The Microtubule Destabilizer Stathmin Mediates the Development of Dendritic Arbors in Neuronal Cells.
From: Mitsubishi Kagaku Institute of Life Sciences (MITILS), 11 Minamiooya, Machida, Tokyo 194-8511, Japan.
Journal of cell science
- Publish Date: Apr 2007
- ISSN: 0021-9533
- Volume: 120
- Issue: Pt 8
- Pages: 1447-56
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Ohkawa Noriaki, Fujitani Kazuko, Tokunaga Eri, et al. The Microtubule Destabilizer Stathmin Mediates the Development of Dendritic Arbors in Neuronal Cells.. J. Cell. Sci. Apr 2007;120:1447-56
Abstract
The regulation of microtubule dynamics is important for the appropriate arborization of neuronal dendrites during development, which in turn is critical for the formation of functional neural networks. Here we show that stathmin, a microtubule destabilizing factor, is downregulated at both the expression and activity levels during cerebellar development, and this down-regulation contributes to dendritic arborization. Stathmin overexpression drastically limited the dendritic growth of cultured Purkinje cells. The stathmin activity was suppressed by neural activity and CaMKII-dependent phosphorylation at Ser16, which led to dendritic arborization. Stathmin phosphorylation at Ser16 was mediated by the activation of voltage-gated calcium channels and metabotropic glutamate receptor 1. Although overexpression of SCG10, a member of the stathmin family, also limited the dendritic arborization, SCG10 did not mediate the CaMKII regulation of dendritic development. These results suggest that calcium elevation activates CaMKII, which in turn phosphorylates stathmin at Ser16 to stabilize dendritic microtubules. siRNA knockdown of endogenous stathmin significantly reduced dendritic growth in Purkinje cells. Thus, these data suggest that proper regulation of stathmin activity is a key factor for controlling the dendritic microtubule dynamics that are important for neuronal development.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Base Sequence, Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2, Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases, Cells, Cultured, DNA Primers, Dendritic Cells, Immunohistochemistry, Neurons, Phosphorylation, RNA, Small Interfering, Signal Transduction, Stathmin
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