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Enriched environment promotes behavioral and morphological recovery in a mouse model for the fragile X syndrome

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Restivo, Leonardo, Ferrari, Francesca, Passino, Enrica, Sgobio, Carmelo, Bock, Jörg, Oostra, Ben A., Bagni, Claudia, Ammassari-Teule, Martine·2005·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Fragile X syndrome, the most frequent form of hereditary mental retardation, is due to a mutation of the fragile X mental retardation 1 ( FMR1 ) gene on the X chromosome. Like fragile X patients, FMR1 -knockout ( FMR1 -KO) mice lack the normal fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP) and show both cognitive alterations and an immature neuronal morphology. We reared FMR1 -KO mice in a C57BL/6 background in enriched environmental conditions to examine the possibility that experience-dependent stimulation alleviates their behavioral and neuronal abnormalities. FMR1 -KO mice kept in standard cages were hyperactive, displayed an altered pattern of open field exploration, and did not show habituation. Quantitative morphological analyses revealed a reduction in basal dendrite length and branching together with more immature-appearing spines along apical dendrites of layer five pyramidal neurons in the visual cortex. Enrichment largely rescued these behavioral and neuronal abnormalities while increasing α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) glutamate receptor subunit 1 (GluR1) levels in both genotypes. Enrichment did not, however, affect FMRP levels in the WT mice. These data suggest that FMRP-independent pathways activating glutamatergic signaling are preserved in FMR1 -KO mice and that they can be elicited by environmental stimulation.

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Restivo, L., Ferrari, F., Passino, E., Sgobio, C., Bock, J., Oostra, B. A., Bagni, C., & Ammassari-Teule, M.
Affiliations
  • Erasmus MC (NL)
  • Laboratory of Psychobiology, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Institute of Neuroscience, 00179 Rome, Italy; Department of Experimental Neurology, Fondazione Santa Lucia, Istituto Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, 00179 Rome, Italy; Institute of Biology, Department of Zoology and Developmental Neurobiology, Otto-von-Guericke University, 39118 Magdeburg, Germany; Department of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus Medical Center, 3015 GE Rotterdam, The Netherlands; and Department of Biology, University...
Venue
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published
2005-08-02
Volume
102
Issue
32
Pages
11557-11562
ISSN
  • 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
  • 1091-6490
OpenAlex
W2060412896
Cited by
299
References
59
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FWCI
7.01
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (publishedVersion)
  • Lirias (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (submittedVersion)
  • Cineca Institutional Research Information System (Tor Vergata University) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (5R01 HD 38038, R01HD038038)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Down syndrome and intellectual disability research
Keywords
fragile X syndrome, Fmr1 knockout mice, FMRP, environmental enrichment, behavioral recovery, dendritic morphology, dendritic spines, pyramidal neurons, visual cortex, hyperactivity, habituation, GluR1, AMPA receptors, glutamatergic signaling, experience-dependent plasticity, intellectual disability
MeSH terms
Animals, Behavioral Symptoms, Dendrites, Environment, Controlled, Exploratory Behavior, Fragile X Syndrome, Habituation, Psychophysiologic, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Visual Cortex, Blotting, Western, Receptors, AMPA, Mice, Knockout, Mice, Fragile X Messenger Ribonucleoprotein 1

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