PMID- 23422279 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130806 LR - 20220309 IS - 1549-5485 (Electronic) IS - 1072-0502 (Print) IS - 1072-0502 (Linking) VI - 20 IP - 3 DP - 2013 Feb 19 TI - Estradiol-induced object recognition memory consolidation is dependent on activation of mTOR signaling in the dorsal hippocampus. PG - 147-55 LID - 10.1101/lm.026732.112 [doi] AB - The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway is an important regulator of protein synthesis and is essential for various forms of hippocampal memory. Here, we asked whether the enhancement of object recognition memory consolidation produced by dorsal hippocampal infusion of 17beta-estradiol (E(2)) is dependent on mTOR signaling in the dorsal hippocampus, and whether E(2)-induced mTOR signaling is dependent on dorsal hippocampal phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) activation. We first demonstrated that the enhancement of object recognition induced by E(2) was blocked by dorsal hippocampal inhibition of ERK, PI3K, or mTOR activation. We then showed that an increase in dorsal hippocampal ERK phosphorylation 5 min after intracerebroventricular (ICV) E(2) infusion was also blocked by dorsal hippocampal infusion of the three cell signaling inhibitors. Next, we found that ICV infusion of E(2) increased phosphorylation of the downstream mTOR targets S6K (Thr-421) and 4E-BP1 in the dorsal hippocampus 5 min after infusion, and that this phosphorylation was blocked by dorsal hippocampal infusion of inhibitors of ERK, PI3K, and mTOR. Collectively, these data demonstrate for the first time that activation of the dorsal hippocampal mTOR signaling pathway is necessary for E(2) to enhance object recognition memory consolidation and that E(2)-induced mTOR activation is dependent on upstream activation of ERK and PI3K signaling. FAU - Fortress, Ashley M AU - Fortress AM AD - Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53211, USA. FAU - Fan, Lu AU - Fan L FAU - Orr, Patrick T AU - Orr PT FAU - Zhao, Zaorui AU - Zhao Z FAU - Frick, Karyn M AU - Frick KM LA - eng GR - R01 AG022525/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - AG022525/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20130219 PL - United States TA - Learn Mem JT - Learning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.) JID - 9435678 RN - 0 (Butadienes) RN - 0 (Chromones) RN - 0 (Estrogen Antagonists) RN - 0 (Morpholines) RN - 0 (Nitriles) RN - 0 (Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (U 0126) RN - 31M2U1DVID (2-(4-morpholinyl)-8-phenyl-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one) RN - 4TI98Z838E (Estradiol) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (mTOR protein, mouse) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 90-kDa) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Rps6ka1 protein, mouse) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1) RN - W36ZG6FT64 (Sirolimus) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Blotting, Western MH - Butadienes/pharmacology MH - Chromones/pharmacology MH - Estradiol/*pharmacology MH - Estrogen Antagonists/pharmacology MH - Female MH - Hippocampus/*drug effects MH - Injections, Intraventricular MH - MAP Kinase Signaling System/drug effects MH - Memory/*drug effects MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1/drug effects/metabolism MH - Morpholines/pharmacology MH - Nitriles/pharmacology MH - Ovariectomy MH - Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/metabolism MH - Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors MH - Phosphorylation MH - Recognition, Psychology/*drug effects MH - Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 90-kDa/physiology MH - Signal Transduction/*drug effects MH - Sirolimus/pharmacology MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors/*drug effects PMC - PMC3578274 EDAT- 2013/02/21 06:00 MHDA- 2013/08/07 06:00 PMCR- 2014/03/01 CRDT- 2013/02/21 06:00 PHST- 2013/02/21 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/02/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/08/07 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/03/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 20/3/147 [pii] AID - FortressLM026732 [pii] AID - 10.1101/lm.026732.112 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Learn Mem. 2013 Feb 19;20(3):147-55. doi: 10.1101/lm.026732.112.