title: A fraction enriched in rat hippocampal mossy fibre synaptosomes contains trophic activities.
abstract: Subcellular fractions prepared from the rat hippocampus, were assessed for the presence of trophic activities. The cytosol of synaptosomal fractions induced mitotic reinitiation of confluent 3T3 fibroblasts. The synaptosomal fraction, enriched in mossy fibre terminals, contained the highest mitotic activity. The mitogenic activity was heat and trypsin sensitive, suggesting that polypeptides are involved. The cytosol of the mossy fibre synaptosomal fraction promoted neuritic outgrowth of PC 12 cells and embryonic hippocampal neurones in primary cultures. These results suggest that mossy fibres contain both mitogenic and neurotrophic activities. These factors could participate in mossy fibre sprouting that occur following brief seizures or experimental lesions.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U 29, Hospital de Port-Royal, Paris, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Taupin
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Roisin
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ben-Ari
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Barbin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003600:Cytosol / Q000737:chemistry; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000737:chemistry / Q000196:embryology / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects; D016716:PC12 Cells / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013574:Synaptosomes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D009414:Nerve Growth Factors