title: Expression of calcium-binding proteins in the neurotrophin-3-dependent subpopulation of rat embryonic dorsal root ganglion cells in culture.
abstract: In this study we have examined the calcium-binding protein expression in rat embryonic (E16) dorsal root ganglia (DRG) neurons in vitro in the presence of neurotrophin-3 (NT-3). A comparison was made with the expression of calcium-binding proteins in DRG subpopulations that depended in vitro on nerve growth factor (NGF) or brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). Our results show that NT-3 promotes the survival of a DRG subpopulation of which over 75% expresses parvalbumin (PV). The majority of these PV-positive NT-3-dependent DRG neurons were large 'type A' neurons. Expression of calbindin-D28k (CaBP) and calretinin (Calr) in the NT-3-dependent DRG population was seen in smaller fractions (between 12 and 17%) of the surviving DRG neurons and in both type A and B neurons. The preferential expression of PV in NT-3-dependent type A neurons is unique in comparison to the expression of PV and the other calcium-binding proteins in DRG neurons surviving in vitro in the presence of NGF or BDNF.
authors: Department of Medical Physiology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors: J C
authors: JC
authors: Copray
authors: I J
authors: IJ
authors: Mantingh-Otter
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Brouwer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D064092:Calbindin 1; D064032:Calbindin 2; D064026:Calbindins; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D048429:Cell Size / Q000502:physiology; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000502:physiology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005136:Eye Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D005727:Ganglia, Spinal / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors / Q000502:physiology*; D016501:Neurites / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D020933:Neurotrophin 3; D010320:Parvalbumins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D064030:S100 Calcium Binding Protein G / Q000096:biosynthesis
chemical_list: C576500:Calb1 protein, rat; C576512:Calb2 protein, rat; D064092:Calbindin 1; D064032:Calbindin 2; D064026:Calbindins; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D005136:Eye Proteins; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D020933:Neurotrophin 3; D010320:Parvalbumins; D064030:S100 Calcium Binding Protein G