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JCS ePress
online publication date 3 Feb 2004
doi: 10.1242/jcs.00785
Research Article
Cdk5 regulates axonal transport and phosphorylation of neurofilaments in cultured neurons
Thomas B. Shea*,
Jason T. Yabe,
Daniela Ortiz,
Aurea Pimenta,
Patti Loomis,
Robert D. Goldman,
Niranjana Amin,
and
Harish C. Pant
* Author for correspondence (e-mail: thomas shea{at}uml.edu)
Phosphorylation has long been considered to regulate neurofilament (NF) interaction and axonal transport, and, in turn, to influence axonal stability and their maturation to large-caliber axons. Cdk5, a serine/threonine kinase homologous to the mitotic cyclin-dependent kinases, phosphorylates NF subunits in intact cells. In this study, we used two different haptenized NF subunits and manipulated cdk5 activity by microinjection, transfection and pharmacological inhibition to monitor the effect of Cdk5-p35 on NF dynamics and transport. We demonstrate that overexpression of cdk5 increases NF phosphorylation and inhibits NF axonal transport, whereas inhibition both reduces NF phosphorylation and enhances NF axonal transport in cultured chicken dorsal-root-ganglion neurons. Large phosphorylated-NF 'bundles' were prominent in perikarya following cdk5 overexpression. These findings suggest that Cdk5-p35 activity regulates normal NF distribution and that overexpression of Cdk5-p35 induces perikaryal accumulation of phosphorylated-NFs similar to those observed under pathological conditions.
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