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PACAP enhances axon outgrowth in cultured hippocampal neurons to a comparable extent as BDNF.
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- Neuropeptides in the Management of Alzheimer's Disease: From Pathophysiology to Therapeutic Opportunities.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Moderate Exercise Stimulates PACAP-Mediated Neurogenesis in Rat Dentate Gyrus and Cerebellar Cortex.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Article
- Protective Effects of PACAP in Diabetic Complications: Retinopathy, Nephropathy and Neuropathy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Connectometry reveals differing associations of cortisol and PACAP with dorsal cingulum microstructure in posttraumatic stress.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- Dopamine D1-Like Receptor Stimulation Induces CREB, Arc, and BDNF Dynamic Changes in Differentiated SH-SY5Y Cells.Neurochemical research · 2024Article
- Exploring the Role of Neuropeptide PACAP in Cytoskeletal Function Using Spectroscopic Methods.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Circulating PACAP levels are associated with altered imaging measures of entorhinal cortex neurite density in posttraumatic stress disorder.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2024Article
- The Potential of the Nose-to-Brain Delivery of PACAP for the Treatment of Neuronal Disease.Pharmaceutics · 2023Review
- PACAP6-38 improves nitroglycerin-induced central sensitization by modulating synaptic plasticity at the trigeminal nucleus caudalis in a male rat model of chronic migraine.The journal of headache and pain · 2023Article
- Neuroprotective Effects of gH625-lipoPACAP in an In Vitro Fluid Dynamic Model of Parkinson's Disease.Biomedicines · 2022Article
- Secreted key regulators (Fgf1, Bmp4, Gdf3) are expressed by PAC1-immunopositive retinal ganglion cells in the postnatal rat retina.European journal of histochemistry : EJH · 2022Article
- Motor Neuron Diseases and Neuroprotective Peptides: A Closer Look to Neurons.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2021Review
- TRPV2 interacts with actin and reorganizes submembranous actin cytoskeleton.Bioscience reports · 2020Article
- Molecular and cellular correlates of human nerve regeneration: ADCYAP1/PACAP enhance nerve outgrowth.Brain : a journal of neurology · 2020Article
- PACAP27 mitigates an age-dependent hippocampal vulnerability to PGJ2-induced spatial learning deficits and neuroinflammation in mice.Brain and behavior · 2020Article
- Activation of the VPAC2 Receptor Impairs Axon Outgrowth and Decreases Dendritic Arborization in Mouse Cortical Neurons by a PKA-Dependent Mechanism.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2020Article
- The Potential Role of Gut Peptide Hormones in Autism Spectrum Disorder.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2020Review
- Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide Modulates Dendritic Spine Maturation and Morphogenesis via MicroRNA-132 Upregulation.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2019Article
- RasGRF1 mediates brain-derived neurotrophic factor-induced axonal growth in primary cultured cortical neurons.Biochemistry and biophysics reports · 2019Article
- Neuroprotective Potential of Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase Activating Polypeptide in Retinal Degenerations of Metabolic Origin.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2019Review
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Abstract
Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) exerts neurotrophic activities including modulation of synaptic plasticity and memory, hippocampal neurogenesis, and neuroprotection, most of which are shared with brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). Therefore, the aim of this study was to compare morphological effects of PACAP and BDNF on primary cultured hippocampal neurons. At days in vitro (DIV) 3, PACAP increased neurite length and number to similar levels by BDNF, but vasoactive intestinal polypeptide showed much lower effects. In addition, PACAP increased axon, but not dendrite, length, and soma size at DIV 3 similarly to BDNF. The PACAP antagonist PACAP6-38 completely blocked the PACAP-induced increase in axon, but not dendrite, length. Interestingly, the BDNF-induced increase in axon length was also inhibited by PACAP6-38, suggesting a mechanism involving PACAP signaling. K252a, a TrkB receptor inhibitor, inhibited axon outgrowth induced by PACAP and BDNF without affecting dendrite length. These results indicate that in primary cultured hippocampal neurons, PACAP shows morphological actions via its cognate receptor PAC1, stimulating neurite length and number, and soma size to a comparable extent as BDNF, and that the increase in total neurite length is ascribed to axon outgrowth.
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