title: Expression of p75NGFR TrkA, and TrkB mRNA in rat C6 glioma and type I astrocyte cultures.
abstract: Using a quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) we have investigated the expression of the neurotrophin receptors p75NGFR, trkA, and trkB mRNAs in cultures of rat pup type I astrocytes and in the C6 rat glioma cell line. All three neurotrophin receptor mRNAs are expressed in both C6 cells and in type I astrocytic cultures. p75NGFR mRNA levels are increased by either cycloheximide or nerve growth factor (NGF) treatment of C6 cells as measured using RT-PCR. Type I astrocyte cultures also expressed p75NGFR mRNA and NGF treatment increased p75NGFR mRNA levels in these cultures. TrkB mRNA levels were increased by cycloheximide treatment of type I astrocyte cultures but not by NGF treatment. Using RT-PCR, trkA mRNA was detected in astrocytic cultures as well as in the rat C6 and PC-12 cell lines. We conclude that cultures of type I astrocytes express active NGF receptors and that glia can elicit a response to NGF as seen by an increase in p75NGFR mRNA levels following exposure to NGF.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D001345:Autoradiography; D001483:Base Sequence; D003513:Cycloheximide / Q000494:pharmacology; D005784:Gene Amplification; D005910:Glioma / Q000378:metabolism*; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D012194:RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D020917:Receptor, trkA; D020813:Receptor, trkB; D017475:Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D017475:Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor; D003513:Cycloheximide; C064371:Ntrk2 protein, mouse; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D020917:Receptor, trkA; D020813:Receptor, trkB; D012194:RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase