Neurotrophins induce release of neurotrophins by the regulated secretory pathway.

Recent studies have established that neurotrophin synthesis and secretion are regulated by activity and that these factors are involved in activity-dependent processes in the nervous system. Neurotrophins also are known to induce increases in intracellular calcium, a trigger for regulated secretion. This finding raises the possibility that neurotrophins themselves may stimulate regulated secretion of neurotrophins. To address this question, we studied the release of neurotrophins from transfected PC12 cells, a widely used model for neuronal secretion and neurotrophin signal transduction. We found that neurotrophins induced the regulated secretion of brain-derived neurotrophic factor, neurotrophin-3 (NT-3), and neurotrophin-4/5. The effect of brain-derived neurotrophic factor on release of NT-3 could be abolished by REX, a p75 blocking antibody, but not by K252a, an inhibitor of neurotrophin tyrosine kinase receptor (Trk) signaling. The nerve growth factor effect on release of NT-3 could be blocked only by simultaneous application of REX and K252a, suggesting that they are mediated by TrkA as well as p75. Our data show that neurotrophins are able to induce the regulated secretion of neurotrophins and suggest a signal-transducing role for both TrkA and p75 in this process. The neurotrophin-induced release of neurotrophins may be relevant for activity-dependent processes such as synaptic plasticity and memory formation.

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