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BRAIN RESEARCH
Volume 890, Issue 2, Pages 222-232Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)03163-2
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CREB; striatum; L-type Ca2+ channel; potassium chloride depolarization; NMDA receptor; c-fos
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- NIDA NIH HHS [DA07134, R01 DA007134-14] Funding Source: Medline
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Potassium chloride (KCl)-depolarization has been used to study the properties of L-type Ca2+ channel-mediated signal transduction in hippocampal neurons. Calcium influx through L-type Ca2+ channels stimulates a second messenger pathway that transactivates genes under the regulatory control of the Ca2+- and cyclic AMP-responsive element (CRE). Here, we show that in striatal neurons, but not in hippocampal neurons, CRE binding protein (CREB) phosphorylation and CRE-mediated gene expression after KCl-depolarization depends on functional NMDA receptors. This difference in NMDA receptor dependence is not due to different properties of L-type Ca2+ channels in either neuronal type, but rather to different neuron-intrinsic properties. Despite this variation, the second messenger pathway activated by KCI requires Ca2+/calmodulin (CaM) kinase for CREB phosphorylation in both neuronal types. We conclude that depolarization by KCl works differently in striatal and hippocampal neurons. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science BN. All rights reserved.
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