PMID- 26949020 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170124 LR - 20191210 IS - 1976-670X (Electronic) IS - 1976-6696 (Print) IS - 1976-6696 (Linking) VI - 49 IP - 4 DP - 2016 Apr TI - Gene repressive mechanisms in the mouse brain involved in memory formation. PG - 199-200 AB - Gene regulation in the brain is essential for long-term plasticity and memory formation. Despite this established notion, the quantitative translational map in the brain during memory formation has not been reported. To systematically probe the changes in protein synthesis during memory formation, our recent study exploited ribosome profiling using the mouse hippocampal tissues at multiple time points after a learning event. Analysis of the resulting database revealed novel types of gene regulation after learning. First, the translation of a group of genes was rapidly suppressed without change in mRNA levels. At later time points, the expression of another group of genes was downregulated through reduction in mRNA levels. This reduction was predicted to be downstream of inhibition of ESR1 (Estrogen Receptor 1) signaling. Overexpressing Nrsn1, one of the genes whose translation was suppressed, or activating ESR1 by injecting an agonist interfered with memory formation, suggesting the functional importance of these findings. Moreover, the translation of genes encoding the translational machineries was found to be suppressed, among other genes in the mouse hippocampus. Together, this unbiased approach has revealed previously unidentified characteristics of gene regulation in the brain and highlighted the importance of repressive controls. [BMB Reports 2016; 49(4): 199-200]. FAU - Yu, Nam-Kyung AU - Yu NK AD - Department of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea. FAU - Kaang, Bong-Kiun AU - Kaang BK AD - Department of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea. LA - eng PT - News PL - Korea (South) TA - BMB Rep JT - BMB reports JID - 101465334 RN - 0 (Repressor Proteins) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Brain/*physiology MH - Conditioning, Psychological MH - *Gene Expression Regulation MH - Hippocampus/physiology MH - Learning MH - Memory/*physiology MH - Mice MH - Repressor Proteins/*metabolism PMC - PMC4915237 EDAT- 2016/03/08 06:00 MHDA- 2017/01/25 06:00 PMCR- 2016/05/30 CRDT- 2016/03/08 06:00 PHST- 2016/03/03 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/03/08 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/03/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/01/25 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/05/30 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 3506 [pii] AID - BMB-49-199 [pii] AID - 10.5483/bmbrep.2016.49.4.044 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - BMB Rep. 2016 Apr;49(4):199-200. doi: 10.5483/bmbrep.2016.49.4.044.