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P600 stabilizes microtubules to prevent the aggregation of CaMKII? during photoconductive stimulation.

ABSTRACT: The large microtubule-associated/Ca(2+)-signalling protein p600 (also known as UBR4) is required for hippocampal neuronal survival upon Ca(2+) dyshomeostasis induced by glutamate treatment. During this process, p600 prevents aggregation of the Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent kinase II? (CaMKII?), a proxy of neuronal death, via direct binding to calmodulin in a microtubuleindependent manner. Using photoconductive stimulation coupled with live imaging of single neurons, we identified a distinct mechanism of prevention of CaMKII? aggregation by p600. Upon direct depolarization, CaMKII? translocates to microtubules. In the absence of p600, this translocation is interrupted in favour of a sustained self-aggregation that is prevented by the microtubule-stabilizing drug paclitaxel. Thus, during photoconductive stimulation, p600 prevents the aggregation of CaMKII? by stabilizing microtubules. The effectiveness of this stabilization for preventing CaMKII? aggregation during direct depolarization but not during glutamate treatment suggests a model wherein p600 has two modes of action depending on the source of cytosolic Ca(2+).

SUBMITTER: Belzil C

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6275876 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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p600 stabilizes microtubules to prevent the aggregation of CaMKIIα during photoconductive stimulation.

Belzil Camille C Ramos Tim T Sanada Kamon K Colicos Michael A MA Nguyen Minh Dang MD

Cellular & molecular biology letters 20140718 3

The large microtubule-associated/Ca(2+)-signalling protein p600 (also known as UBR4) is required for hippocampal neuronal survival upon Ca(2+) dyshomeostasis induced by glutamate treatment. During this process, p600 prevents aggregation of the Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent kinase IIα (CaMKIIα), a proxy of neuronal death, via direct binding to calmodulin in a microtubuleindependent manner. Using photoconductive stimulation coupled with live imaging of single neurons, we identified a distinct mechan ...[more]

PMID: 25034033

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P600 stabilizes microtubules to prevent the aggregation of CaMKII? during photoconductive stimulation.

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p600 stabilizes microtubules to prevent the aggregation of CaMKIIα during photoconductive stimulation.

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