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ArticlePLoS biology2021

Dopamine, sleep, and neuronal excitability modulate amyloid-β-mediated forgetting in Drosophila.

Jenifer C Kaldun, Shahnaz R Lone, Ana M Humbert Camps, Cornelia Fritsch, Yves F Widmer, Jens V Stein, Seth M Tomchik, Simon G Sprecher

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Article in PLoS biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Jenifer C KaldunDepartment of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-3385-366X
Shahnaz R LoneDepartment of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
Ana M Humbert CampsDepartment of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-3646-1549
Cornelia FritschDepartment of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-2964-573X
Yves F WidmerDepartment of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
Jens V SteinDepartment of Medicine, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
Seth M TomchikDepartment of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, Florida, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-5686-0833
Simon G SprecherDepartment of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-9060-3750
University of Fribourg · CHCentral University of Punjab · INScripps Research Institute · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer disease (AD) is one of the main causes of age-related dementia and neurodegeneration. However, the onset of the disease and the mechanisms causing cognitive defects are not well understood. Aggregation of amyloidogenic peptides is a pathological hallmark of AD and is assumed to be a central component of the molecular disease pathways. Pan-neuronal expression of Aβ42Arctic peptides in Drosophila melanogaster results in learning and memory defects. Surprisingly, targeted expression to the mushroom bodies, a center for olfactory memories in the fly brain, does not interfere with learning but accelerates forgetting. We show here that reducing neuronal excitability either by feeding Levetiracetam or silencing of neurons in the involved circuitry ameliorates the phenotype. Furthermore, inhibition of the Rac-regulated forgetting pathway could rescue the Aβ42Arctic-mediated accelerated forgetting phenotype. Similar effects are achieved by increasing sleep, a critical regulator of neuronal homeostasis. Our results provide a functional framework connecting forgetting signaling and sleep, which are critical for regulating neuronal excitability and homeostasis and are therefore a promising mechanism to modulate forgetting caused by toxic Aβ peptides.

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Amyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsBrainDopamineDrosophila melanogasterMemoryMushroom BodiesNeuronsSleepAmyloid beta-PeptidesDopamine

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PMID34613972
PMCPMC8523056
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