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Orthosiphon stamineus Standardized Extract Reverses Streptozotocin-induced Alzheimer's Disease-Like Condition in a Rat Model. Biomedicines 2020; 8:biomedicines8050104. [PMID: 32365983 PMCID: PMC7277846 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines8050104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2020] [Revised: 04/28/2020] [Accepted: 04/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a chronic neurodegenerative brain disease that is characterized by impairment in cognitive functioning as well as the presence of intraneuronal neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) and extracellular senile plaques. There is a growing interest in the potential of phytochemicals to improve memory, learning, and general cognitive abilities. The Malaysian herb Orthosiphon stamineus is a traditional remedy that possesses anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, and free-radical scavenging abilities, all of which are known to protect against AD. Previous studies have reported that intracerebroventricular (ICV) administration of streptozotocin (STZ) mimics a condition similar to that observed in AD. This experiment thus aimed to explore if an ethanolic leaf extract of O. stamineus has the potential to be a novel treatment for AD in a rat model and can reverse the STZ- induced learning and memory dysfunction. The results of this study indicate that O. stamineus has the potential to be potentially effective against AD-like condition, as both behavioral models employed in this study was observed to be able to reverse memory impairment. Treatment with the extract was able to decrease the up-regulated expression levels of amyloid precursor protein (APP), microtubule associated protein tau (MAPT), Nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells (NFᴋB), glycogen synthase kinase 3 alpha (GSK3α), and glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta (GSK3β) genes indicating the extract’s neuroprotective ability. These research findings suggest that the O. stamineus ethanolic extract demonstrated an improved effect on memory, and hence, could serve as a potential therapeutic target for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases such as AD.
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Elcioğlu HK, Aslan E, Ahmad S, Alan S, Salva E, Elcioglu ÖH, Kabasakal L. Tocilizumab's effect on cognitive deficits induced by intracerebroventricular administration of streptozotocin in Alzheimer's model. Mol Cell Biochem 2016; 420:21-8. [PMID: 27443846 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-016-2762-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2016] [Accepted: 07/09/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Neuroinflammation plays pivotal roles in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). IL-6 is pleiotropic cytokine which plays significant pathological role in inflammatory diseases and causes prolonged inflammation. Additionally, IL-6 activates microglia cells and enhances the accumulation of amyloid-β peptides. Moreover, IL-6 signal transduction is mediated by membrane-bound and soluble IL-6 receptors. Tocilizumab which is a humanized anti-human IL-6 receptor (IL-6R) monoclonal antibody binds to both of these receptors and inhibits IL-6 signaling by this route. The objective was to investigate tocilizumab's potential effects in the treatment of AD. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into three groups: sham (control), streptozotocin (STZ), and tocilizumab-STZ. We used a single dose of intracerebroventricular (ICV) tocilizumab, beginning 1 h prior to injection of STZ for 3 weeks. The rats in STZ and tocilizumab-STZ groups were given ICV-STZ (3 mg/kg). Behavioral parameters were evaluated on days 17-20 and the rats were sacrificed on day-21 to examine histopathological changes. STZ injection caused significant decrease in the mean escape latency in passive avoidance and also declined the performance improvement in Morris water maze tests. Tocilizumab-STZ group significantly improved learning and spatial memory functions by increasing RLT in the passive avoidance and by shortening escape latency in reaching the platform in the Morris water maze. Histopathological changes were examined using hematoxylin and eosin and immunohistochemical (IHC) stainings. IHC analysis revealed that while protein expressions of amyloid-ß (3.5 ± 0.2) and IL-6 (2.9 ± 0.4) showed intense immune-positivity in STZ group, amyloid-ß (1.3 ± 0.1) and IL-6 (1.5 ± 0.2) immunoreactivities were substantially decreased in tocilizumab treatment group. We conclude that tocilizumab treatment attenuated significantly STZ-induced cognitive impairment and histopathological changes. Further studies would be desirable to investigate clinically relevant protective effects of tocilizumab in AD.
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- H Kübra Elcioğlu
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Marmara University, Tıbbiye St. No: 49, Haydarpaşa, Istanbul, 34688, Turkey.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Marmara University, Tıbbiye St. No: 49, Haydarpaşa, Istanbul, 34688, Turkey
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- Florida Hospital Medical Center, 2501 N. Orange Ave., Suite 786, Orlando, FL, 32804, USA.
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- Department of Pathology, Malatya State Hospital, Malatya, Turkey
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Inönü University, Malatya, Turkey
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Marmara University, Tıbbiye St. No: 49, Haydarpaşa, Istanbul, 34688, Turkey
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Kübra Elçioğlu H, Kabasakal L, Tufan F, Elçioğlu ÖH, Solakoglu S, Kotil T, Karan MA. Effects of systemic Thalidomide and intracerebroventricular Etanercept and Infliximab administration in a Streptozotocin induced dementia model in rats. Acta Histochem 2015; 117:176-81. [PMID: 25596877 DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2014.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2014] [Revised: 12/03/2014] [Accepted: 12/04/2014] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) upregulation enhances amyloid β (Aβ) induced neurotoxicity in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Intracerebroventricular streptozotocin (STZ) administration causes pathological changes and cognitive deficits similar to those seen in AD by causing impairment of brain glucose and energy metabolism. Recent reports indicate a protective role of Thalidomide, Etanercept, and Infliximab, all of which have anti-TNF-α activity, against cognitive and neuropathological changes in experimental and clinical studies. We aimed to investigate the protective effects of Thalidomide, Etanercept, and Infliximab in a rat model of intracerebroventricular STZ-induced dementia. Sprague-Dawley rats (250-300g) were separated to sham (n=6) and STZ (n=24) groups. The STZ group was divided into four groups (STZ, STZ-thalidomide, STZ-etanercept, and STZ-infliximab). Morris's water maze (MWM) and passive avoidance (PA) tests were performed. At the end of the third week, brain tissues were obtained. Histopathological analysis, immunohistochemistry, and electron microscopic examinations were done. The improvement performance of the STZ group was significantly reduced in the MWM test (p<0.001). Compared with the STZ, STZ-thalidomide, STZ-etanercept, and STZ-infliximab groups had significantly better performance (p<0.001, <0.05 and <0.05, respectively) in the MWM test. STZ administration caused a significant decrease in the mean escape latency in PA reflex (p<0.001). Thalidomide, Etanercept, and Infliximab were associated with better PA reflexes compared to the STZ group (p<0.001 for all). Morphological and immunohistochemical results showed increased neurodegenerative changes compared to sham group. Our findings are in line with the findings reported in the literature and encourage further studies with TNF-α antagonists, in particular Thalidomide.
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Lecanu L, Papadopoulos V. Modeling Alzheimer's disease with non-transgenic rat models. ALZHEIMERS RESEARCH & THERAPY 2013; 5:17. [PMID: 23634826 PMCID: PMC3706888 DOI: 10.1186/alzrt171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Alzheimer's disease (AD), for which there is no cure, is the most common form of dementia in the elderly. Despite tremendous efforts by the scientific community, the AD drug development pipeline remains extremely limited. Animal models of disease are a cornerstone of any drug development program and should be as relevant as possible to the disease, recapitulating the disease phenotype with high fidelity, to meaningfully contribute to the development of a successful therapeutic agent. Over the past two decades, transgenic models of AD based on the known genetic origins of familial AD have significantly contributed to our understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved in the onset and progression of the disease. These models were extensively used in AD drug development. The numerous reported failures of new treatments for AD in clinical trials indicate that the use of genetic models of AD may not represent the complete picture of AD in humans and that other types of animal models relevant to the sporadic form of the disease, which represents 95% of AD cases, should be developed. In this review, we will discuss the evolution of non-transgenic rat models of AD and how these models may open new avenues for drug development.
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- Laurent Lecanu
- The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Royal Victoria Hospital, 687 Pine avenue West, room L2-05, Montreal H3A 1A1, QC, Canada ; Department of Medicine, McGill University, Royal Victoria Hospital, 687 Pine avenue West, room L2-05, Montreal H3A 1A1, QC, Canada
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- The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Royal Victoria Hospital, 687 Pine avenue West, room L2-05, Montreal H3A 1A1, QC, Canada ; Department of Medicine, McGill University, Royal Victoria Hospital, 687 Pine avenue West, room L2-05, Montreal H3A 1A1, QC, Canada ; Departments of Biochemistry and Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, McIntyre Medical Sciences Bldg, 3655 Promenade Sir-William-Osler, room 1325, Montreal Quebec, Canada H3G 1Y6
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Elçioğlu HK, Kabasakal L, Alan S, Şalva E, Tufan F, Karan MA. Thalidomide attenuates learning and memory deficits induced by intracerebroventricular administration of streptozotocin in rats. Biotech Histochem 2012; 88:145-52. [DOI: 10.3109/10520295.2012.744471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Reeta K, Mehla J, Gupta YK. Curcumin is protective against phenytoin-induced cognitive impairment and oxidative stress in rats. Brain Res 2009; 1301:52-60. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.09.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2009] [Revised: 09/04/2009] [Accepted: 09/06/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Sharma M, Gupta YK. Effect of alpha lipoic acid on intracerebroventricular streptozotocin model of cognitive impairment in rats. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 2003; 13:241-7. [PMID: 12888183 DOI: 10.1016/s0924-977x(03)00008-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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In the present study, the effect of alpha lipoic acid, a potent free radical scavenger, was investigated against the intracerebroventricular streptozotocin model of cognitive impairment in rats, which is characterized by a progressive deterioration of memory, cerebral glucose and energy metabolism, and oxidative stress. Wistar rats were injected with intracerebroventricular streptozotocin bilaterally. The rats were treated chronically with alpha lipoic acid (50, 100 and 200 mg/kg) orally for 21 days starting from day 1 of streptozotocin injection in separate groups. The learning and memory behavior was evaluated and the rats were sacrificed for estimation of oxidative stress. The intracerebroventricular streptozotocin rats treated with alpha lipoic acid (200 mg/kg, p.o.) showed significantly less cognitive impairment as compared to the vehicle treated rats. There was also an insignificant increase in oxidative stress in the alpha lipoic acid treated groups. The study demonstrated the effectiveness of alpha lipoic acid in preventing cognitive impairment and oxidative stress induced by intracerebroventricular streptozotocin and its potential in dementia associated with age and age related neurodegenerative disorders where oxidative stress is involved such as Alzheimer's disease.
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- Monisha Sharma
- Neuropharmacology Laboratory, Department of Pharmacology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India
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Gupta YK, Sinha K, Chaudhary G. Transient focal ischemia induces motor deficit but does not impair the cognitive function in middle cerebral artery occlusion model of stroke in rats. J Neurol Sci 2002; 203-204:267-71. [PMID: 12417396 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-510x(02)00303-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The effect on cognition was evaluated in the transient ischemia model of stroke in rats. Male Wistar rats were subjected to 2 h of transient ischemia by occluding the middle cerebral artery using the 4-0 intraluminal nylon thread. Neurological tests performed after 24 h, 7 and 15 days of middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion showed motor impairment as evidenced by decrease in the rota rod performance test. This was also confirmed histologically. However, when the learning and memory tests were performed, no change was observed in the learning and behavior as evidenced by insignificant difference in the retention latency in the passive avoidance test (334+/-31 s) and the transfer latency in the elevated plus maze (11+/-4.5 s) as compared to the sham-operated rats 369+/-34 and 8+/-1.7 s, respectively. The results of the present study demonstrates that transient occlusion of middle cerebral artery does not impair the learning and memory behavior of the rats.
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- Yogendra K Gupta
- Neuropharmacology Laboratory, Department of Pharmacology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India.
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Sharma M, Gupta YK. Chronic treatment with trans resveratrol prevents intracerebroventricular streptozotocin induced cognitive impairment and oxidative stress in rats. Life Sci 2002; 71:2489-98. [PMID: 12270754 DOI: 10.1016/s0024-3205(02)02083-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 202] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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We have recently shown free radical generation is associated with cognitive impairment in intracerebroventricular (ICV) streptozotocin (STZ) model of sporadic dementia of Alzheimer's type in rats. Trans resveratrol is a polyphenolic compound and is known to have antioxidant activity. In the present study, the effect of trans resveratrol was investigated on ICV STZ induced cognitive impairment and oxidative stress in rats. Adult male Wistar rats were injected with ICV STZ bilaterally, on day 1 and day 3. The learning and memory behavior was assessed using passive avoidance paradigms, elevated plus maze and the closed field activity test while the parameters of oxidative stress assessed were malondialdehyde [MDA] and glutathione. The rats were treated with trans resveratrol chronically at doses of 10 and 20 mg/kg,i.p. for 21 days starting from day 1 of STZ injection. Trans resveratrol treatment significantly prevented ICV STZ induced cognitive impairment. There was a rise in brain glutathione and an insignificant increase in brain MDA in trans resveratrol treated ICV STZ rats as compared to significantly elevated brain MDA levels in the vehicle treated ICV STZ animals. The study demonstrates the effectiveness of trans resveratrol in preventing the cognitive deficits as well as the oxidative stress caused by ICV STZ in rats and it's potential in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease.
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- Monisha Sharma
- Neuropharmacology Laboratory, Department of Pharmacology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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Sharma M, Gupta YK. Effect of chronic treatment of melatonin on learning, memory and oxidative deficiencies induced by intracerebroventricular streptozotocin in rats. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2001; 70:325-31. [PMID: 11701204 DOI: 10.1016/s0091-3057(01)00611-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Intracerebroventricular (ICV) streptozotocin (STZ) has been shown to cause cognitive impairment, which is associated with free radical generation in the brain of rats. Melatonin is a potent free radical scavenger and antioxidant. In the present study, the effect of melatonin was investigated against ICV STZ induced cognitive impairment and oxidative stress in rats. Adult male Wistar rats were injected with ICV STZ (3 mg/kg) bilaterally. The rats were treated with STZ twice, on days 1 and 3. The learning and memory behavior was assessed using passive avoidance paradigms, elevated plus maze and the closed field activity while the parameters of oxidative stress assessed were malondialdehyde (MDA) and glutathione. The rats were treated chronically with melatonin for 21 days starting from day 1 of STZ injection. The learning and memory behavior was evaluated on days 17, 18 and 19 and the rats were sacrificed on day 21 for estimation of MDA and glutathione. The rats treated with melatonin showed significantly less cognitive impairment. There was also insignificant increase in brain MDA and decrease in glutathione levels in melatonin-treated ICV STZ rats as compared to the vehicle-treated ICV STZ animals. The study demonstrates the effectiveness of melatonin in preventing the cognitive deficits as well as the oxidative stress caused by ICV STZ in rats and suggests it's potential in age and age-related neurodegenerative disorders where oxidative stress and cognitive impairment are involved.
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- M Sharma
- Neuropharmacology Laboratory, Department of Pharmacology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India
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Lim DK, Oh YH, Kim HS. Impairments of learning and memory following intracerebroventricular administration of AF64A in rats. Arch Pharm Res 2001; 24:234-9. [PMID: 11440084 DOI: 10.1007/bf02978264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Three types of learning and memory tests (Morris water maze, active and passive avoidance) were performed in rats following intracerebroventricular infusion of ethylcholine aziridium (AF64A). In Morris water maze, AF64A-treated rats showed the delayed latencies to find the platform from 6th day after the infusion. In pretrained rats, AF64A caused the significant delay of latency at 7th day, but not 8th day. In the active avoidance for the pre-trained rats, the escape latency was significantly delayed in AF64A-treatment. The percentages of avoidance in AF64A-treated rats were less increased than those in the control. Especially, the percentage of no response in the AF64A-treated rats was markedly increased in the first half trials. In the passive avoidance, AF64A-treated rats shortened the latency 1.5 h after the electronic shock, but not 24 h. AF64A also caused the pretrained rats to shorten the latency 7th day after the infusion, but not 8th day. These results indicate that AF64A might impair the learning and memory. However, these results indicate that the disturbed memory by AF64A might rapidly recover after the first retrain. Furthermore, these results suggest that AF64A may be a useful agent for the animal model of learning for spatial cognition.
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- D K Lim
- College of Pharmacy and the Institute for Drug Development, Chonnam National University, Kwangju, Korea.
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Nishiike S, Uno A, Kubo T, Yamatodani A, Takeda N, Nakamura S. Effect of AF64A, a cholinergic neurotoxin, on footshock stimulation-induced locus coeruleus excitation in rats. Neurosci Lett 2001; 302:33-6. [PMID: 11278105 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(01)01642-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We studied the effect of ethylcholine mustard aziridinium ion (AF64A), a cholinergic neurotoxin, on the footshock stimulation (FS)-induced excitation of the locus coeruleus (LC) neurons in rats. The FS-evoked LC excitation was significantly reduced in AF64A-treated rats, in comparison with normal rats. In particular, the early component of LC excitation was less pronounced. The number of choline acetyltransferase immunoreactive neurons in the septal complex was significantly lower than those in normal rats, except for in the ventral subgroup. These findings suggest that the cholinergic neuron system is involved in the early component of LC excitation in rats.
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- S Nishiike
- Department of Otolaryngology and Sensory Organ Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita 565-0871, Osaka, Japan.
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Ghelardini C, Galeotti N, Bartolini A. Pro-cognitive activity induced in the rat by low doses of R-(+)-hyoscyamine. Fitoterapia 2000; 71 Suppl 1:S124-30. [PMID: 10930723 DOI: 10.1016/s0367-326x(00)00187-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In the passive-avoidance test R-(+)-hyoscyamine (10-100 microg kg(-1) i.p.) prevented amnesia induced by antimuscarinic treatment with AF-64A and benzhexol. The antiamnesic effect of R-(+)-hyoscyamine was comparable to that exerted by the cholinesterase inhibitor physostigmine (0.2 mg kg(-1) i.p) and the M(1) selective agonist AF-102B (10 mg kg(-1) i.p.). In the social learning test, R-(+)-hyoscyamine (10-100 microg kg(-1) i.p.) in adults rats, reduced the duration of active exploration of the familiar partner in the second session of the test similar to the nootropic drug piracetam (30 mg kg(-1) i.p.). These results demonstrated the ability of R-(+)-hyoscyamine to modulate memory functions and suggest that R-(+)-hyoscyamine could be useful in the treatment of cognitive deficits.
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- C Ghelardini
- Department of Pharmacology, Viale G. Pieraccini 6, 1-50139, Florence, Italy
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van der Zee EA, Luiten PG. Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors in the hippocampus, neocortex and amygdala: a review of immunocytochemical localization in relation to learning and memory. Prog Neurobiol 1999; 58:409-71. [PMID: 10380240 DOI: 10.1016/s0301-0082(98)00092-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 206] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Immunocytochemical mapping studies employing the extensively used monoclonal anti-muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (mAChR) antibody M35 are reviewed. We focus on three neuronal muscarinic cholinoceptive substrates, which are target regions of the cholinergic basal forebrain system intimately involved in cognitive functions: the hippocampus; neocortex; and amygdala. The distribution and neurochemistry of mAChR-immunoreactive cells as well as behaviorally induced alterations in mAChR-immunoreactivity (ir) are described in detail. M35+ neurons are viewed as cells actively engaged in neuronal functions in which the cholinergic system is typically involved. Phosphorylation and subsequent internalization of muscarinic receptors determine the immunocytochemical outcome, and hence M35 as a tool to visualize muscarinic receptors is less suitable for detection of the entire pool of mAChRs in the central nervous system (CNS). Instead, M35 is sensitive to and capable of detecting alterations in the physiological condition of muscarinic receptors. Therefore, M35 is an excellent tool to localize alterations in cellular cholinoceptivity in the CNS. M35-ir is not only determined by acetylcholine (ACh), but by any substance that changes the phosphorylation/internalization state of the mAChR. An important consequence of this proposition is that other neurotransmitters than ACh (especially glutamate) can regulate M35-ir and the cholinoceptive state of a neuron, and hence the functional properties of a neuron. One of the primary objectives of this review is to provide a synthesis of our data and literature data on mAChR-ir. We propose a hypothesis for the role of muscarinic receptors in learning and memory in terms of modulation between learning and recall states of brain areas at the postsynaptic level as studied by way of immunocytochemistry employing the monoclonal antibody M35.
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- E A van der Zee
- Department of Zoology, University of Groningen, Haren, The Netherlands.
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Ghelardini C, Galeotti N, Gualtieri F, Scapecchi S, Bartolini A. Improvement of cognitive functions by the acetylcholine releaser SM 21. Drug Dev Res 1999. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2299(199907)47:3<118::aid-ddr2>3.0.co;2-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Tellioğlu T, Erin N, Akin SB, Berkman K, Oktay S. Alteration of cholinergic pressor and antinociceptive responses in rats pretreated with the cholinergic toxin AF64A. GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY 1998; 30:525-31. [PMID: 9522170 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-3623(97)00298-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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1. In the present study, the pressor and antinociceptive effects of physostigmine and oxotremorine were investigated in rats injected with AF64A intracerebroventricularly. 2. Physostigmine (50-100 micrograms/kg, i.v.)-induced pressor responses were significantly lower in AF64A-injected rats compared with saline-injected animals, whereas oxotremorine (20-80 micrograms/kg, i.v.)-induced responses were found to be similar to those seen in the saline group. 3. The physostigmine (100 micrograms/kg, s.c.)-induced antinociceptive effect was totally abolished by AF64A treatment, but that of oxotremorine (30 micrograms/kg, s.c.) remained unchanged at the tail-flick test. 4. The results of this study present functional evidence for AF64A-produced substantial loss of cholinergic neurons involved in the regulation of blood pressure and nociception but not in postsynaptic muscarinic receptors.
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- T Tellioğlu
- Department of Pharmacology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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Lermontova N, Lukoyanov N, Serkova T, Lukoyanova E, Bachurin S. Effects of tacrine on deficits in active avoidance performance induced by AF64A in rats. MOLECULAR AND CHEMICAL NEUROPATHOLOGY 1998; 33:51-61. [PMID: 9493176 DOI: 10.1007/bf02815859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Effects of tacrine (1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-9-aminocridine) on memory deficits in rats treated with ethylcholine aziridinium ion (AF64A) were studied using active avoidance test in the two-way shuttle box. Neurotoxin AF64A injected at a dose of 6 nmol (i.c.v., bilaterally) causes nonspecific tissue damage in hippocampal fields CA2 and CA3. Two weeks after treatment with 6 nmol, AF64A active avoidance performance of toxin-treated rats was significantly deteriorated compared to vehicle-treated animals estimated in learning test (68 +/- 3.5 and 83 +/- 3.2% of correct responses, respectively; p < 0.01) and in retention test (53 +/- 5 and 76 +/- 3.6%, respectively; p < 0.01). Under these conditions, chronic treatment with tacrine at a daily dose of 1 mg/kg for 12-14 d reverses the effect of AF64A on the active avoidance performance both in learning (78 +/- 3.2%) and retention (72 +/- 4%) tests. It is supposed that behavioral effects of tacrine considerably depend on a severity of neurodegeneration in the hippocampus.
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- N Lermontova
- Laboratory of Neurochemistry, Institute of Physiologically Active Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
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Ma Y, Lim DK. Effects of I.C.V. administration of ethylcholine aziridinium (AF64A) on the central glutamatergic nervous systems in rats. Arch Pharm Res 1997; 20:39-45. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02974040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/1996] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Based on numerous reports in the literature since 1980, one can now conclude that ethylcholine aziridinium (AF64A) is selective for the cholinergic system in vivo, and that the effect is both dose- and site-dependent. Thus, AF64A treatment, under the correct conditions of dose and time will result in selective reductions in levels of ACh, AChE, ChAT, HAChT, and K(+)- and ouabain-stimulated release of ACh. While other neurotransmitters may also be affected in brains of AF64A treated rats, the effect is only transient and is most probably secondary to the initial cholinergic deficit-induced by AF64A, reflecting an adaptive reaction of these neurotransmitter systems, which are normally integrated with cholinergic interconnections, to the cholinergic deficiency induced by AF64A. This paper provides a historical perspective for the development of AF64A as a selective cholinotoxin, and surveys its potential mechanisms of action at the neurochemical and molecular levels. Moreover, the availability of an animal model such as the AF64A-treated rat, in which the cholinergic system has been compromised selectively for an extended period of time, has allowed investigators to study a wide variety of questions that relate to factors controlling cholinergic function in vivo. Several key illustrations are presented at the end of this paper.
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- I Hanin
- Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Maywood, Illinois 60153, USA
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Togashi H, Kimura S, Matsumoto M, Yoshioka M, Minami M, Saito H. Cholinergic changes in the hippocampus of stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats. Stroke 1996; 27:520-5; discussion 525-6. [PMID: 8610323 DOI: 10.1161/01.str.27.3.520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE We investigated age-related changes in the central cholinergic systems in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRSP) to examine whether the regional and progressive cholinergic changes occur and are correlated with behavioral changes in the passive avoidance task. METHODS Tissue levels of choline (Ch) and acetylcholine (ACh) were determined in the cerebral regions, including the hippocampus, of SHRSP (at two ages: 15 to 20 and 30 to 40 weeks) that had been tested in a passive avoidance task and were compared with those of age-matched controls, Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY). With the use of in vivo microdialysis, high K+-stimulated release of hippocampal ACh, a functional parameter of the cholinergic system, was also determined in 15- to 20-week-old SHRSP. RESULTS We found that 15- to 20-week-old SHRSP demonstrated a markedly lower level of hippocampal Ch than age-matched WKY. The decrease in the Ch level in 15- to 20-week-old SHRSP was observed in all regions examined; however, in the hippocampus a significant difference from WKY was subsequently observed at the age of 30 to 40 weeks. The hippocampal ACh release was markedly decreased by repetitive stimulation with high K+ in 15- to 20-week-old SHRSP. Behavioral impairment in the passive avoidance task was observed in the two age groups of SHRSP, with significant and positive correlations between the hippocampal ACh levels and the response latency. CONCLUSIONS A decrease in hippocampal Ch level was observed in both 15- to 20-week-old and 30- to 40-week-old SHRSP, accompanied by performance failure in the passive avoidance task. The abnormal release of hippocampal ACh in response to the repetitive K+ stimulation was also noted in 15- to 20-week-old SHRSP. Thus, cholinergic dysfunction in the hippocampal system may be responsible for behavioral abnormality in the passive avoidance task in SHRSP.
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- H Togashi
- First Department of Pharmacology, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Effects of intracerebroventricular administration of ethylcholine aziridinium (AF64A) on dopaminergic nervous systems. Arch Pharm Res 1996. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02976815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Lim DK, Wee SM, Ma Y, Yi E. Effects of ethylcholine aziridinium, scopolamine and morphine on learning behaviors in morris water maze. Arch Pharm Res 1995. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02976330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Togashi H, Matsumoto M, Yoshioka M, Hirokami M, Tochihara M, Saito H. Acetylcholine measurement of cerebrospinal fluid by in vivo microdialysis in freely moving rats. JAPANESE JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY 1994; 66:67-74. [PMID: 7861669 DOI: 10.1254/jjp.66.67] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Acetylcholine (ACh) and choline (Ch) levels in rat cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) were determined by in vivo microdialysis (CSF microdialysis) in both halothane-anesthetized and freely-moving rats. The Ch/ACh ratio in CSF perfused with Ringer's solution (30 microliters/30 min) containing 10(-5) M physostigmine, a centrally active cholinesterase inhibitor, was significantly lower than that in unprocessed CSF due to significantly higher ACh levels in the former. The successive measurement on the 2nd and 7th day after the guide cannula implantation demonstrated the feasibility of the CSF microdialysis method for repetitive monitoring of CSF ACh and Ch levels in freely moving rats without extensive tissue damage. Intraperitoneal administration of physostigmine caused an increase in CSF ACh levels, whereas administration of neostigmine, which cannot penetrate into the blood brain barrier, did not. Furthermore, a centrally active acetylcholinergic M1-receptor agonist, AF102B, produced an increase in CSF ACh and Ch levels. Thus, the present study demonstrates that CSF microdialysis is a useful method for evaluating overall central cholinergic activity and investigating the pharmacological effects of various drugs that act via the central cholinergic system.
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- H Togashi
- First Department of Pharmacology, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Murai S, Saito H, Abe E, Masuda Y, Odashima J, Itoh T. MKC-231, a choline uptake enhancer, ameliorates working memory deficits and decreased hippocampal acetylcholine induced by ethylcholine aziridinium ion in mice. J Neural Transm (Vienna) 1994; 98:1-13. [PMID: 7710736 DOI: 10.1007/bf01277590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The effects of acute and chronic administration of MKC-231, a new choline uptake enhancer, and two other nootropic agents, linopiridine (Dup 996) and tetrahydroaminoacridine (THA) on working memory deficits and decreased hippocampal acetylcholine (ACh) content were studied in a delayed non-matching to sample task, using a T-maze, in ethylcholine aziridinium ion (AF64A)-treated mice. Treatment with AF64A (3.5 nmol, i.c.v.) produced memory deficits and decreased hippocampal ACh content. In acute behavioral experiments, MKC-231 and THA had no significant effect on AF64A-induced memory deficits at any doses tested (0.3, 1.0 and 3.0 mg/kg), whereas Dup 996, at a dose of 1.0 mg/kg, significantly improved memory deficits. In chronic experiments, MKC-231 improved memory deficit at all doses tested (0.3, 1.0, or 3.0 mg/kg p.o., once daily for 11 days) and Dup 996 did so only at a dose of 3.0 mg/kg, whereas THA did not improve memory deficit at any doses tested. In acute neurochemical experiments, MKC-231 and THA did not reverse the AF64A-induced hippocampal ACh depletion. Dup 996, however, further decreased hippocampal ACh content compared to that in the AF64A-treated group. In chronic experiments, MKC-231 significantly reversed hippocampal ACh depletion at doses of 0.3 and 1.0 mg/kg, whereas neither Dup 996 nor THA reversed hippocampal ACh depletion at any doses tested. These results indicate that MKC-231 improved the AF64A-induced working memory deficit and hippocampal ACh depletion, probably by recovering reduced high-affinity choline uptake and ACh release.
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- S Murai
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Dentistry, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan
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Ni XH, Ohta H, Watanabe H, Matsumoto K. Panax ginseng extract improves scopolamine-induced deficits in working memory performance in the T-maze delayed alternation task in rats. Phytother Res 1993. [DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2650070112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Nagahara AH, McGaugh JL. Muscimol infused into the medial septal area impairs long-term memory but not short-term memory in inhibitory avoidance, water maze place learning and rewarded alternation tasks. Brain Res 1992; 591:54-61. [PMID: 1446233 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(92)90977-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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These experiments investigated the effects of injections of muscimol (1 or 5 nmol), administered into the medial septal area prior to training, on memory tested at different retention delays after training in 3 tasks: an inhibitory avoidance task, a one-trial place learning task, and a rewarded alternation task. In all 3 tasks, intraseptal injections of muscimol did not impair memory performance at short retention delays, but impaired memory at the longer retention delays. These findings are consistent with the view that GABAergic regulation of the septohippocampal cholinergic system plays a selective role in the establishment of long-term memory.
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- A H Nagahara
- Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, University of California, Irvine 92717
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Masuda Y, Murai S, Saito H, Abe E, Itoh T. A simple T-maze method for estimating working memory in mice. Effect of ethylcholine mustard aziridinium ion (AF64A). J Pharmacol Toxicol Methods 1992; 28:45-8. [PMID: 1392058 DOI: 10.1016/1056-8719(92)90064-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Mice were housed in a cage containing a T maze. A watering place was located at the entrance of the maze. The right and left arms of the maze each had two exits, one of which led to the home cage where food was placed, while the other led to the watering place via a bypass. The exit leading to the home cage in either the right or left arm was alternately closed every 90 min. One-way swinging doors were inserted at the entrance to each arm and between each bypass and the watering place. The mice were given a cholinergic neurotoxin--ethylcholine mustard aziridinium ion (AF64A)--(8 nmol) or saline as a control into the left ventricle 2 weeks before they were housed in the apparatus. Those mice housed in this apparatus mastered the alternation task at a 5-sec delay on day 3 in the sham group and on day 4 in the AF64A group. When a longer delay (5-90 sec) was introduced for the mice that mastered the alternation task at 5-sec delay, the AF64A group made significantly more errors than did the sham group at 60- and 90-sec delays. These results show that the apparatus is useful in estimating working memory in mice with little effort.
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- Y Masuda
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Dentistry, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan
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Pittel Z, Cohen S, Fisher A, Heldman E. Differential long-term effect of AF64A on [3H]ACh synthesis and release in rat hippocampal synaptosomes. Brain Res 1992; 586:148-51. [PMID: 1511344 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(92)91386-s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The activities of various presynaptic cholinergic parameters were determined in hippocampal synaptosomes of rats 29 weeks after intracerebroventricular injection of ethylcholine aziridinium (AF64A) (3 nmol/2 microliters/side) or vehicle (saline). Synaptosomes were preloaded with [3H]choline ([3H]Ch), treated with diisopropyl fluorophosphate to inhibit cholinesterase activity and then were assayed for their content of [3H]Ch and [3H]acetylcholine ([3H]ACh) and for their ability to synthesize and release [3H]ACh. In synaptosomes from AF64A-treated rats compared with synaptosomes from vehicle-treated rats we observed that: (i) specific uptake of [3H]Ch was reduced to 60% of control; (ii) residing [3H]ACh levels were 43% of control while residing [3H]Ch levels were 72% of control; (iii) basal and K(+)-induced [3H]ACh release were 77% and 73% of control, respectively; (iv) high K(+)-induced synthesis of [3H]ACh was only 9% of control; (v) but, choline acetyltransferase activity remained relatively high, being 80% of control. These results suggest that AF64A-induced cholinergic hypofunction is expressed by both loss of some cholinergic neurons and impairment in the functioning of the spared neurons.
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- Z Pittel
- Department of Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona
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- I Hanin
- Department of Pharmacology, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois 60153
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Hashimoto M, Hashimoto T, Kuriyama K. Protective effect of WEB 1881 FU on AF64A (ethylcholine aziridinium ion)-induced impairment of hippocampal cholinergic neurons and learning acquisition. Eur J Pharmacol 1991; 209:9-14. [PMID: 1814764 DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(91)90003-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The effect of continuous administration of 4-aminomethyl-1-benzylpyrrolidin-2-one-hemifumarate (WEB 1881 FU) on cerebral cholinergic neurons was studied using rats treated with ethylcholine aziridinium ion (AF64A), a neurotoxic choline analog. AF64A (2.0 nmol, administered i.c.v.) caused a significant decrease in the hippocampal acetylcholine (ACh) content. This decrease in hippocampal ACh content was accompanied by a reduction of choline acetyltransferase (CAT) activity. Under these experimental conditions, the latency of the passive avoidance response of rats, determined with a step-through method, was strongly decreased as compared with that of sham-operated rats. Although treatment with WEB 1881 FU (50 mg/kg per day, administered orally for 7 days) from immediately after the administration of AF64A did not affect the AF64A-induced decrease of ACh in the hippocampus, 100 mg/kg per day of WEB 1881 FU (orally for 7 days) significantly suppressed the AF64A-induced declines in hippocampal ACh content and CAT activity. The AF64A-induced reduction in latency of the passive avoidance response was also significantly antagonized by the treatment with 100 mg/kg per day of WEB 1881 FU (administered orally for 7 days) from immediately after the administration of AF64A. Continuous administration of WEB 1881 FU (100 mg/kg per day, orally for 7 days) from 7 days after the treatment with AF64A also had a significant inhibitory effect on the AF64A-induced decrease in ACh content in the hippocampus. These results suggest that WEB 1881 FU may have protective actions on the destruction of hippocampal cholingergic neurons as well as memory impairment induced by AF64A administration.
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- M Hashimoto
- Department of Pharmacology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan
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- I Hanin
- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Loyola University of Chicago School of Medicine, Maywood, IL 60153
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Fisher A, Brandeis R, Pittel Z, Karton I, Sapir M, Dachir S, Levy A, Heldman E. (+-)-cis-2-methyl-spiro(1,3-oxathiolane-5,3') quinuclidine (AF102B): a new M1 agonist attenuates cognitive dysfunctions in AF64A-treated rats. Neurosci Lett 1989; 102:325-31. [PMID: 2812509 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(89)90100-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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(+-)-cis-2-Methyl-spiro(1,3-oxathiolane-5,3')quinuclidine (AF102B), a new muscarinic agonist of utmost rigidity, exhibits a high selectivity for M1 muscarinic receptors. In rats having a cholinergic hypofunction induced by the intracerebroventricular administration of ethylcholine aziridinium (AF64A), AF102B reversed cognitive impairments in a step-through passive avoidance task and in an 8-arm radial maze. AF102B reversed cognitive impairments at significantly lower doses than those needed to induce side-effects. In addition, AF102B exhibited low toxicity. The results suggest that AF102B may prove useful for treatments of cholinergic deficiencies and cognitive impairments, like those reported in Alzheimer's disease.
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- A Fisher
- Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona
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Nakahara N, Iga Y, Mizobe F, Kawanishi G. Amelioration of experimental amnesia (passive avoidance failure) in rodents by the selective M1 agonist AF102B. JAPANESE JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY 1988; 48:502-6. [PMID: 3244205 DOI: 10.1254/jjp.48.502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Effect of AF102B (cis-2-methylspiro-(1,3-oxathiolane-5,3')-quinuclidine) on experimental amnesia was examined using a passive avoidance task in rodents. The amnesia was produced by anti-cholinergic agents, AF64A (intracerebroventricularly) and scopolamine (subcutaneously). AF102B ameliorated the memory deficits in AF64A-treated rats at 0.1-1 mg/kg, i.p. and at 1-5 mg/kg p.o. and in scopolamine-treated mice at 1-10 mg/kg, i.p. These results suggest that AF102B may compensate for central cholinergic defects and could be developed as a possible therapeutic drug for senile dementia of the Alzheimer type.
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- N Nakahara
- Research Institute of Life Science, Snow Brand Milk Products Co., Ltd., Tochigi, Japan
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