کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
6277446 1295759 2009 12 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Cellular prion protein modulates age-related behavioral and neurochemical alterations in mice
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علم عصب شناسی علوم اعصاب (عمومی)
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Cellular prion protein modulates age-related behavioral and neurochemical alterations in mice
چکیده انگلیسی
The cellular prion protein (PrPC) is a neuronal-anchored glycoprotein that has been associated with various functions in the CNS such as synaptic plasticity, cognitive processes and neuroprotection. Here we investigated age-related behavioral and neurochemical alterations in wild-type (Prnp+/+), PrPC knockout (Prnp0/0) and the PrPC overexpressing Tg-20 mice. Three- or 11 month-old animals were submitted to a battery of behavioral tasks including open field, activity cages, elevated plus-maze, social recognition and inhibitory avoidance tasks. The 11 month-old Prnp+/+ and Prnp0/0 mice exhibited significant impairments in their locomotor activity and social recognition memory and increased anxiety-related responses. Remarkably, Tg-20 mice did not present these age-related impairments. The i.c.v. infusion of STI1 peptide 230-245, which includes the PrPC binding site, improved the age-related social recognition deficits in Prnp+/+. In comparison with the two other age-matched genotypes, the 11 month-old Tg-20 mice also exhibited reduced activity of seric acetylcholinesterase, increased expression of the protein synaptophysin and decreased caspase-3 positive-cells in the hippocampus. The present findings obtained with genetic and pharmacological approaches provide convincing evidence that PrPC exerts a critical role in the age-related behavioral deficits in mice probably through adaptive mechanisms including apoptotic pathways and synaptic plasticity.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Neuroscience - Volume 164, Issue 3, 15 December 2009, Pages 896-907
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