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The Journal of Neuroscience, December 1, 2001, 21(23):9315-9324

Regional Differences in Neurotrophin Availability Regulate Selective Expression of VGF in the Developing Limbic Cortex

Kathie L. Eagleson¹, Liane D. Fairfull¹, Stephen R. J. Salton², and Pat Levitt¹

¹ Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, and ² Fishberg Research Center for Neurobiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029

Gene and protein expression patterns in the cerebral cortex are complex and often change spatially and temporally through development. The signals that regulate these patterns are primarily unknown. In the present study, we focus on the regulation of VGF expression, which is limited to limbic cortical areas early in development but later expands into sensory and motor areas. We isolated neurons from embryonic day 17 rat cortex and demonstrate that the profile of VGF expression in perirhinal (expressing) and occipital (nonexpressing) populations in vitro is similar to that in the perinatal cortex in vivo. The addition of neutralizing neurotrophin antibodies indicates that endogenous brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is necessary for the normal complement of VGF-expressing neurons in the perirhinal cortex, although endogenous neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) regulates the expression of VGF in a subpopulation of cells. ELISA analysis demonstrates that there is significantly more BDNF present in the perirhinal cortex compared with the occipital cortex in the perinatal period. However, the total amount of NT-3 is similar between the two regions and, moreover, there is considerably more NT-3 than BDNF in both areas, a finding seemingly in conflict with regional VGF expression. Quantification of the extracellular levels of neurotrophins in perirhinal and occipital cultures using ELISA in situ analysis indicates that perirhinal neurons release significantly more BDNF than the occipital population. Furthermore, the amount of NT-3 released by the perirhinal neurons is significantly less than the amount of BDNF. Local injection of BDNF in vivo into a normally negative VGF region results in robust ectopic expression of VGF. These data suggest that the local availability of specific neurotrophins for receptor occupation, rather than the total amount of neurotrophin, is a critical parameter in determining the selective expression of VGF in the developing limbic cortex.

Key words: BDNF; NT-3; neurotrophins; VGF; cortical development; ELISA

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