title: Tyrosine phosphorylation of rabphilin during long-lasting long-term potentiation.
abstract: Long-term potentiation (LTP) is a persistent increase in the strength of synaptic transmission triggered by neuronal activity. Here, we submitted hippocampal slices to a perfusion of forskolin and IBMX, which induces a long-lasting LTP (>4 h) (L-LTP). We separated the proteins of the CA1 region by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE). We then immunoblotted them using an anti-p-Tyr antibody. We found a protein whose tyrosine phosphorylation was unchanged 10 min after LTP induction but was dramatically increased after 1h, dropping back to its baseline after 4 h. This protein was identified as rabphilin using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionisation-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). We also demonstrated that genistein, an inhibitor of tyrosine phosphorylation, prevented the development of the late phase of electrically-induced L-LTP. Our results suggest that rabphilin, a protein present in presynaptic terminals, could play a role in the late phase of L-LTP.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Neurosciences, University of Mons-Hainaut, 7000 Mons, Belgium.
authors.forename: Brigitte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Capron
authors.forename: Ruddy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wattiez
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sindic
authors.forename: Emile
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Godaux
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ris
mesh_terms: D015056:1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D019833:Genistein / Q000494:pharmacology; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D017774:Long-Term Potentiation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D009924:Organ Culture Techniques; D010726:Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D010766:Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects; D017729:Presynaptic Terminals / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D010726:Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors; C519993:rabphilin protein, mouse; D005576:Colforsin; D014443:Tyrosine; D019833:Genistein; D015056:1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine