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ArticleLearning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.)2013

MHC class I immune proteins are critical for hippocampus-dependent memory and gate NMDAR-dependent hippocampal long-term depression.

P Austin Nelson, Jennifer R Sage, Suzanne C Wood, Christopher M Davenport, Stephan G Anagnostaras, Lisa M Boulanger

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Article in Learning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.), 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

P Austin NelsonDepartment of Neuroscience, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA.
Jennifer R Sage
Suzanne C Wood
Christopher M Davenport
Stephan G Anagnostaras
Lisa M Boulanger
University of California, San Diego · US

Funding

Training in Schizophrenia and Psychotic Disorders: From Animal Models to PatientsT32MH018870 · NIMH · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI Guillermo Horga, Christoph Kellendonk · 1988 to 2026
$9.8M
Synapse Remodeling and Neuronal MHC Class IR01MH071666 · NIMH · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI SHATZ, CARLA J · 2004 to 2019
$7.6M
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH071666NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH018870
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Memory impairment is a common feature of conditions that involve changes in inflammatory signaling in the brain, including traumatic brain injury, infection, neurodegenerative disorders, and normal aging. However, the causal importance of inflammatory mediators in cognitive impairments in these conditions remains unclear. Here we show that specific immune proteins, members of the major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC class I), are essential for normal hippocampus-dependent memory, and are specifically required for NMDAR-dependent forms of long-term depression (LTD) in the healthy adult hippocampus. In β2m(-/-)TAP(-/-)mice, which lack stable cell-surface expression of most MHC class I proteins, NMDAR-dependent LTD in area CA1 of adult hippocampus is abolished, while NMDAR-independent forms of potentiation, facilitation, and depression are unaffected. Altered NMDAR-dependent synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus of β2m(-/-)TAP(-/-)mice is accompanied by pervasive deficits in hippocampus-dependent memory, including contextual fear memory, object recognition memory, and social recognition memory. Thus normal MHC class I expression is essential for NMDAR-dependent hippocampal synaptic depression and hippocampus-dependent memory. These results suggest that changes in MHC class I expression could be an unexpected cause of disrupted synaptic plasticity and cognitive deficits in the aging, damaged, and diseased brain.

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Long-Term Synaptic DepressionAnimalsATP-Binding Cassette TransportersATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 2beta 2-MicroglobulinFemaleHippocampusHistocompatibility Antigens Class ILong-Term PotentiationMaleMemoryMiceMice, KnockoutReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateATP-Binding Cassette TransportersATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 2beta 2-MicroglobulinHistocompatibility Antigens Class IReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateTap1 protein, mouse

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PMID23959708
PMCPMC3744042
OpenAlexW2106578194

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