Table 2. Summary of the primary effects of the Dyrk1A gene dosage.
TS +/+/+ vs. euploids | TS +/+/− | |
Dyrk1A protein expression in the hippocampus | ↑↑ (Increased) | = (Normalized vs. euploids) |
MWM test | ||
Reference memory | ↓↓ (Impaired) | ↑ (Improved vs. TS +/+/+) |
Working memory | ↓↓ (Impaired) | ↑ (Improved vs. TS +/+/+) |
Efficiency of learning | ↓↓ (Impaired) | ↑ (Improved vs. TS +/+/+) |
Thigmotaxis | ↑↑ (Increased) | ↓ (Reduced vs. TS +/+/+) |
Swimming speed | = (Unchanged) | = (Unchanged) |
Cued learning | = (Unchanged) | = (Unchanged) |
Fear conditioning test | ||
Cued conditioning | ↓↓ (Impaired) | ↓↓ (Impaired vs. euploids) |
Contextual conditioning | ↓↓ (Impaired) | ↑ (Improved vs. TS +/+/+) |
Motor function | ||
Motor test battery | = (Unimpaired) | = (Unimpaired) |
Rotarod test | = (Unimpaired) | = (Unimpaired) |
Open field test | ||
Hyperactivity | ↑↑ (Increased) | ↑ (Increased vs. euploids) |
Anxiety | = (Unchanged) | = (Unchanged) |
LTP | ↓↓ (Impaired) | = (Rescued vs. euploids) |
Synapse markers | ||
GAD65/67 | ↑↑ (Increased) | = (Rescued vs. euploids) |
VGLUT | ↓↓(Decreased) | = (Rescued vs. euploids) |
Hippocampal histology and morphology | ||
Proliferation (Ki67) | ↓↓ (Impaired) | = (Rescued vs. euploids) |
Differentiation (DCX and CLR) | ↓↓ (Impaired) | = (Rescued vs. euploids) |
Survival (DAPI) | ↓↓ (Impaired) | ↓↓ (Impaired vs. euploids) |
DG Volume | ↓↓ (Reduced) | ↓↓ (Reduced vs. euploids) |
SGZ area | ↓↓ (Reduced) | ↓↓ (Reduced vs. euploids) |
Body weight | ↓↓ (Reduced) | ↓↓ (Reduced) |