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Matured Hop Bitter Acids Improve Spatial Working and Object Recognition Memory via Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors

Matured Hop Bitter Acids Improve Spatial Working and Object Recognition Memory via Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors

Takafumi Fukuda, Tatsuhiro Ayabe, Rena Ohya, Yasuhisa Ano

Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2019 Sep;236(9):2847-2854.

PMID: 31069423

Abstract:

Rationale:
Cognitive decline and dementia are major concerns in today's aging society. As limited treatments are available, measures to prevent cognitive decline and dementia are needed. We previously demonstrated that matured hop bitter acids (MHBA), bitter components of beer, increase norepinephrine in the hippocampus and improve memory in amnesia model mice induced by scopolamine (SCP), an antagonist of muscarinic receptor. However, other neurotransmitters involved in the effects of MHBA on memory improvement remain unknown.
Objectives:
This study aimed to assess the role of acetylcholine receptors (AChR) in the effects of MHBA on memory.
Method:
The involvement of AChR on the effects of MHBA (10 mg/kg) on cognitive function was evaluated using AChR antagonists, SCP, mecamylamine hydrochloride (MEC), a non-competitive antagonist of nicotinic-AChR (nAChR), and methyllycaconitine citrate (MLA), an α7nAChR antagonist, for the Y-maze test and the novel object recognition test (NORT). A separate population of mice, which underwent vagotomy or sham operation, was subjected to NORT to elucidate further mechanism. In addition, the effect of MHBA on acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity was measured in vitro.
Results:
In accordance with previous reports, MHBA improved spontaneous alternations of the Y-maze test in SCP-induced amnesia mice and increased discrimination index evaluated by the NORT in normal mice. On the other hand, treatment with MEC or MLA attenuated the effects of MHBA on memory improvement in the Y-maze test and the NORT. Vagotomized mice also showed attenuated memory enhancement by MHBA in the NORT. In addition, MHBA did not alter AChE activity in vitro.
Conclusions:
The results support the involvement of nAChRs in memory improvement in mice by MHBA. MHBA is thus thought to activate the vagal nerve and enhance hippocampus-dependent memory via nAChRs.

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