CaMKIIß binding to stable F-actin in vivo regulates F-actin filament stability

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2008

Abstract

Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) is a serine/threonine kinase that is best known for its role in synaptic plasticity and memory. Multiple roles of CaMKII have been identified in the hippocampus, yet its role in developing neurons is less well understood. We show here that endogenous CaMKIIß, but not CaMKIIa, localized to prominent F-actin-rich structures at the soma in embryonic cortical neurons. Fluorescence recovery after photo-bleaching analyses of GFP-CaMKIIß binding interactions with F-actin in this CaMKIIa-free system indicated CaMKIIß binding depended upon a putative F-actin binding domain in the variable region of CaMKIIß. Furthermore, CaMKIIa decreased CaMKIIß binding to F-actin. We examined the interaction of CaMKIIß with stable and dynamic actin and show that CaMKIIß binding to F-actin was dramatically prolonged when F-actin was stabilized. CaMKIIß binding to stable F-actin was disrupted when it was bound by Ca2+/calmodulin or when it was highly phosphorylated, but not by kinase inactivity. Whereas CaMKIIß over-expression increased the prevalence of the F-actin-rich structures, disruption of CaMKIIß binding to F-actin reduced them. Taken together, these data suggest that CaMKIIß binding to stable F-actin is important for the in vivo maintenance of polymerized F-actin.

Publication Title

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volume

105

Issue

41

First Page

15791

Last Page

15796

Comments

This article was published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Volume 105, Issue 41, Pages 15791-15796.

The published version is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0804399105.

Copyright © 2008 National Academy of Sciences.

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