title: Nitric oxide-mediated Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase IV activity during hypoxia in neuronal nuclei from newborn piglets.
abstract: The present study tested the hypothesis that hypoxia results in increased Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase IV (CaM kinase IV) activity and that inhibition of nitric oxide (NO) synthase by N-nitro-L-arginine (NNLA) prevents the hypoxia- induced increase in neuronal nuclear CaM kinase IV activity in newborn piglets. CaM kinase IV activity was determined in normoxic (Nx), hypoxic (Hx), and NNLA-pretreated Hx piglets. Cerebral hypoxia was confirmed biochemically. There was a significant difference between CaM kinase IV activity (pmoles/mg protein/min) in Nx (285.22+/-86.12), Hx (494.77+/-99.79, P<0.05 vs. Nx), and NNLA-pretreated Hx (249.55+/-53.85)(P=NS vs. Nx, P<0.05 vs. Hx) animals. The results demonstrate that the cerebral tissue hypoxia results in an increase in neuronal nuclear CaM kinase IV activity, and the hypoxia-induced increase in CaM kinase IV activity is NO-mediated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. alan.zubrow@drexel.edu
authors.forename: Alan B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Zubrow
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Delivoria-Papadopoulos
authors.forename: Qazi M
authors.initials: QM
authors.lastname: Ashraf
authors.forename: Karen I
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Fritz
authors.forename: Om P
authors.initials: OP
authors.lastname: Mishra
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D017610:Calcium Compounds / Q000378:metabolism; D054734:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 4; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D002534:Hypoxia, Brain / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D019335:Nitroarginine / Q000494:pharmacology; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D017610:Calcium Compounds; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D019335:Nitroarginine; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D054734:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 4; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases