Serine Racemase in Aging Rat Brains | Aging-US
Aging-US #published this #trending research paper on May 17, 2024 in Volume 16, Issue 10, entitled, “Serine racemase expression profile in the prefrontal cortex and hippocampal subregions during aging in male and female rats" by researchers from the Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology, and Physiology, IU School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; Brain Rehabilitation Research Center, Malcom Randall Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System, Gainesville, FL; Department of Anesthesiology and Department of Neurology at the College of Medicine, University of Florida, FL; Department of Neuroscience, The McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. @mcknightbraininstitute6047 @uflorida
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DOI - https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.205841
Corresponding author - Ashok Kumar - [email protected]
Abstract
Aging is associated with a decrease in N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor function, which is critical for maintaining synaptic plasticity, learning, and memory. Activation of the NMDA receptor requires binding of the neurotransmitter glutamate and also the presence of co-agonist D-serine at the glycine site. The enzymatic conversion of L-serine to D-serine is facilitated by the enzyme serine racemase (SR). Subsequently, SR plays a pivotal role in regulating NMDA receptor activity, thereby impacting synaptic plasticity and memory processes in the central nervous system. As such, age-related changes in the expression of SR could contribute to decreased NMDA receptor function. However, age-associated changes in SR expression levels in the medial and lateral prefrontal cortex (mPFC, lPFC), and in the dorsal hippocampal subfields, CA1, CA3, and dentate gyrus (DG), have not been thoroughly elucidated. Therefore, the current studies were designed to determine the SR expression profile, including protein levels and mRNA, for these regions in aged and young male and female Fischer-344 rats. Our results demonstrate a significant reduction in SR expression levels in the mPFC and all hippocampal subfields of aged rats compared to young rats. No sex differences were observed in the expression of SR. These findings suggest that the decrease in SR levels may play a role in the age-associated reduction of NMDA receptor function in brain regions crucial for cognitive function and synaptic plasticity.
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Keywords - aging, serine racemase, hippocampus, medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), NMDA receptor
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