PMID- 10084688 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19990511 LR - 20191210 IS - 0022-3034 (Print) IS - 0022-3034 (Linking) VI - 38 IP - 4 DP - 1999 Mar TI - NCAM stimulates the Ras-MAPK pathway and CREB phosphorylation in neuronal cells. PG - 542-58 AB - The neural cell adhesion molecule NCAM plays an important role in axonal growth, learning, and memory. A signaling pathway has been elucidated in which clustering of the NCAM140 isoform in the neural plasma membrane stimulated the activating phosphorylation of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) and the transcription factor cyclic AMP response-element binding protein (CREB). NCAM clustering transiently induced dual phosphorylation (activation) of the MAPKs ERK1 and ERK2 (extracellular signal-regulated kinases) by a pathway regulated by the focal adhesion kinase p125fak, p59fyn, Ras, and MAPK kinase. CREB phosphorylation at serine 133 induced by NCAM was dependent in part on an intact MAPK pathway. c-Jun N-terminal kinase, which is associated with apoptosis and cellular stress, was not activated by NCAM. Inhibition of the MAPK pathway in rat cerebellar neuron cultures selectively reduced NCAM-stimulated neurite outgrowth. These results define an NCAM signal transduction mechanism with the potential for modulating the expression of genes needed for axonal growth, survival, and synaptic plasticity. FAU - Schmid, R S AU - Schmid RS AD - Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-7260, USA. FAU - Graff, R D AU - Graff RD FAU - Schaller, M D AU - Schaller MD FAU - Chen, S AU - Chen S FAU - Schachner, M AU - Schachner M FAU - Hemperly, J J AU - Hemperly JJ FAU - Maness, P F AU - Maness PF LA - eng GR - HD35170/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States GR - NS26620/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - J Neurobiol JT - Journal of neurobiology JID - 0213640 RN - 0 (Antibodies, Monoclonal) RN - 0 (Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein) RN - 0 (Neural Cell Adhesion Molecules) RN - 0 (Recombinant Fusion Proteins) RN - EC 2.7.11.17 (Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - EC 3.6.5.2 (ras Proteins) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antibodies, Monoclonal/pharmacology MH - Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases/*metabolism MH - Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein/*metabolism MH - JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases MH - L Cells MH - Mice MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1 MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3 MH - *Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases MH - Neural Cell Adhesion Molecules/genetics/immunology/*physiology MH - Neurites/*physiology MH - Neuroblastoma MH - Neurons/*metabolism MH - Phosphorylation MH - Rats MH - Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction MH - Transfection MH - Tumor Cells, Cultured MH - ras Proteins/*metabolism EDAT- 1999/03/20 03:13 MHDA- 2000/06/20 09:00 CRDT- 1999/03/20 03:13 PHST- 1999/03/20 03:13 [pubmed] PHST- 2000/06/20 09:00 [medline] PHST- 1999/03/20 03:13 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(199903)38:4<542::AID-NEU9>3.0.CO;2-1 [pii] PST - ppublish SO - J Neurobiol. 1999 Mar;38(4):542-58.