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We have previously demonstrated that high concentrations of nerve growth factor suppress neurite outgrowth from sensory neurons. Inhibition could be mediated by either the p75NTR or TrkA receptor. We used a functional block of p75NTR by REX antibody in rat dorsal root ganglion neurons and dorsal root ganglion cultures from p75NTR knockout mice. In both systems, high-dose NGF inhibited neurite outgrowth, implying that p75NTR is not involved in suppression of neurite outgrowth. Confocal images of dissociated dorsal root ganglion neurons exposed to fluorescence-tagged NGF showed ligand internalization. Radioligand binding indicated disappearance of high-affinity binding sites from the surface of dorsal root ganglia after treatment with 200 ng/ml NGF for 1 h. Downstream signaling showed sustained hyperphosphorylation of MAPK (Erk(1-2)) but not of SNT or Akt. High-dose NGF may induce cytoplasmic relocation of the receptor TrkA and axonal growth arrest independently of p75NTR.
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PMID:Suppression of neurite outgrowth by high-dose nerve growth factor is independent of functional p75NTR receptors. 1475 75

Ganglioside GM1 has been considered to have a neurotrophic factor-like activity. To analyze the effects of endogenously generated GM1, the rat pheochromocytoma cell line PC12 was transfected with the GM1/GD1b/GA1 synthase gene and showed increased expression levels of GM1. To our surprise, GM1+-transfectant cells (GM1+ cells) showed no neurite formation after stimulation with nerve growth factor (NGF). Autophosphorylation of NGF receptor TrkA and activation of ERK1/2 after NGF treatment were scarcely detected in GM1+ cells. Binding of 125I-NGF to PC12 cells was almost equivalent between GM1+ cells and controls. However, dimer formation of TrkA upon NGF treatment was markedly suppressed in GM1+ cells in both cross-linking analysis with Bis(sulfosuccinimidyl)suberate 3 and 125I-NGF binding assay. The sucrose density gradient fractionation of the cell lysate revealed that TrkA primarily located in the lipid raft fraction moved to the non-raft fraction in GM1+ cells. p75NTR and Ras also moved from the raft to non-raft fraction in GM1+ cells, whereas flotillin and GM1 persistently resided in the lipid raft. TrkA kinase activity was differentially regulated when GM1 was added to the kinase assay system in vitro, suggesting suppressive/enhancing effects of GM1 on NGF signals based on the concentration. Measurement of fluorescence recovery after photobleaching revealed that the membrane fluidity was reduced in GM1+ cells. These results suggested that overexpressed GM1 suppresses the differentiation signals mediated by NGF/TrkA by modulating the properties of the lipid raft and the intracellular localization of NGF receptors and relevant signaling molecules.
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PMID:Overexpressed GM1 suppresses nerve growth factor (NGF) signals by modulating the intracellular localization of NGF receptors and membrane fluidity in PC12 cells. 1514 33

One of the most important pathological features of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is extracellular senile plaques, whose major component is amyloid-beta peptides (Abeta). Abeta binds to the extracellular domain of p75NTR (p75 neurotrophin receptor) and induces neuronal cell death. We investigated the molecular mechanism of Abeta-induced neurotoxicity in detail from the standpoint of interaction between p75NTR and its recently identified relative, PLAIDD (p75-like apoptosis-inducing death domain). Using F11 neuronal hybrid cells, we demonstrate that there are two distinct pathways for Abeta-induced toxicity mediated by p75NTR. One pathway that has been previously elucidated, is mediated by p75NTR, Go, JNK, NADPH oxidase and caspase3-related caspases. We found that PLAIDD and Gi proteins, heterotrimeric G proteins, are involved in the alternative Abeta-induced neurotoxicity mediated by p75NTR. The alternative pathway triggered by Abeta is thus mediated by p75NTR, PLAIDD, Gi, JNK, NADPH oxidase and caspase3-related caspases. In addition, we found that HN, ADNF, IGF-I, or bFGF inhibits both pathways of Abeta-induced neurotoxicity mediated by p75NTR.
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PMID:Molecular characterization of neurohybrid cell death induced by Alzheimer's amyloid-beta peptides via p75NTR/PLAIDD. 1525 32

Amphiphysin1, which can simultaneously bind to dynamin1 and the clathrin adaptor AP-2, is essential for dynamin1 recruitment during receptor-mediated endocytosis, but little is known about its regulatory mechanism. Here, we purified a 120-kDa mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) substrate protein from porcine brains and identified the protein as amphiphysin1. Serine phosphorylation of amphiphysin1 was rapidly induced by nerve growth factor (NGF) in PC12 cells, and the induction was blocked by a MAPK inhibitor. Furthermore, when phosphorylated by MAPK in vitro or by NGF treatment in vivo, amphiphysin1 failed to bind to AP-2, but its association with dynamin1 was unaffected. Consistent with this, mutation of consensus MAPK phosphorylation sites increased amphiphysin1 binding to AP-2 and their intracellular colocalization. Thus, we propose that MAPK phosphorylation of amphiphysin1 controls NGF receptor/TrkA-mediated endocytosis by terminating the amphiphysin1-AP-2 interaction. This perhaps helps to regulate the availability of amphiphysin1-dynamin1 complexes for binding to the endocytic vesicle.
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PMID:Regulation of amphiphysin1 by mitogen-activated protein kinase: its significance in nerve growth factor receptor-mediated endocytosis. 1526 92

The topology and trafficking of receptors play a key role in their signalling capability. Indeed, receptor function is related to the microenvironment inside the cell, where specific signalling molecules are compartmentalized. The response to NGF (nerve growth factor) is strongly dependent on the trafficking of its receptor, TrkA. However, information is still scarce about the role of the cellular localization of the TrkA co-receptor, p75NTR (where NTR is neurotrophin receptor), following stimulation by NGF. It has been shown that these two receptors play a key role in epithelial tissue and in epithelial-derived tumours, where the microenvironment at the plasma membrane is defined by the presence of tight junctions. Indeed, in thyroid carcinomas, rearrangements of TrkA are frequently found, which produce TrkA mutants that are localized exclusively in the cytoplasm. We used a thyroid cellular model in which it was possible to dissect the trafficking of the two NGF receptors upon neurotrophin stimulation. In FRT (Fischer rat thyroid) cells, endogenous TrkA is localized exclusively on the basolateral surface, while transfected p75NTR is selectively distributed on the apical membrane. This cellular system enabled us to selectively stimulate either p75NTR or TrkA and to analyse the role of receptor trafficking in their signalling capability. We found that, after binding to NGF, p75NTR was co-immunoprecipitated with TrkA and was transcytosed at the basolateral membrane. We showed that the TrkA-p75NTR interaction is necessary for this relocation of p75NTR to the basolateral side. Interestingly, TrkA-specific stimulation by basolateral NGF loading also induced the TrkA-p75NTR interaction and subsequent p75NTR transcytosis at the basolateral surface. Moreover, specific stimulation of p75NTR by NGF activated TrkA and the MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinase) pathway. Our data indicate that TrkA regulates the subcellular localization of p75NTR upon stimulation with neurotrophins, thus affecting the topology of the signal transduction molecules, driving the activation of a specific signal transduction pathway.
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PMID:Functional interaction between p75NTR and TrkA: the endocytic trafficking of p75NTR is driven by TrkA and regulates TrkA-mediated signalling. 1533 Jul 56

Small-molecule mixed-lineage kinase (MLK) inhibitors, such as CEP-1347 [3,9-bis[(ethylthio)methyl]-(8R*,9S*,11S*)-(-)-9-hydroxy-9-methoxycarbonyl-8-methyl-2,3,9,10-tetrahydro-8,11-epoxy-1H,8H, 11H-2,7b,11a-triazadibenzo(a,g)cycloocta(cde)trinden-1-one] and CEP-11004 [3,9-bis-[(isopropylthio)methyl]-(8R*,9S*,11S*)-(-)-9-hydroxy-9-methoxycarbonyl-8-methyl-2,3,9,10-tetrahydro-8,11-epoxy-1H,8H,11H-2,7b,11a-triazadibenzo(a,g)cycloocta(cde)trinden-1-one], prevent c-Jun NH(2)-terminal kinase (JNK) pathway activation as well as the consequent neuronal cell death in many cell culture and animal models. In the cell culture model of nerve growth factor (NGF)-deprived sympathetic neurons, we find that CEP-11004 induced a approximately 3-fold increase in the mRNA and protein levels of TrkA, the NGF receptor. This resulted in ligand-independent activation of the TrkA receptor and the downstream phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3-kinase) pathway. Addition of the Trk inhibitor K252a [(8R*,9S*,11S*)-(-)-9-hydroxy-9-methoxycarbonyl-8-methyl-2,3,9,10-tetrahydro-8,11-epoxy-1H,8H,11H-2,7b,11a-triazadibenzo(a,g)cycloocta(cde)-trinden-1-one] or the PI3-kinase inhibitor LY294002 [2-(4-morpholinyl)-8-phenyl-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one] significantly decreased the protein synthesis rates, mitochondrial function, and neuronal survival maintained by CEP-11004. In contrast to sympathetic neurons, MLK inhibitors maintain only short-term survival of potassium- and serum-deprived rat cerebellar granule neurons (CGNs), despite continuous inhibition of the JNK pathway. We found that similar to sympathetic neurons, CEP-11004 increased the levels of the Trk receptor expressed in CGNs, TrkB. However, CGNs required the addition of the exogenous ligand brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) to activate the PI3-kinase pathway and to maintain long-term survival. BDNF activated TrkB, but caused rapid down-regulation of activated receptors and maintained only minimal survival. Therefore, increase in TrkB levels by CEP-11004 mediated a synergism with BDNF resulting in long-term survival in response to the combined treatment of CEP-11004 and BDNF. Taken together, our studies suggest that in addition to the direct inhibition of the JNK pathway, the indirect activation of the PI3-kinase pathway via Trk activation is important for MLK inhibitor-mediated neuronal survival and trophism.
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PMID:Mixed-lineage kinase inhibitors require the activation of Trk receptors to maintain long-term neuronal trophism and survival. 1552 94

The neurotrophin brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) binds to two cell surface receptors: TrkB receptors that promote neuronal survival and differentiation and p75NTR that induces apoptosis or survival. BDNF, as well as the other members of the neurotrophin family, is synthesized as a larger precursor, pro-BDNF, which undergoes posttranslational modifications and proteolytic processing by furin or related proteases. Both mature neurotrophins and uncleaved proneurotrophins are secreted from cells. The bioactivities of proneurotrophins could differ from those of mature, cleaved neurotrophins; therefore, we wanted to test whether pro-BDNF would differ from mature BDNF in its neurotrophin receptor binding and activation. A furin-resistant pro-BDNF, secreted from COS-7 cells, bound to TrkB-Fc and p75NTR-Fc, but not to TrkA-Fc or TrkC-Fc. Likewise, pro-BDNF elicited prototypical TrkB responses in biological assays, such as TrkB tyrosine phosphorylation, activation of ERK1/2, and neurite outgrowth. Moreover, mutation of the R103 residue of pro-BDNF abrogated its binding to TrkB-Fc but not to p75NTR-Fc. Taken together, these data indicate that pro-BDNF binds to and activates TrkB and could be involved in TrkB-mediated neurotrophic activity in vivo.
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PMID:The secreted brain-derived neurotrophic factor precursor pro-BDNF binds to TrkB and p75NTR but not to TrkA or TrkC. 1570 82

p75NTR is most abundantly expressed in the nervous system, but is also widely expressed in many other organs and tissues where it primarily functions as a negative regulator of cell survival. In the prostate, p75NTR functions as an inhibitory protein capable of slowing proliferation and inducing apoptosis. It has been shown that p75NTR is expressed in the normal prostate, progressively lost from malignant tumor cells in vivo, and largely absent from prostate cancer cell lines derived from metastases. Although the role of p75NTR in prostate cancer has been well established, the signal transduction pathway that mediates its inhibitory activity has only been partially elucidated. This study demonstrates that exogenous expression of p75NTR down-regulates, in a dose-dependent manner, a bifurcated signaling cascade that results in reduced expression of potent transcription effectors. This two-arm signal transduction cascade was directly linked to the upstream receptor by using dominant-negative deletion constructs of p75NTR that rescued tumor cells from p75NTR-induced loss of survival and promotion of apoptosis. Furthermore, the dominant negatives rescued alterations in the levels of signal transduction intermediates. Conversely, the use of kinase-inactive intermediates that are downstream of the receptor further reduced expression of involved transcription effectors and reduced survival of the cells. These results provide a definitive link between the proximate p75NTR and signal transduction intermediates leading to the transcription effectors NF kappa B and JNK, with associated growth suppression and induction of apoptosis.
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PMID:The p75NTR mediates a bifurcated signal transduction cascade through the NF kappa B and JNK pathways to inhibit cell survival. 1570 75

Neurotrophins are growth factors implicated in the development and maintenance of different neuronal populations in the nervous system. Neurotrophins bind to two sets of receptors, Trk receptor tyrosine kinases and the p75NTR receptor, to activate several different signaling pathways that mediate various biological functions. While Trk receptor activation has been well-studied and triggers the well-characterized Ras/Rap-MAPK, PI3K-Akt, and PLCgamma-PKC cascades, p75NTR signaling is more complex, and its in vivo significance has not yet been completely determined. In the last few years, p75NTR has received much attention mainly due to recent findings describing pro-neurotrophins as new ligands for the receptor and the ability of the receptor to form different complexes with other transmembrane proteins. This review will update the neurotrophin signaling pathways known for Trk receptors to include newly identified Trk-interacting molecules and will address surprising new findings that suggest a role for p75NTR in different receptor complexes and functions.
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PMID:Neurotrophin signaling: many exciting surprises! 1669 11

The neurotrophin family with its first member, nerve growth factor (NGF), binds two classes of receptors, more specifically to Trk receptors and to a shared p75NTR receptor. It has been shown that proNGF rather than NGF is predominant in the mature central nervous system. A recent finding indicated that a furin-resistant proNGF preferentially binds to p75NTR, initiating a pro-apoptotic cascade even in the presence of TrkA. In this context, rodent oligodendrocytes were reported to undergo cell death when exposed to proNGF. We have investigated the effect of a non-mutated 32 kDa human recombinant proNGF (rhproNGF) on cultured pig oligodendrocytes which express TrkA, p75NTR and sortilin. Pig oligodendrocytes respond to rhproNGF (50 ng/mL) with an enhanced regeneration of their processes as already observed for NGF. Activity of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), which plays an important role in oligodendroglial process formation, was increased even when rhproNGF processing was inhibited by the furin inhibitor Decanoyl-RVKR-CMK. Similarly, a cleavage-resistant proNGF (R-1G) activated MAPK and promoted oligodendroglial process regeneration. High concentrations of rhproNGF (300 ng/mL) did not induce cell death. Sodium dodecyl sulfate - polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and Western blotting revealed that oligodendrocytes process rhproNGF to NGF. NGF was detected in Western blots of oligodendroglial lysates already 10 min after rhproNGF exposure, followed by a release of NGF into the culture medium. Indirect evidence indicates that rhproNGF processing occurs via an endocytotic route.
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PMID:Mature pig oligodendrocytes rapidly process human recombinant pro-nerve growth factor and do not undergo cell death. 1680 42


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