Transgenerational Memory and piRNAs

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.220401.008How to use a DOI?

Keywords

piwi-RNA; transgenerational memory; olfactory bulb; fear conditioning; M71

Abstract

Previous studies suggest that memory inheritance is observed on some mice progenies with parents who have experienced fearful memory. Further investigation also shows that there are increments of piwi-RNA, which shows to have effects in enhancing the progenies’ ability to avoid harmful bacteria, in both the nervous system and the sperm cells of these parents. In this work, the relationship between the presence of harm-signaling odors and the increments piRNA’s presence in olfactory bulb and sperm cells is investigated. Meanwhile, this work also examines the effect of piRNA’s increment in parent generation on progenies’ enhancing cognitive ability in distinguishing the harm-signaling odors. The results of this study could help establish the correlation between the change in piRNA abundance in response to fearful stimuli and the inheritance of this memory.

Copyright

© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

Download article (PDF)

TY  - CONF
AU  - Zijing Liang
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/04/08
TI  - Transgenerational Memory and piRNAs
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities and Arts (SSHA 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 39
EP  - 42
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220401.008
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220401.008
ID  - Liang2022
ER  -