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The Journal of Neuroscience, March 1, 1999, 19(5):1824-1835

Major Changes in the Brain Histamine System of the Ground Squirrel Citellus lateralis during Hibernation

Tina Sallmen¹, Alexander L. Beckman², Toni L. Stanton³, Krister S. Eriksson¹, Juhani Tarhanen⁴, Leena Tuomisto⁵, and Pertti Panula¹

¹ Department of Biology, Åbo Akademi University, Åbo/Turku, Finland, Departments of ² Psychology, and ³ Biological Sciences, California State University, Long Beach, California, and Departments of ⁴ Environmental Sciences, and ⁵ Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland

Hibernation in mammals such as the rodent hibernator Citellus lateralis is a physiological state in which CNS activity is endogenously maintained at a very low, but functionally responsive, level. The neurotransmitter histamine is involved in the regulation of diurnal rhythms and body temperature in nonhibernators and, therefore, could likely play an important role in maintaining the hibernating state. In this study, we show that histamine neuronal systems undergo major changes during hibernation that are consistent with such a role. Immunohistochemical mapping of histaminergic fibers in the brains of hibernating and nonhibernating golden-mantled ground squirrels (C. lateralis) showed a clear increase in fiber density during the hibernating state. The tissue levels of histamine and its first metabolite tele-methylhistamine were also elevated throughout the brain of hibernating animals, suggesting an increase in histamine turnover during hibernation, which occurs without an increase in histidine decarboxylase mRNA expression. This hibernation-related apparent augmentation of histaminergic neurotransmission was particularly evident in the hypothalamus and hippocampus, areas of importance to the control of the hibernating state, in which tele-methylhistamine levels were increased more than threefold. These changes in the histamine neuronal system differ from those reported for the metabolic pattern in other monoaminergic systems during hibernation, which generally indicate a decrease in turnover. Our results suggest that the influence of histamine neuronal systems may be important in controlling CNS activity during hibernation.

Key words: hibernation; CNS; hippocampus; hypothalamus; preoptic area; septum; histamine; tele-methylhistamine; monoamine

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