期刊
NEUROBIOLOGY OF LEARNING AND MEMORY
卷 127, 期 -, 页码 34-41出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2015.11.011
关键词
Neuropeptide AF; Passive avoidance learning; Neurotransmitter; beta-amyloid
资金
- MTA-SZTE Neuroscience Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- TAMOP [4.2.1.]
- NAP [KTIA_13_NAP-A-III/8]
Neuropeptide AF (NPAF) is an amidated octadecapeptide, which is member of the RFamide peptide family. NPAF is encoded by the farp-1 gene and acts through the G protein coupled NPFF-1 and NPFF-2 receptors. NPAF is involved in several physiological functions of the central nervous system, however we have little evidence about the involvement of NPAF in learning and memory. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate the action of NPAF on consolidation of memory in a passive avoidance learning paradigm in mice. We have also investigated the underlying neurotransmissions and the action of NPAF on beta-amyloid-induced memory impairment. Accordingly, mice were pretreated with a nonselective muscarinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist, atropine, a non-selective 5-HT2 serotonergic receptor antagonist, cyproheptadine, a mixed 5-HT1/5-HT2 serotonergic receptor antagonist, methysergide, a D2, D3, D4 dopamine receptor antagonist, haloperidol, a non-selective opioid receptor antagonist, naloxone, a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, nitro-L-arginine, alpha/alpha(2 beta)-adrenergic receptor antagonist, prazosin, a nonselective beta-adrenergic receptor antagonist, propranolol or beta-amyloid 25-35 in combination with NPAF administration. Our results demonstrate for the first time that NPAF improves the consolidation of passive avoidance learning. This effect is mediated through muscarinic cholinergic, 5HT1- and 5HT2-serotoninergic, dopaminergic, nitrergic and alpha- and beta-adrenergic neurotransmissions, but not by opioid transmission, since atropine, cyproheptadine, methysergide, haloperidol, nitro-L-arginine, prazosin and propranolol reversed the action of NPAF, whereas naloxone was ineffective. The present study also shows that NPAF reverses the beta-amyloid 25-35-induced memory impairment. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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