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A novel mechanism for Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II targeting to
L-type Ca(2+) channels that initiates long-range signaling to the nucleus.
Authors Wang X, Marks CR, Perfitt TL, Nakagawa T, Lee A, Jacobson DA, Colbran RJ
Submitted By Submitted Externally on 11/9/2017
Status Published
Journal The Journal of biological chemistry
Year 2017
Date Published 10/1/2017
Volume : Pages 292 : 17324 - 17336
PubMed Reference 28916724
Abstract Neuronal excitation can induce new mRNA transcription, a phenomenon called
excitation-transcription (E-T) coupling. Among several pathways implicated in
E-T coupling, activation of voltage-gated L-type Ca(2+) channels (LTCCs) in the
plasma membrane can initiate a signaling pathway that ultimately increases
nuclear CREB phosphorylation and, in most cases, expression of immediate early
genes. Initiation of this long-range pathway has been shown to require
recruitment of Ca(2+)-sensitive enzymes to a nanodomain in the immediate
vicinity of the LTCC by an unknown mechanism. Here, we show that activated
Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) strongly interacts with a
novel binding motif in the N-terminal domain of CaV1 LTCC a1 subunits that is
not conserved in CaV2 or CaV3 voltage-gated Ca(2+) channel subunits. Mutations
in the CaV1.3 a1 subunit N-terminal domain or in the CaMKII catalytic domain
that largely prevent the in vitro interaction also disrupt CaMKII association
with intact LTCC complexes isolated by immunoprecipitation. Furthermore, these
same mutations interfere with E-T coupling in cultured hippocampal neurons.
Taken together, our findings define a novel molecular interaction with the
neuronal LTCC that is required for the initiation of a long-range signal to the
nucleus that is critical for learning and memory.




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