Sympathetic neuronal survival induced by retinal trophic factors.
J Neurobiol
; 50(1): 13-23, 2002 Jan.
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| ID: mdl-11748629
ABSTRACT
Neuronal survival in the vertebrate peripheral nervous system depends on neurotrophic factors available from target tissues. In an attempt to identify novel survival factors, we have studied the effect of secreted factors from retinal cells on the survival of chick sympathetic ganglion neurons. Embryonic day 10 sympathetic neurons undergo programmed cell death after 48 h without appropriate levels of nerve growth factor (NGF). Retina Conditioned Media (RCM) from explants of embryonic day 11 retinas maintained for 4 days in vitro supported 90% of E10 chick sympathetic neurons after 48 h. Conditioned medium from purified chick retinal Muller glial cells supported nearly 100% of E10 chick sympathetic neurons. Anti-NGF (1 microg/mL) blocked the survival effect of NGF, but did not block the trophic effect of RCM. Neither BDNF nor NT4 (0.1-50 ng/mL) supported E10 sympathetic neuron survival. Incubation of chimeric immunoglobulin-receptors TrkA, TrkB, or TrkC had no effect on RCM-induced sympathetic neuron survival. The survival effects were not blocked by anti-GDNF, anti-TGFbeta, and anti-CNTF and were not mimicked by FGFb (0.1-10 nM). LY294002 at 50 microM, but not PD098059 blocked sympathetic survival induced by RCM. Further, the combination of RCM and NGF did not result in an increase in neuronal survival compared with NGF alone (82% survival after 48 h). The secreted factor in RCM is retained in subfractions with a molecular weight above 100 kDa, binds to heparin, and is unaffected by dialysis, but is heat sensitive. Our results indicate the presence of a high-molecular weight retinal secreted factor that supports sympathetic neurons in culture.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Sistema Nervoso Simpático
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Sobrevivência Celular
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Neuroglia
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Fator de Crescimento Neural
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Neurônios
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Neurobiol
Ano de publicação:
2002
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil