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  • Title: Tyrosine hydroxylase regulation in neurotransmission and neuroplasticity.
    Author: Icard-Liepkalns C, Berrard S, Faucon Biguet N, Lebourdelles B, Ravassard P, Robert JJ, Mallet J.
    Journal: J Physiol Paris; 1993; 87(3):153-7. PubMed ID: 7907909.
    Abstract:
    The modulation of neurotransmitter synthesis is a fundamental mechanism influencing neurotransmission and neuronal plasticity during development. The regulation of the tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) has been used to elucidate specific adaptative responses in neurons. Trans-synaptic impulse activity elicits sort- and long-term changes in the activity of TH. Acute regulation involves the activation of preexisting TH molecules via phosphorylation and possibly through alternative splicing events in humans, whereas long-term regulation results from an increased synthesis of the enzyme due in part to the transcriptional stimulation of the TH gene. The long-term increase of TH activity was addressed using the drug reserpine known to modify the secretion of neurotransmitters and the tetradecanoyl phorbol acetate (TPA). Inductions of TH expression by reserpine in vivo as well as by TPA in vitro seem to be mediated by an AP-1 complex acting on a TPA responsive element (TRE) of the rat TH promoter indicating that the TRE-TH site plays a critical role in trans-synaptic induction. Our results also demonstrate a degree of adaption by sympathetic neurons to their environment by conversion from adrenergic to cholinergic phenotype.
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