Abstract
Neurotrophin-3 (NT3) and neurotrophin-4 (NT4) affect the survival and maintenance of central and peripheral neurons. Using an immunohistochemical method, we examined whether the taste bud cells in the circumvallate papillae of normal mice expressed NT3, NT4, and their respective receptors TrkC and TrkB, and if so, what type of cells in the taste buds expressed them. Double immunostaining for either of them and PGP 9.5, NCAM, or gustducin was used to determine which cell types expressed which neurotrophins and receptors. Normal taste bud cells expressed NT3, NT4, and the TrkB receptor, but not TrkC. The percentage of NT3-immunoreactive cells among all taste bud cells was 89.0%, that of NT4-immunoreactive cells, 58.6%, and that of TrkB-immunoreactive cells, 80.8%. Almost none of the NT4-immunoreactive cells were reactive with anti-PGP 9.5 or the anti-NCAM antibody, but they could be stained with anti-gustducin, revealing that NT4-immunoreactive cells were contained only in the type-II--and possibly type-I--cell population. On the other hand, NT3-, and TrkB-immunoreactive cells included type-III cells, together with type-II, -I, and basal cells, because they were positive for PGP 9.5 and gustducin. We conclude that NT4 may exert t...Continue Reading
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