TY - JOUR
T1 - Binding constants of soluble NGF-receptors in rat oligodendrocytes and astrocytes in culture
AU - Marchetti, Dario
AU - Stach, Robert W.
AU - Saneto, Russell
AU - de Vellis, Jean
AU - Perez-Polo, J. Regino
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. This work was supported in part by NINCDS grant NS18708 (JRP-P) and USPH HDHD-06576 (JV). Thanks to D. Masters for manuscript preparation.
PY - 1987/8/31
Y1 - 1987/8/31
N2 - The neuronotrophic factor NGF binds to peripheral neurons of the dorsal root ganglion and the sympathetic nervous system. NGF binds to a cell surface receptor, NGFR, on these cells and displays Kd's of 10-9 and 10-11M. NGF receptors have also been reported for basal forebrain magnocellular neurons. In addition, NGF specifically binds to NGFR on Schwann cells although the biological significance of this binding is not known. Here we report that NGF binds in a saturable and specific fashion to receptors on cultured isolated populations of rat astrocytes but not to oligodendrocytes. The binding to astrocytes in culture displayed a Kd of 2.7 ± 1.0 nM with 36,000 receptors per cell.
AB - The neuronotrophic factor NGF binds to peripheral neurons of the dorsal root ganglion and the sympathetic nervous system. NGF binds to a cell surface receptor, NGFR, on these cells and displays Kd's of 10-9 and 10-11M. NGF receptors have also been reported for basal forebrain magnocellular neurons. In addition, NGF specifically binds to NGFR on Schwann cells although the biological significance of this binding is not known. Here we report that NGF binds in a saturable and specific fashion to receptors on cultured isolated populations of rat astrocytes but not to oligodendrocytes. The binding to astrocytes in culture displayed a Kd of 2.7 ± 1.0 nM with 36,000 receptors per cell.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0006-291X(87)80138-9
DO - 10.1016/S0006-291X(87)80138-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 2820399
AN - SCOPUS:0023669346
SN - 0006-291X
VL - 147
SP - 422
EP - 427
JO - Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
JF - Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
IS - 1
ER -