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hChR2 and eNpHR3.0 viruses (From BrainVTA) were used for optical activation of orexinergic terminals in the VTA.

The viruses used in this article from BrainVTA are in the table below

Optogenetic	PT-0002 rAAV-Ef1a-DIO-hChR2-mCherry PT-0007 rAAV-Ef1a-DIO-NpHR-mCherry
Control	PT-0013 rAAV-Ef1a-DIO-mCherry

Pub Date: 2019-10-01, DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2019.07.005 Email: [email protected]
J. Li, H. Li, D. Wang, Y. Guo, X. Zhang, M. Ran, C. Yang, Q. Yang and H. Dong
Background: Orexin can facilitate emergence after general anaesthesia via multiple neural pathways. Dopaminergic neurones in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) participate in behavioural arousal from anaesthesia. We investigated the regulation of dopaminergic VTA neurones by orexinergic neurones during emergence from general anaesthesia.
Methods: Orexins were microinjected into the VTA to determine the effects on isoﬂurane anaesthesia induction, emergence, and maintenance. Orexin receptors and dopaminergic neurones in the VTA were identiﬁed using immunoﬂuorescence. Orexinergic terminals in the VTA were optogenetically regulated to detect the endogenous orexin-mediated regulation of dopaminergic neurones during anaesthesia in Hcrt cre rats.
Results: Injection of orexin-A (100 pmol) into the VTA reduced emergence time [from 949 (118) to 727 (101) s; P¼0.0058] and reduced the electroencephalographic burst-suppression ratio (BSR) (26.6 [10.2] % vs 44.3 [6.8] %; P¼0.0027) during isoﬂurane anaesthesia. The percentage of dopaminergic neurones that expressed either orexin-1 receptor or orexin-2 receptor was 73.4
(5.0) % and 74.4 (62.4) %, respectively. Optogenetic activation of orexinergic projections to the VTA reduced the BSR (from 40.5 [2.7] % to 22.4 [11.8] %; P¼0.0019) and facilitated emergence (915 [89] vs 685 [68] s; P¼0.0026), whereas optical inhibition prolonged the time to wakefulness (from 941 [92] to 1279 [250] s; P¼0.011). Dopaminergic neurones in the VTA showed increased ﬁring frequency (387 [78] % of control, P¼0.005) after bath application of orexin-A.
Conclusions: Orexin promotes emergence from isoﬂurane anaesthesia through activation of dopaminergic neurones in the VTA.

Fig 1. Optogenetic activation of orexinergic terminals in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) facilitates emergence.

In order to more fully understand the mechanisms involved in emergence from general anaesthesia, combining a novel Hcrt cre knock-in rat with optogenetic tools(From BrainVTA) to investigate the effects of orexinergic terminals in the VTA, the researchers examined the direct regulation of orexin signaling to dopaminergic neurones in the VTA in brain slices.

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