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00:05 This is lecture 11 of neuroscience and began talking about neural transmission. We

00:12 several important topics. We covered the of acetylcholine and the neuro muscular junction

00:20 the vagus nerve and the cardiac Ah And we described this experiment,

00:31 spoke about two types of synopsis that present in neurons. The chemical

00:38 which is the vesicles release across the class, and electrical synopsis and electrical

00:47 as we understood, allow for immediate of currents across the cells that contain

00:53 gap junctions. It's very, very when you want to synchronize large circuits

01:00 large numbers of neurons because by stimulating neuron you can actually engage the entire

01:07 . It's very important because you can it in a very fast fashion.

01:11 no synoptic delay in chemical transmission. discussed without neurotransmitter to travel across synaptic

01:18 and bind to the post synaptic There's a synaptic delay of few

01:24 You don't have that delay with the junctions, electrical communication apart from small

01:32 and ions, currents that flux between cells. You can also have small

01:38 that passed through the gap junctions. gap junctions are always open but sometimes

01:43 can be more open and the small that pass through these gap junctions could

01:49 even secondary messengers such as cyclic which is a secondary messenger in neurons

01:57 in many other cells. So very functions and there are certain advantages and

02:05 junctions again would be very important for synchronization of neuronal networks when you want

02:10 neuronal network to synchronize and response to input. Then without delay, that

02:16 can travel electrical information between the allowing for that synchronization. Let's review

02:24 differences between the two synopsis, the of the synopsis that we've discussed,

02:31 muscular junction and the important things that discussed about neuro muscular junction is that

02:38 individual vertical will contain a quanta of molecules of this. In this case

02:45 acetylcholine molecules and in this case acetylcholine are excitatory so settle colon was inhibitor

02:54 the heart and slow down the heart , slow down the heart muscle

02:59 But in the skeletal muscle it actually the contraction. And that's because to

03:06 molecules from The packet that contains to 4000 quanta of these chemical

03:16 two of acetylcholine molecules need to bind one acetylcholine receptor, personal piccoli And

03:24 release of these quantum molecules of 2,004,000 Can now engage anywhere between 1000 to

03:34 post synaptic acetylcholine receptors. These nicotine receptors, ion the tropic receptors.

03:43 these receptors that you find are acetylcholine that are nicotine IQ. Because nicotine

03:52 buy into them and he needs to single protein molecules to bind in order

03:58 this channel to open when this channel it's going to conduct sodium inside and

04:05 going to conduct potassium on the So it's a ligand gated channel and

04:10 ligand gated channel, that's what's going cause this very large and played

04:18 This employee potential is typically a deep of About 70 mil evolves or

04:27 And then um played potential always crosses threshold for action potential generation in the

04:35 cells, turning on the prolonged action . And that action potential is mediated

04:42 the channels that are located lower within junction. All falls. The voltage

04:48 sodium channels involved, educated calcium channels potassium channels that will be involved in

04:54 cardiac action potential production. And cardiac potential is much longer in duration than

05:00 action potential will be discussed in their . So this is a very high

05:06 synapse 1 - one. There's a , there's employee potential very powerful.

05:13 means that every time there is a release there's going to be employed

05:18 There's going to be action potential in muscle or contraction or twitch of a

05:24 . Very highly reliable synapse. very large response from the single

05:32 And you want that you need that you also don't need any complications

05:37 There's no inhibition at the level of muscle. Remember? So at the

05:42 of the muscle here skeletal muscle, single colon is either exciting that muscle

05:46 contract or there is no single colon the opposing muscle and that muscle is

05:52 . Where is the inhibition? It's the spinal cord. So remember the

05:58 tendon reflex circuit. So this is very simple synopsis. There's no inhibition

06:05 . it's only excitation it's only acetylcholine receptor, it's always very large

06:11 polarization, very straightforward, very reliable . The central nervous synapses activation of

06:20 single central nervous synapse typically produces a of about 0.5. No evolves that

06:29 call excitatory post synaptic potentials or P. S. P.

06:34 So in the C. N. . In the C. N.

06:38 you have a different situation. You have this high fidelity synapse and you

06:43 a single synapse. The polarizing the Boston topically. Only 0.5 million.

06:51 how many synapses we need to activate order to reach the threshold for action

06:59 . This is the comparison of neuro junction and you have an employee's

07:10 It's about 70 million volts. This E. Pp. In comparison you

07:18 a this is E. P. . Of neuro muscular johnson and then

07:23 have cns synapses and the E. . S. B. In the

07:27 synopsis It's only about 0.5 million volts the threshold for action potential, It's

07:38 -45 million volts. So you can them not. You can do the

07:43 in the muscle cell. Once the activated you reached action potential because the

07:48 of that muscle fiber? Okay in you activate one synapse. Is that

07:54 to reach the threshold for action potential in the neurons you have excitatory

08:00 P. S. P. Plus. You have inhibitory I PS

08:07 . And we will learn about These are inhibitory parts synaptic potentials.

08:12 you have both excitation and inhibition. means that you have excitatory neurotransmitters and

08:19 and you have an inventory no transmitters receptors. So how many excitatory synopsis

08:26 you need in order to reach the value for action potential in the

08:31 The math is about 20 million gold with the threshold between resting member and

08:38 . 20 million volts. One Half a million volts. So you

08:43 at least what 40 active excited tourist to drive the cns neurons to the

08:54 . And while you're getting these 40 inputs you might be getting also inhibitory

09:00 . So now the situation is a more complex than the C.

09:03 S. It's not as reliable. have to have many synopses activated onto

09:09 Neuron onto one cell in order for cell To reach the threshold for action

09:14 . So you would need to activate synapse to synapses three until you reach

09:21 . And this could be activation of 40 synapses. Yeah And this is

09:34 one and that's that's a huge significant between these circuits and the muscle.

09:41 simple excitatory nicotine receptor driven circuits versus more complex not as reliable uh responses

09:51 the C. N. S. would require a lot more of the

09:59 . So these are all of the details the neurotransmitter criteria that we covered

10:05 neurotransmitter systems that we talked about. recall that in addition to all of

10:12 elements that you have listed here. talked about some other very interesting

10:20 Those other very interesting elements are So these are gas neurotransmitters, carbon

10:30 , not the stock side. We lipid soluble neurotransmitters. The lads

10:42 And they can organize and these are lipid soluble. So both of them

10:51 lipid soluble. Except these are gasses these are chemicals and the cannabinoids.

10:58 we talked about ananda. Yeah my to A G. And we will

11:06 back and talk more about and looking . So this is just the first

11:11 anandamide Amanda in sound script it means or the feeling of happiness. So

11:19 we talked about one of the functions then the cannabinoids is actually the effect

11:24 causing overwhelming happiness. This euphoric effect that happens with long distance running and

11:33 referred to a lot of times as runner's high. So that is happening

11:36 of them. The cannabinoids. We discuss our economic acid. Our economic

11:46 is not an endocannabinoid but it's actually the precursors and the canal animals and

11:52 breakdown molecules and the phenomenal. It's . It's an important molecule that's also

11:57 soluble none of these are going to stored in the vesicles. A lot

12:04 them will be produced on demand based the activity or maybe even metabolic demand

12:11 metabolic supply things that you eat will your neurotransmitter systems. An example is

12:19 may have heard how important it is have a mega through your omega six

12:24 acids in your intake diet. And fact maybe it's important to have a

12:29 ratio of omega three, omega six omega nine. Why? Because these

12:35 acids become precursors to some of these in the brain and other cells in

12:39 body such as the economic acid. proper intake of the fat fatty assets

12:46 affect the brain chemistry if you may the levels of different chemicals that are

12:52 in the brain. So this is molecules that we discussed. We also

13:02 that if you look at the I the acid molecules there distributed throughout the

13:10 that express Gaba and glutamate are found . But the neurons that express and

13:17 serotonin, dopamine, norepinephrine. They located in very specific nuclei in the

13:24 stuff. Mhm. And as we acetylcholine, a mean neurotransmitters such as

13:32 , they have the bicycles and they released from the vesicles, neural peptides

13:37 different or peptides that you see on ride here because they are not stored

13:43 the vesicles. The neural peptides are produced on demand when there's heightened levels

13:50 activity. There will be a synthesis the top type recourse are here at

13:58 ribosome complexes. Roughing the plasmid particular of that the golgi apparatus information of

14:05 Secretary Granules and the Secretary Granules will directed to the external terminal. Except

14:12 many instances there will not be specially specific as the neurotransmitter of bicycles.

14:20 will always be found in there so terminal there will be re synthesized in

14:25 external terminal released and re uptake in external terminal. But neuro peptides coming

14:31 the samoan demand can actually fuse along external extent and release through the Secretary

14:40 so they're not as spatially as specific the neurotransmitters that are stored in the

14:48 . And yes you recall when we about parameter cells in the hippocampus was

14:54 that some of these parameter cells will express peptides such as C C

15:00 Some of them were positive for CCK in him. Criminal cells in the

15:06 and others were not the nominal sauce produced glutamate. So you can co

15:14 the neurotransmitters that are in the The same cell can co express the

15:20 neurotransmitters and neuropathy tides the Haram it'll would co express glutamate and released glutamate

15:28 CCK because if some of the prominent will have these neuro peptides molecules they

15:34 release through the secretary Granules. in addition to this list we mentioned

15:42 other molecules that we will be coming and talking about is a teepee and

15:51 So http is not only just an molecule, it's also a neurotransmitter and

15:56 core of ATP molecule the denizen. also a neurotransmitter and as we discussed

16:05 understanding that I want you to start is that the levels of these chemicals

16:09 the brain and the body of flux the flexing as part of the normal

16:16 diurnal rhythm. Day night rhythm for , denizen levels the core of the

16:24 . ADP dennison levels go up in evening, go up at night and

16:29 denizen has a calming effect on the and promotes sleep and in the morning

16:36 dentist in levels go down when the bear is running at you, it's

16:43 adrenaline, norepinephrine and epinephrine kick in put you in a fight or flight

16:50 , which doesn't give you much time think or contemplate the plan of response

16:56 big bear coming at you. It's fight or flight. When there is

17:02 activity involved appetite, serotonin levels fluctuate serotonin levels change prolonged workout activity,

17:13 moderate stress on the south. Physical will increase the levels of under canal

17:20 eating some good 30 assets will change levels of some of these chemicals in

17:27 brain and the body. These chemicals we're talking about. They represent different

17:34 and different behavioral states. Big Final flight serotonin sexual food intake,

17:45 all circulating and they're changing but they represent different behaviors and different behavioral

17:54 If we just had glutamate which is to be a plus or Gaba,

18:02 is minus, we just have plus minus and life is pretty boring.

18:08 when you add all of these no no peptides and you can find

18:15 release and the production of those means certain parts of the brain but you

18:19 can access and Sprinkle all of the cells that express amino acids throughout the

18:27 . This is a this is a very interesting system that you have in

18:33 brain and it would be boring if was just placed in violence. And

18:39 these elements I say they add The color is you know appetite is

18:47 color alright, sleepy or awake. the color otherwise plus and minuses.

18:52 pretty boring. You can think of and minuses a digital code. And

18:58 the analogy code comes alive with all these other neuro peptides, gasses and

19:03 cannabinoids that are circulating in the Mhm. So this was your homework

19:11 and I just answered your homework So the difference is the synthesis the

19:16 and the storage of the to ties the neurotransmitters. And if you look

19:22 the neurotransmitter vesicles, there's two things need to happen in order for the

19:27 transmission to take place. The first that needs to happen is our forward

19:32 action potential has to reach the external . The pre synaptic terminal and when

19:39 reaches the pre synaptic terminal, that polarization opens up both educated calcium

19:46 So when an action potential reaches the , that deep polarization opens up voltage

19:52 calcium channels and calcium influx is necessary order for the vesicles which is a

20:00 nous organ. Now, in order this vesicles to infuse with the plasma

20:07 of the neuron and release the neurotransmitter into the synaptic cleft. Two things

20:15 you don't have an action potential or polarization prison optically you will not open

20:20 channels so you will not have neurotransmitter . So you need to have action

20:26 . But if you have deep polarization you don't have calcium you also will

20:32 see neurotransmitter release. And why would not have calcium? So as an

20:37 you have control and you know that a lot of calcium on the outside

20:40 the cells compared to the inside. you can experimentally deprive the cells of

20:46 and you can stimulate president optical and see in the absence of calcium influx

20:51 no particular release. You can also voltage gated calcium channels. So we

20:57 blockers, agonists or antagonists for very channels. And when you block voltage

21:02 calcium channel and you d polarize present neuron, there's no physical release.

21:08 that's because when calcium comes in there this vesicular protein complex and trans membrane

21:16 complex it's shown here in a simplified as vesicular for V. Sneer and

21:22 membrane is T snares. In reality is what the surface of the vesicles

21:28 like. And on that surface there many different kind of a three dimensional

21:35 and some of these structures are proteins recognize calcium and they're like calcium

21:45 Synaptic synaptic bagman is one of these sensors. So, when the calcium

21:51 is in synaptic synaptic hagman says, sense enough calcium. Now this calcium

21:56 allow for the protein protein complex to onto each other from both sides to

22:02 the bicycle close to the membrane and the fusion of the secure membrane with

22:09 neuronal number. When you have the , you'll have neurotransmitter vesicles opening release

22:16 the neurotransmitter. Following that, you see that this piece of the number

22:22 it's not just it's not that the spits out the bicycle, it actually

22:28 this piece of the number as if imagine if you have a lot of

22:33 using to the plasma membrane, what going to happen because you're going to

22:38 the surface area and when you increase surface area it will actually increase the

22:44 properties of the cell too because remember capacitance, the good capacitors have to

22:50 a lot of surface area and so this, You just used 200 vesicles

22:56 the plasma membrane. How much more the surface area, you added quite

23:00 lot. So you can actually measure in capacitance during the vesicular release

23:08 And see stepwise changes in capacitance as fuse to the plasma membrane, increase

23:14 surface area. And as they they also very shortly after get endorse

23:19 toast. So they decrease the surface . So capacitance goes up briefly during

23:23 vesicular fusion and released. And then goes back to it's pre release

23:29 This is the end of psychosis of vesicles. What happens into the

23:34 That's pretty cool too. And in old days when we started visualizing and

23:42 The second half of the 20th the membranes, we wanted to really

23:48 the channels. We wanted to visualize exhaust psychosis. And so this is

23:55 electron microscope picture. You can see these are presumed calcium channels well educated

24:01 channels. And you can see how are very densely located along these active

24:08 . Pre synaptic zones and during the of the south there is exocet.

24:15 sis. So what you're looking at crater you're looking at is the vesicles

24:20 came from the cell infused, informed crater. So you're looking into the

24:26 secular crater here and the neurotransmitters will released. So showing the proximity of

24:33 densities of these voltage gated calcium channels the active zones where you have high

24:41 of vesicles that are primed and ready go for the particular release. And

24:48 is an electron microscope picture. You see how this is a regular Synaptic

24:55 of distance of about 20 nm in , Two cells on the left and

25:00 right come very close together in This is that 3.5 nmeter physical

25:08 And in this very small physical the gap junction proteins on both

25:14 That's where they're formed. And you the formation of these gap junctions.

25:21 so this is really nice way to it. And then the next thing

25:26 in the second half of the 20th , people wanted to know what exactly

25:32 in the plasma membrane. What exactly on the two sides of the plasma

25:37 . There was no good way to visualize it life or understand which face

25:46 transfer the cytoplasmic or the extra cellular . You know, it's called it

25:52 E face or the P phase, one of these plasma membrane layers will

25:59 the molecules of interest which ones will in which phase. So there was

26:05 technique that was called freeze fracture Now, what you would do as

26:10 would take us out and you would it with liquid nitrogen and as you

26:15 it with liquid nitrogen, the plasma and all the elements and the plasma

26:19 would freeze also. And then you put a little tin little needle,

26:24 micro needle next to that piece of plasma number in okay, that you

26:29 and you want to know what's in phase versus data phase. So you

26:35 place a little needle and it was little bit like a ritual because it

26:38 needed the right amount of vibration, of like tapping it the right way

26:44 order for the face to split open it's frozen. So you'd have the

26:49 plates of the plasma membrane split So people, it was almost like

26:54 ritual because people had different ways of it, you know, putting something

26:58 the table, walking around, you know, looking if it opened

27:02 not, you know, maybe even at it, waving. Has it

27:06 needed that little fracture. And once did that little practice, it was

27:11 cool because you would have to faces the plasma membrane now open. Now

27:16 can understand remember we talked about inside and outside out Patrick's electrophysiology. This

27:21 suitable. Also very important. Which of the membrane is holding this

27:25 Which one is anchoring that protein? when you split the two, the

27:29 that's anchoring should maintain that protein and one that is not, it's not

27:34 proteins are on one side versus the side. Which ones are trans

27:39 What happens when you rip the membrane and you have trans membrane protein?

27:43 it anchored stronger on one side versus other? Why? You know,

27:47 has to do with the structure? has to do with this three dimensional

27:52 box hill and nitrogenous terminal that a of proteins have. And then we

27:59 to see what is happening at the neuroscientists wanted to see what's happening at

28:04 synapse with calcium. So this is very interesting technique that so far when

28:11 talked about imaging neurons, we talked visualizing neurons with stains and we've discussed

28:18 stains. We discussed Golgi stain, stain, you're a Buyten. We

28:25 things like immuno history chemistry where you target specific cell markers, antibodies,

28:32 that the cells express. You we talked about functional imaging of the

28:37 activity. So very briefly mentioned positron tomography when we said that there is

28:42 invasive way that you can look and how different brain regions are activated.

28:47 so this is a macro scale that looking at. But it's very important

28:53 look at the micro scale and visualize at the micro scale and visualize them

28:57 the level of a single synopsis. so rodolfo llinas as one of the

29:05 South american neuroscientists. He did these where they started using the dye and

29:15 this case the dye indicates concentration of ion. So it's an eye on

29:22 diet. It's not a self specific , it's not going to reveal the

29:30 or morphology of the South, it going to track calcium and wherever there's

29:36 in calcium concentration, you're going to this yellow and red signals. And

29:42 when rodolfo linas used what are called sensitive dies. That means when calcium

29:49 go up that substance that die that in there, it will start blowing

29:56 . There's a chemical reaction that allows that calcium ion and increased calcium concentrations

30:02 glow stronger in yellow and red and ones that are not regular levels would

30:08 in this blue range. So before stimulation, what they reported is that

30:14 are these mountain peaks and you can that there's a small peak here in

30:20 and red, which indicates the peak of calcium. And you have these

30:25 mountains and peaks in those mountains and of calcium concentration of course are located

30:31 you have the collections of these presumed gated calcium channels to and during the

30:39 . This is what happens to these distinct speaks very spatially confined concentration mountains

30:48 calcium related to vesicles. Now you see that instead of one or two

30:54 , you have a whole mountain range and this is during the activation.

30:59 can see that Calcium concentrations go up a lot of the peak at about

31:05 micro mauler during the synoptic vesicles released the signal. So you can see

31:12 there's massive influx of calcium and the in the spatial temporal pattern, spatial

31:21 the states and time pattern before the and after the activation. So these

31:29 levels and these very short flexes of concentrations, pre synaptic aly and necessary

31:36 the secular fusion and release. And can image them. and in fact

31:41 is even a technique that will allow fusion of a single vesicles. It's

31:47 epic fluorescent. You can track a of the single vesicles all life and

31:51 how the packet of a single vesicles released in the synapse. Really,

31:56 cool technique that just focuses in on 10 nanometers of space in the focal

32:02 epi fluorescence and allows you to visualize at least. But before that we

32:08 the static visualization you would stimulate the , you would fix it, put

32:13 under electron microscope and see before stimulation after stimulation you would study the

32:20 you know, location of these proteins they're located using freeze fracture. And

32:25 you would start looking at the functional at the level of a single synopsis

32:30 it's ionic changes such as calcium, ions can be traced also. So

32:36 are sodium sensitive dyes, not just sensitive dies, there's also voltage sensitive

32:44 which will show a change of voltage the whole neuron and is a collection

32:50 multiple ion signaling. There's very different of visualizing these things. This really

32:57 us about the dynamics from neuron to is a great book. If somebody

33:02 a neuroscience, it's from the fourth that I took this figure from.

33:07 it's a really cool book that I like very much now in neurons we

33:17 this kind of a particular release that be either full or partial. And

33:24 I put cns synopses versus neuromuscular This diagram is really for the cns

33:32 remember if you have quantum release of or you have quantum release of molecules

33:37 the cns too. It's just that the uh neuro muscular junction is very

33:45 powerful with that template potential that's very large. But if you have the

33:51 conditions and there you have the early that produces the vesicles vesicles loaded with

33:58 , it gets to be into this here needs a little bit of energy

34:04 a teepee and other factors. In for this fully filled vesicles to be

34:09 and primed but not released. So like sitting at the dock ready to

34:15 off. And if you have calcium then you have a recognition between the

34:21 protein complex have a fusion but if is not enough calcium coming in and

34:29 can happen sometimes because you may have changes in the extra cellular calcium concentration

34:35 whatever reason, maybe we have slurped a little bit too much of it

34:38 the moment. You don't have that calcium that came in. So instead

34:43 a full fusion to the right you release a little bit of that neurotransmitter

34:49 you run back away into this doctor prime position. So this is just

34:55 and wrong. This just comes in . Makes a little popular little kiss

35:01 then runs back away. It doesn't fully. It doesn't release the entire

35:06 packet. Okay so okay with this does not happen in the neuro muscular

35:16 . That does not happen. Okay if you have enough calcium that comes

35:22 you will have a full fusion have neurotransmitter release. Then molecules that surround

35:30 membrane they're referred to as Claritin molecules like this plasma membrane of the vesicles

35:36 is being recognized as you've been used something. You must be a used

35:41 . I'm gonna Claritin you with this Claritin coach and the cell pre synaptic

35:49 is gonna know that you're an empty call because you have the Claritin code

35:54 it's gonna Acidifying you. Gonna bring with a lot of energy A.

36:00 . P. A lot of Plus protons inside the Mexico. Um

36:05 some instances it may have to go the early end of cell. Get

36:11 re synthesized as an organ. Now as an organ now and plays back

36:17 in the pre synaptic terminal and it's little bit longer time period to do

36:22 . And in most cases the faster is not good to the early end

36:27 zone. But as it gets acidified this vesicles acidification actually becomes also a

36:37 mechanism also driving it's a proton driven of the neurotransmitter neurotransmitter uptake and now

36:45 have again a filled their transmitter that be docked and primed and ready to

36:50 released. And so the cycle when stimulate the central nervous synopsis and you

36:57 neurotransmitters and you have a very strong that you shock the whole synapse and

37:03 release many many of these vesicles they and you'll get with each fusion you'll

37:10 a stronger response and stronger response and response. This isn't C.

37:15 S. Okay so you'll keep increasing response. With with with each

37:23 And what happens then how long does take for the self to reconstitute the

37:32 Cause repositioned the vesicles. Primary doctor you Joel to really shocked the cell

37:40 that cell released a lot of a lot of vesicles fused. That

37:46 is about 10-15 seconds to recover. if you exhaust synaptic transmission, if

37:54 checking synaptic transmission, you want to it about every 10-15 seconds because this

37:59 how long after a very strong simulation takes it to rebuild the whole

38:06 Now if you just released one or packets that's a different story because you

38:10 have 20 maybe hundreds of packets sitting dr in front. But if you

38:16 all of those hundreds of packets and a strong response Then it will take

38:22 10-15 seconds to rebuild that some So when people do electro physiological studies

38:29 sample the cells or they stimulate and the post synaptic responses. That stimulation

38:37 typically every 10-15 seconds because you want give the cell a full time for

38:43 to rebuild physiologically to test how it ready to release more neurotransmitters poisoning,

38:54 release. What's in your book? interests section, bacteria, spiders,

39:05 , and me and you. So do we talk about that? Because

39:16 there is physiological processes there's usually nature surround us and nature can interfere with

39:23 physiological processes. We can block we can boost them and then as

39:29 find out things from nature, You 80% of the pharmaceutical drugs you have

39:35 the market is because Some 2000 years , some 300 years ago. Some

39:43 years ago some crazy shaman, some , somebody in the woods with herbs

39:49 making concoction and it helped from something everybody knew that this concoction was from

39:57 . So in the 60s and 70s develop these techniques called high performance liquid

40:03 and H. B. L. . Allowed us to separate individual

40:08 individual active elements, chemicals in these and these plants that we were together

40:15 thousands of years. So all of sudden it's like oh I found this

40:20 in this concoction. Now we know it does, Guess what follows next

40:27 trials, A billion dollars, 90% , 90-95% of pharmaceutical drugs and trials

40:41 95% of neuro drugs fail at clinical three trial it takes billions of dollars

40:51 get through clinical stage Clinical one clinical to get to three then you

40:59 So What's the percentage one in 20 in 40 the drugs that from these

41:08 , these botanicals then they actually become . They become something approved for the

41:13 of something. So most of the we find things in spiders, in

41:17 , in snakes we get poisoned, see the reaction. Then we

41:21 well what if I isolate this Can I use it? Like roderick

41:25 use the spider toxins. Can I it? Is it going to be

41:30 ? What can I use it And you can use it for

41:33 studying the structure and function and also therapeutic treatments if you understand both.

41:41 so we're going to talk a little about clostridium botulinum and you're invited to

41:46 Botox party. So this is uh billion dollar beauty industry where you would

41:57 to get a Botox injection and you a glass of champagne served. And

42:04 you get the injections for Botox you also get fillers injected. So it

42:11 make our eyebrows really big. You , eyelids really big, your lips

42:16 fat. Um So it's I guess a part of the beauty enhancement for

42:24 . Sometimes it spoils the look. what is going on? And why

42:30 it clostridium botulinum? And why is a Botox party. So have you

42:35 heard of botulism. So it comes bacteria and that can't food and you

42:44 get pretty serious poisoning from from botulism this toxin that is produced as botulinum

42:55 in the bacteria and the bad bad food. And there's botulinum toxin.

43:02 these little sharky's here And so you botulinum toxin B. D. E

43:09 . G botulinum toxin E botulinum toxin . One the different variations subtypes of

43:16 bunch of unknown toxin. But what actual island toxin? Does it binds

43:22 shark ist bind to the protein protein and chew up the protein protein complex

43:28 it stops the vesicular fusion so there's acetylcholine release. So essentially if you

43:38 with the protein protein complex and that's botulinum toxin does you will interfere with

43:44 vesicular release. What is the point injecting Botox sin to make yourself more

43:53 . Well the reality is that as move your muscles your muscles move your

43:58 and with age you start forming So how do the muscles move?

44:05 a civil code and release. There's of the muscles. You're moving your

44:08 there smiling and it causes wrinkles and don't like that. Some people.

44:13 how do you get rid of You stop the civil colon release and

44:18 fusion and then you put fillers? the fillers fill up the space it

44:22 out the wrinkles and botulinum toxin or stops the vesicular release and stops the

44:30 of the skin and the wrinkling and why a lot of times you will

44:34 him or whatever tv shows housewives of or new york or whatever. Orange

44:41 whenever, wherever they are or other kind of a beauty plastic surgery

44:46 You'll see that when people come out Botox treatments you have difficult fun moving

44:53 from the Poland expression themselves. It's they're having a hard time because there

45:01 enough of the a single colon. there isn't enough of the muscle

45:05 You need to contract the muscles in . Do you move your mouth?

45:08 telling your muscles and all of that now you have basically impeded with

45:14 And so for a while while the concentration control concentration of Botox wears

45:20 People may have difficult time with some the motor functions like moving the lips

45:25 such. And so this is for purposes. But anybody know that Botox

45:32 also an approved treatment for something else a neurological disorder. You know it

45:44 . How the marshals is extremely isn't he? Always it that injecting

45:51 is not kill you because you have known concentrations and you're doing localized in

45:59 of it. So instead of a intake that you would eat a lot

46:04 something, it's about the concentration, the same as with pharmaceutical drugs?

46:10 perfect example is opiates? Why do have opiate um epidemic. Now,

46:17 do we have so many people dying opioids and fentaNYL. Because the act

46:23 does the active dose effective dose the dose of complete pain is this big

46:32 opiates and fentaNYL And the deadly does only this big It's only 3-4 times

46:39 the effective dose and that's the So if you took three or four

46:44 your breathing center shut down you're If you take one dose you may

46:50 some pain and be okay and your rate or your breathing may slow down

46:55 little bit and that's what happens. you don't cut off at high concentrations

47:00 whole breathing system. So it's you can say it's controlled and it's

47:05 to the point where it's also approved approved treatment for migraines. So this

47:16 everything, there's nature, there's beauty there is also therapies that that you

47:22 use it for. So there's Botox directions that are FDA approved treatments

47:29 And this plastic or beauty treatments they not not technically like a D.

47:36 . Approved procedure but you're supposed to substances that are FDA approved. And

47:40 is one of the margins. So you can see that there is a

47:47 complex, there's trans membrane complex, protein protein complex and you can interfere

47:55 the civil colon release with Botox. widow um spiders will contain venom that

48:06 also interfere with the Seattle colon It's one of the deadliest spiders that

48:12 lives around us in texas. I an acquaintance. His father died from

48:18 bite of that spider in the back the neck. Within two days he

48:23 in the hospital, it was like pussy mess and within 3.5 days he

48:27 and he was just working in the when he got bit by that

48:33 So these things around Taiwanese cobra will the substance called alpha bangalore toxin.

48:41 spider snake venoms will contain the toxins it can target pas synaptic acetylcholine

48:48 So you have the whole system, have the release system and you have

48:51 possum optic receptors. So you can with the release using these substances like

48:57 , like a Black Widow venom, then you also can interfere with post

49:03 receptors. So many different substances toxins in nature or pharmaceuticals will it will

49:09 different parts of this pathway. We synthesize things that are not quite

49:17 organophosphates and they will see in the slides are still Colin nestor is

49:28 So they're both actually they're used in uh and they used a certain form

49:36 organophosphates that Alzheimer's medication too. So learn about that in a few

49:44 We'll see if we get to Okay. Alright, so we're making

49:52 good progress here. A lot of will come together in the last lecture

49:59 week is on the neurotransmitter systems that overview these systems one more time.

50:05 if you recall neurons will be receiving synopsis with glue dramaturge IQ. And

50:15 you know to be receiving inhibitor synopsis are Gabor urgent. And so if

50:21 recording from this neuron here and that receives glutamate it will produce an

50:30 P. S. P. Excited the boston athletic potential. The soul

50:38 gaba, it will produce it Dsb with the inhibitory personal potential.

50:48 remember that neurons can receive hundreds of of these synopsis. The response of

50:54 neuron will depend on what the receptors carries. And with area.

51:01 And what happens is during the deep . During the E. P.

51:08 . P. You have an influx sodium coming in and this influx of

51:18 here this influx of sodium causes the polarization. This is the outside of

51:25 south. This is the inside as know there's high levels of sodium chloride

51:29 the outside and then the following phase the PSP is because potassium ions are

51:37 to be easy flexing. So the phases sodium going in and this is

51:46 block out similar to action potential. this is a synaptic potential. So

51:51 a graded potentials post synaptic potential action was all are known. This is

51:56 and potential is graded because depending on number of synapses activated, the size

52:03 this potential will depend. So it's potential when you look at an action

52:09 and the cell repeats action potential and overlay these action potentials one over the

52:20 And the selfies 200 500 of them always be the same. So it's

52:29 or not. But for the PS you can get a smaller your

52:33 largely a PSP. Or even a PSP. Each one of these

52:39 each one of these increments increases means means an additional synapse activated? Remember

52:46 one Cns synapses only half a So if you have an Ep sp

52:53 only half a million volt. That you're just activating. Once announced releasing

52:57 an applicant if you're seeing the multiple that happened or evolved, it's multiple

53:05 is your relation. Mhm. This an E. P. S.

53:09 . That gets recorded posting optical in are transmitter gated ion channels. So

53:17 happens is when glutamate gets released, will bind to this channel and will

53:27 that excited to report synaptic potential P. S. P.

53:33 The difference. I'm sorry I. . S. P. S.

53:38 . Difference because when Gaba is released Gaba will bind to its own wagon

53:51 channel and it's going to conduct chloride so influx of positive charge here sodium

54:03 the deep polarization influx of negative charge through Gaba receptors causes hyper polarization.

54:16 will also be great and depending on many inhibitory the testicle packets, how

54:20 inhibitory synapses are activated. So excitation deep polarization, positive inputs coming in

54:30 glutamate receptor channels and inhibition is chloride in negative charge through Gaba receptor

54:42 The PSP which his I. S. P. We have two

54:48 of synaptic transmission whenever glutamate binds to receptor and that receptor is also channel

55:01 and also this are referred to as of tropic. They are receptor channels

55:08 conduct ions. So they have ion tropic channels were involved in ion a

55:14 or direct signaling. So binding of directly through that receptor channel causes the

55:20 of ions directly through that channel metabolic signaling is the fact that many

55:27 the same ones that we're talking about and Gaba and also the mean

55:32 They'll also bind to the receptors that G protein coupled receptors. So the

55:39 of that neurotransmitter Ligon such as Instead of opening the channel is actually

55:46 to activate the G protein complex. the catalysis activation of the G protein

55:53 can now target enzymes can target protein . Ion channels in the plasma membrane

56:04 turn on. Secondary messenger cascades can change the transcription factors and transcription properties

56:11 the South through the secondary messengers. in ii on the tropic signaling,

56:17 have binding of the molecule and the open and measurable tropic signaling. You

56:23 binding of the molecule. The channel opens. But instead activists ju protium

56:32 mhm which activates secondary messengers. So neurotransmitter different effect in the same

56:44 We'll talk about that different same neurotransmitter effects in different cells. We're already

56:50 with that same neurotransmitter acetylcholine as inhibitory cardiac muscle and excitatory in skeletal

56:58 We also know that I wanna tropic Colin is excited, formidable tropic signaling

57:03 be inhibitory. It can be opposing other through the same neurotransmitter chemicals through

57:11 same molecules. And in general this how the neurotransmitter systems work. So

57:18 is a system that I want you be fully responsible for knowing the synthesis

57:22 breakdown and all of the details that talked about. It's like it's sort

57:26 our poster child for all of the neurotransmitter systems. There's a seal Colin

57:33 a single colony in and synthesize when have a sealed away and ko'd the

57:40 and they come together and they This is how you remember calling this

57:45 transfer race. That's the chat. they chat they form calling. See

57:53 have a single choline and choline acetylcholine loaded up into the vesicles. Sydell

58:00 gets released on deep polarization. Person a civil calling combined to in the

58:10 now outside the neuro muscular junction. now adding a letter of complexity in

58:15 C. N. S. Acetylcholine iron a tropic receptor channels and it

58:22 also find memorable traffic acetyl coa then protein coupled receptors. So we didn't

58:31 that in the skeletal muscle there's no tropic signaling in the skeletal muscle because

58:36 want skeletal muscles to contract and do it says to do. Because otherwise

58:40 say pick up this thing and I'm trying to pick it up and you're

58:44 neurological problems so settle Colin is loaded . It's released advance to the receptors

58:53 it doesn't stick around the synoptic laughed the synaptic cleft that gets broken down

59:00 a single colonists to race seal. histories will break it down into Colin

59:07 acetic acid and Colin will be co back with sodium into the pre synaptic

59:17 . Where with the help of chat the civil co. A. It

59:22 re synthesize the civil coding molecule. . So it stays at the Exxon

59:31 terminal. So those projections have come the brain stem, let's say.

59:35 dump a pseudo colon in the That little colon gets recycled in the

59:41 . All terminals. There's a civil neurons gets re synthesized here at the

59:48 of the central terminal. So when talked about Alzheimer's disease, I said

59:56 may still have that page that you tracking the symptoms and the pathology,

60:02 hallmarks of the pathology of Alzheimer's And one of the most common Alzheimer's

60:09 are a settler colonist erase inhibitors or necessaries inhibitors. Or if you watch

60:19 sometimes you'll hear commercials, especially towards population drug commercials. That will say

60:27 you on sin medications? Not as am. But see I am like

60:32 Esther is inhibitors because there might be cross effect with colonists inhibitors if you're

60:39 them. So Colin nestor is What do they do? And why

60:44 you target a single Colin? So turns out that acetylcholine cells and acetylcholine

60:51 in the CMS is the most sensitive system In Alzheimer's disease that gets affected

61:01 . Okay, so this is really and interesting because I said I want

61:06 to start thinking about neurotransmitters. They through the day. They also mean

61:11 behavioral states. If you upset the of chemical transmission, if you upset

61:17 balance of synthesis recycling of a single molecules, if you eliminate acetylcholine

61:23 you have a neurological condition have a disorder. So chemical imbalances also are

61:31 of neurological disorders but different neurological disorders be linked to different chemical imbalances.

61:41 when you're talking about depression and treating , you're talking typically about serotonin ergic

61:47 and serotonin systems. When you're talking Alzheimer's medication and the chemical system that

61:55 affected the first and the most is simple cooling system in the C.

61:58 . S. Right? What The acetylcholine neurons start dying so there

62:05 not enough to settle cooling. So main therapeutic strategy in treating Alzheimer's disease

62:13 to prolong or increase the bio availability this acetylcholine molecule in the synoptic left

62:24 if there isn't enough of a single being produced and all of it that

62:29 being produced better bind acetylcholine receptors to a full effect. And if it's

62:35 little bit of it is being released then it's getting degraded, that's not

62:40 cause a strong enough fast synaptic All right, so you introduced a

62:49 colony asteroids inhibitor and you block the of acetylcholine and you prolong the by

62:59 the amount of a civil cold then the duration of time that a single

63:04 can be in the synoptic corrupt, prolongs and increases the ability of this

63:11 signaling through the past in africa Yeah. So now you have another

63:19 of pathology is Colin ergic dysfunction. of Colin ergic neurons in Alzheimer's

63:27 And now you also have a therapeutic , the most common therapeutic treatment.

63:34 It does not cure Alzheimer's disease. does not improve Alzheimer's disease. It

63:43 not improve the symptomology that we're talking . First loss of short term memory

63:48 loss of long term memory, disorientation, inability to take care of

63:54 and then an ability for your brain take care of the body, the

63:59 , the formation of the plaques, formation of the tangles, all of

64:02 pathology. Now you have on top that, death of the colon ergic

64:06 on top of that and on the on anatomical macro scale. You saw

64:13 shrinkage of brain tissues, both the the gray matter but also the white

64:19 tissue. So what does this medication ? Just slows down the progression of

64:23 disease And it's not very effective. then you have to ask yourself a

64:33 if there isn't enough civil Colin produced , how is this going to

64:43 Alright, if there isn't, if cells are dying that produces single colon

64:47 there isn't enough of it produced, is this going to help? It

64:52 a little bit. So it helps stopping the progression of the disease

64:58 It doesn't slows down. It doesn't the progression of the disease. It

65:02 down the progression of the disease. it doesn't develop as fast as severe

65:07 fast. But that's about it. this is the main main Alzheimer's

65:14 there's only one that targets glutamate receptors then the receptors that we'll talk about

65:20 men wanting. But this is the one. So this is good for

65:24 to add on to your therapy. in the previous slide also talked about

65:29 substances that are called organophosphates. So are human made human synthesized. That

65:39 that we didn't isolated from nature but saw what nature produced and then we

65:44 into the lab with chemicals together and to recreate that molecule chemical X.

65:49 organophosphates. Um they're using agricultural fertilizer . Organophosphates are also nerve gasses.

66:01 you've heard potentially of nerve gasses that used in illegal warfare. They're illegal

66:08 as siren S. A. N. Soma. You may have

66:15 of attacks by nerve gasses. The attacks, 1990s, Tokyo Metro.

66:24 gas release. You can look up story. Mm hmm. Chechen

66:32 rubbles taking over the theater in Nerve gasses were released to control them

66:39 also poisoned the people that were locked with them. The hostages.

66:46 look and see what countries like Syria doing. Where you see images of

66:53 villages of the people dying, of animals dying. It's a chemical biological

66:59 . It's the release of the nerve and what the nerve gasses do is

67:05 are civil Colin asteroids inhibitors. So much of a good thing is also

67:11 . And if you have uncontrolled acetylcholine and presence of the civil coding you

67:17 over excitation, You have over contraction when the muscles start contracting too much

67:23 walk into what is called tetanus but cannot contract any longer. So nerve

67:28 is a lot of farms would kill by stopping the contraction of the diaphragm

67:34 and the breathing activity because acetylcholine these organophosphates will prolong the seed alkaline

67:44 there in such a degree that it be too much of it can cause

67:49 can cause epilepsy but three years ago had a special forces medic that was

67:55 my course and he told me about story in Afghanistan and Fallujah where he

68:01 a medic. I was rescuing his that got exposed to the nerve

68:07 So this is something that is happening days. You know, I wouldn't

68:10 surprised that we see some nasty stuff out of Russia and Ukraine because of

68:17 conflict that they started just tonight. don't know if you've heard but there's

68:21 war going on. Russia is invading and the players on the world stage

68:29 are not very good players. Clean . They often reserved to means like

68:35 gasses and nerve gasses. So and you know how it works. So

68:40 will end our lecture, Have a weekend and I will see everyone back

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