Acetylcholinergic Neurotransmission During Aging

衰老过程中的乙酰胆碱能神经传递

基本信息

批准号：
10600238
负责人：
Hakeem O Lawal
金额：
$ 9.3万
依托单位：
DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2015
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2015-09-01 至 2022-12-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10600238
关键词：
Acetylcholine Action Potentials Adult Affect Age Aging Alleles Alzheimer&apos s Disease Animals Behavior Behavioral Behavioral Mechanisms Biological Assay Carrier Proteins Cholinergic Agonists Cognition Cognitive Cognitive deficits Collaborations Collection Complex Coupled Courtship Cytoplasm Data Defect Development Drosophila genus Drosophila melanogaster Elements Functional disorder Future Genes Genetic Genetic Techniques Impaired cognition Learning Link Locomotion Longevity Mammals Measures Mediating Mediation Memory Mentored Research Scientist Development Award Modality Modeling Molecular Mus Mutation Myasthenia Gravis Nerve Degeneration Nervous system structure Neurodegenerative Disorders Neurons Nicotine Odors Organism Parents Pathologic Performance Physiological Physiology Play Point Mutation Predisposition Preparation Process Property Regulation Research Personnel Role Signal Transduction Synapses Synaptic Vesicles System Techniques Testing Time Transferable Skills Ursidae Family acetylcholine transporter addiction age related aged cholinergic cholinergic neuron cholinergic synapse classical conditioning cognitive function experimental study fly human disease in vivo middle age mutant nervous system disorder neuronal excitability neurotransmission normal aging overexpression presynaptic response small molecule synaptic function tool

项目摘要

Project Summary This proposal is aimed at determining the role of changes in acetylcholinergic neurotransmission on synaptic physiology and behavior during aging. Acetylcholine regulation has long been thought to play a crucial role in the mediation of cognitive and behavioral function as an organism ages, yet the precise function of acetylcholine in this process has, till date remained poorly elucidated. We are using a subtle mutation in the vesicular acetylcholine transporter (VAChT) the protein responsible for the packaging of ACh for exocytotic release to determine the role of cholinergic neurotransmission during aging. The short life span of the fly coupled, with additional genetic tools unique to this system will allow us to assess the impact of altered ACh release on behavior and synaptic physiology throughout the lifespan of the animal. Our preliminary data show for the first time action potential firing in aged Drosophila cholinergic neurons; we also show that Vacht mutations have a differential effect on organismal survival with the most severe mutation have a significantly shorter lifespan than wildtype. These and other results have allowed us to advance the central hypothesis that a decrease in VAChT function produce a corresponding decrease in neuronal excitability and behavior that are amplified with age In Aim 1, we will determine the effect of a relatively mild reduction decrease in VAChT function on synaptic physiology at central cholinergic synapses during aging. In Aim 2, we will measure whether the reduction in Vacht affects cognition at defined points across the lifespan. Future studies will be aimed at using the system that we have developed here to understand the mechanisms behind the preferential susceptibility of cholinergic neurons in pathological conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease.

项目摘要该建议旨在确定乙酰胆碱能神经传递在突触中的变化的作用衰老期间的生理和行为。乙酰胆碱调节长期以来一直被认为在认知和行为功能作为生物体的介导，但乙酰胆碱的精度功能在此过程中，迄今为止的阐明仍然很差。我们在囊泡中使用微妙的突变乙酰胆碱转运蛋白（VACHT）蛋白质负责ACH包装外胞吐释放到确定胆碱能神经传递在衰老过程中的作用。苍蝇的短寿命与该系统独有的其他遗传工具将使我们能够评估ACH释放对在动物的整个寿命中的行为和突触生理。我们的初步数据显示了第一个年龄果蝇胆碱能神经元的时间动作电位发射；我们还表明，Vacht突变具有对最严重突变的有机生存的差异作用的寿命明显要短于野生型。这些结果和其他结果使我们能够推进中心假设，即减少 VACHT功能会导致神经元令人兴奋和行为的相应下降随着AIM 1年龄的扩增，我们将确定VACHT相对轻度降低的效果衰老期间中央胆碱能突触的合成生理功能。在AIM 2中，我们将衡量是否 VACHT的减少会影响整个寿命的定义点的认知。未来的研究将针对使用我们在这里开发的系统来了解首选背后的机制胆碱能神经元在病理状况（例如阿尔茨海默氏病）中的敏感性。