Striatal-enriched protein tyrosine phosphatase regulates dopaminergic neuronal development via extracellular signal-regulated kinase signaling
- Authors
- Kim, Sung Yul; Lee, Hyo Jin; Kim, Yong Nyun; Yoon, Sehyoun; Lee, Jong Eun; Sun, Woong; Choi, Eui-Ju; Baik, Ja-Hyun
- Issue Date
- 11월-2008
- Publisher
- ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
- Keywords
- Striatal-enriched protein tyrosine phosphatase (STEP); Dopamine receptor; ERK; Dopaminergic neuron; Development; Tyrosine phosphorylation; Signal transduction
- Citation
- EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY, v.214, no.1, pp.69 - 77
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- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY
- Volume
- 214
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 69
- End Page
- 77
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/122478
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.expneurol.2008.07.014
- ISSN
- 0014-4886
- Abstract
- The striatal-enriched Protein tyrosine phosphatase (STEP) is highly expressed within dopaminoceptive neurons, suggesting the possibility that STEP may interact with dopaminergic signaling. We have previously shown that signaling through dopamine D2 receptor (D2R)-mediated extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) activation plays a critical role in mesencephalic dopaminergic neuronal development. Here, we investigate the role of STEP in D2R-mediated ERK signaling, especially in dopaminergic neuronal development. Analyses of developmental expression of STEP and tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) in mouse brain demonstrate that STEP- and TH-positive cells are co-localized ill the substantia nigra compacta of brains of postnatal 8-day-old mice, displaying STEP expression in dopaminergic neurons at this stage. Stereological analysis demonstrates a dynamic change in the number of STEP-expressing cells front midbrain to striatum during development in WT mice and significantly decreased number of STEP-expressing cells in mice lacking D2R (D2R(-/-) mice). The knockdown of STEP expression by treatment with oligomeric STEP siRNA significantly decreased the number of mesencephalic TH cells and inhibited D2R-mediated development of dopaminergic neurons Oil primary mesencephalic culture from WT mice, but not in primary Cultures from D2R(-/-) mice. Furthermore, knockdown of STEP expression perturbed D2R-mediated ERK signaling in dopaminergic neuronal cells from WT mice, but not from D2R(-/-) mice. These results Suggest that STEP is all important mediator in the dopamine D2R-mediated activation of ERK signaling and in the regulation of dopaminergic neuronal development. (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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