Pramlintide antagonizes beta amyloid (Aβ)-and human amylin-induced depression of hippocampal long-term potentiation

R Kimura, D MacTavish, J Yang, D Westaway… - Molecular …, 2017 - Springer
Accumulation of amyloid-β peptide (Aβ) is a pathological hallmark of Alzheimer's disease
(AD). We have previously demonstrated that electrophysiological and neurotoxic effects of …

Beta amyloid-induced depression of hippocampal long-term potentiation is mediated through the amylin receptor

R Kimura, D MacTavish, J Yang… - Journal of …, 2012 - Soc Neuroscience
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by accumulation of amyloid-β peptide (Aβ) in the
brain regions that subserve memory and cognition. The amylin receptor is a potential target …

[HTML][HTML] Cyclic AC253, a novel amylin receptor antagonist, improves cognitive deficits in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

R Soudy, A Patel, W Fu, K Kaur, D MacTavish… - Alzheimer's & Dementia …, 2017 - Elsevier
Introduction Amylin receptor serves as a portal for the expression of deleterious effects of
amyloid β-protein (Aβ), a key pathologic hallmark of Alzheimer's disease. Previously, we …

Neuroprotective effects of the amylin analogue pramlintide on Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis and cognition

BL Adler, M Yarchoan, HM Hwang, N Louneva… - Neurobiology of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Amylin is a metabolic peptide hormone that is co-secreted with insulin from beta cells in the
pancreas and activates many of the downstream targets of insulin. To investigate the …

Neuroprotective Mechanisms of Amylin Receptor Activation, Not Antagonism, in the APP/PS1 Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease

RR Corrigan, L Labrador, J Grizzanti… - Journal of …, 2023 - content.iospress.com
Background: Amylin, a pancreatic amyloid peptide involved in energy homeostasis, is
increasingly studied in the context of Alzheimer's disease (AD) etiology. To date, conflicting …

Amyloid β prevents activation of calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II and AMPA receptor phosphorylation during hippocampal long-term potentiation

D Zhao, JB Watson, CW Xie - Journal of neurophysiology, 2004 - journals.physiology.org
Accumulation of amyloid β-peptides (Aβ) in the brain has been linked with memory loss in
Alzheimer's disease and its animal models. However, the synaptic mechanism by which Aβ …

[HTML][HTML] β-Amyrin ameliorates Alzheimer's disease-like aberrant synaptic plasticity in the mouse hippocampus

HJ Park, H Kwon, JH Lee, E Cho, YC Lee… - Biomolecules & …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive and most frequently diagnosed
neurodegenerative disorder. However, there is still no drug preventing the progress of this …

Aβ induces acute depression of excitatory glutamatergic synaptic transmission through distinct phosphatase-dependent mechanisms in rat CA1 pyramidal neurons

W Yao, HJ Zou, D Sun, SQ Ren - Brain research, 2013 - Elsevier
Beta-amyloid peptide (Aβ) has a causal role in the pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease
(AD). Recent studies indicate that Aβ can disrupt excitatory glutamatergic synaptic function …

Enhancement of long-term depression by soluble amyloid β protein in rat hippocampus is mediated by metabotropic glutamate receptor and involves activation of …

X Chen, R Lin, L Chang, S Xu, X Wei, J Zhang, C Wang… - Neuroscience, 2013 - Elsevier
It is reported that the amyloid-β protein (Aβ)-induced impairments in synaptic plasticity
coincide with memory decline and dementia. Although Aβ-induced inhibition of hippocampal …

Amylin receptor ligands reduce the pathological cascade of Alzheimer's disease

H Zhu, X Xue, E Wang, M Wallack, H Na, JM Hooker… - …, 2017 - Elsevier
Amylin is an important gut-brain axis hormone. Since amylin and amyloid-β peptide (Aβ)
share similar β sheet secondary structure despite not having the same primary sequences …