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Protein kinase C activity modulates myelin gene expression in enriched oligodendrocytes.

Abstract：

:Protein kinase C (PKC) and its potential role in myelin gene expression were investigated in primary cultured rat oligodendrocytes. The major myelin genes were expressed in a developmentally coordinated manner in cultured oligodendrocytes. PKC activity in these cells was similarly regulated with differential expression of PKC isozyme mRNAs. PKC-gamma mRNA was expressed transiently and was most abundant in 9-day cells in vitro. PKC-alpha and PKC-beta mRNAs were present at low levels throughout development in these cells, and their expression increased in 18-25 day cells. Immunocytochemical colocalization of PKC with oligodendrocyte-specific markers--O4, galactosyl cerebroside, MBP, and PLP--in enriched oligodendrocyte cultures suggested that the PKC enzyme activities assayed in these cultures were predominantly contributed by oligodendrocytes. PKC inhibition resulting from long-term exposure to 4 beta-phorbol-12,13-dibutyrate (4 beta-PDB) reduced steady-state levels of MBP, PLP, MAG, CNP, and PKC-alpha mRNAs, as detected by slot blots or in situ hybridization, and downregulated the oligodendrocyte-specific markers O4, galactosyl cerebroside, and the major constituent proteins MBP and PLP, as detected by immunocytochemistry. PKC-mediated downmodulation of myelin gene expression was most profound in normally differentiating oligodendrocytes at or before the onset of myelin protein synthesis. Six-day oligodendrocytes were most susceptible to such modulation. To elucidate the mechanism of reduction in various myelin gene messages upon modulation of PKC, we analyzed mRNA levels in oligodendrocytes, which were pretreated with either the transcriptional inhibitor actinomycin D or the protein synthesis blocker cycloheximide before exposure to 4 beta-PDB. Our results demonstrate that the PKC inhibition-mediated loss in myelin mRNA levels did not require the transcription of any genes, but appeared to be at least partially dependent on continuous protein synthesis.

journal_name

J Neurosci Res

journal_title

Journal of neuroscience research

authors

Asotra K,Macklin WB

doi

10.1002/jnr.490340509

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Has Abstract

pub_date

1993-04-01 00:00:00

pages

571-88

issue

eissn

0360-4012

issn

1097-4547

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Protein kinase C activity modulates myelin gene expression in enriched oligodendrocytes.