Effect of temperature on FAD and NADH-derived signals and neurometabolic coupling in the mouse auditory and motor cortex

Baher A. Ibrahim, Huan Wang, Alexandria M.H. Lesicko, Bethany Bucci, Kush Paul, Daniel A. Llano

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Abstract

Tight coupling of neuronal metabolism to synaptic activity is critical to ensure that the supply of metabolic substrates meets the demands of neuronal signaling. Given the impact of temperature on metabolism, and the wide fluctuations of brain temperature observed during clinical hypothermia, we examined the effect of temperature on neurometabolic coupling. Intrinsic fluorescence signals of the oxidized form of flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) and the reduced form of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH), and their ratios, were measured to assess neural metabolic state and local field potentials were recorded to measure synaptic activity in the mouse brain. Brain slice preparations were used to remove the potential impacts of blood flow. Tight coupling between metabolic signals and local field potential amplitudes was observed at a range of temperatures below 29 °C. However, above 29 °C, the metabolic and synaptic signatures diverged such that FAD signals were diminished, but local field potentials retained their amplitude. It was also observed that the declines in the FAD signals seen at high temperatures (and hence the decoupling between synaptic and metabolic events) are driven by low FAD availability at high temperatures. These data suggest that neurometabolic coupling, thought to be critical for ensuring the metabolic health of the brain, may show temperature dependence, and is related to temperature-dependent changes in FAD supplies.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1631-1649
Number of pages19
JournalPflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology
Volume469
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1 2017

Keywords

  • Auditory cortex
  • Flavoprotein imaging
  • Hippocampus
  • Hypothermia
  • Neurometabolic coupling
  • Temperature

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physiology
  • Clinical Biochemistry
  • Physiology (medical)

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