Journal
BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR
Volume 9, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/brb3.1388
Keywords
C57BL; 6 mouse; cuprizone; hippocampus; melatonin; neurogenesis
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- National Research Foundation of Korea [NRF-2016R1A2B4009156]
- Research Institute for Veterinary Science of Seoul National University
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Introduction The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of cuprizone on adult hippocampal neurogenesis in naive mice. Additionally, we also studied how melatonin affects the neuronal degeneration induced by cuprizone. Methods Eight-week-old male C57BL/6J mice were randomly divided into three groups: (a) the control group, (b) the group treated with cuprizone only, and (c) the group treated with both cuprizone and melatonin. Cuprizone was administered with food at 0.2% ad libitum for 6 weeks. Melatonin was also administered with tap water at 6 g/L ad libitum for 6 weeks; the animals were then euthanized for immunohistochemistry with Ki67, doublecortin (DCX), glucose transporter 3 (GLUT3), and phosphorylation of cyclic adenosine monophosphate (AMP) response element binding (pCREB); double immunofluorescence of neuronal nuclei (NeuN) and myelin basic protein (MBP); and Western blot analysis of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) expression to reveal the effects of cuprizone and melatonin on cell damage and hippocampal neurogenesis. Results Administration of cuprizone significantly decreased the number of differentiating (DCX-positive) neuroblasts and proliferating (Ki67-positive) cells in the dentate gyrus. Moreover, cuprizone administration decreased glucose utilization (GLUT3-positive cells) and cell transcription (pCREB-positive cells and BDNF protein expression) in the dentate gyrus. Administration of melatonin ameliorated the cuprizone-induced reduction of differentiating neuroblasts and proliferating cells, glucose utilization, and cell transcription. Conclusion The results of the study suggest that cuprizone treatment disrupts hippocampal neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus by reducing BDNF levels and decreasing the phosphorylation of CREB. These effects were ameliorated by melatonin treatment.
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