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Axonal growth in the adult mammalian CNS is limited because of inhibitory influences of the glial environment and/or a lack of growth-promoting molecules. Here, we investigate whether supplementation of nerve growth factor (NGF) to the CNS during postnatal development and into adulthood can support the growth of sympathetic axons within myelinated portions of the maturing brain. We have also asked whether p75NTR plays a role in this NGF-induced axon growth. To address these questions we used two lines of transgenic mice overexpressing NGF centrally, with or without functional expression of p75NTR(NGF/p75+/+ and NGF/p75−/−mice, respectively). Sympathetic axons invade the myelinated portions of the cerebellum, beginning shortly before the second week of postnatal life, in both lines of NGF transgenic mice. Despite the presence of central myelin, these sympathetic axons continue to sprout and increase in density between postnatal days 14 and 100, resulting in a dense plexus of sympathetic fibers within this myelinated environment. Surprisingly, the growth response of sympathetic fibers into the cerebellar white matter of NGF/p75−/−mice is enhanced, such that both the density and extent of axon ingrowth are increased, compared with age-matched NGF/p75+/+ mice. These dissimilar growth responses cannot be attributed to differences in cerebellar levels of NGF protein or sympathetic neuron numbers between NGF/p75+/+ and NGF/p75−/− mice. Our data provide evidence demonstrating that growth factors are capable of overcoming the inhibitory influences of central myelin in the adult CNS and that neutralization of the p75NTR may further enhance this growth response.

Enhanced Neurotrophin-Induced Axon Growth in Myelinated Portions of the CNS in Mice Lacking the p75 Neurotrophin Receptor