PMID- 28842826 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190508 LR - 20220409 IS - 1559-1182 (Electronic) IS - 0893-7648 (Linking) VI - 55 IP - 1 DP - 2018 Jan TI - Environmental Enrichment Reverses Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor-Mediated Impairment Through BDNF-TrkB Pathway. PG - 43-59 LID - 10.1007/s12035-017-0716-y [doi] AB - Exposure to an enriched environment (EE) has neuroprotective benefits and improves recovery from brain injury due to, among other, increased neurotrophic factor expression. Through these neurotrophins, important cortical and hippocampal changes occur. Vandetanib acts as a tyrosine kinase inhibitor of cell receptors, among others, the vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR). Our aim was to investigate the effectiveness of EE counteracting cognitive and cellular effects after tyrosine kinase receptor blockade. Animals were reared under standard laboratory condition or EE; both groups received vandetanib or vehicle. Visuospatial learning was tested with Morris water maze. Neuronal, interneuronal, and vascular densities were measured by inmunohistochemistry and histochemistry techniques. Quantifications were performed in the hippocampus and in the visual cortex. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), tyrosine kinase B receptor (TrkB), Akt, and Erk were measured by Western blot technique. Vandetanib produces a significant decrease in vascular and neuronal densities and reduction in the expression of molecules involved in survival and proliferation processes such as phospho-Akt/Akt and phospho-Erk/Erk. These results correlated to a cognitive impairment in visuospatial test. On the other hand, animals reared in an EE are able to reverse the negative effects, activating PI3K-AKT and MAP kinase pathways mediated by BDNF-TrkB binding. Present results provide novel and consistent evidences about the usefulness of living in EE as a strategy to improve deleterious effects of blocking neurotrophic pathways by vandetanib and the notable role of the BDNF-TrkB pathway to balance the neurovascular unit and cognitive effects. FAU - Bengoetxea, Harkaitz AU - Bengoetxea H AD - Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Neuroscience (LaNCE), Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 48940, Leioa, Bizkaia, Spain. harkaitz.bengoetxea@ehu.eus. FAU - Rico-Barrio, Irantzu AU - Rico-Barrio I AD - Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Barrio Sarriena, E-48940, Leioa, Bizkaia, Spain. FAU - Ortuzar, Naiara AU - Ortuzar N AD - Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Neuroscience (LaNCE), Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 48940, Leioa, Bizkaia, Spain. FAU - Murueta-Goyena, Ane AU - Murueta-Goyena A AD - Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Neuroscience (LaNCE), Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 48940, Leioa, Bizkaia, Spain. FAU - Lafuente, Jose V AU - Lafuente JV AD - Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Neuroscience (LaNCE), Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 48940, Leioa, Bizkaia, Spain. AD - Nanoneurosurgery Group, BioCruces Health Research Institute, Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Spain. AD - Faculty of Health Science, Universidad Autonoma de Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Mol Neurobiol JT - Molecular neurobiology JID - 8900963 RN - 0 (Bdnf protein, rat) RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Protein Kinase Inhibitors) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Ntrk2 protein, rat) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Protein-Tyrosine Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor, trkB) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/*metabolism MH - *Environment MH - Protein Kinase Inhibitors/*toxicity MH - Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism MH - Rats MH - Rats, Long-Evans MH - Receptor, trkB/*antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects/*physiology OTO - NOTNLM OT - Enriched environment OT - Hippocampus OT - Neuroprotection OT - Neurotrophins OT - Tyrosine kinase inhibitor OT - Visual cortex EDAT- 2017/08/27 06:00 MHDA- 2019/05/09 06:00 CRDT- 2017/08/27 06:00 PHST- 2017/08/27 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/05/09 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/08/27 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s12035-017-0716-y [pii] AID - 10.1007/s12035-017-0716-y [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Neurobiol. 2018 Jan;55(1):43-59. doi: 10.1007/s12035-017-0716-y.