期刊
NEUROPHARMACOLOGY
卷 41, 期 6, 页码 771-778出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3908(01)00097-1
关键词
phosphorylation; LTP; LTD; somatosensory; neocortex
资金
- NINDS NIH HHS [NS27759] Funding Source: Medline
The calcium/calmodulin kinase II (CaMKII) autophosphorylation site is thought to be important for plasticity. learning and memory. If autophosphorylation is prevented by a point mutation (T286A) LTP is blocked in the hippocampus and cortex. Conversely, if the point mutation mimics autophosphorylation (T286D) a range of frequencies that normally produce LTP in wild types cause LTD instead. In order to test whether the alpha CaMKII-T286D mutation increases levels of depression in vivo, we examined the effect of the aCaMKII-T286D transgene on plasticity induced in the barrel cortex by whisker deprivation. Surprisingly, the mutation did not affect depression or potentiation. However, in animals reared with the trans-ene turned on from birth, the surround receptive field responses were greater than normal. This effect may be due to the potentiating action of autophosphorylated CaMKII during early development. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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