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Taking advantage of fear generalization-associated destabilization to attenuate the underlying memory via reconsolidation intervention.

Abstract：

:Upon retrieval, an aversive memory can undergo destabilization and reconsolidation. A traumatic-like memory, however, may be resistant to this process. The present study sought to contribute with a strategy to overcome this potential issue by investigating whether generalized fear retrieval is susceptible to destabilization-reconsolidation that can be pharmacologically modified. We hypothesized that exposure to a context that elicits moderate generalization levels would allow a malleable memory state. We developed a fear conditioning protocol in context A (cxt-A) paired with yohimbine administration to promote significant fear to a non-conditioned context B (cxt-B) in rats, mimicking the enhanced noradrenergic activity reported after traumatic events in humans. Next, we attempted to impair the reconsolidation phase by administering clonidine (CLO) immediately after exposure to cxt-A, cxt-B, or a third context C (cxt-C) neither conditioned nor generalized. CLO administered post-cxt-B exposure for two consecutive days subsequently resulted in decreased freezing levels in cxt-A. CLO after cxt-B only once, after cxt-A or cxt-C in two consecutive days, or independently of cxt-B exposures did not affect fear in a later test. A 6-h-delay in CLO treatment post-cxt-B exposures produced no effects, and nimodipine administered pre-cxt-B exposures precluded the CLO action. We then quantified the Egr1/Zif268 protein expression following cxt-B exposures and CLO treatments. We found that these factors interact to modulate this memory destabilization-reconsolidation mechanism in the basolateral amygdala but not the dorsal CA1 hippocampus. Altogether, memory destabilization can accompany generalized fear expression; thus, we may exploit it to potentiate reconsolidation blockers' action.

journal_name

Neuropharmacology

journal_title

Neuropharmacology

authors

Marin FN,Franzen JM,Troyner F,Molina VA,Giachero M,Bertoglio LJ

doi

10.1016/j.neuropharm.2020.108338

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-12-15 00:00:00

pages

108338

eissn

0028-3908

issn

1873-7064

pii

S0028-3908(20)30406-8

journal_volume

181

pub_type

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Taking advantage of fear generalization-associated destabilization to attenuate the underlying memory via reconsolidation intervention.