title: TrkA neurogenic receptor regulates differentiation of neuroblastoma cells.
abstract: We examined events associated with neuronal differentiation of neuroblastoma cell line SH-SY5Y. Treatment with nerve growth factor (NGF) and aphidicolin, an inhibitor of DNA polymerases alpha and delta, induces terminal differentiation of SH-SY5Y cells. Following 3-4 days of treatment with NGF + aphidicolin, the cells irreversibly ceased proliferation and differentiated. There was a succession of events preceding differentiation. Down-regulation of c-myc was an early event occurring after less than 1 day of treatment with NGF + aphidicolin. Upregulation of the trkA and low-affinity NGF receptors (LNGFR) occurred after 3 days of NGF + aphidicolin treatment and required treatment with both NGF and aphidicolin. To test the role of TrkA in neuroblastic differentiation, we transfected SH-SY5Y cells with a TrkA-expression plasmid. In response to NGF in the absence of aphidicolin, the TrkA-transformant line ceased proliferation and irreversibly differentiated. SH-SY5Y cells bearing a control plasmid displayed only modest, reversible differentiation and did not cease cell proliferation in response to NGF. Hence, expression of NGF receptors is upregulated during differentiation of SH-SY5Y cells, and overexpression of TrkA enhances NGF-induced differentiation.
authors: Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts 01545.
authors: W
authors: W
authors: Poluha
authors: D K
authors: DK
authors: Poluha
authors: A H
authors: AH
authors: Ross
mesh_terms: D016590:Aphidicolin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors / Q000494:pharmacology; D009447:Neuroblastoma; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000502:physiology*; D020917:Receptor, trkA; D017475:Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor / Q000502:physiology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D017475:Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor; D016590:Aphidicolin; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D020917:Receptor, trkA