Ganglioside/protein kinase signals triggering cytoskeletal actin reorganization |
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Authors: | Hideyoshi Higashi Nai Hong Chen |
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Affiliation: | (1) Mitsubishi Kagaku Institute of Life Sciences, 11-Go Minamioya, Machida, Tokyo 194-8511, Japan;(2) Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, China |
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Abstract: | Exposure of neuronal cells to nanomolar concentrations of oligosaccharide portions of ganglioside GM2 and GT1b stimulates cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII), respectively, in a few seconds suggesting the presence of glyco-receptor-like molecules on the surface of the cells. Both GM2/PKA (GalNAc/PKA) and GT1b/CaMKII signaling cascades induced cytoskeletal actin reorganization through Cdc42 activation leading to filopodia formation within 2 min. Long-term effects of these glyco-signals were facilitation of dendritic differentiation of primary cultured hippocampal neurons and cerebellar Purkinje neurons indicating physiological roles of the signals in neuronal differentiation and maturation. Published in 2004. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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Keywords: | ganglioside CaMKII A-kinase N-acetylgalactosamine dendritogenesis |
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