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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
43
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-10-27
pubmed:abstractText
The correlation between functional and structural neuronal plasticity is by now well documented. However, the molecular mechanisms translating patterns of neuronal activity into specific changes in the structure of neurons remain unclear. Neurotrophins can be released in an activity-dependent manner, and they are capable of controlling both neuronal morphology and functional synaptic changes. They are thus attractive molecules to be studied in the context of synaptic plasticity. In the CNS, most of the work so far has focused on the role of BDNF and of its tyrosine kinase B receptor (TrkB), but relatively little is known about the function of the pan-neurotrophin receptor p75NTR. In this study, we show in loss-of-function experiments that postnatal hippocampal pyramidal cells in two mutant lines of p75NTR have a higher spine density and greater dendritic complexity than wild-type (WT) mice. Conversely, in a gain-of-function approach, p75NTR overexpression in WT neurons significantly reduces dendritic complexity, as well as spine density in all dendritic compartments. These results show that p75NTR negatively modulates dendritic morphology in adult hippocampal pyramidal neurons and documents a new case of functional antagonism between Trk and p75NTR signaling.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1529-2401
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
26
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
9989-99
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16251447-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16251447-Animals, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:16251447-Cell Size, pubmed-meshheading:16251447-Dendrites, pubmed-meshheading:16251447-Dendritic Spines, pubmed-meshheading:16251447-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:16251447-Gene Transfer Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:16251447-Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (Phosphorylating), pubmed-meshheading:16251447-Green Fluorescent Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16251447-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:16251447-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:16251447-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16251447-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:16251447-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:16251447-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:16251447-Receptor, Nerve Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:16251447-Time Factors
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
The p75 neurotrophin receptor negatively modulates dendrite complexity and spine density in hippocampal neurons.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cellular and Systems Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, In Vitro, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't