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ArticleJournal of neuroscience research2010

Memantine lowers amyloid-beta peptide levels in neuronal cultures and in APP/PS1 transgenic mice.

George M Alley, Jason A Bailey, Demao Chen, Balmiki Ray, Lakshman K Puli, Heikki Tanila, Pradeep K Banerjee, Debomoy K Lahiri

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Article in Journal of neuroscience research, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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59 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 124 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

George M AlleyDepartment of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Jason A Bailey
Demao Chen
Balmiki Ray
Lakshman K Puli
Heikki Tanila
Pradeep K Banerjee
Debomoy K Lahiri
Indiana University School of MedicineUniversity of Eastern Finland · FIZero to Three · USIndiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis · US

Funding

Regulation of APP Pathway Gene Promoters in Alzheimer'sR01AG018379 · NIA · INDIANA UNIV-PURDUE UNIV AT INDIANAPOLIS · PI LAHIRI, DEBOMOY K · 2000 to 2011
$3.1M
Mechanisms of Cholinesterase Inhibitors on Beta-amyloidR01AG018884 · NIA · INDIANA UNIV-PURDUE UNIV AT INDIANAPOLIS · PI LAHIRI, DEBOMOY K · 2002 to 2012
$2.9M
NIA NIH HHS AG18379NIA NIH HHS AG18884NIA NIH HHS R01 AG018379NIA NIH HHS R01 AG018884
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Memantine is a moderate-affinity, uncompetitive N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist that stabilizes cognitive, functional, and behavioral decline in patients with moderate to severe Alzheimer's disease (AD). In AD, the extracellular deposition of fibrillogenic amyloid-beta peptides (Abeta) occurs as a result of aberrant processing of the full-length Abeta precursor protein (APP). Memantine protects neurons from the neurotoxic effects of Abeta and improves cognition in transgenic mice with high brain levels of Abeta. However, it is unknown how memantine protects cells against neurodegeneration and affects APP processing and Abeta production. We report the effects of memantine in three different systems. In human neuroblastoma cells, memantine, at therapeutically relevant concentrations (1-4 muM), decreased levels of secreted APP and Abeta(1-40). Levels of the potentially amylodogenic Abeta(1-42) were undetectable in these cells. In primary rat cortical neuronal cultures, memantine treatment lowered Abeta(1-42) secretion. At the concentrations used, memantine treatment was not toxic to neuroblastoma or primary cultures and increased cell viability and/or metabolic activity under certain conditions. In APP/presenilin-1 (PS1) transgenic mice exhibiting high brain levels of Abeta(1-42), oral dosing of memantine (20 mg/kg/day for 8 days) produced a plasma drug concentration of 0.96 microM and significantly reduced the cortical levels of soluble Abeta(1-42). The ratio of Abeta(1-40)/Abeta(1-42) increased in treated mice, suggesting effects on the gamma-secretase complex. Thus, memantine reduces the levels of Abeta peptides at therapeutic concentrations and may inhibit the accumulation of fibrillogenic Abeta in mammalian brains. Memantine's ability to preserve neuronal cells against neurodegeneration, to increase metabolic activity, and to lower Abeta level has therapeutic implications for neurodegenerative disorders.

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Amyloid beta-PeptidesAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorAnimalsBlotting, WesternBrainCell LineCells, CulturedCulture Media, ConditionedDose-Response Relationship, DrugEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayExcitatory Amino Acid AntagonistsHumansMemantineMiceMice, TransgenicNeuronsAmyloid beta-PeptidesAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorCulture Media, ConditionedExcitatory Amino Acid AntagonistsMemantineNeuroprotective Agents

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PMID19642202
PMCPMC2783840
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