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ArticleNature chemical biology2017

AKAP-mediated feedback control of cAMP gradients in developing hippocampal neurons.

Kirill Gorshkov, Sohum Mehta, Santosh Ramamurthy, Gabriele V Ronnett, Feng-Quan Zhou, Jin Zhang

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Article in Nature chemical biology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Kirill GorshkovDepartment of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Sohum MehtaDepartment of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
Santosh RamamurthyDepartment of Neuroscience, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Gabriele V RonnettDepartment of Neuroscience, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Feng-Quan ZhouDepartment of Neuroscience, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Jin ZhangDepartment of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Johns Hopkins Medicine · USJohns Hopkins University · USUniversity of California, San Diego · US

Funding

U of Calif, San Diego Neuroscience Microscopy ImagingP30NS047101 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI GLEESON, JOSEPH G, ZHENG, BINHAI · 2003 to 2022
$9.0M
Mechanisms of Compartmentalized cAMP SignalingR01DK073368 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Jin Zhang · 2006 to 2026
$7.6M
Epigenetic regulation of neuronal morphogenesis in development and regenerationR01NS085176 · NINDS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI ZHOU, FENGQUAN · 2014 to 2018
$1.8M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK073368NINDS NIH HHS P30 NS047101NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS085176
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cyclic AMP (cAMP) and protein kinase A (PKA), classical examples of spatially compartmentalized signaling molecules, are critical axon determinants that regulate neuronal polarity and axon formation, yet little is known about micro-compartmentalization of cAMP and PKA signaling and its role in developing neurons. Here, we revealed that cAMP forms a gradient in developing hippocampal neurons, with higher cAMP levels in more distal regions of the axon compared to other regions of the cell. Interestingly, this cAMP gradient changed according to the developmental stage and depended on proper anchoring of PKA by A-kinase anchoring proteins (AKAPs). Disrupting PKA anchoring to AKAPs increased the cAMP gradient in early-stage neurons and led to enhanced axon elongation. Our results provide new evidence for a local negative-feedback loop, assembled by AKAPs, for the precise control of a growth-stage-dependent cAMP gradient to ensure proper axon growth.

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Feedback, PhysiologicalA Kinase Anchor ProteinsAnimalsCells, CulturedCyclic AMPHippocampusNeuronsRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyA Kinase Anchor ProteinsCyclic AMP

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PMID28192412
PMCPMC5362298
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