β-Adducin Is Required for Stable Assembly of New Synapses and Improved Memory upon Environmental Enrichment
β-Adducin Is Required for Stable Assembly of New Synapses and Improved Memory upon Environmental Enrichment
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DOI:
10.1016/j.neuron.2011.02.034
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发表时间:
2011-03-24
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16.2
通讯作者:
Caroni, Pico
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作者:
Bednarek, Ewa;Caroni, Pico
Learning is correlated with the assembly of new synapses, but the roles of synaptogenesis processes in memory are poorly understood. Here, we show that mice lacking beta-Adducin fail to assemble new synapses upon enhanced plasticity and exhibit diminished long-term hippocampal memory upon environmental enrichment. Enrichment-enhanced the disassembly and assembly of dynamic subpopulations of synapses. Upon enrichment, stable assembly of new synapses depended on the presence of beta-Adducin, disassembly involved beta-Adducin phosphorylation through PKC, and both were required for augmented learning. In the absence of beta-Adducin, enrichment still led to an increase in spine structures, but the assembly of synapses at those spines was compromised. Virus-mediated re-expression of beta-Adducin in hippocampal granule cells of beta-Adducin(-/-) mice rescued new synapse assembly and learning upon enrichment. Our results provide evidence that synapse disassembly and the establishment of new synapses are both critically important for augmented long-term learning and memory upon environmental enrichment.