PMID- 16150934 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20060119 LR - 20191210 IS - 0026-895X (Print) IS - 0026-895X (Linking) VI - 68 IP - 6 DP - 2005 Dec TI - Long-lasting impairment of associative learning is correlated with a dysfunction of N-methyl-D-aspartate-extracellular signaling-regulated kinase signaling in mice after withdrawal from repeated administration of phencyclidine. PG - 1765-74 AB - In humans, the administration of phencyclidine causes schizophrenic-like symptoms that persist for several weeks after withdrawal from phencyclidine use. We demonstrated here that mice pretreated with phencyclidine (10 mg/kg/day s.c. for 14 days) showed an enduring impairment of associative in a Pavlovian fear conditioning 8 days after cessation of phencyclidine treatment. Extracellular signaling-regulated kinase (ERK) was transiently activated in the amygdalae and hippocampi of saline-treated mice after conditioning. In the phencyclidine-treated mice, the basal level of ERK activation was elevated in the hippocampus, whereas the activation was impaired in the amygdala and hippocampus after conditioning. Exogenous N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA), glycine, and spermidine-induced ERK activation was not observed in slices of hippocampus and amygdala prepared from phencyclidine-treated mice. Repeated olanzapine (3 mg/kg/day p.o. for 7 days), but not haloperidol (1 mg/kg/day p.o. for 7 days), treatment reversed the impairment of associative learning and of fear conditioning-induced ERK activation in repeated phencyclidine-treated mice. Our findings suggest an involvement of abnormal ERK signaling via NMDA receptors in repeated phencyclidine treatment-induced cognitive dysfunction. Furthermore, our phencyclidine-treated mice would be a useful model for studying the effect of antipsychotics on cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia. FAU - Enomoto, Takeshi AU - Enomoto T AD - Department of Neuropsychopharmacology and Hospital Pharmacy, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurum-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8560, Japan. FAU - Noda, Yukihiro AU - Noda Y FAU - Mouri, Akihiro AU - Mouri A FAU - Shin, Eun-Joo AU - Shin EJ FAU - Wang, Dayong AU - Wang D FAU - Murai, Rina AU - Murai R FAU - Hotta, Kazuo AU - Hotta K FAU - Furukawa, Hiroshi AU - Furukawa H FAU - Nitta, Atsumi AU - Nitta A FAU - Kim, Hyoung-Chun AU - Kim HC FAU - Nabeshima, Toshitaka AU - Nabeshima T LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20050908 PL - United States TA - Mol Pharmacol JT - Molecular pharmacology JID - 0035623 RN - 6384-92-5 (N-Methylaspartate) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases) RN - J1DOI7UV76 (Phencyclidine) SB - IM MH - Amygdala/drug effects MH - Animals MH - Conditioning, Psychological MH - Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases/analysis/*metabolism MH - Fear MH - Hippocampus/drug effects MH - Learning Disabilities/*chemically induced/drug therapy MH - MAP Kinase Signaling System MH - Mice MH - N-Methylaspartate/*pharmacology MH - Phencyclidine/administration & dosage/*toxicity MH - *Substance Withdrawal Syndrome EDAT- 2005/09/10 09:00 MHDA- 2006/01/20 09:00 CRDT- 2005/09/10 09:00 PHST- 2005/09/10 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2006/01/20 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2005/09/10 09:00 [entrez] AID - mol.105.011304 [pii] AID - 10.1124/mol.105.011304 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Pharmacol. 2005 Dec;68(6):1765-74. doi: 10.1124/mol.105.011304. Epub 2005 Sep 8.