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ArticleCell reports2017

Retrogradely Transported TrkA Endosomes Signal Locally within Dendrites to Maintain Sympathetic Neuron Synapses.

Kathryn M Lehigh, Katherine M West, David D Ginty

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Article in Cell reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kathryn M LehighDepartment of Neurobiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, 220 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Neuroscience Training Program, Department of Neuroscience, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Katherine M WestDepartment of Neurobiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, 220 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
David D GintyDepartment of Neurobiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, 220 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: david_ginty@hms.harvard.edu.
Harvard University · US

Funding

Viral ModuleP30EY012196 · NEI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI Gabriel Kreiman · 1998 to 2026
$21.3M
Elucidating Cutaneous Mechanosensory Circuits, from Development to DiseaseR35NS097344 · NINDS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI GINTY, DAVID D · 2016 to 2023
$6.8M
Neurotrophin Signaling and Regulation of Gene ExpressionR37NS034814 · NINDS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI GINTY, DAVID D · 2004 to 2010
$3.1M
Neurotrophin signals controlling development of the peripheral nervous systemR01NS034814 · NINDS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI GINTY, DAVID D · 1999 to 2015
$3.0M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNEI NIH HHS P30 EY012196NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS034814NINDS NIH HHS R35 NS097344NINDS NIH HHS R37 NS034814
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sympathetic neurons require NGF from their target fields for survival, axonal target innervation, dendritic growth and formation, and maintenance of synaptic inputs from preganglionic neurons. Target-derived NGF signals are propagated retrogradely, from distal axons to somata of sympathetic neurons via TrkA signaling endosomes. We report that a subset of TrkA endosomes that are transported from distal axons to cell bodies translocate into dendrites, where they are signaling competent and move bidirectionally, in close proximity to synaptic protein clusters. Using a strategy for spatially confined inhibition of TrkA kinase activity, we found that distal-axon-derived TrkA signaling endosomes are necessary within sympathetic neuron dendrites for maintenance of synapses. Thus, TrkA signaling endosomes have unique functions in different cellular compartments. Moreover, target-derived NGF mediates circuit formation and synapse maintenance through TrkA endosome signaling within dendrites to promote aggregation of postsynaptic protein complexes.

Indexed as

AnimalsAxonsDendritesEndosomesMaleMiceMice, TransgenicMicrospheresNerve Growth FactorNeuronsOptical ImagingPhosphorylationPolysaccharidesReceptor, trkASignal TransductionSympathetic Nervous SystemNerve Growth FactorneurotropinPolysaccharidesReceptor, trkAdendritesmicrofluidic chambersneurotrophinNFGPLGA microspheresptosissignaling endosomesympathetic neuronsynapse formationTrkA

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PMID28380365
PMCPMC5562950
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