期刊
MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY
卷 27, 期 6, 页码 2879-2900出版社
SPRINGERNATURE
DOI: 10.1038/s41380-021-01124-y
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资金
- 2019 NARSAD young investigator grant from the Brain and Behavior research foundation - Osterhaus Family
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- [F32 MH122147-01A1]
- [R01-MH104602]
- [R01-MH106629]
Studies have shown that VIP-expressing interneurons participate in social memory storage by enhancing information transfer and causing long-term depression through release of enkephalin. Additionally, VIP neuron activity in the CA2 region increases selectively during exploration of a novel conspecific.
The hippocampus contains a diverse array of inhibitory interneurons that gate information flow through local cortico-hippocampal circuits to regulate memory storage. Although most studies of interneurons have focused on their role in fast synaptic inhibition mediated by GABA release, different classes of interneurons express unique sets of neuropeptides, many of which have been shown to exert powerful effects on neuronal function and memory when applied pharmacologically. However, relatively little is known about whether and how release of endogenous neuropeptides from inhibitory cells contributes to their behavioral role in regulating memory formation. Here we report that vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP)-expressing interneurons participate in social memory storage by enhancing information transfer from hippocampal CA3 pyramidal neurons to CA2 pyramidal neurons. Notably, this action depends on release of the neuropeptide enkephalin from VIP neurons, causing long-term depression of feedforward inhibition onto CA2 pyramidal cells. Moreover, VIP neuron activity in the CA2 region is increased selectively during exploration of a novel conspecific. Our findings, thus, enhance our appreciation of how GABAergic neurons can regulate synaptic plasticity and mnemonic behavior by demonstrating that such actions can be mediated by release of a specific neuropeptide, rather than through classic fast inhibitory transmission.
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