Accumulation in fetal muscle and localization to the neuromuscular junction of cAMP-dependent protein kinase A regulatory and catalytic subunits RI alpha and C alpha. 1996

T Imaizumi-Scherrer, and D M Faust, and J C Bénichou, and R Hellio, and M C Weiss
Unité de Génétique de la Différenciation, URA 1149, Département de Biologie Moléculaire, Paris, France.

Using probes specific for cAMP-dependent protein kinase, we have analyzed by in situ hybridization the patterns of expression of regulatory and catalytic subunits in mouse embryos and in adult muscle. RI alpha transcripts are distributed in muscle fibers exactly as acetylcholinesterase, showing that this RNA is localized at the neuromuscular junction. The transcript levels increase upon denervation of the muscle, but the RNA remains localized, indicating a regulation pattern similar to that of the epsilon subunit of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. RI alpha transcripts have accumulated in the muscle by day 12 of mouse embryogenesis, and localization is established by day 14, at about the time of formation of junctions. This localization is maintained throughout development and in the adult. Immunocytochemical analysis has demonstrated that RI alpha protein is also localized. In addition, RI alpha recruits C alpha protein to the junction, providing at this site the potential for local responsiveness to cAMP. PKA could be implicated in the establishment and/or maintenance of the unique pattern of gene expression occurring at the junction, or in the modulation of synaptic activity via protein phosphorylation. Embryonic skeletal muscle shows a high level of C alpha transcripts and protein throughout the fiber; the transcripts are already present by day 12 of embryogenesis, and their elevated level is maintained only through fetal life. In the adult, the C alpha hybridization signal of muscle is weak and homogeneous.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007366 Intercostal Muscles Respiratory muscles that arise from the lower border of one rib and insert into the upper border of the adjoining rib, and contract during inspiration or respiration. (From Stedman, 25th ed) Intercostal Muscle,Muscle, Intercostal,Muscles, Intercostal
D009121 Muscle Denervation The resection or removal of the innervation of a muscle or muscle tissue. Denervation, Muscle,Denervations, Muscle,Muscle Denervations
D009469 Neuromuscular Junction The synapse between a neuron and a muscle. Myoneural Junction,Nerve-Muscle Preparation,Junction, Myoneural,Junction, Neuromuscular,Junctions, Myoneural,Junctions, Neuromuscular,Myoneural Junctions,Nerve Muscle Preparation,Nerve-Muscle Preparations,Neuromuscular Junctions,Preparation, Nerve-Muscle,Preparations, Nerve-Muscle
D005333 Fetus The unborn young of a viviparous mammal, in the postembryonic period, after the major structures have been outlined. In humans, the unborn young from the end of the eighth week after CONCEPTION until BIRTH, as distinguished from the earlier EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN. Fetal Structures,Fetal Tissue,Fetuses,Mummified Fetus,Retained Fetus,Fetal Structure,Fetal Tissues,Fetus, Mummified,Fetus, Retained,Structure, Fetal,Structures, Fetal,Tissue, Fetal,Tissues, Fetal
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D001665 Binding Sites The parts of a macromolecule that directly participate in its specific combination with another molecule. Combining Site,Binding Site,Combining Sites,Site, Binding,Site, Combining,Sites, Binding,Sites, Combining
D012313 RNA A polynucleotide consisting essentially of chains with a repeating backbone of phosphate and ribose units to which nitrogenous bases are attached. RNA is unique among biological macromolecules in that it can encode genetic information, serve as an abundant structural component of cells, and also possesses catalytic activity. (Rieger et al., Glossary of Genetics: Classical and Molecular, 5th ed) RNA, Non-Polyadenylated,Ribonucleic Acid,Gene Products, RNA,Non-Polyadenylated RNA,Acid, Ribonucleic,Non Polyadenylated RNA,RNA Gene Products,RNA, Non Polyadenylated
D017403 In Situ Hybridization A technique that localizes specific nucleic acid sequences within intact chromosomes, eukaryotic cells, or bacterial cells through the use of specific nucleic acid-labeled probes. Hybridization in Situ,Hybridization, In Situ,Hybridizations, In Situ,In Situ Hybridizations
D051379 Mice The common name for the genus Mus. Mice, House,Mus,Mus musculus,Mice, Laboratory,Mouse,Mouse, House,Mouse, Laboratory,Mouse, Swiss,Mus domesticus,Mus musculus domesticus,Swiss Mice,House Mice,House Mouse,Laboratory Mice,Laboratory Mouse,Mice, Swiss,Swiss Mouse,domesticus, Mus musculus
D017868 Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases A group of enzymes that are dependent on CYCLIC AMP and catalyze the phosphorylation of SERINE or THREONINE residues on proteins. Included under this category are two cyclic-AMP-dependent protein kinase subtypes, each of which is defined by its subunit composition. Adenosine Cyclic Monophosphate-Dependent Protein Kinases,Protein Kinase A,cAMP Protein Kinase,cAMP-Dependent Protein Kinases,Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinase,cAMP-Dependent Protein Kinase,Adenosine Cyclic Monophosphate Dependent Protein Kinases,Cyclic AMP Dependent Protein Kinase,Cyclic AMP Dependent Protein Kinases,Protein Kinase, cAMP,Protein Kinase, cAMP-Dependent,Protein Kinases, cAMP-Dependent,cAMP Dependent Protein Kinase,cAMP Dependent Protein Kinases

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