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MKP-1 induced in rat brain after electroconvulsive shock is independent of regulation of 42- and 44-kDa MAPK activity.

Electroconvulsive shock (ECS) activates MAPKs in rat brain and also induces immediate early genes. We investigated whether ECS induces MKP-1, a specific MAPK phosphatase and an immediate early gene, for feedback regulation of MAPK activity. ECS induced MKP-1 in the cortex, but MAPK activity returned to its basal level before MKP-1 protein increased, within 10 min of ECS. MKP-1 protein amount peaked 1 hr after ECS. MKP-1 induced did not lower the basal level of MAPK activity or attenuate MAPK activation by second ECS. MAPK activation in cerebellum was very weak, but the MKP-1 induction was faster and more prominent than in the cortex. These results suggest that ECS induces MKP-1 in various rat brain regions, however, the induction may not be related to the activation of MAPK and the MKP-1 induced may be independent of the regulation of MAPK activity after ECS.[1]

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  1. MKP-1 induced in rat brain after electroconvulsive shock is independent of regulation of 42- and 44-kDa MAPK activity. Jeon, S.H., Yoo, B.H., Kang, U.K., Ahn, Y.M., Bae, C.D., Park, J.B., Kim, Y.S. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. (1998) [Pubmed]
 
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