: Carnosine is a naturally occurring endogenous dipeptide with well-recognized anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and neuroprotective effects at the central nervous system level. To date, very few studies have been focused on the ability of carnosine to rescue and/or enhance memory. Here, we used a well-known invertebrate model system, the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis, and a well-studied associative learning procedure, operant conditioning of aerial respiration, to investigate the ability of carnosine to enhance long-term memory (LTM) formation and reverse memory obstruction caused by an immune challenge (i.e., lipopolysaccharide [LPS] injection). Exposing snails to 1 mM carnosine for 1 h before training in addition to enhancing memory formation resulted in a significant upregulation of the expression levels of key neuroplasticity genes (i.e., glutamate ionotropic receptor N-methyl-d-aspartate [NMDA]-type subunit 1-LymGRIN1, and the transcription factor cAMP-response element-binding protein 1-LymCREB1) in snails' central ring ganglia. Moreover, pre-exposure to 1 mM carnosine before an LPS injection reversed the memory deficit brought about by inflammation, by preventing the upregulation of key targets for immune and stress response (i.e., Toll-like receptor 4-LymTLR4, molluscan defense molecule-LymMDM, heat shock protein 70-LymHSP70). Our data are thus consistent with the hypothesis that carnosine can have positive benefits on cognitive ability and be able to reverse memory aversive states induced by neuroinflammation.

Behavioral and transcriptional effects of carnosine in the central ring ganglia of the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis / Rivi, V.; Caruso, G.; Caraci, F.; Alboni, S.; Pani, L.; Tascedda, F.; Lukowiak, K.; Blom, J. M. C.; Benatti, C.. - In: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH. - ISSN 0360-4012. - 102:8(2024), pp. 1-20. [10.1002/jnr.25371]

Behavioral and transcriptional effects of carnosine in the central ring ganglia of the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis

Rivi V.;Alboni S.;Pani L.;Tascedda F.;Lukowiak K.;Blom J. M. C.;Benatti C.
2024

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: Carnosine is a naturally occurring endogenous dipeptide with well-recognized anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and neuroprotective effects at the central nervous system level. To date, very few studies have been focused on the ability of carnosine to rescue and/or enhance memory. Here, we used a well-known invertebrate model system, the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis, and a well-studied associative learning procedure, operant conditioning of aerial respiration, to investigate the ability of carnosine to enhance long-term memory (LTM) formation and reverse memory obstruction caused by an immune challenge (i.e., lipopolysaccharide [LPS] injection). Exposing snails to 1 mM carnosine for 1 h before training in addition to enhancing memory formation resulted in a significant upregulation of the expression levels of key neuroplasticity genes (i.e., glutamate ionotropic receptor N-methyl-d-aspartate [NMDA]-type subunit 1-LymGRIN1, and the transcription factor cAMP-response element-binding protein 1-LymCREB1) in snails' central ring ganglia. Moreover, pre-exposure to 1 mM carnosine before an LPS injection reversed the memory deficit brought about by inflammation, by preventing the upregulation of key targets for immune and stress response (i.e., Toll-like receptor 4-LymTLR4, molluscan defense molecule-LymMDM, heat shock protein 70-LymHSP70). Our data are thus consistent with the hypothesis that carnosine can have positive benefits on cognitive ability and be able to reverse memory aversive states induced by neuroinflammation.
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Behavioral and transcriptional effects of carnosine in the central ring ganglia of the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis / Rivi, V.; Caruso, G.; Caraci, F.; Alboni, S.; Pani, L.; Tascedda, F.; Lukowiak, K.; Blom, J. M. C.; Benatti, C.. - In: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH. - ISSN 0360-4012. - 102:8(2024), pp. 1-20. [10.1002/jnr.25371]
Rivi, V.; Caruso, G.; Caraci, F.; Alboni, S.; Pani, L.; Tascedda, F.; Lukowiak, K.; Blom, J. M. C.; Benatti, C.
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