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BRAIN RESEARCH
Volume 1093, Issue -, Pages 12-19Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.03.100
Keywords
nicotine; mice; Alzheimer's disease; amyloid precursor protein; expression
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- NIDA NIH HHS [DA-13783] Funding Source: Medline
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Epidemiological studies indicate that tobacco smoking can be protective against neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD). The objective of the present study was to examine the changes in gene expression induced by chronic oral nicotine administration (100 mu g/ml in 2% saccharin for 14 days), with special emphasis on amyloid precursor protein (APP) and its homologue, amyloid precursor-like protein 2 (APLP2), in different brain regions of C5713L/6 mice using a pathway-focused microarray. Our results revealed that nicotine stimulated mRNA expression of APP in the amygdala. (64%; P = 0.003) and hippocampus (32%; P = 0.034) and of APLP2 in the amygdala. (39%; P = 0.002). These results were verified by quantitative real-time RT-PCR except that expression of APLP2 was also significantly upregulated by nicotine in the hippocampus. In addition, in vitro nicotine treatment of SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells resulted in a significant increase in expression of APP protein, soluble APP, and APLP2, whereas co-treatment with mecamylamine (an antagonist of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors) attenuated the stimulating effect of nicotine on APP and APLP2 expression. These findings suggest that nicotine treatment facilitates the increase in the expression of mRNA and protein of the APP and APLP2 genes in rat brain and SH-SYSY neuroblastoma. cells. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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