PMID- 25554494 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20151112 LR - 20150302 IS - 1558-1497 (Electronic) IS - 0197-4580 (Linking) VI - 36 IP - 3 DP - 2015 Mar TI - BDNF prevents amyloid-dependent impairment of LTP in the entorhinal cortex by attenuating p38 MAPK phosphorylation. PG - 1303-9 LID - S0197-4580(14)00787-8 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2014.11.016 [doi] AB - The oligomeric form of the amyloid peptide Abeta(1-42) is capable of perturbing synaptic plasticity in different brain areas. Here, we evaluated the protective role of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in beta amyloid (Abeta)-dependent impairment of long-term potentiation in entorhinal cortex (EC) slices. We found that BDNF (1 ng/mL) supplied by perfusion was able to rescue long-term potentiation in Abeta(1-42)-treated slices; BDNF protection was mediated by TrkB receptor as assessed by using the tyrosine kinase inhibitor K252a (200 nM). We also investigated the function of endogenous BDNF using a soluble form of TrkB receptor (TrkB IgG). Incubation of slices with TrkB IgG (1 mug/mL) increased the EC vulnerability to Abeta. Finally, we investigated the effect of BDNF on the cell stress-kinase p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) in primary cortical cell cultures exposed to Abeta(1-42). We found that Abeta induces p38 MAPK phosphorylation, although pretreatment with BDNF prevented Abeta-dependent p38 MAPK phosphorylation. This result was confirmed by an immunoassay in tissue extracts from EC slices collected after electrophysiology. CI - Copyright (c) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Criscuolo, Chiara AU - Criscuolo C AD - Neuroscience Institute, Italian National Research Council, Pisa, Italy; Department of Applied Clinical Sciences and Biotechnology, University of L'Aquila, Coppito, L'Aquila, Italy. FAU - Fabiani, Carlotta AU - Fabiani C AD - Neuroscience Institute, Italian National Research Council, Pisa, Italy. FAU - Bonadonna, Camilla AU - Bonadonna C AD - Neuroscience Institute, Italian National Research Council, Pisa, Italy. FAU - Origlia, Nicola AU - Origlia N AD - Neuroscience Institute, Italian National Research Council, Pisa, Italy. FAU - Domenici, Luciano AU - Domenici L AD - Neuroscience Institute, Italian National Research Council, Pisa, Italy; Department of Applied Clinical Sciences and Biotechnology, University of L'Aquila, Coppito, L'Aquila, Italy. Electronic address: domenici@in.cnr.it. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20141202 PL - United States TA - Neurobiol Aging JT - Neurobiology of aging JID - 8100437 RN - 0 (Amyloid beta-Peptides) RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Neuroprotective Agents) RN - 0 (Peptide Fragments) RN - 0 (amyloid beta-protein (1-42)) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor, trkB) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) SB - IM MH - Alzheimer Disease/etiology/prevention & control MH - Amyloid beta-Peptides/*adverse effects MH - Animals MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/*pharmacology MH - Entorhinal Cortex/*physiology MH - In Vitro Techniques MH - Long-Term Potentiation/*drug effects MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Neuronal Plasticity/drug effects MH - *Neuroprotective Agents MH - Peptide Fragments/*adverse effects MH - Phosphorylation/drug effects MH - Receptor, trkB/physiology MH - p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/*metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Alzheimer's disease OT - Neurodegeneration OT - Neuroprotection OT - Synaptic plasticity EDAT- 2015/01/03 06:00 MHDA- 2015/11/13 06:00 CRDT- 2015/01/03 06:00 PHST- 2014/01/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/10/24 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2014/11/25 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/01/03 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/01/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/11/13 06:00 [medline] AID - S0197-4580(14)00787-8 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2014.11.016 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neurobiol Aging. 2015 Mar;36(3):1303-9. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2014.11.016. Epub 2014 Dec 2.