title: p75LNGFR regulates Trk signal transduction and NGF-induced neuronal differentiation in MAH cells.
abstract: We have examined NGF-induced signal transduction events and neuronal differentiation in MAH cells, a neuronal progenitor cell line, in which the expression of the two NGF receptors, p140trk (Trk) and p75LNGFR (p75), has been independently manipulated. Coexpression of a large molar excess of p75 substantially enhances the NGF-induced tyrosine autophosphorylation of Trk, compared with cells expressing Trk alone. MAH cells expressing both Trk and p75 stop dividing and acquire a mature neuronal morphology more rapidly and with greater efficiency than MAH cells expressing Trk alone. These biochemical and biological influences of p75 are not observed using a mutant form of NGF that binds Trk but not p75. These data provide evidence that p75 can modulate signal transduction through Trk in a neuronal progenitor cell context and that such modulation has functional consequences for the neuronal differentiation pathway induced by NGF.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91125.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Verdi
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Birren
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Ibáñez
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Persson
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Benedetti
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Chao
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002460:Cell Line; D006801:Humans; D008938:Mitosis; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D016716:PC12 Cells; D010766:Phosphorylation; D019000:Phosphotyrosine; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020917:Receptor, trkA; D017475:Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology; D014162:Transfection; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D017475:Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor; D019000:Phosphotyrosine; D014443:Tyrosine; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D020917:Receptor, trkA