CCR5 closes the temporal window for memory linking

Author:

Shen Yang,Zhou MiouORCID,Cai Denise,Filho Daniel Almeida,Fernandes Giselle,Cai Ying,Kim Nury,Necula Deanna,Zhou Chengbin,Liu Andy,Kang Xiaoman,Kamata Masakazu,Lavi Ayal,Huang Shan,Silva Tawnie,Heo Won Do,Silva Alcino J.ORCID

Abstract

SummaryReal world memories are formed in a particular context and are not acquired or recalled in isolation 1-5. Time is a key variable in the organization of memories, since events experienced close in time are more likely to be meaningfully associated, while those experienced with a longer interval are not1-4. How does the brain segregate events that are temporally distinct? Here, we report that a delayed (12-24h) increase in the expression of the C-C chemokine receptor type 5 (CCR5), an immune receptor well known as a co-receptor for HIV infection6,7, following the formation of a contextual memory, determines the duration of the temporal window for associating or linking that memory with subsequent memories. This delayed CCR5 expression in mouse dorsal CA1 (dCA1) neurons results in a decrease in neuronal excitability, which in turn negatively regulates neuronal memory allocation, thus reducing the overlap between dCA1 memory ensembles. Lowering this overlap affects the ability of one memory to trigger the recall of the other, thus closing the temporal window for memory linking. Remarkably, our findings also show that an age-related increase in CCL5/CCR5 expression leads to impairments in memory linking in aged mice, which could be reversed with a CCR5 knockout and an FDA approved drug that inhibits this receptor, a result with significant clinical implications. All together the findings reported here provide the first insights into the molecular and cellular mechanisms that shape the temporal window for memory linking.

Publisher

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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