BDNF and NT-4, but not NT-3, promote development of inhibitory synapses in the absence of neuronal activity

Brain Research

Volumn 818, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 561-564

  Seil, Fredrick J ^a  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity dependent plasticity; Cerebellar culture; Neurotrophin; Purkinje cell; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CEREBELLUM; MICE; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; NEUROTROPHIN 3; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PURKINJE CELLS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0033550730     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)01304-3     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Blank N.K., Seil F.J., Herndon R.M. An ultrastructural study of cortical remodeling in cytosine arabinoside induced granuloprival cerebellum in tissue culture. Neuroscience. 7:1982;1509-1531.
2. Bonhoeffer T. Neurotrophins and activity-dependent development of the neocortex. Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 6:1996;119-126.
3. M. Bothwell, Functional interactions of neurotrophins and neurotrophin receptors, in: W.M. Cowan, E.M. Shooter, C.F. Stevens, R.F. Thompson (Eds.), Annual Review of Neuroscience, Vol. 18, Annual Reviews, Palo Alto, 1995, pp. 223-253.
4. Cabelli R.J., Hohn A., Shatz C.J. Inhibition of ocular dominance column formation by infusion of NT-4/5 or BDNF. Science. 267:1995;1662-1666.
5. Ernfors P., Merlio J.-P., Persson H. Cells expressing mRNA for neurotrophins and their receptors during embryonic rat development. Eur. J. Neurosci. 4:1992;1140-1158.
6. C.M. Gall, J.C. Lauterborn, K.M. Guthrie, C.T. Stinis, Seizures and the regulation of neurotrophic factor expression: associations with structural plasticity in epilepsy, in: F.J. Seil (Ed.), Neuronal Regeneration, Reorganization, and Repair, Advances in Neurology, Vol. 72, Lippencott-Raven, Philadelphia, 1997, pp. 9-24.
7. Herndon R.M., Seil F.J., Seidman C. Synaptogenesis in mouse cerebellum: A comparative in vivo and tissue culture study. Neuroscience. 6:1981;2587-2598.
8. Lärkfors L., Lindsay R.M., Alderson R.F. Characterization of the responses of Purkinje cells to neurotrophin treatment. J. Neurochem. 66:1996;1362-1373.
9. G.R. Lewin, Y.-A. Barde, Physiology of the neurotrophins, in: W.M. Cowan, E.M. Shooter, C.F. Stevens, R.F. Thompson (Eds.), Annual Review of Neuroscience, Vol. 19, Annual Reviews, Palo Alto, 1996, pp. 289-317.
10. R.M. Lindsay, Neurotrophins and receptors, in: F.J. Seil (Ed.), Neural Regeneration, Progress in Brain Research, Vol. 103, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1994, pp. 3-14.
11. McAllister A.K., Lo D.C., Katz L.C. Neurotrophins regulate dendritic growth in developing visual cortex. Neuron. 15:1995;791-803.
12. S.L. Palay, V. Chan-Palay, Cerebellar Cortex. Cytology and Organization, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1974, 348 pp.
13. Patterson S.L., Abel T., Duel T.A.S., Martin K.C., Rose J.C., Kandel E.R. Recombinant BDNF rescues deficits in basal synaptic transmission and hippocampal LTP in BDNF knockout mice. Neuron. 16:1996;1137-1145.
14. Rutherford L.C., DeWan A., Lauer H.M., Turrigiano G.G. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor mediates the activity-dependent regulation of inhibition in neocortical cultures. J. Neurosci. 17:1997;4527-4535.
15. Seil F.J., Drake-Baumann R. Reduced cortical inhibitory synaptogenesis in organotypic cerebellar cultures developing in the absence of neuronal activity. J. Comp. Neurol. 342:1994;366-377.
16. Seil F.J., Drake-Baumann R., Leiman A.L., Herndon R.M., Tiekotter K.L. Morphological correlates of altered neuronal activity in organotypic cultures chronically exposed to anti-GABA agents. Dev. Brain Res. 77:1994;123-132.
17. C.J. Shatz, Neurotrophins and visual system plasticity, in: W.M. Cowan, T.M. Jessell, S.L. Zipursky (Eds.), Molecular and Cellular Approaches to Neural Development, Oxford Univ. Press, New York, 1997, pp. 509-524.
18. Thoenen H. Neurotrophins and neuronal plasticity. Science. 270:1995;593-598.
19. Widmer H.R., Hefti F. Stimulation of GABAergic neuron differentiation by NT-4/5 in cultures of rat cerebral cortex. Dev. Brain Res. 80:1994;279-284.
20. Wirth M.J., Obst K., Wahle P. NT-4/5 and LIF, but not NT-3 and BDNF, promote NPY mRNA expression in cortical neurons in the absence of spontaneous bioelectrical activity. Eur. J. Neurosci. 10:1998;1457-1464.