The trkB tyrosine protein kinase is a receptor for brain-derived neurotrophic 
factor and neurotrophin-3

Klein, Rüdiger; Nanduri, V.; Jing, S. Q.; Lamballe, F.; Tapley, P.; Bryant, S.; Cordon-Cardo, C.; Jones, K. R.; Reichardt, L. F.; Barbacid, M.

doi:10.1016/0092-8674(91)90628-c

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The trkB tyrosine protein kinase is a receptor for brain-derived neurotrophic factor and neurotrophin-3

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Klein, R., Nanduri, V., Jing, S. Q., Lamballe, F., Tapley, P., Bryant, S., et al. (1991). The trkB tyrosine protein kinase is a receptor for brain-derived neurotrophic factor and neurotrophin-3. Cell, 66(2), 395-403. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(91)90628-c.

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Abstract

trkB is a tyrosine protein kinase gene highly related to trk, a proto-oncogene that encodes a receptor for nerve growth factor (NGF) and neurotrophin-3 (NT-3). trkB expression is confined to structures of the central and peripheral nervous systems, suggesting it also encodes a receptor for neurotrophic factors. Here we show that brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and NT-3, but not NGF, can induce rapid phosphorylation on tyrosine of gp145trkB, one of the receptors encoded by trkB. BDNF and NT-3 can induce DNA synthesis in quiescent NIH 3T3 cells that express gp145trkB. Cotransfection of plasmids encoding gp145trkB and BDNF or NT-3 leads to transformation of recipient NIH 3T3 cells. In these assays, BDNF elicits a response at least two orders of magnitude higher than NT-3. Finally, I-125-NT-3 binds to NIH 3T3 cells expressing gp145trkB; binding can be competed by NT-3 and BDNF but not by NGF. These findings indicate that gp145trkB may function as a neurotrophic receptor for BDNF and NT-3.