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ArticleNeurobiology of aging2014

Role of antioxidant enzymes in redox regulation of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor function and memory in middle-aged rats.

Wei-Hua Lee, Ashok Kumar, Asha Rani, Thomas C Foster

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Article in Neurobiology of aging, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Re-Opening the Critical Window for Estrogen Therapy.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2015
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  16. Impaired attention and synaptic senescence of the prefrontal cortex involves redox regulation of NMDA receptors.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2015
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Wei-Hua LeeDepartment of Medical Genetics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA.
Ashok KumarDepartment of Neuroscience, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Asha RaniDepartment of Neuroscience, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Thomas C FosterDepartment of Neuroscience, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA. Electronic address: Foster1@ufl.edu.
University of Florida · USUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

University of Florida Older Americans Independence Center (OAIC)P30AG028740 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI Peihua Qiu · 2007 to 2026
$22.8M
Estrogen and cognition over the lifespanR01AG037984 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI FOSTER, THOMAS C, KUMAR, ASHOK · 2011 to 2022
$3.3M
Signaling cascades and memory deficits during agingR37AG036800 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI FOSTER, THOMAS C · 2010 to 2018
$2.6M
NIA NIH HHS P30 AG028740NIA NIH HHS R01 AG037984NIA NIH HHS R01AG037984NIA NIH HHS R37 AG036800NIA NIH HHS R37AG036800
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Overexpression of superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) in the hippocampus results in age-dependent impaired cognition and altered synaptic plasticity suggesting a possible model for examining the role of oxidative stress in senescent neurophysiology. However, it is unclear if SOD1 overexpression involves an altered redox environment and a decrease in N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) synaptic function reported for aging animals. Viral vectors were used to express SOD1 and green fluorescent protein (SOD1 + GFP), SOD1 and catalase (SOD1 + CAT), or GFP alone in the hippocampus of middle-aged (17 months) male Fischer 344 rats. We confirm that SOD1 + GFP and SOD1 + CAT reduced lipid peroxidation indicating superoxide metabolites were primarily responsible for lipid peroxidation. SOD1 + GFP impaired learning, decreased glutathione peroxidase activity, decreased glutathione levels, decreased NMDAR-mediated synaptic responses, and impaired long-term potentiation. Co-expression of SOD1 + CAT rescued the effects of SOD1 expression on learning, redox measures, and synaptic function suggesting the effects were mediated by excess hydrogen peroxide. Application of the reducing agent dithiolthreitol to hippocampal slices increased the NMDAR-mediated component of the synaptic response in SOD1 + GFP animals relative to animals that overexpress SOD1 + CAT indicating that the effect of antioxidant enzyme expression on NMDAR function was because of a shift in the redox environment. The results suggest that overexpression of neuronal SOD1 and CAT in middle age may provide a model for examining the role of oxidative stress in senescent physiology and the progression of age-related neurodegenerative diseases.

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AgingAnimalsCatalaseDisease ProgressionHippocampusMaleMemoryNeurodegenerative DiseasesNeuronal PlasticityNeuronsOxidation-ReductionOxidative StressRatsRats, Inbred F344Receptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateSuperoxide DismutaseCatalaseReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateSod1 protein, ratSuperoxide DismutaseSuperoxide Dismutase-1AgingCatalaseGlutathione peroxidaseLearning and memoryNMDARSuperoxide dismutaseSynaptic plasticity

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PMID24388786
PMCPMC3961498
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