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| Author(s): |
Marina Minto Cararo
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB/SDI) |
| Defense date: | 2017-04-04 |
| Examining board members: |
Elisa Mitiko Kawamoto Iwashe;
Regina Pekelmann Markus;
Tatiana Rosado Rosenstock
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| Advisor: | Elisa Mitiko Kawamoto Iwashe |
| Abstract | |
Alterations in N-Methyl-D-Aspartate receptor (NMDAR) are typical features of aging. Nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activation and cyclic GMP (cGMP) production, promoting Na+,K+-ATPase modulation are key events in NMDAR signaling. αKlotho protein has anti-aging function, and mice carrying hypomorph allele for klotho gene (kl-/-) are characterized by systemic and central nervous system (CNS) damage. The aim of this work is to verify whether alterations in NMDAR-NOS-cGMP pathway and in Na+,K+-ATPase occur in the CNS of kl-/- mice. Present data point for an increase in NMDAR phosphorylation, NOS activity and reduction in cGMP levels. In cerebellum, a decrease in NMDAR phosphorylation and NOS activity occur, with no changes in cGMP levels. Both situations are followed by changes in GluN2 subunity expression. Furthermore, we saw a reduction in α2/α3-Na+,K+-ATPase activity in cerebellum, and alterations in α2 and α3 in hippocampus and in cerebellar α2. Data presented support these pathways participation in age related conditions, using kl-/- mice as a model to study CNS damage. (AU) | |