Sequence-Specific Impairment of Memory Formation by NCAM Antisense Oligonucleotides
AUTOR(ES)
Mileusnic, Radmila
FONTE
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
RESUMO
The functional role of NCAM gene expression in memory formation was studied in the one-trial passive avoidance task in day-old chicks by pretraining injections of one of three different 18-mer end-protected oligonucleotides corresponding to positions 190-, 207-, and 332- of the NCAM Ig1 domain. Twenty-four-hour-old chicks were trained by pecking at a bitter-tasting bead and tested for avoidance 30 min, 3, 8, or 24 hr later. Memory retention was significantly reduced only in the group of animals injected with the NCAM antisense corresponding to position 207- (AS-ODN-207), and only if given twice, both immediately after hatching and 12 hr before training. This antisense was without effect on the general behavior of the chicks, training or acquisition, and did not produce observable neurotoxic damage. Under such conditions amnesia was evident by 3 hr after training and lasted until at least 24 hr after training. The two other tested oligonucleotides were without behavioral effect. To control for nonsequence-specific effects of AS-ODN-207, brains from injected and trained animals were processed for Western blotting and probed using anti-NCAM, anti-L1, and anti-actin antibodies. NCAM antisense corresponding to position 207- significantly reduced the level of NCAM, whereas the level of L1 and actin remained unchanged. These results confirm our earlier conclusion that NCAM is necessary for longer term memory retention.
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