title: Survival factors promote BDNF protein expression in mesencephalic dopaminergic neurons.
abstract: The aim of the present study was to characterize signals and/or molecules which regulate BDNF protein expression in mesencephalic dopaminergic neurons. Treatment of mesencephalic cells with dibutyryl-cAMP (dbcAMP), 30 mM K+ (HK+), or the antimitotic ara-C not only promoted the survival of tyrosine hydroxylase expressing (TH+) neurons but also increased the proportion of these cells that were immunopositive for BDNF. The effect of dbcAMP was mimicked by forskolin, a known adenylate cyclase activator. It was not antagonized by PKA inhibitors. Increases in BDNF expression resulting from K+-induced depolarization or ara-C treatment were abolished, respectively, by the L-type calcium channel blocker nifedipine and the deoxynucleotide dCTP. BDNF added exogenously to the cultures improved the survival of TH+ neurons. However, induction of the expression of BDNF in these neurons by dbcAMP, HK+ or ara-C was apparently not responsible for survival promotion by these factors.
authors: INSERM U289, Hôpital de la Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
authors: M G
authors: MG
authors: Murer
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Raisman-Vozari
authors: Q
authors: Q
authors: Yan
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Ruberg
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Agid
authors: P P
authors: PP
authors: Michel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019208:Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D003994:Bucladesine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned; D004298:Dopamine / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008636:Mesencephalon / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D011188:Potassium / Q000494:pharmacology; D011247:Pregnancy; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D019208:Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor; D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned; D005576:Colforsin; D003994:Bucladesine; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase; D011188:Potassium; D004298:Dopamine