Rapid effects of dorsal hippocampal G-protein coupled estrogen receptor on learning in female mice
Rapid effects of dorsal hippocampal G-protein coupled estrogen receptor on learning in female mice
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DOI:
10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.11.019
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发表时间:
2017-03-01
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3.7
通讯作者:
Choleris, Elena
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作者:
Lymer, Jennifer;Robinson, Alana;Choleris, Elena
Through rapid mechanisms of action, estrogens affect learning and memory processes. It has been shown that 17 beta-estradiol and an Estrogen Receptor (ER) alpha agonist enhances performance in social recognition, object recognition, and object placement tasks when administered systemically or infused in the dorsal hippocampus. In contrast, systemic and dorsal hippocampal ER beta activation only promote spatial learning. In addition, 17 beta-estradiol, the ER alpha and the G-protein coupled estrogen receptor (GPER) agonists increase dendritic spine density in the CA1 hippocampus. Recently, we have shown that selective systemic activation of the GPER also rapidly facilitated social recognition, object recognition, and object placement learning in female mice. Whether activation the GPER specifically in the dorsal hippocampus can also rapidly improve learning and memory prior to acquisition is unknown. Here, we investigated the rapid effects of infusion of the GPER agonist, G-1 (dose: 50 nM, 100 nM, 200 nM), in the dorsal hippocampus on social recognition, object recognition, and object placement learning tasks in home cage. These paradigms were completed within 40 min, which is within the range of rapid estrogenic effects. Dorsal hippocampal administration of G-1 improved social (doses: 50 nM, 200 nM G-1) and object (dose: 200 nM G-1) recognition with no effect on object placement. Additionally, when spatial cues were minimized by testing in a Y-apparatus, G-1 administration promoted social (doses: 100 nM, 200 nM G-1) and object (doses: 50 nM, 100 nM, 200 nM G-1) recognition. Therefore, like ER alpha, the GPER in the hippocampus appears to be sufficient for the rapid facilitation of social and object recognition in female mice, but not for the rapid facilitation of object placement learning. Thus, the GPER in the dorsal hippocampus is involved in estrogenic mediation of learning and memory and these effects likely occur through rapid signalling mechanisms. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.