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Modulating effect of cytokines on mechanisms of synaptic plasticity in the brain

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After accumulation of data showing that resident brain cells (neurons, astrocytes, and microglia) produce mediators of the immune system, such as cytokines and their receptors under normal physiological conditions, a critical need emerged for investigating the role of these mediators in cognitive processes. The major problem for understanding the functional role of cytokines in the mechanisms of synaptic plasticity, de novo neurogenesis, and learning and memory is the small number of investigated cytokines. Existing concepts are based on data from just three proinflammatory cytokines: interleukin-1 beta, interleukin-6, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha. The amount of information in the literature on the functional role of antiinflammatory cytokines in the mechanisms of synaptic plasticity and cognitive functions of mature mammalian brain is dismally low. However, they are of principle importance for understanding the mechanisms of local information processing in the brain, since they modulate the activity of individual cells and local neural networks, being able to reconstruct the processes of synaptic plasticity and intercellular communication, in general, depending on the local ratio of the levels of different cytokines in certain areas of the brain. Understanding the functional role of cytokines in cellular mechanisms of information processing and storage in the brain would allow developing preventive and therapeutic means for the treatment of neuropathologies related to impairment of these mechanisms.

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Abbreviations

AMPA:

α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole

BDNF:

brain-derived neurotrophic factor

CaMKII:

Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II

CNS:

central nervous system

CREB:

cAMP response element-binding protein

Erk/MAPK:

signaling pathway

GABA:

γ-aminobutyric acid

GluA1 and GluA2:

subunits of AMPA receptors

IKK:

IκΒ kinase complex

IL-1:

interleukin-1

IL-1ra:

interleukin-1 receptor antagonist

IL-1RI and IL-1RII:

interleukin-1 receptors

IL6:

interleukin-6

JAK/STAT:

JAK kinase and signal transducers and activators of transcription

LSD:

long-term synaptic depression

LSP:

long-term synaptic potentiation

MHC-1:

major histocompatibility complex I

NF-κB:

nuclear factor kappa B

NMDA receptors:

N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors

Rab3:

small GTP-binding protein

RhoA:

small G-proteins

RIM proteins:

Rab3-interacting molecules

SB431542 :

inhibitor of TGFβ

TGFβ:

transforming growth factor beta

TNF:

tumor necrosis factor

TNFR1 and TNFR2:

TNF receptors

TTX:

tetrodotoxin

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Levin, S.G., Godukhin, O.V. Modulating effect of cytokines on mechanisms of synaptic plasticity in the brain. Biochemistry Moscow 82, 264–274 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S000629791703004X

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