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Extracellular Zn 2+ Is Essential for Amyloid β 1-42-Induced Cognitive Decline in the Normal Brain and Its Rescue

Extracellular Zn 2+ Is Essential for Amyloid β 1-42-Induced Cognitive Decline in the Normal Brain and Its Rescue

Atsushi Takeda, Haruna Tamano, Munekazu Tempaku, Miku Sasaki, Chihiro Uematsu, Shoko Sato, Hiroaki Kanazawa, Zsolt L Datki, Paul A Adlard, Ashley I Bush

J Neurosci. 2017 Jul 26;37(30):7253-7262.

PMID: 28652412

Abstract:

Brain Aβ1-42 accumulation is considered an upstream event in pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. However, accumulating evidence indicates that other neurochemical changes potentiate the toxicity of this constitutively generated peptide. Here we report that the interaction of Aβ1-42 with extracellular Zn2+ is essential for in vivo rapid uptake of Aβ1-42 and Zn2+ into dentate granule cells in the normal rat hippocampus. The uptake of both Aβ1-42 and Zn2+ was blocked by CaEDTA, an extracellular Zn2+ chelator, and by Cd2+, a metal that displaces Zn2+ for Aβ1-42 binding. In vivo perforant pathway LTP was unaffected by perfusion with 1000 nm Aβ1-42 in ACSF without Zn2+ However, LTP was attenuated under preperfusion with 5 nm Aβ1-42 in ACSF containing 10 nm Zn2+, recapitulating the concentration of extracellular Zn2+, but not with 5 nm Aβ1-40 in ACSF containing 10 nm Zn2+ Aβ1-40 and Zn2+ were not taken up into dentate granule cells under these conditions, consistent with lower affinity of Aβ1-40 for Zn2+ than Aβ1-42 Aβ1-42-induced attenuation of LTP was rescued by both CaEDTA and CdCl2, and was observed even with 500 pm Aβ1-42 Aβ1-42 injected into the dentate granule cell layer of rats induced a rapid memory disturbance that was also rescued by coinjection of CdCl2 The present study supports blocking the formation of Zn-Aβ1-42 in the extracellular compartment as an effective preventive strategy for Alzheimer's disease.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Short-term memory loss occurs in normal elderly and increases in the predementia stage of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Amyloid-β1-42 (Aβ1-42), a possible causing peptide in AD, is bound to Zn2+ in the extracellular compartment in the hippocampus induced short-term memory loss in the normal rat brain, suggesting that extracellular Zn2+ is essential for Aβ1-42-induced short-term memory loss. The evidence is important to find an effective preventive strategy for AD, which is blocking the formation of Zn-Aβ1-42 in the extracellular compartment.

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