title: LIF potentiates the NT-3-mediated survival of spiral ganglia neurones in vitro.
abstract: The survival of auditory neurones depends on the continued supply of trophic factors. Early postnatal spiral ganglion cells (SGC) in a dissociated cell culture were used as a model of auditory innervation to test the trophic factors leukaemia inhibitory factor (LIF) and neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) for their ability, individually or in combination, to promote neuronal survival. The findings suggest that LIF supports neuronal survival in a concentration-dependent manner. Moreover LIF potentiated NT-3-mediated spiral ganglion neuronal survival in a synergistic fashion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Australia.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Marzella
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Shepherd
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Bartlett
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Kilpatrick
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004357:Drug Synergism; D006131:Growth Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015850:Interleukin-6; D053605:Leukemia Inhibitory Factor; D008222:Lymphokines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects*; D020933:Neurotrophin 3; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013136:Spiral Ganglion / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D006131:Growth Inhibitors; D015850:Interleukin-6; D053605:Leukemia Inhibitory Factor; D008222:Lymphokines; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D020933:Neurotrophin 3