Calcineurin-Mediated Hippocampal Inflammatory Alterations in Streptozotocin-Induced Model of Dementia

Molecular Neurobiology
João Paulo Almeida Dos SantosCarlos-Alberto Gonçalves

Abstract

Although the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) remains unclear, some molecular aspects that precede or accompany the deposit of β-amyloid in senile plaques attract attention, such as calcium dysregulation and neuroinflammation. It has been suggested that the Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase, calcineurin (CaN), plays an important role in AD pathogenesis. We hypothesized that CaN activation is involved in the inflammatory changes observed in the streptozotocin (STZ)-induced model of AD. We investigated hippocampal inflammatory and CaN changes in Wistar rats in two moments after intracerebroventricular STZ administration: in the first week (early) and fourth week (later on). We found an early (at 1 week) and persistent (at fourth week) increment in the subunit A of CaN, as well as an increase in the major 48 kDa fragment of this subunit. Glial and inflammatory activation were confirmed by changes of IBA-1, TLR-4, glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), and S100B in the hippocampus. Augmented CaN activity was accompanied by reduced phosphorylation of the pro-apoptotic protein BAD, at Ser 136. Importantly, we found an increase in the nuclear translocation of NFAT4 (more associated to astroglial reactivity) in the...Continue Reading

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