Enhancement of performance in multiple learning tasks by corticotropin-releasing factor-binding protein ligand inhibitors

被引:45
作者
Heinrichs, SC
Vale, EA
Lapsansky, J
Behan, DP
McClure, LV
Ling, N
DeSouza, EB
Schulteis, G
机构
[1] Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc., San Diego
[2] Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc., San Diego, CA 92121
关键词
corticotropin-releasing factor; learning; memory; aging; rat;
D O I
10.1016/S0196-9781(97)00120-4
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Evidence favors a role for corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) in learning and memory processes. A binding protein (CRF-BP) with the ability to inactivate CRF provides a novel target to modulate endogenous levels of CRF. The present studies employed three measures of information processing in rats in order to examine the impact of CRF system activation resulting from administration of CRF-BP ligand inhibitors, which increase levels of ''free CRF.'' Acquisition of a visual discrimination paradigm and retention of a inhibitory avoidance task were dose dependently facilitated by central administration of a CRF-BP ligand inhibitor. CRF-BP ligand inhibitor treatment also improved performance in an active avoidance paradigm in aged animals. No nonspecific anorexic effects of the active dose of CRF-BP Ligand inhibitor were detected in a food intake test. Moreover, the magnitude of in vivo efficacy of thr CRF-BP ligand inhibitor peptide in producing a mild increase in motor activity was dissociated from that of a postsynaptic CRF receptor agonist that exerted robust and long-lasting activity increases. Thus, CRF-BP ligand inhibitors appear to elicit generalized learning enhancement effects without mimicking the robust nonspecific behavioral actions of a CRF receptor agonist. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Inc.
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页码:711 / 716
页数:6
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