title: NAP (davunetide) enhances cognitive behavior in the STOP heterozygous mouse--a microtubule-deficient model of schizophrenia.
abstract: NAP (generic name, davunetide) is an active fragment of activity-dependent neuroprotective protein (ADNP). ADNP-/- embryos exhibit CNS dysgenesis and die in utero. ADNP+/- mice survive but demonstrate cognitive dysfunction coupled with microtubule pathology. NAP treatment ameliorates, in part, ADNP-associated dysfunctions. The microtubule, stable tubule-only polypeptide (STOP) knockout mice were shown to provide a reliable model for schizophrenia. Here, STOP-/- as well as STOP+/- showed schizophrenia-like symptoms (hyperactivity) that were ameliorated by chronic treatment with the antipsychotic drug, clozapine. Daily intranasal NAP treatment significantly decreased hyperactivity in the STOP+/- mice and protected visual memory.
authors.affiliation: The Adams Super Center for Brain Studies, The Lily and Avraham Gildor Chair for the Investigation of Growth Factors, The Elton Laboratory for Neuroendocrinology, Department of Human Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel.
authors.forename: Avia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Merenlender-Wagner
authors.forename: Regina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pikman
authors.forename: Eliezer
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Giladi
authors.forename: Annie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Andrieux
authors.forename: Illana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gozes
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C117632:Adnp protein, mouse; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins; C491893:Mtap6 protein, mouse; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009842:Oligopeptides; C425904:davunetide