P66Shc Signaling Mediates Diabetes-Related Cognitive Decline

Yohei Minami, Noriyuki Sonoda, Eiichi Hayashida, Hiroaki Makimura, Makoto Ide, Noriko Ikeda, Masahiro Ohgidani, Takahiro A. Kato, Yoshihiro Seki, Yasutaka Maeda, Shigenobu Kanba, Ryoichi Takayanagi, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Toyoshi Inoguchi

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Abstract

Accumlating evidence have suggested that diabetes mellitus links dementia, notably of Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, the underlying mechanism remains unclear. Several studies have shown oxidative stress (OS) to be one of the major factors in the pathogenesis of diabetic complications. Here we show OS involvement in brain damage in a diabetic animal model that is at least partially mediated through an AD-pathology-independent mechanism apart from amyloid-β accumulation. We investigated the contribution of the p66Shc signaling pathway to diabetes-related cognitive decline using p66Shc knockout (-/-) mice. p66Shc (-/-) mice have less OS in the brain and are resistant to diabetes-induced brain damage. Moreover, p66Shc (-/-) diabetic mice show significantly less cognitive dysfunction and decreased levels of OS and the numbers of microglia. This study postulates a p66Shc-mediated inflammatory cascade leading to OS as a causative pathogenic mechanism in diabetes-associated cognitive impairment that is at least partially mediated through an AD-pathology-independent mechanism.

Original languageEnglish
Article number3213
JournalScientific reports
Volume8
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 1 2018

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