1998
Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent kinase II mediates simultaneous enhancement of gap-junctional conductance and glutamatergic transmission
Pereda A, Bell T, Chang B, Czernik A, Nairn A, Soderling T, Faber D. Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent kinase II mediates simultaneous enhancement of gap-junctional conductance and glutamatergic transmission. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1998, 95: 13272-13277. PMID: 9789078, PMCID: PMC23780, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.22.13272.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBenzylaminesCalciumCalcium ChlorideCalcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein KinasesCell CommunicationDendritesEgtazic AcidElectric ConductivityElectric StimulationEnzyme ActivationEnzyme InhibitorsEvoked PotentialsExcitatory Postsynaptic PotentialsGap JunctionsGlutamic AcidGoldfishMembrane PotentialsNeuronsSpinal CordSulfonamidesSynapsesSynaptic TransmissionVestibulocochlear NerveConceptsGlutamatergic synapsesGap junctional conductanceCaM-KIIGap junctionsLong-term potentiationGoldfish Mauthner cellIntradendritic Ca2Intradendritic injectionPostsynaptic increaseExcitatory transmissionGlutamatergic transmissionAuditory afferentsSynaptic responsesSynaptic activityDependent kinase inhibitorDependent kinase IIIntracellular Ca2Interneuronal communicationSpecific peptide inhibitorChemical synapsesKinase inhibitorsMauthner cellKN-93Mammalian glutamatergic synapsesSynapses
1996
Amyloid β Peptide Formation in Cell-free Preparations REGULATION BY PROTEIN KINASE C, CALMODULIN, AND CALCINEURIN*
Desdouits F, Buxbaum J, Desdouits-Magnen J, Nairn A, Greengard P. Amyloid β Peptide Formation in Cell-free Preparations REGULATION BY PROTEIN KINASE C, CALMODULIN, AND CALCINEURIN*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 1996, 271: 24670-24674. PMID: 8798734, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.40.24670.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProtein kinase CAction of PKCCell-free systemIntact cellsKinase CProtein phosphatase calcineurinCell-permeant inhibitorStimulation of PKCSpecific peptide inhibitorPhosphatase calcineurinMolecular mechanismsCalcineurinPeptide inhibitorRegulationShort peptidesCalmodulinCellsBeta peptideInhibitorsPeptide formationPeptidesMajor constituentsPronounced inhibitionCyclosporin ASingle substrate