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Contrasting roles of neuronal Msk1 and Rsk2 in Bad phosphorylation and feedback regulation of Erk signalling.

Authors: Clark, CJ  McDade, DM  O'Shaughnessy, CT  Morris, BJ 
Citation: Clark CJ, etal., J Neurochem. 2007 Aug;102(4):1024-34.
RGD ID: 2292686
Pubmed: PMID:17663748   (View Abstract at PubMed)
DOI: DOI:10.1111/j.1471-4159.2007.04601.x   (Journal Full-text)

Activated extracellular-signal-regulated kinase (Erk) phosphorylates and activates downstream kinases including ribosomal S6 kinase 2 (Rsk2/RPS6KA3) and mitogen- and stress-activated kinase 1 (Msk1, RPS6KA5). Rsk2 plays an important role in neuronal plasticity, as patients with Coffin-Lowry syndrome, where Rsk2 is dysfunctional, have impaired cognitive function. However, the relative role of neuronal Rsk2 and Msk1 in activating proteins downstream of Erk is unclear. In PC12 cells and in cortical neurones, the calcium ionophore A23187-induced phosphorylation of Erk, Msk1, Rsk2 and also the Bcl-2-associated death protein (Bad), which protects against neurotoxicity. Specific knockdown of Msk1 with small interfering RNA reduced the ability of A23187 to induce Bad phosphorylation in both PC12 cells and cortical neurones. Conversely, specific knockdown of Rsk2 potentiated Bad phosphorylation following A23187 treatment, and also elevated Erk phosphorylation in both cell types. This indicates that Msk1 rather than Rsk2 mediates neuronal Bad phosphorylation following Ca(2+) influx and implicates Rsk2 in a negative-feedback regulation of Erk activity.

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TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
response to calcium ion  IEP 2292686 RGD 

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Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Bad  (BCL2-associated agonist of cell death)


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