RGD Reference Report - CaMKIIbeta regulates oligodendrocyte maturation and CNS myelination. - Rat Genome Database

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CaMKIIbeta regulates oligodendrocyte maturation and CNS myelination.

Authors: Waggener, CT  Dupree, JL  Elgersma, Y  Fuss, B 
Citation: Waggener CT, etal., J Neurosci. 2013 Jun 19;33(25):10453-8. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5875-12.2013.
RGD ID: 9684993
Pubmed: PMID:23785157   (View Abstract at PubMed)
PMCID: PMC3685839   (View Article at PubMed Central)
DOI: DOI:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5875-12.2013   (Journal Full-text)

CNS myelination and the maturation of the myelinating cells of the CNS, namely oligodendrocytes, are thought to be regulated by molecular mechanisms controlling the actin cytoskeleton. However, the exact nature of these mechanisms is currently only poorly understood. Here we assessed the role of calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinase type II (CaMKII), in particular CaMKIIbeta, in oligodendrocyte maturation and CNS myelination. Using in vitro culture studies, our data demonstrate that CaMKIIbeta is critical for the proper morphological maturation of differentiating oligodendrocytes, an aspect of oligodendrocyte maturation that is mediated to a large extent by changes in the cellular cytoskeleton. Furthermore, our data provide evidence for an actin-cytoskeleton-stabilizing role of CaMKIIbeta in differentiating oligodendrocytes. Using Camk2b knock-out and Camk2b(A303R) mutant mice, our data revealed an in vivo functional role of CaMKIIbeta in regulating myelin thickness that may be mediated by a non-kinase-catalytic activity. Our data point toward a critical role of CaMKIIbeta in regulating oligodendrocyte maturation and CNS myelination via an actin-cytoskeleton-regulatory mechanism.

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Biological Process
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
cell projection morphogenesis  IMP 9684993 RGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Camk2b  (calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II beta)


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