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NEURON
Volume 54, Issue 5, Pages 739-754Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2007.04.027
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [5T32GM07309] Funding Source: Medline
- NINDS NIH HHS [NS34814, NS38377, K08NS052624] Funding Source: Medline
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NGF controls survival, differentiation, and target innervation of both peptidergic and nonpeptidergic DRG sensory neurons. The common receptor for GDNF family ligands, Ret, is highly expressed in nonpeptidergic neurons, but its function during development of these neurons is unclear. Here, we show that expression of Ret and its coreceptors GFR alpha 1 and GFR alpha 2 is dependent on NGF. GFR/Ret signaling, in turn, autoregulates expression of both GFR alpha 1 and GFR alpha 2 and promotes expression of TrpA1, MrgA1, MrgA3, and MrgB4, acquisition of normal neuronal size, axonal innervation of the epidermis, and postnatal extinction of the NGF receptor TrkA. Moreover, NGF controls expression of several other genes characteristic of nonpeptidergic neurons, such as TrpC3, TrpM8, MrgD, and the transcription factor Runx1, via a Ret-independent signaling pathway. These findings support a model in which NGF controls maturation of nonpeptidergic DRG neurons through a combination of GFR/Ret-dependent and -independent signaling pathways.
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