TY - JOUR
T1 - Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
T2 - A molecule mediating BDNF-dependent spatial memory formation
AU - Mizuno, M.
AU - Yamada, K.
AU - Takei, N.
AU - Tran, M. H.
AU - He, J.
AU - Nakajima, A.
AU - Nawa, H.
AU - Nabeshima, Toshitaka
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Dr Joseph T Coyle for valuable comments and suggestions. This study was supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Nos. 14370031 and 14658249), and Special Coordination Funds for Promoting Science and Technology, Target-Oriented Brain Science Research Program, from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan.
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) plays a critical role in synaptic plasticity such as long-term potentiation (LTP), a form of synaptic correlate of learning and memory. BDNF is also implicated in learning and memory. We have demonstrated that radial arm maze training in rats for spatial learning and memory results in a significant increase in the BDNF mRNA expression in the hippocampus. Moreover, antisense BDNF oligonucleotide treatment impaired not only acquisition, but also maintenance and/or recall of spatial memory in the maze. Although these results suggest a role of BDNF for spatial memory processes, the signal transduction mechanisms that mediate the actions of BDNF remain unknown. Here we show that phosphorylation of BDNF receptor tyrosine kinase B (TrkB), phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3-K) and Akt, a target of PI3-K, in the hippocampus increased in parallel with spatial memory formation. Moreover, an activation of translational processes was suggested in the hippocampus after the maze training. When spatial learning was inhibited by antisense BDNF oligodeoxynucleotide, the activation was diminished. Chronic treatment with PI3-K inhibitor wortmannin impaired spatial learning. Our findings suggested that activation of TrkB/PI3-K and protein synthesis signaling pathway by BDNF in the hippocampus is important for spatial memory.
AB - Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) plays a critical role in synaptic plasticity such as long-term potentiation (LTP), a form of synaptic correlate of learning and memory. BDNF is also implicated in learning and memory. We have demonstrated that radial arm maze training in rats for spatial learning and memory results in a significant increase in the BDNF mRNA expression in the hippocampus. Moreover, antisense BDNF oligonucleotide treatment impaired not only acquisition, but also maintenance and/or recall of spatial memory in the maze. Although these results suggest a role of BDNF for spatial memory processes, the signal transduction mechanisms that mediate the actions of BDNF remain unknown. Here we show that phosphorylation of BDNF receptor tyrosine kinase B (TrkB), phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3-K) and Akt, a target of PI3-K, in the hippocampus increased in parallel with spatial memory formation. Moreover, an activation of translational processes was suggested in the hippocampus after the maze training. When spatial learning was inhibited by antisense BDNF oligodeoxynucleotide, the activation was diminished. Chronic treatment with PI3-K inhibitor wortmannin impaired spatial learning. Our findings suggested that activation of TrkB/PI3-K and protein synthesis signaling pathway by BDNF in the hippocampus is important for spatial memory.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0037219345&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=0037219345&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1038/sj.mp.4001215
DO - 10.1038/sj.mp.4001215
M3 - Article
C2 - 12610654
AN - SCOPUS:0037219345
SN - 1359-4184
VL - 8
SP - 217
EP - 224
JO - Molecular Psychiatry
JF - Molecular Psychiatry
IS - 2
ER -