Protein Kinase M-Dependent Maintenance of GluA2 at the Synapse: A Possible Target for Preventing or Treating Age-Related Memory Decline?

Abstract Age-related functional alterations in the perforant path projection from the entorhinal cortex to the dentate gyrus (DG) of the hippocampus play a major role in age-related memory impairments, but little is known about the molecular mechanisms responsible for these changes. In a recent inte...

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Publicado en:Rejuvenation Research Vol. 16; no. 4; pp. 327 - 330
Autor principal: Aicardi, Giorgio
Formato: research Journal Article
Publicado: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Aug2013
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          Aging
          Memory Disorders Prevention and Control
          Memory Disorders Therapy
          Nervous System Metabolism
          Receptors, Cell Surface Metabolism
          Transferases Metabolism
          Animal Studies
          Hippocampus Physiopathology
          Memory Disorders Physiopathology
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      ab: Abstract Age-related functional alterations in the perforant path projection from the entorhinal cortex to the dentate gyrus (DG) of the hippocampus play a major role in age-related memory impairments, but little is known about the molecular mechanisms responsible for these changes. In a recent interesting study, Hara and colleagues (J Neurosci 2012;32:7336-7344) tested young and aged monkeys on the visual recognition memory test 'delayed nonmatching-to-sample' (DNMS). Then they performed electron microscopy immunocytochemistry in the hippocampal DG to determine the subcellular localization of the GluA2 subunit of the glutamate [alpha]-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole-propionic acid receptor (AMPAR) and protein kinase M (PKM), which promotes memory storage by regulating GluA2-containing AMPAR trafficking. The results obtained suggest that age-related deficits in visual recognition memory are coupled with impairment in PKM-dependent maintenance of GluA2 at the synapse. Together with previous evidence of the critical role of PKM in memory consolidation, these data render this enzyme an attractive potential therapeutic target for preventing or treating age-related memory decline, and support the view that the pharmacological manipulation of AMPAR trafficking in the synapses may provide new insights in the search of memory enhancers for aged individuals, including those affected by Alzheimer disease.
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