Magnetic resonance spectroscopy in the hippocampus of adult APP/PS1 mice following chronic vitamin D deficiency

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Vitamin D (VitD) deficiency can exacerbate AD progression and may cause changes in brain metabolite levels that can be detected by magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). The purpose of this study was to determine whether chronic VitD deficiency in an AD mouse model caused persistent metabolite levels changes in the hippocampus associated with memory performance. Six-month-old APPSwe/PS1ΔE9 (APP/PS1) mice (N = 14 mice/group) were fed either a VitD deficient (VitD-) diet or a control diet. Metabolite level changes in the hippocampus were evaluated by 1H MRS using a 9.4 T MRI. Ventricle volume was assessed by imaging and spatial memory was evaluated using the Barnes maze. All measurements were made at 6, 9, 12, and 15 months of age. At 15 months of age, amyloid plaque load and astrocyte number were evaluated histologically (N = 4 mice/group). Levels of N-acetyl aspartate and creatine were lower in VitD- mice compared to control diet mice at 12 months of age. VitD deficiency did not change ventricle volume. Lactate levels increased over time in VitD- mice and increases from 12 to 15 months were negatively correlated with changes in primary latency to the target hole in the Barns Maze. VitD- mice showed improved spatial memory performance compared to control diet mice. VitD- mice also had more astrocytes in the cortex and hippocampus at 15 months than control diet mice. This study suggests that severe VitD deficiency in APP/PS1 mice may lead to compensatory changes in metabolite and astrocyte levels that contribute to improved performance on spatial memory tasks.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

2023

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:457

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Behavioural brain research - 457(2023) vom: 04. Feb., Seite 114713

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wong, Dickson [VerfasserIn]
Bellyou, Miranda [VerfasserIn]
Li, Alex [VerfasserIn]
Prado, Marco A M [VerfasserIn]
Beauchet, Olivier [VerfasserIn]
Annweiler, Cédric [VerfasserIn]
Montero-Odasso, Manuel [VerfasserIn]
Bartha, Robert [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Alzheimer's Disease
Amyloid beta-Peptides
Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor
Astrocyte, Amyloid
Barnes Maze
Journal Article
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Memory
Mouse
Presenilin-1
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Vitamin D

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Date Completed 17.11.2023

Date Revised 22.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.bbr.2023.114713

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM363312048