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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-10-11
pubmed:abstractText
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) may play an important role in the modulation of N-methyl-d-asparate (NMDA) receptor function. To elucidate the underlying mechanisms, whole-cell patch-clamp recording was used to assess the effect of BDNF on the responses of cultured hippocampal neurons to the glutamate receptor agonist NMDA. We found that peak amplitude of NMDA-evoked currents in cultured hippocampal pyramidal neurons at Day 18 in vitro decreased significantly compared to that of NMDA currents at Day 10 or 14. Interestingly, NMDA-evoked currents were greatly enhanced by BDNF (50 ng/ml) in cultured neurons at Day 18, but not at Day 10 or 14. Treatment with Rp-cAMP abolished the potentiating effects of BDNF on NMDA current. Elevating the amount of cytosolic cAMP by preincubation with forskolin or Sp-cAMP also enhanced NMDA currents as effectively as BDNF in 18-day-old hippocampal neurons. Measurement of the cellular content of cAMP by RIA indicated that cultured hippocampal neurons showed decreased basal cAMP levels at the time NMDA currents were decreased and BDNF increased the decreased cAMP levels. Taken together, these results suggest that BDNF may restore decreased NMDA receptor activity in cultured hippocampal neurons by the cAMP pathway.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0003-9861
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2001 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
394
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
209-15
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11594735-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11594735-Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, pubmed-meshheading:11594735-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:11594735-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:11594735-Cyclic AMP, pubmed-meshheading:11594735-Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:11594735-Electrophysiology, pubmed-meshheading:11594735-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:11594735-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:11594735-Intracellular Fluid, pubmed-meshheading:11594735-N-Methylaspartate, pubmed-meshheading:11594735-Patch-Clamp Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:11594735-Pyramidal Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11594735-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:11594735-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:11594735-Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate, pubmed-meshheading:11594735-Thionucleotides, pubmed-meshheading:11594735-Time Factors
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Restoration of decreased N-methyl-d-asparate receptor activity by brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the cultured hippocampal neurons: involvement of cAMP.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200433, People's Republic of China. jhsun@smmu.edu.cn
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't