Motoneuron programmed cell death in response to proBDNF |
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Authors: | Taylor Anna R Gifondorwa David J Robinson Mac B Strupe Jane L Prevette David Johnson James E Hempstead Barbara Oppenheim Ronald W Milligan Carolanne E |
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Institution: | Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. |
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Abstract: | Motoneurons (MN) as well as most neuronal populations undergo a temporally and spatially specific period of programmed cell death (PCD). Several factors have been considered to regulate the survival of MNs during this period, including availability of muscle-derived trophic support and activity. The possibility that target-derived factors may also negatively regulate MN survival has been considered, but not pursued. Neurotrophin precursors, through their interaction with p75(NTR) and sortilin receptors have been shown to induce cell death during development and following injury in the CNS. In this study, we find that muscle cells produce and secrete proBDNF. ProBDNF through its interaction with p75(NTR) and sortilin, promotes a caspase-dependent death of MNs in culture. We also provide data to suggest that proBDNF regulates MN PCD during development in vivo. |
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Keywords: | programmed cell death apoptosis muscle p75NTR sortilin motor neurons |
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