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Protein Kinase C-γ and Calcium/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase II-α Are Persistently Translocated to Cell Membranes of the Rat Brain during and after Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion

Matsumoto, Shohei ; Shamloo, Mehrdad ; Matsumoto, Eriko ; Isshiki, Atsushi and Wieloch, Tadeusz LU (2004) In Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism 24(1). p.54-61
Abstract

The levels of protein kinase C-γ (PKC-γ) and the calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinase II-α (CaMKII-α) were measured in crude synaptosomal (P2), particulate (P3), and cytosolic (S3) fractions of the neocortex of rats exposed to 1-hour and 2-hour middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) and 2-hour MCAO followed by 2-hour reperfusion. During MCAO, PKC levels increased in P2 and P3 in the most severe ischemic areas concomitantly with a decrease in S3. In the penumbra, PKCγ decreased in S3 without any significant increases in P2 and P3. Total PKC-γ also decreased in the penumbra but not in the ischemic core, suggesting that the protein is degraded by an energy-dependent mechanism, possibly by the 26S proteasome. The CaMKII-α levels increased... (More)

The levels of protein kinase C-γ (PKC-γ) and the calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinase II-α (CaMKII-α) were measured in crude synaptosomal (P2), particulate (P3), and cytosolic (S3) fractions of the neocortex of rats exposed to 1-hour and 2-hour middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) and 2-hour MCAO followed by 2-hour reperfusion. During MCAO, PKC levels increased in P2 and P3 in the most severe ischemic areas concomitantly with a decrease in S3. In the penumbra, PKCγ decreased in S3 without any significant increases in P2 and P3. Total PKC-γ also decreased in the penumbra but not in the ischemic core, suggesting that the protein is degraded by an energy-dependent mechanism, possibly by the 26S proteasome. The CaMKII-α levels increased in P2 but not P3 during ischemia and reperfusion in all ischemic regions, particularly in the ischemic core. Concomitantly, the levels in S3 decreased by 20% to 40% in the penumbra and by approximately 80% in the ischemic core. There were no changes in the total levels of CaMKII-α during MCAO. The authors conclude that during and after ischemia, PKC and CaMKII-α are translocated to the cell membranes, particularly synaptic membranes, where they may modulate cellular function, such as neurotransmission, and also affect cell survival. Drugs preventing PKC and/or CaMKII-α translocation may prove beneficial against ischemic cell death.

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CaMKII, Cell death, Protein kinase C, Signal transduction, Stroke
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  author       = {{Matsumoto, Shohei and Shamloo, Mehrdad and Matsumoto, Eriko and Isshiki, Atsushi and Wieloch, Tadeusz}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
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  publisher    = {{Nature Publishing Group}},
  series       = {{Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism}},
  title        = {{Protein Kinase C-γ and Calcium/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase II-α Are Persistently Translocated to Cell Membranes of the Rat Brain during and after Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion}},
  volume       = {{24}},
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