PMID: 9004487Jan 1, 1996Paper

Selective distribution of multiple protein kinase C isoforms in mouse cerebellar cortex

Biology of the Cell
R BareggiA M Martelli

Abstract

An immunohistochemical study concerning the distribution of protein kinase C isoforms, a lipid-regulated serine/threonine kinase essential for signal transduction, was performed in mice cerebellar cortex, with particular emphasis on the localization of -iota and -lambda isozymes. By the means of immunoblotting analyses we detected the presence of 11 PKC subspecies in whole cerebellar extracts. Immunoreactivity on cryostat sections revealed, using polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies, that a few isoforms were widely but discretely distributed in all three cortical layers (molecular, granular and Purkinje cells) whereas other isozymes were present in a limited neuronal compartment. Overall, the distribution of several isoforms was in agreement with data obtained by other authors using rat cerebellum. As far as -iota and -lambda isozymes were concerned, we found them abundantly expressed in endothelial cells. Moreover, protein kinase C-lambda was also present in the body of Purkinje cell, conceivably associated with a 200-kDa neurofilament component. In all, these results hint at the possibility that in the cerebellar cortex at least some protein kinase C isoforms are involved in functions other than signal transduction at the syn...Continue Reading

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