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Article type: Review Article
Authors: Jha, Saurabh Kumar | Jha, Niraj Kumar | Kumar, Dhiraj | Sharma, Renu | Shrivastava, Abhishek | Ambasta, Rashmi K. | Kumar, Pravir*
Affiliations: Department of Biotechnology, Molecular Neuroscience and Functional Genomics Laboratory, Delhi Technological University (Formerly DCE), Delhi, India
Correspondence: [*] Correspondence to: Dr. Pravir Kumar, PhD, Department of Biotechnology, Delhi Technological University (Formerly Delhi college of engineering), Room # FW4TF3, Mechanical Engineering Building, Shahbad Daulatpur, Bawana Road, Delhi 110042, India. Tel.: +91 9818898622; E-mails: pravirkumar@dce.edu; kpravir@gmail.com.
Abstract: The communication between neurons at synaptic junctions is an intriguing process that monitors the transmission of various electro-chemical signals in the central nervous system. Albeit any aberration in the mechanisms associated with transmission of these signals leads to loss of synaptic contacts in both the neocortex and hippocampus thereby causing insidious cognitive decline and memory dysfunction. Compelling evidence suggests that soluble amyloid-β (Aβ) and hyperphosphorylated tau serve as toxins in the dysfunction of synaptic plasticity and aberrant neurotransmitter (NT) release at synapses consequently causing a cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Further, an imbalance between excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmission systems induced by impaired redox signaling and altered mitochondrial integrity is also amenable for such abnormalities. Defective NT release at the synaptic junction causes several detrimental effects associated with altered activity of synaptic proteins, transcription factors, Ca2+ homeostasis, and other molecules critical for neuronal plasticity. These detrimental effects further disrupt the normal homeostasis of neuronal cells and thereby causing synaptic loss. Moreover, the precise mechanistic role played by impaired NTs and neuromodulators (NMs) and altered redox signaling in synaptic dysfunction remains mysterious, and their possible interlink still needs to be investigated. Therefore, this review elucidates the intricate role played by both defective NTs/NMs and altered redox signaling in synaptopathy. Further, the involvement of numerous pharmacological approaches to compensate neurotransmission imbalance has also been discussed, which may be considered as a potential therapeutic approach in synaptopathy associated with AD.
Keywords: Amyloid-β, neurotransmitters/neuromodulators, redox signaling, synaptic dysfunction, tau, therapeutics
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-160623
Journal: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, vol. 57, no. 4, pp. 1017-1039, 2017
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