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Dominant-Negative Attenuation of cAMP-Selective Phosphodiesterase PDE4D Action Affects Learning and Behavior.


ABSTRACT: PDE4 cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases reduce 3', 5' cAMP levels in the CNS and thereby regulate PKA activity and the phosphorylation of CREB, fundamental to depression, cognition, and learning and memory. The PDE4 isoform PDE4D5 interacts with the signaling proteins ?-arrestin2 and RACK1, regulators of ?2-adrenergic and other signal transduction pathways. Mutations in PDE4D in humans predispose to acrodysostosis, associated with cognitive and behavioral deficits. To target PDE4D5, we developed mice that express a PDE4D5-D556A dominant-negative transgene in the brain. Male transgenic mice demonstrated significant deficits in hippocampus-dependent spatial learning, as assayed in the Morris water maze. In contrast, associative learning, as assayed in a fear conditioning assay, appeared to be unaffected. Male transgenic mice showed augmented activity in prolonged (2 h) open field testing, while female transgenic mice showed reduced activity in the same assay. Transgenic mice showed no demonstrable abnormalities in prepulse inhibition. There was also no detectable difference in anxiety-like behavior, as measured in the elevated plus-maze. These data support the use of a dominant-negative approach to the study of PDE4D5 function in the CNS and specifically in learning and memory.

SUBMITTER: Bolger GB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7460819 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Dominant-Negative Attenuation of cAMP-Selective Phosphodiesterase PDE4D Action Affects Learning and Behavior.

Bolger Graeme B GB   Smoot Lisa High Mitchell LHM   van Groen Thomas T  

International journal of molecular sciences 20200809 16


PDE4 cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases reduce 3', 5' cAMP levels in the CNS and thereby regulate PKA activity and the phosphorylation of CREB, fundamental to depression, cognition, and learning and memory. The PDE4 isoform PDE4D5 interacts with the signaling proteins β-arrestin2 and RACK1, regulators of β<sub>2</sub>-adrenergic and other signal transduction pathways. Mutations in <i>PDE4D</i> in humans predispose to acrodysostosis, associated with cognitive and behavioral deficits. To target  ...[more]

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