PMID- 32754028 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20200928 IS - 1663-4365 (Print) IS - 1663-4365 (Electronic) IS - 1663-4365 (Linking) VI - 12 DP - 2020 TI - Zonisamide Ameliorates Cognitive Impairment by Inhibiting ER Stress in a Mouse Model of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. PG - 192 LID - 10.3389/fnagi.2020.00192 [doi] LID - 192 AB - Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) increases the risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD)-like dementia and pathology. Endoplasmic reticulum stress (ERS) plays a key role in the development of cognitive impairment in T2DM. Zonisamide (ZNS) was found to suppress ERS-induced neuronal cell damage in the experimental models of Parkinson's disease (PD). However, the protective effect of Zonisamide in the treatment of diabetes-related dementia is not determined. Here, we studied whether ZNS can attenuate cognitive impairments in T2DM mice. C57BL/6J mice were fed with a high-fat diet (HFD) and received one intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin (STZ) to develop T2DM. After the 9-week diet, the mice were orally gavaged with ZNS or vehicle for 16 consecutive weeks. We found that ZNS improved spatial learning and memory ability and slightly attenuated hyperglycemia. In addition, the expression levels of synaptic-related proteins, such as postsynaptic density 95 (PSD95) and synaptophysin, were increased along with the activation of the cyclic AMP response element-binding (CREB) protein and cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) both in the hippocampus and cortex of T2DM mice. Meanwhile, ZNS attenuated Abeta deposition, Tau hyperphosphorylation at Ser-396/404, and also decreased the activity of Tau upstream kinases including extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK). Moreover, ZNS also decreased the ERS hallmark protein levels. These data suggest that ZNS can efficiently prevent cognitive impairment and improve AD-like pathologies by attenuating ERS in T2DM mice. CI - Copyright (c) 2020 He, Shen, Tian, Wu, Xue, Zhang, Wei and Liu. FAU - He, Yong-Xiang AU - He YX AD - Department of Pharmacology, Key Laboratory of Molecular Target & Clinical Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences & the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China. FAU - Shen, Qi-Ying AU - Shen QY AD - Department of Pharmacology, Key Laboratory of Molecular Target & Clinical Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences & the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China. FAU - Tian, Jia-Hui AU - Tian JH AD - Department of Pharmacology, Key Laboratory of Molecular Target & Clinical Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences & the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China. FAU - Wu, Qian AU - Wu Q AD - Department of Pharmacology, Key Laboratory of Molecular Target & Clinical Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences & the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China. FAU - Xue, Qin AU - Xue Q AD - Department of Pharmacology, Key Laboratory of Molecular Target & Clinical Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences & the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China. FAU - Zhang, Gui-Ping AU - Zhang GP AD - Department of Pharmacology, Key Laboratory of Molecular Target & Clinical Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences & the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China. FAU - Wei, Wei AU - Wei W AD - Department of Pathophysiology, School of Medicine, Institute of Brain Research, Key Laboratory of State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of China, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China. FAU - Liu, Ying-Hua AU - Liu YH AD - Department of Pharmacology, Key Laboratory of Molecular Target & Clinical Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences & the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200709 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Aging Neurosci JT - Frontiers in aging neuroscience JID - 101525824 PMC - PMC7367218 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Abeta OT - ER stress OT - Tau OT - Zonisamide OT - cognitive impairment OT - type 2 diabetes mellitus EDAT- 2020/08/06 06:00 MHDA- 2020/08/06 06:01 PMCR- 2020/01/01 CRDT- 2020/08/06 06:00 PHST- 2020/04/28 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/06/02 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/08/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/08/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/08/06 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2020/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fnagi.2020.00192 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Aging Neurosci. 2020 Jul 9;12:192. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2020.00192. eCollection 2020.