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JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH
Volume 86, Issue 15, Pages 3322-3330Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21782
Keywords
ketones; oxidative stress; plasticity; long-term potentiation; protein phosphatase 2A
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- NIH [NS 044846]
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Previous studies have shown that ketone bodies (KB) exert antioxidant effects in experimental models of neurological disease. In the present study, we explored the effects of the KB acetoacetate (ACA) and p-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) on impairment of hippocampal long-term potentiation (LTP) in rats by hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) using electrophysiological, fluorescence imaging, and enzyme assay techniques. We found that: 1) a combination of ACA and BHB (1 mM each) prevented impairment of LTP by H2O2 (200 mu M); 2) KB significantly lowered intracellular levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS)-measured with the fluorescent indicator carboxy-H(2)DCFDA (carboxy-2',7'-dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate)-in CA1 pyramidal neurons exposed to H2O2; 3) the effect of KB on LTP was replicated by the protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) inhibitor fostriecin; 4) KB prevented impairment of LTP by the PP2A activator C-6 ceramide; 5) fostriecin did not prevent the increase in ROS levels in CA1 pyramidal neurons exposed to H2O2, and C6 ceramide did not increase ROS levels; 6) PP2A activity was enhanced by both H2O2 and rotenone (a mitochondrial complex I inhibitor that increases endogenous superoxide production); and 7) KB inhibited PP2A activity in protein extracts from brain tissue treated with either H2O2 or ceramide. We propose that oxidative impairment of hippocampal LTP is associated with PP2A activation, and that KB prevent this impairment in part by inducing PP2A inhibition through an antioxidant mechanism. (C) 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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