Alexey P. Bolshakov

Chief of the Department, PhD in Physics and Mathematics

Scopus ID: 36795673900
ORCID ID: 0000-0001-5915-8847
Web of Science ResearcherID: K-4173-2013

One of the main modern hypotheses of brain function is the hypothesis that the processing of information in the brain is associated with changes in the efficiency of synaptic transmission under the influence of stimuli of various nature (synaptic plasticity). Our work is carried out within the framework of this hypothesis and is devoted to the study of the mechanisms underlying the short-term (occurring in the range of seconds, minutes) synaptic plasticity in various synapses in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus. At present, our studies are focused on the modulation mechanisms of short-term synaptic plasticity, in particular, on how the calcium-binding buffer proteins (mainly calretinin) modulate the work of various synapses.

Publication list

Papers

Spivak Y.S., Dobryakova Y.V., Medvedeva T.M., Markevich V.A., Bolshakov A.P. Deep Brain Stimulation of the Medial Septal Area Can Modulate Gene Expression in the Hippocampus of Rats under Urethane Anesthesia. International Journal Of Molecular Sciences. 2022. V. 23. N. 11. P. 6034. DOI: 10.3390/ijms23116034
Volobueva Yu.E., Dobryakova Y.V., Bolshakov A.P., Markevich V.A. Protective Effect of Nerve Growth Factor in the Hippocampus against Disturbances in Synaptic Plasticity Caused by Cholinergic Deficit. Neurochemical Journal. 2022. V. 16. N. 2. P. 147-154. DOI: 10.1134/S1819712422020155
Karan A.A., Spivak Y.S., Gerasimov K.A., Suleymanova E.M., Volobueva M.N., Kvichanskiy A.A., Vinogradova L.V., Bolshakov A.P. CB2 receptors modulate seizure-induced expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines in the hippocampus but not neocortex. Molecular Neurobiology. 2021. DOI: 10.1007/s12035-021-02395-w
Bolshakov A.P., Stepanichev M.Y., Dobryakova Y.V., Spivak Y.S., Markevich V.A. Saporin from Saponaria officinalis as a Tool for Experimental Research, Modeling, and Therapy in Neuroscience. Toxins. 2020. V. 12. N. 9. P. 546. DOI: 10.3390/toxins12090546
Kvichanskiy A.A., Volobueva M.N., Spivak Y.S., Tretyakova L.V., Gulyaeva N.V., Bolshakov A.P. Expression of mRNAs for IL-1β, IL-6, IL-10, TNFα, CX3CL1, and TGFβ1 Cytokines in the Brain Tissues: Assessment of Contribution of Blood Cells with and without Perfusion. Biochemistry (Moscow). 2019. V. 84. N. 8. P. 905-910. DOI: 10.1134/S0006297919080066
Dobryakova Y.V., Kasianov A., Zaichenko M.I., Stepanichev M.Y., Chesnokova E.A., Kolosov P.M., Markevich V.A., Bolshakov A.P. Intracerebroventricular administration of 192IgG-saporin alters expression of microglia-associated genes in the dorsal but not ventral hippocampus. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 2018. V. 10. P. 429. DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2017.00429
Shaydurov V.A., Kasianov A., Bolshakov A.P. Analysis of Housekeeping Genes for Accurate Normalization of qPCR Data During Early Postnatal Brain Development. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience. 2018. V. 64. N. 3. P. 431-439. DOI: 10.1007/s12031-018-1037-y
Kvichansky A.A., Volobueva M.N., Manolova A.O., Bolshakov A.P., Gulyaeva N.V. Neonatal proinflammatory stress alters the expression of genes of corticosteroid receptors in the rat hippocampus: Septo-temporal differences. Neurochemical Journal. 2017. V. 11. N. 3. P. 255-258. DOI: 10.1134/S1819712417030059
Rozov A.V., Valiullina F.F., Bolshakov A.P. Mechanisms of long-term plasticity of hippocampal GABAergic synapses. Biochemistry (Moscow). 2017. V. 82. N. 3. P. 257-263. DOI: 10.1134/S0006297917030038
Volkova E.P., Rozov A.V., Nadareishvili G.G., Bolshakov A.P. Corticosterone Induces Rapid Increase in the Amplitude of Inhibitory Response in Hippocampal Synapses with Asynchronous GABA Release. Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine. 2016. V. 160. N. 5. P. 628-631. DOI: 10.1007/s10517-016-3234-4
Suntsova M., Gogvadze E.V., Salozhin S., Gaifullin N., Eroshkin F., Dmitriev S.E., Martynova N., Kulikov K., Malakhova G., Tukhbatova G., Bolshakov A.P., Ghilarov D., Garazha A., Aliper A., Cantor C.R., Solokhin Y., Roumiantsev S., Balaban P.M., Zhavoronkov A., Buzdin A. Human-specific endogenous retroviral insert serves as an enhancer for the schizophrenia-linked gene PRODH. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2013. V. 110. N. 48. P. 19472-19477. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1318172110
Suntsova M., Gogvadze E.V., Salozhin S., Gaifullin N., Eroshkin F., Dmitriev S.E., Martynova O.V., Kulikov M.A., Malakhova G., Tukhbatova G., Bolshakov A.P., Ghilarov D., Garazha A., Aliper A., Cantor C.R., Solokhin Y., Roumiantsev S., Balaban P.M., Zhavoronkov A., Buzdin A. Human-specific endogenous retroviral insert serves as an enhancer for the schizophrenia-linked gene PRODH. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2013. V. 110. N. 48. P. 19472-19477. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1318172110
Brustovetsky T., Bolshakov A.P., Brustovetsky N. Calpain activation and Na+/Ca2+ exchanger degradation occur downstream of calcium deregulation in hippocampal neurons exposed to excitotoxic glutamate. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 2010. V. 88. N. 6. P. 1317-1328. DOI: 10.1002/jnr.22295
Helbig I., Sammler E., Eliava M., Bolshakov A.P., Rozov A., Bruzzone R., Monyer H., Hormuzdi S.G. In vivo evidence for the involvement of the carboxy terminal domain in assembling connexin 36 at the electrical synapse. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 2010. V. 45. N. 1. P. 47-58. DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2010.05.008
Salozhin S.V., Bolshakov A.P. Transfection of nerve cells. Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology. 2010. V. 40. N. 3. P. 269-277. DOI: 10.1007/s11055-010-9254-z
Salozhin S.V., Bolshakov A.P. Transfection of the nervous system cells. Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deiatelnosti im I P Pavlova. 2009. V. 59. N. 1. P. 3-14.
Bolshakov A.P., Mikhailova M.M., Szabadkai G., Pinelis V.G., Brustovetsky N., Rizzuto R., Khodorov B.I. Measurements of mitochondrial pH in cultured cortical neurons clarify contribution of mitochondrial pore to the mechanism of glutamate-induced delayed Ca2+ deregulation. Cell Calcium. 2008. V. 43. N. 6. P. 602-614. DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2007.10.005
Souslova E.A., Belousov V.V., Lock J.G., Stromblad S., Kasparov S., Bolshakov A.P., Pinelis V.G., Labas Y.A., Lukyanov S., Mayr L.M., Chudakov D.M. Single fluorescent protein-based Ca2+ sensors with increased dynamic range. BMC Biotechnology. 2007. V. 7. P. 37. DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-7-37
Shalbuyeva N., Brustovetsky T., Bolshakov A.P., Brustovetsky N. Calcium-dependent spontaneously reversible remodeling of brain mitochondria. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2006. V. 281. N. 49. P. 37547-37558. DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M607263200
Surin A.M., Bolshakov A.P., Mikhailova M.M., Sorokina E.G., Senilova Y.E., Pinelis V.G., Khodorov B.I. Arachidonic acid enhances intracellular [Ca2+]i increase and mitochondrial depolarization induced by glutamate in cerebellar granule cells. Biochemistry (Mosc). 2006. V. 71. N. 8. P. 864-870.
Bolshakov A.P., Onufriev M.V., Khanicheva N.A., Stepanichev M.Y., Chabak-Garbach R.., Ajrapetiantz M.G., Gulyaeva N.V. Effect of early social isolation on nitric oxide synthase activity in rat brain. Nejrokhimija. 2001. V. 18. P. 262-266.