PMID- 16815329 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20060831 LR - 20150813 IS - 0896-6273 (Print) IS - 0896-6273 (Linking) VI - 51 IP - 1 DP - 2006 Jul 6 TI - In vivo restoration of physiological levels of truncated TrkB.T1 receptor rescues neuronal cell death in a trisomic mouse model. PG - 21-8 AB - Imbalances in neurotrophins or their high-affinity Trk receptors have long been reported in neurodegenerative diseases. However, a molecular link between these gene products and neuronal cell death has not been established. In the trisomy 16 (Ts16) mouse there is increased apoptosis in the cortex, and hippocampal neurons undergo accelerated cell death that cannot be rescued by administration of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). Ts16 neurons have normal levels of the TrkB tyrosine kinase receptor but an upregulation of the TrkB.T1 truncated receptor isoform. Here we show that restoration of the physiological level of the TrkB.T1 receptor by gene targeting rescues Ts16 cortical cell and hippocampal neuronal death. Moreover, it corrects resting Ca2+ levels and restores BDNF-induced intracellular signaling mediated by full-length TrkB in Ts16 hippocampal neurons. These data provide a direct link between neuronal cell death and abnormalities in Trk neurotrophin receptor levels. FAU - Dorsey, Susan G AU - Dorsey SG AD - Neural Development Group, Mouse Cancer Genetics Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA. sdorsey@son.umaryland.edu FAU - Renn, Cynthia L AU - Renn CL FAU - Carim-Todd, Laura AU - Carim-Todd L FAU - Barrick, Colleen A AU - Barrick CA FAU - Bambrick, Linda AU - Bambrick L FAU - Krueger, Bruce K AU - Krueger BK FAU - Ward, Christopher W AU - Ward CW FAU - Tessarollo, Lino AU - Tessarollo L LA - eng GR - K01-AR02177/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States GR - K22NR00174/NR/NINR NIH HHS/United States GR - R01NS40492/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - Intramural NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural PL - United States TA - Neuron JT - Neuron JID - 8809320 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Protein Isoforms) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor, trkB) RN - SY7Q814VUP (Calcium) SB - IM CIN - Neuron. 2006 Jul 6;51(1):1-3. PMID: 16815323 MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis/genetics MH - Brain/cytology/*metabolism MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/*metabolism/pharmacology MH - Calcium/metabolism MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Cerebral Cortex/cytology/metabolism MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Down-Regulation/genetics MH - Gene Targeting/methods MH - Hippocampus/cytology/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Mice, Neurologic Mutants MH - Molecular Weight MH - Nerve Degeneration/*genetics/metabolism/physiopathology MH - Neurons/cytology/*metabolism MH - Protein Isoforms/genetics/metabolism MH - Receptor, trkB/*genetics MH - Recovery of Function/genetics MH - Signal Transduction/genetics MH - Trisomy/*genetics/physiopathology EDAT- 2006/07/04 09:00 MHDA- 2006/09/01 09:00 CRDT- 2006/07/04 09:00 PHST- 2005/05/26 00:00 [received] PHST- 2006/01/13 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2006/06/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2006/07/04 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2006/09/01 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2006/07/04 09:00 [entrez] AID - S0896-6273(06)00462-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.neuron.2006.06.009 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neuron. 2006 Jul 6;51(1):21-8. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2006.06.009.