title: Going out of the brain: non-nervous system physiological and pathological functions of Cdk5.
abstract: Cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (Cdk5) is a proline-directed serine/threonine kinase that is mostly active in the nervous system, where it regulates several processes such as neuronal migration, actin and microtubule dynamics, axonal guidance, and synaptic plasticity, among other processes. In addition to these known functions, in the past few years, novel roles for Cdk5 outside of the nervous system have been proposed. These include roles in gene transcription, vesicular transport, apoptosis, cell adhesion, and migration in many cell types and tissues such as pancreatic cells, muscle cells, neutrophils, and others. In this review, we will summarize the recently studied non-neuronal functions of Cdk5, with a thorough analysis of the biological consequences of these novel roles.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology and Institute for Cell Dynamics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile. erickcontreras@gmail.com
authors.forename: Erick
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Contreras-Vallejos
authors.forename: Elias
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Utreras
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gonzalez-Billault
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D002465:Cell Movement; D016922:Cellular Senescence; D051360:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 5 / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000378:metabolism; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006801:Humans; D024510:Muscle Development; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism; D018919:Neovascularization, Physiologic; D010766:Phosphorylation; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D022161:Transport Vesicles / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D020033:Protein Isoforms; D051360:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 5