title: Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) mediates bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2) effects on cultured striatal neurones.
abstract: Bone morphogenetic proteins are members of the transforming growth factor-beta superfamily that have multiple functions in the developing nervous system. One of them, bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2), promotes the differentiation of cultured striatal neurones, enhancing dendrite growth and calbindin-positive phenotype. Bone morphogenetic proteins have been implicated in cooperative interactions with other neurotrophic factors. Here we examined whether the effects of BMP-2 on cultured striatal neurones are mediated or enhanced by other neurotrophic factors. BMP-2 had a cooperative effect with low doses of brain-derived neurotrophic factor or neurotrophin-3 (but not with other neurotrophic factors such as glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor, neurturin or transforming growth factor-beta 2) on the number of calbindin-positive striatal neurones. Moreover, BMP-2 induced phosphorylated Trk immunoreactivity in cultured striatal neurones, suggesting that neurotrophins are involved in BMP-2 neurotrophic effects. The addition of TrkB-IgG or antibodies against brain-derived neurotrophic factor abolished the effects of BMP-2 on the number and degree of differentiation of calbindin-positive striatal neurones. Indeed, BMP-2 treatment increased brain-derived neurotrophic factor protein levels in treated cultures media and BDNF immunocytochemistry revealed that this neurotrophin was produced by neuronal cells. Taken together, these results indicate that brain-derived neurotrophic factor mediates the effects of BMP-2 on striatal neurones.
authors.affiliation: Departament de Biologia Cel.lular i Anatomia Patològica, Facultat de Medicina, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gratacòs
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Checa
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pérez-Navarro
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alberch
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000494:pharmacology; D055396:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019208:Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D064026:Calbindins; D002452:Cell Count; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004357:Drug Synergism; D051100:Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D020933:Neurotrophin 3 / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D020813:Receptor, trkB / Q000378:metabolism; D064030:S100 Calcium Binding Protein G / Q000378:metabolism; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000494:pharmacology; D053781:Transforming Growth Factor beta2; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000493:pharmacokinetics
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; C525720:Bmp2 protein, rat; D055396:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins; D019208:Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor; D064026:Calbindins; C495041:Gdnf protein, rat; D051100:Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D020933:Neurotrophin 3; D064030:S100 Calcium Binding Protein G; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D053781:Transforming Growth Factor beta2; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D020813:Receptor, trkB