Abstract
We previously reported that activity of the large conductance calcium-activated potassium (big-K, BK) channel is suppressed by intracellular Aβ in cortical pyramidal cells, and that this suppression was reversed by expression of the scaffold protein Homer1a in 3xTg Alzheimer’s disease model mice. Homer1a is known to be expressed by physiological photic stimulation (PS) as well. The possibility thus arises that PS also reverses Aβ-induced suppression of BK channels, and thereby improves cognition in 3xTg mice. This possibility was tested here. Chronic application of 6-hour-long PS (frequency, 2 Hz; duty cycle, about 1/10; luminance, 300 lx) daily for 4 weeks improved contextual and tone-dependent fear memory in 3xTg mice and, to a lesser extent, Morris water maze performance as well. Hippocampal long-term potentiation was also enhanced after PS. BK channel activity in cingulate cortex pyramidal cells and lateral amygdalar principal cells, suppressed in 3xTg mice, were facilitated. In parallel, neuronal excitability, elevated in 3xTg mice, was recovered to the control level. Gene expression of BK channel, as well as that of the scaffold protein Homer1a, was found decreased in 3xTg mice and reversed by PS. It is known that Homer1a is an activity-dependently inducible immediate early gene product. Consistently, our previous findings showed that Homer1a induced by electrical stimulation facilitated BK channels. By using Homer1a knockouts, we showed that the present PS-induced BK channel facilitation is mediated by Homer1a expression. We thus propose that PS might be potentially useful as a non-invasive therapeutic measure against Alzheimer’s disease.
Keywords: Alzheimer’s disease, BK channel, cognitive improvement, excitability, Homer1, photic stimulation.
Current Alzheimer Research
Title:Cognitive Improvement by Photic Stimulation in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease
Volume: 12 Issue: 9
Author(s): Yu Zhang, Furong Wang, Xianwen Luo, Li Wang, Peng Sun, Min Wang, Yongsheng Jiang, Jingyu Zou, Osamu Uchiumi, Ryo Yamamoto, Tokio Sugai, Kenji Yamamoto and Nobuo Kato
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Keywords: Alzheimer’s disease, BK channel, cognitive improvement, excitability, Homer1, photic stimulation.
Abstract: We previously reported that activity of the large conductance calcium-activated potassium (big-K, BK) channel is suppressed by intracellular Aβ in cortical pyramidal cells, and that this suppression was reversed by expression of the scaffold protein Homer1a in 3xTg Alzheimer’s disease model mice. Homer1a is known to be expressed by physiological photic stimulation (PS) as well. The possibility thus arises that PS also reverses Aβ-induced suppression of BK channels, and thereby improves cognition in 3xTg mice. This possibility was tested here. Chronic application of 6-hour-long PS (frequency, 2 Hz; duty cycle, about 1/10; luminance, 300 lx) daily for 4 weeks improved contextual and tone-dependent fear memory in 3xTg mice and, to a lesser extent, Morris water maze performance as well. Hippocampal long-term potentiation was also enhanced after PS. BK channel activity in cingulate cortex pyramidal cells and lateral amygdalar principal cells, suppressed in 3xTg mice, were facilitated. In parallel, neuronal excitability, elevated in 3xTg mice, was recovered to the control level. Gene expression of BK channel, as well as that of the scaffold protein Homer1a, was found decreased in 3xTg mice and reversed by PS. It is known that Homer1a is an activity-dependently inducible immediate early gene product. Consistently, our previous findings showed that Homer1a induced by electrical stimulation facilitated BK channels. By using Homer1a knockouts, we showed that the present PS-induced BK channel facilitation is mediated by Homer1a expression. We thus propose that PS might be potentially useful as a non-invasive therapeutic measure against Alzheimer’s disease.
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Zhang Yu, Wang Furong, Luo Xianwen, Wang Li, Sun Peng, Wang Min, Jiang Yongsheng, Zou Jingyu, Uchiumi Osamu, Yamamoto Ryo, Sugai Tokio, Yamamoto Kenji and Kato Nobuo, Cognitive Improvement by Photic Stimulation in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease, Current Alzheimer Research 2015; 12 (9) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1567205012666150710115755
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