Laboratory of Veterinary Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Research Institute for Veterinary Science, Seoul National University, South Korea.
Cell Mol Neurobiol. 2011 Apr;31(3):345-50. doi: 10.1007/s10571-010-9632-7. Epub 2010 Dec 9.
In this study, we investigated age-related changes in glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) immunoreactivity and its protein levels in the gerbil hippocampus during normal aging. In the postnatal month 3 (PM 3) group, GLP-1R immunoreaction was well observed in neurons, especially pyramidal and non-pyramidal cells in the hippocampus proper, and granule and polymorphic cells in the dentate gyrus. In the hippocampus proper, GLP-1R immunoreactivity in neurons was maintained until PM 24. In the dentate gyrus, however, GLP-1R immunoreactivity in granule cells, not polymorphic cells, was hardly detected from PM 6. Western blot analysis also showed that age-dependent change patterns in GLP-1R protein levels in the gerbil hippocampus were similar to the immunohistochemical changes. These results indicate that GLP-1R immunoreactivity was markedly decreased in dentate granule cells from PM 6, showing that GLP-1R immunoreactivity and its protein levels were decreased in the adult and aged gerbil hippocampus.
在这项研究中,我们研究了正常衰老过程中沙鼠海马中海马 GLP-1 受体(GLP-1R)免疫反应及其蛋白水平的年龄相关性变化。在出生后第 3 个月(PM 3)组中,GLP-1R 免疫反应在神经元中得到了很好的观察,特别是在海马的锥体和非锥体细胞中,以及在齿状回的颗粒和多形细胞中。在海马中,神经元中的 GLP-1R 免疫反应一直持续到 PM 24。然而,在齿状回中,从 PM 6 开始,颗粒细胞而非多形细胞中的 GLP-1R 免疫反应几乎无法检测到。Western blot 分析还表明,沙鼠海马中海马 GLP-1R 蛋白水平的年龄依赖性变化模式与免疫组织化学变化相似。这些结果表明,从 PM 6 开始,齿状回颗粒细胞中的 GLP-1R 免疫反应明显减少,表明 GLP-1R 免疫反应及其蛋白水平在成年和老年沙鼠海马中降低。