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Bombesin receptor-activated protein (BRAP) and its homologous protein in mice, which is encoded by  bc004004  gene, were expressed abundantly in brain tissues with unknown functions. We treated  bc004004 -/-mice with chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS) to test whether those mice were more vulnerable to stress-related disorders. The results of forced swimming test, sucrose preference test, and open field test showed that after being treated with CUMS for 28 days or 35 days both  bc004004 -/-and  bc004004 +/+mice exhibited behavioural changes and there was no significant difference between  bc004004 +/+and  bc004004 -/-. However, behavioural changes were observed only in  bc004004 -/-mice after being exposed to CUMS for 21 days, but not in  bc004004 +/+after 21-day CUMS exposure, indicating that lack of BRAP homologous protein may cause vulnerability to stress-related disorders in mice. In addition,  bc004004 -/-mice showed a reduction in recognition memory as revealed by novel object recognition test. Since memory changes and stress related behavioural changes are all closely related to the hippocampus function we further analyzed the changes of dendrites and synapses of hippocampal neurons as well as expression levels of some proteins closely related to synaptic function.  bc004004 -/-mice exhibited decreased dendritic lengths and increased amount of immature spines, as well as altered expression pattern of synaptic related proteins including GluN2A, synaptophysin and BDNF in the hippocampus. Those findings suggest that BRAP homologous protein may have a protective effect on the behavioural response to stress via regulating dendritic spine formation and synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus.

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Lack of bombesin receptor-activated protein homologous protein impairs hippocampal synaptic plasticity and promotes chronic unpredictable mild stress induced behavioral changes in mice