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Molecular changes in brain aging and Alzheimer's disease are mirrored in experimentally silenced cortical neuron networks.


ABSTRACT: Activity-dependent modulation of neuronal gene expression promotes neuronal survival and plasticity, and neuronal network activity is perturbed in aging and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Here we show that cerebral cortical neurons respond to chronic suppression of excitability by downregulating the expression of genes and their encoded proteins involved in inhibitory transmission (GABAergic and somatostatin) and Ca(2+) signaling; alterations in pathways involved in lipid metabolism and energy management are also features of silenced neuronal networks. A molecular fingerprint strikingly similar to that of diminished network activity occurs in the human brain during aging and in AD, and opposite changes occur in response to activation of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) receptors in cultured cortical neurons and in mice in response to an enriched environment or electroconvulsive shock. Our findings suggest that reduced inhibitory neurotransmission during aging and in AD may be the result of compensatory responses that, paradoxically, render the neurons vulnerable to Ca(2+)-mediated degeneration.

SUBMITTER: Gleichmann M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3027841 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Molecular changes in brain aging and Alzheimer's disease are mirrored in experimentally silenced cortical neuron networks.

Gleichmann Marc M   Zhang Yongqing Y   Wood William H WH   Becker Kevin G KG   Mughal Mohamed R MR   Pazin Michael J MJ   van Praag Henriette H   Kobilo Tali T   Zonderman Alan B AB   Troncoso Juan C JC   Markesbery William R WR   Mattson Mark P MP  

Neurobiology of aging 20101013 1


Activity-dependent modulation of neuronal gene expression promotes neuronal survival and plasticity, and neuronal network activity is perturbed in aging and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Here we show that cerebral cortical neurons respond to chronic suppression of excitability by downregulating the expression of genes and their encoded proteins involved in inhibitory transmission (GABAergic and somatostatin) and Ca(2+) signaling; alterations in pathways involved in lipid metabolism and energy manage  ...[more]

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