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Perineuronal nets protect long-term memory by limiting activity-dependent inhibition from parvalbumin interneurons.

ABSTRACT: Perineuronal nets (PNNs), a complex of extracellular matrix molecules that mostly surround GABAergic neurons in various brain regions, play a critical role in synaptic plasticity. The function and cellular mechanisms of PNNs in memory consolidation and reconsolidation processes are still not well understood. We hypothesized that PNNs protect long-term memory by limiting feedback inhibition from parvalbumin (PV) interneurons to projection neurons. Using behavioral, electrophysiological, and optogenetic approaches, we investigated the role of PNNs in fear memory consolidation and reconsolidation and GABAergic long-term potentiation (LTP). We made the discovery that the formation of PNNs was promoted by memory events in the hippocampus (HP), and we also demonstrated that PNN formation in both the HP and the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) is essential for memory consolidation and reconsolidation of recent and remote memories. Removal of PNNs resulted in evident LTP impairments, which were rescued by acute application of picrotoxin, a GABA_A receptor blocker, indicating that enhanced inhibition was the cause of the LTP impairments induced by PNN removal. Moreover, removal of PNNs switched GABA_A receptor-mediated long-term depression to LTP through a presynaptic mechanism. Furthermore, the reduced activity of PV interneurons surrounded by PNNs regulated theta oscillations during fear memory consolidation. Finally, optogenetically suppressing PV interneurons rescued the memory impairment caused by removal of PNNs. Altogether, these results unveil the function of PV interneurons surrounding PNNs in protecting recent and remote contextual memory through the regulation of PV neuron GABA release.

SUBMITTER: Shi W

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6936502 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Perineuronal nets protect long-term memory by limiting activity-dependent inhibition from parvalbumin interneurons.

Shi Wei W Wei Xiangbo X Wang Xiaofei X Du Shuwen S Liu Weixuan W Song Jian J Wang Yun Y

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20191216 52

Perineuronal nets (PNNs), a complex of extracellular matrix molecules that mostly surround GABAergic neurons in various brain regions, play a critical role in synaptic plasticity. The function and cellular mechanisms of PNNs in memory consolidation and reconsolidation processes are still not well understood. We hypothesized that PNNs protect long-term memory by limiting feedback inhibition from parvalbumin (PV) interneurons to projection neurons. Using behavioral, electrophysiological, and optog ...[more]

PMID: 31843906

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Perineuronal nets protect long-term memory by limiting activity-dependent inhibition from parvalbumin interneurons.

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Perineuronal nets protect long-term memory by limiting activity-dependent inhibition from parvalbumin interneurons.

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