title: BDNF mRNA expression is increased in adult rat forebrain after limbic seizures: temporal patterns of induction distinct from NGF.
abstract: We have localized brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) mRNA in rat brain and examined its regulation by seizure activity. In situ hybridization of BDNF 35S-cRNA most prominently labeled neurons in hippocampal stratum pyramidale and stratum granulosum, superficial olfactory cortex, pyramidal cell layers of neocortex, amygdala, claustrum, endopiriform nucleus, anterior olfactory nucleus, and ventromedial hypothalamus. Hybridization to BDNF mRNA was markedly increased in all of these regions after lesion-induced recurrent limbic seizures and within dentate gyrus granule cells following one electrically stimulated epileptiform afterdischarge. In contrast to seizure-elicited changes in nerve growth factor (NGF) mRNA expression, increases in BDNF mRNA occur in a greater number of different neuronal populations and develop several hours more rapidly in extrahippocampal loci. These results indicate that regulation by physiological activity may be an intrinsic property of this class of neurotrophic factor but that, in the recurrent seizure paradigm, different mechanisms mediate increased expression of mRNAs for BDNF and NGF outside hippocampus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of California, Irvine 92717.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Isackson
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Huntsman
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Murray
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Gall
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D019208:Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor; D015342:DNA Probes; D007696:Kindling, Neurologic; D008032:Limbic System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors / Q000235:genetics*; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012016:Reference Values; D012640:Seizures / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D019208:Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor; D015342:DNA Probes; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D012333:RNA, Messenger