PROTECTIVE EFFECT OF TETRAMETHYLPYRAZINE ON LEARNING AND MEMORY FUNCTION IN D-GALACTOSE-LESIONED MICE  

作　　者：ChunZhan Shi-zhenWang Ping-pingZuo XuCui JiongCai 

机构地区：[1]DepartmentofNuclearMedicine,PekingUnionMedicalCollegeHospital,ChineseAcademyofMedicalSciences＆PekingUnionMedicalCollege,Beijing100730 [2]DepartmentofPharmacology,InstituteofBasicMedicine,ChineseAcademyofMedicalSciences＆PekingUnionMedicalCollege,Beijing100005 [3]InstituteofGerontologyandGeriatrics,GeneralHospitaloftheChinesePeople＇sLiberationArmy,Beijing100853

出　　处：《Chinese Medical Sciences Journal》2004年第3期180-184,共5页中国医学科学杂志（英文版）

摘　　要：To explore the protective effect of tetramethylpyrazine (TMP) on the learning and memory function in D-galactose (D-gal)-lesioned mice. Methods C57BL/6 mice were injected (s.c.) 2% D-gal for 40 days (100 mg·kg-1·d-1). Normal saline, TMP, and Huper-zine A were respectively given by intragastric administration in different groups from the third week. Learning and memory ability was tested with Morris water maze for 5 days at the sixth week. After completion of behavioral test, the mice were sacrificed by decapitation. The brain was rapidly removed, and the cortex and hippocampus were separated. The superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity and malondialdehyde (MDA) content in the cortex were determined. At the same time, the activity of choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) and acetylcholinesterase (AChE), the binding sites (Bmax) and the affinity (KD) of M-cholinergic receptor in the cortex, and Bmax and KD of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor in the hippocampus were determined. Results In this model group, (1) The deficit of learning and memory ability, (2) elevated MDA content and lowered SOD activity, (3) decreased AChE activity and M-cholinergic receptor binding sites in the cortex, and (4) lowered NMDA receptor binding sites were observed in the hippocampus, as compared with the normal control. TMP could markedly (1) attenuate cognitive dysfunction, (2) lower MDA content and elevate SOD activity, (3) increase the activity of ChAT and AChE, and M-cholinergic receptor binding sites in the cortex in the mice treated with D-gal. NMDA receptor binding sites were also increased in the hippocampus in the treated mice. Conclusion TMP can significantly strengthen antioxidative function, improve central cholinergic system function, protect NMDA receptor activity, and thus enhance the learning and memory ability in D-gal-lesioned mice.

关 键 词：TETRAMETHYLPYRAZINE D-GALACTOSE Alzheimer's disease cholinergic system N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor 

分 类 号：R741[医药卫生—神经病学与精神病学]