Powell Craig M, Schoch Susanne, Monteggia Lisa, Barrot Michel, Matos Maria F, Feldmann Nicole, Südhof Thomas C, Nestler Eric J
Department of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
Neuron. 2004 Apr 8;42(1):143-53. doi: 10.1016/s0896-6273(04)00146-1.
The active zone protein RIM1alpha is required both for maintaining normal probability of neurotransmitter release and for long-term presynaptic potentiation at brain synapses. We now demonstrate that RIM1alpha(-/-) mice exhibit normal coordination and anxiety-related behaviors but display severely impaired learning and memory. Mice with a synaptotagmin 1 mutation, which selectively lowers release probability, and mice with Rab3A deletion, which selectively abolishes presynaptic long-term potentiation, do not exhibit this abnormality. Our data suggest that a decrease in release probability or a loss of presynaptic LTP alone is not sufficient to cause major behavioral alterations, but the combination of presynaptic abnormalities in RIM1alpha(-/-) mice severely alters learning and memory.
活性区蛋白RIM1α对于维持神经递质释放的正常概率以及大脑突触的长期突触前增强都是必需的。我们现在证明,RIM1α基因敲除小鼠表现出正常的协调性和与焦虑相关的行为,但学习和记忆能力严重受损。具有突触结合蛋白1突变(选择性降低释放概率)的小鼠以及具有Rab3A基因缺失(选择性消除突触前长期增强)的小鼠均未表现出这种异常。我们的数据表明,仅释放概率的降低或突触前长时程增强的丧失不足以引起主要的行为改变,但RIM1α基因敲除小鼠中突触前异常的组合会严重改变学习和记忆。