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Calcium dysregulation via L-type voltage-dependent calcium channels and ryanodine receptors underlies memory deficits and synaptic dysfunction during chronic neuroinflammation

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Title
Calcium dysregulation via L-type voltage-dependent calcium channels and ryanodine receptors underlies memory deficits and synaptic dysfunction during chronic neuroinflammation
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Journal of Neuroinflammation, March 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12974-015-0262-3
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Sarah C Hopp, Heather M D’Angelo, Sarah E Royer, Roxanne M Kaercher, Alexis M Crockett, Linda Adzovic, Gary L Wenk

Abstract

Chronic neuroinflammation and calcium (Ca(+2)) dysregulation are both components of Alzheimer's disease. Prolonged neuroinflammation produces elevation of pro-inflammatory cytokines and reactive oxygen species which can alter neuronal Ca(+2) homeostasis via L-type voltage-dependent Ca(+2) channels (L-VDCCs) and ryanodine receptors (RyRs). Chronic neuroinflammation also leads to deficits in spatial memory, which may be related to Ca(+2) dysregulation. The studies herein use an in vivo model of chronic neuroinflammation: rats were infused intraventricularly with a continuous small dose of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or artificial cerebrospinal fluid (aCSF) for 28 days. The rats were treated with the L-VDCC antagonist nimodipine or the RyR antagonist dantrolene. LPS-infused rats had significant memory deficits in the Morris water maze, and this deficit was ameliorated by treatment with nimodipine. Synaptosomes from LPS-infused rats had increased Ca(+2) uptake, which was reduced by a blockade of L-VDCCs either in vivo or ex vivo. Taken together, these data indicate that Ca(+2) dysregulation during chronic neuroinflammation is partially dependent on increases in L-VDCC function. However, blockade of the RyRs also slightly improved spatial memory of the LPS-infused rats, demonstrating that other Ca(+2) channels are dysregulated during chronic neuroinflammation. Ca(+2)-dependent immediate early gene expression was reduced in LPS-infused rats treated with dantrolene or nimodipine, indicating normalized synaptic function that may underlie improvements in spatial memory. Pro-inflammatory markers are also reduced in LPS-infused rats treated with either drug. Overall, these data suggest that Ca(+2) dysregulation via L-VDCCs and RyRs play a crucial role in memory deficits resulting from chronic neuroinflammation.

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Unknown 46 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 10 22%
Professor > Associate Professor 7 15%
Student > Master 7 15%
Researcher 3 7%
Student > Bachelor 3 7%
Other 7 15%
Unknown 9 20%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Neuroscience 12 26%
Medicine and Dentistry 8 17%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 5 11%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 9%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 4%
Other 4 9%
Unknown 11 24%
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