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Montiel I, Bello-Medina PC, Prado-Alcalá RA, Quirarte GL, Verdín-Ruvalcaba LA, Marín-Juárez TA, Medina AC. Involvement of kinases in memory consolidation of inhibitory avoidance training. Rev Neurosci 2024:revneuro-2024-0093. [PMID: 39323086 DOI: 10.1515/revneuro-2024-0093] [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: 07/10/2024] [Accepted: 09/08/2024] [Indexed: 09/27/2024]
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The inhibitory avoidance (IA) task is a paradigm widely used to investigate the molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in the formation of long-term memory of aversive experiences. In this review, we discuss studies on different brain structures in rats associated with memory consolidation, such as the hippocampus, striatum, and amygdala, as well as some cortical areas, including the insular, cingulate, entorhinal, parietal and prefrontal cortex. These studies have shown that IA training triggers the release of neurotransmitters, hormones, growth factors, etc., that activate intracellular signaling pathways related to protein kinases, which induce intracellular non-genomic changes or transcriptional mechanisms in the nucleus, leading to the synthesis of proteins. We have summarized the temporal dynamics and crosstalk among protein kinase A, protein kinase C, mitogen activated protein kinase, extracellular-signal-regulated kinase, and Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II described in the hippocampus. Protein kinase activity has been associated with structural changes and synaptic strengthening, resulting in memory storage. However, little is known about the molecular mechanisms involved in intense IA training, which protects memory from typical amnestic treatments, such as protein synthesis inhibitors, and induces increased spinogenesis, suggesting an unexplored mechanism independent of the genomic pathway. This highly emotional experience causes an extinction-resistant memory, as has been observed in some pathological states such as post-traumatic stress disorder. We propose that the changes in spinogenesis observed after intense IA training could be generated by protein kinases via non-genomic pathways.
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- Ivan Montiel
- Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Neural Circuits for Spatial Navigation and Memory, Department of Neuroscience, F-75015, Paris, France
- Sorbonne Université, Collège Doctoral, F-75005, Paris, France
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- Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad del Tolima, Altos de Santa Helena, Ibagué, Tolima, Colombia
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- Departamento de Neurobiología Conductual y Cognitiva, Instituto de Neurobiología, Campus Juriquilla, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Querétaro, Qro., 76230, Mexico
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- Departamento de Neurobiología Conductual y Cognitiva, Instituto de Neurobiología, Campus Juriquilla, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Querétaro, Qro., 76230, Mexico
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- Departamento de Neurobiología Conductual y Cognitiva, Instituto de Neurobiología, Campus Juriquilla, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Querétaro, Qro., 76230, Mexico
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- Departamento de Neurobiología Conductual y Cognitiva, Instituto de Neurobiología, Campus Juriquilla, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Querétaro, Qro., 76230, Mexico
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- Departamento de Neurobiología Conductual y Cognitiva, Instituto de Neurobiología, Campus Juriquilla, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Querétaro, Qro., 76230, Mexico
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Hurwitz I, Tam S, Jing J, Chiel HJ, Gill J, Susswein AJ. Multiple changes in connectivity between buccal ganglia mechanoafferents and motor neurons with different functions after learning that food is inedible in Aplysia. Learn Mem 2024; 31:a053882. [PMID: 38950977 PMCID: PMC11261210 DOI: 10.1101/lm.053882.123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2023] [Accepted: 04/19/2024] [Indexed: 07/03/2024]
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Changes caused by learning that a food is inedible in Aplysia were examined for fast and slow synaptic connections from the buccal ganglia S1 cluster of mechanoafferents to five followers, in response to repeated stimulus trains. Learning affected only fast connections. For these, unique patterns of change were present in each follower, indicating that learning differentially affects the different branches of the mechanoafferents to their followers. In some followers, there were increases in either excitatory or inhibitory connections, and in others, there were decreases. Changes in connectivity resulted from changes in the amplitude of excitation or inhibition, or as a result of the number of connections, or of both. Some followers also exhibited changes in either within or between stimulus train plasticity as a result of learning. In one follower, changes differed from the different areas of the S1 cluster. The patterns of changes in connectivity were consistent with the behavioral changes produced by learning, in that they would produce an increase in the bias to reject or to release food, and a decrease in the likelihood to respond to food.
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- Itay Hurwitz
- Gonda (Goldschmied) Brain Res Center and Goodman Faculty of Life Science, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan 52900, Israel
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- Gonda (Goldschmied) Brain Res Center and Goodman Faculty of Life Science, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan 52900, Israel
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Institute for Brain Sciences, School Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Jiangsu 210023, China
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- Departments of Biology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7080, USA
- Neurosciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7080, USA
- Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7080, USA
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- Departments of Biology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7080, USA
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- Gonda (Goldschmied) Brain Res Center and Goodman Faculty of Life Science, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan 52900, Israel
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Suzuki K, Shibato J, Rakwal R, Takaura M, Hotta R, Masuo Y. Biomarkers in the Rat Hippocampus and Peripheral Blood for an Early Stage of Mental Disorders Induced by Water Immersion Stress. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24043153. [PMID: 36834565 PMCID: PMC9960135 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24043153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2022] [Revised: 02/02/2023] [Accepted: 02/03/2023] [Indexed: 02/09/2023] Open
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It is difficult to evaluate the pre-symptomatic state of mental disorders and prevent its onset. Since stress could be a trigger of mental disorders, it may be helpful to identify stress-responsive biomarkers (stress markers) for the evaluation of stress levels. We have so far performed omics analyses of the rat brain and peripheral blood after various kinds of stress and have found numerous factors that respond to stress. In this study, we investigated the effects of relatively moderate stress on these factors in the rat to identify stress marker candidates. Adult male Wistar rats underwent water immersion stress for 12 h, 24 h, or 48 h. Stress caused weight loss and elevated serum corticosterone levels, and alterations regarded as anxiety and/or fear-like behaviors. Reverse-transcription PCR and Western blot analyses revealed significant alterations in the expressions of hippocampal genes and proteins by the stress for no longer than 24 h, such as mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase 1 (MKP-1), CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein delta (CEBPD), small ubiquitin-like modifier proteins 1/sentrin-specific peptidase 5 (SENP5), matrix metalloproteinase-8 (MMP-8), kinase suppressor of Ras 1 (KSR1), and MKP-1, MMP-8, nerve growth factor receptor (NGFR). Similar alterations were observed in three genes (MKP-1, CEBPD, MMP-8) in the peripheral blood. The present results strongly suggest that these factors may serve as stress markers. The correlation of these factors in the blood and brain may enable the evaluation of stress-induced changes in the brain by blood analysis, which will contribute to preventing the onset of mental disorders.
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- Keisuke Suzuki
- Laboratory of Neuroscience, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Toho University, 2-2-1 Miyama, Funabashi 274-8510, Japan
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- Department of Functional Morphology, Shonan University of Medical Sciences, 16-48 Kamishinano, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama 244-0806, Japan
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- Institute of Health and Sport Sciences and Tsukuba International Academy for Sport Studies (TIAS2.0), University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba 305-8574, Japan
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- Laboratory of Neuroscience, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Toho University, 2-2-1 Miyama, Funabashi 274-8510, Japan
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- Laboratory of Neuroscience, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Toho University, 2-2-1 Miyama, Funabashi 274-8510, Japan
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- Laboratory of Neuroscience, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Toho University, 2-2-1 Miyama, Funabashi 274-8510, Japan
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Gold PE. Revisiting and revising memory consolidation: Personal reflections on the research legacy of Ivan Izquierdo. Neuroscience 2022; 497:4-13. [PMID: 35667494 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2022.05.037] [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: 04/20/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Two important themes in Ivan Izquierdo's research each offered both answers and questions about the topic of memory formation and maintenance. The first theme provided evidence supporting the view that short- and long-term memory were distinct processes and could be selectively modulated by several treatments, with some affecting only short-term, others only affecting long-term memory, and still others affecting both. Over many years, Izquierdo's laboratory documented molecular responses across time after training obtaining results that showed differences as well as similarities in the biochemical changes during the first 1-2 hours and the next 4-6 hours after training, i.e., during the transition from short- to long-term memory. This work clarified the biological underpinnings of the memory processes. The second theme described waves of susceptibility of memory to enhancing and impairing treatments after time, a biphasic profile that contrasted with earlier monotonic decreases in the efficacy of memory modulating treatments as a function of time between training and treatment. Remarkably, these waves of susceptibility to modification were accompanied by biphasic changes in molecular measures at similar times after training. Remarkably, some of the molecular players exhibited persistent changes after training, with increases in levels lasting days following the training experience. These persistent molecular changes may reveal a biological basis for the dynamic nature of memories seen long after the initial memory is consolidated.
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- Paul E Gold
- Department of Biology, Syracuse, NY, 13224, United States.
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Kim SM, Zhang S, Park J, Sung HJ, Tran TDT, Chung C, Han IO. REM Sleep Deprivation Impairs Learning and Memory by Decreasing Brain O-GlcNAc Cycling in Mouse. Neurotherapeutics 2021; 18:2504-2517. [PMID: 34312767 PMCID: PMC8804064 DOI: 10.1007/s13311-021-01094-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep is implicated learning and memory (L/M) functions and hippocampal long-term potentiation (LTP). Here, we demonstrate that REM sleep deprivation (REMSD)-induced impairment of contextual fear memory in mouse is linked to a reduction in hexosamine biosynthetic pathway (HBP)/O-GlcNAc flux in mouse brain. In mice exposed to REMSD, O-GlcNAcylation, and O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT) were downregulated while O-GlcNAcase was upregulated compared to control mouse brain. Foot shock fear conditioning (FC) induced activation of protein kinase A (PKA) and cAMP response element binding protein (CREB), which were significantly inhibited in brains of the REMSD group. Intriguingly, REMSD-induced defects in L/M functions and FC-induced PKA/CREB activation were restored upon increasing O-GlcNAc cycling with glucosamine (GlcN) or Thiamet G. Furthermore, Thiamet G restored the REMSD-induced decrease in dendritic spine density. Suppression of O-GlcNAcylation by the glutamine fructose-6-phosphate amidotransferase (GFAT) inhibitor, 6-diazo-5-oxo-L-norleucine (DON), or OGT inhibitor, OSMI-1, impaired memory function, and inhibited FC-induced PKA/CREB activation. DON additionally reduced the amplitude of baseline field excitatory postsynaptic potential (fEPSP) and magnitude of long-term potentiation (LTP) in normal mouse hippocampal slices. To our knowledge, this is the first study to provide comprehensive evidence of dynamic O-GlcNAcylation changes during the L/M process in mice and defects in this pathway in the brain of REM sleep-deprived mice. Our collective results highlight HBP/O-GlcNAc cycling as a novel molecular link between sleep and cognitive function.
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- Sang-Min Kim
- Department of Biomedical Science, Program in Biomedical Science and Engineering, College of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon, Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Program in Biomedical Science and Engineering, College of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon, Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Program in Biomedical Science and Engineering, College of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon, Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Program in Biomedical Science and Engineering, College of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon, Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Program in Biomedical Science and Engineering, College of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon, Korea.
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The "Janus" Role of C/EBPs Family Members in Cancer Progression. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21124308. [PMID: 32560326 PMCID: PMC7352866 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21124308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2020] [Revised: 06/11/2020] [Accepted: 06/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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CCAAT/enhancer-binding proteins (C/EBPs) constitute a family of transcription factors composed of six members that are critical for normal cellular differentiation in a variety of tissues. They promote the expression of genes through interaction with their promoters. Moreover, they have a key role in regulating cellular proliferation through interaction with cell cycle proteins. C/EBPs are considered to be tumor suppressor factors due to their ability to arrest cell growth (contributing to the terminal differentiation of several cell types) and for their role in cellular response to DNA damage, nutrient deprivation, hypoxia, and genotoxic agents. However, C/EBPs can elicit completely opposite effects on cell proliferation and cancer development and they have been described as both tumor promoters and tumor suppressors. This "Janus" role of C/EBPs depends on different factors, such as the type of tumor, the isoform/s expressed in cells, the type of dimerization (homo- or heterodimerization), the presence of inhibitory elements, and the ability to inhibit the expression of other tumor suppressors. In this review, we discuss the implication of the C/EBPs family in cancer, focusing on the molecular aspects that make these transcription factors tumor promoters or tumor suppressors.
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CCAAT/enhancer binding protein δ is a transcriptional repressor of α-synuclein. Cell Death Differ 2019; 27:509-524. [PMID: 31209363 DOI: 10.1038/s41418-019-0368-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2018] [Revised: 03/30/2019] [Accepted: 05/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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α-Synuclein is the main component of Lewy bodies, the intracellular protein aggregates representing the histological hallmark of Parkinson's disease. Elevated α-synuclein levels and mutations in SNCA gene are associated with increased risk for Parkinson's disease. Despite this, little is known about the molecular mechanisms regulating SNCA transcription. CCAAT/enhancer binding protein (C/EBP) β and δ are b-zip transcription factors that play distinct roles in neurons and glial cells. C/EBPβ overexpression increases SNCA expression in neuroblastoma cells and putative C/EBPβ and δ binding sites are present in the SNCA genomic region suggesting that these proteins could regulate SNCA transcription. Based on these premises, the goal of this study was to determine if C/EBPβ and δ regulate the expression of SNCA. We first observed that α-synuclein CNS expression was not affected by C/EBPβ deficiency but it was markedly increased in C/EBPδ-deficient mice. This prompted us to characterize further the role of C/EBPδ in SNCA transcription. C/EBPδ absence led to the in vivo increase of α-synuclein in all brain regions analyzed, both at mRNA and protein level, and in primary neuronal cultures. In agreement with this, CEBPD overexpression in neuroblastoma cells and in primary neuronal cultures markedly reduced SNCA expression. ChIP experiments demonstrated C/EBPδ binding to the SNCA genomic region of mice and humans and luciferase experiments showed decreased expression of a reporter gene attributable to C/EBPδ binding to the SNCA promoter. Finally, decreased CEBPD expression was observed in the substantia nigra and in iPSC-derived dopaminergic neurons from Parkinson patients resulting in a significant negative correlation between SNCA and CEBPD levels. This study points to C/EBPδ as an important repressor of SNCA transcription and suggests that reduced C/EBPδ neuronal levels could be a pathogenic factor in Parkinson's disease and other synucleinopathies and C/EBPδ activity a potential pharmacological target for these neurological disorders.
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Mirisis AA, Carew TJ. The ELAV family of RNA-binding proteins in synaptic plasticity and long-term memory. Neurobiol Learn Mem 2019; 161:143-148. [PMID: 30998973 DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2019.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2018] [Revised: 03/14/2019] [Accepted: 04/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The mechanisms of de novo gene expression and translation of specific gene transcripts have long been known to support long-lasting changes in synaptic plasticity and behavioral long-term memory. In recent years, it has become increasingly apparent that gene expression is heavily regulated not only on the level of transcription, but also through post-transcriptional gene regulation, which governs the subcellular localization, stability, and likelihood of translation of mRNAs. Specific families of RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) bind transcripts which contain AU-rich elements (AREs) within their 3' UTR and thereby govern their downstream fate. These post-transcriptional gene regulatory mechanisms are coordinated through the same cell signaling pathways that play critical roles in long-term memory formation. In this review, we discuss recent results that demonstrate the roles that these ARE-binding proteins play in LTM formation.
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- Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA.
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Gao H, Zhang L, Chen Z, Liu S, Zhang Q, Zhang B. Effects of intravenous anesthetics on the phosphorylation of cAMP response element‑binding protein in hippocampal slices of adult mice. Mol Med Rep 2018; 18:627-633. [PMID: 29749444 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2018.8939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2017] [Accepted: 04/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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cAMP response‑element binding protein (CREB) functions in hippocampal synaptic plasticity and memory formation. However, it remains unknown whether intravenous anesthetics modulate CREB. The present study aimed to examine the effects of intravenous anesthetics on CREB phosphorylation in the mouse hippocampus. CREB phosphorylation was examined in hippocampal slices with and without pharmacological or intravenous anesthetics via immunoblotting. In a dose‑response experiment, the concentrations of intravenous anesthetics ranged from 10‑9 to 10‑4 mol/l for 1 h. For the time‑response experiment, these slices were incubated with 5x10‑6 mol/l of propofol for 0, 1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 12, 15, 30 and 60 min. In order to examine whether CREB phosphorylation could be recovered following washing out the propofol, the slices were incubated in plain artificial cerebrospinal fluid at different time durations following 5 min incubation with propofol. Propofol, etomidate, ketamine and midazolam inhibited CREB phosphorylation (P<0.05) in a time‑ and dose‑dependent manner. This inhibition was reversible following the removal of propofol, and was rescued by CREB phosphorylation (P<0.05). The decrease in CREB phosphorylation revealed additive effects with 100 µM of chelerythrine and 20 µM of PD‑98059, and the etomidate‑induced decrease in CREB phosphorylation was blocked by 1 mM of NMDA. However, 0.1 µM of phorbol 12‑myristate 13‑acetate, 50 µM of U 73122, 100 µM of carbachol and 10 µM of MK801 were ineffective in the anesthetic‑induced decrease in CREB phosphorylation. Intravenous anesthetics markedly decreased CREB phosphorylation in the mouse hippocampus, which was most likely via the protein kinase C and mitogen activated protein kinase pathways. This suggests that CREB represents a target for anesthetic action in the brain.
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- Haiying Gao
- Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361003, P.R. China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361003, P.R. China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361003, P.R. China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361003, P.R. China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361003, P.R. China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital University of Medical Science, Beijing 100000, P.R. China
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Chromosomal Conformations and Epigenomic Regulation in Schizophrenia. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE 2018; 157:21-40. [PMID: 29933951 DOI: 10.1016/bs.pmbts.2017.11.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Chromosomal conformations, including promoter-enhancer loops, provide a critical regulatory layer for the transcriptional machinery. Therefore, schizophrenia, a common psychiatric disorder associated with broad changes in neuronal gene expression in prefrontal cortex and other brain regions implicated in psychosis, could be associated with alterations in higher-order chromatin. Here, we review early studies on spatial genome organization in the schizophrenia postmortem brain and discuss how integrative approaches using cell culture and animal model systems could gain deeper insight into the potential roles of higher-order chromatin for the neurobiology of and novel treatment avenues for common psychiatric disease.
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Medina JH. Neural, Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Active Forgetting. Front Syst Neurosci 2018; 12:3. [PMID: 29467630 PMCID: PMC5808127 DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2018.00003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2017] [Accepted: 01/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The neurobiology of memory formation attracts much attention in the last five decades. Conversely, the rules that govern and the mechanisms underlying forgetting are less understood. In addition to retroactive interference, retrieval-induced forgetting and passive decay of time, it has been recently demonstrated that the nervous system has a diversity of active and inherent processes involved in forgetting. In Drosophila, some operate mainly at an early stage of memory formation and involves dopamine (DA) neurons, specific postsynaptic DA receptor subtypes, Rac1 activation and induces rapid active forgetting. In mammals, others regulate forgetting and persistence of seemingly consolidated memories and implicate the activity of DA receptor subtypes and AMPA receptors in the hippocampus (HP) and related structures to activate parallel signaling pathways controlling active time-dependent forgetting. Most of them may involve plastic changes in synaptic and extrasynaptic receptors including specific removal of GluA2 AMPA receptors. Forgetting at longer timescales might also include changes in adult neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus (DG) of the HP. Therefore, based on relevance or value considerations neuronal circuits may regulate in a time-dependent manner what is formed, stored, and maintained and what is forgotten.
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- Jorge H Medina
- Laboratorio de Memoria, IBCN Universidad de Buenos Aires-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (UBA-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina.,Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Huang W, Dong Y, Zhao G, Wang Y, Jiang J, Zhao P. Influence of isoflurane exposure in pregnant rats on the learning and memory of offsprings. BMC Anesthesiol 2018; 18:5. [PMID: 29325538 PMCID: PMC5765622 DOI: 10.1186/s12871-018-0471-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2017] [Accepted: 01/04/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Background About 2% of pregnant women receive non-obstetric surgery under general anesthesia each year. During pregnancy, general anesthetics may affect brain development of the fetus. This study aimed to investigate safe dosage range of isoflurane. Methods Forty-eight SpragueDawley (SD) pregnant rats were randomly divided into 3 groups and inhaled 1.3% isoflurane (the Iso1 group), 2.0% isoflurane (the Iso2 group) and 50% O2 alone (the control group) for 3 h, respectively. Their offsprings were subjected to Morris water maze at day 28 and day 90 after birth to evaluate learning and memory. The expression of cAMP-response element binding protein (CREB) and phosphorylated cAMP-response element binding protein (p-CREB) was detected in the hippocampus dentate gyrus. Results Less offsprings of Iso2 group were able to cross the platform than that of the control group (P < 0.05). Accordingly, the Iso2 offsprings expressed p-CREB mainly in the subgranular zone in contrast to the whole granular cell layer of hippocampus dentate gyrus as detected in the Iso1 and control offsprings; the expression level of pCREB was also lower in the Iso2 than Iso1 or control offsprings (P < 0.05). Conclusion Inhalation of isoflurane at 1.3% during pregnancy has no significant influence on learning and memory of the offspring; exposure to isoflurane at 2.0% causes damage to spatial memory associated with inhibition of CREB phosphorylation in the granular cell layer of hippocampus dentate gyrus.
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- Wei Huang
- Department of Anesthesiology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, No. 36 SanHao Street, HePing District, ShenYang, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, No. 36 SanHao Street, HePing District, ShenYang, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, No. 36 SanHao Street, HePing District, ShenYang, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, No. 36 SanHao Street, HePing District, ShenYang, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, No. 36 SanHao Street, HePing District, ShenYang, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, No. 36 SanHao Street, HePing District, ShenYang, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China.
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Eagle AL, Gajewski PA, Robison AJ. Role of hippocampal activity-induced transcription in memory consolidation. Rev Neurosci 2018; 27:559-73. [PMID: 27180338 DOI: 10.1515/revneuro-2016-0010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2016] [Accepted: 03/26/2016] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Experience-dependent changes in the strength of connections between neurons in the hippocampus (HPC) are critical for normal learning and memory consolidation, and disruption of this process drives a variety of neurological and psychiatric diseases. Proper HPC function relies upon discrete changes in gene expression driven by transcription factors (TFs) induced by neuronal activity. Here, we describe the induction and function of many of the most well-studied HPC TFs, including cyclic-AMP response element binding protein, serum-response factor, AP-1, and others, and describe their role in the learning process. We also discuss the known target genes of many of these TFs and the purported mechanisms by which they regulate long-term changes in HPC synaptic strength. Moreover, we propose that future research in this field will depend upon unbiased identification of additional gene targets for these activity-dependent TFs and subsequent meta-analyses that identify common genes or pathways regulated by multiple TFs in the HPC during learning or disease.
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Morales-Garcia JA, Gine E, Hernandez-Encinas E, Aguilar-Morante D, Sierra-Magro A, Sanz-SanCristobal M, Alonso-Gil S, Sanchez-Lanzas R, Castaño JG, Santos A, Perez-Castillo A. CCAAT/Enhancer binding protein β silencing mitigates glial activation and neurodegeneration in a rat model of Parkinson's disease. Sci Rep 2017; 7:13526. [PMID: 29051532 PMCID: PMC5648790 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-13269-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2017] [Accepted: 09/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The CCAAT/Enhancer binding protein β (C/EBPβ) is a transcription factor involved in numerous physiological as well as pathological conditions in the brain. However, little is known regarding its possible role in neurodegenerative disorders. We have previously shown that C/EBPβ regulates the expression of genes involved in inflammatory processes and brain injury. Here, we have analyzed the effects of C/EBPβ interference in dopaminergic cell death and glial activation in the 6-hydroxydopamine model of Parkinson's disease. Our results showed that lentivirus-mediated C/EBPβ deprivation conferred marked in vitro and in vivo neuroprotection of dopaminergic cells concomitant with a significant attenuation of the level of the inflammatory response and glial activation. Additionally, C/EBPβ interference diminished the induction of α-synuclein in the substantia nigra pars compacta of animals injected with 6-hydroxydopamine. Taking together, these results reveal an essential function for C/EBPβ in the pathways leading to inflammatory-mediated brain damage and suggest novel roles for C/EBPβ in neurodegenerative diseases, specifically in Parkinson's disease, opening the door for new therapeutic interventions.
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- Jose A Morales-Garcia
- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas (CSIC-UAM), Arturo Duperier, 4, 28029, Madrid, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), 28031, Madrid, Spain
- Departamento de Biología Celular, Facultad de Medicina, UCM, Plaza Ramón y Cajal s/n, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Celular, Facultad de Medicina, UCM, Plaza Ramón y Cajal s/n, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas (CSIC-UAM), Arturo Duperier, 4, 28029, Madrid, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), 28031, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas (CSIC-UAM), Arturo Duperier, 4, 28029, Madrid, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), 28031, Madrid, Spain
- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, IBiS, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica, 41013, Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas (CSIC-UAM), Arturo Duperier, 4, 28029, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas (CSIC-UAM), Arturo Duperier, 4, 28029, Madrid, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), 28031, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas (CSIC-UAM), Arturo Duperier, 4, 28029, Madrid, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), 28031, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), 28031, Madrid, Spain
- Departamento de Bioquímica Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28029, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), 28031, Madrid, Spain
- Departamento de Bioquímica Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28029, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), 28031, Madrid, Spain.
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas (CSIC-UAM), Arturo Duperier, 4, 28029, Madrid, Spain.
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), 28031, Madrid, Spain.
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Qiao J, Rong L, Wang Z, Zhang M. Involvement of Akt/GSK3β/CREB signaling pathway on chronic omethoate induced depressive-like behavior and improvement effects of combined lithium chloride and astaxanthin treatment. Neurosci Lett 2017; 649:55-61. [PMID: 28366776 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2017.03.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2016] [Revised: 03/26/2017] [Accepted: 03/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Chronic organophosphorus pesticides (OP) exposure is associated with an increased risk of depression, and there is an urgent need to find an effective treatment for the depressive-like symptoms caused by OP. The main purpose of this study was to investigate whether combined lithium chloride (LiCl) and astaxanthin (AST) treatment would manifest synergetic antidepressant effects on mice with chronic OP exposure, and to determine the role of the Akt/GSK3β/CREB signaling pathway. Our results showed that chronic omethoate exposure significantly increased immobility time in behavioral tests and induced neuron damage in HE staining. The expression of p-GSK3β, p-CREB, p-PI3K and p-Akt in hippocampus after OP exposure were significantly down-regulated, while the influences were reversed by LiCl and AST treatment. Moreover, the combined application of AST and LiCl had synergistic therapeutic effects compared to LiCl and AST treatment alone, the expression of p-GSK3β, p-CREB, p-PI3K and p-Akt after combined LiCl-AST treatment were significantly higher than that with single drug application. These results showed that the combination of LiCl and AST could efficiently ameliorate depressive-like behavior induced by omethoate, and Akt/GSK3β/CREB signaling pathway might be responsible for the neuroprotective effect.
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- Jingwen Qiao
- Institute of Cerebrovascular Diseases, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266003, China; Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266003, China.
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Zhang Y, Smolen P, Alberini CM, Baxter DA, Byrne JH. Computational model of a positive BDNF feedback loop in hippocampal neurons following inhibitory avoidance training. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 23:714-722. [PMID: 27918277 PMCID: PMC5110990 DOI: 10.1101/lm.042044.116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2016] [Accepted: 09/23/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Inhibitory avoidance (IA) training in rodents initiates a molecular cascade within hippocampal neurons. This cascade contributes to the transition of short- to long-term memory (i.e., consolidation). Here, a differential equation-based model was developed to describe a positive feedback loop within this molecular cascade. The feedback loop begins with an IA-induced release of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), which in turn leads to rapid phosphorylation of the cAMP response element-binding protein (pCREB), and a subsequent increase in the level of the β isoform of the CCAAT/enhancer binding protein (C/EBPβ). Increased levels of C/EBPβ lead to increased bdnf expression. Simulations predicted that an empirically observed delay in the BDNF-pCREB-C/EBPβ feedback loop has a profound effect on the dynamics of consolidation. The model also predicted that at least two independent self-sustaining signaling pathways downstream from the BDNF-pCREB-C/EBPβ feedback loop contribute to consolidation. Currently, the nature of these downstream pathways is unknown.
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- Yili Zhang
- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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- Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, New York 10003, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Rajarajan P, Gil SE, Brennand KJ, Akbarian S. Spatial genome organization and cognition. Nat Rev Neurosci 2016; 17:681-691. [PMID: 27708356 DOI: 10.1038/nrn.2016.124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Nonrandom chromosomal conformations, including promoter-enhancer loopings that bypass kilobases or megabases of linear genome, provide a crucial layer of transcriptional regulation and move vast amounts of non-coding sequence into the physical proximity of genes that are important for neurodevelopment, cognition and behaviour. Activity-regulated changes in the neuronal '3D genome' could govern transcriptional mechanisms associated with learning and plasticity, and loop-bound intergenic and intronic non-coding sequences have been implicated in psychiatric and adult-onset neurodegenerative disease. Recent studies have begun to clarify the roles of spatial genome organization in normal and abnormal cognition.
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- Prashanth Rajarajan
- Department of Psychiatry, Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, 10029 New York, USA
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- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona 08003, Spain.,Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Plaça de la Mercè 10, Barcelona 08002, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry, Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, 10029 New York, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, 10029 New York, USA
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Yu XW, Oh MM, Disterhoft JF. CREB, cellular excitability, and cognition: Implications for aging. Behav Brain Res 2016; 322:206-211. [PMID: 27478142 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2016.07.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2016] [Revised: 07/11/2016] [Accepted: 07/27/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Humans and laboratory animals display cognitive deficits as they age. However, there are currently no effective therapies available to treat these deficits, as the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. Studies using pharmacological compounds have found a link between cognitive performance and the intrinsic cellular excitability of CA1 hippocampal neurons. Therefore, it is of great interest to identify molecular regulators that may be influencing both cognition and neuronal excitability, which could be changed with age. One possible regulator is the transcription factor cAMP response element binding-protein (CREB). In young adult animals, manipulation of CREB activity has resulted in modulation of both cognitive performance on behavioral tasks, and neuronal excitability. While evidence is sparse, studies also point to a dysfunction in CREB signaling with aging. We propose that CREB may be a viable therapeutic target for the treatment of age-related cognitive deficits, along with potential experiments to test this hypothesis.
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- Xiao-Wen Yu
- Department of Physiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 E Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
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- Department of Physiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 E Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
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- Department of Physiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 E Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
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Contestabile A, Peña-Altamira E, Virgili M, Monti B. Zinc supplementation in rats impairs hippocampal-dependent memory consolidation and dampens post-traumatic recollection of stressful event. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 2016; 26:1070-82. [PMID: 26774280 DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2015.12.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2015] [Revised: 12/02/2015] [Accepted: 12/29/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Zinc is a trace element important for synaptic plasticity, learning and memory. Zinc deficiency, both during pregnancy and after birth, impairs cognitive performance and, in addition to memory deficits, also results in alterations of attention, activity, neuropsychological behavior and motor development. The effects of zinc supplementation on cognition, particularly in the adult, are less clear. We demonstrate here in adult rats, that 4 week-long zinc supplementation given by drinking water, and approximately doubling normal daily intake, strongly impairs consolidation of hippocampal-dependent memory, tested through contextual fear conditioning and inhibitory avoidance. Furthermore, the same treatment started after memory consolidation of training for the same behavioral tests, substantially dampens the recall of the stressful event occurred 4 weeks before. A molecular correlate of the amnesic effect of zinc supplementation is represented by a dysregulated function of GSK-3ß in the hippocampus, a kinase that participates in memory processes. The possible relevance of these data for humans, in particular regarding post-traumatic stress disorders, is discussed in view of future investigation.
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
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Inflammatory transcription factors as activation markers and functional readouts in immune-to-brain communication. Brain Behav Immun 2016; 54:1-14. [PMID: 26348582 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2015.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2015] [Revised: 08/31/2015] [Accepted: 09/04/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Immune-to-brain communication pathways involve humoral mediators, including cytokines, central modulation by neuronal afferents and immune cell trafficking to the brain. During systemic inflammation these pathways contribute to mediating brain-controlled sickness symptoms including fever. Experimentally, activation of these signaling pathways can be mimicked and studied when injecting animals with pathogen associated molecular patterns (PAMPS). One central component of the brain inflammatory response, which leads, for example, to fever induction, is transcriptional activation of brain cells via cytokines and PAMPS. We and others have studied the spatiotemporal activation and the physiological significance of transcription factors for the induction of inflammation within the brain and the manifestation of fever. Evidence has revealed a role of nuclear factor (NF)κB in the initiation, signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT)3 in the maintenance and NF-interleukin (IL)6 in the maintenance or even termination of brain-inflammation and fever. Moreover, psychological stressors, such as exposure to a novel environment, leads to increased body core temperature and genomic NF-IL6-activation, suggesting a potential use of NF-IL6-immunohistochemistry as a multimodal brain cell activation marker and a role for NF-IL6 for differential brain activity. In addition, the nutritional status, as reflected by circulating levels of the cytokine-like hormone leptin, influence immune-to-brain communication and age-dependent changes in LPS-induced fever. Overall, transcription factors remain therapeutically important targets for the treatment of brain-inflammation and fever induction during infectious/non-infectious inflammatory and psychological stress. However, the exact physiological role and significance of these transcription factors requires to be further investigated.
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Transcriptional Control of Synaptic Plasticity by Transcription Factor NF-κB. Neural Plast 2016; 2016:7027949. [PMID: 26881128 PMCID: PMC4736603 DOI: 10.1155/2016/7027949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2015] [Accepted: 11/04/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Activation of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) transcription factors is required for the induction of synaptic plasticity and memory formation. All components of this signaling pathway are localized at synapses, and transcriptionally active NF-κB dimers move to the nucleus to translate synaptic signals into altered gene expression. Neuron-specific inhibition results in altered connectivity of excitatory and inhibitory synapses and functionally in selective learning deficits. Recent research on transgenic mice with impaired or hyperactivated NF-κB gave important insights into plasticity-related target gene expression that is regulated by NF-κB. In this minireview, we update the available data on the role of this transcription factor for learning and memory formation and comment on cross-sectional activation of NF-κB in the aged and diseased brain that may directly or indirectly affect κB-dependent transcription of synaptic genes.
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Amtul Z. Neural plasticity and memory: molecular mechanism. Rev Neurosci 2015; 26:253-68. [PMID: 25995328 DOI: 10.1515/revneuro-2014-0075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2014] [Accepted: 12/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Deciphering the cellular and molecular mechanisms of memory has been an important topic encompassing the learning and memory domain besides the neurodegenerative disorders. Synapses accumulate cognitive information from life-lasting alterations of their molecular and structural composition. Current memory storage models identify posttranslational modification imperative for short-term information storage and mRNA translation for long-term information storage. However, the precise account of these modifications has not been summarized at the individual synapse level. Therefore, herein we describe the spatiotemporal reorganization of synaptic plasticity at the dendritic spine level to elucidate the mechanism through which synaptic substructures are remodeled; though at the molecular level, such mechanisms are still quite unclear. It has thus been concluded that the existing mechanisms do not entirely elaborate memory storage processes. Further efforts are therefore encouraged to delineate the mechanism of neuronal connectivity at the chemical level as well, including inter- or intramolecular bonding patterns at the synaptic level, which may be a permissive and vital step of memory storage.
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Tadi M, Allaman I, Lengacher S, Grenningloh G, Magistretti PJ. Learning-Induced Gene Expression in the Hippocampus Reveals a Role of Neuron -Astrocyte Metabolic Coupling in Long Term Memory. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0141568. [PMID: 26513352 PMCID: PMC4625956 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2015] [Accepted: 10/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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We examined the expression of genes related to brain energy metabolism and particularly those encoding glia (astrocyte)-specific functions in the dorsal hippocampus subsequent to learning. Context-dependent avoidance behavior was tested in mice using the step-through Inhibitory Avoidance (IA) paradigm. Animals were sacrificed 3, 9, 24, or 72 hours after training or 3 hours after retention testing. The quantitative determination of mRNA levels revealed learning-induced changes in the expression of genes thought to be involved in astrocyte-neuron metabolic coupling in a time dependent manner. Twenty four hours following IA training, an enhanced gene expression was seen, particularly for genes encoding monocarboxylate transporters 1 and 4 (MCT1, MCT4), alpha2 subunit of the Na/K-ATPase and glucose transporter type 1. To assess the functional role for one of these genes in learning, we studied MCT1 deficient mice and found that they exhibit impaired memory in the inhibitory avoidance task. Together, these observations indicate that neuron-glia metabolic coupling undergoes metabolic adaptations following learning as indicated by the change in expression of key metabolic genes.
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- Monika Tadi
- Brain Mind Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Brain Mind Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Brain Mind Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Brain Mind Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Brain Mind Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
- Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, KSA, Saudi Arabia
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Pulido-Salgado M, Vidal-Taboada JM, Saura J. C/EBPβ and C/EBPδ transcription factors: Basic biology and roles in the CNS. Prog Neurobiol 2015; 132:1-33. [PMID: 26143335 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2015.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2015] [Revised: 05/08/2015] [Accepted: 06/16/2015] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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CCAAT/enhancer binding protein (C/EBP) β and C/EBPδ are transcription factors of the basic-leucine zipper class which share phylogenetic, structural and functional features. In this review we first describe in depth their basic molecular biology which includes fascinating aspects such as the regulated use of alternative initiation codons in the C/EBPβ mRNA. The physical interactions with multiple transcription factors which greatly opens the number of potentially regulated genes or the presence of at least five different types of post-translational modifications are also remarkable molecular mechanisms that modulate C/EBPβ and C/EBPδ function. In the second part, we review the present knowledge on the localization, expression changes and physiological roles of C/EBPβ and C/EBPδ in neurons, astrocytes and microglia. We conclude that C/EBPβ and C/EBPδ share two unique features related to their role in the CNS: whereas in neurons they participate in memory formation and synaptic plasticity, in glial cells they regulate the pro-inflammatory program. Because of their role in neuroinflammation, C/EBPβ and C/EBPδ in microglia are potential targets for treatment of neurodegenerative disorders. Any strategy to reduce C/EBPβ and C/EBPδ activity in neuroinflammation needs to take into account its potential side-effects in neurons. Therefore, cell-specific treatments will be required for the successful application of this strategy.
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- Marta Pulido-Salgado
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Unit, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Casanova 143, planta 3, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
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- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Unit, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Casanova 143, planta 3, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
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- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Unit, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Casanova 143, planta 3, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.
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Donzis EJ, Tronson NC. Modulation of learning and memory by cytokines: signaling mechanisms and long term consequences. Neurobiol Learn Mem 2014; 115:68-77. [PMID: 25151944 PMCID: PMC4250287 DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2014.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 193] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2014] [Revised: 08/12/2014] [Accepted: 08/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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This review describes the role of cytokines and their downstream signaling cascades on the modulation of learning and memory. Immune proteins are required for many key neural processes and dysregulation of these functions by systemic inflammation can result in impairments of memory that persist long after the resolution of inflammation. Recent research has demonstrated that manipulations of individual cytokines can modulate learning, memory, and synaptic plasticity. The many conflicting findings, however, have prevented a clear understanding of the precise role of cytokines in memory. Given the complexity of inflammatory signaling, understanding its modulatory role requires a shift in focus from single cytokines to a network of cytokine interactions and elucidation of the cytokine-dependent intracellular signaling cascades. Finally, we propose that whereas signal transduction and transcription may mediate short-term modulation of memory, long-lasting cellular and molecular mechanisms such as epigenetic modifications and altered neurogenesis may be required for the long lasting impact of inflammation on memory and cognition.
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- Elissa J Donzis
- Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
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Gruol DL, Vo K, Bray JG. Increased astrocyte expression of IL-6 or CCL2 in transgenic mice alters levels of hippocampal and cerebellar proteins. Front Cell Neurosci 2014; 8:234. [PMID: 25177271 PMCID: PMC4132577 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2014.00234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2014] [Accepted: 07/25/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Emerging research has identified that neuroimmune factors are produced by cells of the central nervous system (CNS) and play critical roles as regulators of CNS function, directors of neurodevelopment and responders to pathological processes. A wide range of neuroimmune factors are produced by CNS cells, primarily the glial cells, but the role of specific neuroimmune factors and their glial cell sources in CNS biology and pathology have yet to be fully elucidated. We have used transgenic mice that express elevated levels of a specific neuroimmune factor, the cytokine IL-6 or the chemokine CCL2, through genetic modification of astrocyte expression to identify targets of astrocyte produced IL-6 or CCL2 at the protein level. We found that in non-transgenic mice constitutive expression of IL-6 and CCL2 occurs in the two CNS regions studied, the hippocampus and cerebellum, as measured by ELISA. In the CCL2 transgenic mice elevated levels of CCL2 were evident in the hippocampus and cerebellum, whereas in the IL-6 transgenic mice, elevated levels of IL-6 were only evident in the cerebellum. Western blot analysis of the cellular and synaptic proteins in the hippocampus and cerebellum of the transgenic mice showed that the elevated levels of CCL2 or IL-6 resulted in alterations in the levels of specific proteins and that these actions differed for the two neuroimmune factors and for the two brain regions. These results are consistent with cell specific profiles of action for IL-6 and CCL2, actions that may be an important aspect of their respective roles in CNS physiology and pathophysiology.
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- Donna L Gruol
- Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience Department, The Scripps Research Institute La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience Department, The Scripps Research Institute La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Stevens Point, WI, USA
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Peña-Altamira E, Polazzi E, Moretto E, Lauriola M, Monti B. The transcription factor CCAAT enhancer-binding protein β protects rat cerebellar granule neurons from apoptosis through its transcription-activating isoforms. Eur J Neurosci 2013; 39:176-85. [PMID: 24438488 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2013] [Revised: 10/02/2013] [Accepted: 10/04/2013] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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CCAAT enhancer-binding protein β is a transcription factor that is involved in many brain processes, although its role in neuronal survival/death remains unclear. By using primary cultures of rat cerebellar granule neurons, we have shown here that CCAAT enhancer-binding protein β is present as all of its isoforms: the transcriptional activators liver activator proteins 1 and 2, and the transcriptional inhibitor liver inhibitory protein. We have also shown that liver activator protein 1 undergoes post-translational modifications, such as phosphorylation and sumoylation. These isoforms have different subcellular localizations, liver activator protein 2 being found in the cytosolic fraction only, liver inhibitory protein in the nucleus only, and liver activator protein 1 in both fractions. Through neuronal apoptosis induction by shifting mature cerebellar granule neurons to low-potassium medium, we have demonstrated that nuclear liver activator protein 1 expression decreases and its phosphorylation disappears, whereas liver inhibitory protein levels increase in the nuclear fraction, suggesting a pro-survival role for liver activator protein transcriptional activation and a pro-apoptotic role for liver inhibitory protein transcriptional inhibition. To confirm this, we transfected cerebellar granule neurons with plasmids expressing liver activator protein 1, liver activator protein 2, or liver inhibitory protein respectively, and observed that both liver activator proteins, which increase CCAAT-dependent transcription, but not liver inhibitory protein, counteracted apoptosis, thus demonstrating the pro-survival role of liver activator proteins. These data significantly improve our current understanding of the role of CCAAT enhancer-binding protein β in neuronal survival/apoptosis.
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- Emiliano Peña-Altamira
- Department of Pharmacy and BioTechnology, University of Bologna, Ex-BES Building, Via Selmi 3, Bologna, 40126, Italy
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Roles for NF-κB and gene targets of NF-κB in synaptic plasticity, memory, and navigation. Mol Neurobiol 2013; 49:757-70. [PMID: 24122352 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-013-8555-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2013] [Accepted: 09/19/2013] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Although traditionally associated with immune function, the transcription factor nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) has garnered much attention in recent years as an important regulator of memory. Specifically, research has found that NF-κB, localized in both neurons and glia, is activated during the induction of long-term potentiation (LTP), a paradigm of synaptic plasticity and correlate of memory. Further, experimental manipulation of NF-κB activation or its blockade results in altered memory and spatial navigation abilities. Genetic knockout of specific NF-κB subunits in mice results in memory alterations. Collectively, such data suggest that NF-κB may be a requirement for memory, although the direction of the response (i.e., memory enhancement or deficit) is inconsistent. A limited number of gene targets of NF-κB have been recently identified in neurons, including neurotrophic factors, calcium-regulating proteins, other transcription factors, and molecules associated with neuronal outgrowth and remodeling. In turn, several key molecules are activators of NF-κB, including protein kinase C and [Ca(++)]i. Thus, NF-κB signaling is complex and under the regulation of numerous proteins involved in activity-dependent synaptic plasticity. The purpose of this review is to highlight the literature detailing a role for NF-κB in synaptic plasticity, memory, and spatial navigation. Secondly, this review will synthesize the research evaluating gene targets of NF-κB in synaptic plasticity and memory. Although there is ample evidence to suggest a critical role for NF-κB in memory, our understanding of its gene targets in neurons is limited and only beginning to be appreciated.
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del Rey A, Balschun D, Wetzel W, Randolf A, Besedovsky HO. A cytokine network involving brain-borne IL-1β, IL-1ra, IL-18, IL-6, and TNFα operates during long-term potentiation and learning. Brain Behav Immun 2013; 33:15-23. [PMID: 23747799 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2013.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2013] [Revised: 05/27/2013] [Accepted: 05/30/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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We have previously shown that long-term potentiation (LTP) induces hippocampal IL-1β and IL-6 over-expression, and interfering their signalling either inhibits or supports, respectively, LTP maintenance. Consistently, blockade of endogenous IL-1 or IL-6 restricts or favours hippocampal-dependent memory, effects that were confirmed in genetically manipulated mice. Since cytokines are known for their high degree of mutual crosstalk, here we studied whether a network of cytokines with known neuromodulatory actions is activated during LTP and learning. We found that, besides IL-1β and IL-6, also IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1ra) and IL-18, but not TNFα are over-expressed during LTP maintenance in freely moving rats. The increased expression of these cytokines is causally related to an increase in synaptic strength since it was abrogated when LTP was interfered by blockade of NMDA-glutamate receptors. Likewise, IL-1 and IL-6 were found to be over-expressed in defined regions of the hippocampus during learning a hippocampus-dependent task. However, during learning, changes in IL-18 were restricted to the dorsal hippocampus, and no differences in TNFα and IL1-ra expression were noticed in the hippocampus. Noticeably, IL-1ra transcripts were significantly reduced in the prefrontal cortex. The relation between cytokine expression and learning was causal because such changes were not observed in animals from a pseudo-trained group that was subject to the same manipulation but could not learn the task. Taken together with previous studies, we conclude that activation of a cytokine network in the brain is a physiologic relevant phenomenon not only for LTP maintenance but also for certain types of learning.
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- Adriana del Rey
- Research Group Immunophysiology, Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Philipps University, 35037 Marburg, Germany
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Molecular signatures and mechanisms of long-lasting memory consolidation and storage. Neurobiol Learn Mem 2013; 106:40-7. [PMID: 23831672 DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2013.06.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2013] [Revised: 06/25/2013] [Accepted: 06/26/2013] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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A body of evidence emerged in the last decade regarding late posttraining memory processing. Most of this new information comes from aversively motivated learning tasks that mainly depend on hippocampus, amygdala and insular cortex, and points to the involvement of long-lasting changes in gene expression and protein synthesis in late stages of memory consolidation and storage. Here, we describe recent advances in this field and discuss how recurrent rounds of macromolecular synthesis and its regulation might impact long-term memory storage.
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Effects of Experimental Diabetes on C/EBP Proteins in Rat Hippocampus, Sciatic Nerve and Ganglia. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2013; 33:559-67. [PMID: 23508841 DOI: 10.1007/s10571-013-9924-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2012] [Accepted: 03/08/2013] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Morris KA, Gold PE. Epinephrine and glucose modulate training-related CREB phosphorylation in old rats: relationships to age-related memory impairments. Exp Gerontol 2013; 48:115-27. [PMID: 23201424 PMCID: PMC3557608 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2012.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2012] [Revised: 11/04/2012] [Accepted: 11/21/2012] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Epinephrine enhances memory in young adult rats, in part, by increasing blood glucose levels needed to modulate memory. In old rats, epinephrine is deficient at raising blood glucose levels and thus is only moderately effective at enhancing memory. In contrast, systemic glucose injections improve memory in old rats, with resulting memory performance equal to that of young rats. The diminished response of glucose to training in old rats may blunt downstream neurochemical and molecular mechanisms needed to upregulate memory processes. In the first experiment, young adult and old rats were trained on an inhibitory avoidance task with immediate post-training injections of aCSF or glucose into the dorsal hippocampus. Old rats had significant memory impairments compared to young rats 7 days after training. Intrahippocampal injections of glucose reversed age-related deficits, improving memory scores in old rats to values seen in young rats. A second experiment examined age-related changes in activation of the transcription factor CREB, which is widely implicated in memory formation and may act downstream of hormonal and metabolic signals. Activation was assessed in response to training with systemic injections of epinephrine and glucose at doses known to enhance memory. Young adult and old rats were trained on inhibitory avoidance with immediate post-training systemic injections of saline, epinephrine, or glucose. After training, old rats had significant impairments in CREB phosphorylation in area CA1 and the dentate gyrus region of the hippocampus, and in the basolateral and lateral amygdala. Epinephrine and glucose attenuated age-related deficits in CREB phosphorylation, but were more effective in the amygdala and hippocampus, respectively. Together, these results support the view that age-related changes in blood glucose responses to epinephrine contribute to memory impairments, which may be related to alterations in regional patterns of CREB phosphorylation.
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- Ken A. Morris
- Neuroscience Program and College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign IL 61801
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- Department of Biology, Life Sciences Complex, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244
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Levitan D, Saada-Madar R, Teplinsky A, Susswein AJ. Localization of molecular correlates of memory consolidation to buccal ganglia mechanoafferent neurons after learning that food is inedible in Aplysia. Learn Mem 2012; 19:503-12. [DOI: 10.1101/lm.026393.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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AU-rich element-binding protein negatively regulates CCAAT enhancer-binding protein mRNA stability during long-term synaptic plasticity in Aplysia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012; 109:15520-5. [PMID: 22949683 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1116224109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The consolidation of long-term memory for sensitization and synaptic facilitation in Aplysia requires synthesis of new mRNA including the immediate early gene Aplysia CCAAT enhancer-binding protein (ApC/EBP). After the rapid induction of ApC/EBP expression in response to repeated treatments of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), ApC/EBP mRNA is temporarily expressed in sensory neurons of sensory-to-motor synapses. However, the molecular mechanism underlying the rapid degradation of ApC/EBP transcript is not known. Here, we cloned an AU-rich element (ARE)-binding protein, ApAUF1, which functions as a destabilizing factor for ApC/EBP mRNA. ApAUF1 was found to bind to the 3' UTR of ApC/EBP mRNA that contains AREs and subsequently reduces the expression of ApC/EBP 3' UTR-containing reporter genes. Moreover, overexpression of ApAUF1 inhibited the induction of ApC/EBP mRNA in sensory neurons and also impaired long-term facilitation of sensory-to-motor synapses by repetitive 5-HT treatments. These results provide evidence for a critical role of the posttranscriptional modification of ApC/EBP mRNA during the consolidation of synaptic plasticity.
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Xia Z, Storm DR. Role of signal transduction crosstalk between adenylyl cyclase and MAP kinase in hippocampus-dependent memory. Learn Mem 2012; 19:369-74. [PMID: 22904367 DOI: 10.1101/lm.027128.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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One of the intriguing questions in neurobiology is how long-term memory (LTM) traces are established and maintained in the brain. Memory can be divided into at least two temporally and mechanistically distinct forms. Short-term memory (STM) lasts no longer than several hours, while LTM persists for days or longer. A crucial step in the generation of LTM is consolidation, a process in which STM is converted to LTM. Hippocampus-dependent LTM depends on activation of Ca(2+), Erk/MAP kinase (MAPK), and cAMP signaling pathways, as well as de novo gene expression and translation. One of the transcriptional pathways strongly implicated in LTM is the CREB/CRE (calcium, cAMP response element) transcriptional pathway. Interestingly, this transcriptional pathway may also contribute to other forms of neuroplasticity including adaptive responses to drugs. Evidence discussed in this review indicates that activation of the Erk1/2 MAP Kinase (MAPK)/CRE transcriptional pathway during the formation of hippocampus-dependent memory depends on calmodulin (CaM)-stimulated adenylyl cyclases.
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- Zhengui Xia
- Toxicology Program in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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Adaikkan C, Rosenblum K. The role of protein phosphorylation in the gustatory cortex and amygdala during taste learning. Exp Neurobiol 2012; 21:37-51. [PMID: 22792024 PMCID: PMC3381211 DOI: 10.5607/en.2012.21.2.37] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2011] [Accepted: 02/17/2012] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Protein phosphorylation and dephosphorylation form a major post-translation mechanism that enables a given cell to respond to ever-changing internal and external environments. Neurons, similarly to any other cells, use protein phosphorylation/dephosphorylation to maintain an internal homeostasis, but they also use it for updating the state of synaptic and intrinsic properties, following activation by neurotransmitters and growth factors. In the present review we focus on the roles of several families of kinases, phosphatases, and other synaptic-plasticity-related proteins, which activate membrane receptors and various intracellular signals to promote transcription, translation and protein degradation, and to regulate the appropriate cellular proteomes required for taste memory acquisition, consolidation and maintenance. Attention is especially focused on the protein phosphorylation state in two forebrain areas that are necessary for taste-memory learning and retrieval: the insular cortex and the amygdala. The various temporal phases of taste learning require the activation of appropriate waves of biochemical signals. These include: extracellular signal regulated kinase I and II (ERKI/II) signal transduction pathways; Ca(2+)-dependent pathways; tyrosine kinase/phosphatase-dependent pathways; brain-derived neurotrophicfactor (BDNF)-dependent pathways; cAMP-responsive element bindingprotein (CREB); and translation-regulation factors, such as initiation and elongation factors, and the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR). Interestingly, coding of hedonic and aversive taste information in the forebrain requires activation of different signal transduction pathways.
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Morris KA, Gold PE. Age-related impairments in memory and in CREB and pCREB expression in hippocampus and amygdala following inhibitory avoidance training. Mech Ageing Dev 2012; 133:291-9. [PMID: 22445851 PMCID: PMC3359401 DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2012.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2012] [Revised: 02/27/2012] [Accepted: 03/06/2012] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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This experiment examined whether age-related changes in CREB and pCREB contribute to the rapid forgetting seen in aged animals. Young (3-month-old) and aged (24-month-old) Fischer-344 rats received inhibitory avoidance training with a low (0.2 mA, 0.4 s) or moderate (0.5 mA, 0.5 s) foot shock; memory was measured 7 days later. Other rats were euthanized 30 min after training, and CREB and pCREB expression levels were examined in the hippocampus, amygdala, and piriform cortex using immunohistochemistry. CREB levels decreased with age in the hippocampus and amygdala. After training with either shock level, young rats exhibited good memory and increases in pCREB levels in the hippocampus and amygdala. Aged rats exhibited good memory for the moderate but not the low shock but did not show increases in pCREB levels after either shock intensity. These results suggest that decreases in total CREB and in pCREB activation in the hippocampus and amygdala may contribute to rapid forgetting in aged rats. After moderate foot shock, the stable memory in old rats together with absence of CREB activation suggests either that CREB was phosphorylated in a spatiotemporal pattern other than analyzed here or that the stronger training conditions engaged alternate mechanisms that promote long-lasting memory.
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- Ken A. Morris
- Neuroscience Program, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- College of Medicine, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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- Neuroscience Program, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Departments of Psychology, Psychiatry, Molecular and Integrative Physiology, and Bioengineering, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Reaume CJ, Sokolowski MB. Conservation of gene function in behaviour. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2011; 366:2100-10. [PMID: 21690128 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Behaviour genetic research has shown that a given gene or gene pathway can influence categorically similar behaviours in different species. Questions about the conservation of gene function in behaviour are increasingly tractable. This is owing to the surge of DNA and 'omics data, bioinformatic tools, as well as advances in technologies for behavioural phenotyping. Here, we discuss how gene function, as a hierarchical biological phenomenon, can be used to examine behavioural homology across species. The question can be addressed independently using different levels of investigation including the DNA sequence, the gene's position in a genetic pathway, spatial-temporal tissue expression and neural circuitry. Selected examples from the literature are used to illustrate this point. We will also discuss how qualitative and quantitative comparisons of the behavioural phenotype, its function and the importance of environmental and social context should be used in cross-species comparisons. We conclude that (i) there are homologous behaviours, (ii) they are hard to define and (iii) neurogenetics and genomics investigations should help in this endeavour.
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- Christopher J Reaume
- Department of Biology, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, L5L 1C6
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Cortes-Canteli M, Aguilar-Morante D, Sanz-SanCristobal M, Megias D, Santos A, Perez-Castillo A. Role of C/EBPβ transcription factor in adult hippocampal neurogenesis. PLoS One 2011; 6:e24842. [PMID: 22003384 PMCID: PMC3189174 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2011] [Accepted: 08/22/2011] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The dentate gyrus of the hippocampus is one of the regions in which neurogenesis takes place in the adult brain. We have previously demonstrated that CCAAT/enhancer binding protein β (C/EBPβ) is expressed in the granular layer of the dentate gyrus of the adult mouse hippocampus. Taking into account the important role of C/EBPβ in the consolidation of long term memory, the fact that newborn neurons in the hippocampus contribute to learning and memory processes, and the role of this transcription factor, previously demonstrated by our group, in regulating neuronal differentiation, we speculated that this transcription factor could regulate stem/progenitor cells in this region of the brain. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Here, we show, using C/EBPβ knockout mice, that C/EBPβ expression is observed in the subset of newborn cells that proliferate in the hippocampus of the adult brain. Mice lacking C/EBPβ present reduced survival of newborn cells in the hippocampus, a decrease in the number of these cells that differentiate into neurons and a diminished number of cells that are proliferating in the subgranular zone of the dentate gyrus. These results were further confirmed in vitro. Neurosphere cultures from adult mice deficient in C/EBPβ present less proliferation and neuronal differentiation than neurospheres derived from wild type mice. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE In summary, using in vivo and in vitro strategies, we have identified C/EBPβ as a key player in the proliferation and survival of the new neurons produced in the adult mouse hippocampus. Our results support a novel role of C/EBPβ in the processes of adult hippocampal neurogenesis, providing new insights into the mechanisms that control neurogenesis in this region of the brain.
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- Marta Cortes-Canteli
- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas “Alberto Sols”, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas-Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas “Alberto Sols”, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas-Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas “Alberto Sols”, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas-Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Madrid, Spain
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- Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncologicas, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquimica y Biologia Molecular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas “Alberto Sols”, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas-Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Madrid, Spain
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Zha Q, Wang Y, Fan Y, Zhu MY. Dexamethasone-induced up-regulation of the human norepinephrine transporter involves the glucocorticoid receptor and increased binding of C/EBP-β to the proximal promoter of norepinephrine transporter. J Neurochem 2011; 119:654-63. [PMID: 21883217 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2011.07448.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Previously, we have found glucocorticoids up-regulate norepinephrine (NE) transporter (NET) expression in vitro. However, the underlying transcriptional mechanism is poorly understood. In this study, the role of glucocorticoids on the transcriptional regulation of NET was investigated. Exposure of neuroblastoma SK-N-BE(2)M17 cells to dexamethasone (Dex) significantly increased NET mRNA and protein levels in a time- and dose-dependent manner. This effect was attenuated by glucocorticoid receptor (GR) antagonist mifepristone, suggesting that up-regulation of NET by Dex was mediated by the GR. In reporter gene assays, exposure of cells to Dex resulted in dose-dependent increases of luciferase activity that were also prevented by mifepristone. Serial deletions of the NET promoter delineated Dex-responsiveness to a -301 to -148 bp region containing a CCAAT/enhancer binding protein-β (C/EBP-β) response element. Co-immunoprecipitation experiments demonstrated that Dex treatment caused the interaction of the GR with C/EBP-β. Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assay revealed that Dex exposure resulted in binding of both GR and C/EBP-β to the NET promoter. Further experiments showed that mutation of the C/EBP-β response element abrogated C/EBP-β- and GR-mediated transactivation of NET. These findings demonstrate that Dex-induced increase in NET expression is mediated by the GR via a non-conventional transcriptional mechanism involving interaction of C/EBP-β with a C/EBP-β response element.
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- Qinqin Zha
- Department of Pharmacology, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee 37604, USA
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Ramberg V, Tracy LM, Samuelsson M, Nilsson LNG, Iverfeldt K. The CCAAT/enhancer binding protein (C/EBP) δ is differently regulated by fibrillar and oligomeric forms of the Alzheimer amyloid-β peptide. J Neuroinflammation 2011; 8:34. [PMID: 21492414 PMCID: PMC3096570 DOI: 10.1186/1742-2094-8-34] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2010] [Accepted: 04/14/2011] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Background The transcription factors CCAAT/enhancer binding proteins (C/EBP) α, β and δ have been shown to be expressed in brain and to be involved in regulation of inflammatory genes in concert with nuclear factor κB (NF-κB). In general, C/EBPα is down-regulated, whereas both C/EBPβ and δ are up-regulated in response to inflammatory stimuli. In Alzheimer's disease (AD) one of the hallmarks is chronic neuroinflammation mediated by astrocytes and microglial cells, most likely induced by the formation of amyloid-β (Aβ) deposits. The inflammatory response in AD has been ascribed both beneficial and detrimental roles. It is therefore important to delineate the inflammatory mediators and signaling pathways affected by Aβ deposits with the aim of defining new therapeutic targets. Methods Here we have investigated the effects of Aβ on expression of C/EBP family members with a focus on C/EBPδ in rat primary astro-microglial cultures and in a transgenic mouse model with high levels of fibrillar Aβ deposits (tg-ArcSwe) by western blot analysis. Effects on DNA binding activity were analyzed by electrophoretic mobility shift assay. Cross-talk between C/EBPδ and NF-κB was investigated by analyzing binding to a κB site using a biotin streptavidin-agarose pull-down assay. Results We show that exposure to fibril-enriched, but not oligomer-enriched, preparations of Aβ inhibit up-regulation of C/EBPδ expression in interleukin-1β-activated glial cultures. Furthermore, we observed that, in aged transgenic mice, C/EBPα was significantly down-regulated and C/EBPβ was significantly up-regulated. C/EBPδ, on the other hand, was selectively down-regulated in the forebrain, a part of the brain showing high levels of fibrillar Aβ deposits. In contrast, no difference in expression levels of C/EBPδ between wild type and transgenic mice was detected in the relatively spared hindbrain. Finally, we show that interleukin-1β-induced C/EBPδ DNA binding activity to both C/EBP and κB sites is abolished after exposure to Aβ. Conclusions These data suggest that both expression and function of C/EBPδ are dysregulated in Alzheimer's disease. C/EBPδ seems to be differently regulated in response to different conformations of Aβ. We propose that Aβ induces an imbalance between NF-κB and C/EBP transcription factors that may result in abnormal responses to inflammatory stimuli.
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- Veronica Ramberg
- Department of Neurochemistry, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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Suzuki A, Stern SA, Bozdagi O, Huntley GW, Walker RH, Magistretti PJ, Alberini CM. Astrocyte-neuron lactate transport is required for long-term memory formation. Cell 2011; 144:810-23. [PMID: 21376239 PMCID: PMC3073831 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2011.02.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1137] [Impact Index Per Article: 87.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2010] [Revised: 09/21/2010] [Accepted: 02/08/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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We report that, in the rat hippocampus, learning leads to a significant increase in extracellular lactate levels that derive from glycogen, an energy reserve selectively localized in astrocytes. Astrocytic glycogen breakdown and lactate release are essential for long-term but not short-term memory formation, and for the maintenance of long-term potentiation (LTP) of synaptic strength elicited in vivo. Disrupting the expression of the astrocytic lactate transporters monocarboxylate transporter 4 (MCT4) or MCT1 causes amnesia, which, like LTP impairment, is rescued by L-lactate but not equicaloric glucose. Disrupting the expression of the neuronal lactate transporter MCT2 also leads to amnesia that is unaffected by either L-lactate or glucose, suggesting that lactate import into neurons is necessary for long-term memory. Glycogenolysis and astrocytic lactate transporters are also critical for the induction of molecular changes required for memory formation, including the induction of phospho-CREB, Arc, and phospho-cofilin. We conclude that astrocyte-neuron lactate transport is required for long-term memory formation.
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- Akinobu Suzuki
- Department of Neuroscience, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029
- Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029
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- Department of Neurology, James J. Peters VAMC, Bronx, NY 10468
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- Laboratory of Neuroenergetics and Cellular Dynamics, Brain Mind Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience, University of Lausanne-CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029
- Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029
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Li JJ, Yuan YG, Hou G, Zhang XR. Dose-related effects of venlafaxine on pCREB and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the hippocampus of the rat by chronic unpredictable stress. Acta Neuropsychiatr 2011; 23:20-30. [PMID: 25379693 DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5215.2010.00512.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Background: The molecular pathogenesis of depression and psychopharmacology of antidepressants remain elusive. Recent hypotheses suggest that changes in neurogenesis and plasticity may underlie the aetiology of depression. The hippocampus is affected by depression and shows neuronal remodelling during adulthood.Objective: The present study on the adult rat hippocampus, was to evaluate the dose-related effects of chronic venlafaxine on the expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and phosphorylated cyclic-AMP response element binding protein (pCREB).Methods: Sprague-Dawley rats were exposed to a variety of chronic unpredictable stressors (CUSs) to establish a depression model. Rats were treated for either 14 or 28 days with venlafaxine (5 and 10 mg/kg, respectively). The hippocampal expression of pCREB and BDNF mRNA and protein was assessed by using immunohistochemistry, western blotting and reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).Results: Rats subjected to CUS procedure consumed less sucrose solution compared with non-stressed rats. The CUS influenced exploratory activity resulting in a reduction of the motility counts. Chronic low dose (5 mg/kg, 14 and 28 days), but not high dose (10 mg/kg, 14 and 28 days) of venlafaxine treatment increased the expression of pCREB and BDNF mRNA and protein in the CUS rat hippocampus.Conclusion: Neuronal plasticity-associated proteins such as pCREB and BDNF play an important role both in stress-related depression and in antidepressant effect.
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- Jing-Jing Li
- Department of Psychiatry, Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, ZhongDa Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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A critical role for IGF-II in memory consolidation and enhancement. Nature 2011; 469:491-7. [PMID: 21270887 PMCID: PMC3908455 DOI: 10.1038/nature09667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 313] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2010] [Accepted: 11/15/2010] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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We report that, in the rat, administering insulin-like growth factor II (IGF-II, also known as IGF2) significantly enhances memory retention and prevents forgetting. Inhibitory avoidance learning leads to an increase in hippocampal expression of IGF-II, which requires the transcription factor CCAAT enhancer binding protein β and is essential for memory consolidation. Furthermore, injections of recombinant IGF-II into the hippocampus after either training or memory retrieval significantly enhance memory retention and prevent forgetting. To be effective, IGF-II needs to be administered within a sensitive period of memory consolidation. IGF-II-dependent memory enhancement requires IGF-II receptors, new protein synthesis, the function of activity-regulated cytoskeletal-associated protein and glycogen-synthase kinase 3 (GSK3). Moreover, it correlates with a significant activation of synaptic GSK3β and increased expression of GluR1 (also known as GRIA1) α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxasolepropionic acid receptor subunits. In hippocampal slices, IGF-II promotes IGF-II receptor-dependent, persistent long-term potentiation after weak synaptic stimulation. Thus, IGF-II may represent a novel target for cognitive enhancement therapies.
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Effect of ketamine administration on memory consolidation, p-CREB and c-fos expression in the hippocampal slices of minor rats. Mol Biol Rep 2010; 38:2401-7. [PMID: 21080080 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-010-0374-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2010] [Accepted: 11/04/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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To investigate the effect of ketamine administration on memory consolidation, p-CREB and c-fos expression in hippocampus of infant rats and the possible mechanism. Ninety-six SD rats of 21 days old were divided into seven groups, Y-maze was used to test the ability of learning and memory for minor rats. p-CREB and c-fos protein expression was tested by immunhistochemistry. The results showed that the memory consolidation rate in normal saline group mice was higher than that in k1a and k7a group (P<0.05). However, normal saline group between k1b and k7b group was not significant difference. The p-CREB and c-fos protein expressing cells of normal saline group were higher than those in passive control group, pseudotraining group, k1a and k7a group (P<0.05). However, there was not significant difference between normal saline group and k1b or k7b group. The c-fos protein expressing cells of pseudotraining group was higher than those in passive control group, however, the p-CREB protein expressing cells was not significant difference. Therefore, administration of ketamine may temporally affect the ability of memory consolidation rate of minor rats through suppressing the expression of p-CREB and c-fos protein in hippocampus.
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Persistence of long-term memory storage: new insights into its molecular signatures in the hippocampus and related structures. Neurotox Res 2010; 18:377-85. [PMID: 20151243 DOI: 10.1007/s12640-010-9155-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2009] [Revised: 01/19/2010] [Accepted: 01/19/2010] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Although much is known about long-term memory (LTM) consolidation, what puts the "long" in LTM is the exclusive feature of persisting over time. However, until recently the molecular mechanisms underneath memory persistence had never been properly studied. In rats, the protein translation inhibitor anisomycin impaired memory persistence when injected into the dorsal hippocampus 12 h after inhibitory avoidance (IA) training without affecting memory formation. Here, we also show learning-induced changes in hippocampal c-Fos, Homer 1a, Akt, CamKIIα, and ERK2 levels around 18-24 h after IA training. Thus, memory persistence is associated with a late phase of plasticity-related protein synthesis in the hippocampus.
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Specific features of molecular postsynaptic excitation processes of different sensory modalities in edible snail neurons. Bull Exp Biol Med 2010; 147:671-5. [PMID: 19902053 DOI: 10.1007/s10517-009-0608-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Stimulations of different sensory modalities result in selective activation of second messengers and genes controlled by them in defensive behavior command neurons (LPl-1 and RPl-1) in edible snail. Excitation induced by stimulation of chemoreceptors of snail head results in cAMP accumulation in command neurons and induction of associated transcriptional factors of immediate early gene C/EBP, whereas regulating mechanisms of another sensory input mediating excitation after tactile head stimulation, involve protein kinase C and associated transcriptional factor SRF. These findings reflect specific features of postsynaptic processes providing excitation of different sensory modalities converging to defensive behavior command neurons in edible snails.
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Delayed wave of c-Fos expression in the dorsal hippocampus involved specifically in persistence of long-term memory storage. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009; 107:349-54. [PMID: 20018662 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0912931107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Memory formation is a temporally graded process during which transcription and translation steps are required in the first hours after acquisition. Although persistence is a key characteristic of memory storage, its mechanisms are scarcely characterized. Here, we show that long-lasting but not short-lived inhibitory avoidance long-term memory is associated with a delayed expression of c-Fos in the hippocampus. Importantly, this late wave of c-Fos is necessary for maintenance of inhibitory avoidance long-term storage. Moreover, inhibition of transcription in the dorsal hippocampus 24 h after training hinders persistence but not formation of long-term storage. These findings indicate that a delayed phase of transcription is essential for maintenance of a hippocampus-dependent memory trace. Our results support the hypothesis that recurrent rounds of consolidation-like events take place late after learning in the dorsal hippocampus to maintain memories.
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PIN1 gene variants in Alzheimer's disease. BMC MEDICAL GENETICS 2009; 10:115. [PMID: 19909517 PMCID: PMC2781804 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-10-115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2009] [Accepted: 11/12/2009] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Peptidyl-prolyl isomerase, NIMA-interacting 1 (PIN1) plays a significant role in the brain and is implicated in numerous cellular processes related to Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other neurodegenerative conditions. There are confounding results concerning PIN1 activity in AD brains. Also PIN1 genetic variation was inconsistently associated with AD risk. METHODS We performed analysis of coding and promoter regions of PIN1 in early- and late-onset AD and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) patients in comparison with healthy controls. RESULTS Analysis of eighteen PIN1 common polymorphisms and their haplotypes in EOAD, LOAD and FTD individuals in comparison with the control group did not reveal their contribution to disease risk.In six unrelated familial AD patients four novel PIN1 sequence variants were detected. c.58+64C>T substitution that was identified in three patients, was located in an alternative exon. In silico analysis suggested that this variant highly increases a potential affinity for a splicing factor and introduces two intronic splicing enhancers. In the peripheral leukocytes of one living patient carrying the variant, a 2.82 fold decrease in PIN1 expression was observed. CONCLUSION Our data does not support the role of PIN1 common polymorphisms as AD risk factor. However, we suggest that the identified rare sequence variants could be directly connected with AD pathology, influencing PIN1 splicing and/or expression.
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