Impaired brain development and reduced cognitive function in phospholipase D-deficient mice
Impaired brain development and reduced cognitive function in phospholipase D-deficient mice
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DOI:
10.1016/j.neulet.2014.04.052
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发表时间:
2014-06-20
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
Klein, Jochen
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作者:
Burkhardt, Ute;Stegner, David;Klein, Jochen
The phospholipases D (PLD1 and 2) are signaling enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of phosphatidylcholine to phosphatidic acid, a lipid second messenger involved in cell proliferation, and choline, a precursor of acetylcholine (ACh). In the present study, we investigated development and cognitive function in mice that were deficient for PLD1, or PLD2, or both. We found that PLD-deficient mice had reduced brain growth at 14-27 days postpartum when compared to wild-type mice. In adult PLO-deficient mice, cognitive function was impaired in social and object recognition tasks. Using brain microdialysis, we found that wild-type mice responded with a 4-fold increase of hippocampal ACh release upon behavioral stimulation in the open field, while PLD-deficient mice released significantly less ACh. These results may be relevant for cognitive dysfunctions observed in fetal alcohol syndrome and in Alzheimer' disease. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.