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![Ablation of <t>RapGEF2</t> protein expression in hippocampal CA1, DG and BLA. a Representative immunohistochemical images with RapGEF2 antibody (NNLE-2) for hippocampal subregions (CA1, DG and CA3) from flox and cKO mice at 5-weeks old (left panel) and 10 ~ 20 weeks old (right panel). Scale bar: 100 µm. b RapGEF2 immunoreactive (IR) signals in hippocampal CA1, DG and CA1 from cKO mice (10 ~ 20 weeks old) were quantified with NIH Image J and compared to RapGEF2 IR signals from flox mice. The result indicated a significant reduction in RapGEF2 levels in the CA1 and DG hippocampal subregions, but not in the CA3 subregion. N = 4 ~ 5 for animal number in each group. Student’s t-test for each region, **p < 0.001. c Western blots using protein lysates from hippocampal subregions of flox and cKO mice showed similar results that RapGEF2 was downregulated in CA1 and DG. N = 3 ~ 7 for animal number in each group, Student’s t-test for each region, **p < 0.001. d RapGEF2 immunoreactive (IR) signals in Amygdala from flox and cKO mice (10 ~ 20 weeks old) showed that RapGEF2 expression in BLA was significantly reduced in BLA, but not in CeA. Quantative assessment of RapGEF2 levels in BLA of wild-type and Camk2α-cre+/-::RapGEF2fl/fl mice has been previously reported (see Fig. 4B in [32])](https://pub-med-central-images-cdn.bioz.com/pub_med_central_ids_ending_with_1968/pmc11071968/pmc11071968__18_2023_4999_Fig1_HTML.jpg)
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Article Title: The guanine nucleotide exchange factor RapGEF2 is required for ERK-dependent immediate-early gene (Egr1) activation during fear memory formation
Journal: Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences: CMLS
doi: 10.1007/s00018-023-04999-y
Figure Legend Snippet: Ablation of RapGEF2 protein expression in hippocampal CA1, DG and BLA. a Representative immunohistochemical images with RapGEF2 antibody (NNLE-2) for hippocampal subregions (CA1, DG and CA3) from flox and cKO mice at 5-weeks old (left panel) and 10 ~ 20 weeks old (right panel). Scale bar: 100 µm. b RapGEF2 immunoreactive (IR) signals in hippocampal CA1, DG and CA1 from cKO mice (10 ~ 20 weeks old) were quantified with NIH Image J and compared to RapGEF2 IR signals from flox mice. The result indicated a significant reduction in RapGEF2 levels in the CA1 and DG hippocampal subregions, but not in the CA3 subregion. N = 4 ~ 5 for animal number in each group. Student’s t-test for each region, **p < 0.001. c Western blots using protein lysates from hippocampal subregions of flox and cKO mice showed similar results that RapGEF2 was downregulated in CA1 and DG. N = 3 ~ 7 for animal number in each group, Student’s t-test for each region, **p < 0.001. d RapGEF2 immunoreactive (IR) signals in Amygdala from flox and cKO mice (10 ~ 20 weeks old) showed that RapGEF2 expression in BLA was significantly reduced in BLA, but not in CeA. Quantative assessment of RapGEF2 levels in BLA of wild-type and Camk2α-cre+/-::RapGEF2fl/fl mice has been previously reported (see Fig. 4B in [32])
Techniques Used: Expressing, Immunohistochemical staining, Western Blot
Figure Legend Snippet: Camk2α-cre+/-::RapGEF2fl/fl (cKO) mice show deficit in consolidation of contextual fear memory. a–f Consolidation of contextual fear memory was impaired in Camk2α-cre+/-::RapGEF2fl/fl mice. The scheme of a fear conditioning test used for cKO and flox control mice (a). cKO mice showed impaired contextual memory to the training context, not novel context, 24 h later compared to controls (b). However, both flox and cKO mice showed normal levels of freezing during the tone presentation in a non-training context when memory was retrieved 24 h after conditioning (c). Two-way ANOVA following by post hoc Bonferroni t-test, **p < 0.001. N = 22 for animal number of flox mice, N = 21 for animal number of cKO mice. Contextual freezing 3 h after the conditioning was similar between cKO and flox mice, suggesting acquisition and retrieval of memory was not affected in cKO mice (d). Two-way ANOVA following by post hoc Bonferroni t-test, **p < 0.001. N = 14 for animal number of flox mice, N = 18 for animal number of cKO mice. Flox and cKO mice showed similar freezing level immediately after foot-shock during fear conditioning (e, N = 36 for flox mouse number, 39 for cKO mouse number) and similar latency in a hot plate test (f, N = 19 ~ 26 for animal number in each group), suggesting no differences in pain sensitivity between two groups. g–k ERK activation in hippocampus during fear conditioning is RapGEF2-dependent. The Experimental procedure to examine ERK activation after fear conditioning (g). Representative images of phospho-ERK staining (in red) in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal cell layer (h, panels on the left) or hippocampal DG granule cell layer (i, panels on the left) of flox and cKO mice 10 min (FC10 min) or 30 min (FC 30 min) or 60 min (FC 60 min) after fear conditioning or without fear conditioning (NFC). Scale bar: 50 µm. Immunoreactive (IR) signals of phospho-ERK in the CA1 or DG of flox and cKO mice at different time points after fear conditioning were quantified by NIH Image J using the mean gray values of integrated density after being converted to gray scale; then compared to average value from mice in the home cage (NFC) to obtain “Relative IR of phospho-ERK” (h and i, panels on the right). N = 3 ~ 5 for animal number in each group. Two-way ANOVA following by post hoc Bonferroni t-test, *p < 0.05; **p < 0.001. Phospho-ERK activation in hippocampal CA1 and DG were also quantified with western blot (j and k). Hippocampal CA1 or DG were dissected out from flox or cKO mice 30 min post fear conditioning (FC) or without fear conditioning (NFC). Protein lysates were subjected to western blots with phospho-ERK, pan-ERK and GAPDH antibodies. N = 4 for animal number in each group. Protein bands from western blots were quantified using imageJ and GAPDH protein served as internal controls to normalize the loading. Phospho-ERK IR from different groups was compared to average value from flox mice in the home cage (NFC), to obtain “Relative IR of phospho-ERK”. Two-way ANOVA following by post hoc Bonferroni t-test, *p < 0.05; **p < 0.001
Techniques Used: Hot Plate Test, Activation Assay, Staining, Western Blot
Figure Legend Snippet: Differential dependency of RapGEF2 in fear conditioning-induced immediate early genes activation in hippocampal CA1 and DG. a Experimental procedure to examine IEGs activation after fear conditioning. b Representative images of cFos immunostaining in hippocampal CA1, DG and CA3 and basolateral amygdala of flox and cKO mice that were sacrificed 1 h after fear conditioning (FC) or stayed in the home cage (NFC). Scale bar: 200 µm. Lower panels are images with higher magnification of the boxed areas in the upper panels. c Quantification of cFos immunoreactivity in hippocampal subregions and basolateral amygdala of flox and cKO mice indicated that fear-conditioning induced cFos increase in all these regions. Immunoreactive (IR) signals for c-Fos from different brain areas as indicated were quantified by NIH Image J using the mean gray values of integrated density after being converted to gray scale. C-Fos IR from different groups was normalized to average value from flox mice in the home cage (NFC), to obtain “Relative IR of c-Fos”. No significant difference was observed between flox and cKO mice. N = 3 ~ 6 for animal number in each group. Two-way ANOVA followed by post hoc Bonferroni t-test, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.001. d Representative images of Egr-1 immunostaining in hippocampal CA1, DG and CA3 and basolateral amygdala of flox and cKO mice after fear conditioning. Scale bar: 200 µm. Lower panels are images with higher magnification of the boxed areas in the upper panels. e Quantification of Egr-1 immunoreactivity indicated that the fear-conditioning induced Egr-1 increase in CA1 and DG is RapGEF2-dependent. Immunoreactive (IR) signals for Egr-1 from different brain areas as indicated were quantified by NIH Image J using the mean gray values of integrated density after being converted to gray scale. Egr-1 IR from different groups was normalized to the average value for flox mice in the home cage (NFC), to obtain “Relative IR of Egr-1”. cKO mice with RapGEF2 ablation in CA1 and DG showed attenuated Egr-1 increase in CA1 and DG 1 h after fear conditioning, compared to flox mice. N = 3 ~ 6 for animal number in each group. Two-way ANOVA followed by post hoc Bonferroni t-test, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.001. f RNAscope with egr-1 (in red) and c-fos (in green) probes indicated that upregulation of c-fos mRNA in hippocampal CA1 and DG following fear conditioning occurred exclusively in the neurons with upregulation of egr-1 mRNA. Quantification of c-fos and egr-1 mRNA in hippocampal CA1 and DG 30 min after fear conditioning, 67.77% ± 10.92% of egr-1 positive neurons are cfos positive in CA1; 87.89% ± 7.67% of egr-1 positive neurons are cfos positive in DG. N = 3 for animal number in each group. Scale bar: 100 µm (left panels), 20 µm (right panels)
Techniques Used: Activation Assay, Immunostaining
Figure Legend Snippet: Differential dependency of RapGEF2 in immediate early gene activation in basolateral amygdala after fear conditioning with prior restraint stress. a and b Both contextual and cued fear memory was impaired in Camk2α-cre+/-::RapGEF2fl/fl mice (cKO) when 1 h restraint stress was applied 3 h prior to fear conditioning. Scheme of fear conditioning test employed is shown (a). cKO mice showed impaired contextual memory to the training context, not to a novel context, 24 h after conditioning, compared to controls (b, left panel). cKO mice showed attenuation in freezing during the tone presentation in a non-training context when memory was retrieved 24 h after conditioning (b, right panel). Two-way ANOVA followed by post hoc Bonferroni t-test, **p < 0.001, *p < 0.05. N = 23 flox mice, N = 18 cKO mice. c ERK activation in BLA after fear conditioning. pERK immunoreactivity (ir) in amygdala of RapGEF2fl/fl mice sacrificed at 15, 30, 60 min or 120 min after fear conditioning (FC15 min, FC 30 min, FC 60 min or FC 120 min) or from mice that stayed in home cage (NFC). Phospho-ERK IR in the BLA at different time points after fear conditioning was quantified using ImageJ, showing most prominent activation in BLA occurring 30–60 min after fear conditioning. N = 4 for animal number in each group. One-way ANOVA followed by post hoc Bonferroni t-test, *p < 0.05; **p < 0.001. Scale bar: 200 µm. d Experimental procedure to examine phospho-ERK and IEGs activation in BLA after fear conditioning without or with restraint stress. e ERK activation in the BLA of cKO mice 1 h after fear conditioning was not significantly different from that of flox mice. However, phospho-ERK IR level in the BLA was attenuated in cKO mice when acute restraint stress was applied prior to fear conditioning. N = 4 ~ 5 for animal number in each group. Two-way ANOVA followed by post hoc Bonferroni t-test, **p < 0.001. Scale bar: 200 µm. f Representative RNAscope images of cfos (green) and egr-1 (red) in basolateral amygdala of flox and cKO mice that were sacrificed 30 min or 1 h after fear conditioning with or without restraint stress. Scale bar: 200 µm (left panel), 50 µm (right panel). Upregulation of c-fos mRNA in BLA following fear conditioning occurred exclusively in the neurons with upregulation of egr-1 mRNA. Quantification of c-fos and egr-1 mRNA in BLA of flox mice 30 min after fear conditioning with or without restraint stress revealed that 12.62% ± 0.16% or 16.92 ± 2.70% of egr-1 positive neurons, respectively, are c-fos positive in BLA, N = 3 ~ 4 mice in each group. g cKO mice with RapGEF2 ablation in BLA showed attenuation in egr-1 mRNA, but not in c-fos mRNA increase in BLA after fear conditioning when acute restraint stress was applied prior to fear conditioning. Upregulation of c-fos mRNA in BLA following fear conditioning occurred only in the neurons with upregulation of egr-1 mRNA. C-fos and egr-1 mRNA signals were quantified by NIH Image J using the mean gray values of integrated density after being converted to gray scale; then normalized to average value from flox mice in the home cage (NFC) to obtain “Relative c-fos mRNA level” or “Relative egr-1 mRNA level”. N = 3 ~ 4 for animal number in each group. Two-way ANOVA followed by post hoc Bonferroni t-test, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.001
Techniques Used: Activation Assay
