Inositol phosphate metabolism has emerged as one of the key players in synaptic transmission. Previous studies have shown that the deletion of inositol hexakisphosphate kinase 1 (IP6K1), which is responsible for inositol pyrophosphate biosynthesis, alters probability of presynaptic vesicle release and short-term facilitation of glutamatergic synapses in mouse hippocampus. However, the behavioral and cognitive functions regulated by IP6K1 remain largely elusive. In this study, IP6K1-knockout mice exhibited decreased prepulse inhibition with no defects in Y-maze and elevated plus maze tests. Interestingly, IP6K1 knockout led to impaired short-term memory formation in a contextual fear memory retrieval test with no effect on long-term memory. Further, both hippocampal long-term potentiation and long-term depression in IP6K1-knockout mice were similar to those in the wild-type control. Taken together, the findings in this study suggest the physiological roles of IP6K1 and the associated inositol pyrophosphate metabolism in regulating sensorimotor gating as well as short-term memory.
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Kim, M. G., Zhang, S., Park, H., Park, S. J., Kim, S., & Chung, C. H. (2020). Inositol hexakisphosphate kinase-1 is a key mediator of prepulse inhibition and short-term fear memory. Molecular Brain, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13041-020-00615-3
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