title: mRNA expression alterations of inward rectifier potassium channels in rat brain with cholinergic impairment.
abstract: Potassium channel dysfunction has been indicated in Alzheimer's disease. In the present study, spatial memory, the activity of cortical acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and the expressions of inward rectifier potassium channels (Kir) were measured after ibotenic acid lesions of nucleus basalis magnocellularis (nbm) in rats. Expressions of Kir (Kir2.1, Kir3.1, Kir6.1 and Kir6.2) at mRNA level were assessed using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. At 28 days after ibotenic acid injection, the spatial memory of rats was significantly impaired accompanied by a 32% reduction of cortical AChE activity. Furthermore, the expression of Kir6.2 was increased by 79.3% in cortex, and that of Kir6.1 was increased by 172.1% in hippocampus, while no obvious changes in the mRNA expression of Kir2.1 and Kir3.1 were detected. This study indicated that the expression of adenosine triphosphate-sensitive potassium channel was area and channel subtype specifically increased following nbm lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Materia Medica, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, 1 Xiannongtan Street, Beijing 100050, China.
authors.forename: Xiang-Hua
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Ya-Ping
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Xiao-Liang
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000172:deficiency*; D000110:Acetylcholinesterase / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D000818:Animals; D020532:Basal Nucleus of Meynert / Q000187:drug effects / Q000293:injuries / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002799:Cholinergic Fibers / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology*; D018690:Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D051676:G Protein-Coupled Inwardly-Rectifying Potassium Channels; D007051:Ibotenic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D018782:Maze Learning / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000235:genetics; D024661:Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D018690:Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists; D051676:G Protein-Coupled Inwardly-Rectifying Potassium Channels; D015221:Potassium Channels; D024661:Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D007051:Ibotenic Acid; D000110:Acetylcholinesterase; D000109:Acetylcholine