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The Journal of Neuroscience, November 1, 2000, 20(21):8077-8086

Transmitter-Receptor Interactions between Growth Cones of Identified Lymnaea Neurons Determine Target Cell Selection In Vitro

Gaynor E. Spencer, Ken Lukowiak, and Naweed I. Syed

Neuroscience Research Group, Departments of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Physiology and Biophysics, Health Sciences Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4N1

In addition to their involvement in transsynaptic communication in the adult nervous system, neurotransmitters also participate in many developmental events, such as neurite initiation and outgrowth. Although growth cones can release transmitters and are themselves sensitive to exogenously applied neurotransmitters, a direct causal relationship between the release of transmitter from one growth cone and its effect on another has not yet been demonstrated. In this study, we provide evidence that dopamine release from the growth cones of an identified Lymnaea neuron, right pedal dorsal 1 (RPeD1), differentially regulates the growth cone behavior of its in vivo target and nontarget neurons in vitro. In coculture, RPeD1 growth cones enhanced the rate of growth cone advance from target cells and synaptic connections developed immediately after contact. In contrast, RPeD1 growth cones not only inhibited the rate of growth cone advance from nontarget cells but they also induced growth cone collapse. Using a "sniffer cell" approach, we demonstrated that both RPeD1 growth cones and somata released dopamine, which can be detected at a distance of several hundred micrometers. RPeD1 somata were used to demonstrate that spontaneous release of dopamine also acted as a chemoattractant for target growth cones but as a chemorepellent for nontarget growth cones. These effects were mimicked by exogenous dopamine application, and both RPeD1 growth cone and soma-induced effects were also blocked in the presence of dopamine receptor antagonists. This study emphasizes the importance of transmitter-receptor interactions between growth cones in target cell selection.

Key words: transmitter; dopamine; growth cone; culture; target selection; regeneration; neurite outgrowth; mollusc

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