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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7362
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-9-2
pubmed:abstractText
In the central nervous system, ageing results in a precipitous decline in adult neural stem/progenitor cells and neurogenesis, with concomitant impairments in cognitive functions. Interestingly, such impairments can be ameliorated through systemic perturbations such as exercise. Here, using heterochronic parabiosis we show that blood-borne factors present in the systemic milieu can inhibit or promote adult neurogenesis in an age-dependent fashion in mice. Accordingly, exposing a young mouse to an old systemic environment or to plasma from old mice decreased synaptic plasticity, and impaired contextual fear conditioning and spatial learning and memory. We identify chemokines--including CCL11 (also known as eotaxin)--the plasma levels of which correlate with reduced neurogenesis in heterochronic parabionts and aged mice, and the levels of which are increased in the plasma and cerebrospinal fluid of healthy ageing humans. Lastly, increasing peripheral CCL11 chemokine levels in vivo in young mice decreased adult neurogenesis and impaired learning and memory. Together our data indicate that the decline in neurogenesis and cognitive impairments observed during ageing can be in part attributed to changes in blood-borne factors.
pubmed:grant
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/grant/1 F31 AG034045-01, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/grant/1 F31 NS066676-01A1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/grant/DP1 OD000392-01, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/grant/DP1 OD000392-02, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/grant/DP1 OD000392-03, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/grant/DP1 OD000392-04, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/grant/DP1 OD000392-05, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/grant/P30AG08017, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/grant/R01 AG027505-01A1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/grant/R01 AG027505-02, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/grant/R01 AG027505-03, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/grant/R01 AG027505-04, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/grant/R01 AG027505-05, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/grant/R01 AR056849-04, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/grant/R01 MH078194, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/grant/R01AG027505
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1476-4687
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
477
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
90-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-10
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
The ageing systemic milieu negatively regulates neurogenesis and cognitive function.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural