A melhora da memória induzida por espermidina envolve a fosforilação da pkc, pka e creb em hipocampo de ratos

Abstract

The endogenous poliaminas, putrescine, spermidina and spermine are aliphatics amines that are present in high concentrations in the central nervous system (SNC). The action of the poliamines involves the modulation of several ionic channels, including the subtype of glutamatergic N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDA). The processes mediated by NMDA receptor include synaptic plasticity and formation of neural circuitry. It is believed that these plasticities happening in some cerebral areas specifies, as the hippocampus, are critical for the learning and memory processes. It is described that spermidine (SPD), as well as the protein kinase are directly involved with processes of formation of the memory. Therefore, we investigated the involvement of the Ca2+ dependent (PKC) and cAMP-dependent (PKA) protein kinase in the facilitatory effect induced by SPD on the memory of males Wistar rats. For that, the rats were bilaterally cannulae in the hippocampus, after the surgical recovery, the animals were trained in the inhibitory avoidance task and injected (0.5 μL) bilaterally in the hippocampus. A subset of the animals was euthanized 30 or 180 min after injections and activity of PKC, PKA and cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB), in the hippocampus, was determined for Western blot. The other animals had a testing session, 24 h pos-training in the inhibitory avoidance apparatus. The post-training administration of the 3-[1-(Dimethylaminopropyl)indol-3-yl]-4-(indol-3-yl)maleimide hydrochloride [GF 109203X, 2.5 ρmol intrahippocampal (ih)], inhibitor of PKC, N-[2-bromocinnamylamino ethyl]-(5-isoquinoline sulfonamide) [H-89, 0.5 ρmol intrahippocampal (ih)], PKA inhibitor or arcaine (0.02 nmol ih), the antagonist of the NMDA receptor polyamine-binding site prevented memory improvement induced by SPD (0.2 nmol ih). The SPD (0.2 nmol), in the hippocampus, facilitated PKC 30 min, PKA and CREB phosphorylation 180 min after administration, and increased translocation of the catalytic subunit of PKA into the nucleus. GF 109203X, (2.5 ρmol) prevented the stimulatory effect of SPD on PKC, PKA and CREB phosphorylation. Furthermore, arcaine (0.02 nmol) and H-89 (0.5 ρmol) prevented the stimulatory effect of SPD on PKA and CREB phosphorylation 180 min after administration. None of the drugs studies altered the locomotor activity of the animals. These results suggest that the facilitatory effect of the memory induced by the ih administration SPD involves the cross talk between PKC and PKA/CREB, with PKC activation follow by PKA/CREB pathways activation in rats.