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  • Title: Neural crest-derived proprioceptive neurons express nerve growth factor receptors but are not supported by nerve growth factor in culture.
    Author: Davies AM, Lumsden AG, Rohrer H.
    Journal: Neuroscience; 1987 Jan; 20(1):37-46. PubMed ID: 3031542.
    Abstract:
    The neural crest-derived, first-order, sensory neurons of the embryonic chick trigeminal mesencephalic nucleus were grown in dissociated, glia-free culture. Whereas brain-derived neurotrophic factor promoted the survival and growth of the majority of these neurons (over 70% after 48 h incubation), nerve growth factor had no effect on their survival. The percentage survival in cultures supplemented with nerve growth factor at concentrations ranging from 0.2 to 625 ng/ml was only 2%, the same percentage survival as in control cultures. Furthermore, nerve growth factor did not change the dose-response of these neurons to brain-derived neurotrophic factor. Although nerve growth factor did not influence the survival of trigeminal mesencephalic neurons in culture, nerve growth factor specifically bound to the great majority of neurons growing in the presence of brain-derived neurotrophic factor. Autoradiographs of cultures incubated with iodinated nerve growth factor showed that the perikarya and processes of neurons were heavily labelled with silver grains. These findings demonstrate the existence of a population of neural crest-derived sensory neurons which express nerve growth factor receptors but are not supported by nerve growth factor in culture.
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