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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-8-3
pubmed:abstractText
Cytosolic tyrosine kinases play a critical role both in neural development and in adult brain function and plasticity. Here we isolated a cDNA with high homology to human Ack1 and mouse Tnk2. This cDNA directs the expression of a 125-kD protein that can be autophosphorylated in tyrosines. Initially, this clone was named Pyk1 for proline-rich tyrosine kinase (Lev et al., 1995); however, since it corresponds to the mouse homolog of Ack1, here we called it Ack1/Pyk1. In this study we show that Ack1/Pyk1 mRNA and protein is highly expressed in the developing and adult brain. The highest levels of Ack1/Pyk1 expression were detected in the hippocampus, neocortex, and cerebellum. Electron microscopy studies showed that Ack1/Pyk1 protein is expressed in these regions both at dendritic spines and presynaptic axon terminals, indicating a role in synaptic function. Furthermore, we demonstrate that Ack1/Pyk1 mRNA levels are strongly upregulated by increased neural activity, produced by intraperitoneal kainate injections. During development, Ack1/Pyk1 was also expressed in the proliferative ventricular zones and in postmitotic maturing neurons. In neuronal cultures, Ack1/Pyk1 was detected in developing dendrites and axons, including dendritic tips and growth cones. Moreover, Ack1/Pyk1 colocalized with Cdc42 GTPase in neuronal cultures and coimmunoprecipitated with Cdc42 in HEK 293T cells. Altogether, our findings indicate that Ack1/Pyk1 tyrosine kinase may be involved both in adult synaptic function and plasticity and in brain development.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Kainic Acid, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Microtubule-Associated Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Mtap2 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Phosphoamino Acids, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Messenger, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/TNK2 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tnk2 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tubulin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/beta3 tubulin, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/cdc42 GTP-Binding Protein
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0021-9967
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
(c) 2005 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
19
pubmed:volume
490
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
119-32
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-7-1
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16052498-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16052498-Animals, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:16052498-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:16052498-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:16052498-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:16052498-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:16052498-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:16052498-Embryo, Mammalian, pubmed-meshheading:16052498-Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists, pubmed-meshheading:16052498-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:16052498-Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein, pubmed-meshheading:16052498-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16052498-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:16052498-Immunoprecipitation, pubmed-meshheading:16052498-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:16052498-Kainic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:16052498-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16052498-Microscopy, Immunoelectron, pubmed-meshheading:16052498-Microtubule-Associated Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16052498-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:16052498-Phosphoamino Acids, pubmed-meshheading:16052498-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:16052498-Presynaptic Terminals, pubmed-meshheading:16052498-Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:16052498-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:16052498-Synapses, pubmed-meshheading:16052498-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:16052498-Tubulin, pubmed-meshheading:16052498-cdc42 GTP-Binding Protein
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Expression, synaptic localization, and developmental regulation of Ack1/Pyk1, a cytoplasmic tyrosine kinase highly expressed in the developing and adult brain.
pubmed:affiliation
Developmental Neurobiology and Regeneration Lab, Institute of Biomedical Research of Barcelona-Parc Científic de Barcelona, University of Barcelona, Josep Samitier 1-5, E08028 Barcelona, Spain. jurena@pcb.ub.es
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't