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Treatment with dibutyryl cAMP increased the proportion of cultured rat brain neurons showing a caffeine-induced calcium transient from 24.1% to 35.5%, indicating regulation by cAMP-dependent phosphorylation.
The study demonstrates that the calcium channel activity of the brain ryanodine receptor is regulated by cAMP-dependent phosphorylation.
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May inform neuronal calcium models; extends RyR phosphorylation mechanisms but leaves open cardiac or in vivo relevance.
Phosphorylation of the rat brain ryanodine receptor was studied using a monoclonal antibody, Ry-1, against the cardiac ryanodine receptor. A large polypeptide with the same SDS-PAGE mobility as that of the canine cardiac receptor was detected in rat brain membranes by immunoblotting. The brain ryanodine receptor was solubilized from the microsomal membranes with 3-[(3-cholamidopropyl)dimethylammonio]-1-propanesulfonic acid (CHAPS), and more than 85% of the solubilized receptor was immunoprecipitated by Ry-1. Immunoprecipitated receptors were phosphorylated by cAMP-dependent protein kinase. The ryanodine receptor was also expressed in cultured fetal rat brain neurons and was phosphorylated by treating the cells with dibutyryl cAMP. The number of cells showing a caffeine-induced Ca2+ transient was increased significantly in the phosphorylating condition. These results suggest that the Ca channel activity of the brain ryanodine receptor is regulated by cAMP-dependent phosphorylation.
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Yoshida et al. (1992) studied this question. dibutyryl cAMP vs. Untreated control was evaluated on Proportion of cells showing a caffeine-induced Ca2+ transient. Treatment with dibutyryl cAMP increased the proportion of cultured rat brain neurons showing a caffeine-induced calcium transient from 24.1% to 35.5%, indicating regulation by cAMP-dependent phosphorylation.
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