title: Berberine chloride improved synaptic plasticity in STZ induced diabetic rats.
abstract: Previous studies indicated that diabetes affects synaptic transmission in the hippocampus, leading to impairments of synaptic plasticity and defects in learning and memory. Although berberine treatment ameliorates memory impairment and improves synaptic plasticity in streptozotocin (STZ) induced diabetic rats, it is not clear if the effects are pre- or post-synaptic or both. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of berberine chloride on short-term plasticity in inhibitory interneurons in the dentate gyrus of STZ-induced diabetic rats. Experimental groups included: The control, control berberine treated (100 mg/kg), diabetic and diabetic berberine treated (50,100 mg/kg/day for 12 weeks) groups. The paired pulse paradigm was used to stimulate the perforant pathway and field excitatory post-synaptic potentials (fEPSP) were recorded in dentate gyrus (DG). In comparison with control, paired pulse facilitation in the diabetic group was significantly increased (P < 0.01) and this effect prevented by chronic berberine treatment (50,100 mg/kg). However, there were no differences between responses of the control berberine 100 mg/kg treated and diabetes berberine treated (50 and 100 mg/kg) groups as compared to the control group. The present results suggest that the pre-synaptic component of synaptic plasticity in the dentate gyrus is affected under diabetic conditions and that berberine prevents this effect.
authors: Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran. h.kalalian@gmail.com
authors: Hamid Kalalian
authors: HK
authors: Moghaddam
authors: Tourandokht
authors: T
authors: Baluchnejadmojarad
authors: Mehrdad
authors: M
authors: Roghani
authors: Fatemeh
authors: F
authors: Goshadrou
authors: Abdolaziz
authors: A
authors: Ronaghi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001599:Berberine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D018891:Dentate Gyrus / Q000187:drug effects; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D055724:Electrophysiological Phenomena / Q000187:drug effects; D019706:Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000187:drug effects*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013569:Synapses / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D001599:Berberine
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