title: Convergence of nicotine-induced and auditory-evoked neural activity activates ERK in auditory cortex.
abstract: Enhancement of sound-evoked responses in auditory cortex (ACx) following administration of systemic nicotine is known to depend on activation of extracellular-signaling regulated kinase (ERK), but the nature of this enhancement is not clear. Here, we show that systemic nicotine increases the density of cells immunolabeled for phosphorylated (activated) ERK (P-ERK) in mouse primary ACx (A1). Cortical injection of dihydro-β-erythroidine reduced nicotine-induced P-ERK immunolabel, suggesting a role for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors located in A1 and containing α4 and β2 subunits. P-ERK expressing cells were distributed mainly in layers 2/3 and more sparsely in lower layers, with many cells exhibiting immunolabel within pyramidal-shaped somata and proximal apical dendrites. About one-third of P-ERK positive cells also expressed calbindin. In the thalamus, P-ERK immunopositive cells were found in the nonlemniscal medial geniculate (MG) and adjacent nuclei, but were absent in the lemniscal MG. Pairing broad spectrum acoustic stimulation (white noise) with systemic nicotine increased P-ERK immunopositive cell density in ACx as well as the total amount of P-ERK protein, particularly the phosphorylated form of ERK2. However, narrow spectrum (tone) stimulation paired with nicotine increased P-ERK immunolabel preferentially at a site within A1 where the paired frequency was characteristic frequency (CF), relative to a second site with a spectrally distant CF (two octaves above or below the paired frequency). Together, these results suggest that ERK is activated optimally where nicotinic signaling and sound-evoked neural activity converge.
authors: Department of Neurobiology and Behavior and Center for Hearing Research, University of California, Irvine, California, USA.
authors: Hideki D
authors: HD
authors: Kawai
authors: Maggie
authors: M
authors: La
authors: Ho-An
authors: HA
authors: Kang
authors: Yusuke
authors: Y
authors: Hashimoto
authors: Kevin
authors: K
authors: Liang
authors: Ronit
authors: R
authors: Lazar
authors: Raju
authors: R
authors: Metherate
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000818:Animals; D001303:Auditory Cortex / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D064026:Calbindins; D004079:Dihydro-beta-Erythroidine / Q000494:pharmacology; D005072:Evoked Potentials, Auditory; D048049:Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D009538:Nicotine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D021122:Protein Subunits / Q000378:metabolism; D011978:Receptors, Nicotinic / Q000378:metabolism; D064030:S100 Calcium Binding Protein G / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D013788:Thalamus / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D064026:Calbindins; D021122:Protein Subunits; D011978:Receptors, Nicotinic; D064030:S100 Calcium Binding Protein G; D004079:Dihydro-beta-Erythroidine; D009538:Nicotine; D048049:Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases
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