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Stabilization of dendritic arbor structure in vivo by CaMKII

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authors

  • Wu, G. Y.
  • Cline, Hollis

publication date

  • January 1998

journal

  • Science  Journal

abstract

  • Calcium-calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) promotes the maturation of retinotectal glutamatergic synapses in Xenopus. Whether CaMKII activity also controls morphological maturation of optic tectal neurons was tested using in vivo time-lapse imaging of single neurons over periods of up to 5 days. Dendritic arbor elaboration slows with maturation, in correlation with the onset of CaMKII expression. Elevating CaMKII activity in young neurons by viral expression of constitutively active CaMKII slowed dendritic growth to a rate comparable to that of mature neurons. CaMKII overexpression stabilized dendritic structure in more mature neurons, whereas CaMKII inhibition increased their dendritic growth. Thus, endogenous CaMKII activity limits dendritic growth and stabilizes dendrites, and it may act as an activity-dependent mediator of neuronal maturation.

subject areas

  • Animals
  • Axons
  • Benzylamines
  • Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2
  • Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases
  • Carbocyanines
  • Dendrites
  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Microscopy, Confocal
  • Neurons
  • Receptors, AMPA
  • Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Sulfonamides
  • Superior Colliculi
  • Synapses
  • Synaptic Transmission
  • Time Factors
  • Vaccinia virus
  • Xenopus laevis
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Identity

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0036-8075

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1126/science.279.5348.222

PubMed ID

  • 9422694
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Additional Document Info

start page

  • 222

end page

  • 226

volume

  • 279

issue

  • 5348

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