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Effects of Brain‐Derived Neurotrophic Factor on Neurite Growth of Deutocerebral Neurons in Brain of the Silk Moth Bombyx mori
Author(s) -
KIM Jin Hee,
PARK Chan Woo,
SONG Hwa Young,
KIM Mi Young,
CHOI Chang Ok,
LEE Bong Hee
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
entomological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.421
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1748-5967
pISSN - 1738-2297
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5967.2004.tb00100.x
Subject(s) - bombyx mori , neurite , biology , nerve growth factor , neurotrophin , silk , neurotrophic factors , neuroscience , brain derived neurotrophic factor , biochemistry , receptor , gene , in vitro , computer science , operating system
This study was conducted to investigate effects of brain‐derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) on the neurite growth of deutocerebral neurons in vitro, and production of BDNF‐like neuropeptide from brain of the silk moth, Bombyx mori. In primary culture of antennal lobe (AL) neurons with BDNF, it promoted a significant neurite extension of putative AL projection neurons and an outgrowth of branches from principal neurites of putative AL interneurons. Results from immunolabeling of brain and retrocerebral complex showed that BDNF ‐like neuropeptide labeled in brain was synthesized by median and lateral neurosecretory cells, then transported to corpora allata for storage.