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- Title
Impaired learning with enhanced hippocampal long-term potentiation in PTPd-deficient mice.
- Authors
Uetani, Noriko; Kato, Kunio; Ogura, Hiro; Mizuno, Kazuya; Kawano, Kano; Mikoshiba, Katsuhiko; Yakura, Hidetaka; Asano, Masahide; Iwakura, Yoichiro
- Abstract
Protein tyrosine phosphatase δ (PTPδ) is a receptor-type PTP e×pressed in the specialized regions of the brain including the hippocampal CA2 and CA3, B lymphocytes and thymic medulla. To ducidate the physiological roles of PTPδ PTPδ-deficient mice were produced by gene targeting. It was found that PTPδ-deficient mice were semi-lethal due to insufficient food intake. They also exhibited learning impairment in the Morris water maze, reinforced T-maze and radial arm maze tasks. Interestingly, although the histology of the hippocampus appeared normal, the magnitudes of long-term potentiation (LTP) induced at hippocampal CA1 and CA3 synapses were significantly enhanced in PTPδ-deficient mice, with augmented paired-pulse facilitation in the CA1 region. Thus, it was shown that PTPδ plays important roles in regulating hippocampal LTP and learning processes, and that hippocampal LTP does not necessarily positively correlate with spatial learning ability. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a specific PTP involved in the regulation of synaptic plasticity or in the processes regulating learning and memory.
- Subjects
RESEARCH; SCIENTIFIC method; PROTEIN-tyrosine phosphatase; TYROSINE; NEUROPLASTICITY; PROTEINS; BIOMOLECULES
- Publication
EMBO Journal, 2000, Vol 19, Issue 12, p2775
- ISSN
0261-4189
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/emboj/19.12.2775