title: Potassium chloride pulse enhances mitogen-activated protein kinase activity in rat hippocampal slices.
abstract: Mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases have been implicated in multiple responses to extracellular stimuli. In this study we show that MAP kinase activity is enhanced after a KCl pulse. This activation correlates with an increased tyrosine phosphorylation of a 42-kDa protein as determined by antiphosphotyrosine immunoblot. The same band is found in an anti-MAP kinase immunoblot. Activity is enhanced within 1 min, reaches a maximum at 2 min, and returns to basal level after 10 min. A second peak of activity is observed between 12 and 30 min. The activation is completely blocked by 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione (CNQX), showing the involvement of the AMPA type of glutamate receptor. Partial inhibition of MAP kinase activation by 2-amino-5-phosphonovalerate (APV) also shows the involvement of the NMDA receptor. Because the KCl pulse used induces long-term potentiation (LTP) in rat hippocampal slice, we conclude that MAP kinase may be involved in neuronal transduction events leading to LTP.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Signalisation cellulaire et parasites, UFR Cochin, Université René Descartes, Paris, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Baron
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Benes
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Van Tan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fagard
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Roisin
mesh_terms: D015763:2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerate / Q000494:pharmacology; D018750:6-Cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D015151:Immunoblotting; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011189:Potassium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D014443:Tyrosine; D011189:Potassium Chloride; D018750:6-Cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione; D015763:2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerate; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1