Localization and developmental changes in the neuron-specific cyclin-dependent kinase 5 activator (p35nck5a) in the rat brain
Localization and developmental changes in the neuron-specific cyclin-dependent kinase 5 activator (p35nck5a) in the rat brain
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大鼠脑中神经元特异性细胞周期蛋白依赖性激酶 5 激活剂 (p35nck5a) 的定位和发育变化
DOI:
10.1016/0306-4522(96)00136-4
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发表时间:
1996
期刊:
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
O. Hatase
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文献类型:
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作者:
K. Tomizawa;H. Matsui;M. Matsushita;J. Lew;M. Tokuda;T. Itano;R. Konishi;Jerry H. Wang;O. Hatase
Mammalian brains contain a cdc2-like protein kinase which is a heterodimer of cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (Cdk5) and a brain-specific regulatory subunit with a molecular weight of 35,000, named p35nck5a. Cdk5 has been identified as the major phosphorylating enzyme of tau protein in the brain. In this study, we examined the temporal and spatial expression patterns of p35nck5ain the developing rat brain. Northern blot analysis showed that p35nck5amessenger RNA expression was low in the brain of 12-day postcoitum rats, and increased to a much higher level from 18days postcoitum to two weeks after birth, and then declined at three weeks after birth. These developmental changes in p35nck5aexpression correlated with the changes in Cdk5-associated kinase activity during brain development. These data suggest that p35nck5ais the specific activator for Cdk5 in the brain. Immunohistochemical and in situ hybridization studies demonstrated the presence of p35nck5aprotein in postmitotic neurons but not in glial cells at all stages of brain development, indicating that p35nck5ais a neuron-specific protein. In the adult brain, the protein was rich in cell bodies and dendrites, and only very low amounts were detected in axons. In fetal and neonatal brains, however, axonal pathways such as the corpus callosum and external capsule were also stained with anti-p35nck5aantibody. Our findings suggest that p35nck5ais neuron specific, and a specific activator for Cdk5, and the subcellular localization of the two is strictly regulated depending on brain development. Neuronal Cdc2-like kinase may play key roles in neuronal maturation, synaptic formation, and neuronal plasticity.
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.82.12.4274
发表时间:
1985-01-01
影响因子:
11.1
作者:
STERNBERGER, NH;STERNBERGER, LA;ULRICH, J
通讯作者:
ULRICH, J
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.85.19.7384
发表时间:
1988
影响因子:
11.1
作者:
Lee,VM;OtvosJr,L;Schmidt,ML;Trojanowski,JQ
通讯作者:
Trojanowski,JQ