The neurotrophins BDNF, NT-3 and -4, but not NGF, TGF-beta 1 and GDNF, increase the number of NADPH-diaphorase-reactive neurons in rat spinal cord cultures

Neuroscience
K A HuberK Unsicker

Abstract

Neurotrophins have multiple functions for the development of the nervous system. They can promote survival and differentiation of select neuronal populations, but have also been shown to play instructive roles in the determination of the transmitter phenotype of neurons. We have investigated the influence of neurotrophins on the expression of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-diaphorase (NADPH-d), a histochemical marker for nitric oxide synthase, in spinal cord cultures established from 16-day-old rat embryos. At this embryonic age we found NADPH-d reactivity becoming apparent in the spinal cord and predominantly expressed in preganglionic autonomic nuclei. Numbers of NADPH-d-positive neurons in spinal cord cultures were very low 24 h after plating. They did not change significantly until day 4 in vitro. However, treatment with the neurotrophins BDNF, NT-3 or NT-4 significantly increased their numbers. The effect became apparent after just 24 h, and was significant with concentrations as low as 1 ng/ml. Treatment with BDNF, NT-3 and NT-4 also augmented numbers of NADPH-d-positive neurons when initiated after three or five days in culture, and became consistently apparent within 24 h. This suggests that the neurotrophi...Continue Reading

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