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A mouse model of the 15q13.3 microdeletion syndrome shows prefrontal neurophysiological dysfunctions and attentional impairment

Nilsson, Simon R O ; Celada, Pau ; Fejgin, Kim ; Thelin, Jonas LU orcid ; Nielsen, Jacob ; Santana, Noemí ; Heath, Christopher J. ; Larsen, Peter H. ; Nielsen, Vibeke and Kent, Brianne A. , et al. (2016) In Psychopharmacologia 233(11). p.2151-2163
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Rationale: A microdeletion at locus 15q13.3 is associated with high incidence rates of psychopathology, including schizophrenia. A mouse model of the 15q13.3 microdeletion syndrome has been generated (Df[h15q13]/+) with translational utility for modelling schizophrenia-like pathology. Among other deficits, schizophrenia is characterised by dysfunctions in prefrontal cortical (PFC) inhibitory circuitry and attention. Objectives: The objective of this study is to assess PFC-dependent functioning in the Df(h15q13)/+ mouse using electrophysiological, pharmacological, and behavioural assays. Method: Experiments 1–2 investigated baseline firing and auditory-evoked responses of PFC interneurons and pyramidal neurons. Experiment 3 measured... (More)

Rationale: A microdeletion at locus 15q13.3 is associated with high incidence rates of psychopathology, including schizophrenia. A mouse model of the 15q13.3 microdeletion syndrome has been generated (Df[h15q13]/+) with translational utility for modelling schizophrenia-like pathology. Among other deficits, schizophrenia is characterised by dysfunctions in prefrontal cortical (PFC) inhibitory circuitry and attention. Objectives: The objective of this study is to assess PFC-dependent functioning in the Df(h15q13)/+ mouse using electrophysiological, pharmacological, and behavioural assays. Method: Experiments 1–2 investigated baseline firing and auditory-evoked responses of PFC interneurons and pyramidal neurons. Experiment 3 measured pyramidal firing in response to intra-PFC GABAAreceptor antagonism. Experiments 4–6 assessed PFC-dependent attentional functioning through the touchscreen 5-choice serial reaction time task (5-CSRTT). Experiments 7–12 assessed reversal learning, paired-associate learning, extinction learning, progressive ratio, trial-unique non-match to sample, and object recognition. Results: In experiments 1–3, the Df(h15q13)/+ mouse showed reduced baseline firing rate of fast-spiking interneurons and in the ability of the GABAAreceptor antagonist gabazine to increase the firing rate of pyramidal neurons. In assays of auditory-evoked responses, PFC interneurons in the Df(h15q13)/+ mouse had reduced detection amplitudes and increased detection latencies, while pyramidal neurons showed increased detection latencies. In experiments 4–6, the Df(h15q13)/+ mouse showed a stimulus duration-dependent decrease in percent accuracy in the 5-CSRTT. The impairment was insensitive to treatment with the partial α7nAChR agonist EVP-6124. The Df(h15q13)/+ mouse showed no cognitive impairments in experiments 7–12. Conclusion: The Df(h15q13)/+ mouse has multiple dysfunctions converging on disrupted PFC processing as measured by several independent assays of inhibitory transmission and attentional function.

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15q13.3, Animal model, Chrna7, Cognition, Copy number variation, Neurophysiology, Prefrontal cortex
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Psychopharmacologia
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233
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11
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13 pages
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Springer
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  • pmid:26983414
  • wos:000376102100013
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0033-3158
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10.1007/s00213-016-4265-2
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English
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  author       = {{Nilsson, Simon R O and Celada, Pau and Fejgin, Kim and Thelin, Jonas and Nielsen, Jacob and Santana, Noemí and Heath, Christopher J. and Larsen, Peter H. and Nielsen, Vibeke and Kent, Brianne A. and Saksida, Lisa M. and Stensbøl, Tine B. and Robbins, Trevor W. and Bastlund, Jesper F. and Bussey, Timothy J. and Artigas, Francesc and Didriksen, Michael}},
  issn         = {{0033-3158}},
  keywords     = {{15q13.3; Animal model; Chrna7; Cognition; Copy number variation; Neurophysiology; Prefrontal cortex}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{06}},
  number       = {{11}},
  pages        = {{2151--2163}},
  publisher    = {{Springer}},
  series       = {{Psychopharmacologia}},
  title        = {{A mouse model of the 15q13.3 microdeletion syndrome shows prefrontal neurophysiological dysfunctions and attentional impairment}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00213-016-4265-2}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/s00213-016-4265-2}},
  volume       = {{233}},
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