title: Temporal differences in the phosphorylation state of pre- and postsynaptic protein kinase C substrates B-50/GAP-43 and neurogranin during long-term potentiation.
abstract: The phosphorylation state of two identified neuralspecific protein kinase C substrates (the presynaptic protein B-50 and the postsynaptic protein neurogranin) was monitored after the induction of long term potentiation in the CA1 field of rat hippocampus slices by quantitative immunoprecipitation following 32Pi labeling in the recording chamber. B-50 phosphorylation was increased from 10 to 60 min, but no longer at 90 min after long term potentiation had been induced, neurogranin phosphorylation only at 60 min. Increased phosphorylation was not found when long term potentiation was blocked with the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist D-2-amino-5-phosphonovalerate, when only low frequency stimulation was applied or tetanic stimulation failed to induce long term-potentiation. Our data show that both B-50 and neurogranin phosphorylation are increased following the induction of long term potentiation, thus providing strong evidence for pre- and postsynaptic protein kinase C activation during narrow, partially overlapping, time windows after the induction of long term potentiation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Pharmacology, Rudolf Magnus Institute for Neurosciences, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Ramakers
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: De Graan
authors.forename: I J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Urban
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kraay
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pasinelli
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Oestreicher
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Gispen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002148:Calmodulin-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D019922:GAP-43 Protein; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000502:physiology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D017774:Long-Term Potentiation; D008297:Male; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051579:Neurogranin; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D002148:Calmodulin-Binding Proteins; D019922:GAP-43 Protein; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; C496651:Nrgn protein, rat; D051579:Neurogranin; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D002118:Calcium