イシヅカ　ユウタ   Yuta Ishizuka   石塚　佑太    所属   川崎医科大学  医学部 基礎医学　病態代謝学    職種   講師
論文種別	原著
言語種別	英語
査読の有無	査読あり
表題	Drebrin A regulates hippocampal LTP and hippocampus-dependent fear learning in adult mice.
掲載誌名	正式名：Neuroscience 略　 称：Neuroscience ISSNコード：18737544/03064522
掲載区分	国外
出版社	ELSEVIER
巻・号・頁	324,pp.218-26
著者・共著者	Nobuhiko Kojima, Hiroki Yasuda,　Kenji Hanamura, Yuta Ishizuka, Yuko Sekino, Tomoaki Shirao*
発行年月	2016/06
概要	Structural plasticity of dendritic spines, which underlies higher brain functions including learning and memory, is dynamically regulated by the actin cytoskeleton and its associated proteins. Drebrin A is an F-actin-binding protein preferentially expressed in the brain and localized in the dendritic spines of mature neurons. Isoform conversion from drebrin E to drebrin A and accumulation of the latter in dendritic spines occurs during synapse maturation. We have previously demonstrated that drebrin A plays a pivotal role in spine morphogenesis and plasticity. However, it is unclear whether drebrin A plays a specific role in processes required for structural plasticity, and whether drebrin E can substitute in this role. To answer these questions, we analyzed mutant mice (named DAKO mice), in which isoform conversion from drebrin E to drebrin A is disrupted. In DAKO mouse brain, drebrin E continues to be expressed throughout life instead of drebrin A. Electrophysiological studies using hippocampal slices revealed that long-term potentiation of CA1 synapses was impaired in adult DAKO mice, but not in adolescents. In parallel with this age-dependent impairment, DAKO mice exhibited impaired hippocampus-dependent fear learning in an age-dependent manner; the impairment was evident in adult mice, but not in adolescents. In addition, histological investigation revealed that the spine length of the apical dendrite of CA1 pyramidal cells was significantly longer in adult DAKO mice than in wild-type mice. Our data indicate that the roles of drebrin E and drebrin A in brain function are different from each other, that the isoform conversion of drebrin is critical, and that drebrin A is indispensable for normal synaptic plasticity and hippocampus-dependent fear memory in the adult brain.
DOI	10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.03.015
PMID	26970584