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BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH
卷 366, 期 -, 页码 135-141出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2019.03.016
关键词
Hypobaric hypoxia; Post synaptic density; Spatial working memory; Kalirin-7
资金
- Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), Ministry of Defence, Govt of India
Hypobaric hypoxia (HH) is an environmental stress encountered at high altitude. It has been shown that HH resulted in spine atrophy and working memory deficits. Kalirin-7, a postsynaptic density protein, plays an important and key role in regulating spine dynamics and its plasticity. Spine atrophy is implicated in HH induced memory deficits but role of Kalirin-7 in this phenomenon is not studied. Present study is therefore designed to investigate the effect of chronic HH exposure on Kalirin-7 expression in hippocampus and its role in spatial working memory deficits. Adult rats (n = 12, 3 months old) were exposed to a simulated altitude of 25,000 feet for 7 days. Following HH exposure, spatial working memory was assessed with Radial arm maze and T maze. Hippocampal expression of Kalrin-7 was estimated at mRNA and protein levels. Results of behavioural experiments showed that HH causes significant decrease in the spatial working memory. There was a significant reduction in the protein expression of Kalirin-7 in the hippocampus of hypoxia exposed rats (43.89 +/- 7.43) as compared to the control (69.54 +/- 10.99). The mRNA expression of Kalrin-7 also exhibits significant reduction (0.59 +/- 0.05) in the exposed group as compared to the control (0.98 +/- 0.07). Immunohistochemistry showed that Kalirin-7 is decreased significantly in CA1, CA3 and DG regions of the hippocampus. Moreover, memory deficits are significantly correlated with decreased immunoreactivity of the hippocampal Kalirin-7. In conclusion, it can be said therefore, that change in Kalirin-7 expression in the hippocampus is associated with HH induced working memory deficit.
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