Publication Date:
1991-10-04
Description:
Voltage-gated sodium channels, which are responsible for the generation of action potentials in the brain, are phosphorylated by protein kinase C (PKC) in purified form. Activation of PKC decreases peak sodium current up to 80 percent and slows its inactivation for sodium channels in rat brain neurons and for rat brain type IIA sodium channel alpha subunits heterologously expressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells. These effects are specific for PKC because they can be blocked by specific peptide inhibitors of PKC and can be reproduced by direct application of PKC to the cytoplasmic surface of sodium channels in excised inside-out membrane patches. Modulation of brain sodium channels by PKC is likely to have important effects on signal transduction and synaptic transmission in the central nervous system.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Numann, R -- Catterall, W A -- Scheuer, T -- NS15751/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- NS25704/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Oct 4;254(5028):115-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1656525" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Brain/physiology
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CHO Cells
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Cloning, Molecular
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Cricetinae
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Diglycerides/pharmacology
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In Vitro Techniques
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Neurons/physiology
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Phosphoproteins/physiology
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Phosphorylation
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Protein Kinase C/*physiology
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Protein Kinases/physiology
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Rats
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Sodium/*physiology
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Sodium Channels/*physiology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
