PMID- 12873385 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20030818 LR - 20190823 IS - 0896-6273 (Print) IS - 0896-6273 (Linking) VI - 39 IP - 2 DP - 2003 Jul 17 TI - Selective regulation of neurite extension and synapse formation by the beta but not the alpha isoform of CaMKII. PG - 283-97 AB - Neurite extension and branching are important neuronal plasticity mechanisms that can lead to the addition of synaptic contacts in developing neurons and changes in the number of synapses in mature neurons. Here we show that Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) regulates movement, extension, and branching of filopodia and fine dendrites as well as the number of synapses in hippocampal neurons. Only CaMKIIbeta, which peaks in expression early in development, but not CaMKIIalpha, has this morphogenic activity. A small insert in CaMKIIbeta, which is absent in CaMKIIalpha, confers regulated F-actin localization to the enzyme and enables selective upregulation of dendritic motility. These results show that the two main neuronal CaMKII isoforms have markedly different roles in neuronal plasticity, with CaMKIIalpha regulating synaptic strength and CaMKIIbeta controlling the dendritic morphology and number of synapses. FAU - Fink, Charles C AU - Fink CC AD - Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Stanford University Medical School, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. FAU - Bayer, Karl-Ulrich AU - Bayer KU FAU - Myers, Jason W AU - Myers JW FAU - Ferrell, James E Jr AU - Ferrell JE Jr FAU - Schulman, Howard AU - Schulman H FAU - Meyer, Tobias AU - Meyer T LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Neuron JT - Neuron JID - 8809320 RN - 0 (Actins) RN - 0 (Bacterial Proteins) RN - 0 (Benzylamines) RN - 0 (Enzyme Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Isoquinolines) RN - 0 (KN 92) RN - 0 (Luminescent Proteins) RN - 0 (Nerve Tissue Proteins) RN - 0 (Protein Isoforms) RN - 0 (Sulfonamides) RN - 0 (postsynaptic density proteins) RN - 0 (yellow fluorescent protein, Bacteria) RN - 147336-22-9 (Green Fluorescent Proteins) RN - 9654F8OVKE (lucifer yellow) RN - EC 2.7.11.17 (Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2) RN - EC 2.7.11.17 (Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases) SB - IM MH - Actins/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Animals, Newborn MH - Bacterial Proteins/metabolism MH - *Benzylamines MH - Binding Sites MH - Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2 MH - Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases/classification/genetics/*physiology MH - Cell Fractionation/methods MH - Cell Movement MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic MH - Green Fluorescent Proteins MH - Immunoblotting MH - Immunohistochemistry MH - Isoquinolines/metabolism MH - Luminescent Proteins/metabolism MH - Microscopy, Confocal MH - Mutation MH - Nerve Tissue Proteins/metabolism MH - Neurites/drug effects/*physiology MH - Protein Isoforms/genetics/*physiology MH - RNA Interference/physiology MH - Rats MH - *Sulfonamides MH - Synapses/drug effects/*physiology MH - Time Factors MH - Transfection EDAT- 2003/07/23 05:00 MHDA- 2003/08/19 05:00 CRDT- 2003/07/23 05:00 PHST- 2003/07/23 05:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2003/08/19 05:00 [medline] PHST- 2003/07/23 05:00 [entrez] AID - S0896627303004288 [pii] AID - 10.1016/s0896-6273(03)00428-8 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neuron. 2003 Jul 17;39(2):283-97. doi: 10.1016/s0896-6273(03)00428-8.