The action of visual experience on visual cortical circuits is maximal during a critical period of postnatal development. The long-term effects of this experience are likely mediated by signaling cascades regulating experiencedependent gene transcription. Developmental modifications of these pathways could explain the difference in plasticity between the young and adult cortex. We studied the pathways linking experience-dependent activation of ERK to CREB-mediated gene expression in vivo. In juvenile mice, visual stimulation that activates CREB-mediated gene transcription also induced ERK-dependent MSK and histone H3 phosphorylation and H3-H4 acetylation, an epigenetic mechanism of gene transcription activation. In adult animals, ERK and MSK were still inducible; however, visual stimulation induced weak CREB-mediated gene expression and H3-H4 posttranslational modifications. Stimulation of histone acetylation in adult animals by means of trichostatin promoted ocular dominance plasticity. Thus, differing, experiencedependent activations of signaling molecules might be at the basis of the differences in experience- dependent plasticity between juvenile and adult cortex.

Developmental Downregulation of Histone Posttranslational Modifications Regulates Visual Cortical Plasticity / PUTIGNANO L; LONETTI G; CANCEDDA L; RATTO G.M; COSTA M; MAFFEI L; T. PIZZORUSSO. - In: NEURON. - ISSN 0896-6273. - STAMPA. - 53:(2007), pp. 747-759.

Developmental Downregulation of Histone Posttranslational Modifications Regulates Visual Cortical Plasticity

PIZZORUSSO, TOMMASO
2007

Abstract

The action of visual experience on visual cortical circuits is maximal during a critical period of postnatal development. The long-term effects of this experience are likely mediated by signaling cascades regulating experiencedependent gene transcription. Developmental modifications of these pathways could explain the difference in plasticity between the young and adult cortex. We studied the pathways linking experience-dependent activation of ERK to CREB-mediated gene expression in vivo. In juvenile mice, visual stimulation that activates CREB-mediated gene transcription also induced ERK-dependent MSK and histone H3 phosphorylation and H3-H4 acetylation, an epigenetic mechanism of gene transcription activation. In adult animals, ERK and MSK were still inducible; however, visual stimulation induced weak CREB-mediated gene expression and H3-H4 posttranslational modifications. Stimulation of histone acetylation in adult animals by means of trichostatin promoted ocular dominance plasticity. Thus, differing, experiencedependent activations of signaling molecules might be at the basis of the differences in experience- dependent plasticity between juvenile and adult cortex.
2007
53
747
759
PUTIGNANO L; LONETTI G; CANCEDDA L; RATTO G.M; COSTA M; MAFFEI L; T. PIZZORUSSO
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