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Two Akt isoforms, Akt1 and Akt3, are highly expressed in hippocampal pyramidal cells. We explored the roles of Akt1 and Akt3, respectively, in spatial cognition and underlying mechanisms.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>We used <jats:italic>Akt1<\/jats:italic> knockout (<jats:italic>Akt1<\/jats:italic>\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">KO<\/jats:styled-content>) and <jats:italic>Akt3<\/jats:italic> knockout (<jats:italic>Akt3<\/jats:italic>\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">KO<\/jats:styled-content>) mice to examine the influence of <jats:italic>Akt1<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Akt3<\/jats:italic> deficiency on spatial memory, as well as induction and maintenance of hippocampal <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CA<\/jats:styled-content>1 <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">NMDA<\/jats:styled-content> receptor\u2010dependent and protein synthesis\u2010dependent long\u2010term potentiation (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">LTP<\/jats:styled-content>).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Long\u2010term spatial memory was impaired in <jats:italic>Akt3<\/jats:italic>\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">KO<\/jats:styled-content> mice, but not in <jats:italic>Akt1<\/jats:italic>\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">KO<\/jats:styled-content> mice, as assessed by the Morris water maze task. <jats:italic>Akt3<\/jats:italic>\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">KO<\/jats:styled-content> and <jats:italic>Akt1<\/jats:italic>\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">KO<\/jats:styled-content> mice displayed reductions in brain size without concurrent changes in the number of pyramidal cells or basal properties of synaptic transmission. One\u2010train high\u2010frequency stimulation (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HFS<\/jats:styled-content> \u00d7 1) induced <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">NMDA<\/jats:styled-content> receptor\u2010dependent <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">LTP<\/jats:styled-content> in <jats:italic>Akt3<\/jats:italic>\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">KO<\/jats:styled-content> mice and <jats:italic>Akt1<\/jats:italic>\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">KO<\/jats:styled-content> mice. Four\u2010train <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HFS<\/jats:styled-content> (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HFS<\/jats:styled-content> \u00d7 4) induced rapamycin\u2010sensitive long<jats:italic><jats:bold>\u2010<\/jats:bold><\/jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">LTP<\/jats:styled-content> in <jats:italic>Akt1<\/jats:italic>\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">KO<\/jats:styled-content> mice, but not <jats:italic>Akt3<\/jats:italic>\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">KO<\/jats:styled-content> mice. Basal level of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">mTOR<\/jats:styled-content> phosphorylation was reduced in <jats:italic>Akt3<\/jats:italic>\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">KO<\/jats:styled-content> mice rather than <jats:italic>Akt1<\/jats:italic>\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">KO<\/jats:styled-content> mice. <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HFS<\/jats:styled-content> \u00d7 4 induced an elevation of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">mTOR<\/jats:styled-content> and p70S6K phosphorylation in <jats:italic>Akt1<\/jats:italic>\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">KO<\/jats:styled-content> mice, which led to enhanced 4<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">EBP<\/jats:styled-content>2 and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">eIF<\/jats:styled-content>4E phosphorylation along with an increase in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AMPA<\/jats:styled-content> receptor protein. However, the same protocol of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HFS<\/jats:styled-content> \u00d7 4 failed to trigger the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">mTOR<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010p70S6K signalling cascade or increase 4<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">EBP<\/jats:styled-content>2 and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">eIF<\/jats:styled-content>4E phosphorylation in <jats:italic>Akt3<\/jats:italic>\u2010KO mice.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>The <jats:italic>Akt3<\/jats:italic> deficiency <jats:italic>via<\/jats:italic> inactivation of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">mTOR<\/jats:styled-content> suppresses <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HFS<\/jats:styled-content> \u00d7 4\u2010induced <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">mTOR<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010p70S6K signalling to reduce phosphorylation of 4<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">EBP<\/jats:styled-content> and 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