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Alder, Janet & Kallman, Seth & Palmieri, Alicia & Khadim, Farah & Ayer, Jennifer J. & Kumar, Sujata & Tsung, Katherine & Grinberg, Ilya & Thakker-Varia, Smita (2013). Neuropeptide orphanin FQ inhibits dendritic morphogenesis through activation of RhoA. Developmental Neurobiology, 73(10), 769-784. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T34F1SQ4

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Neuropeptide orphanin FQ inhibits dendritic morphogenesis through activation of RhoA (2013)
Janet Alder, Seth Kallman, Alicia Palmieri, Farah Khadim, Jennifer J. Ayer, Sujata Kumar, Katherine Tsung, Ilya Grinberg, Smita Thakker-Varia
Developmental Neurobiology 73(10): 769-784.
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AbstractBrain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) plays a facilitatory role in neuronal development and promotion of differentiation. Mechanisms that oppose BDNF's stimulatory effects create balance and regulate dendritic growth. However, these mechanisms have not been studied. We have focused our studies on the BDNFinduced neuropeptide OrphaninFQ/Nociceptin (OFQ); while BDNF is known to enhance synaptic activity, OFQ has opposite effects on activity, learning and memory. We have now examined whether OFQ provides a balance to the stimulatory effects of BDNF on neuronal differentiation in the hippocampus. Golgi staining in OFQ knockout (KO) mice revealed an increase in primary dendrite length as well as spine density, suggesting that endogenous OFQ inhibits dendritic morphology. We have also used cultured hippocampal neurons to demonstrate that exogenous OFQ has an inhibitory effect on dendritic growth and that the neuropeptide alters the response to BDNF when re-administered. To determine if BDNF and OFQ act in a feedback loop, we inhibited the actions of the BDNF and OFQ receptors, TrkB and NOP using ANA-12 and NOP KO mice respectively but our data suggests that the two factors do not act in a negative feedback loop. We found that the inhibition of dendritic morphology induced by OFQ is via enhanced RhoA activity. Finally, we have evidence that RhoA activation is required for the inhibitory effects of OFQ on dendritic morphology. Our results reveal basic mechanisms by which neurons not only regulate the formation of proper dendritic growth during development but also control plasticity in the mature nervous system.
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T34F1SQ4
SubjectsBrain-derived neurotrophic factor, Orphanin FQ/nociceptin, Neuropeptides, Dendrites, RhoA
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