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Larsen AH, Perozzo AM, Biggin PC, Bowie D, Kastrup JS. Recovery from desensitization in GluA2 AMPA receptors is affected by a single mutation in the N-terminal domain interface. J Biol Chem 2024; 300:105717. [PMID: 38311178 PMCID: PMC10909779 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.105717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2023] [Revised: 01/20/2024] [Accepted: 01/26/2024] [Indexed: 02/10/2024] Open
Abstract
AMPA-type ionotropic glutamate receptors (AMPARs) are central to various neurological processes, including memory and learning. They assemble as homo- or heterotetramers of GluA1, GluA2, GluA3, and GluA4 subunits, each consisting of an N-terminal domain (NTD), a ligand-binding domain, a transmembrane domain, and a C-terminal domain. While AMPAR gating is primarily controlled by reconfiguration in the ligand-binding domain layer, our study focuses on the NTDs, which also influence gating, yet the underlying mechanism remains enigmatic. In this investigation, we employ molecular dynamics simulations to evaluate the NTD interface strength in GluA1, GluA2, and NTD mutants GluA2-H229N and GluA1-N222H. Our findings reveal that GluA1 has a significantly weaker NTD interface than GluA2. The NTD interface of GluA2 can be weakened by a single point mutation in the NTD dimer-of-dimer interface, namely H229N, which renders GluA2 more GluA1-like. Electrophysiology recordings demonstrate that this mutation also leads to slower recovery from desensitization. Moreover, we observe that lowering the pH induces more splayed NTD states and enhances desensitization in GluA2. We hypothesized that H229 was responsible for this pH sensitivity; however, GluA2-H229N was also affected by pH, meaning that H229 is not solely responsible and that protons exert their effect across multiple domains of the AMPAR. In summary, our work unveils an allosteric connection between the NTD interface strength and AMPAR desensitization.
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Structural Bioinformatics and Computational Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Cao YY, Wu LL, Li XN, Yuan YL, Zhao WW, Qi JX, Zhao XY, Ward N, Wang J. Molecular Mechanisms of AMPA Receptor Trafficking in the Nervous System. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 25:111. [PMID: 38203282 PMCID: PMC10779435 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25010111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2023] [Revised: 12/15/2023] [Accepted: 12/18/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
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Synaptic plasticity enhances or reduces connections between neurons, affecting learning and memory. Postsynaptic AMPARs mediate greater than 90% of the rapid excitatory synaptic transmission in glutamatergic neurons. The number and subunit composition of AMPARs are fundamental to synaptic plasticity and the formation of entire neural networks. Accordingly, the insertion and functionalization of AMPARs at the postsynaptic membrane have become a core issue related to neural circuit formation and information processing in the central nervous system. In this review, we summarize current knowledge regarding the related mechanisms of AMPAR expression and trafficking. The proteins related to AMPAR trafficking are discussed in detail, including vesicle-related proteins, cytoskeletal proteins, synaptic proteins, and protein kinases. Furthermore, significant emphasis was placed on the pivotal role of the actin cytoskeleton, which spans throughout the entire transport process in AMPAR transport, indicating that the actin cytoskeleton may serve as a fundamental basis for AMPAR trafficking. Additionally, we summarize the proteases involved in AMPAR post-translational modifications. Moreover, we provide an overview of AMPAR transport and localization to the postsynaptic membrane. Understanding the assembly, trafficking, and dynamic synaptic expression mechanisms of AMPAR may provide valuable insights into the cognitive decline associated with neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Yi-Yang Cao
- Laboratory of Molecular Neural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China; (Y.-Y.C.); (X.-N.L.); (Y.-L.Y.); (W.-W.Z.); (J.-X.Q.); (X.-Y.Z.)
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- School of Medicine, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China;
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- Laboratory of Molecular Neural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China; (Y.-Y.C.); (X.-N.L.); (Y.-L.Y.); (W.-W.Z.); (J.-X.Q.); (X.-Y.Z.)
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- Laboratory of Molecular Neural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China; (Y.-Y.C.); (X.-N.L.); (Y.-L.Y.); (W.-W.Z.); (J.-X.Q.); (X.-Y.Z.)
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- Laboratory of Molecular Neural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China; (Y.-Y.C.); (X.-N.L.); (Y.-L.Y.); (W.-W.Z.); (J.-X.Q.); (X.-Y.Z.)
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- Laboratory of Molecular Neural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China; (Y.-Y.C.); (X.-N.L.); (Y.-L.Y.); (W.-W.Z.); (J.-X.Q.); (X.-Y.Z.)
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- Laboratory of Molecular Neural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China; (Y.-Y.C.); (X.-N.L.); (Y.-L.Y.); (W.-W.Z.); (J.-X.Q.); (X.-Y.Z.)
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- Medical Laboratory, Exceptional Community Hospital, 19060 N John Wayne Pkwy, Maricopa, AZ 85139, USA;
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- Laboratory of Molecular Neural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China; (Y.-Y.C.); (X.-N.L.); (Y.-L.Y.); (W.-W.Z.); (J.-X.Q.); (X.-Y.Z.)
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Sacktor TC. Karim Nader and the unification of memory erasure: PKMζ inhibition and reconsolidation blockade. Brain Res Bull 2023; 194:124-127. [PMID: 36739095 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2023.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2022] [Revised: 01/31/2023] [Accepted: 02/01/2023] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
Abstract
Karim Nader is rightly celebrated for his seminal studies on memory reconsolidation. This commentary celebrates another related contribution - his work on memory maintenance by the autonomously active PKC isoform, PKMζ. There are two methods for "erasing" previously established long-term memory maintenance: 1) inhibiting PKMζ, and 2) blocking reconsolidation. Prior to Nader's research on PKMζ, these two forms of memory erasure were thought to be fundamentally different. Inhibiting PKMζ in a brain region disrupts memory held in storage. But if the inhibitor is injected into the same region immediately after memory retrieval, the drug has no effect. Conversely, inhibiting protein synthesis immediately after memory retrieval blocks reconsolidation. But protein synthesis inhibitors have no effect on memory held in storage without retrieval. The work of Paolo Virginia Migues, Nader, and colleagues, however, revealed an unexpected link between the mechanisms of memory maintenance by PKMζ and the kinase's regulation of postsynaptic AMPAR trafficking that potentiates synaptic transmission and expresses memory during retrieval. This insight led Matteo Bernabo, Nader, and colleagues to observe that memory retrieval first rapidly degrades PKMζ, and then induces the resynthesis of the kinase to restore maintenance of the retrieved memory. This finding explains why a PKMζ inhibitor such as ZIP, if injected in a brain region storing a memory, does not erase the memory immediately after retrieval - the kinase maintaining the retrieved memory has been degraded but not yet resynthesized. Moreover, Bernabo et al. showed that suppressing the resynthesis of PKMζ after its degradation prevents memory reconsolidation, reproducing the effect of general protein synthesis inhibition. Thus, Nader and colleagues demonstrated PKMζ inhibition and reconsolidation blockade disrupt in different ways the same molecular mechanism of memory maintenance - PKMζ inhibition erases all memories maintained in storage by the kinase; reconsolidation blockade disrupts specific recalled memories maintained by PKMζ by preventing resynthesis of the kinase after its degradation.
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- Todd Charlton Sacktor
- Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology, Anesthesiology, and Neurology, The Robert F. Furchgott Center for Neural and Behavioral Science, State University of New York Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA.
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Augereau K, Migues PV, Hardt O. Infusing zeta inhibitory peptide into the perirhinal cortex of rats abolishes long-term object recognition memory without affecting novel object location recognition. Front Behav Neurosci 2022; 16:1007748. [PMID: 36560931 PMCID: PMC9763881 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2022.1007748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2022] [Accepted: 11/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Infusing the amnesic agent zeta inhibitory peptide (ZIP) into the dorsal hippocampus disrupts established long-term object location recognition memory without affecting object identity recognition, which likely depends on the perirhinal cortex. Here, we tested whether infusing ZIP into the perirhinal cortex can abolish long-term memory supporting object identity recognition, leaving long-term object location recognition memory intact. We infused ZIP into the perirhinal cortex of rats either 1 day or 6 days after exposing them to two identical objects in an open field arena. One day after ZIP infusion, that is, 2 or 7 days after object exposure, we either assessed whether the animals recognized that now one of the two objects was novel or whether they recognized that one of the two familiar objects was at a new location. Our results show for both retention intervals, infusions of ZIP into the perirhinal cortex impaired novel object recognition but spared novel object location recognition. Rats that received a scrambled version of ZIP had no deficit in either test at both retention intervals and expressed stronger novel object recognition compared to rats infused with ZIP. These findings support the view that object recognition depends on dissociable memory representations distributed across different brain areas, with perirhinal cortex maintaining long-term memory for what objects had been encountered, and hippocampus supporting memory for where these objects had been placed.
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- Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada
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Prikas E, Paric E, Asih PR, Stefanoska K, Stefen H, Fath T, Poljak A, Ittner A. Tau target identification reveals NSF-dependent effects on AMPA receptor trafficking and memory formation. EMBO J 2022; 41:e10242. [PMID: 35993331 PMCID: PMC9475529 DOI: 10.15252/embj.2021110242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2021] [Revised: 07/03/2022] [Accepted: 07/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Microtubule-associated protein tau is a central factor in Alzheimer's disease and other tauopathies. However, the physiological functions of tau are unclear. Here, we used proximity-labelling proteomics to chart tau interactomes in primary neurons and mouse brains in vivo. Tau interactors map onto pathways of cytoskeletal, synaptic vesicle and postsynaptic receptor regulation and show significant enrichment for Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and prion disease. We find that tau interacts with and dose-dependently reduces the activity of N-ethylmaleimide sensitive fusion protein (NSF), a vesicular ATPase essential for AMPA-type glutamate receptor (AMPAR) trafficking. Tau-deficient (tau-/- ) neurons showed mislocalised expression of NSF and enhanced synaptic AMPAR surface levels, reversible through the expression of human tau or inhibition of NSF. Consequently, enhanced AMPAR-mediated associative and object recognition memory in tau-/- mice is suppressed by both hippocampal tau and infusion with an NSF-inhibiting peptide. Pathologic mutant tau from mouse models or Alzheimer's disease significantly enhances NSF inhibition. Our results map neuronal tau interactomes and delineate a functional link of tau with NSF in plasticity-associated AMPAR-trafficking and memory.
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- Emmanuel Prikas
- Flinders Health & Medical Research Institute, College of Medicine and Public HealthFlinders UniversityAdelaideSAAustralia
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- Dementia Research Centre, Macquarie Medical School, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human SciencesMacquarie UniversitySydneyNSWAustralia
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- Flinders Health & Medical Research Institute, College of Medicine and Public HealthFlinders UniversityAdelaideSAAustralia
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- Flinders Health & Medical Research Institute, College of Medicine and Public HealthFlinders UniversityAdelaideSAAustralia
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- Dementia Research Centre, Macquarie Medical School, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human SciencesMacquarie UniversitySydneyNSWAustralia
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- Dementia Research Centre, Macquarie Medical School, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human SciencesMacquarie UniversitySydneyNSWAustralia
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- Mark Wainwright Analytical CentreUniversity of New South WalesSydneyNSWAustralia
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- Flinders Health & Medical Research Institute, College of Medicine and Public HealthFlinders UniversityAdelaideSAAustralia
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Caamaño-Moreno M, Gargini R. Tauopathies: the role of tau in cellular crosstalk and synaptic dysfunctions. Neuroscience 2022; 518:38-53. [PMID: 35272005 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2022.02.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2021] [Revised: 02/20/2022] [Accepted: 02/28/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Tauopathies are a group of neurodegenerative diseases among which are many of the most prevalent and with higher incidence worldwide, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). According to the World Health Organization, this set of diseases will continue to increase their incidence, affecting millions of people by 2050. All of them are characterized by aberrant aggregation of tau protein in neurons and glia that are distributed in different brain regions according to their susceptibility. Numerous studies reveal that synaptic regulation not only has a neuronal component, but glia plays a fundamental role in it beyond its neuroinflammatory role. Despite this, it has not been emphasized how the glial inclusions of tau in this cell type directly affect this and many other essential functions, whose alterations have been related to the development of tauopathies. In this way, this review shows how tau inclusions in glia influence the synaptic dysfunctions that result in the cognitive symptoms characteristic of tauopathies. Thus, the mechanisms affected by inclusions in neurons, astrocytes, and oligodendrocytes are unraveled.
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- Marta Caamaño-Moreno
- Instituto de investigaciones Biomédicas I+12, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de investigaciones Biomédicas I+12, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain; Neurooncology Unit, Instituto de Salud Carlos III-UFIEC, 28220 Madrid, Spain.
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Heath AM, Brewer M, Yesavage J, McNerney MW. Improved object recognition memory using post-encoding repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation. Brain Stimul 2022; 15:78-86. [PMID: 34785386 PMCID: PMC10612530 DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2021.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2021] [Revised: 11/01/2021] [Accepted: 11/09/2021] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Brain stimulation is known to affect canonical pathways and proteins involved in memory. However, there are conflicting results on the ability of brain stimulation to improve to memory, which may be due to variations in timing of stimulation. HYPOTHESIS We hypothesized that repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) given following a learning task and within the time period before retrieval could help improve memory. METHODS We implanted male B6129SF2/J mice (n = 32) with a cranial attachment to secure the rTMS coil so that the mice could be given consistent stimulation to the frontal area whilst freely moving. Mice then underwent the object recognition test sampling phase and given treatment +3, +24, +48 h following the test. Treatment consisted of 10 min 10 Hz rTMS stimulation (TMS, n = 10), sham treatment (SHAM, n = 11) or a control group which did not do the behavior test or receive rTMS (CONTROL n = 11). At +72 h mice were tested for their exploration of the novel vs familiar object. RESULTS At 72-h's, only the mice which received rTMS had greater exploration of the novel object than the familiar object. We further show that promoting synaptic GluR2 and maintaining synaptic connections in the perirhinal cortex and hippocampal CA1 are important for this effect. In addition, we found evidence that these changes were linked to CAMKII and CREB pathways in hippocampal neurons. CONCLUSION By linking the known biological effects of rTMS to memory pathways we provide evidence that rTMS is effective in improving memory when given during the consolidation and maintenance phases.
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- A M Heath
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA; Department of Veterans Affairs, Sierra-Pacific Mental Illness Research Educational and Clinical Center, Palo Alto, CA, 94304, USA.
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- Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA; Department of Veterans Affairs, Sierra-Pacific Mental Illness Research Educational and Clinical Center, Palo Alto, CA, 94304, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA; Department of Veterans Affairs, Sierra-Pacific Mental Illness Research Educational and Clinical Center, Palo Alto, CA, 94304, USA
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Szedlacsek HS, Bajusz D, Badea RA, Pop A, Bică CC, Ravasz L, Mittli D, Mátyás D, Necula-Petrăreanu G, Munteanu CVA, Papp I, Juhász G, Hritcu L, Keserű GM, Szedlacsek SE. Designed Peptide Inhibitors of STEP Phosphatase-GluA2 AMPA Receptor Interaction Enhance the Cognitive Performance in Rats. J Med Chem 2021; 65:217-233. [PMID: 34962802 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c01303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Cognitive impairment and learning ability of the brain are directly linked to synaptic plasticity as measured in changes of long-term potentiation (LTP) and long-term depression (LTD) in animal models of brain diseases. LTD reflects a sustained reduction of the synaptic AMPA receptor content based on targeted clathrin-mediated endocytosis. AMPA receptor endocytosis is initiated by dephosphorylation of Tyr876 on the C-terminus of the AMPAR subunit GluA2. The brain-specific striatal-enriched protein tyrosine phosphatase (STEP) is responsible for this process. To identify new, highly effective inhibitors of α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptor (AMPAR) internalization, we performed structure-based design of peptides able to inhibit STEP-GluA2-CT complex formation. Two short peptide derivatives were found as efficient in vitro inhibitors. Our in vivo experiments evidenced that both peptides restore the memory deficits and display anxiolytic and antidepressant effects in a scopolamine-treated rat model. The interference peptides identified and characterized here represent promising lead compounds for novel cognitive enhancers and/or behavioral modulators.
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- Horea Stefan Szedlacsek
- Department of Enzymology, Institute of Biochemistry of the Romanian Academy, Splaiul Independentei 296, 060031 Bucharest, Romania
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- Medicinal Chemistry Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar tudósok krt. 2, 1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Enzymology, Institute of Biochemistry of the Romanian Academy, Splaiul Independentei 296, 060031 Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Enzymology, Institute of Biochemistry of the Romanian Academy, Splaiul Independentei 296, 060031 Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Enzymology, Institute of Biochemistry of the Romanian Academy, Splaiul Independentei 296, 060031 Bucharest, Romania
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- CRU Hungary Kft, Thököly utca 15, 2131 Göd, Hungary
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- Department of Enzymology, Institute of Biochemistry of the Romanian Academy, Splaiul Independentei 296, 060031 Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Structural Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry of the Romanian Academy, Splaiul Independentei 296, 060031 Bucharest, Romania
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- CRU Hungary Kft, Thököly utca 15, 2131 Göd, Hungary
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- CRU Hungary Kft, Thököly utca 15, 2131 Göd, Hungary
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Biology, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Bd. Carol I, No. 11, 700505 Iasi, Romania
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- Medicinal Chemistry Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar tudósok krt. 2, 1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Enzymology, Institute of Biochemistry of the Romanian Academy, Splaiul Independentei 296, 060031 Bucharest, Romania
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Arkell D, Groves I, Wood ER, Hardt O. The Black Box effect: sensory stimulation after learning interferes with the retention of long-term object location memory in rats. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2021; 28:390-399. [PMID: 34526383 PMCID: PMC8456983 DOI: 10.1101/lm.053256.120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2020] [Accepted: 07/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Reducing sensory experiences during the period that immediately follows learning improves long-term memory retention in healthy humans, and even preserves memory in patients with amnesia. To date, it is entirely unclear why this is the case, and identifying the neurobiological mechanisms underpinning this effect requires suitable animal models, which are currently lacking. Here, we describe a straightforward experimental procedure in rats that future studies can use to directly address this issue. Using this method, we replicated the central findings on quiet wakefulness obtained in humans: We show that rats that spent 1 h alone in a familiar dark and quiet chamber (the Black Box) after exploring two objects in an open field expressed long-term memory for the object locations 6 h later, while rats that instead directly went back into their home cage with their cage mates did not. We discovered that both visual stimulation and being together with conspecifics contributed to the memory loss in the home cage, as exposing rats either to light or to a cage mate in the Black Box was sufficient to disrupt memory for object locations. Our results suggest that in both rats and humans, everyday sensory experiences that normally follow learning in natural settings can interfere with processes that promote long-term memory retention, thereby causing forgetting in form of retroactive interference. The processes involved in this effect are not sleep-dependent because we prevented sleep in periods of reduced sensory experience. Our findings, which also have implications for research practices, describe a potentially useful method to study the neurobiological mechanisms that might explain why normal sensory processing after learning impairs memory both in healthy humans and in patients suffering from amnesia.
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- Daisy Arkell
- Centre for Discovery Brain Science, School of Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, Edingurgh, Scotland EH8 9XD, United Kingdom.,The Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain, The Patrick Wild Centre, The University of Edinburgh, Edingurgh, Scotland EH8 9XD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec H3A 1G1, Canada
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Science, School of Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, Edingurgh, Scotland EH8 9XD, United Kingdom.,The Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain, The Patrick Wild Centre, The University of Edinburgh, Edingurgh, Scotland EH8 9XD, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Science, School of Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, Edingurgh, Scotland EH8 9XD, United Kingdom.,The Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain, The Patrick Wild Centre, The University of Edinburgh, Edingurgh, Scotland EH8 9XD, United Kingdom.,Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec H3A 1G1, Canada
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Haubrich J, Bernabo M, Nader K. Noradrenergic projections from the locus coeruleus to the amygdala constrain fear memory reconsolidation. eLife 2020; 9:e57010. [PMID: 32420872 PMCID: PMC7297527 DOI: 10.7554/elife.57010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2020] [Accepted: 05/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
Memory reconsolidation is a fundamental plasticity process in the brain that allows established memories to be changed or erased. However, certain boundary conditions limit the parameters under which memories can be made plastic. Strong memories do not destabilize, for instance, although why they are resilient is mostly unknown. Here, we investigated the hypothesis that specific modulatory signals shape memory formation into a state that is reconsolidation-resistant. We find that the activation of the noradrenaline-locus coeruleus system (NOR-LC) during strong fear memory encoding increases molecular mechanisms of stability at the expense of lability in the amygdala of rats. Preventing the NOR-LC from modulating strong fear encoding results in the formation of memories that can undergo reconsolidation within the amygdala and thus are vulnerable to post-reactivation interference. Thus, the memory strength boundary condition on reconsolidation is set at the time of encoding by the action of the NOR-LC.
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- Josué Haubrich
- Department of Psychology, McGill UniversityMontrealCanada
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill UniversityMontrealCanada
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- Department of Psychology, McGill UniversityMontrealCanada
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The medial prefrontal cortex - hippocampus circuit that integrates information of object, place and time to construct episodic memory in rodents: Behavioral, anatomical and neurochemical properties. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2020; 113:373-407. [PMID: 32298711 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2019] [Revised: 02/25/2020] [Accepted: 04/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
Rats and mice have been demonstrated to show episodic-like memory, a prototype of episodic memory, as defined by an integrated memory of the experience of an object or event, in a particular place and time. Such memory can be assessed via the use of spontaneous object exploration paradigms, variably designed to measure memory for object, place, temporal order and object-location inter-relationships. We review the methodological properties of these tests, the neurobiology about time and discuss the evidence for the involvement of the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), entorhinal cortex (EC) and hippocampus, with respect to their anatomy, neurotransmitter systems and functional circuits. The systematic analysis suggests that a specific circuit between the mPFC, lateral EC and hippocampus encodes the information for event, place and time of occurrence into the complex episodic-like memory, as a top-down regulation from the mPFC onto the hippocampus. This circuit can be distinguished from the neuronal component memory systems for processing the individual information of object, time and place.
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Barry DN, Maguire EA. Consolidating the Case for Transient Hippocampal Memory Traces. Trends Cogn Sci 2019; 23:635-636. [PMID: 31270021 DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2019.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2019] [Accepted: 05/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Daniel N Barry
- Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, 12 Queen Square, London, WC1N 3AR, UK
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- Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, 12 Queen Square, London, WC1N 3AR, UK.
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Gaiardo RB, Abreu TF, Tashima AK, Telles MM, Cerutti SM. Target Proteins in the Dorsal Hippocampal Formation Sustain the Memory-Enhancing and Neuroprotective Effects of Ginkgo biloba. Front Pharmacol 2019; 9:1533. [PMID: 30666208 PMCID: PMC6330356 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2018.01533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2018] [Accepted: 12/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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We have previously shown that standardized extracts of Ginkgo biloba (EGb) modulate fear memory formation, which is associated with CREB-1 (mRNA and protein) upregulation in the dorsal hippocampal formation (dHF), in a dose-dependent manner. Here, we employed proteomic analysis to investigate EGb effects on different protein expression patterns in the dHF, which might be involved in the regulation of CREB activity and the synaptic plasticity required for long-term memory (LTM) formation. Adult male Wistar rats were randomly assigned to four groups (n = 6/group) and were submitted to conditioned lick suppression 30 min after vehicle (12% Tween 80) or EGb (0.25, 0.50, and 1.00 g⋅kg-1) administration (p.o). All rats underwent a retention test session 48 h after conditioning. Twenty-four hours after the test session, the rats were euthanized via decapitation, and dHF samples were removed for proteome analysis using two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, followed by peptide mass fingerprinting. In agreement with our previous data, no differences in the suppression ratios (SRs) were identified among the groups during first trial of CS (conditioned stimulus) presentation (P > 0.05). Acute treatment with 0.25 g⋅kg-1 EGb significantly resulted in retention of original memory, without prevent acquisition of extinction within-session. In addition, our results showed, for the first time, that 32 proteins were affected in the dHF following treatment with 0.25, 0.50, and 1.00 g⋅kg-1 doses of EGb, which upregulated seven, 19, and five proteins, respectively. Additionally, EGb downregulated two proteins at each dose. These proteins are correlated with remodeling of the cytoskeleton; the stability, size, and shape of dendritic spines; myelin sheath formation; and composition proteins of structures found in the membrane of the somatodendritic and axonal compartments. Our findings suggested that EGb modulates conditioned suppression LTM through differential protein expression profiles, which may be a target for cognitive enhancers and for the prevention or treatment of neurocognitive impairments.
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- Renan Barretta Gaiardo
- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Farmacologia Celular e Comportamental, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Diadema, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Fisiologia Metabólica, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Diadema, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Farmacologia Celular e Comportamental, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Diadema, Brazil
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What does LTP tell us about the roles of CaMKII and PKMζ in memory? Mol Brain 2018; 11:77. [PMID: 30593289 PMCID: PMC6309091 DOI: 10.1186/s13041-018-0420-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2018] [Accepted: 10/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In “Criteria for identifying the molecular basis of the engram (CaMKII, PKMζ),” Lisman proposes that elucidating the mechanism of LTP maintenance is key to understanding memory storage. He suggests three criteria for a maintenance mechanism to evaluate data on CaMKII and PKMζ as memory storage molecules: necessity, occlusion, and erasure. Here we show that when the criteria are tested, the results reveal important differences between the molecules. Inhibiting PKMζ reverses established, protein synthesis-dependent late-LTP, without affecting early-LTP or baseline synaptic transmission. In contrast, blocking CaMKII has two effects: 1) inhibiting CaMKII activity blocks LTP induction but not maintenance, and 2) disrupting CaMKII interactions with NMDARs in the postsynaptic density (PSD) depresses both early-LTP and basal synaptic transmission equivalently. To identify a maintenance mechanism, we propose a fourth criterion — persistence. PKMζ increases for hours during LTP maintenance in hippocampal slices, and for over a month in specific brain regions during long-term memory storage in conditioned animals. In contrast, increased CaMKII activity lasts only minutes following LTP induction, and CaMKII translocation to the PSD in late-LTP or memory has not been reported. Lastly, do the PKMζ and CaMKII models integrate the many other signaling molecules important for LTP? Activity-dependent PKMζ synthesis is regulated by many of the signaling molecules that induce LTP, including CaMKII, providing a plausible mechanism for new gene expression in the persistent phosphorylation by PKMζ maintaining late-LTP and memory. In contrast, CaMKII autophosphorylation and translocation do not appear to require new protein synthesis. Therefore, the cumulative evidence supports a core role for PKMζ in late-LTP and long-term memory maintenance, and separate roles for CaMKII in LTP induction and for the maintenance of postsynaptic structure and synaptic transmission in a mechanism distinct from late-LTP.
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Finnie PSB, Gamache K, Protopoulos M, Sinclair E, Baker AG, Wang SH, Nader K. Cortico-hippocampal Schemas Enable NMDAR-Independent Fear Conditioning in Rats. Curr Biol 2018; 28:2900-2909.e5. [PMID: 30197087 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.07.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2018] [Revised: 07/08/2018] [Accepted: 07/11/2018] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The neurobiology of memory formation has been studied primarily in experimentally naive animals, but the majority of learning unfolds on a background of prior experience. Considerable evidence now indicates that the brain processes initial and subsequent learning differently. In rodents, a first instance of contextual fear conditioning requires NMDA receptor (NMDAR) activation in the dorsal hippocampus, but subsequent conditioning to another context does not. This shift may result from a change in molecular plasticity mechanisms or in the information required to learn the second task. To clarify how related events are encoded, it is critical to identify which aspect of a first task engages NMDAR-independent learning and the brain regions that maintain this state. Here, we show in rats that the requirement for NMDARs in hippocampus depends neither on prior exposure to context nor footshock alone but rather on the procedural similarity between two conditioning tasks. Importantly, NMDAR-independent learning requires the memory of the first task to remain hippocampus dependent. Furthermore, disrupting memory maintenance in the anterior cingulate cortex after the first task also reinstates NMDAR dependency. These results reveal cortico-hippocampal interactions supporting experience-dependent learning.
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- Peter S B Finnie
- Psychology Department, McGill University, 1205 Avenue Drive Penfield, Montreal, QC H3A 1B1, Canada
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- Psychology Department, McGill University, 1205 Avenue Drive Penfield, Montreal, QC H3A 1B1, Canada
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- Psychology Department, McGill University, 1205 Avenue Drive Penfield, Montreal, QC H3A 1B1, Canada
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- Psychology Department, McGill University, 1205 Avenue Drive Penfield, Montreal, QC H3A 1B1, Canada
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- Psychology Department, McGill University, 1205 Avenue Drive Penfield, Montreal, QC H3A 1B1, Canada
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- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, 49 Little France Crescent, Chancellor's Building GU507c, Edinburgh EH16 4SB, UK.
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- Psychology Department, McGill University, 1205 Avenue Drive Penfield, Montreal, QC H3A 1B1, Canada.
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Autophagy Enhances Memory Erasure through Synaptic Destabilization. J Neurosci 2018; 38:3809-3822. [PMID: 29555855 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3505-17.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2017] [Revised: 02/14/2018] [Accepted: 02/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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There is substantial interest in memory reconsolidation as a target for the treatment of anxiety disorders, such as post-traumatic stress disorder. However, its applicability is restricted by reconsolidation-resistant boundary conditions that constrain the initial memory destabilization. In this study, we investigated whether the induction of synaptic protein degradation through autophagy modulation, a major protein degradation pathway, can enhance memory destabilization upon retrieval and whether it can be used to overcome these conditions. Here, using male mice in an auditory fear reconsolidation model, we showed that autophagy contributes to memory destabilization and its induction can be used to enhance erasure of a reconsolidation-resistant auditory fear memory that depended on AMPAR endocytosis. Using male mice in a contextual fear reconsolidation model, autophagy induction in the amygdala or in the hippocampus enhanced fear or contextual memory destabilization, respectively. The latter correlated with AMPAR degradation in the spines of the contextual memory-ensemble cells. Using male rats in an in vivo LTP reconsolidation model, autophagy induction enhanced synaptic destabilization in an NMDAR-dependent manner. These data indicate that induction of synaptic protein degradation can enhance both synaptic and memory destabilization upon reactivation and that autophagy inducers have the potential to be used as a therapeutic tool in the treatment of anxiety disorders.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT It has been reported that inhibiting synaptic protein degradation prevents memory destabilization. However, whether the reverse relation is true and whether it can be used to enhance memory destabilization are still unknown. Here we addressed this question on the behavioral, molecular, and synaptic levels, and showed that induction of autophagy, a major protein degradation pathway, can enhance memory and synaptic destabilization upon reactivation. We also show that autophagy induction can be used to overcome a reconsolidation-resistant memory, suggesting autophagy inducers as a potential therapeutic tool in the treatment of anxiety disorders.
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Fluoxetine Inhibits Natural Decay of Long-Term Memory via Akt/GSK-3β Signaling. Mol Neurobiol 2018; 55:7453-7462. [DOI: 10.1007/s12035-018-0919-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2017] [Accepted: 01/21/2018] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Yu NK, Uhm H, Shim J, Choi JH, Bae S, Sacktor TC, Hohng S, Kaang BK. Increased PKMζ activity impedes lateral movement of GluA2-containing AMPA receptors. Mol Brain 2017; 10:56. [PMID: 29202853 PMCID: PMC5716381 DOI: 10.1186/s13041-017-0334-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2017] [Accepted: 11/08/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Protein kinase M zeta (PKMζ), a constitutively active, atypical protein kinase C isoform, maintains a high level of expression in the brain after the induction of learning and long-term potentiation (LTP). Further, its overexpression enhances long-term memory and LTP. Thus, multiple lines of evidence suggest a significant role for persistently elevated PKMζ levels in long-term memory. The molecular mechanisms of how synaptic properties are regulated by the increase in PKMζ, however, are still largely unknown. The α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) receptor (AMPAR) mediates most of the fast glutamatergic synaptic transmission in the brain and is known to be critical for the expression of synaptic plasticity and memory. Importance of AMPAR trafficking has been implicated in PKMζ-mediated cellular processes, but the detailed mechanisms, particularly in terms of regulation of AMPAR lateral movement, are not well understood. In the current study, using a single-molecule live imaging technique, we report that the overexpression of PKMζ in hippocampal neurons immobilized GluA2-containing AMPARs, highlighting a potential novel mechanism by which PKMζ may regulate memory and synaptic plasticity.
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- Nam-Kyung Yu
- Department of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.,National Center for Creative Research Initiatives, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.,Institute of Applied Physics, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.,Department of Biophysics and Chemical Biology, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11203, USA.,Department of Anesthesiology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11203, USA.,Department of Neurology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11203, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea. .,National Center for Creative Research Initiatives, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea. .,Institute of Applied Physics, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea. .,Department of Biophysics and Chemical Biology, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea. .,Center for Neuron and Disease, Frontier Institute of Life Science and of Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
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Elucidating the molecular mechanisms that maintain long-term memory is a fundamental goal of neuroscience. Accumulating evidence suggests that persistent signaling by the atypical protein kinase C (PKC) isoform protein kinase Mζ (PKMζ) might maintain synaptic long-term potentiation (LTP) and long-term memory. However, the role of PKMζ has been challenged by genetic data from PKMζ-knockout mice showing intact LTP and long-term memory. Moreover, the PKMζ inhibitor peptide ζ inhibitory peptide (ZIP) reverses LTP and erases memory in both wild-type and knockout mice. Data from four papers using additional isoform-specific genetic approaches have helped to reconcile these conflicting findings. First, a PKMζ-antisense approach showed that LTP and long-term memory in PKMζ-knockout mice are mediated through a compensatory mechanism that depends on another ZIP-sensitive atypical isoform, PKCι/λ. Second, short hairpin RNAs decreasing the amounts of individual atypical isoforms without inducing compensation disrupted memory in different temporal phases. PKCι/λ knockdown disrupted short-term memory, whereas PKMζ knockdown specifically erased long-term memory. Third, conditional PKCι/λ knockout induced compensation by rapidly activating PKMζ to preserve short-term memory. Fourth, a dominant-negative approach in the model system Aplysia revealed that multiple PKCs form PKMs to sustain different types of long-term synaptic facilitation, with atypical PKM maintaining synaptic plasticity similar to LTP. Thus, under physiological conditions, PKMζ is the principal PKC isoform that maintains LTP and long-term memory. PKCι/λ can compensate for PKMζ, and because other isoforms could also maintain synaptic facilitation, there may be a hierarchy of compensatory mechanisms maintaining memory if PKMζ malfunctions.
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- Todd Charlton Sacktor
- Departments of Physiology & Pharmacology, Anesthesiology, and Neurology, Robert F. Furchgott Center for Neural and Behavioral Science, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA.
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95615, USA.
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Hippocampal GluA2 and GluA4 protein but not corresponding mRNA and promoter methylation levels are modulated at retrieval in spatial learning of the rat. Amino Acids 2016; 49:117-127. [DOI: 10.1007/s00726-016-2335-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2016] [Accepted: 09/16/2016] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Cabrera-Pastor A, Hernandez-Rabaza V, Taoro-Gonzalez L, Balzano T, Llansola M, Felipo V. In vivo administration of extracellular cGMP normalizes TNF-α and membrane expression of AMPA receptors in hippocampus and spatial reference memory but not IL-1β, NMDA receptors in membrane and working memory in hyperammonemic rats. Brain Behav Immun 2016; 57:360-370. [PMID: 27189036 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2016.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2016] [Revised: 05/13/2016] [Accepted: 05/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Patients with hepatic encephalopathy (HE) show working memory and visuo-spatial orientation deficits. Hyperammonemia is a main contributor to cognitive impairment in HE. Hyperammonemic rats show impaired spatial learning and learning ability in the Y maze. Intracerebral administration of extracellular cGMP restores learning in the Y-maze. The underlying mechanisms remain unknown. It also remains unknown whether extracellular cGMP improves neuroinflammation or restores spatial learning in hyperammonemic rats and if it affects differently reference and working memory. The aims of this work were: Spatial working and reference memory were assessed using the radial and Morris water mazes and neuroinflammation by immunohistochemistry and Western blot. Membrane expression of NMDA and AMPA receptor subunits was analyzed using the BS3 crosslinker. Extracellular cGMP was administered intracerebrally using osmotic minipumps. Chronic hyperammonemia induces neuroinflammation in hippocampus, with astrocytes activation and increased IL-1β, which are associated with increased NMDA receptors membrane expression and impaired working memory. This process is not affected by extracellular cGMP. Hyperammonemia also activates microglia and increases TNF-α, alters membrane expression of AMPA receptor subunits (increased GluA1 and reduced GluA2) and impairs reference memory. All these changes are reversed by extracellular cGMP. These results show that extracellular cGMP modulates spatial reference memory but not working memory. This would be mediated by modulation of TNF-α levels and of membrane expression of GluA1 and GluA2 subunits of AMPA receptors.
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- Andrea Cabrera-Pastor
- Laboratorio de Neurobiología, Centro Investigación Príncipe Felipe de Valencia, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Neurobiología, Centro Investigación Príncipe Felipe de Valencia, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Neurobiología, Centro Investigación Príncipe Felipe de Valencia, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Neurobiología, Centro Investigación Príncipe Felipe de Valencia, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Neurobiología, Centro Investigación Príncipe Felipe de Valencia, Spain.
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Inaba H, Kai D, Kida S. N-glycosylation in the hippocampus is required for the consolidation and reconsolidation of contextual fear memory. Neurobiol Learn Mem 2016; 135:57-65. [PMID: 27343988 DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2016.06.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2016] [Revised: 06/17/2016] [Accepted: 06/21/2016] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Memory consolidation and reconsolidation have been shown to require new gene expression. N-glycosylation, one of the major post-translational modifications, is known to play essential or regulatory roles in protein function. A previous study suggested that N-glycosylation is required for the maintenance of long-term potentiation in hippocampal CA1 neurons. However, the role of de novo N-glycosylation in learning and memory, such as memory consolidation and reconsolidation, still remains unclear. Here, we show critical roles for N-glycosylation in the consolidation and reconsolidation of contextual fear memory in mice. We examined the effects of pharmacological inhibition of N-glycosylation in the hippocampus on these memory processes using three different inhibitors (tunicamycin, 1-deoxynojirimycin, and swainsonine) that block the enzymatic activity required for N-glycosylation at different steps. Microinfusions of the N-glycosylation inhibitors into the dorsal hippocampus impaired long-term memory (LTM) formation without affecting short-term memory (STM). Similarly, this pharmacological blockade of N-glycosylation in the dorsal hippocampus also disrupted post-reactivation LTM after retrieval without affecting post-reactivation STM. Additionally, a microinfusion of swainsonine blocked c-fos induction in the hippocampus, which is observed when memory is consolidated. Our observations showed that N-glycosylation is required for the consolidation and reconsolidation of contextual fear memory and suggested that N-glycosylation contributes to the new gene expression necessary for these memory processes.
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- Hiroyoshi Inaba
- Department of Bioscience, Faculty of Applied Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience, Faculty of Applied Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience, Faculty of Applied Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan; Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Saitama, Japan.
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Migues PV, Liu L, Archbold GEB, Einarsson EÖ, Wong J, Bonasia K, Ko SH, Wang YT, Hardt O. Blocking Synaptic Removal of GluA2-Containing AMPA Receptors Prevents the Natural Forgetting of Long-Term Memories. J Neurosci 2016; 36:3481-94. [PMID: 27013677 PMCID: PMC6601735 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3333-15.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2015] [Revised: 01/21/2016] [Accepted: 01/30/2016] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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The neurobiological processes underpinning the natural forgetting of long-term memories are poorly understood. Based on the critical role of GluA2-containing AMPA receptors (GluA2/AMPARs) in long-term memory persistence, we tested in rats whether their synaptic removal underpins time-dependent memory loss. We found that blocking GluA2/AMPAR removal with the interference peptides GluA23Y or G2CT in the dorsal hippocampus during a memory retention interval prevented the normal forgetting of established, long-term object location memories, but did not affect their acquisition. The same intervention also preserved associative memories of food-reward conditioned place preference that would otherwise be lost over time. We then explored whether this forgetting process could play a part in behavioral phenomena involving time-dependent memory change. We found that infusing GluA23Y into the dorsal hippocampus during a 2 week retention interval blocked generalization of contextual fear expression, whereas infusing it into the infralimbic cortex after extinction of auditory fear prevented spontaneous recovery of the conditioned response. Exploring possible physiological mechanisms that could be involved in this form of memory decay, we found that bath application of GluA23Y prevented depotentiation, but not induction of long-term potentiation, in a hippocampal slice preparation. Together, these findings suggest that a decay-like forgetting process that involves the synaptic removal of GluA2/AMPARs erases consolidated long-term memories in the hippocampus and other brain structures over time. This well regulated forgetting process may critically contribute to establishing adaptive behavior, whereas its dysregulation could promote the decline of memory and cognition in neuropathological disorders. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT The neurobiological mechanisms involved in the natural forgetting of long-term memory and its possible functions are not fully understood. Based on our previous work describing the role of GluA2-containing AMPA receptors in memory maintenance, here, we tested their role in forgetting of long-term memory. We found that blocking their synaptic removal after long-term memory formation extended the natural lifetime of several forms of memory. In the hippocampus, it preserved spatial memories and inhibited contextual fear generalization; in the infralimbic cortex, it blocked the spontaneous recovery of extinguished fear. These findings suggest that a constitutive decay-like forgetting process erases long-term memories over time, which, depending on the memory removed, may critically contribute to developing adaptive behavioral responses.
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- Paola Virginia Migues
- Centre for Cognitive and Neural Systems, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, United Kingdom
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2B5, Canada
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- McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1B1, Canada
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G3, Canada, and
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2B5, Canada, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan 40402
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- Centre for Cognitive and Neural Systems, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, United Kingdom,
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Xiong H, Cassé F, Zhou M, Xiong ZQ, Joels M, Martin S, Krugers HJ. Interactions between N-Ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor and GluA2 contribute to effects of glucocorticoid hormones on AMPA receptor function in the rodent hippocampus. Hippocampus 2016; 26:848-56. [PMID: 26766634 DOI: 10.1002/hipo.22567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2015] [Revised: 01/07/2016] [Accepted: 01/07/2016] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Glucocorticoid hormones, via activation of their receptors, promote memory consolidation, but the exact underlying mechanisms remain elusive. We examined how corticosterone regulates AMPA receptor (AMPAR) availability in the synapse, which is important for synaptic plasticity and memory formation. Peptides which specifically block the interaction between N-Ethylmaleimide-Sensitive Factor (NSF) and the AMPAR-subunit GluA2 prevented the increase in synaptic transmission and surface expression of AMPARs known to occur after corticosterone application to hippocampal neurons. Combining a live imaging Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching (FRAP) approach with the use of the pH-sensitive GFP-AMPAR tagging revealed that this NSF/GluA2 interaction was also essential for the increase of the mobile fraction and reduction of the diffusion of AMPARs after treating hippocampal neurons with corticosterone. We conclude that the interaction between NSF and GluA2 contributes to the effects of corticosterone on AMPAR function. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Hui Xiong
- SILS-CNS, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, Amsterdam, 1098 XH, the Netherlands
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- Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique, University of Nice - Sophia-Antipolis Institut De Pharmacologie Moléculaire Et Cellulaire, UMR7275, Valbonne, 06560, France
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yue Yang Road, Shanghai, 20031, China
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- SILS-CNS, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, Amsterdam, 1098 XH, the Netherlands
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- SILS-CNS, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, Amsterdam, 1098 XH, the Netherlands
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- Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique, University of Nice - Sophia-Antipolis Institut De Pharmacologie Moléculaire Et Cellulaire, UMR7275, Valbonne, 06560, France
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- SILS-CNS, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, Amsterdam, 1098 XH, the Netherlands
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Increased N-Ethylmaleimide-Sensitive Factor Expression in Amygdala and Perirhinal Cortex during Habituation of Taste Neophobia. Neural Plast 2015; 2016:2726745. [PMID: 26839712 PMCID: PMC4709763 DOI: 10.1155/2016/2726745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2015] [Revised: 10/05/2015] [Accepted: 10/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Interactions between GluR2 and N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor (NSF) mediate AMPA receptors trafficking. This might be linked with molecular mechanisms related with memory formation. Previous research has shown basolateral amygdala (BLA) dependent activity changes in the perirhinal cortex (PRh) during the formation of taste memory. In the present experiments we investigate both the behavioral performance and the expression profile of NSF and GluR2 genes in several brain areas, including PRh, BLA, and hippocampus. Twenty-one naïve male Wistar rats were exposed to a saccharin solution (0.4%) during the first (novel), the second (Familiar I), and the sixth presentation (Familiar II). Total RNA was extracted and gene expression was measured by quantitative PCR (qPCR) using TaqMan gene expression assays. In addition the expression of the synaptic plasticity related immediate early genes, Homer 1 and Narp, was also assessed. We have found increased expression of NSF gene in BLA and PRh in Group Familiar I in comparison with Familiar II. No changes in the expression of GluR2, Homer 1, and Narp genes were found. The results suggest the relevance of a potential network in the temporal lobe for taste recognition memory and open new possibilities for understanding the molecular mechanisms mediating the impact of sensory experience on brain circuit function.
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Sase S, Sase A, Sialana FJ, Gröger M, Bennett KL, Stork O, Lubec G, Li L. Individual phases of contextual fear conditioning differentially modulate dorsal and ventral hippocampal GluA1-3, GluN1-containing receptor complexes and subunits. Hippocampus 2015; 25:1501-16. [DOI: 10.1002/hipo.22470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Sunetra Sase
- Department of Pediatrics; Medical University of Vienna; Austria
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- Department of Pediatrics; Medical University of Vienna; Austria
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- Department of Pediatrics; Medical University of Vienna; Austria
- CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences; Vienna Austria
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- CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences; Vienna Austria
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- Institute of Biology, Otto Von Guericke University; Magdeburg Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics; Medical University of Vienna; Austria
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- Department of Pediatrics; Medical University of Vienna; Austria
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Microglial activation enhances associative taste memory through purinergic modulation of glutamatergic neurotransmission. J Neurosci 2015; 35:3022-33. [PMID: 25698740 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3028-14.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
The cerebral innate immune system is able to modulate brain functioning and cognitive processes. During activation of the cerebral innate immune system, inflammatory factors produced by microglia, such as cytokines and adenosine triphosphate (ATP), have been directly linked to modulation of glutamatergic system on one hand and learning and memory functions on the other hand. However, the cellular mechanisms by which microglial activation modulates cognitive processes are still unclear. Here, we used taste memory tasks, highly dependent on glutamatergic transmission in the insular cortex, to investigate the behavioral and cellular impacts of an inflammation restricted to this cortical area in rats. We first show that intrainsular infusion of the endotoxin lipopolysaccharide induces a local inflammation and increases glutamatergic AMPA, but not NMDA, receptor expression at the synaptic level. This cortical inflammation also enhances associative, but not incidental, taste memory through increase of glutamatergic AMPA receptor trafficking. Moreover, we demonstrate that ATP, but not proinflammatory cytokines, is responsible for inflammation-induced enhancement of both associative taste memory and AMPA receptor expression in insular cortex. In conclusion, we propose that inflammation restricted to the insular cortex enhances associative taste memory through a purinergic-dependent increase of glutamatergic AMPA receptor expression at the synapse.
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