PMID- 11517234 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20010920 LR - 20191023 IS - 1529-2401 (Electronic) IS - 0270-6474 (Print) IS - 0270-6474 (Linking) VI - 21 IP - 17 DP - 2001 Sep 1 TI - Requirement of Ras for the activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase by calcium influx, cAMP, and neurotrophin in hippocampal neurons. PG - 6459-66 AB - Mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase plays important roles in the establishment of long-term potentiation both in vitro and in living animals. MAP kinase is activated in response to a broad range of stimuli, including calcium influx through NMDA receptor and L-type calcium channel, cAMP, and neurotrophins. To investigate the role of Ras in the activation of MAP kinase and cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB) in hippocampal neurons, we inhibited Ras function by overexpressing a Ras GTPase-activating protein, Gap1(m), or dominant negative Ras by means of adenovirus vectors. Gap1(m) expression almost completely suppressed MAP kinase activation in response to NMDA, calcium ionophore, membrane depolarization, forskolin, and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). Dominant negative Ras also showed similar effects. On the other hand, Rap1GAP did not significantly inhibit the forskolin-induced activation of MAP kinase. In contrast to MAP kinase activation, the inactivation of Ras activity did not inhibit significantly NMDA-induced CREB phosphorylation, whereas BDNF-induced CREB phosphorylation was inhibited almost completely. These results demonstrate that Ras transduces signals elicited by a broad range of stimuli to MAP kinase in hippocampal neurons and further suggest that CREB phosphorylation depends on multiple pathways. FAU - Iida, N AU - Iida N AD - Division of Biochemistry and Cellular Biology, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8502, Japan. FAU - Namikawa, K AU - Namikawa K FAU - Kiyama, H AU - Kiyama H FAU - Ueno, H AU - Ueno H FAU - Nakamura, S AU - Nakamura S FAU - Hattori, S AU - Hattori S LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Neurosci JT - The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience JID - 8102140 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein) RN - 0 (Enzyme Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Ionophores) RN - 0 (Nerve Growth Factors) RN - 0 (ras GTPase-Activating Proteins) RN - 1F7A44V6OU (Colforsin) RN - 6384-92-5 (N-Methylaspartate) RN - E0399OZS9N (Cyclic AMP) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - EC 3.6.5.2 (rap1 GTP-Binding Proteins) RN - EC 3.6.5.2 (ras Proteins) RN - SY7Q814VUP (Calcium) SB - IM MH - Adenoviridae/genetics MH - Animals MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/pharmacology MH - Calcium/metabolism MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Colforsin/pharmacology MH - Cyclic AMP/metabolism MH - Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein/metabolism MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Enzyme Activation/drug effects MH - Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Genes, Dominant MH - Hippocampus/cytology/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Ionophores/pharmacology MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/*metabolism MH - N-Methylaspartate/pharmacology MH - Nerve Growth Factors/*metabolism MH - Neurons/cytology/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Phosphorylation/drug effects MH - Rats MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects MH - Transfection MH - rap1 GTP-Binding Proteins MH - ras GTPase-Activating Proteins/biosynthesis/genetics MH - ras Proteins/genetics/*metabolism PMC - PMC6763070 EDAT- 2001/08/23 10:00 MHDA- 2001/09/21 10:01 PMCR- 2002/03/01 CRDT- 2001/08/23 10:00 PHST- 2001/08/23 10:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2001/09/21 10:01 [medline] PHST- 2001/08/23 10:00 [entrez] PHST- 2002/03/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 21/17/6459 [pii] AID - 5557 [pii] AID - 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06459.2001 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Neurosci. 2001 Sep 1;21(17):6459-66. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06459.2001.