PMID- 27776993 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20171106 LR - 20171202 IS - 1872-7549 (Electronic) IS - 0166-4328 (Linking) VI - 318 DP - 2017 Feb 1 TI - Lixisenatide attenuates the detrimental effects of amyloid beta protein on spatial working memory and hippocampal neurons in rats. PG - 28-35 LID - S0166-4328(16)30892-0 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.bbr.2016.10.033 [doi] AB - Type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2DM) is a risk factor of Alzheimer's disease (AD), which is most likely linked to impairments of insulin signaling in the brain. Hence, drugs enhancing insulin signaling may have therapeutic potential for AD. Lixisenatide, a novel long-lasting glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) analogue, facilitates insulin signaling and has neuroprotective properties. We previously reported the protective effects of lixisenatide on memory formation and synaptic plasticity. Here, we describe additional key neuroprotective properties of lixisenatide and its possible molecular and cellular mechanisms against AD-related impairments in rats. The results show that lixisenatide effectively alleviated amyloid beta protein (Abeta) 25-35-induced working memory impairment, reversed Abeta25-35-triggered cytotoxicity on hippocampal cell cultures, and prevented against Abeta25-35-induced suppression of the Akt-MEK1/2 signaling pathway. Lixisenatide also reduced the Abeta25-35 acute application induced intracellular calcium overload, which was abolished by U0126, a specific MEK1/2 inhibitor. These results further confirmed the neuroprotective and cytoprotective action of lixisenatide against Abeta-induced impairments, suggesting that the protective effects of lixisenatide may involve the activation of the Akt-MEK1/2 signaling pathway and the regulation of intracellular calcium homeostasis. CI - Crown Copyright A(c) 2016. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Cai, Hong-Yan AU - Cai HY AD - Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China. FAU - Wang, Zhao-Jun AU - Wang ZJ AD - Department of Physiology, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China. FAU - Holscher, Christian AU - Holscher C AD - Division of Biomed and Life Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medicine Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YQ, UK. FAU - Yuan, Li AU - Yuan L AD - Department of Physiology, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China. FAU - Zhang, Jun AU - Zhang J AD - Department of Physiology, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China. FAU - Sun, Peng AU - Sun P AD - Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China. FAU - Li, Jing AU - Li J AD - Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China. FAU - Yang, Wei AU - Yang W AD - Department of Physiology, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China. FAU - Wu, Mei-Na AU - Wu MN AD - Department of Physiology, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China. FAU - Qi, Jin-Shun AU - Qi JS AD - Department of Physiology, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China. Electronic address: jinshunqi2009@163.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20161021 PL - Netherlands TA - Behav Brain Res JT - Behavioural brain research JID - 8004872 RN - 0 (Amyloid beta-Peptides) RN - 0 (Butadienes) RN - 0 (Neuroprotective Agents) RN - 0 (Nitriles) RN - 0 (Peptide Fragments) RN - 0 (Peptides) RN - 0 (U 0126) RN - 0 (amyloid beta-protein (25-35)) RN - 74O62BB01U (lixisenatide) RN - SY7Q814VUP (Calcium) SB - IM MH - Amyloid beta-Peptides/*antagonists & inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Animals MH - Butadienes/pharmacology MH - Calcium/metabolism MH - Cell Survival/drug effects MH - Hippocampus/*drug effects MH - Maze Learning/drug effects MH - Memory, Short-Term/*drug effects MH - Neurons/drug effects MH - Neuroprotective Agents/pharmacology MH - Nitriles/pharmacology MH - Peptide Fragments/*antagonists & inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Peptides/*pharmacology MH - Primary Cell Culture MH - Rats MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects OTO - NOTNLM OT - Akt-MEK1/2 signal pathway OT - Amyloid beta protein OT - Cell viability OT - Intracellular calcium concentration OT - Lixisenatide OT - Working memory EDAT- 2016/10/30 06:00 MHDA- 2017/11/07 06:00 CRDT- 2016/10/30 06:00 PHST- 2016/08/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/10/17 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2016/10/20 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/10/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/11/07 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/10/30 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0166-4328(16)30892-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.bbr.2016.10.033 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Behav Brain Res. 2017 Feb 1;318:28-35. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2016.10.033. Epub 2016 Oct 21.