PMID- 17202132 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20070618 LR - 20210209 IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 282 IP - 9 DP - 2007 Mar 2 TI - Phosphorylation of protein phosphatase 1 by cyclin-dependent protein kinase 5 during nerve growth factor-induced PC12 cell differentiation. PG - 6619-28 AB - The transcription factor Egr-1 activates cyclin-dependent protein kinase 5 (Cdk5) during nerve growth factor (NGF)-induced differentiation of PC12 cells into neurons (Harada, T. Morooka, T., Ogawa, S., and Nishida, E. (2001) Nat. Cell Biol. 3, 453-459). The downstream target of Cdk5 in the Egr-1/Cdk5 pathway is not clear. In this study, we observed that phosphorylation of protein phosphatase 1 (PP1) on Thr(320) is reduced in brain extracts from Egr-1(-/-) mice, indicating that a kinase downstream of Egr-1 phosphorylates PP1. In HEK 293 cells co-transfected with PP1 and Cdk5, Cdk5 phosphorylates PP1. In vitro, Cdk5 purified from bovine brain phosphorylates bacterially expressed recombinant PP1. In NGF-treated PC12 cells, inhibition of Cdk5 by olomoucine or silencing Cdk5 expression by small interfering RNA strategy, suppresses PP1 phosphorylation. Silencing Cdk5 expression by small interfering RNA also blocks NGF-induced neurite outgrowth. Overexpression of PP1 (wild type) promotes NGF-induced differentiation of PC12 cells, whereas that of PP1 (T320A) has no effect. Our data indicate that PP1 is a downstream target of the NGF/Egr-1/Cdk5 pathway during NGF-induced differentiation of PC12 cells and suggest that PP1 phosphorylation promotes neuronal differentiation. FAU - Li, Tong AU - Li T AD - Bloomfield Center for Research in Aging, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Canada. FAU - Chalifour, Lorraine E AU - Chalifour LE FAU - Paudel, Hemant K AU - Paudel HK LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20070103 PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (Early Growth Response Protein 1) RN - 0 (Egr1 protein, mouse) RN - 9061-61-4 (Nerve Growth Factor) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 5) RN - EC 3.1.3.16 (Phosphoprotein Phosphatases) RN - EC 3.1.3.16 (Protein Phosphatase 1) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cattle MH - Cell Differentiation/*drug effects MH - Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 5/*metabolism MH - Early Growth Response Protein 1/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Mice MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Nerve Growth Factor/*pharmacology MH - Neurons/cytology MH - PC12 Cells MH - Phosphoprotein Phosphatases/*metabolism MH - Phosphorylation MH - Protein Phosphatase 1 MH - Rats EDAT- 2007/01/05 09:00 MHDA- 2007/06/19 09:00 CRDT- 2007/01/05 09:00 PHST- 2007/01/05 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/06/19 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2007/01/05 09:00 [entrez] AID - S0021-9258(20)52273-4 [pii] AID - 10.1074/jbc.M606347200 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 2007 Mar 2;282(9):6619-28. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M606347200. Epub 2007 Jan 3.