Abstract
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a type of dementia characterized by the deposition of amyloid β, a causative protein of AD, in the brain. Shati/Nat8l, identified as a psychiatric disease related molecule, is a responsive enzyme of N-acetylaspartate (NAA) synthesis. In the hippocampi of AD patients and model mice, the NAA content and Shati/Nat8l expression were reported to be reduced. Having recently clarified the involvement of Shati/Nat8l in cognitive function, we examined the recovery effect of the hippocampal overexpression of Shati/Nat8l in AD model mice (5XFAD). Shati/Nat8l overexpression suppressed cognitive dysfunction without affecting the Aβ burden or number of NeuN-positive neurons. In addition, brain-derived neurotrophic factor mRNA was upregulated by Shati/Nat8l overexpression in 5XFAD mice. These results suggest that Shati/Nat8l overexpression prevents cognitive dysfunction in 5XFAD mice, indicating that Shati/Nat8l could be a therapeutic target for AD.
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We thank Naomi Takino and Mika Ito (Jichi Medical University, Shimosuke, Japan) for technical assistance in producing the Shati/Nat8l AAV vectors.
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This work was supported by the grant-in-aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) (B) [JSPS KAKENHI JP26293213] (to SM) [21H02632] (to AN), [JP22H04922] (to AN) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Kobayashi Foundation (to AN), and SRF Grant for Biomedical Research and Foundation, Japan (to AN and NI).
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Chino, K., Izuo, N., Noike, H. et al. Shati/Nat8l Overexpression Improves Cognitive Decline by Upregulating Neuronal Trophic Factor in Alzheimer’s Disease Model Mice. Neurochem Res 47, 2805–2814 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11064-022-03649-2
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