The conditioned taste aversion (CTA) paradigm was used to assess the role of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase (CAMKII) in associative learning. KN62, a specific inhibitor of CAMKII, was injected into the parabrachial nuclei (PBN) either immediately after saccharin drinking (CS) or after saccharin drinking and i.p. injection of LiCl (US). Injection of KN62 into the PBN after saccharin drinking elicited clear CTA (Exp. 1). This effect was dosage-dependent and site-specific (Exp. 2). The results are discussed in relation with an earlier report showing that CTA acquisition is disrupted by injection of Ca2+/phospholipid-dependent protein kinase (PKC) inhibitor chelerythrine into the PBN during CS–US interval. It is suggested that the principal serine/threonine kinases play different roles in CTA learning: whereas PKC activity is necessary for the gustatory short-term memory formation, CAMKII acts similarly to the US itself—an unexpected role of CAMKII in associative learning.
CAMKII inhibition in the parabrachial nuclei elicits conditioned taste aversionresponse memorization / Sacchetti B.; E. Baldi; G. Tassoni; E. Bielavska. - In: NEUROBIOLOGY OF LEARNING AND MEMORY. - ISSN 1074-7427. - STAMPA. - 75:(2001), pp. 253-261.
CAMKII inhibition in the parabrachial nuclei elicits conditioned taste aversionresponse memorization
BALDI, ELISABETTA;
2001
Abstract
The conditioned taste aversion (CTA) paradigm was used to assess the role of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase (CAMKII) in associative learning. KN62, a specific inhibitor of CAMKII, was injected into the parabrachial nuclei (PBN) either immediately after saccharin drinking (CS) or after saccharin drinking and i.p. injection of LiCl (US). Injection of KN62 into the PBN after saccharin drinking elicited clear CTA (Exp. 1). This effect was dosage-dependent and site-specific (Exp. 2). The results are discussed in relation with an earlier report showing that CTA acquisition is disrupted by injection of Ca2+/phospholipid-dependent protein kinase (PKC) inhibitor chelerythrine into the PBN during CS–US interval. It is suggested that the principal serine/threonine kinases play different roles in CTA learning: whereas PKC activity is necessary for the gustatory short-term memory formation, CAMKII acts similarly to the US itself—an unexpected role of CAMKII in associative learning.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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