Differential Inactivation of Postsynaptic Density‐Associated and Soluble Ca2+/Calmodulin‐Dependent Protein Kinase II by Protein Phosphatases 1 and 2A

Abstract: Autophosphorylation of Ca2+/calmodulin‐dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) at Thr286 generates Ca2+‐independent activity. As an initial step toward understanding CaMKII inactivation, protein phosphatase classes (PP1, PP2A, PP2B, or PP2C) responsible for dephosphorylation of Thr286 in rat forebrain subcellular fractions were identified using phosphatase inhibitors/activators, by fractionation using ion exchange chromatography and by immunoblotting. PP2A‐like enzymes account for >70% of activity toward exogenous soluble Thr286‐autophosphorylated CaMKII in crude cytosol, membrane, and cytoskeletal extracts; PP1 and PP2C account for the remaining activity. CaMKII is present in particulate fractions, specifically associated with postsynaptic densities (PSDs); each protein phosphatase is also present in isolated PSDs, but only PP1 is enriched during PSD isolation. When isolated PSDs dephosphorylated exogenous soluble Thr286‐autophosphorylated CaMKII, PP2A again made the major contribution. However, CaMKII endogenous to PSDs (32P autophosphorylated in the presence of Ca2+/calmodulin) was predominantly dephosphorylated by PP1. In addition, dephosphorylation of soluble and PSD‐associated CaMKII in whole forebrain extracts was catalyzed predominantly by PP2A and PP1, respectively. Thus, soluble and PSD‐associated forms of CaMKII appear to be dephosphorylated by distinct enzymes, suggesting that Ca2+‐independent activity of CaMKII is differentially regulated by protein phosphatases in distinct subcellular compartments.

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