1942-0889 Xiu-Ping Zhou and Zhen-Ge Luo cib Regulation of protein prenyltransferase in central neurons Landes Bioscience 2009-04-30 138 - 140 Communicative & Integrative Biology 2-2 Landes Bioscience Geranylgeranyltransferase I (GGT) is a protein prenyltransferase that mediates lipid modification of some proteins such as Rho family small GTPases. Since the activation of Rho GTPases mediates tumorgenesis and metastasis, GGT has become an attractive target for anti-tumor drug design. Although GGT is extensively expressed in the brain, the function of GGT in central nerves system (CNS) is totally unknown. We have previously shown that GGT was involved in neuromuscular synaptogenesis. In this study, we report that neuronal activity- and brain-derived neurotropic factor (BDNF)-dependent dendritic morphogenesis requires activation of GGT. Furthermore, GGT was activated by depolarization or BDNF in cultured neurons or in hippocampus of the mice under novelty exploration test, suggesting that neuronal activity activates GGT in vitro and in vivo. In this addendum, we further discuss the significance of this study and the possible implication to the field. http://dx.doi.org/ http://www.landesbioscience.com/journals/cib/article/7819/ article Article Addendum