Fiedler_1994_Brain.Res_658_27

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Title : Regional alteration of cholinergic function in central neurons of trisomy 16 mouse fetuses, an animal model of human trisomy 21 (Down syndrome) - Fiedler_1994_Brain.Res_658_27
Author(s) : Fiedler JL , Epstein CJ , Rapoport SI , Caviedes R , Caviedes P
Ref : Brain Research , 658 :27 , 1994
Abstract :

The trisomy-16 (TS16) mouse is considered to be a model of human trisomy 21 (Down syndrome) because of genetic homology between mouse chromosome 16 and human chromosome 21. We examined cholinergic function of brain and spinal cord tissue and in cultured neurons from TS16 mouse compared with that of age matched controls. Mean acetylcholinesterase activity in both tissue types did not differ between trisomic and control conditions. Acetylcholine (ACh) synthesis, measured as choline O-acetyltratransferase (acetyl-CoA) activity, was reduced to 67% of control in TS16 brain but not in TS16 spinal cord. Steady-state accumulation of ACh precursor, [3H]choline, was measured in primary cell cultures. Steady-state choline uptake was reduced to 35% and to 61% in neurons of TS16 brain and spinal cord, respectively, when compared with controls. Kinetics experiments in TS16 brain cells showed a 50% reduction of the maximal velocity of choline uptake when compared to controls. Further, the ACh release induced by KCl depolarization in TS16 spinal cord neurons did not differ from control neurons but was reduced in TS16 brain neurons. This effect cannot be explained solely by a reduction in ACh synthesis. The results indicate that the TS16 condition in mice significantly modified the cholinergic function in brain, and to a lesser degree in spinal cord, suggesting that the higher gene dosage inherent to the trisomic condition affects cholinergic neurons in different regions of the central nervous system in a differential fashion.

PubMedSearch : Fiedler_1994_Brain.Res_658_27
PubMedID: 7834352

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Fiedler JL, Epstein CJ, Rapoport SI, Caviedes R, Caviedes P (1994)
Regional alteration of cholinergic function in central neurons of trisomy 16 mouse fetuses, an animal model of human trisomy 21 (Down syndrome)
Brain Research 658 :27

Fiedler JL, Epstein CJ, Rapoport SI, Caviedes R, Caviedes P (1994)
Brain Research 658 :27