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ArticleScientific reports2018

Intermittent fasting uncovers and rescues cognitive phenotypes in PTEN neuronal haploinsufficient mice.

J V Cabral-Costa, D Z Andreotti, N P Mello, C Scavone, S Camandola, E M Kawamoto

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

J V Cabral-CostaLaboratory of Molecular and Functional Neurobiology, Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-5441-1807
D Z AndreottiLaboratory of Molecular and Functional Neurobiology, Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
N P MelloLaboratory of Molecular and Functional Neurobiology, Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-2343-7884
C ScavoneLaboratory of Molecular Neuropharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-1206-0882
S CamandolaLaboratory of Neurosciences, NIA, NIH, Baltimore, MD, USA.
E M KawamotoLaboratory of Molecular and Functional Neurobiology, Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. kawamotoe@gmail.com.
Universidade de São Paulo · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) is an important protein with key modulatory functions in cell growth and survival. PTEN is crucial during embryogenesis and plays a key role in the central nervous system (CNS), where it directly modulates neuronal development and synaptic plasticity. Loss of PTEN signaling function is associated with cognitive deficits and synaptic plasticity impairment. Accordingly, Pten mutations have a strong link with autism spectrum disorder. In this study, neuronal Pten haploinsufficient male mice were subjected to a long-term environmental intervention - intermittent fasting (IF) - and then evaluated for alterations in exploratory, anxiety and learning and memory behaviors. Although no significant effects on spatial memory were observed, mutant mice showed impaired contextual fear memory in the passive avoidance test - an outcome that was effectively rescued by IF. In this study, we demonstrated that IF modulation, in addition to its rescue of the memory deficit, was also required to uncover behavioral phenotypes otherwise hidden in this neuronal Pten haploinsufficiency model.

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FastingHaploinsufficiencyAnimalsAnxiety DisordersBehavior, AnimalCognitive DysfunctionLearning DisabilitiesMaleMemory DisordersMicePTEN PhosphohydrolasePTEN PhosphohydrolasePten protein, mouse

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