Experience-dependent upregulation of multiple plasticity factors in the hippocampus during early REM sleep

dc.contributor.authorCalais, Julien Braga
dc.contributor.authorOjopi, Elida Benquique
dc.contributor.authorMorya, Edgard
dc.contributor.authorSameshima, Koichi
dc.contributor.authorRibeiro, Sidarta Tollendal Gomes
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-17T13:40:32Z
dc.date.available2015-03-17T13:40:32Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractSleep is beneficial to learning, but the underlying mechanisms remain controversial. The synaptic homeostasis hypothesis (SHY) proposes that the cognitive function of sleep is related to a generalized rescaling of synaptic weights to intermediate levels, due to a passive downregulation of plasticity mechanisms. A competing hypothesis proposes that the active upscaling and downscaling of synaptic weights during sleep embosses memories in circuits respectively activated or deactivated during prior waking experience, leading to memory changes beyond rescaling. Both theories have empirical support but the experimental designs underlying the conflicting studies are not congruent, therefore a consensus is yet to be reached. To advance this issue, we used real-time PCR and electrophysiological recordings to assess gene expression related to synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus and primary somatosensory cortex of rats exposed to novel objects, then kept awake (WK) for 60 min and finally killed after a 30 min period rich in WK, slow-wave sleep (SWS) or rapid-eye-movement sleep (REM). Animals similarly treated but not exposed to novel objects were used as controls. We found that the mRNA levels of Arc, Egr1, Fos, Ppp2ca and Ppp2r2d were significantly increased in the hippocampus of exposed animals allowed to enter REM, in comparison with control animals. Experience-dependent changes during sleep were not significant in the hippocampus for Bdnf, Camk4, Creb1, and Nr4a1, and no differences were detected between exposed and control SWS groups for any of the genes tested. No significant changes in gene expression were detected in the primary somatosensory cortex during sleep, in contrast with previous studies using longer post-stimulation intervals (>180 min). The experience-dependent induction of multiple plasticity-related genes in the hippocampus during early REM adds experimental support to the synaptic embossing theory.pt_BR
dc.description.sponsorshipm Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos (FINEP) Grant 01.06.1092.00, Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (MCTI), State of São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) Grant 06/05436-8, Associação Alberto Santos Dumont para Apoio à Pesquisa (AASDAP), FAPERN/CNPq PRONEM 003/ 2011, and National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq Edital Universal 481506/2007-1 and 481351/2011- 6, PQ 306604/2012-4).pt_BR
dc.identifier.citationCALAIS, Julien Braga; et al. Experience-dependent upregulation of multiple plasticity factors in the hippocampus during early REM sleep. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 2015. Disponível em: .Doi: 10.1016/j.nlm.2015.01.002pt_BR
dc.identifier.issn1074-7427
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.ufrn.br/jspui/handle/123456789/18982
dc.language.isoen_USpt_BR
dc.publisherElsevierpt_BR
dc.subjectSleeppt_BR
dc.subjectProtein phosphatase 2Apt_BR
dc.subjectMemorypt_BR
dc.subjectSynaptic plasticitypt_BR
dc.subjectGene expressionpt_BR
dc.subjectImmediate early genespt_BR
dc.titleExperience-dependent upregulation of multiple plasticity factors in the hippocampus during early REM sleeppt_BR
dc.typearticlept_BR

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