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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
18
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-3-19
pubmed:abstractText
Neurotrophins, a group of protein ligands that are structurally related to the prototype nerve growth factor (NGF), are prominently expressed in the skeletal muscle during the critical period of synapse formation. In the present study, we utilized a co-culture system of NG108-15 cells expressing the Trk receptors and C2C12 myotubes expressing the individual neurotrophins to examine whether these factors can act in a target-derived manner to influence the postsynaptic specializations. Our findings demonstrated that muscle-derived neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) has the unique ability to enhance the aggregation of acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) on the myotubes following co-culture with NG108-15 cells expressing TrkC. Taken together, our findings suggest that NT-3 can act as a retrograde factor to modulate the postsynaptic specializations.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0959-4965
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
22
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3895-900
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9462462-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9462462-Coculture Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:9462462-Hybrid Cells, pubmed-meshheading:9462462-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:9462462-Muscle, Skeletal, pubmed-meshheading:9462462-Nerve Growth Factors, pubmed-meshheading:9462462-Neuroblastoma, pubmed-meshheading:9462462-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:9462462-Neurotrophin 3, pubmed-meshheading:9462462-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9462462-Receptor, Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor, pubmed-meshheading:9462462-Receptor, trkA, pubmed-meshheading:9462462-Receptor, trkC, pubmed-meshheading:9462462-Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:9462462-Receptors, Cholinergic, pubmed-meshheading:9462462-Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:9462462-Synapses, pubmed-meshheading:9462462-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Muscle-derived neurotrophin-3 increases the aggregation of acetylcholine receptors in neuron-muscle co-cultures.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biology and Biotechnology Research Institute, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't