免疫激活状态在整个发育过程中调节婴儿的恩格拉姆表达
Sarah D Power1,2,3, Erika Stewart1,2, Louisa G Zielke1,2,4
1School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Science advances
|November 8, 2023
概括
婴儿失忆症是一种常见的记忆丧失,是可逆的. 在自闭症模型中,母亲的免疫激活可以防止这种遗忘,这表明发育性免疫信号控制记忆检索.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 发展生物学 发展生物学
- 记忆研究 记忆研究
背景情况:
- 婴儿失忆症是哺乳动物中普遍存在的现象,代表了我们对记忆发展的理解存在重大差距.
- 研究婴儿失忆症背后的机制对于了解整个生命中记忆的持久性和丧失至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 用Engram标记和小鼠模型探索婴儿失忆症的机制.
- 为了确定婴儿记忆是否永久丢失,或者它们是否可以被检索或恢复.
- 调查母亲免疫激活 (MIA) 在调节婴儿失忆症中的作用.
主要方法:
- 在小鼠模型中使用Engram标签技术,包括通过MIA模仿自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 的小鼠模型.
- 在对MIA的反应中检查了格图集大小和树突脊柱可塑性的变化.
- 采用了牙状状细胞的光遗传反应,试图检索记忆.
- 研究了人工更新记忆录的方法,以恢复丢失的记忆.
主要成果:
- 暴露于MIA的男性后代没有表现出婴儿失忆症,与典型的对照不同.
- 发现MIA会改变engram组合大小和树突性脊柱的可塑性.
- 在神经型小鼠中,光遗传学重新激活成功地挽救了明显被遗忘的婴儿记忆.
- 人工更新记忆录永久恢复失去了婴儿记忆,证明婴儿失忆症是可逆的.
结论:
- 婴儿记忆丧失是由于英格拉姆表达和记忆检索的可逆性缺陷造成的,而不是永久性记忆丧失.
- 在发育过程中,母亲的免疫激活会影响先天的,可逆的遗忘机制.
- 这些发现为了解和潜在地干预早期发育期间的记忆丧失开辟了新的途径.
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