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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-8-22
pubmed:abstractText
It is well known that tau is a good in vitro substrate for Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaM kinase II). However, it is not clear at present whether CaM kinase II phosphorylates tau in vivo or not. Serine 416, numbered according to the longest human tau isoform, has been reported to be one of the major phosphorylation sites by CaM kinase II in vitro. In this study, we produced a specific antibody against tau phosphorylated at serine 416 (PS416-tau). Immunoblot analysis revealed that the antibody reacted with tau in the rat brain extract which was prepared in the presence of protein phosphatase inhibitors. Developmental study indicated that serine 416 was strongly phosphorylated at early developmental stages in rat brain. We examined the localization of PS416-tau in primary cultured hippocampal neurons and the immortalized GnRH neurons (GT1-7 cells), which were stably transfected with CaM kinase IIalpha cDNA. Immunostaining of these cells indicated that tau was phosphorylated mainly in neuronal soma. Interestingly, tau in neuronal soma in Alzheimer's disease (AD) brain was strongly immunostained by the antibody. These results suggest that CaM kinase II is involved in the accumulation of tau in neuronal soma in AD brain.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0022-3042
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
94
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1438-47
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-5-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16000144-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:16000144-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:16000144-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:16000144-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16000144-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:16000144-Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2, pubmed-meshheading:16000144-Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:16000144-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:16000144-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:16000144-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:16000144-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16000144-Immunoblotting, pubmed-meshheading:16000144-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16000144-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:16000144-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:16000144-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:16000144-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:16000144-Serine, pubmed-meshheading:16000144-Substrate Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:16000144-Tissue Distribution, pubmed-meshheading:16000144-Tissue Extracts, pubmed-meshheading:16000144-tau Proteins
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Phosphorylation of tau at serine 416 by Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II in neuronal soma in brain.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan. hideyuki@gpo.kumamoto-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't