Dysregulation of specialized delay/interference-dependent working memory following loss of dysbindin-1A in schizophrenia-related phenotypes
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2017
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Petit, Emilie I.
Michalak, Zuzanna
Cox, Rachel
O'Tuathaigh, Colm M. P.
Clarke, Niamh
Tighe, Orna
Talbot, Konrad
Blake, Derek
Joel, Josephine
Shaw, Alexander
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Nature Publishing Group
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Dysbindin-1, a protein that regulates aspects of early and late brain development, has been implicated in the pathobiology of schizophrenia. As the functional roles of the three major isoforms of dysbindin-1, (A, B, and C) remain unknown, we generated a novel mutant mouse, dys-1A -/-, with selective loss of dysbindin-1A and investigated schizophrenia-related phenotypes in both males and females. Loss of dysbindin-1A resulted in heightened initial exploration and disruption in subsequent habituation to a novel environment, together with heightened anxiety-related behavior in a stressful environment. Loss of dysbindin-1A was not associated with disruption of either long-term (olfactory) memory or spontaneous alternation behavior. However, dys-1A -/-showed enhancement in delay-dependent working memory under high levels of interference relative to controls, ie, impairment in sensitivity to the disruptive effect of such interference. These findings in dys-1A -/-provide the first evidence for differential functional roles for dysbindin-1A vs dysbindin-1C isoforms among phenotypes relevant to the pathobiology of schizophrenia. Future studies should investigate putative sex differences in these phenotypic effects.
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Catechol-O-methyltransferase , Hilar mossy cells , Sdy mutant mice , Susceptibility gene , Sex-differences , Hippocampal-formation , Prefrontal cortex , Messenger-rna , Dentate gyrus , DTNBP1 gene
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Petit, E. I., Michalak, Z., Cox, R., O’Tuathaigh, C. M. P., Clarke, N., Tighe, O., Talbot, K., Blake, D., Joel, J., Shaw, A., Sheardown, S. A., Morrison, A. D., Wilson, S., Shapland, E. M., Henshall, D. C., Kew, J. N., Kirby, B. P. and Waddington, J. L. (2016) 'Dysregulation of specialized delay/interference-dependent working memory following loss of dysbindin-1A in schizophrenia-related phenotypes', Neuropsychopharmacology, 42, pp. 1349–1360. doi: 10.1038/npp.2016.282
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© 2017, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. All rights reserved. This is the Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Nature Publishing Group in Neuropsychopharmacology on 16th December, 2016, available online: https://doi.org/10.1038/npp.2016.282