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Signaling pathways of the early differentiation of neural stem cells by neurotrophin-3
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- Issue Date
- 2007-04-18
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Citation
- Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 357 (2007) 903-909
- Keywords
- Neural stem cells ; Neurotrophin-3 ; Neuronal differentiation ; Neurite outgrowth ; Akt ; ERK ; p38
- Abstract
- Neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) is well known to play an important role in facilitating neuronal survival and differentiation during development. However, the mechanisms by which neurotrophin-3 promotes prolonged Akt/MAPK signaling at an early stage are not well understood. Here, we report that NT-3 works at an early stage of neuronal differentiation in mouse neural stem cells (NSCs). After treatment with NT-3 for 12 h, more NSCs differentiated into neurons than did untreated cells. These findings demonstrated that stimulation with NT-3 causes NSCs to differentiate into neurons through a phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt signaling pathway and the phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) pathway. In addition, treatment with NT-3 induced neurite outgrowth by specific phosphorylation of p38 MAPK, which was accompanied by neuronal differentiation. Taken together, these results suggest that NT-3, along with the Trk C receptors in NSCs, might lead to the survival and neuronal differentiation of NSCs via two distinct downstream signaling pathways at an early stage of neuronal differentiation.
- ISSN
- 0006-291X
- Language
- English
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