title: Evidence for the participation of the neuron-specific CDK5 activator P35 during laminin-enhanced axonal growth.
abstract: Cultures of cerebellar macroneurons were used to study the pattern of expression, subcellular localization, and function of the neuronal cdk5 activator p35 during laminin-enhanced axonal growth. The results obtained indicate that laminin, an extracellular matrix molecule capable of selectively stimulating axonal extension and promoting MAP1B phosphorylation at a proline-directed protein kinase epitope, selectively stimulates p35 expression, increases its association with the subcortical cytoskeleton, and accelerates its redistribution to the axonal growth cones. Besides, suppression of p35, but not of a highly related isoform designated as p39, by antisense oligonucleotide treatment selectively reduces cdk5 activity, laminin-enhanced axonal elongation, and MAP1b phosphorylation. Taken collectively, the present results suggest that cdk5/p35 may serve as an important regulatory linker between environmental signals (e.g., laminin) and constituents of the intracellular machinery (e.g., MAP1B) involved in axonal elongation.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Mercedes y Martín Ferreyra, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), 5000 Cordoba, Argentina.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Paglini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pigino
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kunda
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Morfini
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maccioni
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Quiroga
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cáceres
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies; D016375:Antisense Elements (Genetics); D001369:Axons / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000166:cytology; D051360:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 5; D018844:Cyclin-Dependent Kinases; D000939:Epitopes / Q000502:physiology; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / Q000502:physiology; D007797:Laminin / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010766:Phosphorylation; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D016375:Antisense Elements (Genetics); D000939:Epitopes; D007797:Laminin; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C085284:microtubule-associated protein 1B; C089495:neuronal Cdk5 activator (p25-p35); D051360:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 5; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D018844:Cyclin-Dependent Kinases