Administration of cyclic glycine-proline during infancy improves adult spatial memory, astrocyte plasticity, vascularization and GluR-1 expression in rats

Cyclic glycine-proline (cGP) is a natural nutrient of breast milk and plays a role in regulating the function of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1). IGF-1 function is essential for post-natal brain development and adult cognitive function. We evaluated the effects of cGP on spatial memory and histological changes in the hippocampus of the adult rats following infancy administration. Infant rats were treated with either cGP or saline between post-natal days 8 and 22 via oral administration to lactating dams. The spatial memory was evaluated between post-natal days 70 and 75 using Morris water maze tests. The changes of capillaries, astrocytes, synaptophysin and glutamate receptor-1 were examined in the CA1 stratum radiatum of the hippocampus. Compared to saline-treated group, cGP-treated group showed higher path efficiency of entry and lower average heading errors to the platform zone. cGP-treated group also showed longer, larger and more astrocytic processes, more capillaries and higher glutamate receptor-1 expression. The rats made less average heading error to the platform zone have more capillaries, larger and longer astrocytic branches. Thus cGP treatment/supplementation during infancy moderately improved adulthood spatial memory. This long-lasting effect of cGP on memory could be mediated via promoting astrocytic plasticity, vascularization and glutamate trafficking. Therefore, cGP may have a role in regulating IGF-1 function during brain development.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:25

Enthalten in:

Nutritional neuroscience - 25(2022), 12 vom: 04. Dez., Seite 2517-2527

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Singh-Mallah, Gagandeep [VerfasserIn]
Ardalan, Maryam [VerfasserIn]
Kang, Dali [VerfasserIn]
Singh, Kuljeet [VerfasserIn]
McMahon, Christopher D [VerfasserIn]
Mallard, Carina [VerfasserIn]
Guan, Jian [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

67763-96-6
Astrocytic plasticity
Cerebral vascular densities
Cyclic glycine-proline
Glutamate receptor-1
Insulin-Like Growth Factor I
Insulin-like growth factor-1
Journal Article
Morris water maze tests
Peptides, Cyclic
Post-natal brain development
Receptors, Glutamate
Spatial reference memory

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Date Completed 09.11.2022

Date Revised 09.11.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/1028415X.2021.1980845

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM331069563