Relationship between levels of nerve growth factor (NGF) and its messenger RNA in sympathetic ganglia and peripheral target tissues.
AUTOR(ES)
Heumann, R
RESUMO
We have developed a sensitive assay for the quantification of nerve growth factor mRNA (mRNANGF) in various tissues of the mouse using in vitro transcribed RNANGF. Probes of both polarities were used to determine the specificity of the hybridization signals obtained. Comparison of NGF levels with its mRNA revealed that both were correlated with the density of sympathetic innervation. Thus, vas deferens contained high levels of both NGF and mRNANGF, whereas skeletal muscle levels were barely detectable, indicating that in peripheral tissues NGF levels are primarily regulated by the quantity of mRNANGF and not by the rate of processing of NGF precursor to NGF. However, although superior cervical ganglia contained the highest levels of NGF, its mRNA was barely detectable. Thus, the high levels of NGF in sympathetic ganglia result from retrograde axonal transport rather than local synthesis. The quantity of NGF found in the submandibular glands of female animals was three orders of magnitude higher than expected from their mRNA levels. This observation is discussed in the context of the difference between the mechanism of storage and exocytosis of exocrine glands versus the constitutive release from other tissues.
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