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4 �� 8.1%; n= 6, P http://www.selleckchem.com/products/BKM-120.html investigated whether these metabolites contributed to the effect of baicalein. Pretreatment of hippocampal slices with 250?nM 12(S)-HETE (Figure?4A and B) or 250?nM 12(S)-HPETE (Figure?4C and D) for 10?min did not affect the amplitude of LTP measured 60?min after HFS, with or without 1??M baicalein. A higher (1??M) or lower concentration (100?nM) of 12(S)-HETE or 12(S)-HPETE did not reverse the enhancement of LTP (data not shown). A number of recent studies have shown that PI3K is involved in synaptic plasticity, and some flavonoids such as baicalein and the citrus flavanone hesperetin activate the PI3K pathway in cortical and hippocampal neurons (Vauzour et?al., 2007; Spencer, 2009; Liu et?al., 2010). In our next experiments, the http://www.selleckchem.com/products/BIBW2992.html effects of baicalein on levels of phosphorylation of Akt (Ser473) and total Akt were measured by Western blotting analyses. HFS stimulation induced a transient phosphorylation of Akt at Ser473, which reached the maximum at 5?min after LTP and returned to baseline values within 60?min (Figure?5A and B). Akt phosphorylation was further increased by baicalein (1??M) pre-incubation after HFS in a time-dependent manner, without any significant change in total Akt expression (Figure?5A and B). This potentiation by baicalein of Akt phosphorylation at 5?min after HFS was dose-dependent but with a bell-shaped profile, peaking at 1??M, without any significant change in total Akt expression (Figure?5C and D). Moreover, inhibition of PI3K by LY294002 (10??M) or wortmannin (500?nM) completely blocked the baicalein-induced enhancement of Akt phosphorylation at 5?min after HFS (Figure?5E and F). We next examined the effects of these PI3K inhibitors on baicalein-enhanced LTP. LTP was markedly reduced in hippocampal slices treated http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWAP70 with LY294002 (10??M) or wortmannin (500?nM) for 30?min before HFS (LY294002: 110.3 �� 6.1%; wortmannin: 112.2 �� 6.7%; n= 6, Figure?5G and H). Furthermore, in slices pre-incubated with LY294002 (10??M) or wortmannin (500?nM), the enhancement of HFS-LTP induced by baicalein was completely blocked (LY294002 + baicalein: 114.8 �� 5.3; wortmannin + baicalein: 115.3 �� 5.5%; n= 6, Figure?5G and H). Long-term potentiation triggered by HFS in the hippocampal CA1 area requires postsynaptic molecular mechanisms, such as activation of the ERKs of the mitogen-activated protein kinase family and of the transcription factor, CREB (Impey et?al., 1996; Thomas and Huganir, 2004).