Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-3-1
pubmed:abstractText
Although memory deficits have been clearly documented in patients with human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) infection, the physiological basis of this dysfunction is poorly understood. We focused on Tat, a viral protein released from HIV-1-infected cells and investigated its effect on spatial learning in adult mice. An intracerebroventricular injection of Tat leads to attenuation of spatial learning accompanied by suppression of long-term potentiation (LTP), the cellular basis of spatial learning, in hippocampal cornu ammonis 1 pyramidal neurons. Tat facilitates extrasynaptic but not synaptic N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor activity. Taken together, these data provide strong evidence that the Tat pathway underlies the development of memory dysfunction in patients with HIV-1 infection and suggest a causal relationship between Tat, the facilitation of extrasynaptic NMDA receptor activity, inhibition of LTP, and attenuation of spatial learning.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0364-5134
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
55
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
362-71
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14991814-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:14991814-Animals, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:14991814-Behavior, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:14991814-Bicuculline, pubmed-meshheading:14991814-Calcium, pubmed-meshheading:14991814-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:14991814-Dizocilpine Maleate, pubmed-meshheading:14991814-Drug Interactions, pubmed-meshheading:14991814-Electric Stimulation, pubmed-meshheading:14991814-Embryo, Mammalian, pubmed-meshheading:14991814-Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists, pubmed-meshheading:14991814-Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:14991814-Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:14991814-GABA Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:14991814-Gene Products, tat, pubmed-meshheading:14991814-HIV-1, pubmed-meshheading:14991814-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:14991814-Injections, Intraventricular, pubmed-meshheading:14991814-Long-Term Potentiation, pubmed-meshheading:14991814-Male, pubmed-meshheading:14991814-Maze Learning, pubmed-meshheading:14991814-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:14991814-Microscopy, Confocal, pubmed-meshheading:14991814-N-Methylaspartate, pubmed-meshheading:14991814-Neural Conduction, pubmed-meshheading:14991814-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:14991814-Patch-Clamp Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:14991814-Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:14991814-Spatial Behavior, pubmed-meshheading:14991814-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:14991814-tat Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
HIV-1 Tat inhibits long-term potentiation and attenuates spatial learning [corrected].
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama University, Shikata, Okayama, Japan. shiri-ns@umin.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, In Vitro, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't