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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY
卷 745, 期 -, 页码 84-90出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2014.10.026
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Tadalafil; Hippocampus; Phosphodiesterase; Memory
Tadalafil, a type-5 phosphodiesterase enzyme inhibitor with long half-life used to treat erectile dysfunction. Recently it has been reported that tadalafil improves cognitive function. Here, we aimed to investigate the age dependent effects of tadalatil on memory, locomotor, behavior, and oxidative stress in the hippocampus. Tadalatil was orally administered everyday (5 mg/kg) to young (2 months) and old (16 months) healthy mice for 4 weeks. Control mice from each group received equal volume of 0.9% normal saline for the same duration. Memory and locomotor activity were tested using radial arm maze and open field test respectively. The level of malondialdehyde (MDA), nitric oxide (NO), and advanced protein oxidation product (APOP) was analyzed and catalase activity was determined from the isolated hippocampus. Treatment with tadalafil in aged mice improves working memory than the corresponding tadalafil treated young mice in radial arm maze test. Tadalafil treated mice traveled less distance in the center and the mean speed of tadalafil treated aged mice was significantly lower than the tadalafil treated young mice in open field Lest. Tadalafil treatment elicited a decrease of MDA level in the hippocampus of aged mice than that of young mice. APOP level was decreased only in aged mice treated with Ladalafil. Treatment with Ladalafil decreased NO and increased catalase activity in both young and aged mice. On the basis of previous and our findings, we conclude that taclalafil treatment reduces oxidative stress while increased cGMP level in the hippocarnpus might be responsible for memory enhancement. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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