title: Calmodulin kinase II in pure cultured astrocytes.
abstract: Calcium- and calmodulin-dependent protein kinase activity was studied in pure neuronal and glial cultures. The addition of calcium and calmodulin stimulated 32P incorporation into several neuronal proteins including two in the 50- and 60-kilodalton (kD) region which comigrated with purified forebrain calmodulin kinase II subunits (CaM kinase II). In mature astrocytes, CaM kinase activity was also present, and was inhibited by trifluoroperazine and diazepam. Again in homogenates of these cells, two phosphoproteins of apparent molecular masses of 50 and 60 kD comigrated with purified CaM kinase. CaM kinase activity was absent in immature mixed glia and oligodendrocytes. The presence of CaM kinase in neurons and mature astrocytes was confirmed using monoclonal antibodies specific for the 50-kD subunit of the enzyme. No immunoreactivity was observed in oligodendrocytes. The presence of CaM kinase in astrocytes suggests a more ubiquitous role of this enzyme in regulating cellular processes than was previously recognized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, UCLA School of Medicine.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bronstein
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lasher
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cole
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de Vellis
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Farber
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wasterlain
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000201:enzymology*; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D002147:Calmodulin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D007118:Immunoassay; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009474:Neurons / Q000201:enzymology; D009836:Oligodendroglia / Q000201:enzymology; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D010761:Phosphorus Radioisotopes; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014268:Trifluoperazine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002147:Calmodulin; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D010761:Phosphorus Radioisotopes; D014268:Trifluoperazine; D011494:Protein Kinases; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D002118:Calcium