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  • Title: The immunoreactivity and activity of adenylate cyclase type I are changed in the hippocampal CA1 region after transient forebrain ischemia in gerbils.
    Author: Hwang IK, Yoo KY, Kim YS, Jung BK, Li H, Kim DH, Kang TC, Shin HC, Won MH.
    Journal: J Neurol Sci; 2006 Jan 15; 240(1-2):93-8. PubMed ID: 16297936.
    Abstract:
    Adenylate cyclase (AC) has a specific sensitivity to Ca2+/calmodulin. AC-I, one of the mediator of learning and memory, plays an important role in signal transduction underlying learning and memory function. In the present study, we found ischemia-related changes of AC-I in the hippocampal CA1 region, but not in the CA2/3 region, after 5 min of transient forebrain ischemia in gerbils. In the sham-operated group, AC-I immunoreactive neurons were detected in pyramidal and non-pyramidal cells in the hippocampus proper. AC-I immunoreactivity was significantly increased at 3 h in the CA1 region after ischemic insult. Thereafter, AC-I immunoreactivity was gradually decreased. Four days after ischemic insult, AC-I-immunoreactive CA1 pyramidal cells in the stratum pyramidale were very few due to delayed neuronal death. The results of Western blot analysis showed that changes of AC-I protein contents were similar to immunohistochemical data after ischemic insult. Gpp(NH)p-dependent AC-I activity in hippocampal CA1 region was not changed in all groups, while Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent AC-I activity in hippocampal CA1 region was significantly decreased 24 h after ischemia-reperfusion. These results suggest that the decrease of AC-I activity may be associated with impairment of neurodevelopment and neuroplasticity including learning and memory although the AC-I immunoreactivity was maintained 24 h postischemic group compared to that of the sham-operated group.
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