurology 2016 Ictal SPECT in patients with RBD
Activation of the supplementary motorActivation region of the premotor-regions
the neural activity generating movement during episodes of rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder by-passes the basal ganglia
Dauvilliers et al Sleep Medicine 2011; Mayer et al Brain 2015 Restoration of normal motor control in Parkinson’s disease during REM sleep
the movements during the RBD would be generated by the motor cortex and would follow the pyramidal tract bypassing the extrapyramidal system.
Cochen De Cock et al Brain 2007 Distribution of FOS+ neurones in the anterior cingulate cortex during PS hypersomnia Number of FOS+ PS deprivation Waking PS hypersomnia neurons 800 + #+ PS **# ACA 700 C
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0 Anterior PS PS PS PS cortex cingulécingulate antérieur D R D R cortex Distribution of FOS+ neurons in the retrosplenial and medial entorhinal cortex during PS hypersomnia PS deprivation Waking PS hypersomnia Number of FOS+ neurons 3500 PS + RS C +# **# 3000 PS D
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Number of neurons Structure Pourcentages [ % ] Structure State comparison RSC State comparison RSC aWk > SWS > REM 14,3 aWk > SWS > REM 5 aWk > REM > SWS 14,3 aWk > REM > SWS 5 SWS > aWk > REM 2,9 SWS > aWk > REM 1 SWS > REM > aWk 0,0 SWS > REM > aWk 0 REM > aWk > SWS 57,1 REM > aWk > SWS 20 REM > SWS > aWk 11,4 REM > SWS > aWk 4 total 97,2 sum 35 total 36 Correlation with theta activity 68% of the retrosplenial neurons recorded are more active during PS than W and SWS in agreement with functional neuroanatomicalIn collaboration data with Brain institute of Natal, Brazil, Koike et al., J. Neuro, 2017 What is the state of the cortex during PS? Use of TRAP mice (Targeted recombination in active population)
TRAP method enables us to label neurons activated during two different successive periods of waking or paradoxical sleep and to study their function Few neurons are activated during PS in the cortex and they are different than those activated during waking They are localized only in a few limbic cortical structure such as the dentate gyrus, retrosplenial, medial entorhinal and anterior cingulate cortices and claustrum
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Paradoxical (REM) sleep and Waking are two completely different states Localisation of the neurons activated during PS hypersomnia (FOS+) projecting to the dentate gyrus, anterior cingulate and retrosplenial cortices Iontophoretic Injections of CTb or Fluorogold retrograde tracers Dentate gyrus Supramammillary nucleus (Sum)
Anterior Claustrum cingulate (CLA)
CA AC
Retrosplenial cortex VIS
PAG
Renouard et al., 2015 What is the function of the activation of limbic cortical neurons during PS? Hypothesis: In adults, they could generate dreams sceneries and activate downstream motor cortex In Newborns, the cortical limbic structures would not be yet active and muscles twitches generated by a brainstem generator would help to set up the cortices
CORTICAL RS ACTIVATION Motor cortex ACA cortex
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Claustrum GLU SumL GABA/GLU SLD Glutamate GiV Gly/GABA Spinal motoneurons
PS-on neurons Inhibitory pathways
Excitatory pathways MUSCLE ATONIA Rem Behaviour Disorder physiopathology
• Nearly all individuals with idiopathic REM sleep behaviour disorder will eventually develop Parkinson’s disease.
• Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorders characterised by abnormal aggregation and accumulation of the protein a-synuclein in neurons and dopamine deficiency in the nigrostriatal system
• Accumulating evidence suggests that α-synuclein aggregation is hypothesised to start in autonomic nerve terminals years before the appearance of motor symptoms, and subsequently spread via autonomic nerves to the spinal cord and brainstem Risk and predictors of dementia and parkinsonism in idiopathic REM sleep behaviour disorder
• The average age was 66.3 +/- 8.4 and 82.5% were male.
• Mean interval between baseline evaluation and phenoconversion was 4.6 +/- 3.5 years. • Overall phenoconversion rate of 6.25% per year • 199 (56.5%) developed parkinsonism first • 153 (43.5%) developed dementia first
Postuma et al. Brain 2019 In-vivo staging of pathology in REM sleep behaviour disorder
uptake of ¹¹C-donepezil in the colon is lower in patients with idiopathic RBD and PD than in healthy controls indicating decreased cholinergic (including parasympathetic) innervation of the gut
¹²³I- metaiodobenzylguanidine scintigraphy of the heart (arrow) showing no uptake in patients with idiopathic RBD and PD measure indicating decreased sympathetic cardiac innervation
Knudsen et al. Lancet Neurol. 2018 In-vivo staging of pathology in REM sleep behaviour disorder
Neuromelanin sensitive MRI of locus coeruleus The signal in the LC is lower in patients with idiopathic RBD and PD indicating neurodegeneration of LC neurons Thalamic MeNER binding potential (BPND; arrows) is decreased in patients with idiopathic RBD and PD indicating decreased noradrenergic innervation Putamen ¹⁸F-DOPA signal (arrows) is decreased in some idiopathic RBD, but markedly decreased in PD indicating decreased dopamine transmission
Knudsen et al. Lancet Neurol. 2018 In-vivo staging of pathology in REM sleep behaviour disorder
Patients with idiopathic REM sleep behaviour disorder had fully developed pathology in the peripheral autonomic nervous system and the locus coeruleus, equal to that in diagnosed Parkinson’s disease. These patients also showed noradrenergic thalamic denervation, but most had normal putaminal dopaminergic storage capacity.
These findings indicate that the disease first target the periphery and the brainstem. They could help developing therapeutic strategies to halt or delay disease progression in its earliest stages
To this aim, there is a need to identify the specific populations of neurons involved using animal research. Knudsen et al. Lancet Neurol. 2018
Olivier Clément, Sara Garcia Valencia, Patrice Fort Francesca Billwiller, Risa Yamazaki, Frédéric Brischoux, Christelle Peyron, and Patrice Fort
Team "Physiopathology of the neuronal network of the sleep-waking cycle” Centre of Neuroscience of Lyon UMR 5292 CNRS/U1028 INSERM , Lyon, France Michael Lazarus, University of Tsukuba, International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine, Japan
Second model of RBD: VGAT knockout in the GiV induces PS without atonia and RBD.
Collaboration with Michael Lazarus, Tsukuba, Valencia Garcia et al., Nat. Com., 2018 Polysomnographic recordings illustrating SWS and PS in representative control vs vGluT2- rats
Muscle tone and muscle phasic movements are present during PS in vGluT2- compared to control rats. Collaboration with Michael Lazarus, Tsukuba, Valencia Garcia et al., Brain, 2017 Localisation of ARC+, Cox2+ and Bdnf+ neurons in the hippocampus during PS hypersomnia using immunohistochemistry and « in situ » hybridization PS deprivation PS hypersomnia
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Granule cells of the dentate gyrus overexpress genes implicated in synaptic plasticity during PS hypersomniaRenouard et al., 2015 Distribution of FOS+ neurones in the claustrum during PS hypersomnia Number of FOS+ PS deprivation Waking PS hypersomnia neurons
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Dresler et al Current Biology 2011 Rapid eye movements (REMs) in sleep are associated with visual-like activity, as during wakefulness
visual-mnemonic responses
Andrillon et al Nature Communication 2015 Neurochemical nature of Sum neurons active during PS
FOS/vGLUT2 + FOS/vGAT + Number of neurons
SumM SumL
FOS/vGLUT2= 83,5% of FOS+ SumL neurons
FOS/vGAT= 80,5% of FOS+ SumL neurons
The Sum neurons activating dentate granule cells during PS are both GABA and glutamatergic Billwiller et al., 2017 Subcortical pathways responsible for cortical activation during PS
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Effect of the Neurotoxic CLA lesion of the Sum on DG SUM activation during PS GLU
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Powerspectrum analysis 1,6 Lesion/sham 1,4 1,2 1 0,8 Distribution of Fos+ cells 0,6 in the DG 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 .7 .3 .9 .5 .1 .7 .3 .9 .5 0 6 1 7 3 8 4 9 5 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 Activation of the sensorimotor cortex in animals Electrophysiological studies
Macaque Mice
REM sleep Motor cortex
parietal cortex
Jackson et al J Neurophysiol 2007; Brankack et al JSR 2012 BOTTOM UP MODEL
Blumberg et al Sleep Medicine Reviews 2016
TOP DOWN MODEL
Blumberg et al Sleep Medicine Reviews 2016
Rapid eye movements (REMs) in sleep are associated with visual-like activity, as during wakefulness
Andrillon et al Nature Communication 2015 contacts pairs localized within the Mc and the dlPFc, as confirmed by postimplantation MRI, motor evoked potentials, intracerebral electrical stimulation
Paracentral Lobule (leg)
Intracerebral Motor Evoked potentials Low Frequency Electrical (MEP) Stimulation Tonic REM sleep
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De Carli et al Annals of Neurology 2016 Tonic and Phasic REM sleep
De Carli et al Annals of Neurology 2016 the activation of the Mc during phasic REM sleep seems to reflect a widespread involvement of the motor system
mean frequency spectral values Mc pre REMS: 19.98 +/- 0.86 Hz
Mc post tREMS: test 1.58, df 20.89 6; NS +/- 1.08 Hz
8-sec intervals preceding and following the onset of REM sequences (Sequences of REMs, preceded by at least 10 seconds of silent EOG activity) Activation of the motor cortex during movement in wakefulness
1 sec 1 sec
REST Movement Activation of the motor cortex during movement in wakefulness (at least 2 leg movements; range 2–10)
De Carli et al Annals of Neurology 2016 Activation of the motor cortex during movement in wakefulness (at least 2 leg movements; range 2–10)
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De Carli et al Annals of Neurology 2016 Activation of the motor cortex during movement in wakefulness (at least 2 leg movements; range 2–10)
mean frequency spectral values
De Carli et al Annals of Neurology 2016 Activation of the motor cortex during movement in wakefulness
Miller et al PNAS 2010; Pfurtscheller et al EEG Journal 1997 Two different levels of Motor cortex activation during REM sleep?
Fz-Cz Fz-Cz
EOG EOG EMG EMG REM tonic REM phasic
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EOG EMG RBD What is the function of the activation of limbic cortical system during PS? What is the link between the cortical system and the hypothalamic and brainstem network generating PS?
CORTICAL RS ACTIVATION
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DG vlPAG Thalamus dDPMe GABA GABA DRN 5 HT LC 5 HT NA Hcrt NA PH Claustrum DPGi GLU Sum MCH/GABA GABA MS GABA MS GABA/GLU SLD GABA Glutamate TMN Glutamate HIS GiV Gly/GABA Spinal motoneurons
W-on neurons PS-on neurons Inhibitory pathways
PS-on cortical PS-off neurons Excitatory pathways MUSCLE system ATONIA Study of the SumL-DG pathway using optogenetic
Transfection of ChR2 or NpHR3.0 in AAV5 (ChR2) FERULE
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glutamatergic neurons of the Sum in 6 knock-in vGLUT2-Cre mice: GD
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- Electrophysiological effect on DG SumL m 3 . m 0 - Effect on learning and memory LFP electrode
Optimal transfection of SumL Patch clamp recordings: neurons (n=10 mice) Co-transmission Strong Expression of ChR2- BlueGABA/Glutamate Light EYFP in SumL fibers localized in the DG
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G EPSC IPSC AMPA/NMDA GABA-A Collaboration with Monique Esclapez (Marseille) Effect on spectral composition of stimulation of the SumL-DG pathway during PS
0,3 Stimulation: 20 Hz during 15 min Perfusion after 90 min 0,25 8,3 Hz
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Stimulation of the Sum/DG pathway during W induces behavioral activation and an increase in the power and frequency of theta Function of the GABA/GLU Sum-DG pathway activated during PS?
PS CA1 PSC PSD PSR Excitation CA3 Synaptic plasticity GD GABAa
GABA Inhibition NMDA GLU
SumL
- Glutamate receptors on dendrites? - GD is implicated in pattern separation, fear conditioning GABAergic receptors on somas ? (Deng et al., 2013) PS deprivation: ↘ fear conditioning (Ravassard et al., 2015)
Hypothesis: activation of DG granule cells by the SumL during PS plays a role in consolidation of contextual learning and memory novel object place recognition (NOPR)
Fig. 1. ArchT-mediated inhibition of medial septum (MS) Fig. 3. Inhibiting MS GABA neurons selectively GABA neurons during REMS reduces theta rhythm during REMS impairs memory consolidation in NOPR During development, the number of new dendritic spines in the motor cortex decreases during REM sleep while the size of the remaining spines increases Summary on what’s happening in the cortex during paradoxical (REM) sleep
• Only a few cortical limbic structures are activated by the claustrum and the lateral supramammillary nucleus during paradoxical (REM) sleep • The somatosensory cortices are deactivated • The medial septum GABAergic neurons drive theta during PS and play crucial in memory consolidation • In the motor cortex, a large number of new dendritic spines prune and the remaining ones grow during REM sleep during development and learning What turn on SLD neurons at the onset of PS? : pharmacological studies
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Kynurenic acid Cortex
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GABA Hcrt Iontophoresis of bicuculline, BF kynurenic acid MCH SLD VLPO and atropine in SCN TMN head restrained rats Boissard et al., 2002 SLD PSon neurons are activated during PS by the removal of a GABAergic input present during W and SWS What turns on GLU SLD neurons at the onset of PS? : pharmacological studies
(GABAa antagonist) PSlike Kainic acid Kainic acid 67.1 Hz
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Luppi et al., 2004 What turns on the glutamatergic SLD neurons at the onset of PS? : pharmacological studies
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PS induction by long iontophoretic application of bicuculline in the SLD
scp Localization of the neurons LDT immunoreactive to CFos in the SLD after 90 min of bicuculline (GABAa antagonist) injection SLD
Boissard et al., 2002 500 m SLD PSon neurons are activated during PS by the removal of a GABAergic input present during W and SWS Where are located the PSoff GABAergic neurones inhibiting the SLD PSon neurons during waking and slow wave sleep?
vlPAG dDpMe CTb/GAD neurons
Boissard et al., 2003
PS deprivation vlPAG: ventrolateral periaqueductal gray dDpMe: dorsal deep mesencephalic nucleus Fos/GAD neurons
Sapin et al., 2009
Conclusion: PS-off GABAergic neurons inhibiting SLD PS-on neurons during W and SWS are localized in the vlPAG/dDPMe Inhibition with GABAa agonist (muscimol) injection or DREADD of the vlPAG/ dDpMe GABAergic neurons: induction of PS
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Injection of the retrograde tracer CTb in the vlPAG/dDpMe GABAergic PS-off neurons in PSC, PSD and PSR animals
Clement et al., 2012 The lateral hypothalamus area (LHA) contain PS-on neurons controlling the vlPAG/dDPMe PS-off GABAergic neurons?
Triple labeling c-FOS/CTb/MCH
LHA C-Fos MCH
CTb c-FOS/CTb c-FOS/CTb/MCH MCH: melanin concentrating hormone MCH
The LHA contains 12.2% of the CTb/c-Fos double-labeled neurons in PSR animals after CTb injection in the vlPAG/dDPMe
44% of these neurons express melanin concentrating hormone (MCH) Clement et al., 2012 The tuberal hypothalamus contains a huge number of Fos/GAD double-labeled neurons after PS hypersomnia Number of cells PSD
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PSC PSD PSR
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Fos/GAD neurons PSC PSD PSR Sapin et al., , 2011 Melanin concentrating hormone (MCH) immunohistochemistry combined with GAD67 « in situ » double staining
Sapin et al., , 2011
Approximately 1/3 of the GABAergic neurons active during PS located in the tuberal hypothalamus express MCH peptide Hypothalamic MCH neurons are active during PS
Hassani et al., 2009 MCH icv injection induces PS
Verret, Goutagny et al., 2003
Optogenetic stimulation of MCH neurons induces PS
MCH is an hypnogenic factor: Treatment of insomnia?
Jego et al., 2013, Konadhode et al. 2013 Paradoxical (REM) sleep genesis
CORTICAL ACTIVATION
vlPAG Thalamus dDPMe GABA GABA DRN 5 HT LC 5 HT NA Hcrt NA PH DPGi MCH/GABA DPGi GABA SLD Glutamate TMN Glutamate HIS GiV Gly/GABA Spinal motoneurons
W-on neurons PS-on neurons Inhibitory pathways
PS-off neurons Excitatory pathways MUSCLE ATONIA Paradoxical (REM) sleep (PS) generating network
CORTICAL ACTIVATION?
vlPAG Thalamus dDPMe GABA GABA DRN 5 HT LC 5 HT NA Hcrt NA PH DPGi MCH/GABA DPGi GABA SLD Glutamate TMN Glutamate HIS GiV Gly/GABA Spinal motoneurons
W-on neurons PS-on neurons Inhibitory pathways
PS-off neurons Excitatory pathways MUSCLE ATONIA Effect of stimulation of the Sum-DG pathway using optogenetic
% awakening 100 ChR2 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 0,8 1 Control1,21,41,61,8ChR22 2,2 N=4 N=6
STIMULATION : 20 Hz 10 sec
Billwiller et al., unpublished GABA/glutamate neurons of the Sum activate dentate granule cells during PS, the claustrum activate the other limbic cortical structures
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These results provide evidence for the first time that selective populations of neurons from the dentate gyrus and a subset of limbic cortices are activated and display synaptic plasticity during REM sleep. They pave the way for the identification of the function of REM sleep by means of behavioral and electrophysiological studies combined with local inactivation of the subcortical pathways revealed. Functional studies in Human: Cortical activity during PS is close but not identical to Waking
Limbic region more active during PS : amygdala, hippocampus, anterior cingulate cortex … (Maquet et al., 1996)
Hypoactive regions during PS: dorso-lateral prefrontal, posterior cingulate and inferior parietal cortices (Maquet et al., 1996) Mechanisms of cortical activation during PS
Steriade et al., 1982
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P S Thalamu s LDT/P Basal PT Telencepha lon SLD
Hassani et al., 2009 Study of the Sum-DG pathway using optogenetic
Transfection of ChR2 and NpHR3.0 in glutamatergic neurons of the Sum in knock-in vGLUT2-Cre mice:
- Electrophysiological effect on DG - Effect on learning and memory
Channelorhodopsin Halorhodopsin Injection of AAV in the Sum (ChR2) (eNpHR3.0) 470 nm 530 nm K+ H+ Cre
ITR EF-1 XloxP ChR2-EYFPChR2-EYFP XloxP WPRE polyA ITR
Na+ Cl- Effect of the Neurotoxic lesion of the Sum on the Dorsal DG
PS hypersomnia PSR- Sham PSR- Lésion
Sham Lesion
Disappearance of vGLUT2+ fibers in the dorsal DG vGLUT2 + Optic density PSR- Sham PSR- Lésion
Strong decrease in the number of FOS+ neurons in FOS + neurons the dorsal DG Billwiller et al., unpublished Effect of the Neurotoxic lesion of the Sum on the ventral DG
PS hypersomnia PSR- Sham PSR- Lesion
Sham Lesion
vGLUT2 + optic density No decrease of vGLUT2+ fibers PSR- Sham PSR- Lesion
FOS + neurons No decrease in the number of Fos+ neurons
The suprammammillary nucleus projection induces Fos expression in dorsal but not in ventral dentate gyrus neurons Origin of the activation of the ventral DG during PS
The medial enthorinal cortex projection induces Fos expression in the ventral dentate gyrus neurons Effect of stimulation of the Sum-DG pathway on Fos expression in the DG
90 min Stimulation: 20 Hz during 15 min Perfusion
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Optogenetic stimulation induces the expression of FOS in the dorsal GD with a distribution close to that seen after PS hypersomnia Localization of the glycinergic neurons responsible for muscle atonia
Gi V CFos/Gly neurons CFos and glycine neurons in the medullary ventral CFos and glycine neurons in the GiV after PS gigantocellular reticular nucleus (GiV) after PS induction hypersomnia
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GiV neurons immunoreactive to glycine 100µm contacted by PHAL fibers from SLD neurons
Glycinergic neurons hyperpolarizing motoneurons during PS are localized in the Giv? Boissard et al., 2002 Multiunit recordings in the rat dentate gyrus during the sleep waking cycle W SWS PS
Number of neurons Structure Pourcentages [ % ] Structure State comparison DGY State comparison DGY aWk > SWS > REM 7 aWk > SWS > REM 6,3 aWk > REM > SWS 15 aWk > REM > SWS 13,4 SWS > aWk > REM 12 SWS > aWk > REM 10,7 SWS > REM > aWk 50 SWS > REM > aWk 44,6 REM > aWk > SWS 15 REM > aWk > SWS 13,4 REM > SWS > aWk 13 REM > SWS > aWk 11,6 sum 112 total 87,5 total 128 55% of the DG neurons recorded are more active during SWS than PS and W while only 25% are more active during PS than W and SWS: granule cells? MCH/GABA PS-on neurons of the HLA control PS genesis? Muscimol (GABAa agonist) and clonidine (alpha2 adrenergic agonist) injections in the LHA
DPGi 1,9%
c-FOS/Hcrt or c-FOS/MCH neurons
After muscimol injection in the LHA, the MCH and the Hrct neurons are inactivated (Fos-) Muscimol and clonidine injections in the LHA inhibit PS:
Clement et al., 2012 The activity of LHA neurons is necessary for PS to occur By which mechanisms LHA MCH neurons control PS: C-Fos/GAD and C-FOS/CTb double labeling in the vlPAG/dDPMe
c-FOS/GAD or c-FOS/CTb double-labled neurons Clement et al., 2012 The lateral hypothalamic area control PS by means of inhibition of vlPAG/dDpMe PS-off GABAergic neurons projecting to the SLD Risk and predictors of dementia and parkinsonism in idiopathic REM sleep behaviour disorder
The rate of phenoconversion was significantly increased with: 1) abnormal quantitative motor testing (HR = 3.16) 2) objective motor examination (HR = 3.03) 3) olfactory deficit (HR = 2.62) 4) mild cognitive impairment (HR = 2.37) 5) erectile dysfunction (HR = 2.13) 6) motor symptoms (HR = 2.11), 7) abnormal DAT scan (HR = 1.98) 8) colour vision abnormalities (HR = 1.69) 9) constipation (HR = 1.67) 10)REM atonia loss (HR = 1.54) 11)Age (HR = 1.54).
Postuma et al. Brain 2019 Risk and predictors of dementia and parkinsonism in idiopathic REM sleep behaviour disorder
No significant predictive value of: • Sex • Daytime somnolence • Insomnia • Restless legs syndrome • Sleep apnoea • Urinary dysfunction • Orthostatic symptoms • Depression • Anxiety • Hyperechogenicity on substantia nigra ultrasound
Postuma et al. Brain 2019 Risk and predictors of dementia and parkinsonism in idiopathic REM sleep behaviour disorder
• Standardized motor examination• Urinary symptoms • Standardized motor symptoms• Erectile dysfunction • Quantitative motor testing • Orthostatic symptoms • Olfaction • Orthostatic blood pressure • Colour vision • Cognition, neuropsychological testing • Physician-documented insomnia• Cognition, office-based diagnosis • Excessive daytime somnolence• Depression • Restless legs syndrome • Anxiety • Sleep apnoea • DAT-SPECT • REM sleep without atonia • Substantia nigra pars compacta hyperechogenicity • Constipation
Postuma et al. Brain 2019