A model for neuronal competition during development
A model for neuronal competition during development
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DOI:
10.1126/science.1152677
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发表时间:
2008-04-18
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影响因子:
56.9
通讯作者:
Ginty, David D.
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作者:
Deppmann, Christopher D.;Mihalas, Stefan;Ginty, David D.
We report that developmental competition between sympathetic neurons for survival is critically dependent on a sensitization process initiated by target innervation and mediated by a series of feedback loops. Target- derived nerve growth factor ( NGF) promoted expression of its own receptor TrkA in mouse and rat neurons and prolonged TrkA- mediated signals. NGF also controlled expression of brain- derived neurotrophic factor and neurotrophin- 4, which, through the receptor p75, can kill neighboring neurons with low retrograde NGF- TrkA signaling whereas neurons with high NGF- TrkA signaling are protected. Perturbation of any of these feedback loops disrupts the dynamics of competition. We suggest that three target- initiated events are essential for rapid and robust competition between neurons: sensitization, paracrine apoptotic signaling, and protection from such effects.