PMID- 24934279 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150721 LR - 20141113 IS - 1743-1328 (Electronic) IS - 0161-6412 (Linking) VI - 37 IP - 1 DP - 2015 Jan TI - TrkB is involved in the mechanism by which BDNF accelerates the glutamate-induced death of rat neuroblastoma B35 cells. PG - 30-4 LID - 10.1179/1743132814Y.0000000403 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVE: Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) binds to its high-affinity binding receptor, tropomyosin-related kinase (Trk) B, and can induce neuronal differentiation and survival. BDNF also accelerates neuronal cell death in a glutamate-induced model; however, it has been unknown whether the mechanism involves TrkB. In the current study, to determine the role of TrkB in neuronal cell death, we investigated TrkB involvement in BDNF acceleration of glutamate-induced neuronal death. METHODS: A TrkB-stable transformant of rat neuroblastoma B35 (B35(TrkB)) cells was utilized to investigate whether TrkB is involved in BDNF acceleration of neuronal death. The cell viability of the B35(TrkB) cells was compared to that of mock vector-transgened B35 (B35(mock)) cells after treatment with/without BDNF and glutamate. RESULTS: In both B35(TrkB) and B35(mock) cells, glutamate treatment decreased the cell viability. BDNF treatment further accelerated the decrease in the viability of B35(TrkB) cells, but not that in the viability of B35(mock) cells. At glutamate concentrations that did not significantly decrease cell viability, BDNF increased the cell viability of B35(TrkB), but not that of B35(mock). A mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) inhibitor, U0126, suppressed BDNF's accelerating effect on cell death. Although B35 parental cells endogenously express other neurotrophin receptors such as TrkA, nerve growth factor beta (a ligand of TrkA and p75(NTR)) could not influence the viability of B35(TrkB) or B35(mock) cells. CONCLUSION: These results indicate that TrkB is an intermediator for the trophic and toxicity-exacerbating effects of BDNF against cell viabilities at non-cytotoxic and cytotoxic glutamate concentrations, respectively. FAU - Maki, Takehiro AU - Maki T FAU - Arishima, Kazuyoshi AU - Arishima K FAU - Yamamoto, Masako AU - Yamamoto M FAU - Sakaue, Motoharu AU - Sakaue M LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140616 PL - England TA - Neurol Res JT - Neurological research JID - 7905298 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Butadienes) RN - 0 (Enzyme Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Nitriles) RN - 0 (U 0126) RN - 3KX376GY7L (Glutamic Acid) RN - 9061-61-4 (Nerve Growth Factor) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor, trkA) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor, trkB) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/*metabolism MH - Butadienes/pharmacology MH - Cell Death/drug effects/*physiology MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Survival/drug effects/physiology MH - Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism MH - Glutamic Acid/*metabolism MH - Nerve Growth Factor/metabolism MH - Neuroblastoma/physiopathology MH - Neurons/drug effects/*physiology MH - Nitriles/pharmacology MH - Rats MH - Receptor, trkA/metabolism MH - Receptor, trkB/genetics/*metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - BDNF, OT - Glutamate, OT - NGFbeta, OT - Neuronal cell death, OT - TrkB, OT - p75NTR EDAT- 2014/06/18 06:00 MHDA- 2015/07/22 06:00 CRDT- 2014/06/18 06:00 PHST- 2014/06/18 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/06/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/07/22 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1179/1743132814Y.0000000403 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neurol Res. 2015 Jan;37(1):30-4. doi: 10.1179/1743132814Y.0000000403. Epub 2014 Jun 16.