Astrocytes in culture express the full-length Trk-B receptor and respond to brain derived neurotrophic factor by changing intracellular calcium levels: effect of ethanol exposure in rats - PubMed (original) (raw)

Astrocytes in culture express the full-length Trk-B receptor and respond to brain derived neurotrophic factor by changing intracellular calcium levels: effect of ethanol exposure in rats

E Climent et al. Neurosci Lett. 2000.

Abstract

Although cultured astroglial cells were reported to express exclusively the truncated non-catalytic Trk B receptor for brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), we detect here, using a sensitive ribonuclease protection assay, mRNAs for both truncated (TrkB-T) and the full length catalytic (TrkB-fl) form of BDNF receptor in developing cortical astrocytes and neurons in culture. Cortical neurons and immature astroglia, such as radial glia and proliferating astrocytes, express both the protein and mRNAs for TrkB-fl and TrkB-T, whereas the differentiation of astrocytes leads to a decrease in the trkB-fl mRNA, being the truncated TrkB the predominant receptor in differentiating and confluent astrocytes. The levels of TrkB-fl expression in proliferating and differentiating astrocytes and neurons correlates with the cell response to BDNF, monitored by the rise in intracellular [Ca(2+)](i). Foetal exposure to ethanol alters astroglial development and delays the reduction in trkB-fl mRNA levels observed with differentiation of astrocytes. These results demonstrate that immature astrocytes are able to express the catalytic Trk B receptors and to respond to BDNF with the activation of conventional signal transduction pathways. The results suggest that this signalling pathway is more activated in ethanol-exposed cells.

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Astrocytes in culture express the full-length Trk-B receptor and respond to brain derived neurotrophic factor by changing intracellular calcium levels: effect of ethanol exposure in rats - PubMed (original) (raw)