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KMID : 1161520170210060404
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Animal Cells and Systems
2017 Volume.21 No. 6 p.404 ~ p.411
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Alpha1-adrenergic receptor antagonist tamsulosin ameliorates aging-induced memory impairment by enhancing neurogenesis and suppressing apoptosis in the hippocampus of old-aged rats
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Kim Sung-Eun
Han Jin-Hee
Ko Il-Gyu
Kim Chang-Ju
Kim Khae-Hawn
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Abstract
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Age-related memory decline is closely associated with decreased neurogenesis and increased apoptosis in the hippocampus. Noradrenaline exerts its effect by selectively binding to and activating adrenergic receptors (ARs). Tamsulosin, α1-AR antagonist, is reported to have access to the brain and interact with α1-AR. In this study, the effects of tamsulosin on short-term and spatial learning memory in terms of neurogenesis and apoptosis were investigated using rats. Step-down avoidance test for short-term memory and radial 8-arm maze test for spatial learning memory were conducted. Neurogenesis was detected by 5-bromo-2’-deoxyuridine (BrdU) immunohistochemistry and apoptosis was evaluated by caspase-3 immunohistochemisty and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated deoxyuridine triphosphate nick end labeling (TUNE) staining. Western blot for protein kinase C (PKC), cAMP-responsive element-binding protein (CREB), brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), tyrosine kinase B (TrkB), phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI 3-kinase), Akt, Bcl-2, and Bax was conducted. In the aged rats, short-term and spatial learning memory was declined. Hippocampal nerogenesis was suppressed and hippocampal apoptosis was enhanced in the aged rats. In addition, phosphorylation of PKCα, CREB, PI-3 kinase, and Akt was decreased in the hippocampus of old-aged rats. Tamsulosin activated PKC/CREB and PI-3 kinase/Akt pathways. With these pathways, BDNF-TrkB signaling enhanced hippocampal neurogenesis and suppressed apoptosis in the old-aged rats. As the results, tamsulosin improved performance of short-term and spatial learning memory in the aged rats.
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KEYWORD
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Tamsulosin, aging, adrenergic receptor, memory, hippocampus
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