p(HGNC:MAPK3, pmod(Ph))

Entity

Name

MAPK3

Namespace

hgnc

Namespace Version

20180906

Namespace URL

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In studies on SH-SY5Y cells and cultured rat hippocampal neurons, nicotine, acting through alpha7 nAChRs, results in the activation of ERK-1/2 pathways dependent upon calcium and protein kinase A (Dajas-Bailador et al., 2002b). In addition, the alpha7-specific agonist GTS-21 promotes ERK-1/2 phosphorylation, but not that of c-jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) or p38 (Ren et al., 2005). PubMed:19293145

Furthermore, nicotinic activation of ERK-1/2 promotes survival of cultured murine spinal cord neurons, and the blocking of ERK-1 prevents nicotine’s antiapoptotic action (Toborek et al., 2007). Likewise, the alpha7-specific agonist A-582941 induces phosphorylation of ERK-1/2 in PC12 cells and in mouse brain, and this is completely blocked by the mitogen-activated protein kinase 1 inhibitor SL327 (Bitner et al., 2007). PubMed:19293145