PMID- 22736542 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130627 LR - 20161125 IS - 1098-1063 (Electronic) IS - 1050-9631 (Linking) VI - 22 IP - 12 DP - 2012 Dec TI - Protein kinase C stimulates HuD-mediated mRNA stability and protein expression of neurotrophic factors and enhances dendritic maturation of hippocampal neurons in culture. PG - 2303-19 LID - 10.1002/hipo.22048 [doi] AB - HuD protein is an RNA-binding protein involved in post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression for synaptogenesis, neuronal differentiation, and learning and memory, and is up-regulated and redistributed by a protein kinase C (PKC)-dependent pathway in neurons. Here, we show a PKC-regulated mechanism on HuD-mediated mRNA stability and expression of several neurotrophic factors (NTFs) in cultured hippocampal neurons. HuD pull-down assays showed that HuD is associated with brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), nerve growth factor (NGF), and neurotrophin (NT)-3 mRNAs. Reduction of HuD expression with short hairpin RNAs decreased BDNF, NGF, and NT-3 mRNAs and NTFs expression. Bryostatin, a PKC activator, treatment enhanced their association with HuD and increased these transcripts' stability. Bryostatin induced HuD phosphorylation, which was inhibited by Ro 32-0432, a specific PKC inhibitor. Activated PKC specifically phosphorylated coactivator-associated arginine methyltransferase 1 (CARM1), which methylates HuD and negatively modulates HuD-mRNA interactions during neuronal differentiation, and inhibited its methyltransferase activity, resulting in decrease in CARM1-mediated HuD methylation. Furthermore cotreatment of bryostatin and AMI-1, a specific CARM1 inhibitor, potentiated PKC-dependent HuD-mRNA interactions and enhanced dendritic arborization. These results demonstrate that PKC may play an important role in neuronal differentiation and synaptogenesis via stimulating HuD-mediated mRNA stability and inhibiting CARM1 in hippocampal neurons. CI - Copyright (c) 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. FAU - Lim, Chol Seung AU - Lim CS AD - Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute at West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA. clim@brni.org FAU - Alkon, Daniel L AU - Alkon DL LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20120627 PL - United States TA - Hippocampus JT - Hippocampus JID - 9108167 RN - 0 (ELAV Proteins) RN - 0 (ELAV-Like Protein 4) RN - 0 (Elavl4 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Nerve Growth Factors) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - EC 2.1.1.319 (Protein-Arginine N-Methyltransferases) RN - EC 2.1.1.319 (coactivator-associated arginine methyltransferase 1) RN - EC 2.7.11.13 (Protein Kinase C) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Differentiation/physiology MH - Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid MH - Dendrites/metabolism/ultrastructure MH - ELAV Proteins/*metabolism MH - ELAV-Like Protein 4 MH - Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay MH - Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay MH - Hippocampus/metabolism/ultrastructure MH - Immunoblotting MH - Immunoprecipitation MH - Mass Spectrometry MH - Nerve Growth Factors/*biosynthesis MH - Neurogenesis/*physiology MH - Neurons/metabolism/ultrastructure MH - Protein Kinase C/*metabolism MH - Protein-Arginine N-Methyltransferases/*metabolism MH - RNA Stability MH - RNA, Messenger MH - Rats MH - Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Signal Transduction/physiology EDAT- 2012/06/28 06:00 MHDA- 2013/06/29 06:00 CRDT- 2012/06/28 06:00 PHST- 2012/06/01 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/06/28 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/06/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/06/29 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1002/hipo.22048 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Hippocampus. 2012 Dec;22(12):2303-19. doi: 10.1002/hipo.22048. Epub 2012 Jun 27.