title: An amino-terminal fragment peptide of acidic fibroblast growth factor modulates synaptic transmission in rat hippocampal slices.
abstract: Effects of acidic fibroblast growth factor (aFGF) fragments such as aminoterminal aFGF (1-15) and carboxyl-terminal aFGF (114-140) on synaptic transmission were investigated in rat hippocampal slices. Stimulation was applied to Schaffer collateral/commissural afferents, and evoked population spikes were recorded in the CA1 pyramidal cell layer. Continuous perfusion of slices with aFGF (1-15) slightly decreased the basal amplitude of population spikes and significantly increased the paired-pulse facilitation. When brief tetanic stimulation (7 pulses at 100 Hz) was applied 30 min after the perfusion of aFGF (1-15), aFGF (1-15)-treated slices enhanced the magnitude of short-term potentiation after the tetanus and facilitated a generation of long-term potentiation. These effects of aFGF (1-15) were dose-dependent. Perfusion of slices with aFGF (114-140) had no effect on the basal spike amplitude, paired-pulse facilitation, and short-term potentiation. Both aFGF (1-15) and aFGF (114-140) had no effect on the DNA synthesis-stimulating activity in BALB/c 3T3-L1 cells. The results suggest that aFGF (1-15), which is not involved in mitogenic activity, is implicated in a modulatory mechanism of synaptic plasticity.
authors.affiliation: Division of Bio-Information Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Toyama University, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Oomura
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Figurov
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yanaihara
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D016220:Fibroblast Growth Factor 1 / Q000737:chemistry*; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000502:physiology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D017774:Long-Term Potentiation; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000502:physiology*; D013746:Tetany
chemical_list: D010446:Peptide Fragments; D016220:Fibroblast Growth Factor 1