PMID- 25391764 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20151224 LR - 20181113 IS - 1559-1166 (Electronic) IS - 0895-8696 (Linking) VI - 56 IP - 1 DP - 2015 May TI - Histone deacetylase inhibitor, trichostatin A, improves learning and memory in high-fat diet-induced cognitive deficits in mice. PG - 1-11 LID - 10.1007/s12031-014-0461-x [doi] AB - Metabolic syndrome is increasingly recognized for its effects on cognitive health. Recent studies have highlighted the role of histone deacetylases (HDACs) in metabolic syndrome and cognitive functions. The present study was designed to investigate the possible therapeutic role of a HDAC inhibitor, trichostatin A (TSA), in cognitive impairment associated with metabolic syndrome. To ascertain the mechanisms involved, we fed mice with high-fat diet (HFD) for 4 weeks and examined changes in behavioral and biochemical/oxidative stress markers. Mice subjected to HFD exhibited characteristic features of metabolic disorder, viz., hyperglycemia, hypertriglyceridemia, hypercholesterolemia, and lower high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels. Moreover, these mice showed severe deficits in learning and memory as assessed by the Morris water maze and passive avoidance tasks along with elevated oxidative stress and inflammatory markers in brain homogenates. The observed changes occurred concurrently with reduced brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). In contrast, the mice treated with the HDAC inhibitor, TSA (0.5 and 1 mg/kg, i.p.), showed a significant and dose-dependent reduction in serum glucose, triglycerides, and total cholesterol along with improvement in HDL-cholesterol levels and learning and memory performance. TSA treatment also results in alleviation of oxidative stress and neuroinflammatory markers. Moreover, TSA significantly augmented the BDNF levels in HFD-fed mice. Thus, based upon these observations, it may be suggested that HDAC inhibition could be a novel therapeutic strategy to combat cognitive impairment associated with metabolic syndrome. FAU - Sharma, Sorabh AU - Sharma S AD - Department of Pharmacy, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, 333031, Rajasthan, India. FAU - Taliyan, Rajeev AU - Taliyan R FAU - Ramagiri, Shruti AU - Ramagiri S LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20141114 PL - United States TA - J Mol Neurosci JT - Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN JID - 9002991 RN - 0 (Blood Glucose) RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Hydroxamic Acids) RN - 0 (Triglycerides) RN - 3X2S926L3Z (trichostatin A) RN - 97C5T2UQ7J (Cholesterol) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Blood Glucose/metabolism MH - Brain/drug effects/metabolism/physiology MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/metabolism MH - Cholesterol/blood MH - Cognition Disorders/*drug therapy/etiology MH - Diet, High-Fat/adverse effects MH - Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors/pharmacology/*therapeutic use MH - Hydroxamic Acids/pharmacology/*therapeutic use MH - Male MH - *Maze Learning MH - *Memory MH - Metabolic Syndrome/*drug therapy/etiology MH - Mice MH - Oxidative Stress MH - Triglycerides/blood EDAT- 2014/11/14 06:00 MHDA- 2015/12/25 06:00 CRDT- 2014/11/14 06:00 PHST- 2014/09/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/11/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/11/14 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/11/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/12/25 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1007/s12031-014-0461-x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Mol Neurosci. 2015 May;56(1):1-11. doi: 10.1007/s12031-014-0461-x. Epub 2014 Nov 14.