title: Expression of high- and low-affinity neurotrophin receptors on human transformed B lymphocytes.
abstract: We performed high-sensitivity flow cytometry and Western blotting to study the expression of the low-affinity NGF receptor (p75NGFR) and of the transmembrane tyrosine kinase (Trk) family of high-affinity receptors for the different neurotrophic factors on Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-transformed human B lymphocytes. Reverse transcriptase (RT) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with single and multiple sets of primers (multiplex RT-PCR) was used to survey the repertoire of neurotrophin receptor transcripts in this cell line. We demonstrated that transformed B cells express detectable levels of Trk b and its mRNA. Conversely, negative results were obtained for p75NGFR, Trk a, and Trk c. Exposure of EBV-transformed B lymphocytes to brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) triggered the phosphorylation of Trk b, as demonstrated by Western blots of cell lysates probed with monoclonal antibody against phosphotyrosine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester MN 55905, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schenone
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Gill
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Zacharias
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Windebank
mesh_terms: D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D001483:Base Sequence; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002461:Cell Line, Transformed; D002472:Cell Transformation, Viral; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human; D006801:Humans; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015335:Molecular Probes / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010766:Phosphorylation; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D020801:Receptor, Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor; D020800:Receptor, Nerve Growth Factor; D020917:Receptor, trkA; D017475:Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D015335:Molecular Probes; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D020801:Receptor, Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor; D020800:Receptor, Nerve Growth Factor; D017475:Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D020917:Receptor, trkA