Journal article
Arousal-induced cortical activity triggers lactate release from astrocytes.
- Zuend M Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
- Saab AS Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
- Wyss MT Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
- Ferrari KD Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
- Hösli L Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
- Looser ZJ Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
- Stobart JL Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
- Duran J Institute for Research in Biomedicine, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain.
- Guinovart JJ Institute for Research in Biomedicine, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain.
- Barros LF Centro de Estudios Científicos, Valdivia, Chile.
- Weber B Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. bweber@pharma.uzh.ch.
- 2020-07-23
Published in:
- Nature metabolism. - 2020
English
It has been suggested that, in states of arousal, release of noradrenaline and β-adrenergic signalling affect long-term memory formation by stimulating astrocytic lactate production from glycogen. However, the temporal relationship between cortical activity and cellular lactate fluctuations upon changes in arousal remains to be fully established. Also, the role of β-adrenergic signalling and brain glycogen metabolism on neural lactate dynamics in vivo is still unknown. Here, we show that an arousal-induced increase in cortical activity triggers lactate release into the extracellular space, and this correlates with a fast and prominent lactate dip in astrocytes. The immediate drop in astrocytic lactate concentration and the parallel increase in extracellular lactate levels underline an activity-dependent lactate release from astrocytes. Moreover, when β-adrenergic signalling is blocked or the brain is depleted of glycogen, the arousal-evoked cellular lactate surges are significantly reduced. We provide in vivo evidence that cortical activation upon arousal triggers lactate release from astrocytes, a rise in intracellular lactate levels mediated by β-adrenergic signalling and the mobilization of lactate from glycogen stores.
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- DOI 10.1038/s42255-020-0170-4
- PMID 32694692
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- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/48221
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