期刊
NEUROREPORT
卷 20, 期 3, 页码 223-227出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e32831add70
关键词
autonomic; axon; neurotrophin; smooth muscle
资金
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario [T 5716]
Ectopic expression of nerve growth factor (NGF) in transgenic mice leads to site-specific sympathetic sprouting. Smooth muscle cells in the intestines, urinary bladder, and arteries have been shown to express NGF. To address whether enhanced NGF production among these different organ systems stimulates comparable patterns of sympathetic collateral growth, we generated transgenic mice that express NGF under the control of the smooth muscle a-actin promoter. In response to elevated levels of NGF protein in the colon, bladder, and arteries/arterioles, sympathetic axons displayed robust sprouting only in the colon and bladder. These data reveal that, unlike most other peripheral tissues, sympathetic efferents; in adult mammalian arteries/arterioles do not undergo collateral growth in response to increased levels of smooth muscle-derived NGF. NeuroReport 20:223-227 (C) 2009 Wolters Kluwer Health vertical bar Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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