PMID- 10818141 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20000615 LR - 20191023 IS - 1529-2401 (Electronic) IS - 0270-6474 (Print) IS - 0270-6474 (Linking) VI - 20 IP - 11 DP - 2000 Jun 1 TI - Neurotrophin-3 sorts to the constitutive secretory pathway of hippocampal neurons and is diverted to the regulated secretory pathway by coexpression with brain-derived neurotrophic factor. PG - 4059-68 AB - Hippocampal neurons release nerve growth factor (NGF) through the constitutive secretory pathway, thus allowing the protein to be continuously available for promoting nerve cell survival. In contrast, hippocampal neurons use the regulated secretory pathway to process brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), which alters synaptic activity when released acutely from dense-core vesicles. Thus, understanding how neurons sort and deliver neurotrophins may provide clues to their functions in brain. In this study, we monitored the processing and delivery of neurotrophin-3 (NT-3). Pulse-chase studies, immunocytochemistry, and secretagogue-induced release experiments were performed on cultured hippocampal neurons and AtT-20 cells infected with vaccinia viruses encoding the NT-3 precursor (pro-NT-3). Results show that most newly synthesized NT-3 is released through the constitutive secretory pathway as a result of furin-mediated endoproteolytic cleavage of pro-NT-3 in the trans-Golgi network. Pro-NT-3 can also be diverted into the regulated secretory pathway when cells are treated with alpha1-PDX, a selective inhibitor of furin-like enzymes, or when pro-NT-3 expression is increased by transient transfection methods. In cells coinfected with viruses coding for pro-NT-3 and pro-BDNF, NT-3 is sorted into the regulated pathway, stored in secretory granules, and released in response to extracellular cues together with BDNF, apparently as a result of heterodimerization, as suggested by coimmunoprecipitation data. Taken together, these data show that sorting of the NT-3 precursor can occur in both the constitutive and regulated secretory pathways, which is consistent with NT-3 having both survival-promoting and synapse-altering functions. FAU - Farhadi, H F AU - Farhadi HF AD - Center for Neuronal Survival, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2B4. FAU - Mowla, S J AU - Mowla SJ FAU - Petrecca, K AU - Petrecca K FAU - Morris, S J AU - Morris SJ FAU - Seidah, N G AU - Seidah NG FAU - Murphy, R A AU - Murphy RA LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Neurosci JT - The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience JID - 8102140 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Neurotrophin 3) RN - 0 (alpha 1-Antitrypsin) RN - 0 (alpha 1-antitrypsin Portland) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/*biosynthesis MH - COS Cells MH - Cell Survival/physiology MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Hippocampus/cytology/metabolism/*physiology MH - Immunohistochemistry MH - Mice MH - Microscopy, Confocal MH - Neurons/metabolism/*physiology/ultrastructure MH - Neurotrophin 3/*biosynthesis/genetics/*physiology MH - Precipitin Tests MH - Transfection/genetics MH - Vaccinia virus/genetics MH - alpha 1-Antitrypsin/pharmacology PMC - PMC6772649 EDAT- 2000/05/20 00:00 MHDA- 2000/06/17 00:00 PMCR- 2000/12/01 CRDT- 2000/05/20 00:00 PHST- 2000/05/20 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2000/06/17 00:00 [medline] PHST- 2000/05/20 00:00 [entrez] PHST- 2000/12/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 20/11/4059 [pii] AID - 4202 [pii] AID - 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.20-11-04059.2000 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Neurosci. 2000 Jun 1;20(11):4059-68. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.20-11-04059.2000.