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Enhancement of Memory-Related Long-Term Facilitation by ApAF, a Novel Transcription Factor that Acts Downstream from Both CREB1 and CREB2
Ist Teil von
Cell, 2000-11, Vol.103 (4), p.595-608
Ort / Verlag
United States: Elsevier Inc
Erscheinungsjahr
2000
Quelle
Access via ScienceDirect (Elsevier)
Beschreibungen/Notizen
The memory for sensitization of the gill withdrawal reflex in
Aplysia is reflected in facilitation of the monosynaptic connection between the sensory and motor neurons of the reflex. The switch from short- to long-term facilitation requires activation of CREB1, derepression of ApCREB2, and induction of ApC/EBP. In search for genes that act downstream from CREB1, we have identified a transcription activator, ApAF, which is stimulated by protein kinase A and can dimerize with both ApC/EBP and ApCREB2. ApAF is necessary for long-term facilitation induced by five pulses of serotonin, by activation of CREB1, or by derepression of ApCREB2. Overexpression of ApAF enhances the long-term facilitation further. Thus,
ApAF is a candidate memory enhancer gene downstream from both CREB1 and ApCREB2.