Activation of NMDA receptors induces protein kinase A-mediated phosphorylation and degradation of matrin 3. Blocking these effects prevents NMDA-induced neuronal death.
Activation of NMDA receptors leads to activation of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA). The main substrates phosphorylated by PKA following NMDA receptor activation remain unidentified. The aim of this work was to identify a major substrate phosphorylated by PKA following NMDA receptor activation in cerebellar neurones in culture, and to assess whether this phosphorylation may be involved in neuronal death induced by excessive NMDA receptor activation. The main PKA substrate following NMDA receptor activation was identified by MALDI-TOFF fingerprinting as the nuclear protein, matrin 3. PKA-mediated phosphorylation of matrin 3 is followed by its degradation. NMDA receptor activation in rat brain in vivo by ammonia injection also induced PKA-mediated matrin 3 phosphorylation and degradation in brain cell nuclei. Blocking NMDA receptors in brain in vivo with MK-801 reduced basal phosphorylation of matrin 3, suggesting that it is modulated by NMDA receptors. Inhibition of PKA with H-89 prevents NMDA-induced phosphorylation and degradation of matrin 3 as well as neuronal death. These results suggest that PKA-mediated phosphorylation of matrin 3 may serve as a rapid way of transferring information from synapses containing NMDA receptors to neuronal nuclei under physiological conditions, and may contribute to neuronal death under pathological conditions.
Giordano
Gennaro
G
Laboratory of Neurobiology, Fundación Valenciana de Investigaciones Biomedicas, Valencia, Spain.
Sánchez-Pérez
Ana María
AM
Montoliu
Carmina
C
Berezney
Ronald
R
Malyavantham
Kishore
K
Costa
Lucio G
LG
Calvete
Juan José
JJ
Felipo
Vicente
V
D000641:Ammonia / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D015153:Blotting, Western / Q000379:methods; D002452:Cell Count / Q000379:methods; D016923:Cell Death / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000166:cytology; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D016291:Dizocilpine Maleate / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004347:Drug Interactions; D015180:Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional / Q000379:methods; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D018690:Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique / Q000379:methods; D047468:Immunoprecipitation / Q000379:methods; D007546:Isoquinolines / Q000494:pharmacology; D016202:N-Methylaspartate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000502:physiology*; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization / Q000379:methods; D013449:Sulfonamides / Q000494:pharmacology; D013997:Time Factors
D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D018690:Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; D007546:Isoquinolines; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; D013449:Sulfonamides; C068873:matrin 3, rat; D016202:N-Methylaspartate; D016291:Dizocilpine Maleate; D000641:Ammonia; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; C063509:N-(2-(4-bromocinnamylamino)ethyl)-5-isoquinolinesulfonamide