PMID- 11723167 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20011220 LR - 20190630 IS - 0022-3042 (Print) IS - 0022-3042 (Linking) VI - 79 IP - 4 DP - 2001 Nov TI - Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) mediates bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2) effects on cultured striatal neurones. PG - 747-55 AB - Bone morphogenetic proteins are members of the transforming growth factor-beta superfamily that have multiple functions in the developing nervous system. One of them, bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2), promotes the differentiation of cultured striatal neurones, enhancing dendrite growth and calbindin-positive phenotype. Bone morphogenetic proteins have been implicated in cooperative interactions with other neurotrophic factors. Here we examined whether the effects of BMP-2 on cultured striatal neurones are mediated or enhanced by other neurotrophic factors. BMP-2 had a cooperative effect with low doses of brain-derived neurotrophic factor or neurotrophin-3 (but not with other neurotrophic factors such as glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor, neurturin or transforming growth factor-beta 2) on the number of calbindin-positive striatal neurones. Moreover, BMP-2 induced phosphorylated Trk immunoreactivity in cultured striatal neurones, suggesting that neurotrophins are involved in BMP-2 neurotrophic effects. The addition of TrkB-IgG or antibodies against brain-derived neurotrophic factor abolished the effects of BMP-2 on the number and degree of differentiation of calbindin-positive striatal neurones. Indeed, BMP-2 treatment increased brain-derived neurotrophic factor protein levels in treated cultures media and BDNF immunocytochemistry revealed that this neurotrophin was produced by neuronal cells. Taken together, these results indicate that brain-derived neurotrophic factor mediates the effects of BMP-2 on striatal neurones. FAU - Gratacos, E AU - Gratacos E AD - Departament de Biologia Cel.lular i Anatomia Patologica, Facultat de Medicina, Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. FAU - Checa, N AU - Checa N FAU - Perez-Navarro, E AU - Perez-Navarro E FAU - Alberch, J AU - Alberch J LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - J Neurochem JT - Journal of neurochemistry JID - 2985190R RN - 0 (Antibodies) RN - 0 (Bmp2 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2) RN - 0 (Bone Morphogenetic Proteins) RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Calbindins) RN - 0 (Gdnf protein, rat) RN - 0 (Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Nerve Growth Factors) RN - 0 (Nerve Tissue Proteins) RN - 0 (Neurotrophin 3) RN - 0 (S100 Calcium Binding Protein G) RN - 0 (Transforming Growth Factor beta) RN - 0 (Transforming Growth Factor beta2) RN - 56-12-2 (gamma-Aminobutyric Acid) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor, trkB) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antibodies/pharmacology MH - Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2 MH - Bone Morphogenetic Proteins/*pharmacology MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism/*pharmacology MH - Calbindins MH - Cell Count MH - Corpus Striatum/cytology/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Drug Synergism MH - Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor MH - *Nerve Growth Factors MH - Nerve Tissue Proteins/pharmacology MH - Neurons/cytology/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Neurotrophin 3/pharmacology MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Receptor, trkB/metabolism MH - S100 Calcium Binding Protein G/metabolism MH - Transforming Growth Factor beta/pharmacology MH - Transforming Growth Factor beta2 MH - gamma-Aminobutyric Acid/pharmacokinetics EDAT- 2001/11/28 10:00 MHDA- 2002/01/05 10:01 CRDT- 2001/11/28 10:00 PHST- 2001/11/28 10:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2002/01/05 10:01 [medline] PHST- 2001/11/28 10:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2001.00570.x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Neurochem. 2001 Nov;79(4):747-55. doi: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2001.00570.x.