2011
Striatal-Enriched Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Expression and Activity in Huntington's Disease: A STEP in the Resistance to Excitotoxicity
Saavedra A, Giralt A, Rué L, Xifró X, Xu J, Ortega Z, Lucas JJ, Lombroso PJ, Alberch J, Pérez-Navarro E. Striatal-Enriched Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Expression and Activity in Huntington's Disease: A STEP in the Resistance to Excitotoxicity. Journal Of Neuroscience 2011, 31: 8150-8162. PMID: 21632937, PMCID: PMC3472648, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3446-10.2011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBrainCalcineurinCell DeathDisease Models, AnimalGene Expression RegulationGene Products, tatHuntingtin ProteinHuntington DiseaseMiceMice, Neurologic MutantsMice, TransgenicMicroinjectionsNerve Tissue ProteinsNuclear ProteinsPhosphorylationProtein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Non-ReceptorQuinolinic AcidSignal TransductionConceptsStriatal-enriched protein tyrosine phosphataseCell deathSTEP expressionPhosphorylation levelsProtein Tyrosine Phosphatase ExpressionProtein tyrosine phosphataseSTEP phosphorylationTyrosine phosphataseProtein kinasePhosphorylated ERK2Phosphatase expressionHuntington's diseaseSTEP proteinMutant huntingtinCalcineurin activityPhosphorylationExon 1STEP protein levelsDisease mouse modelProtein levelsMouse modelMouse striatumTAT-STEPHuntington's disease mouse modelExpression
1999
Hypoxia‐Ischemia in Perinatal Rat Brain Induces the Formation of a Low Molecular Weight Isoform of Striatal Enriched Tyrosine Phosphatase (STEP)
Gurd J, Bissoon N, Nguyen T, Lombroso P, Rider C, Beesley P, Vannucci S. Hypoxia‐Ischemia in Perinatal Rat Brain Induces the Formation of a Low Molecular Weight Isoform of Striatal Enriched Tyrosine Phosphatase (STEP). Journal Of Neurochemistry 1999, 73: 1990-1994. PMID: 10537057, DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1999.01990.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHypoxia-ischemiaP21 ratsRat brainIschemia-induced elevationP21 rat brainUnilateral hypoxia-ischemiaCerebral hypoxia-ischemiaPerinatal rat brainResult of ischemiaCalcium-dependent proteolysisLow molecular weight isoformsInterval of recoveryP7 ratsContralateral sideMolecular weight isoformsNT2/D1 cellsCalcium ionophoreLow Mr isoformPostsynaptic densityRatsBrainCalpain IWeight isoformsIschemiaPhosphorylation levelsCalcium‐Dependent Cleavage of Striatal Enriched Tyrosine Phosphatase (STEP)
Nguyen T, Paul S, Xu Y, Gurd J, Lombroso P. Calcium‐Dependent Cleavage of Striatal Enriched Tyrosine Phosphatase (STEP). Journal Of Neurochemistry 1999, 73: 1995-2001. PMID: 10537058, DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1999.01995.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostsynaptic densityTransient hypoxia-ischemiaPrimary neuronal culturesNeuronal precursor cellsCalcium-dependent cleavageHypoxia-ischemiaStriatal neuronsNeuronal insultsRat striatumNeuronal culturesCalcium ionophoreCalpain inhibitorsSTEP61Precursor cellsLow molecular weight formMolecular weight formsPhosphorylation levelsSmaller isoformSignificant increaseTyrosine phosphorylation levelsRapid appearanceCalpain treatmentRapid influxWeight formsCells