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MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 20, Issue 3, Pages 382-389Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1006/mcne.2002.1139
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- NCI NIH HHS [CA48017] Funding Source: Medline
- NINDS NIH HHS [NS37685] Funding Source: Medline
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Pheochromocytoma cell lines derived from neurofibromatosis knockout mice express high levels of the receptor tyrosine kinase Ret, which is involved in the pathogenesis of human pheochromocytomas in hereditary multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2 (MEN2). Mouse pheochromocytoma (MPC) cells respond to the Ret-activating ligand GDNF by exhibiting Ret phosphorylation, neurite outgrowth, decreased proliferation, and altered expression of catecholamine biosynthetic enzymes. GDNF exerts similar effects on human pheochromocytoma cells in primary cultures. Ret is minimally expressed by normal mouse chromaffin cells, from which pheochromocytomas are derived. Its expression at high levels by MPC cells suggests possible relationships between two previously unrelated tumor syndromes, neurofibromatosis, and MEN2. The responsiveness of these cells to GDNF suggests that they may be a valuable new model for neurobiology.
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