Neurotrophic effects of BDNF on embryonic gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons

The European Journal of Neuroscience
Anna S CroninFrancis J P Ebling

Abstract

Secretion of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) at the median eminence is the essential activator of the reproductive axis. The mechanisms by which embryonic GnRH neurons migrate from the olfactory placode to the preoptic area and then elaborate neurites that course through the hypothalamus to terminate at the median eminence are largely unknown. We investigated the hypothesis that GnRH neurite outgrowth is promoted by brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) because GnRH neurites course through BDNF-rich areas of the forebrain during their development. Confocal microscopy revealed that most (86%) cultured embryonic GnRH cells tagged with a green fluorescent protein reporter were immunoreactive for TrkB. In primary cultures of E12.5 olfactory tissue, treatment with BDNF induced a dose-dependent increase in neurite outgrowth, but had no discernible effect on branching. BDNF induced phosphorylation of Ca(2+)/cAMP response element-binding protein (pCREB) in both GnRH and non-GnRH cells in these cultures. This was not associated with phosphorylation of ERK in GnRH-immunoreactive cells, though BDNF treatment did stimulate pERK in neighbouring non-GnRH cells. Promotion of neurite outgrowth is unlikely therefore to result from acti...Continue Reading

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