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Neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) diminishes susceptibility of the oligodendroglial lineage to AMPA glutamate receptor-mediated excitotoxicity.

Prior reports demonstrated that cells of the oligodendroglial lineage are susceptible to excitotoxic necrosis mediated by alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionic acid glutamate receptors (AMPA-GluR), and also showed that these cells express the high affinity neurotrophin receptors, TrkC and TrkA. We now report that: a) oligodendroglial progenitors (OP) and immature oligodendroglia are more vulnerable to AMPA-GluR-mediated excitotoxicity than are mature oligodendroglia; b) TrkC expression falls substantially during differentiation of cultured OP to mature oligodendroglia, whereas TrkA expression increases markedly; and c) neurotrophin-3, and to a lesser extent, nerve growth factor, protect the oligodendroglial lineage against AMPA-GluR-mediated excitotoxicity.[1]

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  1. Neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) diminishes susceptibility of the oligodendroglial lineage to AMPA glutamate receptor-mediated excitotoxicity. Kavanaugh, B., Beesley, J., Itoh, T., Itoh, A., Grinspan, J., Pleasure, D. J. Neurosci. Res. (2000) [Pubmed]
 
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