RGD Reference Report - Ethanol-induced alterations of neurotrophin receptor expression on Purkinje cells in the neonatal rat cerebellum. - Rat Genome Database

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Ethanol-induced alterations of neurotrophin receptor expression on Purkinje cells in the neonatal rat cerebellum.

Authors: Light, KE  Brown, DP  Newton, BW  Belcher, SM  Kane, CJ 
Citation: Light KE, etal., Brain Res. 2002 Jan 4;924(1):71-81.
RGD ID: 2325642
Pubmed: PMID:11743997   (View Abstract at PubMed)

Ethanol causes loss of Purkinje cells in the cerebellum during the early stages of differentiation and maturation by a presently unknown mechanism. Neuronal vulnerability in the cerebellum parallels the prominent temporal and anatomical gradients of development (i.e. early to late interlobular and posterior to anterior, respectively). Development of Purkinje cells is known to require binding of the neurotrophins, including brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and neurotrophin-3 (NT3), to the tyrosine-kinase (Trk) receptors TrkB and TrkC, respectively. In addition, Purkinje cells are reported to experience a critical switch between BDNF dependence and NT3 dependence during the period of highest ethanol sensitivity between postnatal days (PN) 4-6. To test the hypothesis that ethanol alters neurotrophin signaling leading to Purkinje neuronal death, the immunohistochemical expression of TrkB and TrkC receptors on Purkinje cells of rat pups following a moderate dose of ethanol was determined at various times surrounding the period of postnatal ethanol vulnerability. Ethanol selectively decreased Purkinje cell expression of TrkB and TrkC receptors following exposures within the vulnerable period (PN4-6). These results suggest that ethanol may induce loss of Purkinje cells by alteration of neurotrophic regulation at this critical stage.

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Biological Process
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
response to ethanol  IEP 2325642 RGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Ntrk3  (neurotrophic receptor tyrosine kinase 3)


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