Neurotrophins and taste buds.
Neurotrophins and taste buds.
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神经营养素和味蕾。
DOI:
10.1002/cne.10588
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发表时间:
2003
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通讯作者:
Farbman,AlbertI
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作者:
Farbman,AlbertI
Developing neurons in sensory systems are usually dependent on one or more members of the nerve growth factor neurotrophin family for survival and differentiation. This neurotrophin family includes four structurally related, secreted proteins: nerve growth factor (NGF), brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), neurotrophin-3 (NT-3), and NT-4 (reviewed, eg, by Chao, 1992; Schechterson and Bothwell, 1992; Barbacid, 1994; Davies, 1994, 1997a, b; Bothwell, 1995; Lewin and Barde, 1996; Levi-Montalcini and Angeletti, 1997). The neurotrophins interact with two classes of receptors: a family of three high affinity, membrane-spanning receptor tyrosine kinases (trkA, trkB, and trkC), each of which binds neurotrophins selectively, and a low affinity receptor (p75), which binds all four neurotrophins with similar affinity. Neurotrophin binding to the high affinity receptors is as follows: NGF binds selectively to trkA, BDNF and NT-4 bind to trkB, NT-3 binds to trkC and weakly to trkB and trkA. Activation of the receptors depends on their dimerization, initiated by the binding of the neurotrophin. Dimerization is accompanied by phosphorylation of one or more tyrosines in the cytoplasmic domain of the receptor, and this results in a reaction cascade as specific signaling molecules are recruited within the neuronal cytoplasm.