Calcineurin controls the transcription of Na+/Ca2+ exchanger isoforms in developing cerebellar neurons
Calcineurin controls the transcription of Na+/Ca2+ exchanger isoforms in developing cerebellar neurons
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DOI:
10.1074/jbc.m000995200
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发表时间:
2000-07-07
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
Carafoli, E
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作者:
Li, L;Guerin, D;Carafoli, E
The Na+/Ca2+ exchanger (NCX) and the plasma membrane Ca2+-ATPase export Ca2+ from the cytosol to the extracellular space. Three NCX genes (NCX1, NCX2, and NCX3), encoding proteins with very similar properties, are expressed at different levels in tissues. Essentially, no information is available on the mechanisms that regulate their expression. Specific antibodies have been prepared and used to explore the expression of NCX1 and NCX2 in rat cerebellum. The expression of NCX2 became strongly up-regulated during development, whereas comparatively minor effects were seen for NCX1. This was also observed in cultured granule cells induced to mature in physiological concentrations of potassium. By contrast, higher K+ concentrations, which induce partial depolarization of the plasma membrane and promote the influx of Ca2+, caused the complete disappearance of NCX2, Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analysis showed that the process occurred at the transcriptional level and depended on the activation of the Ca2+ calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase, calcineurin. The NCX1 and NCX3 genes were also affected by the depolarizing treatment: the transcription of the latter became upregulated, and the pattern of expression of the splice variants of the former changed. The effects on the NCX1 and NCX3 genes were calcineurin-independent.