PMID- 28792471 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180423 LR - 20190115 IS - 1422-0067 (Electronic) IS - 1422-0067 (Linking) VI - 18 IP - 8 DP - 2017 Aug 9 TI - Comparative Studies on Behavioral, Cognitive and Biomolecular Profiling of ICR, C57BL/6 and Its Sub-Strains Suitable for Scopolamine-Induced Amnesic Models. LID - 10.3390/ijms18081735 [doi] LID - 1735 AB - Cognitive impairment and behavioral disparities are the distinctive baseline features to investigate in most animal models of neurodegenerative disease. However, neuronal complications are multifactorial and demand a suitable animal model to investigate their underlying basal mechanisms. By contrast, the numerous existing neurodegenerative studies have utilized various animal strains, leading to factual disparity. Choosing an optimal mouse strain for preliminary assessment of neuronal complications is therefore imperative. In this study, we systematically compared the behavioral, cognitive, cholinergic, and inflammatory impairments of outbred ICR and inbred C57BL/6 mice strains subject to scopolamine-induced amnesia. We then extended this study to the sub-strains C57BL/6N and C57BL/6J, where in addition to the above-mentioned parameters, their endogenous antioxidant levels and cAMP response-element binding protein (CREB)/brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) protein expression were also evaluated. Compared with the ICR strain, the scopolamine-inflicted C57BL/6 strains exhibited a substantial reduction of spontaneous alternation and an approximately two-fold increase in inflammatory protein expression, compared to the control group. Among the sub-strains, scopolamine-treated C57BL/6N strains exhibited declined step-through latency, elevated acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity and inflammatory protein expression, associated with reduced endogenous antioxidant levels and p-CREB/BDNF expression, compared to the control and tacrine-treated groups. This indicates that the C57BL/6N strains exhibit significantly enhanced scopolamine-induced neuronal impairment compared to the other evaluated strains. FAU - Karthivashan, Govindarajan AU - Karthivashan G AD - Department of Biotechnology, College of Biomedical and Health Science, Konkuk University, Chungju 27478, Korea. karthivashan@gmail.com. FAU - Park, Shin-Young AU - Park SY AD - Department of Biotechnology, College of Biomedical and Health Science, Konkuk University, Chungju 27478, Korea. ifresha@nate.com. FAU - Kim, Joon-Soo AU - Kim JS AD - Department of Biotechnology, College of Biomedical and Health Science, Konkuk University, Chungju 27478, Korea. kgfdkr@gmail.com. FAU - Cho, Duk-Yeon AU - Cho DY AD - Department of Biotechnology, College of Biomedical and Health Science, Konkuk University, Chungju 27478, Korea. ejrdus1026@naver.com. FAU - Ganesan, Palanivel AU - Ganesan P AD - Department of Biotechnology, College of Biomedical and Health Science, Konkuk University, Chungju 27478, Korea. palanivel67@gmail.com. AD - Nanotechnology Research Center, Department of Applied Life Science, College of Biomedical and Health Science, Konkuk University, Chungju 27478, Korea. palanivel67@gmail.com. FAU - Choi, Dong-Kug AU - Choi DK AD - Department of Biotechnology, College of Biomedical and Health Science, Konkuk University, Chungju 27478, Korea. choidk@kku.ac.kr. AD - Nanotechnology Research Center, Department of Applied Life Science, College of Biomedical and Health Science, Konkuk University, Chungju 27478, Korea. choidk@kku.ac.kr. LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170809 PL - Switzerland TA - Int J Mol Sci JT - International journal of molecular sciences JID - 101092791 RN - 0 (Adjuvants, Anesthesia) RN - 0 (Antioxidants) RN - 0 (Biomarkers) RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein) RN - DL48G20X8X (Scopolamine) RN - EC 3.1.1.7 (Acetylcholinesterase) SB - IM MH - Acetylcholinesterase/metabolism MH - Adjuvants, Anesthesia/*adverse effects MH - Amnesia/*etiology/*metabolism/*psychology MH - Animals MH - Antioxidants/metabolism MH - *Behavior, Animal MH - *Biomarkers MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/metabolism MH - Cerebral Cortex/metabolism MH - *Cognitive Dysfunction MH - Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein/metabolism MH - Enzyme Activation MH - Gene Expression MH - Hippocampus/metabolism MH - Inflammation/genetics/metabolism MH - Lipid Peroxidation MH - Male MH - Memory Disorders/etiology/psychology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Inbred ICR MH - Scopolamine/*adverse effects MH - Spatial Learning MH - Species Specificity PMC - PMC5578125 OTO - NOTNLM OT - C57BL/6J sub-strains OT - C57BL/6N OT - CREB/BDNF OT - amnesia OT - cognition OT - inbred C57BL/6 strains OT - outbred ICR strains OT - scopolamine COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2017/08/10 06:00 MHDA- 2018/04/24 06:00 PMCR- 2017/08/01 CRDT- 2017/08/10 06:00 PHST- 2017/07/05 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/07/31 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/08/01 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/08/10 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/08/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/04/24 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/08/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ijms18081735 [pii] AID - ijms-18-01735 [pii] AID - 10.3390/ijms18081735 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Int J Mol Sci. 2017 Aug 9;18(8):1735. doi: 10.3390/ijms18081735.