Effects of progesterone on T-type-Ca2+-channel expression in Purkinje cells. 2022

Annika Eickhoff, and Jonas Tjaden, and Sarah Stahlke, and Matthias Vorgerd, and Verena Theis, and Veronika Matschke, and Carsten Theiss
Department of Cytology, Institute of Anatomy, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.

Plasticity of cerebellar Purkinje cells (PC) is influenced by progesterone via the classical progesterone receptors PR-A and PR-B by stimulating dendritogenesis, spinogenesis, and synaptogenesis in these cells. Dissociated PC cultures were used to analyze progesterone effects at a molecular level on the voltage-gated T-type-Ca2+-channels Cav3.1, Cav3.2, and Cav3.3 as they helped determine neuronal plasticity by regulating Ca2+-influx in neuronal cells. The results showed direct effects of progesterone on the mRNA expression of T-type-Ca2+-channels, as well as on the protein kinases A and C being involved in downstream signaling pathways that play an important role in neuronal plasticity. For the mRNA expression studies of T-type-Ca2+-channels and protein kinases of the signaling cascade, laser microdissection and purified PC cultures of different maturation stages were used. Immunohistochemical staining was also performed to characterize the localization of T-type-Ca2+-channels in PC. Experimental progesterone treatment was performed on the purified PC culture for 24 and 48 hours. Our results show that progesterone increases the expression of Cav3.1 and Cav3.3 and associated protein kinases A and C in PC at the mRNA level within 48 hours after treatment at latest. These effects extend the current knowledge of the function of progesterone in the central nervous system and provide an explanatory approach for its influence on neuronal plasticity.

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