title: Neurotrophin-3: a neurotrophic factor related to NGF and BDNF.
abstract: The development and maintenance of the nervous system depends on proteins known as neurotrophic factors. Although the prototypical neurotrophic factor, nerve growth factor (NGF), has been intensively studied for decades, the discovery and characterization of additional such factors has been impeded by their low abundance. Sequence homologies between NGF and the recently cloned brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) were used to design a strategy that has now resulted in the cloning of a gene encoding a novel neurotrophic factor, termed neurotrophin-3 (NT-3). The distribution of NT-3 messenger RNA and its biological activity on a variety of neuronal populations clearly distinguish NT-3 from NGF and BDNF, and provide compelling evidence that NT-3 is an authentic neurotrophic factor that has its own characteristic role in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tarrytown, New York 10591.
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Maisonpierre
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Belluscio
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Squinto
authors.forename: N Y
authors.initials: NY
authors.lastname: Ip
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Furth
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Lindsay
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Yancopoulos
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D019208:Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D051381:Rats; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D019208:Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D004247:DNA