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ArticleMolecular and cellular biology2011

Impaired locomotor learning and altered cerebellar synaptic plasticity in pep-19/PCP4-null mice.

Peng Wei, Jay A Blundon, Yongqi Rong, Stanislav S Zakharenko, James I Morgan

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Article in Molecular and cellular biology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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38citing papers in PubMed
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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Peng WeiDepartment of Developmental Neurobiology, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, MS 323, Memphis, Tennessee 38105-3678, USA.
Jay A Blundon
Yongqi Rong
Stanislav S Zakharenko
James I Morgan
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital · US

Funding

Viral Vector Technology (VVTSR)P30CA021765 · NCI · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI CHARLES ROBERTS · 1985 to 2026
$166.9M
Trans-synaptic interactions during synaptic plasticity in the hippocampusR01MH079079 · NIMH · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI ZAKHARENKO, STANISLAV S · 2008 to 2012
$1.9M
Characterizing novel adult neuronal survival factorsR01NS042828 · NINDS · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI MORGAN, JAMES I · 2005 to 2009
$1.7M
Mechanisms of Cell Death in the Nervous SystemR01NS040361 · NINDS · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI MORGAN, JAMES I · 2001 to 2004
$1.2M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA021765NIMH NIH HHS MH079079NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH079079NINDS NIH HHS NS040361NINDS NIH HHS NS042828NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS040361NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS042828
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PEP-19/PCP4 maps within the Down syndrome critical region and encodes a small, predominantly neuronal, IQ motif protein. Pep-19 binds calmodulin and inhibits calmodulin-dependent signaling, which is critical for synaptic function, and therefore alterations in Pep-19 levels may affect synaptic plasticity and behavior. To investigate its possible role, we generated and characterized pep-19/pcp4-null mice. Synaptic plasticity at excitatory synapses of cerebellar Purkinje cells, which express the highest levels of Pep-19, was dramatically altered in pep-19/pcp4-null mice. Instead of long-term depression, pep-19/pcp4-null mice exhibited long-term potentiation at parallel fiber-Purkinje cell synapses. The mutant mice have a marked deficit in their ability to learn a locomotor task, as measured by improved performance upon repeated testing on an accelerating rotarod. Thus, our data indicate that pep-19/pcp4 is a critical determinant of synaptic plasticity in cerebellum and locomotor learning.

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AnimalsBehavior, AnimalCerebellumFemaleLearningMaleMiceMice, KnockoutMotor ActivityNerve Tissue ProteinsNeuronal PlasticityPatch-Clamp TechniquesPurkinje CellsRotarod Performance TestNerve Tissue ProteinsPcp4 protein, mouse

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PMID21576365
PMCPMC3133400
OpenAlexW2115643028

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