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Diazepam binding inhibitor overexpression in mice causes hydrocephalus, decreases plasticity in excitatory synapses and impairs hippocampus-dependent learning.

Abstract
Diazepam binding inhibitor (DBI) and its processing products are endogenous modulators of GABAA and linked to various brain disorders ranging from anxiety and drug dependence to epilepsy. To investigate the physiological role of endogenously expressed DBI in the brain we created a transgenic mouse line overexpressing DBI gene. Transgenic mice had a 37x increased protein expression and immunohistochemistry showed excessive glial expression in the infragranular region of the dentate gyrus. Transgenic animals had significantly larger lateral ventricles and decreased plasticity of excitatory synapses without affecting either inhibitory or excitatory synaptic transmission. In behavioral tests transgenic animals had no differences in motor and exploratory activity, yet impaired hippocampus-dependent learning and memory. Overexpression did not cause anxiety or proconflict behavior, nor influenced kainic acid or pentylenetetrazole induced seizure activity. Our transgenic mouse line demonstrates that endogenously overexpressed DBI impairs hippocampus-dependent learning without anxiety or proconflict behavior.
AuthorsHanna Siiskonen, Sanna Oikari, Veli-Pekka Korhonen, Asla Pitkänen, Vootele Voikar, Mikko Kettunen, Juhana Hakumäki, Tiina Wahlfors, Raimo Pussinen, Markku Penttonen, Karlheinz Kiehne, Selma K Kaasinen, Leena Alhonen, Juhani Jänne, Karl-Heinz Herzig
JournalMolecular and cellular neurosciences (Mol Cell Neurosci) Vol. 34 Issue 2 Pg. 199-208 (Feb 2007) ISSN: 1044-7431 [Print] United States
PMID17150371 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Diazepam Binding Inhibitor
  • Phosphopyruvate Hydratase
Topics
  • Animals
  • Avoidance Learning (physiology)
  • Behavior, Animal
  • Diazepam Binding Inhibitor (metabolism)
  • Female
  • Hippocampus (physiopathology)
  • Hydrocephalus (etiology, genetics, pathology)
  • Learning Disabilities (genetics, pathology)
  • Long-Term Potentiation (genetics)
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Transgenic
  • Phosphopyruvate Hydratase (metabolism)
  • Reaction Time (genetics)
  • Synaptic Transmission (genetics)

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