Alteration of expression levels of neuronal nitric oxide synthase and haem oxygenase-2 messenger RNA in the hippocampi and cortices of young adult and aged cognitively unimpaired and impaired Long-Evans rats.

Abstract:

:Neuronal nitric oxide synthase and haem oxygenase-2 are postulated to be important enzymes involved in neuronal transmission and modulation of free radical levels in neurons. Hippocampal and cortical neuronal nitric oxide synthase and haem oxygenase-2 expressions were compared in young adult (6 months) and aged (24-26 months) Long-Evans rats. Aged rats were assigned as either cognitively unimpaired or impaired based on their performances in the Morris water maze behavioural task. In situ hybridization revealed increased neuronal nitric oxide synthase messenger RNA levels in selected regions of the hippocampi and cortices of aged rats. Moreover, aged cognitively impaired animals showed significantly higher neuronal nitric oxide synthase messenger RNA expression than aged cognitively unimpaired animals in several brain regions. For haem oxygenase-2 mRNA expressions, both young and aged cognitively impaired rats showed increased expressions in hippocampi compared with aged cognitively unimpaired rats, while no difference was found in cortices between all three animal groups. The increase in neuronal nitric oxide synthase messenger RNA expression levels in the aged animals may be related to increased free radical production occurring in ageing. Alternatively, elevated neuronal nitric oxide synthase and haem oxygenase-2 messenger RNA expressions may represent compensatory responses to oxidative stress and age-related changes in neuronal functions. Regarding cognitive status, aged cognitively impaired rats showed significant spatial memory deficits relative to young and aged cognitively unimpaired rats. Our data suggest a correlation between age-related cognitive impairment and change in messenger RNA expressions for the neuronal nitric oxide synthase and haem oxygenase-2 systems in brain areas implicated in learning and memory processes.

journal_name

Neuroscience

journal_title

Neuroscience

authors

Law A,Doré S,Blackshaw S,Gauthier S,Quirion R

doi

10.1016/s0306-4522(00)00316-x

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subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2000-01-01 00:00:00

pages

769-75

issue

4

eissn

0306-4522

issn

1873-7544

pii

S030645220000316X

journal_volume

100

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