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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-8-23
pubmed:abstractText
Products of the Doublecortin Like Kinase (DCLK) gene are implicated in cortical migration and hippocampal maturation during embryogenesis. However, one of its splice variants, called CaMK Related Peptide (CARP), is expressed during adulthood in response to neurological stimuli, such as kainic acid-induced seizures and BDNF-LTP. The function of this transcript of the DCLK gene is poorly understood. To elucidate its function during adulthood we have created transgenic mice with over-expression of CARP in the brain. To study potential functions of CARP in the hippocampus we performed an electrophysiological characterization of the CA3/CA1 network of transgenic and wild-type mice and showed that field excitatory post synaptic potentials (fEPSPs) are highly increased in transgenic mice, while population spike amplitudes (PSAs) remained equal between genotypes. Consequently, hippocampal CA3/CA1 network excitability was decreased in transgenic mice. In addition we show a 2-fold up-regulation of the Ca(2+)-binding protein calretinin and a down-regulation of Rapgef4, a guanine exchange factor for Rap1, in the hippocampus. Given previously established conditions during which CARP is induced and our current data, we propose that this DCLK gene product affects glutamatergic neuronal transmission in response to neurological stimuli.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1872-6240
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
17
pubmed:volume
1352
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
21-34
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20659433-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:20659433-Animals, Genetically Modified, pubmed-meshheading:20659433-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:20659433-Calcium-Binding Protein, Vitamin D-Dependent, pubmed-meshheading:20659433-Electric Stimulation, pubmed-meshheading:20659433-Epilepsy, pubmed-meshheading:20659433-Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:20659433-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:20659433-Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, pubmed-meshheading:20659433-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:20659433-Kainic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:20659433-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:20659433-Muscle Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:20659433-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:20659433-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:20659433-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:20659433-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:20659433-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:20659433-Repressor Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:20659433-Synaptic Transmission, pubmed-meshheading:20659433-Transcription, Genetic
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Over-expression of the DCLK gene transcript CARP decreases CA3/CA1 network excitability.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Medical Pharmacology, Leiden/Amsterdam Centre for Drug Research/Leiden University Medical Centre, Einsteinweg 55, Leiden, The Netherlands. g.j.schenk@LACDR.leidenuniv.nl
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article