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The Journal of Neuroscience, November 1, 2001, 21(21):8417-8425
Conditional Rescue of Olfactory Learning and Memory Defects in
Mutants of the 14-3-3 Gene leonardo
Nisha
Philip1,
Summer
F.
Acevedo2, and
Efthimios M. C.
Skoulakis1, 2
1 Department of Biology and 2 Program in
Genetics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-2475
Members of the ubiquitous 14-3-3 family of proteins are abundantly
expressed in metazoan neurons. The Drosophila 14-3-3
gene leonardo is preferentially expressed in adult
mushroom bodies, centers of insect learning and memory. Mutants exhibit
defects in olfactory learning and memory and physiological
neuroplasticity at the neuromuscular junction. Because strong mutations
in this gene are lethal, we investigated the nature of the defects that precipitate the learning and memory deficit and the role of the two
protein isoforms encoded by leonardo in these processes.
We find that the behavioral deficit in the mutants is not caused by
aberrant development, LEONARDO protein is acutely required for learning
and memory, and both protein isoforms can function equivalently in
embryonic development and behavioral neuroplasticity.
Key words:
leonardo; 14-3-3 ; learning and memory; conditional rescue; inducible transgenes; behavioral
neuroplasticity
Copyright © 2001 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/01/21218417-09$05.00/0
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