The Role of Zinc Status on Spatial Memory, Hippocampal Synaptic Plasticity, and Insulin Signaling in icv-STZ-Induced Sporadic Alzheimer’s-Like Disease in Rats

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Saltuk Bugra Baltaci ◽  
Omer Unal ◽  
Elif Gulbahce-Mutlu ◽  
Haluk Gumus ◽  
Suray Pehlivanoglu ◽  
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2019 ◽  
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Hannah E. Frye ◽  
Sidney B. Williams ◽  
Christopher R. Trousdale ◽  
Elliot C. Nelson ◽  
Joseph D. Dougherty ◽  
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ABSTRACTCornichon homolog-3 (CNIH3) is an AMPA receptor (AMPAR) auxiliary protein that traffics AMPARs to the postsynaptic membrane and potentiates AMPAR signaling. AMPARs are key components of hippocampal synaptic plasticity and memory formation, however the role of CNIH3 in memory has yet to be elucidated. To study the role of CNIH3 on mouse behavior, we bred and characterized a line of Cnih3-/- mice from C57BL/6 Cnih3tm1a(KOMP)Wtsi mice obtained from the Knockout Mouse Project (KOMP). In agreement with previous studies of CNIH3 in the brain, we observed concentrated expression of Cnih3 in the dorsal hippocampus, a region associated with spatial learning and memory. Therefore, we tested Cnih3+/+, Cnih3+/-, and Cnih3-/- mice in the Barnes maze paradigm to measure spatial memory. We observed no change in spatial memory in male Cnih3+/- and Cnih3-/- mice compared to male Cnih3+/+ controls, however, Cnih3-/- female mice made significantly more primary errors, had a higher primary latency, and took less efficient routes to the target in the maze compared to Cnih3+/+ female mice. Next, to investigate an enhancement of spatial memory by Cnih3 overexpression, specifically in the dorsal hippocampus, we developed an AAV5 viral construct to express wild-type Cnih3 in excitatory neurons. Female mice overexpressing Cnih3 made significantly fewer errors, had a lower primary latency to the target, and took more efficient routes to the maze target compared to YFP expressing control females. No change in spatial memory was observed in male Cnih3 overexpression mice. This study, the first to identify sex-specific effects of the AMPAR auxiliary protein CNIH3 on spatial memory, provides the groundwork for future studies investigating the role of CNIH3 on sexually dimorphic AMPAR-dependent behavior and hippocampal synaptic plasticity.


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