Neuronal lack of PDE7a disrupted working memory, spatial learning, and memory but facilitated cued fear memory in mice
| Autor: | Zizhen Liu, Axiang Li, Tahir Ali, Kaiwu He, Ruyan Gao, Liufang He, Hao Qiang, Tao Li, Ningning Li, Ana M. Garcia, Carmen Gil, Ana Martinez, Tatiana V. Lipina, Shupeng Li |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Shenzhen-Hong Kong Institute of Brain Science, Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Commission, Ali, Tahir [0000-0002-2138-1303], He, Kaiwu [0000-0002-8131-5850], Gil, Carmen [0000-0002-3882-6081], Martínez, Ana [0000-0002-2707-8110], Ali, Tahir, He, Kaiwu, Gil, Carmen, Martínez, Ana |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Pharmacology
Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases Type 7 Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Spatial Learning Synaptophysin PDE7a Working memory Fear Contextual and cued fear memory AMP-Activated Protein Kinases Hippocampus Mice Inbred C57BL Mice Memory Short-Term Memory Animals Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2 Biological Psychiatry Spatial learning & memory |
| Zdroj: | Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC instname |
| ISSN: | 2019-0808 |
| Popis: | 12 p.-5 fig. Background: PDEs regulate cAMP levels which is critical for PKA activity-dependent activation of CREB-mediated transcription in learning and memory. Inhibitors of PDEs like PDE4 and Pde7 improve learning and memory in rodents. However, the role of PDE7 in cognition or learning and memory has not been reported yet. Methods:Therefore, we aimed to explore the cognitive effects of a PDE7 subtype, PDE7a, using combined pharmacological and genetic approaches. Results: PDE7a-nko mice showed deficient working memory, impaired novel object recognition, deficient spatial learning & memory, and contextual fear memory, contrary to enhanced cued fear memory, highlighting the potential opposite role of PDE7a in the hippocampal neurons. Further, pharmacological inhibition of PDE7 by AGF2.20 selectively strengthens cued fear memory in C57BL/6 J mice, decreasing its extinction but did not affect cognitive processes assessed in other behavioral tests. The further biochemical analysis detected deficient cAMP in neural cell culture with genetic excision of the PDE7a gene, as well as in the hippocampus of PDE7a-nko mice in vivo. Importantly, we found overexpression of PKA-R and the reduced level of pPKA-C in the hippocampus of PDE7a-nko mice, suggesting a novel mechanism of the cAMP regulation by PDE7a. Consequently, the decreased phosphorylation of CREB, CAMKII, eif2a, ERK, and AMPK, and reduced total level of NR2A have been found in the brain of PDE7a-nko animals. Notably, genetic excision of PDE7a in neurons was not able to change the expression of NR2B, BDNF, synapsin1, synaptophysin, or snap25. Conclusion: Altogether, our current findings demonstrated, for the first time, the role of PDE7a in cognitive processes. Future studies will untangle PDE7a-dependent neurobiological and molecular-cellular mechanisms related to cAMP-associated disorders. This work was supported by the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Institute of Brain Science-Shenzhen Fundamental Research Institutions No: 2022SHIBS0004: Basic research and free exploration project of Shenzhen Science and technology innovation Commission (JCYJ20190808113007570). |
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