PMID- 10215918 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19990526 LR - 20190815 IS - 0953-816X (Print) IS - 0953-816X (Linking) VI - 11 IP - 5 DP - 1999 May TI - BDNF and NT-4 differentiate two pathways in the modulation of neuropeptide protein levels in postnatal hippocampal interneurons. PG - 1647-56 AB - Neuropeptide protein levels in hippocampal interneurons exhibit a considerable maturation in postnatal animals. This study characterizes the role of neuronal activity in determining neuropeptide protein levels in postnatal hippocampal interneurons, and the involvement of neurotrophins. In hippocampal slices from 7-day-old rats cultured for 2 weeks, treatment with the gamma-aminobutyric acidA (GABAA) receptor antagonist bicuculline increased the staining intensity and the number of neurons immunoreactive for neuropeptide Y (NPY). An opposite effect was observed when non-N-methyl-d-aspartate (non-NMDA) excitatory transmission was blocked. The effects of either treatment were reversed after return to control medium. These findings were similar to those previously obtained on the effects of activity on somatostatin immunostaining. Blockade of endogenous tyrosine kinase neurotrophin receptors using K252a prevented the effects of bicuculline on NPY- and somatostatin-immunoreactive neurons. Application of exogenous neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) increased NPY and somatostatin protein levels in long-term but not short-term cultures, while nerve growth factor (NGF) had no effect. In contrast, brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) or neurotrophin-4 (NT-4) did not affect equally NPY and somatostatin immunoreactivity: they mimicked the effects of bicuculline treatment on NPY-immunoreactive neurons, but exerted no conspicuous effect on somatostatin immunostaining. These results indicate that although neuronal activity plays a major role in determining neuropeptide protein levels in postnatal hippocampal interneurons, its effects on different neuropeptides might be exerted through different mechanisms, with or without the mediation of BDNF or NT-4. FAU - Marty, S AU - Marty S AD - INSERM Unite 421, Faculte de Medecine, Creteil, France. marty@im3.inserm.fr FAU - Onteniente, B AU - Onteniente B LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - France TA - Eur J Neurosci JT - The European journal of neuroscience JID - 8918110 RN - 0 (Antibodies) RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists) RN - 0 (GABA Antagonists) RN - 0 (Nerve Growth Factors) RN - 0 (Neuropeptide Y) RN - 0 (Neuroprotective Agents) RN - 0 (Neurotrophin 3) RN - 0 (Quinoxalines) RN - 0 (Receptor, Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Receptors, GABA-A) RN - 0 (Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate) RN - 0 (Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor) RN - 51110-01-1 (Somatostatin) RN - 62T278S1MX (FG 9041) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases) RN - P658DCA9XD (neurotrophin 4) RN - Y37615DVKC (Bicuculline) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antibodies MH - Bicuculline/pharmacology MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/*pharmacology MH - Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists/pharmacology MH - GABA Antagonists/pharmacology MH - Hippocampus/*cytology/metabolism MH - Interneurons/chemistry/*metabolism MH - Nerve Growth Factors/*pharmacology MH - Neuropeptide Y/analysis/immunology/*metabolism MH - Neuroprotective Agents/metabolism MH - Neurotrophin 3 MH - Organ Culture Techniques MH - Quinoxalines/pharmacology MH - Rats MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/physiology MH - Receptor, Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor MH - Receptors, GABA-A/physiology MH - Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/physiology MH - Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor/physiology MH - Somatostatin/analysis/immunology/pharmacology EDAT- 1999/04/24 00:00 MHDA- 1999/04/24 00:01 CRDT- 1999/04/24 00:00 PHST- 1999/04/24 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/04/24 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/04/24 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00582.x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Eur J Neurosci. 1999 May;11(5):1647-56. doi: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00582.x.