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Spoerri PE, Romanello S, Petrelli L, Negro A, Dal Toso R, Leon A, Skaper SD. Nerve growth factor (NGF) receptors in a central nervous system glial cell line: upregulation by NGF and brain-derived neurotrophic factor. J Neurosci Res 1992; 33:82-90. [PMID: 1453486 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.490330111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The neurotrophic proteins nerve growth factor (NGF) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) are related in their primary amino acid structures. In this study we investigated the extent to which the low-affinity NGF receptor (LNGFR) in C6 glioma cells can discriminate between the neurotrophins NGF and BDNF. LNGFR-immunoreactivity (IR) was studied in C6 cells treated for 16 hr with NGF (50 ng/ml) or BDNF (10 ng/ml), using immunogold labelling and electron microscopic morphometric analysis. The cells were exposed to the anti-NGFR antibody 192-IgG, followed by immunoglobulin conjugated with colloidal gold. Untreated C6 cells exhibited some surface gold label (positive LNGFR-IR). Cells treated with NGF or BDNF displayed significantly increased LNGFR-IR on all surfaces in terms of gold labeling, which was more pronounced in NGF-treated cells. LNGFR-IR was also localized in coated endocytotic vesicles, in smooth endoplasmic reticulum, and in secondary multivesicular lysosomes in neurotrophin-treated and untreated cells. The increase in LNGFR protein was further substantiated by a correspondingly higher content of LNGFR mRNA detected after 15 hr of either NGF or BDNF treatment. These results suggest that the LNGFR in glial cells can be upregulated by the structurally related neurotrophins NGF and BDNF.
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- P E Spoerri
- Department of Cellular Biology, Fidia Research Laboratories, Abano Terme, Italy
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Cavicchioli L, Flanigan TP, Dickson JG, Vantini G, Dal Toso R, Fusco M, Walsh FS, Leon A. Choline acetyltransferase messenger RNA expression in developing and adult rat brain: regulation by nerve growth factor. BRAIN RESEARCH. MOLECULAR BRAIN RESEARCH 1991; 9:319-25. [PMID: 1645435 DOI: 10.1016/0169-328x(91)90079-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to develop a method for detection and relative quantification of the choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) mRNA in neonatal and adult rat CNS. Oligonucleotide primers derived from a porcine ChAT cDNA sequence were used in coupled reverse transcriptase (RT)-PCR to amplify a cDNA sequence of 206 bp which arises in a cycle- and RNA-dependent manner and which hybridizes with both an internal oligonucleotide and a ChAT cDNA probe. ChAT mRNA was detected in spinal cord, septal area, striatum, cortex and hippocampus but not in cerebellum and cardiac or skeletal muscle. In the septal area, relative quantitative evaluation of ChAT mRNA levels by RT-PCR indicates that this transcript is developmentally regulated and increased following intracerebral administration of nerve growth factor (NGF) to both neonatal and young adult rats. This suggests that the increases of ChAT activity observed in basal forebrain during development or after NGF administration are, at least in part, associated with an increase in corresponding levels of mRNA.
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- L Cavicchioli
- CNS Department, Fidia Research Laboratories, Abano Tenne, Italy
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Doherty P, Rowett LH, Moore SE, Mann DA, Walsh FS. Neurite outgrowth in response to transfected N-CAM and N-cadherin reveals fundamental differences in neuronal responsiveness to CAMs. Neuron 1991; 6:247-58. [PMID: 1993122 DOI: 10.1016/0896-6273(91)90360-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Different neuronal populations were used to compare the neurite outgrowth-promoting activities of N-CAM and N-cadherin expressed via gene transfer on the surface of nonneuronal cells. In contrast to a previously reported developmental loss of retinal ganglion cell responsiveness to N-CAM, these cells exhibited an increased and maintained responsiveness to N-cadherin over the same developmental period (E6-E11). N-CAM and N-cadherin responses could be specifically inhibited by their own antibodies, but not by antisera to the beta 1 integrin family or the L1/G4 glycoprotein. Cerebellar neurons showed qualitative differences in the nature of the dose-response curves for transfected N-CAM expression (highly cooperative) versus N-cadherin expression (linear). In addition "subthreshold" levels of N-CAM expression, which do not normally support neurite outgrowth, did so when coexpressed with functional levels of N-cadherin. These studies show fundamental differences in neuronal responsiveness to cell adhesion molecules and suggest a more dynamic regulation for N-CAM-dependent neurite outgrowth than for N-cadherin-dependent outgrowth.
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- P Doherty
- Department of Experimental Pathology UMDS, Guy's Hospital, London Bridge, England
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Walsh FS, Barton CH, Putt W, Moore SE, Kelsell D, Spurr N, Goodfellow PN. N-cadherin gene maps to human chromosome 18 and is not linked to the E-cadherin gene. J Neurochem 1990; 55:805-12. [PMID: 2384753 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1990.tb04563.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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cDNA clones encoding the human N-cadherin cell adhesion molecule have been isolated from an embryonic muscle library by screening with an oligonucleotide probe complementary to the chick brain sequence and chick brain cDNA probe lambda N2. Comparison of the predicted protein sequences revealed greater than 91% homology between chick brain, mouse brain, and human muscle N-cadherin cDNAs over the 748 amino acids of the mature, processed protein. A single polyadenylation site in the chick clone was also present and duplicated in the human muscle sequence. Immediately 3' of the recognition site in chick a poly(A) tail ensued; however, in human an additional 800 bp of 3' untranslated sequence followed. Northern analysis identified a number of major N-cadherin mRNAs. These were of 5.2, 4.3, and 4.0 kb in C6 glioma, 4.3 and 4.0 kb in human foetal muscle cultures, and 4.3 kb in human embryonic brain and mouse brain with minor bands of 5.2 kb in human muscle and embryonic brain. Southern analysis of a panel of somatic cell hybrids allowed the human N-cadherin gene to be mapped to chromosome 18. This is distinct from the E-cadherin locus on chromosome 16. Therefore, it is likely that the cadherins have evolved from a common precursor gene that has undergone duplication and migration to other chromosomal locations.
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- F S Walsh
- Department of Experimental Pathology, UMDS, Guy's Hospital, London, England
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Love DR, Hill DF, Dickson G, Spurr NK, Byth BC, Marsden RF, Walsh FS, Edwards YH, Davies KE. An autosomal transcript in skeletal muscle with homology to dystrophin. Nature 1989; 339:55-8. [PMID: 2541343 DOI: 10.1038/339055a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 400] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) gene has been localized to chromosome Xp21 and codes for a 14-kilobase (kb) transcript and a protein called dystrophin, of relative molecular mass 427,000. Dystrophin is associated with the cytoplasmic face of muscle fibre membranes and its C-terminal domain is thought to mediate membrane attachment. Although N-terminal and central domain structures share common features with other cytoskeletal components, no significant sequence similarity between the C-terminal region of dystrophin and other previously characterized proteins has been described. Here we report that fragments from the C-terminal domain of the DMD complementary DNA detect a closely related sequence which exhibits nucleic-acid and predicted amino-acid identities with dystrophin of approximately 65 and 80%, respectively. The dystrophin-related sequence identifies a 13-kb transcript in human fetal muscle and maps to chromosome 6. Thus, dystrophin may be a member of a family of functionally related large structural proteins in muscle.
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- D R Love
- Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, UK
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Gower HJ, Barton CH, Elsom VL, Thompson J, Moore SE, Dickson G, Walsh FS. Alternative splicing generates a secreted form of N-CAM in muscle and brain. Cell 1988; 55:955-64. [PMID: 3203385 DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(88)90241-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 198] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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A number of different membrane associated isoforms of the neural cell adhesion molecule (N-CAM) have previously been identified. Here the structure of a novel secreted isoform of N-CAM is established by analysis of a cDNA corresponding to an N-CAM mRNA from human skeletal muscle. The mRNA incorporates a novel sequence block into the extracellular domain, which introduces an in-frame stop codon and thus prematurely terminates the coding sequence, generating a truncated N-CAM polypeptide. Analysis of genomic clones indicates that the inserted sequence is present as a discrete exon within the human N-CAM gene, and Northern analysis shows it to be associated specifically with a 5.2 kb mRNA species from skeletal muscle and brain. Stable transfectants expressing the secreted isoform accumulate it in the cytoplasm and release it to the culture medium. In contrast, cells transfected with cDNA encoding lipid-tailed N-CAM express it predominantly at the cell surface. The existence of a secreted isoform may further expand the spectrum of N-CAM function beyond its known involvement in intercellular adhesion to extracellular matrix interactions.
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- H J Gower
- Institute of Neurology, London, England
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Dickson G, Pizzey JA, Elsom VE, Love D, Davies KE, Walsh FS. Distinct dystrophin mRNA species are expressed in embryonic and adult mouse skeletal muscle. FEBS Lett 1988; 242:47-52. [PMID: 3060377 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(88)80982-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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We have examined dystrophin mRNA in embryonic, newborn and adult mouse skeletal muscle. A discrete nerve-independent increase in mRNA size was observed between embryonic and adult stages, indicating that a developmentally regulated mRNA isoform switch occurs in the expression of the Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) gene in skeletal muscle. These distinct mRNAs are most likely generated via selection of alternative transcriptional start sites or RNA processing pathways. In addition, denervation of adult muscle was without effect on the expression pattern.
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- G Dickson
- Department of Neurochemistry, Institute of Neurology, London, England
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Doherty P, Seaton P, Flanigan TP, Walsh FS. Factors controlling the expression of the NGF receptor in PC12 cells. Neurosci Lett 1988; 92:222-7. [PMID: 2847094 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(88)90065-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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An enzyme-linked immunoadsorbent assay (ELISA) has been used to study the relative expression of the nerve growth factor receptor (NGF-R) in PC12 cells. Both nerve growth factor (NGF) and fibroblast growth factor (FGF) were found to induce time-dependent increases in receptor expression. The former response was half-maximal at approximately 2 ng/ml and maximal at 25-50 ng/ml. The induction of NGF-R expression by NGF was associated with an increase in the relative level of a 3.8 kb mRNA species encoding this protein. Whereas the induction of the NGF-R by NGF and FGF were both fully inhibited by cholera toxin and cordycepin, the responses were differentially inhibited by the kinase inhibitor K-252a.
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Doherty P, Mann DA, Walsh FS. Comparison of the effects of NGF, activators of protein kinase C, and a calcium ionophore on the expression of Thy-1 and N-CAM in PC12 cell cultures. J Biophys Biochem Cytol 1988; 107:333-40. [PMID: 2899083 PMCID: PMC2115169 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.107.1.333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The addition of nerve growth factor (NGF) to PC12 cells induces an approximate doubling in the cell surface expression of the Thy-1 glycoprotein and the neural cell adhesion molecule (N-CAM) after 24 h of culture. Although both responses are measured at the same time point, their sensitivity to NGF differed with half-maximal induction of Thy-1 apparent at NGF concentrations (approximately 0.1 ng/ml NGF) that had little effect on N-CAM expression. Phorbol ester derivatives capable of activating Ca2+/phospholipid-dependent protein kinase (protein kinase C) and the calcium ionophore A23187 were found to mimic the NGF induction of Thy-1, but not N-CAM. Similar results were observed when a synthetic diacylglycerol was added to PC12 cell cultures. Increased expression of Thy-1 consequent to phorbol ester, calcium ionophore, or NGF treatment was associated with an increase in the expression of the mRNA species that encodes Thy-1. Increased expression of Thy-1 consequent to all three treatments was also reduced by treatment with the transcription inhibitor cordycepin. Treatment of PC12 cells with high concentrations of phorbol esters was found to inhibit the NGF induction of Thy-1, but not N-CAM. Whereas the above results are consistent with activation of protein kinase C underlying the NGF induction of Thy-1, the same data are not consistent with this pathway being important in the N-CAM response.
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- P Doherty
- Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, United Kingdom
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Cavicchioli L, Dickson G, Prentice H, Walsh FS, Vantini G, Toffano G, Leon A. Expression of the messenger RNA encoding the glial fibrillary acidic protein in rat basal forebrain following fimbria-fornix lesion. PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS 1988; 20:609-10. [PMID: 3174793 DOI: 10.1016/s0031-6989(88)80089-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Dickson G, Gower HJ, Barton CH, Prentice HM, Elsom VL, Moore SE, Cox RD, Quinn C, Putt W, Walsh FS. Human muscle neural cell adhesion molecule (N-CAM): identification of a muscle-specific sequence in the extracellular domain. Cell 1987; 50:1119-30. [PMID: 2887295 DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(87)90178-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 180] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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cDNA clones encoding neural cell adhesion molecule (N-CAM) mRNAs of 6.7, 5.2, and 4.3 kb from human skeletal muscle cells were isolated. A 6.7 kb mRNA encodes a transmembrane N-CAM isoform, present predominantly in mononucleate myoblasts, that shows sequence homology with chick brain N-CAM-140 and is down-regulated during myotube formation. In contrast, the 5.2 and 4.3 kb mRNAs encode nontransmembrane N-CAM isoforms that greatly increase during myoblast fusion. Furthermore, a discrete muscle-specific sequence domain (MSD1) was detected in the extracellular coding regions of the 5.2 and 4.3 kb mRNAs. This encodes a unique run of 37 amino acids and is not expressed in 7.2 and 6.7 kb mRNAs from human or chick brain or in the corresponding 6.7 kb muscle transcript. The MSD1 is also absent from chick and mouse brain mRNAs of 4.0 and 2.9 kb. These results show that diversity in N-CAM primary structure can be found in the extracellular domain in a tissue-specific manner.
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Thompson J, Moore SE, Walsh FS. Thyroid hormones regulate expression of the neural cell adhesion molecule in adult skeletal muscle. FEBS Lett 1987; 219:135-8. [PMID: 3297787 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(87)81205-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Adult rat skeletal muscle does not express detectable levels of neural cell adhesion molecule (N-CAM) and membrane activity mediated by nerve appears to repress the N-CAM gene. N-CAM expression in skeletal muscle can however be reinduced by hypothyroidism. Thyroidectomised rats re-express N-CAM mRNAs of 5.2 and 2.9 kb and Western blot analysis showed protein bands of 125 and 155 kDa. Immunofluorescence analysis also showed high levels of N-CAM in the sarcolemma. These changes in N-CAM expression could be reversed by treatment of hypothyroid rats with thyroxine. Thus thyroid hormones as well as neural influences appear to control N-CAM expression in skeletal muscle.
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