FIGURE 1.
Aberrant CaMKII subcellular distribution and GluR1 surface expression in APP transgenic mice. A, diagram showing the procedure of subcellular fractionation of proteins. S, the cytosolic fraction; P1, Triton-soluble fraction in the crude synaptosome fraction, which mainly includes cytosolic proteins in synapses; P2, Triton-insoluble fraction in the crude synaptosome fraction, which mainly includes membrane-associated proteins in synapses. B, Western blots showing the expression of CaMKII (α subunit, β subunit, and autophosphorylated), actin, PSD-95, GluR1, and NR1 in different subcellular fractions in the frontal cortex from wild-type versus APP mice. C, cumulative data (mean ± S.E.) showing the percentage change of CaMKII (α subunit, β subunits, and autophosphorylated) in different fractions from APP mice, compared with wild-type mice. *, p < 0.01, ANOVA. D and E, Western blots and quantifications showing the expression of CaMKII α subunit in Triton-insoluble synaptosome (P2) fraction from different ages (3, 6, 12 months old) of APP mice compared with age-matched wild-type mice. F and G, Western blots and quantifications showing the expression of Ser-831-phosphorylated GluR1, surface and total GluR1, Ser-880-phosphorylated GluR2, total GluR2, and surface and total NR1 levels in the frontal cortex of APP mice compared with wild-type mice. *, p < 0.01, ANOVA.