Table 2

Lamina cribrosa cell and ONH astrocyte responses to oxygen-glucose deprivation.


Lamina cribrosa cells
ONH astrocytes

Cell Number
95 % survival at 24 hrs, 85% at 48 hrs
70 % survival at 24 hrs, 80% at 48 hrs
NT Expression
↑ NGF, ↑ BDNF, ↑ NT-3; ↓ NT-4
↑ BDNF, ↑ NT-3; ↓ NGF, ↓ NT-4
Trk Expression
↑ Trk A; ↓ Trk C, ↓ Trk B
↓ Trk A, ↓ Trk C, ↓ Trk B.T
Phospho-Trk Expression
↑ 120 kDa isoform (Trk A); ↓ 148 kDa isoform
↓ all phospho-trk receptors

isoform

Secretion of NTs
↑ NGF; ↓ BDNF
↑ NGF; ↓ BDNF

Lambert et al. BMC Neuroscience 2004 5:51   doi:10.1186/1471-2202-5-51