期刊
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH
卷 87, 期 16, 页码 3658-3670出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.22159
关键词
fustin; beta-amyloid; hippocampus; muscarinic M1 receptor; learning and memory
资金
- Ministry of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea [2009K001253]
- Ministry of Education, Culture. Sports, Science and Technology, Japan [20072011]
- BK 21 program
Natural flavonoids ameliorate amyloid-beta peptide (A beta)-induced neurotoxicity. We examined whether the fustin flavonoid affects A beta-induced learning impairment in mice. Repeated treatment with fustin significantly attenuated A beta (1-42)-induced conditioned fear and passive avoidance behaviors. This effect was comparable to that of EGb761, a standard extract of ginkgo. Fustin treatment significantly prevented decreases in acetylcholine (ACh) levels, choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) activity, and ChAT gene expression induced by A beta (1-42). Fustin also consistently suppressed increases in acetyl cholinesterase (AChE) activity and AChE gene expression induced by A beta (1-42). In addition, fustin significantly attenuated A beta (1-42)-induced selective decreases in muscarinic M1 receptor gene expression and muscarinic M1 receptor binding activity (as determined by [H-3]pirenzepine binding) by modulating extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK 1/2) and cAMP response-element binding protein (CREB) phosphorylation and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) expression. These effects of fustin were reversed by treatment with dicyclomine, a muscarinic M1 receptor antagonist, and SL327, a selective ERK inhibitor, but not by chelerythrine, a pan-protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor. Taken together, our results suggest that fustin attenuates A beta (1-42)-impaired learning, and that the ERK/CREB/BDNF pathway is important for the M1 receptor-mediated cognition-enhancing effects of fustin. (C) 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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