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Definition of a Bidirectional Activity-Dependent Pathway Involving BDNF and Narp.
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- Confronting the loss of trophic support.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2023Article
- Neuronal pentraxin-2 (NPTX2) serum levels during an acute psychotic episode in patients with schizophrenia.Psychopharmacology · 2022Article
- Neuronal pentraxin 2 is required for facilitating excitatory synaptic inputs onto spinal neurons involved in pruriceptive transmission in a model of chronic itch.Nature communications · 2022Article
- BDNF-TrkB signaling-mediated upregulation of Narp is involved in the antidepressant-like effects of (2R,6R)-hydroxynorketamine in a chronic restraint stress mouse model.BMC psychiatry · 2022Article
- Neuronal pentraxins as biomarkers of synaptic activity: from physiological functions to pathological changes in neurodegeneration.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2022Review
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and its comorbidity, Alzheimer's disease: Identifying critical microRNA using machine learning.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Article
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Abstract
One of the cardinal features of neural development and adult plasticity is the contribution of activity-dependent signaling pathways. However, the interrelationships between different activity-dependent genes are not well understood. The immediate early gene neuronal-activity-regulated pentraxin (NPTX2 or Narp) encodes a protein that has been associated with excitatory synaptogenesis, AMPA receptor aggregation, and the onset of critical periods. Here, we show that Narp is a direct transcriptional target of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), another highly regulated activity-dependent gene involved in synaptic plasticity. Unexpectedly, Narp is bidirectionally regulated by BDNF. Acute BDNF withdrawal results in downregulation of Narp, whereas transcription of Narp is greatly enhanced by BDNF. Furthermore, our results show that BDNF directly regulates Narp to mediate glutamatergic transmission and mossy fiber plasticity. Hence, Narp serves as a significant epistatic target of BDNF to regulate synaptic plasticity during periods of dynamic activity.
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