GDNF abates serum deprivation-induced tyrosine hydroxylase Ser19 phosphorylation and activity

Brain Research
Nobuhide KoboriPramod K Dash

Abstract

High dopamine levels can contribute to neuronal dysfunction, impair plasticity and be toxic to neuronal cells in pathological conditions. The synthesis of dopamine is regulated by phosphorylation of the rate-limiting enzyme tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) under physiological conditions, with the phosphorylation of Ser31 and Ser40 directly increasing TH activity. Although a third phosphorylation site, Ser19, does not appear to directly regulate TH activity in physiological conditions, its role in pathological conditions is poorly understood. In this study, we examined the effects of serum deprivation (to mimic loss of retrogradely/anterogradely transported target-derived neurotrophic factors following axonal injury) and glutamate receptor stimulation (to mimic excitotoxicity) on TH phosphorylation and activity in a cell line and in mesencephalic primary culture cells. In addition, we also tested whether glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) can alter these changes. We demonstrate that serum-deprivation resulted in a sustained increase in Ser19 phosphorylation beginning at 3 h and lasting up to 10 h without any detectable change in Ser31 or Ser40 phosphorylation within this time frame. This increase in Ser19 phosphorylatio...Continue Reading

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