期刊
NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE
卷 45, 期 3, 页码 1111-1120出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2011.12.031
关键词
Social isolation; Amyloid-beta peptide; Long-term potentiation; Learning and memory; Alzheimer's disease; N-acetylcysteine
资金
- National Science Council [NSC100-2321-B-006-002, NSC99-2923-B-006-001-MY3]
- National Health Research Institute of Taiwan [NHRI-EX101-10117NI]
Epidemiological study reveals that socially isolated persons have increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD). Whether this risk arises from an oxidative stress is unclear. Here we show that N-acetylcysteine (NAC), an anti-oxidant, is capable of preventing social isolation-induced accelerated impairment of contextual fear memory and rundown of hippocampal LTP in 3-month old APP/PS1 mice. Increased hippocampal levels of gamma-secretase activity, A beta-40 and A beta-42 seen in the isolated APP/PS1 mice were reduced by chronic treatment of NAC. In addition, social isolation-induced increase in calpain activity and p25/p35 ratio concomitant with decrease in membrane-associated p35 and p35/Cdk5 activity was normalized by NAC. NAC pretreatment also reversed isolation-induced decrease in GluR1 Ser831 phosphorylation, surface expression of AMPARs and p35-GluR1-CaMKII interactions. These results suggest that NAC decreases gamma-secretase activity resulting in the attenuation of A beta production, calpain activity and conversion of p35 to p25 which stabilized p35-GluR1-CaMKII interactions and restored GluR1 and GluR2 surface expression. Our results indicate that NAC is effective in mouse models of AD and has translation potential for the human disorder. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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