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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-3-29
pubmed:abstractText
During development, estrogen has a variety of effects on morphological and electrophysiological properties of hippocampal neurons. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) also plays an important role in the survival and differentiation of neurons during development. We examined the effects of gonadectomy with and without estrogen replacement on the mRNA and protein of BDNF and its receptor, trkB, during early postnatal development of the rat hippocampus. We used immunocytochemistry to demonstrate that estrogen receptor alpha (ERalpha) and BDNF were localized to the same cells within the developing hippocampus. BDNF and ERalpha were colocalized in pyramidal cells of the CA3 subregion and to a lesser extent in CA1. To determine whether BDNF mRNA was regulated by estrogen during development, we gonadectomized male rat pups at postnatal day 0 (P0) and examined mRNA and protein levels from P0 to P25 using real-time reverse transcription-PCR and Western blot analysis. After gonadectomy, BDNF mRNA levels are significantly reduced on P7, but after treatment of gonadectomized animals with estradiol benzoate on P0, levels at all ages were similar to those in intact animals. BDNF mRNA changes after gonadectomy are accompanied by an increase in the levels of BDNF protein, which were reduced by estrogen treatment at P0. We also examined the effect of postnatal estrogen treatment on trkB. There were no significant changes in trkB mRNA or protein in gonadectomized or estrogen-replaced animals. These results suggest that a direct interaction may exist between ERalpha and BDNF to alter hippocampal physiology during development in the rat.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1529-2401
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2650-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11923430-Aging, pubmed-meshheading:11923430-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11923430-Animals, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:11923430-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:11923430-Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, pubmed-meshheading:11923430-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:11923430-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:11923430-Estradiol, pubmed-meshheading:11923430-Estrogen Receptor alpha, pubmed-meshheading:11923430-Estrogen Receptor beta, pubmed-meshheading:11923430-Estrogens, pubmed-meshheading:11923430-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11923430-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:11923430-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:11923430-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:11923430-Interneurons, pubmed-meshheading:11923430-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11923430-Orchiectomy, pubmed-meshheading:11923430-Ovariectomy, pubmed-meshheading:11923430-Pyramidal Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11923430-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:11923430-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:11923430-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:11923430-Receptor, trkB, pubmed-meshheading:11923430-Receptors, Estrogen, pubmed-meshheading:11923430-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:11923430-gamma-Aminobutyric Acid
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Estrogen regulates the development of brain-derived neurotrophic factor mRNA and protein in the rat hippocampus.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.