Isoform-specific roles for AKT in affective behavior, spatial memory, and extinction related to psychiatric disorders

H Wong, J Levenga, L LaPlante, B Keller… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
AKT is implicated in neurological disorders. AKT has three isoforms, AKT1/AKT2/AKT3, with
brain cell type-specific expression that may differentially influence behavior. Therefore, we …

PKBβ/AKT2 deficiency impacts brain mTOR signaling, prefrontal cortical physiology, hippocampal plasticity and select murine behaviors

S Palumbo, C Paterson, F Yang, VL Hood… - Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
The serine/threonine protein kinase v-AKT homologs (AKTs), are implicated in typical and
atypical neurodevelopment. Akt isoforms Akt1, Akt2, and Akt3 have been extensively studied …

Genetic deletion of Akt3 induces an endophenotype reminiscent of psychiatric manifestations in mice

Y Bergeron, G Bureau, MÉ Laurier-Laurin… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The protein kinase B (PKB/Akt), found in three distinctive isoforms (PKBα/Akt1, PKBβ/Akt2,
PKBγ/Akt3), is implicated in a variety of cellular processes such as cell development, growth …

PKBγ/AKT3 loss-of-function causes learning and memory deficits and deregulation of AKT/mTORC2 signaling: Relevance for schizophrenia

KR Howell, K Floyd, AJ Law - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Psychiatric genetic studies have identified genome-wide significant loci for schizophrenia.
The AKT3/1q44 locus is a principal risk region and gene-network analyses identify AKT3 …

Akt1 deficiency affects neuronal morphology and predisposes to abnormalities in prefrontal cortex functioning

WS Lai, B Xu, KGC Westphal… - Proceedings of the …, 2006 - National Acad Sciences
There is accumulating evidence that AKT signaling plays a role in the pathogenesis of
schizophrenia. We asked whether Akt1 deficiency in mice results in structural and functional …

Epistatic interactions of AKT1 on human medial temporal lobe biology and pharmacogenetic implications

HY Tan, AG Chen, Q Chen, LB Browne… - Molecular …, 2012 - nature.com
AKT1 controls important processes in medial temporal lobe (MTL) development and
plasticity, but the impact of human genetic variation in AKT1 on these processes is not …

[HTML][HTML] Akt2 deficiency is associated with anxiety and depressive behavior in mice

C Leibrock, TF Ackermann, M Hierlmeier… - Cellular Physiology and …, 2013 - karger.com
Background: The economic burden associated with major depressive disorder and anxiety
disorders render both disorders the most common and debilitating psychiatric illnesses. To …

Akt3 deletion in mice impairs spatial cognition and hippocampal CA 1 long long‐term potentiation through downregulation of mTOR

T Zhang, Z Shi, Y Wang, L Wang, B Zhang… - Acta …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Loss‐of‐function mutation of Akt3 in humans has been associated with microcephaly
and cognitive defects. Two Akt isoforms, Akt1 and Akt3, are highly expressed in …

Akt1 deficiency in schizophrenia and impairment of hippocampal plasticity and function

DT Balu, GC Carlson, K Talbot, H Kazi… - …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Genetic studies have associated deficient function of the serine/threonine kinase Akt1 with
schizophrenia. This disorder is associated with developmental, structural, and functional …

AKT isoforms have distinct hippocampal expression and roles in synaptic plasticity

J Levenga, H Wong, RA Milstead, BN Keller… - Elife, 2017 - elifesciences.org
AKT is a kinase regulating numerous cellular processes in the brain, and mutations in AKT
are known to affect brain function. AKT is indirectly implicated in synaptic plasticity, but its …