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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
23
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-1-4
pubmed:abstractText
Dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons produce multiple sodium currents, including several different TTX-sensitive (TTX-S) currents and TTX-resistant (TTX-R) currents, which are produced by distinct sodium channels. We previously demonstrated that, after sciatic nerve transection, the levels of SNS and NaN sodium channel alpha-subunit transcripts and protein in small (18-30 micrometer diameter) DRG neurons are reduced, as are the amplitudes and densities of the slowly inactivating and persistent TTX-R currents produced by these two channels. In this study, we asked whether glial-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF), which has been shown to prevent some axotomy-induced changes such as the loss of somatostatin expression in DRG neurons, can ameliorate the axotomy-induced downregulation of SNS and NaN TTX-R sodium channels. We show here that exposure to GDNF can significantly increase both slowly inactivating and persistent TTX-R sodium currents, which are paralleled by increases in SNS and NaN mRNA and protein levels, in axotomized DRG neurons in vitro. We also show that intrathecally administered GDNF increases the amplitudes of the slowly inactivating and persistent TTX-R currents, and SNS and NaN protein levels, in peripherally axotomized DRG neurons in vivo. Finally, we demonstrate that GDNF upregulates the persistent TTX-R current in SNS-null mice, thus demonstrating that the upregulated persistent sodium current is not produced by SNS. Because TTX-R sodium channels have been shown to be important in nociception, the effects of GDNF on axotomized DRG neurons may have important implications for the regulation of nociceptive signaling by these cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
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pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1529-2401
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
8754-61
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11102483-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11102483-Axotomy, pubmed-meshheading:11102483-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:11102483-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11102483-Ganglia, Spinal, pubmed-meshheading:11102483-Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, pubmed-meshheading:11102483-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:11102483-Injections, Spinal, pubmed-meshheading:11102483-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11102483-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11102483-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:11102483-Nerve Growth Factors, pubmed-meshheading:11102483-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11102483-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:11102483-Neuropeptides, pubmed-meshheading:11102483-Patch-Clamp Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:11102483-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:11102483-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:11102483-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:11102483-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:11102483-Sciatic Nerve, pubmed-meshheading:11102483-Sodium, pubmed-meshheading:11102483-Sodium Channels, pubmed-meshheading:11102483-Tetrodotoxin, pubmed-meshheading:11102483-Up-Regulation
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Glial-derived neurotrophic factor upregulates expression of functional SNS and NaN sodium channels and their currents in axotomized dorsal root ganglion neurons.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology and Paralyzed Veterans of America and Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association Neuroscience Research Center, Yale Medical School, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't