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Thrombin, a mediator of neurotoxicity and memory impairment

Mhatre, Molina, Nguyen, Albert, Kashani, Shabnam, Pham, Tracy, Adesina, Adekunle, Grammas, Paula·2004·Neurobiology of Aging

Abstract

Thrombin has been found in neuritic plaques in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Also, traumatic brain injury, where neurons are exposed to high thrombin levels, is associated with an increased incidence of AD. Our objective was to determine the effects of thrombin administered in vivo on cognitive function and neuropathology. Rats were trained using a radial eight-arm maze and then thrombin (25 or 100 nM, 0.25 microl/h, 28 days) or vehicle was delivered via intracerebroventricular infusion. Animals that received 100 nM thrombin demonstrated cognitive impairments including deficits in reference memory and an increase in task latency. Also, significant neuropathology was detected in these animals such as enlargement of cerebral ventricles, an increased number of TUNEL-positive cells, astrogliosis, and an increase in the immunoreactivity for phosphorylated neurofilament, and apolipoprotein-E fragments. Thrombin-induced changes in cognitive function and ventricular enlargement were inhibited by hirudin. These findings demonstrate that thrombin is a mediator of neurotoxicity and cognitive deficits and suggest that inhibition of thrombin may be a treatment strategy for AD- or head trauma-associated cognitive deficits.

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Authors
Mhatre, M., Nguyen, A., Kashani, S., Pham, T., Adesina, A., & Grammas, P.
Affiliations
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (US)
Corresponding author
Grammas, Paula
Venue
Neurobiology of Aging
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2004-07
Volume
25
Issue
6
Pages
783-793
ISSN
0197-4580 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2000636649
Cited by
105
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55
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FWCI
1.72
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Neurobiology of Aging (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Institute on Aging (AG 15964, R01AG015964)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Hematology › Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms
Keywords
thrombin, Alzheimer's disease, traumatic brain injury, neurotoxicity, cognitive impairment, reference memory, ventriculomegaly, hirudin, astrocyte activation, neurofilament phosphorylation, intracerebroventricular infusion
MeSH terms
Animals, Apolipoproteins E, Behavior, Animal, Brain, Cell Count, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Drug Interactions, Fibrinolytic Agents, Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein, Hemostatics, Humans, Immunohistochemistry, Male, Memory Disorders, Motor Activity, Reaction Time, Thrombin, Blotting, Western, Neurofilament Proteins, Cell Death, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Maze Learning, In Situ Nick-End Labeling, Hirudin Therapy, Rats

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