Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a potent trophic factor for striatal cells that promotes survival and/or differentiation of GABAergic neurons in vitro. In the present study, we show that the stimulation of cultured striatal cells with BDNF increased the phosphorylation of Akt and p42/p44. This effect was specifically blocked by inhibitors of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3-K) pathways (LY294002 and wortmannin) or p42/p44 mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase (PD98059 and U0126). BDNF treatment induced an increase in the number of calbindin-positive neurons but not in the number of GABAergic or total cells. Furthermore, BDNF increased the degree of dendritic arborization, soma area and axon length of striatal neurons. However, PD98059 was more effective blocking BDNF effects on calbindin- than on GABA-positive neurons, whereas LY294002 inhibited morphological differentiation in both neuronal populations. Moreover, BDNF induced neuronal survival only through the activation of the PI3-K pathway.
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