title: PKC and CaMKII dependent synaptic potentiation in cultured cerebral neurons.
abstract: We have reported that the long-lasting potentiation of spontaneous excitatory postsynaptic currents (SEPSCs) was induced by a Mg(2+)-free treatment in cultured chick cerebral neurons and a factor(s) extracellularly released during the treatment could induce the potentiation by itself. In this paper, protein kinase C (PKC) and calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase type II (CaMKII) but not protein kinase A (PKA) were reported to contribute to the potentiation mechanism during a step between the activation of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors by the Mg(2+)-free treatment and the secretion of the protein factor(s).
authors.affiliation: Neuronics Research Group, Special Division for Human Life Technology, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-8-31 Midorigaoka, Ikeda, Osaka 563-8577, Japan.
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Kudoh
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nagai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kiyosue
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Taguchi
mesh_terms: D015124:8-Bromo Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D054732:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D002642:Chick Embryo; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D019706:Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D017774:Long-Term Potentiation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D008275:Magnesium Deficiency / Q000378:metabolism; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D010703:Phorbol Esters / Q000494:pharmacology; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D010703:Phorbol Esters; D015124:8-Bromo Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate; C008874:phorbol-12,13-diacetate; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D054732:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases