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- Title
Overexpression of type-1 adenylyl cyclase in mouse forebrain enhances recognition memory and LTP.
- Authors
Hongbing Wang; Ferguson, Gregory D.; Pineda, Victor V.; Cundiff, Paige E.; Storm, Daniel R.
- Abstract
Cyclic AMP is a positive regulator of synaptic plasticity and is required for several forms of hippocampus-dependent memory including recognition memory. The type I adenylyl cyclase, Adcy1 (also known as AC1), is crucial in memory formation because it couples Ca2+ to cyclic AMP increases in the hippocampus. Because Adcy1 is neurospecific, it is a potential pharmacological target for increasing cAMP specifically in the brain and for improving memory. We have generated transgenic mice that overexpress Adcy1 in the forebrain using the Camk2a (also known as a-CaMKII) promoter. These mice showed elevated long-term potentiation (LTP), increased memory for object recognition and slower rates of extinction for contextual memory. The increase in recognition memory and lower rates of contextual memory extinction may be due to enhanced extracellular signal-related kinase (ERK)/mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling, which is elevated in mice that overexpress Adcy1.
- Subjects
ADENYLATE cyclase; ANIMAL models in research; RECOGNITION (Psychology); MEMORY; HIPPOCAMPUS (Brain); PROTEIN kinases; MITOGENS
- Publication
Nature Neuroscience, 2004, Vol 7, Issue 6, p635
- ISSN
1097-6256
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nn1248