ePoster

A new model mice with cholinergic dysfunction and amyloid pathogenesis for Alzheimer’s disease

Noriyuki Matsukawa, Yo Tsuda, Yuta Madokoro, Kengo Suzuki, Toyohiro Sato, Yuto Uchida, Takashi Saito, Takaomi Saido, Kosei Ojika
FENS Forum 2024(2024)
Messe Wien Exhibition & Congress Center, Vienna, Austria

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FENS Forum 2024

Messe Wien Exhibition & Congress Center, Vienna, Austria

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Authors & Affiliations

Noriyuki Matsukawa, Yo Tsuda, Yuta Madokoro, Kengo Suzuki, Toyohiro Sato, Yuto Uchida, Takashi Saito, Takaomi Saido, Kosei Ojika

Abstract

Hippocampal cholinergic neurostimulating peptide (HCNP) was originally discovered from soluble fraction of rat hippocampus, which induces acetylcholine synthesis in the medial septal nucleus. HCNP is aligned at the N-terminal region of 21-kD HCNP precursor protein (HCNP-pp). We reported that HCNP-pp knockout (KO) mice may be an adequate model for cholinergic functional impairment in septo-hippocampal interactions. Here, to encourage drug discovery improving clinical symptom for Alzheimer’s disease we tried to generate a new model mice with cholinergic dysfunction and amyloid pathogenesis. The HCNP-pp KO mice was crossed with Amyloid precursor protein knock-in mice with three pathogenic mutation (AppNL-G-F KI). The mice was evaluated by the behavioral function, and electro-physiological phenotype by theta power-related cholinergic function and fEPSP during long-term potentiation. Some molecules-associated with the cholinergic/ glutamatergic terminals, amyloid pathogenesis or inflammation reaction was also examined by western blot and immunohistochemistry. The memory impairment became evident from earlier period, 9-momths old, in HCNP-pp KO×App KI mice than App KI mice, 12-momths old. Reductions of both the theta power and fEPSP were also confirmed in the hippocampus of HCNP-pp KO×App KI mice compared to App KI mice. However, no significant difference in molecules-associated with amyloid pathogenesis and inflammation reaction was revealed between two groups. Those results suggest that the cholinergic dysfunction thorough HCNP-pp KO may phenotypically accelerate impairment of cognitive function in App KI mice. The new model mice could be utilized as a pathological animal model with cholinergic dysfunction and amyloid pathogenesis for drug discovery against Alzheimer’s disease.

Unique ID: fens-24/model-mice-with-cholinergic-dysfunction-d5f3976c