PMID- 26503157 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20161026 LR - 20170103 IS - 1477-9137 (Electronic) IS - 0021-9533 (Linking) VI - 129 IP - 3 DP - 2016 Feb 1 TI - Inhibition of motor neuron death in vitro and in vivo by a p75 neurotrophin receptor intracellular domain fragment. PG - 517-30 LID - 10.1242/jcs.173864 [doi] AB - The p75 neurotrophin receptor (p75(NTR); also known as NGFR) can mediate neuronal apoptosis in disease or following trauma, and facilitate survival through interactions with Trk receptors. Here we tested the ability of a p75(NTR)-derived trophic cell-permeable peptide, c29, to inhibit p75(NTR)-mediated motor neuron death. Acute c29 application to axotomized motor neuron axons decreased cell death, and systemic c29 treatment of SOD1(G93A) mice, a common model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, resulted in increased spinal motor neuron survival mid-disease as well as delayed disease onset. Coincident with this, c29 treatment of these mice reduced the production of p75(NTR) cleavage products. Although c29 treatment inhibited mature- and pro-nerve-growth-factor-induced death of cultured motor neurons, and these ligands induced the cleavage of p75(NTR) in motor-neuron-like NSC-34 cells, there was no direct effect of c29 on p75(NTR) cleavage. Rather, c29 promoted motor neuron survival in vitro by enhancing the activation of TrkB-dependent signaling pathways, provided that low levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) were present, an effect that was replicated in vivo in SOD1(G93A) mice. We conclude that the c29 peptide facilitates BDNF-dependent survival of motor neurons in vitro and in vivo. CI - (c) 2016. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd. FAU - Matusica, Dusan AU - Matusica D AD - Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia Department of Anatomy & Histology, Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia. FAU - Alfonsi, Fabienne AU - Alfonsi F AD - Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia. FAU - Turner, Bradley J AU - Turner BJ AD - The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville 3052, Victoria 3051, Australia. FAU - Butler, Tim J AU - Butler TJ AD - Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia. FAU - Shepheard, Stephanie R AU - Shepheard SR AD - Department of Human Physiology, Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia. FAU - Rogers, Mary-Louise AU - Rogers ML AD - Department of Human Physiology, Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia. FAU - Skeldal, Sune AU - Skeldal S AD - Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia. FAU - Underwood, Clare K AU - Underwood CK AD - Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia. FAU - Mangelsdorf, Marie AU - Mangelsdorf M AD - Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia. FAU - Coulson, Elizabeth J AU - Coulson EJ AD - Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia e.coulson@uq.edu.au. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20151026 PL - England TA - J Cell Sci JT - Journal of cell science JID - 0052457 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Cell-Penetrating Peptides) RN - 0 (Receptor, Nerve Growth Factor) RN - EC 1.15.1.1 (SOD1 G93A protein) RN - EC 1.15.1.1 (Superoxide Dismutase) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis/physiology MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/metabolism MH - Cell Death/*physiology MH - Cell Survival/physiology MH - Cell-Penetrating Peptides/*metabolism MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Transgenic MH - Motor Neurons/*metabolism MH - Receptor, Nerve Growth Factor/*metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/physiology MH - Spinal Cord/metabolism/physiology MH - Superoxide Dismutase/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - ALS OT - BDNF OT - Motor neuron OT - NGFR OT - Survival OT - TrkB OT - p75NTR EDAT- 2015/10/28 06:00 MHDA- 2016/10/27 06:00 CRDT- 2015/10/28 06:00 PHST- 2015/05/04 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/10/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/10/28 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/10/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/10/27 06:00 [medline] AID - jcs.173864 [pii] AID - 10.1242/jcs.173864 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Cell Sci. 2016 Feb 1;129(3):517-30. doi: 10.1242/jcs.173864. Epub 2015 Oct 26.