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NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
卷 5, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5159
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- National Institutes of Health [MH083911, AG045656]
- Pennsylvania State University Eberly College of Science Stem Cell Fund
- NIH [P50 AG025688, P30 NS055077]
Amyloid plaques and tau tangles are common pathological hallmarks for Alzheimer's disease (AD); however, reducing Ab production failed to relieve the symptoms of A beta patients. Here we report a high GABA (g-aminobutyric acid) content in reactive astrocytes in the dentate gyrus (DG) of a mouse model for AD (gamma xFAD) that results in increased tonic inhibition and memory deficit. We also confirm in human AD patient brains that dentate astrocytes have a high GABA content, suggesting that high astrocytic GABA level may be a novel biomarker and a potential diagnostic tool for AD. The excessive GABA in 5xFAD astrocytes is released through an astrocyte-specific GABA transporter GAT3/4, and significantly enhances tonic GABA inhibition in dentate granule cells. Importantly, reducing tonic inhibition in 5xFAD mice rescues the impairment of long-term potentiation (LTP) and memory deficit. Thus, reducing tonic GABA inhibition in the DG may lead to a novel therapy for AD.
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