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The Journal of Neuroscience, July 15, 2000, 20(14):5367-5373
TrkB Receptor Ligands Promote Activity-Dependent Inhibitory
Synaptogenesis
Fredrick J.
Seil1, 2, 3 and
Rosemarie
Drake-Baumann1, 2
1 Neurology Research, Veterans Affairs Medical Center
and Departments of 2 Neurology and 3 Cell and
Developmental Biology, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland,
Oregon 97201
Organotypic cerebellar cultures derived from newborn mice were
simultaneously exposed to activity-blocking agents and neurotrophins for 2 weeks. Activity-blocked explants treated with the TrkB receptor ligands BDNF and neurotrophin-4 (NT-4) developed a full complement of
Purkinje cell inhibitory axosomatic synapses, as defined
ultrastructurally, and displayed control spontaneous cortical discharge
rates after recovery from activity blockade. Otherwise untreated
activity-blocked cultures and activity-blocked cultures exposed to the
TrkC receptor ligand NT-3 had reduced inhibitory synapse development
and persistent cortical hyperactivity after recovery. The added TrkB
receptor ligands did not induce axonal sprouting to account for
increased inhibitory synaptogenesis. Addition of neurotrophins to
untreated cerebellar cultures did not increase the complement of
Purkinje cell axosomatic synapses. Exposure of cerebellar cultures to a combination of antibodies to BDNF and NT-4 resulted in reduced inhibitory synapse formation, similar to the effects of activity blockade, indicating the necessity for endogenous neurotrophins for
development of the full complement of inhibitory synapses in the
presence of neuronal activity. Application of antibodies to BDNF and
NT-4 to cerebellar explants exposed to picrotoxin to increase neuronal
activity prevented the hyperinnervation of Purkinje cell somata by
inhibitory terminals characteristic of cultures exposed to picrotoxin
alone. These results are consistent with the concept that TrkB receptor
ligands promote inhibitory synaptogenesis. The ability of neurotrophins
to substitute for neuronal activity in encouraging development of
inhibitory synapses may have therapeutic implications.
Key words:
neurotrophins; neuronal activity; development; inhibitory
synapses; cerebellar cultures; Purkinje cells
Copyright © 2000 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/00/20145367-07$05.00/0
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