Hyperinnervation of neuromuscular junctions caused by GDNF overexpression in muscle

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Nguyen, QT
Parsadanian, AS
Snider, WD
Lichtman, JW [1 ]
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[1] Washington Univ, Sch Med, Dept Anat & Neurobiol, St Louis, MO 63110 USA
[2] Washington Univ, Sch Med, Dept Neurol, St Louis, MO 63110 USA
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10.1126/science.279.5357.1725
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
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Overexpression of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) by muscle greatly increased the number of motor axons innervating neuromuscular junctions in neonatal mice. The extent of hyperinnervation correlated with the amount of GDNF expressed in four transgenic lines. Overexpression of GDNF by glia and overexpression of neurotrophin-3 and neurotrophin-4 in muscle did not cause hyperinnervation. Thus, increased amounts of GDNF in postsynaptic target cells can regulate the number of innervating axons.
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