Effect of PKA activation on DARPP-32 phosphorylation at Thr-34 and
Thr-75 in neostriatum. (a) Immunoblots showing the
levels of phospho-Thr-34, phospho-Thr-75, and total DARPP-32 in
response to treatment with 10 μM forskolin (FSK), 10 μM
1,9-dideoxyforskolin (dFSK) (an inactive analog of forskolin), or 5 mM
8-bromo-cAMP (cAMP) for 5 min, detected on the same nitrocellulose
membrane. (b and c) The amounts of
phospho-Thr-34 DARPP-32 (b) and phospho-Thr-75 DARPP-32
(c) were quantified by densitometry, and the data were
normalized to values obtained with untreated slices. Data represent
means ± SEM for 3–10 experiments. *,
P < 0.05; **, P
< 0.01 compared with control, Student's t test.