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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-8-26
pubmed:abstractText
Regulation of the microM-calcium-requiring form of calpain (mu calpain) was studied in SH-SY-5Y human neuroblastoma cells. Immunoblot analysis demonstrated that the vast majority of mu calpain is localized within cytosolic pools. Calpain activation was monitored as a function of autolysis within intact cells following calcium influx from the culture medium by calcium ionophores A23187 or ionomycin, or following release of calcium from intracellular stores by thapsigargin. Within intact neuronal cells, following an influx of calcium into the cytosolic from either extracellular or intracellular sources, mu calpain is preferentially activated at the plasma membrane as evidenced by autolytic generation of faster-migrating isoforms. By contrast, similar autolytic profiles for mu calpain in membrane or cytosolic fractions following addition of calcium were observed under cell-free conditions and within cells following death due to extended ionophore-mediated calcium influx. These differential activation profiles for cytosolic mu calpain within living cells and following cellular fractionation/cell death indicate the presence of a regulatory system within neuronal cells. As in previous studies in other systems, we demonstrate the presence of a calpain activator protein. Cycloheximide treatment depleted the autolytic capacity of membrane-associated mu calpain within 4-6 hr without a corresponding decline in total mu calpain protein levels, indicating that the activator protein undergoes rapid turnover in comparison to calpain; pulse-chase radiolabeling confirmed the half-life of mu calpain to exceed 24 hr. Our data suggest that this labile protein represents a major rate-limiting step for in situ calpain activation within neuronal cells, and that, given the tremendous latent mu calpain activity within the cytosol, the interplay of the activator protein and the endogenous inhibitor calpastatin are crucial for maintaining neuronal homeostasis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Calcimycin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Calcium, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Calpain, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cycloheximide, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Enzyme Inhibitors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Enzyme Precursors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ionomycin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ionophores, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Isoenzymes, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Neoplasm Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nerve Tissue Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein Synthesis Inhibitors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Thapsigargin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/mu-calpain proenzyme
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0360-4012
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
48
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
543-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9210524-Calcimycin, pubmed-meshheading:9210524-Calcium, pubmed-meshheading:9210524-Calpain, pubmed-meshheading:9210524-Cell Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:9210524-Cycloheximide, pubmed-meshheading:9210524-Cytosol, pubmed-meshheading:9210524-Enzyme Activation, pubmed-meshheading:9210524-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:9210524-Enzyme Precursors, pubmed-meshheading:9210524-Half-Life, pubmed-meshheading:9210524-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9210524-Ionomycin, pubmed-meshheading:9210524-Ionophores, pubmed-meshheading:9210524-Isoenzymes, pubmed-meshheading:9210524-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9210524-Neoplasm Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9210524-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9210524-Neuroblastoma, pubmed-meshheading:9210524-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:9210524-Protein Synthesis Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:9210524-Thapsigargin, pubmed-meshheading:9210524-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Restriction of microM-calcium-requiring calpain activation to the plasma membrane in human neuroblastoma cells: evidence for regionalized influence of a calpain activator protein.
pubmed:affiliation
Center for Cellular Neurobiology and Neurodegeneration Research, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Massachusetts at Lowell, 01854, USA. SheaTH@Woods.uml.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article