Severe sensory deficits but normal CNS development in newborn mice lacking TrkB and TrkC tyrosine protein kinase receptors

The European Journal of Neuroscience
I Silos-SantiagoM Barbacid

Abstract

Analysis of mice carrying targeted mutations in genes encoding neurotrophins and their signalling Trk receptors has provided critical information regarding the role that these molecules play in the mammalian nervous system. In this study we generated mice defective in both TrkB and TrkC tyrosine kinase receptors to determine the biological effects of these receptors in the absence of compensatory mechanisms. trkB(-/-);trkC(-/-) double-mutant mice were born at the expected frequency, indicating that TrkB and TrkC signalling are not required for embryonic survival. However, these double-mutant mice had a significantly shorter lifespan and displayed more severe sensory defects than their single-mutant trkB(-/-) and trkC(-/-) littermates. The most dramatic sensory deficit observed in trkB(-/-);trkC(-/-) mutant mice was the absence of vestibular and cochlear ganglia. Interestingly, these mice developed inner ear sensory epithelia in spite of the complete absence of sensory innervation. Analysis of the CNS in trkB(-/-);trkC(-/-) mutant mice revealed a well formed hippocampus, cortex and thalamus. Moreover, the pattern of expression of several neuronal markers appeared normal in these animals. These observations suggest that neurotrop...Continue Reading

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