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Localization of protein Ser/Thr phosphatase 5 in rat brain

  • Rimple Bahl
  • , Katherine C. Bradley
  • , Kenira J. Thompson
  • , Rodney A. Swain
  • , Sandra Rossie
  • , Robert L. Meisel

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Abstract

Protein phosphatase 5 is a recently discovered Ser/Thr phosphatase that is structurally related to calcineurin and protein phosphatases 1 and 2. Northern blot and in situ hybridization studies have shown that protein phosphatase 5 mRNA is present at high levels in brain and is localized to discrete regions. In the present study, we used immunocytochemistry and immunoblot analyses to examine the regional and subcellular distribution of this enzyme in brain. Our work demonstrates that protein phosphatase 5 is widely expressed throughout brain, but is not uniformly distributed. The most intense staining occurred in neurons of the cerebellum, cerebral cortex, and the supraoptic nucleus of the hypothalamus. Other areas also contained immunoreactive cell bodies, including the globus pallidus, hippocampus, thalamus, lateral preoptic area of the hypothalamus, substantia nigra and other brainstem nuclei. Staining in these cells was observed primarily in perikarya and proximal processes.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)101-109
Number of pages9
JournalMolecular Brain Research
Volume90
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 20 2001

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We thank Arthi Kanthasamy (Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Medicinal Chemistry, Purdue University) for help dissecting specific rat brain regions and Dr Robert J. Phillips (Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University) for guidance in image processing. This is Journal Paper 16415 from the Purdue University Agricultural Experimental Station. This work was supported by NIH grant NS31221 (SR) and NSF grant IBN-9723876 (RLM).

Keywords

  • Brain localization
  • Dephosphorylation
  • PP5
  • Protein phosphatase 5

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