title: Co-expression of TrkB and the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor subunits NR1-C1, NR2A and NR2B in the rat visual cortex.
abstract: In the visual cortex, brain-derived neurotrophic factor expression is modulated through glutamate receptors, including the N-methyl-D-aspartate glutamate receptor. It has been proposed that the N-methyl-D-aspartate glutamate receptor subunit composition itself might be regulated by brain-derived neurotrophic factor. Here, we investigated the co-expression of the neurotrophin-4/brain-derived neurotrophic factor receptor TrkB with the N-methyl-D-aspartate glutamate receptor subunits NR1-C1, NR2A and NR2B, on postnatal days 10 and 22 and in the adult rat primary visual cortex. At both postnatal days 10 and 22, TrkB is co-expressed in all cortical layers with the studied N-methyl-D-aspartate glutamate receptor subunits. In the adult, in layers IV-V, co-expression is restricted to a subpopulation of neurons, while in layers II-III, VI nearly all neurons co-express TrkB with NR1-C1, NR2A and NR2B. We conclude that in layers IV-V, the co-expression of TrkB with subunits NR2B and NR2A is developmentally regulated.
authors.affiliation: International School of Advanced Studies (SISSA), Neuroscience Program, Trieste, Italy.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tongiorgi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cattaneo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Domenici
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D020801:Receptor, Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000378:metabolism*; D017475:Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D014018:Tissue Distribution / Q000502:physiology; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D020033:Protein Isoforms; D020801:Receptor, Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; D017475:Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases