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Engram-specific transcriptome profiling of contextual memory consolidation.

ABSTRACT: Sparse populations of neurons in the dentate gyrus (DG) of the hippocampus are causally implicated in the encoding of contextual fear memories. However, engram-specific molecular mechanisms underlying memory consolidation remain largely unknown. Here we perform unbiased RNA sequencing of DG engram neurons 24 h after contextual fear conditioning to identify transcriptome changes specific to memory consolidation. DG engram neurons exhibit a highly distinct pattern of gene expression, in which CREB-dependent transcription features prominently (P = 6.2 × 10^-13), including Atf3 (P = 2.4 × 10^-41), Penk (P = 1.3 × 10^-15), and Kcnq3 (P = 3.1 × 10^-12). Moreover, we validate the functional relevance of the RNAseq findings by establishing the causal requirement of intact CREB function specifically within the DG engram during memory consolidation, and identify a novel group of CREB target genes involved in the encoding of long-term memory.

SUBMITTER: Rao-Ruiz P

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6527697 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Engram-specific transcriptome profiling of contextual memory consolidation.

Rao-Ruiz Priyanka P Couey Jonathan J JJ Marcelo Ivo M IM Bouwkamp Christian G CG Slump Denise E DE Matos Mariana R MR van der Loo Rolinka J RJ Martins Gabriela J GJ van den Hout Mirjam M van IJcken Wilfred F WF Costa Rui M RM van den Oever Michel C MC Kushner Steven A SA

Nature communications 20190520 1

Sparse populations of neurons in the dentate gyrus (DG) of the hippocampus are causally implicated in the encoding of contextual fear memories. However, engram-specific molecular mechanisms underlying memory consolidation remain largely unknown. Here we perform unbiased RNA sequencing of DG engram neurons 24 h after contextual fear conditioning to identify transcriptome changes specific to memory consolidation. DG engram neurons exhibit a highly distinct pattern of gene expression, in which CREB ...[more]

PMID: 31110186

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Engram-specific transcriptome profiling of contextual memory consolidation.

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