Effects of intrahippocampal administration of the phosphatase inhibitor okadaic acid: dual effects on memory formation
Efeitos da administração intra-hipocampal do inibidor de fosfatases ácido okadaico: efeito duplo sobre a formação de memória
Dement. neuropsychol; 4 (1), 2010
Publication year: 2010
Protein phosphorylation mediated by serine-threonine kinases in the hippocampus is crucial to the synaptic modifications believed to underlie memory formation. The role of phosphatases has been the focus of comparatively little study.
Objectives:
Here we evaluate the contribution of the serine-threonine protein phosphatases 1 and 2A (PP1, PP2A) on memory consolidation.Methods:
We used immediate post-training bilateral hippocampal infusions of okadaic acid (OA, 0.01 and 10 pmol/side), a potent inhibitor of PP1 and PP2A, and measured short- [3 h] and long-term memory [24 h] (STM, LTM) of step-down inhibitory avoidance.Results:
At the lower dose, OA inhibited both STM and LTM whereas at the higher dose it instead enhanced LTM. Pre-test infusion of these two doses of OA had no effect on retrieval.Conclusions:
These two doses of OA are known to selectively inhibit PP1 and PP2A respectively. These findings point to the importance of these enzymes in memory formation and also suggest a deleterious influence of endogenous hippocampal PP2A on LTM formation.
A fosforilação de proteínas mediada por serina-treonina quinases no hipocampo é crucial para as modificações sinápticas que se acredita sejam necessárias para a formação de memórias. O papel das fosfatases tem sido comparativamente pouco estudado.