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IRBIT regulates CaMKII? activity and contributes to catecholamine homeostasis through tyrosine hydroxylase phosphorylation.

ABSTRACT: Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (IP3R) binding protein released with IP3 (IRBIT) contributes to various physiological events (electrolyte transport and fluid secretion, mRNA polyadenylation, and the maintenance of genomic integrity) through its interaction with multiple targets. However, little is known about the physiological role of IRBIT in the brain. Here we identified calcium calmodulin-dependent kinase II alpha (CaMKII?) as an IRBIT-interacting molecule in the central nervous system. IRBIT binds to and suppresses CaMKII? kinase activity by inhibiting the binding of calmodulin to CaMKII?. In addition, we show that mice lacking IRBIT present with elevated catecholamine levels, increased locomotor activity, and social abnormalities. The level of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) phosphorylation by CaMKII?, which affects TH activity, was significantly increased in the ventral tegmental area of IRBIT-deficient mice. We concluded that IRBIT suppresses CaMKII? activity and contributes to catecholamine homeostasis through TH phosphorylation.

SUBMITTER: Kawaai K

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4418850 | biostudies-other | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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IRBIT regulates CaMKIIα activity and contributes to catecholamine homeostasis through tyrosine hydroxylase phosphorylation.

Kawaai Katsuhiro K Mizutani Akihiro A Shoji Hirotaka H Ogawa Naoko N Ebisui Etsuko E Kuroda Yukiko Y Wakana Shigeharu S Miyakawa Tsuyoshi T Hisatsune Chihiro C Mikoshiba Katsuhiko K

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20150414 17

Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (IP3R) binding protein released with IP3 (IRBIT) contributes to various physiological events (electrolyte transport and fluid secretion, mRNA polyadenylation, and the maintenance of genomic integrity) through its interaction with multiple targets. However, little is known about the physiological role of IRBIT in the brain. Here we identified calcium calmodulin-dependent kinase II alpha (CaMKIIα) as an IRBIT-interacting molecule in the central nervous system. ...[more]

PMID: 25922519

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IRBIT regulates CaMKII? activity and contributes to catecholamine homeostasis through tyrosine hydroxylase phosphorylation.

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IRBIT regulates CaMKIIα activity and contributes to catecholamine homeostasis through tyrosine hydroxylase phosphorylation.

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