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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 277, Issue 10, Pages 8054-8060Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M109645200
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM 53049] Funding Source: Medline
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The activity of cyclin-dependent kinase-5 (Cdk5) is tightly regulated by binding of its neuronal activators p35 and p39. Upon neurotoxic insults, p35 is cleaved to p25 by the Ca2+-dependent protease calpain. p25 is ac. cumulated in ischemic brains and in brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease. p25 deregulates Cdk5 activity by causing prolonged activation and mislocalization of Cdk5. It is unknown whether p39, which is expressed throughout the adult rat brain, is cleaved by calpain, and whether this contributes to deregulation of Cdk5. Here, we show that calpain cleaved p39 in vitro, resulting in generation of a C-terminal p29 fragment. In vivo, p29 was generated in ischemic brain concomitant with increased calpain activity. In fresh brain lysates, generation of p29 was Ca2+-dependent, and calpain inhibitors abolished p29 production. The Ca2+ ionophore ionomycin and the excitotoxin glutamate induced production of p29 in cultures of cortical neurons in a calpain-dependent manner. Like p25, p29 was more stable than p39 and caused redistribution of Cdk5 in cortical neurons. Our data suggest that neurotoxic insults lead to calpain-mediated conversion of p39 to p29, which might contribute to deregulation of Cdk5.
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