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Ginkgo biloba L. Prevents Hypobaric Hypoxia–Induced Spatial Memory Deficit Through Small Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channel Inhibition: The Role of ERK/CaMKII/CREB Signaling
Hypobaric hypoxia (HH) is a stressful condition, which is more common at high altitudes and can impair cognitive functions. Ginkgo biloba L. leaf extract (GBE) is widely used as herbal medicine against different disorders. Its ability to improve cognitive functions, reduce oxidative stress, and prom...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8313424/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34326768 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2021.669701 |
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author | Kushwah, Neetu Jain, Vishal Kadam, Manisha Kumar, Rahul Dheer, Aastha Prasad, Dipti Kumar, Bhuvnesh Khan, Nilofar |
author_facet | Kushwah, Neetu Jain, Vishal Kadam, Manisha Kumar, Rahul Dheer, Aastha Prasad, Dipti Kumar, Bhuvnesh Khan, Nilofar |
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description | Hypobaric hypoxia (HH) is a stressful condition, which is more common at high altitudes and can impair cognitive functions. Ginkgo biloba L. leaf extract (GBE) is widely used as herbal medicine against different disorders. Its ability to improve cognitive functions, reduce oxidative stress, and promote cell survival makes it a putative therapeutic candidate against HH. The present study has been designed to explore the effect of GBE on HH-induced neurodegeneration and memory impairment as well as possible signaling mechanisms involved. 220–250 gm (approximately 6- to 8-week-old) Sprague Dawley rats were randomly divided into different groups. GBE was orally administered to respective groups at a dose of 100 mg/kg/day throughout the HH exposure, i.e., 14 days. Memory testing was performed followed by hippocampus isolation for further processing of different molecular and morphological parameters related to cognition. The results indicated that GBE ameliorates HH-induced memory impairment and oxidative damage and reduces apoptosis. Moreover, GBE modulates the activity of the small conductance calcium-activated potassium channels, which further reduces glutamate excitotoxicity and apoptosis. The exploration of the downstream signaling pathway demonstrated that GBE administration prevents HH-induced small conductance calcium-activated potassium channel activation, and that initiates pro-survival machinery by activating extracellular signal–regulated kinase (ERK)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) and the cAMP response element–binding protein (CREB) signaling pathway. In summary, the current study demonstrates the beneficial effect of GBE on conditions like HH and provides various therapeutic targets involved in the mechanism of action of GBE-mediated neuroprotection. |
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spelling | pubmed-83134242021-07-28 Ginkgo biloba L. Prevents Hypobaric Hypoxia–Induced Spatial Memory Deficit Through Small Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channel Inhibition: The Role of ERK/CaMKII/CREB Signaling Kushwah, Neetu Jain, Vishal Kadam, Manisha Kumar, Rahul Dheer, Aastha Prasad, Dipti Kumar, Bhuvnesh Khan, Nilofar Front Pharmacol Pharmacology Hypobaric hypoxia (HH) is a stressful condition, which is more common at high altitudes and can impair cognitive functions. Ginkgo biloba L. leaf extract (GBE) is widely used as herbal medicine against different disorders. Its ability to improve cognitive functions, reduce oxidative stress, and promote cell survival makes it a putative therapeutic candidate against HH. The present study has been designed to explore the effect of GBE on HH-induced neurodegeneration and memory impairment as well as possible signaling mechanisms involved. 220–250 gm (approximately 6- to 8-week-old) Sprague Dawley rats were randomly divided into different groups. GBE was orally administered to respective groups at a dose of 100 mg/kg/day throughout the HH exposure, i.e., 14 days. Memory testing was performed followed by hippocampus isolation for further processing of different molecular and morphological parameters related to cognition. The results indicated that GBE ameliorates HH-induced memory impairment and oxidative damage and reduces apoptosis. Moreover, GBE modulates the activity of the small conductance calcium-activated potassium channels, which further reduces glutamate excitotoxicity and apoptosis. The exploration of the downstream signaling pathway demonstrated that GBE administration prevents HH-induced small conductance calcium-activated potassium channel activation, and that initiates pro-survival machinery by activating extracellular signal–regulated kinase (ERK)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) and the cAMP response element–binding protein (CREB) signaling pathway. In summary, the current study demonstrates the beneficial effect of GBE on conditions like HH and provides various therapeutic targets involved in the mechanism of action of GBE-mediated neuroprotection. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-07-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8313424/ /pubmed/34326768 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2021.669701 Text en Copyright © 2021 Kushwah, Jain, Kadam, Kumar, Dheer, Prasad, Kumar and Khan. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Pharmacology Kushwah, Neetu Jain, Vishal Kadam, Manisha Kumar, Rahul Dheer, Aastha Prasad, Dipti Kumar, Bhuvnesh Khan, Nilofar Ginkgo biloba L. Prevents Hypobaric Hypoxia–Induced Spatial Memory Deficit Through Small Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channel Inhibition: The Role of ERK/CaMKII/CREB Signaling |
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Ginkgo biloba L. Prevents Hypobaric Hypoxia–Induced Spatial Memory Deficit Through Small Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channel Inhibition: The Role of ERK/CaMKII/CREB Signaling |
title_full |
Ginkgo biloba L. Prevents Hypobaric Hypoxia–Induced Spatial Memory Deficit Through Small Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channel Inhibition: The Role of ERK/CaMKII/CREB Signaling |
title_fullStr |
Ginkgo biloba L. Prevents Hypobaric Hypoxia–Induced Spatial Memory Deficit Through Small Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channel Inhibition: The Role of ERK/CaMKII/CREB Signaling |
title_full_unstemmed |
Ginkgo biloba L. Prevents Hypobaric Hypoxia–Induced Spatial Memory Deficit Through Small Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channel Inhibition: The Role of ERK/CaMKII/CREB Signaling |
title_short |
Ginkgo biloba L. Prevents Hypobaric Hypoxia–Induced Spatial Memory Deficit Through Small Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channel Inhibition: The Role of ERK/CaMKII/CREB Signaling |
title_sort | ginkgo biloba l. prevents hypobaric hypoxia–induced spatial memory deficit through small conductance calcium-activated potassium channel inhibition: the role of erk/camkii/creb signaling |
topic | Pharmacology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8313424/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34326768 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2021.669701 |
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