PMID- 10373115 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19990707 LR - 20190619 IS - 0036-8075 (Print) IS - 0036-8075 (Linking) VI - 284 IP - 5422 DP - 1999 Jun 18 TI - Gating of BDNF-induced synaptic potentiation by cAMP. PG - 1982-4 AB - Neurotrophins have been implicated in activity-dependent synaptic plasticity, but the underlying intracellular mechanisms remain largely unknown. Synaptic potentiation induced by brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), but not neurotrophin 3, was prevented by blockers of adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cAMP) signaling. Activators of cAMP signaling alone were ineffective in modifying synaptic efficacy but greatly enhanced the potentiation effect of BDNF. Blocking cAMP signaling abolished the facilitation of BDNF-induced potentiation by presynaptic activity. Thus synaptic actions of BDNF are gated by cAMP. Activity and other coincident signals that modulate cAMP concentrations may specify the action of secreted neurotrophins on developing nerve terminals. FAU - Boulanger, L AU - Boulanger L AD - Department of Biology, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0357, USA. FAU - Poo, M M AU - Poo MM LA - eng GR - NS 37831/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - Science JT - Science (New York, N.Y.) JID - 0404511 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Carbazoles) RN - 0 (Indoles) RN - 0 (Nerve Growth Factors) RN - 0 (Neurotrophin 3) RN - 0 (Pyrroles) RN - 0 (Thionucleotides) RN - 0TQU7668EI (Cycloleucine) RN - 111900-32-4 (1-amino-1,3-dicarboxycyclopentane) RN - 1W21G5Q4N2 (Okadaic Acid) RN - 23645-17-2 (adenosine-3',5'-cyclic phosphorothioate) RN - 58HV29I28S (KT 5720) RN - E0399OZS9N (Cyclic AMP) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/*pharmacology MH - *Carbazoles MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Cyclic AMP/analogs & derivatives/pharmacology/*physiology MH - Cycloleucine/analogs & derivatives/pharmacology MH - *Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials/drug effects MH - Indoles/pharmacology MH - Nerve Growth Factors/pharmacology MH - Neuronal Plasticity MH - Neurons/cytology/physiology MH - Neurotrophin 3 MH - Okadaic Acid/pharmacology MH - Patch-Clamp Techniques MH - Pyrroles/pharmacology MH - Signal Transduction MH - Synapses/drug effects/*physiology MH - *Synaptic Transmission/drug effects MH - Thionucleotides/pharmacology MH - Xenopus EDAT- 1999/06/18 00:00 MHDA- 1999/06/18 00:01 CRDT- 1999/06/18 00:00 PHST- 1999/06/18 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/06/18 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/06/18 00:00 [entrez] AID - 7589 [pii] AID - 10.1126/science.284.5422.1982 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Science. 1999 Jun 18;284(5422):1982-4. doi: 10.1126/science.284.5422.1982.