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DREADD in Parvalbumin Interneurons of the Dentate Gyrus Modulates Anxiety, Social Interaction and Memory Extinction

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Parvalbumin (PV)-positive interneurons in the hippocampus play a critical role in animal memory, such as spatial working memory. However, how PV-positive interneurons in the subregions of the hippocampus affect animal behaviors remains poorly defined. Here, we achieved specific and reversible activation of PV-positive interneurons using designer receptors exclusively activated by designer drugs (DREADD) technology. Inducible DREADD expression was demonstrated in vitro in cultured neurons, in which co-transfection of the hM3D-Gq-mCherry vector with a Cre plasmid resulted in a cellular response to hM3Dq ligand clozapine-N-oxide (CNO) stimulation. In addition, the dentate gyrus (DG) of PV-Cre mice received bilateral injection of control lentivirus or lentivirus expressing double floxed hM3D-Gq-mCherry. Selective activation of PV-positive interneurons in the DG did not affect locomotor activity or depression-related behavior in mice. Interestingly, stimulation of PV-positive interneurons induced an anxiolytic effect. Activation of PVpositive interneurons appears to impair social interaction to novelty, but has no effect on social motivation. However, this defect is likely due to the anxiolytic effect as the exploratory behavior of mice expressing hM3DGq is significantly increased. Mice expressing hM3D-Gq did not affect novel object recognition. Activation of PV-positive interneurons in the DG maintains intact cued and contextual fear memory but facilitates fear extinction. Collectively, our results demonstrated that proper control of PV interneurons activity in the DG is critical for regulation of the anxiety, social interaction and fear extinction. These results improve our fundamental understanding of the physiological role of PV-positive interneurons in the hippocampus.

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Authors
Zou, D., Chen, L., Deng, D., Jiang, D., Dong, F., McSweeney, C., Zhou, Y., Liu, L., Chen, G., Wu, Y., & Mao, Y.
Affiliations
  • Pennsylvania State University (US)
  • Guangxi Medical University (CN)
Corresponding author
  • Wu, Y.
  • Mao, Y.
Venue
Current Molecular Medicine
Published
2016-01-08
Volume
16
Issue
1
Pages
91-102
ISSN
1566-5240 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2202096406
Cited by
112
References
64
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 22 · 2021: 23 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 4
FWCI
6.36
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Current Molecular Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (81160167, 81360201)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Keywords
parvalbumin interneurons, dentate gyrus, DREADD, clozapine-N-oxide, optogenetic stimulation, anxiety, social interaction, fear extinction, fear memory, hippocampus, social motivation, novel object recognition
MeSH terms
Animals, Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, Depression, Fear, Hippocampus, Humans, Interneurons, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Memory, Motor Activity, Parvalbumins, Dentate Gyrus, Mice, HEK293 Cells

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