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- Title
Amphetamine-induced ERM Proteins Phosphorylation Is through PKCβ Activation in PC12 Cells.
- Authors
Ha Jin Jeong; Jeong-Hoon Kim; Songhee Jeon
- Abstract
Amphetamine, a synthetic psychostimulant, is transported by the dopamine transporter (DAT) to the cytosol and increases the exchange of extracellular amphetamine by intracellular dopamine. Recently, we reported that the phosphorylation levels of ezrin-radixin-moesin (ERM) proteins are regulated by psychostimulant drugs in the nucleus accumbens, a brain area important for drug addiction. However, the significance of ERM proteins phosphorylation in response to drugs of abuse has not been fully investigated. In this study, using PC12 cells as an in vitro cell model, we showed that amphetamine increases ERM proteins phosphorylation and protein kinase C (PKC) β inhibitor, but not extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) or phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases (PI3K) inhibitors, abolished this effect. Further, we observed that DAT inhibitor suppressed amphetamine-induced ERM proteins phosphorylation in PC12 cells. These results suggest that PKCβ-induced DAT regulation may be involved in amphetmaine-induced ERM proteins phosphorylation.
- Subjects
AMPHETAMINES; DOPAMINE; PHOSPHORYLATION; MOESIN; RADIXIN; EZRIN
- Publication
Korean Journal of Physiology & Pharmacology, 2011, Vol 15, Issue 4, p245
- ISSN
1226-4512
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4196/kjpp.2011.15.4.245