PMID- 28467789 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180329 LR - 20181113 IS - 1949-2553 (Electronic) IS - 1949-2553 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 27 DP - 2017 Jul 4 TI - Chronic diabetic states worsen Alzheimer neuropathology and cognitive deficits accompanying disruption of calcium signaling in leptin-deficient APP/PS1 mice. PG - 43617-43634 LID - 10.18632/oncotarget.17116 [doi] AB - The coincidences between Alzheimer's disease (AD) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are so compelling that it is attractive to speculate that diabetic conditions might aggravate AD pathologies by calcium dysfunction, although the understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved remains elusive. The present work was undertaken to investigate whether calcium dyshomeostasis is associated with the exacerbated Alzheimer-like cognitive dysfunction observed in diabetic conditions in APP/PS1-ob/ob mice, which were generated by crossing ob/ob mice with APP/PS1 mice. We confirmed that the diabetic condition can aggravate not only Abeta deposition but also tau phosphorylation, synaptic loss, neuronal death, and inflammation, exacerbating cognitive impairment in AD mice. More importantly, we found that the diabetic condition dramatically elevated calcium levels in APP/PS1 mice, thereby stimulating the phosphorylation of the calcium-dependent kinases. Our findings suggest that controlling over-elevation of intracellular calcium may provide novel insights for approaching AD in diabetic patients and delaying AD progression. FAU - Zhang, Shuai AU - Zhang S AD - College of Life and Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China. FAU - Chai, Rui AU - Chai R AD - College of Life and Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China. FAU - Yang, Ying-Ying AU - Yang YY AD - College of Life and Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China. FAU - Guo, Shi-Qi AU - Guo SQ AD - College of Life and Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China. FAU - Wang, Shan AU - Wang S AD - College of Life and Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China. FAU - Guo, Tian AU - Guo T AD - College of Life and Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China. FAU - Xu, Shuang-Feng AU - Xu SF AD - College of Life and Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China. FAU - Zhang, Yan-Hui AU - Zhang YH AD - College of Life and Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China. FAU - Wang, Zhan-You AU - Wang ZY AD - College of Life and Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China. FAU - Guo, Chuang AU - Guo C AD - College of Life and Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Oncotarget JT - Oncotarget JID - 101532965 RN - 0 (Amyloid beta-Peptides) RN - 0 (Leptin) RN - 0 (tau Proteins) SB - IM MH - Alzheimer Disease/*etiology/*metabolism/psychology MH - Amyloid beta-Peptides/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Brain/metabolism/pathology/physiopathology MH - *Calcium Signaling MH - *Cognitive Dysfunction MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/*complications MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Humans MH - Inflammation MH - Leptin/*deficiency MH - Male MH - Memory Disorders/genetics MH - Mice MH - Mice, Transgenic MH - Phosphorylation MH - Protein Aggregation, Pathological/genetics MH - Signal Transduction MH - Synapses/genetics/metabolism MH - tau Proteins/metabolism PMC - PMC5546429 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Alzheimer's disease OT - calcium OT - diabetes mellitus OT - tau OT - beta-amyloid COIS- CONFLICTS OF INTEREST The authors declare that no competing interests exist. EDAT- 2017/05/04 06:00 MHDA- 2018/03/30 06:00 PMCR- 2017/07/04 CRDT- 2017/05/04 06:00 PHST- 2017/02/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/04/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/05/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/03/30 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/05/04 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/07/04 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 17116 [pii] AID - 10.18632/oncotarget.17116 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Oncotarget. 2017 Jul 4;8(27):43617-43634. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.17116.