PMID- 28508312 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170922 LR - 20170922 IS - 0065-2598 (Print) IS - 0065-2598 (Linking) VI - 976 DP - 2017 TI - TRPC Channels and Programmed Cell Death. PG - 47-60 LID - 10.1007/978-94-024-1088-4_5 [doi] AB - Neurotrophins, including nerve growth factor (NGF) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), bind to their high-affinity receptors to promote neuronal survival during brain development. One of the key downstream pathways is the phospholipase C (PLC) pathway, which not only plays a central role in calcium release from internal store but also in activation of TRPC channels coupled with neurotrophin receptors. TRPC channels are required for the neurotrophin-mediated neuronal protective effects. In addition, activation of TRPC channels is able to protect neurons in the absence of neurotrophin. In some circumstances, TRPC channels coupled with metabotropic glutamate receptor may mediate the excitotoxicity by calcium overload. One of the key questions in the field is the channel gating mechanisms; understanding of which would help design compounds to modulate the channel properties. The development and identification of TRPC channel agonists or blockers are promising and may unveil new therapeutic drugs for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases and epilepsy. FAU - Zhou, Jian AU - Zhou J AD - Laboratory of Neural Signal Transduction, Institute of Neuroscience, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yueyang Road, Shanghai, 200031, China. FAU - Jia, Yichang AU - Jia Y AD - School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Medical Science Building, Room D204, Beijing, 100084, China. yichangjia@tsinghua.edu.cn. AD - Peking-Tsinghua Joint Center for Life Sciences, Beijing, 100084, China. yichangjia@tsinghua.edu.cn. AD - IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research at Tsinghua, Beijing, 100084, China. yichangjia@tsinghua.edu.cn. LA - eng GR - NS079476/NH/NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review PL - United States TA - Adv Exp Med Biol JT - Advances in experimental medicine and biology JID - 0121103 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (TRPC Cation Channels) RN - 9061-61-4 (Nerve Growth Factor) RN - SY7Q814VUP (Calcium) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/metabolism MH - Calcium/*metabolism MH - Cell Death/*physiology MH - Humans MH - Nerve Growth Factor/*metabolism MH - Neurons/*metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/physiology MH - TRPC Cation Channels/*metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Neurotrophins OT - Programmed cell death OT - TRPC channels EDAT- 2017/05/17 06:00 MHDA- 2017/09/25 06:00 CRDT- 2017/05/17 06:00 PHST- 2017/05/17 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/05/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/09/25 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1007/978-94-024-1088-4_5 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Adv Exp Med Biol. 2017;976:47-60. doi: 10.1007/978-94-024-1088-4_5.