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ArticleScience signaling2026

Acetate enhances long-term memory in female mice by sex-, context-, and brain region-specific epigenetic and transcriptional remodeling.

Erica M Periandri, Kala M Dodson, Francisca N de Luna Vitorino, Benjamin A Garcia, Karl M Glastad, Gabor Egervari

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Article in Science signaling, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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6 authors.

Erica M PeriandriDepartment of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0154-3691
Kala M DodsonDepartment of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.ORCID 0009-0006-0934-3327
Francisca N de Luna VitorinoDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8543-2299
Benjamin A GarciaDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3596-4750
Karl M GlastadDepartment of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14620, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8142-1821
Gabor EgervariDepartment of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2371-2532

Funding

WUIDDRC Supplement-Supporting the health and well-being of children with intellectual and developmental disability during COVID-19 pandemicP50HD103525 · NICHD · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI JEFFREY D MILBRANDT · 2020 to 2026
$15.5M
Epigenetic-metabolic aspects of alcohol use disorder and early developmental alcohol exposureR00AA028577 · NIAAA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI EGERVARI, GABOR · 2023 to 2025
$746k
NIAAA NIH HHS R00 AA028577NICHD NIH HHS P50 HD103525
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metabolic control of chromatin and gene expression is emerging as a key mechanism influencing critical neuronal functions. Here, we found that the intermediary metabolite acetate enhanced long-term memory in female mice, which was associated with epigenetic and transcriptional remodeling in the dorsal hippocampus. Acetate-enhanced memory was driven by increased acetylation of the histone variant H2A.Z and increased expression of genes implicated in learning in the female dorsal hippocampus. The effect of acetate on dorsal hippocampal histone modifications and gene expression differed markedly between the sexes during critical windows of memory consolidation and recall, and home cage exposure to acetate without the learning and recall tasks did not recapitulate these effects. These findings elucidate the ways in which acetate exposure enhances memory.

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AcetatesEpigenesis, GeneticHippocampusMemory, Long-TermTranscription, GeneticAcetylationAnimalsFemaleHistonesMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLAcetatesH2az1 protein, mouseHistones

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PMCPMC13181836

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