title: Calcium calmodulin dependent phosphorylation of proteins: fetal cortical neurons and adult cortex.
abstract: In the present investigation, changes in the calcium calmodulin-dependent phosphorylation of proteins have been examined in murine fetal cortical neurons and adult cortex. An approximately 80-kD protein in the fetal neurons was not phosphorylated/dephosphorylated in a calmodulin-dependent manner. However, this protein was phosphorylated by PMA both in the presence and absence of calcium. These data suggest that calmodulin inhibits the phosphorylation of a approximately 80-kD protein by inhibiting PKC in murine fetal cortical neurons but not in the adult cortex. More importantly, we demonstrate that the calmodulin-mediated inhibition of phosphorylation was restored by preincubating the cortical neurons with KN-62, a CaM kinase inhibitor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology. University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas 78229-3900, USA.
authors.forename: Haviryaji S G
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Kalluri
authors.forename: Maharaj K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Ticku
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002147:Calmodulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000166:cytology / Q000196:embryology / Q000378:metabolism*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005260:Female; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011247:Pregnancy
chemical_list: D002147:Calmodulin; D002118:Calcium