Evidence map›Paper›PMID 17129739›Full record

ArticleNeurobiology of learning and memory2007

Hippocampal long-term potentiation, memory, and longevity in mice that overexpress mitochondrial superoxide dismutase.

Daoying Hu, Peng Cao, Edda Thiels, Charleen T Chu, Gang-Yi Wu, Tim D Oury, Eric Klann

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Article in Neurobiology of learning and memory, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers.

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59citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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59 citing papers in PubMed, 126 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Daoying HuDepartment of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Peng Cao
Edda Thiels
Charleen T Chu
Gang-Yi Wu
Tim D Oury
Eric Klann
Baylor College of Medicine · USUniversity of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

Translation Regulation in Hippocampal LTP and LTDR01NS047384 · NINDS · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY · PI KLANN, ERIC · 2005 to 2020
$5.2M
Reactive Oxygen Species Signaling in the HippocampusR01NS034007 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI KLANN, ERIC · 2000 to 2012
$4.2M
eIF2alpha Phosphorylation in Synaptic Plasticity, Memory, and Brain DisordersR37NS034007 · NINDS · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY · PI KLANN, ERIC · 2014 to 2020
$3.3M
EXTRACELLULAR SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE IN PULMONARY FIBROSISR01HL063700 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI OURY, TIM D · 2000 to 2009
$2.7M
OXIDATIVE ACTIVATION OF PKC DURING INDUCTION OF LTPR29NS034007 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI KLANN, ERIC · 1995 to 1999
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Superoxide has been shown to be critically involved in several pathological manifestations of aging animals. In contrast, superoxide also can act as a signaling molecule to modulate signal transduction cascades required for hippocampal synaptic plasticity. Mitochondrial superoxide dismutase (SOD-2 or Mn-SOD) is a key antioxidant enzyme that scavenges superoxide. Thus, SOD-2 may not only prevent aging-related oxidative stress, but may also regulate redox signaling in young animals. We used transgenic mice overexpressing SOD-2 to study the role of mitochondrial superoxide in aging, synaptic plasticity, and memory-associated behavior. We found that overexpression of SOD-2 had no obvious effect on synaptic plasticity and memory formation in young mice, and could not rescue the age-related impairments in either synaptic plasticity or memory in old mice. However, SOD-2 overexpression did decrease mitochondrial superoxide in hippocampal neurons, and extended the lifespan of the mice. These findings increase our knowledge of the role of mitochondrial superoxide in physiological and pathological processes in the brain.

Indexed as

Analysis of VarianceAnimalsHippocampusLongevityLong-Term PotentiationMemoryMiceMice, TransgenicMitochondriaSuperoxide DismutaseSuperoxide Dismutase 2Superoxide DismutaseSuperoxide Dismutase 2

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PMID17129739
PMCPMC1847321
OpenAlexW1993940861

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