PMID- 10643790 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20000222 LR - 20190701 IS - 0304-3940 (Print) IS - 0304-3940 (Linking) VI - 278 IP - 1-2 DP - 2000 Jan 7 TI - Hypoxia induces activation of a N-methyl-D-aspartate glutamate receptor-protein kinase C pathway in the dorsocaudal brainstem of the conscious rat. PG - 17-20 AB - To study in vivo phosphorylation of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) glutamate receptors and the recruitment of protein kinase C isoforms during acute hypoxia, dorsocaudal brainstem lysates were harvested from conscious rats exposed to either room air or hypoxia (10% O2 for 5 and 15 min). Increased phosphorylation of the NR-1 subunit at serine residue 896 occurred during hypoxia and was blocked by pre-treatment with MK-801. Immunoblots of soluble and particulate fractions revealed subcellular translocation for PKC-beta, -gamma, -delta, -epsilon, and -iota during hypoxia with no changes in PKC-alpha, -mu, and -zeta. Translocation of PKC-beta, -delta and -epsilon was selectively attenuated following MK-801. We demonstrate that hypoxia leads to PKC-mediated activation of NMDA receptors in the brainstem, and that PKC-beta, -delta and -epsilon are the most likely candidates for NR-1 phosphorylation. FAU - Simakajornboon, N AU - Simakajornboon N AD - Department of Pediatrics, Constance S. Kaufman Pediatric Pulmonary Research Laboratory, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA. FAU - Gozal, E AU - Gozal E FAU - Gozal, Y M AU - Gozal YM FAU - Gozal, D AU - Gozal D LA - eng GR - HD-01072/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States GR - HL-65270/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - MCJ-229163/PHS 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 - Ireland TA - Neurosci Lett JT - Neuroscience letters JID - 7600130 RN - 0 (Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists) RN - 0 (Isoenzymes) RN - 0 (Nerve Tissue Proteins) RN - 0 (Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate) RN - 6LR8C1B66Q (Dizocilpine Maleate) RN - EC 2.7.11.13 (Protein Kinase C) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Biological Transport MH - Brain Stem/*metabolism MH - Consciousness MH - Dizocilpine Maleate/pharmacology MH - Enzyme Activation MH - Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists/*pharmacology MH - Hypoxia/*metabolism MH - Isoenzymes/*physiology MH - Nerve Tissue Proteins/*physiology MH - Phosphorylation MH - Protein Kinase C/*physiology MH - *Protein Processing, Post-Translational MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/*metabolism MH - *Signal Transduction EDAT- 2000/01/22 09:00 MHDA- 2000/02/26 09:00 CRDT- 2000/01/22 09:00 PHST- 2000/01/22 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2000/02/26 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2000/01/22 09:00 [entrez] AID - S0304-3940(99)00887-3 [pii] AID - 10.1016/s0304-3940(99)00887-3 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neurosci Lett. 2000 Jan 7;278(1-2):17-20. doi: 10.1016/s0304-3940(99)00887-3.