PMID- 10802344 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20000714 LR - 20190915 IS - 0168-0102 (Print) IS - 0168-0102 (Linking) VI - 37 IP - 1 DP - 2000 May TI - BDNF rapidly induces aspartate release from cultured CNS neurons. PG - 59-65 AB - We investigated the effects of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) on aspartate release from cultured cerebellar neurons. This release occurred within 1 min after the addition of 100 ng/ml BDNF. The amount of aspartate released was less than that of glutamate. Aspartate release induced by BDNF was rapid and transient, as in the case of glutamate. Although high potassium evoked the release of both excitatory (glutamate and aspartate) and inhibitory (GABA and glycine) amino acid transmitters, BDNF only induced glutamate and aspartate release. BDNF-induced aspartate release was completely blocked by pretreatment with K252a or TrkB-IgG. The aspartate release induced by BDNF was not dependent on the extracellular Ca(2+), but required intracellular Ca(2+) mobilization. These results showed that BDNF may be involved in excitatory transmission using aspartate as well as glutamate through TrkB-mediated signaling in cerebellum. FAU - Numakawa, T AU - Numakawa T AD - Division of Protein Biosynthesis, Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, 3-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, Japan. FAU - Takei, N AU - Takei N FAU - Hatanaka, H AU - Hatanaka H LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Ireland TA - Neurosci Res JT - Neuroscience research JID - 8500749 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Microtubule-Associated Proteins) RN - 30KYC7MIAI (Aspartic Acid) RN - 3KX376GY7L (Glutamic Acid) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor, trkB) RN - SY7Q814VUP (Calcium) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Animals, Newborn MH - Aspartic Acid/*drug effects/*metabolism MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/*metabolism/*pharmacology MH - Calcium/metabolism MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Cerebellar Cortex/cytology/*drug effects/*metabolism MH - Cerebral Cortex/cytology/drug effects/metabolism MH - Glutamic Acid/drug effects/metabolism MH - Hippocampus/cytology/drug effects/metabolism MH - Immunohistochemistry MH - Intracellular Fluid/chemistry/metabolism MH - Microtubule-Associated Proteins/drug effects/metabolism MH - Neostriatum/cytology/drug effects/metabolism MH - Neurons/cytology/*drug effects/*metabolism MH - Rats MH - Receptor, trkB/*drug effects/*metabolism MH - Time Factors EDAT- 2000/05/10 09:00 MHDA- 2000/07/25 11:00 CRDT- 2000/05/10 09:00 PHST- 2000/05/10 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2000/07/25 11:00 [medline] PHST- 2000/05/10 09:00 [entrez] AID - S0168-0102(00)00103-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/s0168-0102(00)00103-6 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neurosci Res. 2000 May;37(1):59-65. doi: 10.1016/s0168-0102(00)00103-6.