SNAP-25 in hippocampal CA3 region is required for long-term memory formation |
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Authors: | Hou Qiu-Ling Gao Xiang Lu Qi Zhang Xue-Han Tu Yan-Yang Jin Mei-Lei Zhao Guo-Ping Yu Lei Jing Nai-He Li Bao-Ming |
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Affiliation: | Laboratory of Higher Brain Functions, Institute of Neurobiology, Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, 220 Han-Dan Road, Shanghai 200433, China. |
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Abstract: | SNAP-25 is a synaptosomal protein of 25 kDa, a key component of synaptic vesicle-docking/fusion machinery, and plays a critical role in exocytosis and neurotransmitter release. We previously reported that SNAP-25 in the hippocampal CA1 region is involved in consolidation of contextual fear memory and water-maze spatial memory (Hou et al. European J Neuroscience, 20: 1593-1603, 2004). SNAP-25 is expressed not only in the CA1 region, but also in the CA3 region, and the SNAP-25 mRNA level in the CA3 region is higher than in the CA1 region. Here, we provide evidence that SNAP-25 in the CA3 region is also involved in learning/memory. Intra-CA3 infusion of SNAP-25 antisense oligonucleotide impaired both long-term contextual fear memory and water-maze spatial memory, with short-term memory intact. Furthermore, the SNAP-25 antisense oligonucleotide suppressed the long-term potentiation (LTP) of field excitatory post-synaptic potential (fEPSP) in the mossy-fiber pathway (DG-CA3 pathway), with no effect on paired-pulse facilitation of the fEPSP. These results are consistent with the notion that SNAP-25 in the hippocampal CA3 region is required for long-term memory formation. |
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Keywords: | SNAP-25 Hippocampus Memory Long-term potentiation Rat |
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