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ArticleNaunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology2024

Agomelatine improves memory and learning impairments in a rat model of LPS-induced neurotoxicity by modulating the ERK/SorLA/BDNF/TrkB pathway.

Mahmoud Abdelaziz, Ahmed F Mohamed, Hala F Zaki, Sameh S Gad

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Article in Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology, 2024. 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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7citing papers in PubMed
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mahmoud AbdelazizDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, October University for Modern Sciences and Arts (MSA University), Giza, Egypt.
Ahmed F MohamedDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Kasr El-Aini St, Cairo, 11562, Egypt. Ahmed.fathi@pharma.cu.edu.eg.
Hala F ZakiDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Kasr El-Aini St, Cairo, 11562, Egypt.
Sameh S GadDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, October University for Modern Sciences and Arts (MSA University), Giza, Egypt.
Cairo University · EGOctober University of Modern Sciences and Arts · EG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mutual interplay between neuroinflammation, synaptic plasticity, and autophagy has piqued researchers' interest, particularly when it comes to linking their impact and relationship to cognitive deficits. Being able to reduce inflammation and apoptosis, melatonin has shown to have positive neuroprotective effects; that is why we thought to check the possible role of agomelatine (AGO) as a promising candidate that could have a positive impact on cognitive deficits. In the current study, AGO (40 mg/kg/day, p.o., 7 days) successfully ameliorated the cognitive and learning disabilities caused by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in rats (250 μg/kg/day, i.p., 7 days). This positive impact was supported by improved histopathological findings and improved spatial memory as assessed using Morris water maze. AGO showed a strong ability to control BACE1 activity and to rein in the hippocampal amyloid beta (Aβ) deposition. Also, it improved neuronal survival, neuroplasticity, and neurogenesis by boosting BDNF levels and promoting its advantageous effects and by reinforcing the pTrkB expression. In addition, it upregulated the pre- and postsynaptic neuroplasticity biomarkers resembled in synapsin I, synaptophysin, and PSD-95. Furthermore, AGO showed a modulatory action on Sortilin-related receptor with A-type repeats (SorLA) pathway and adjusted autophagy. It is noteworthy that all of these actions were abolished by administering PD98059 a MEK/ERK pathway inhibitor (0.3 mg/kg/day, i.p., 7 days). In conclusion, AGO administration significantly improves memory and learning disabilities associated with LPS administration by modulating the ERK/SorLA/BDNF/TrkB signaling pathway parallel to its capacity to adjust the autophagic process.

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Learning DisabilitiesLipopolysaccharidesAmyloid beta-PeptidesAmyloid Precursor Protein SecretasesAnimalsAspartic Acid EndopeptidasesBrain-Derived Neurotrophic FactorHippocampusMAP Kinase Signaling SystemMaze LearningMemory DisordersRatsAmyloid beta-PeptidesAmyloid Precursor Protein SecretasesAspartic Acid EndopeptidasesBrain-Derived Neurotrophic FactorLipopolysaccharidesAgomelatineAutophagyBDNFERK ½NeuroplasticitySorLA

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PMID37712973
PMCPMC10858839
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