Different factors from the central nervous system and periphery regulate the survival of sensory neurones (original) (raw)

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Work on nerve growth factor has established that the survival of developing vertebrate neurones depends on the supply of a neurotrophic factor from their target field1–5. The discovery of several new neurotrophic factors6 has raised the possibility that neurones which innervate multiple target fields require several different neurotrophic factors for survival. Here we show that two distinct neurotrophic factors, one in the central nervous system (CNS) and the other in skeletal muscle, promote the survival of proprioceptive neurones in culture. At saturating concentrations, either factor alone supported most neurones and there was no additional survival in the presence of both factors, but at sub-saturating concentrations the combined effect was additive. The neurotrophic activity of each factor was greatest during the period of natural neuronal death. Our results demonstrate that each cultured proprioceptive neurone responds to two distinct neurotrophic factors present in its respective central and peripheral target fields, and suggest that these factors cooperate in regulating survival during development.

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  1. Department of Anatomy, St George's Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, London, SW17 ORE, UK
    Alun M. Davies, Hans Thoenen & Yves-Alain Barde
  2. Department of Neurochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry, 8033, Planegg-Martinsried, München, FRG
    Alun M. Davies, Hans Thoenen & Yves-Alain Barde

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Davies, A., Thoenen, H. & Barde, YA. Different factors from the central nervous system and periphery regulate the survival of sensory neurones.Nature 319, 497–499 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1038/319497a0

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