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Chandra R, Singh S, Ganguly C. β-Sitosterol & quercetin enhances brain development in iodine deficient rat models. Nutr Health 2022:2601060221122209. [PMID: 36017551 DOI: 10.1177/02601060221122209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Recently thyroid hormone studies on brain growth, development and activity are regaining popularity. Thyroid hormones have long been believed to play critical role in mammalian brain growth and maturation regulating facets of neuronal cell growth, proliferation and differentiation and further signaling and glial cell differentiation. Deficiency of these hormones in mother leads to mental retardation in the subsequent offspring's. METHODS In this presented study, brain development of iodine deficient rat models created through deficiency in feeding, mating and further selection. Young adult female wistar rats were induced with iodine deficiency and then mated with healthy male rats. These pregnant hypothyroid induced females were treated with β-sitosterol (150 mg/kg/day) and quercetin (150 mg/kg/day) alone and in combination for whole gestation period. Analysis were dealt with the genetic and histological studies of the pups brain. PCR based RNA analysis was also carried out. Histology was done using eosin and hematoxylin. RESULTS Positive impacts of the β-sitosterol and quercetin on the iodine deficient brain were observed upon histological and PCR analysis. Altogether, the analysis proves that combined doses of β-sitosterol and quercetin for normal brain development in iodine deficient infants hence can be potentially applied as therapeutics in iodine deficiency circumstances.
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- Rashmi Chandra
- Department of Biotechnology, 231528IMS Engineering College, Ghaziabad, UP, India
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- Amity Institute of Biotechnology, 557953Amity University Chhattisgarh, Raipur, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, 582893IILM-CET, Greater Noida, UP, India
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Wang J, Zhang Q, Lu Y, Dong Y, Dhandapani KM, Brann DW, Yu RK. Ganglioside GD3 is up-regulated in microglia and regulates phagocytosis following global cerebral ischemia. J Neurochem 2021; 158:737-752. [PMID: 34133773 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.15455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2021] [Revised: 05/24/2021] [Accepted: 06/09/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Gangliosides, the major sialic-acid containing glycosphingolipids in the mammalian brain, play important roles in brain development and neural functions. Here, we show that the b-series ganglioside GD3 and its biosynthetic enzyme, GD3-synthase (GD3S), were up-regulated predominantly in the microglia of mouse hippocampus from 2 to 7 days following global cerebral ischemia (GCI). Interestingly, GD3S knockout (GD3S-KO) mice exhibited decreased hippocampal neuronal loss following GCI, as compared to wild-type (WT) mice. While comparable levels of astrogliosis and microglial proliferation were observed between WT and GD3S-KO mice, the phagocytic capacity of the GD3S-KO microglia was significantly compromised after GCI. At 2 and 4 days following GCI, the GD3S-KO microglia demonstrated decreased amoebic morphology, reduced neuronal material engulfment, and lower expression of the phagolysosome marker CD68, as compared to the WT microglia. Finally, by using a microglia-primary neuron co-culture model, we demonstrated that the GD3S-KO microglia isolated from mouse brains at 2 days after GCI are less neurotoxic to co-cultured hippocampal neurons than the WT-GCI microglia. Moreover, the percentage of microglia with engulfed neuronal elements in the co-cultured wells was also significantly decreased in the GD3S-KO mice after GCI. Interestingly, the impaired phagocytic capacity of GD3S-KO microglia could be partially restored by pre-treatment with exogenous ganglioside GD3. Altogether, this study provides functional evidence that ganglioside GD3 regulates phagocytosis by microglia in an ischemic stroke model. Our data also suggest that the GD3-linked microglial phagocytosis may contribute to the mechanism of delayed neuronal death following ischemic brain injury.
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- Jing Wang
- Department of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA
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Kaur C, Rathnasamy G, Ling EA. Biology of Microglia in the Developing Brain. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2017; 76:736-753. [PMID: 28859332 DOI: 10.1093/jnen/nlx056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Microglia exist in different morphological forms in the developing brain. They show a small cell body with scanty cytoplasm with many branching processes in the grey matter of the developing brain. However, in the white matter such as the corpus callosum where the unmyelinated axons are loosely organized, they appear in an amoeboid form having a round cell body endowed with copious cytoplasm rich in organelles. The amoeboid cells eventually transform into ramified microglia in the second postnatal week when the tissue becomes more compact with the onset of myelination. Microglia serve as immunocompetent macrophages that act as neuropathology sensors to detect and respond swiftly to subtle changes in the brain tissues in pathological conditions. Microglial functions are broadly considered as protective in the normal brain development as they phagocytose dead cells and sculpt neuronal connections by pruning excess axons and synapses. They also secrete a number of trophic factors such as insulin-like growth factor-1 and transforming growth factor-β among many others that are involved in neuronal and oligodendrocyte survival. On the other hand, microglial cells when activated produce a plethora of molecules such as proinflammatory cytokines, chemokines, reactive oxygen species, and nitric oxide that are implicated in the pathogenesis of many pathological conditions such as epilepsy, cerebral palsy, autism, and perinatal hypoxic-ischemic brain injury. Although many studies have investigated the origin and functions of the microglia in the developing brain, in-depth in vivo studies along with analysis of their transcriptome and epigenetic changes need to be undertaken to elucidate their full potential be it protective or neurotoxic. This would lead to a better understanding of their roles in the healthy and diseased developing brain and advancement of therapeutic strategies to target microglia-mediated neurotoxicity.
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- Charanjit Kaur
- Department of Anatomy, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore; and Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
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- Department of Anatomy, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore; and Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
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- Department of Anatomy, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore; and Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
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Otani Y, Yamaguchi Y, Sato Y, Furuichi T, Ikenaka K, Kitani H, Baba H. PLD$ is involved in phagocytosis of microglia: expression and localization changes of PLD4 are correlated with activation state of microglia. PLoS One 2011; 6:e27544. [PMID: 22102906 PMCID: PMC3216956 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2011] [Accepted: 10/19/2011] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Phospholipase D4 (PLD4) is a recently identified protein that is mainly expressed in the ionized calcium binding adapter molecule 1 (Iba1)-positive microglia in the early postnatal mouse cerebellar white matter. Unlike PLD1 and PLD2, PLD4 exhibits no enzymatic activity for conversion of phosphatidylcholine into choline and phosphatidic acid, and its function is completely unknown. In the present study, we examined the distribution of PLD4 in mouse cerebellar white matter during development and under pathological conditions. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed that PLD4 expression was associated with microglial activation under such two different circumstances. A primary cultured microglia and microglial cell line (MG6) showed that PLD4 was mainly present in the nucleus, except the nucleolus, and expression of PLD4 was upregulated by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation. In the analysis of phagocytosis of LPS-stimulated microglia, PLD4 was co-localized with phagosomes that contained BioParticles. Inhibition of PLD4 expression using PLD4 specific small interfering RNA (siRNA) in MG6 cells significantly reduced the ratio of phagocytotic cell numbers. These results suggest that the increased PLD4 in the activation process is involved in phagocytosis of activated microglia in the developmental stages and pathological conditions of white matter.
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- Yoshinori Otani
- Department of Molecular Neurobiology, School of Pharmacy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Neurobiology, School of Pharmacy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratoy for Molecular Neurogenesis, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako, Saitama, Japan
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba, Japan
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- Division of Neurobiology and Bioinformatics, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
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- Animal Immune and Cell Biology Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Neurobiology, School of Pharmacy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
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Iwamori M, Takamizawa K, Momoeda M, Iwamori Y, Taketani Y. Gangliosides in human, cow and goat milk, and their abilities as to neutralization of cholera toxin and botulinum type A neurotoxin. Glycoconj J 2008; 25:675-83. [DOI: 10.1007/s10719-008-9128-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2007] [Revised: 01/26/2008] [Accepted: 03/26/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Yokoyama A, Sakamoto A, Kameda K, Imai Y, Tanaka J. NG2 proteoglycan-expressing microglia as multipotent neural progenitors in normal and pathologic brains. Glia 2006; 53:754-68. [PMID: 16534776 DOI: 10.1002/glia.20332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Rat primary microglia (MG) acquired a multipotent property to give rise to neuroectodermal cells through two-step culture in 10 and 70% serum-supplemented media for 5 days. Such multipotent MG, called promicroglioblasts (ProMGBs), formed cell aggregates, which generated cells with neuroectodermal phenotypes shortly after their transfer into serum-free medium. As revealed by immunohistochemistry, there were a few MG expressing NG2 chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan (NG2) in the neonatal rat brain. Primary culture from the neonatal brain contained NG2+ MG, which appeared to be the source of NG2+ ProMGB aggregates. The aggregates were MG marker+/NG2+/GFAP+/NCAM+/S-100beta- and had alkaline phosphatase activity. The marked accumulation of NG2+ MG was observed close to stab wounds made in the mature rat brain. The accumulated NG2+ MG in the wound gradually decreased in number, but the cells persisted up to 150 days postlesioning. In addition, GFAP immunoreactivity increased markedly around the wound. The NG2+ MG in the wounds separated with trypsin-EDTA formed NG2+ aggregates in 70% serum-supplemented medium and then transformed into cells with neuroectodermal phenotypes in serum-free medium. Although it is difficult to separate viable neurons from mature brains, cells from stab wounds generated process-bearing beta-tubulin III+ cells in vitro easily. These data suggest that NG2+ MG in normal developing or pathologic brains are involved in the genesis or regeneration of the brain.
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- Akiko Yokoyama
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, School of Medicine, Ehime University, Toon, Ehime 791-0295, Japan
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Wilson HC, Scolding NJ, Raine CS. Co-expression of PDGF alpha receptor and NG2 by oligodendrocyte precursors in human CNS and multiple sclerosis lesions. J Neuroimmunol 2006; 176:162-73. [PMID: 16753227 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2006.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2006] [Revised: 04/03/2006] [Accepted: 04/03/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Following inflammatory demyelination in multiple sclerosis (MS), partial remyelination occurs. Studies in rodents have indicated that oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) are responsible for this remyelination. Rodent OPCs are identified in situ with antibodies against platelet-derived growth factor alpha receptor (PDGFalphaR) and NG2 chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan. In human CNS tissue, studies of NG2 and PDGFalphaR expression are limited and controversy exists as to whether these molecules are specific OPC markers. This study has investigated whether PDGFalphaR and NG2 are co-expressed on OPCs in human CNS, and whether OPCs are associated with remyelination in MS. MS brain tissue was examined for PDGFalphaR and NG2 immunoreactivity and for expression of NG2 mRNA by in situ hybridisation. Putative OPCs, expressing both NG2 and PDGFalphaR, were present within normal-appearing white matter and within areas of active demyelination in MS, but not in chronic silent lesions. They were also seen in association with remyelination in MS tissue and with developmental myelination in human spinal cord. NG2+ cells that did not express PDGFalphaR were also detected. Given their lack of reactivity with microglial or astrocyte markers, these NG2+/PDGFalphaR- cells probably represented more mature OPCs that had lost PDGFalphaR expression. The distribution of OPCs observed in this study strongly suggests these cells are potential sources of remyelinating oligodendrocytes in active lesions in MS.
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- Heather C Wilson
- Department of Pathology (Neuropathology), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA, and Department of Neurology, University of Bristol Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, Frenchay Hospital, UK
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Sohn H, Kim YS, Kim HT, Kim CH, Cho EW, Kang HY, Kim NS, Kim CH, Ryu SE, Lee JH, Ko JH. Ganglioside GM3 is involved in neuronal cell death. FASEB J 2006; 20:1248-50. [PMID: 16636105 DOI: 10.1096/fj.05-4911fje] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Gangliosides abundant in the nervous system have been implicated in a broad range of biological functions, including the regulation of cell proliferation and death. Glutamate-induced cell death, which is accompanied by an accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), is a major contributor to pathological cell death within the nervous system. However, the mechanism underlying this neuronal cell death has not been fully elucidated. In this study, we report that ganglioside GM3 is involved in neuronal cell death. GM3 was up-regulated in the mouse hippocampal cell line HT22 death caused by glutamate. Increment in GM3 levels by both the exogenous addition of GM3 and the overexpression of the GM3 synthase gene induced neuronal cell death. Overexpression of GM3 synthase by microinjecting mRNA into zebrafish embryos resulted in neuronal cell death in the central nervous system (CNS). Conversely, RNA interference-mediated silencing of GM3 synthase rescued glutamate-induced neuronal death, as evidenced by the inhibition of massive ROS production and intracellular calcium ion influx. 12-lipoxygenase (12-lipoxygenase) (12-LOX) was recruited to glycosphingolipid-enriched microdomains (GEM) in a GM3-dependent manner during oxidative glutamate toxicity. Our findings suggest that GM3 acts as not only a mediator of oxidative HT22 death by glutamate but also a modulator of in vivo neuronal cell death.
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- Hosung Sohn
- Systemic Proteomics Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, 52 Eoeun-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-333, Korea
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Guillemin GJ, Brew BJ. Microglia, macrophages, perivascular macrophages, and pericytes: a review of function and identification. J Leukoc Biol 2003; 75:388-97. [PMID: 14612429 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0303114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 406] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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The phenotypic differentiation of systemic macrophages that have infiltrated the central nervous system, pericytes, perivascular macrophages, and the "real" resident microglial cells is a major immunocytochemical and immunohistochemical concern for all users of cultures of brain cells and brain sections. It is not only important in assessing the purity of cell cultures; it is also of fundamental importance in the assessment of the pathogenetic significance of perivascular inflammatory phenomena within the brain. The lack of a single membranous and/or biochemical marker allowing conclusive identification of these cells is still a major problem in neurobiology. This review briefly discusses the functions of these cells and catalogs a large number of membranous and biochemical markers, which can assist in the identification of these cells.
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- Gilles J Guillemin
- Centre for Immunology, Neuroimmunology Department, St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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Lipid and glycolipid mediators are important messengers of the adaptive responses to stress, including apoptosis. In mammalian cells, the intracellular accumulation of ganglioside GD3, an acidic glycosphingolipid, contributes to mitochondrial damage, a crucial event during the apoptopic program. GD3 is a minor ganglioside in most normal tissues. Its expression increases during development and in pathological conditions such as cancer and neurodegenerative disorders. Intriguingly, GD3 can mediate additional biological events such as cell proliferation and differentiation. These diverse and opposing effects indicate that tightly regulated mechanisms, including 9-O-acetylation, control GD3 function, by affecting intracellular levels, localization and structure of GD3, and eventually dictate biological outcomes and cell fate decisions.
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- Florence Malisan
- Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, University Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy.
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Krajewska M, Mai JK, Zapata JM, Ashwell KWS, Schendel SL, Reed JC, Krajewski S. Dynamics of expression of apoptosis-regulatory proteins Bid, Bcl-2, Bcl-X, Bax and Bak during development of murine nervous system. Cell Death Differ 2002; 9:145-57. [PMID: 11840165 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4400934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2000] [Revised: 04/20/2001] [Accepted: 07/10/2001] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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We have used immunohistochemistry and immunoblotting to examine the expression of Bid and four other Bcl-2 family proteins (Bcl-2, Bcl-X, Bax and Bak) in the developing and adult murine central nervous system (CNS). Bid protein is widespread in embryonic and postnatal brain, and its expression is maintained at a high level late into the adulthood. Bid is expressed both in the germ disc, early neural tube, proliferating stem cells of ventricular zones, and in postmitotic, differentiated neurons of the developing central and peripheral nervous system. As the differentiation proceeds, the neurons express higher levels of Bid than the stem cells of the paraventricular zone. Both in embryonic and postnatal life, Bid protein is present in the most vital regions of brain, such as the limbic system, basal ganglia, mesencephalic tectum, Purkinje cells in cerebellum, and the ventral columns of spinal cord. The p15 cleaved form of Bid was detectable in the brain specimens at fetal stages of development, consistent with caspase-mediated activation of this pro-apoptotic Bcl-2 family protein. Among the Bcl-2 family proteins only Bid and Bcl-XL continue to be expressed at high levels in the adult brain.
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- M Krajewska
- The Burnham Institute, 10901 N Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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This paper reviews the various proposed hypotheses on the origin of microglia. The seminal study of del Rio-Hortega first stated that the cells were derived from the mesodermal pial cells that invaded the brain during embryonic development. Along with this was the description of precursor cells in the yolk sac in early development. Our results in the embryonic mouse brain have shown the occurrence of lectin-labelled precursor cells at the yolk sac that later appeared in the mesenchymal tissue associated with the neuroepithelium where they penetrated the nervous tissue to become the microglia. A second major view has held that microglia are of neuroectodermal origin; the cells either originate from glioblasts or the germinal matrix. Another school of thought is that microglia are derived from blood monocytes. In this connection, circulating monocytes enter the developing brain to assume the form as amoeboid microglia that subsequently evolve to become the ramified microglia. In traumatic brain lesions following an intravenous injection of colloidal carbon as a cytoplasmic marker for monocytes, it was found that carbon-labelled monocytes were the main source of brain macrophages, some of which transformed into microglia during the healing process. In conclusion, our results derived from the normal and altered brain development as well as from experimental lesions tend to favour the view of the monocytic nature of microglia. Recent studies by us also point to the possibility that some microglial cells may arise from the pial mesenchymal macrophages that appear to originate from the yolk sac precursors.
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- C Kaur
- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Baumann N, Pham-Dinh D. Biology of oligodendrocyte and myelin in the mammalian central nervous system. Physiol Rev 2001; 81:871-927. [PMID: 11274346 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.2001.81.2.871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1203] [Impact Index Per Article: 52.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Oligodendrocytes, the myelin-forming cells of the central nervous system (CNS), and astrocytes constitute macroglia. This review deals with the recent progress related to the origin and differentiation of the oligodendrocytes, their relationships to other neural cells, and functional neuroglial interactions under physiological conditions and in demyelinating diseases. One of the problems in studies of the CNS is to find components, i.e., markers, for the identification of the different cells, in intact tissues or cultures. In recent years, specific biochemical, immunological, and molecular markers have been identified. Many components specific to differentiating oligodendrocytes and to myelin are now available to aid their study. Transgenic mice and spontaneous mutants have led to a better understanding of the targets of specific dys- or demyelinating diseases. The best examples are the studies concerning the effects of the mutations affecting the most abundant protein in the central nervous myelin, the proteolipid protein, which lead to dysmyelinating diseases in animals and human (jimpy mutation and Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease or spastic paraplegia, respectively). Oligodendrocytes, as astrocytes, are able to respond to changes in the cellular and extracellular environment, possibly in relation to a glial network. There is also a remarkable plasticity of the oligodendrocyte lineage, even in the adult with a certain potentiality for myelin repair after experimental demyelination or human diseases.
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- N Baumann
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U. 495, Biology of Neuron-Glia Interactions, Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France.
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Almazán G, Vela JM, Molina-Holgado E, Guaza C. Re-evaluation of nestin as a marker of oligodendrocyte lineage cells. Microsc Res Tech 2001; 52:753-65. [PMID: 11276128 DOI: 10.1002/jemt.1060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Maturation of oligodendrocyte progenitors (O2A) is characterized by morphological changes and the sequential expression of specific antigens leading to the formation of myelin membrane. Monoclonal antibodies A2B5, A007, anti-vimentin, and anti-galactocerebroside, recognize oligodendroglia at different stages of development. The neuroepithelial precursor marker nestin is also expressed by the oligodendroglial lineage; we have used enriched populations of progenitors isolated from neonatal rat brain cultures to further examine the cellular distribution of this intermediate filament protein. The phenotypic distribution of nestin positive cells among the oligodendrocyte lineage showed that 65% reacted with A2B5, whereas only 5% were A007(+), and 4% galactocerebroside(+). The remaining 25% of the cells were not labeled and had small cellular bodies devoid of processes, characteristic of the pre-O2A progenitor. Further analysis of the nestin(+) population showed that the majority of the cells were also vimentin(+). Antibody-dependent complement mediated cytolysis of A2B5(+) (O2A cells) and galactocerebroside(+) (mature oligodendrocytes) cells left a population of nestin(+) cells that were induced to proliferate in the presence of growth factors and to differentiate into A2B5(+) and galactocerebroside(+) cells. Proliferating cells maintained in the presence of platelet-derived growth factor or basic fibroblast growth factor retained nestin expression along with A2B5. By contrast, in serum-free medium nestin expression decreased while postmitotic cells acquired A007 and galactocerebroside. Our results suggest that nestin expression is a marker of pre-O2A cells that is maintained in proliferating glial progenitors, but is quickly down-regulated in postmitotic oligodendrocytes (A007(+)/galacto-cerebroside(+)) along with A2B5 and vimentin. However, other glial cells including type 2 astrocytes and some amoeboid microglia also share nestin expression.
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- G Almazán
- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, 3655 Drummond St., Montreal, Quebec H3G 1Y6, Canada.
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Morara S, Rosina A, Provini L, Forloni G, Caretti A, Wimalawansa SJ. Calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor expression in the neurons and glia of developing rat cerebellum: an autoradiographic and immunohistochemical analysis. Neuroscience 2001; 100:381-91. [PMID: 11008176 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(00)00276-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Quantitative autoradiography (using [125I]human alpha-calcitonin gene-related peptide as a ligand) and immunofluorescence (using monoclonal antibodies directed against a purified receptor) followed by confocal analysis were applied to analyse the distribution and cellular localization of the calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor in the rat cerebellum during development. From late embryonic days to the end of the second postnatal week, during the time window of calcitonin gene-related peptide expression in climbing fibers, high levels of calcitonin gene-related peptide binding sites were found in the white matter, where immunolabeling was present in oligodendrocytes. Lower levels were found in the cerebellar cortex, where receptor immunolabeling was found in Bergmann glia in a presumptive cell surface location and, during the second postnatal week, also in the cytoplasm of Purkinje cells. From the end of the second postnatal week to adulthood, when calcitonin gene-related peptide is no longer present in climbing fibers, the number of calcitonin gene-related peptide binding sites increased in the molecular layer, where not only Bergmann glia but also Purkinje cell distal dendritic branchlets were immunolabeled in a presumptive cell surface location. Concomitantly, the number of calcitonin gene-related peptide binding sites sharply decreased in the white matter. The developmental expression of the calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor and the previously described proliferating/differentiating effects of the peptide on glial cells suggest that calcitonin gene-related peptide and its receptor may promote a coordinated development of cerebellar glial cells, an effect driven mainly by the calcitonin gene-related peptide released by climbing fibers. As a result of glia-neuron interactions, an indirect effect on the differentiation of the cerebellar neuronal circuitry is also likely to occur.
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- S Morara
- Istituto Neuroscienze e Bioimmagini CNR, 20131, Milano, Italy.
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Navascués J, Calvente R, Marín-Teva JL, Cuadros MA. Entry, dispersion and differentiation of microglia in the developing central nervous system. AN ACAD BRAS CIENC 2000; 72:91-102. [PMID: 10932110 DOI: 10.1590/s0001-37652000000100013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Microglial cells within the developing central nervous system (CNS) originate from mesodermic precursors of hematopoietic lineage that enter the nervous parenchyma from the meninges, ventricular space and/or blood stream. Once in the nervous parenchyma, microglial cells increase in number and disperse throughout the CNS; these cells finally differentiate to become fully ramified microglial cells. In this article we review present knowledge on these phases of microglial development and the factors that probably influence them.
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- J Navascués
- Departamento de Biología Celular, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Spain.
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Wolswijk G. Oligodendrocyte survival, loss and birth in lesions of chronic-stage multiple sclerosis. Brain 2000; 123 ( Pt 1):105-15. [PMID: 10611125 DOI: 10.1093/brain/123.1.105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 164] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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One of the hallmarks of the human demyelinating disease multiple sclerosis is the inability to compensate adequately for the loss of myelin and of oligodendrocytes, the myelin-forming cells of the CNS. Oligodendrocyte precursor cells, a potential source of oligodendrocytes, have been identified in lesions of chronic multiple sclerosis, but it is not known whether they develop into new, fully differentiated oligodendrocytes, capable of remyelination. Sections of post-mortem multiple sclerosis tissue were therefore immunolabelled with antibodies to galactocerebroside (GalC), the first oligodendrocyte-specific molecule to be expressed by differentiating oligodendrocyte precursor cells, and myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG), a marker for mature oligodendrocytes. In total, 23 lesions from 15 subjects with chronic progressive multiple sclerosis were analysed. The immunolabelling revealed that chronic multiple sclerosis lesions contain only small numbers of immature, process-bearing, GalC-positive oligodendrocytes (0-2 cells/mm(2) in 10 micrometer thick sections); they had a relatively large, pale nucleus (maximum diameter: 9.9 +/- 0.9 micrometer). Although they appeared to make contact with surrounding demyelinated axons, most immature oligodendrocytes appeared not to be engaged in myelination. These findings suggest that oligodendrocyte differentiation of precursor cells is a rare event in chronic multiple sclerosis, which is consistent with the general failure of myelin repair during the later stages of this disease. The lesions in the collection, in particular those with recent demyelinating activity, contained another distinct population of oligodendrocytes. It consisted of small, round cells with a small, dense nucleus (maximum diameter: 6.8 +/- 0.8 micrometer) that expressed both GalC and MOG but lacked processes, suggesting that these cells were mature oligodendrocytes that had survived the loss of their myelin sheaths, i.e. they were demyelinated oligodendrocytes. In the most recent lesions in the collection, the demyelinated oligodendrocytes were found in large numbers throughout the centre of the lesion (up to 700 cells/mm(2)), while in the older lesions they were found only at the edges. Moreover, when the borders of these older lesions still contained numerous macrophages, they tended to contain more demyelinated oligodendrocytes than those lacking macrophages. These findings suggest that mature, demyelinated oligodendrocytes gradually disappear from lesion areas with increasing age of the lesion. The present study thus suggests that the failure of myelin repair in at least some cases of chronic multiple sclerosis is due to (i) the loss of demyelinated oligodendrocytes from lesion areas and (ii) the failure of the oligodendrocyte precursor population to expand and generate new oligodendrocytes. Gaining further insight into these processes may prove crucial for the development of remyelination promoting strategies.
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- G Wolswijk
- Graduate School Neurosciences Amsterdam, Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Yasuda Y, Naito T, Watarai S, Fujita S, Kitamura T. Ganglioside GD3 Immunochemistry does not Visualize Microglia but Astroglia. Acta Histochem Cytochem 2000. [DOI: 10.1267/ahc.33.253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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- Yuko Yasuda
- Cell Biology Section,Division of Basic Research,Louis Pasteur Center for Medical Research,Sakyou-ku,Tanaka,Monzen-cho,Kyoto 606-8225
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- Cell Biology Section,Division of Basic Research,Louis Pasteur Center for Medical Research,Sakyou-ku,Tanaka,Monzen-cho,Kyoto 606-8225
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Immunology,Department of Veterinary Science,College of Agriculture,Osaka Prefecture University,1-1 Gakuen-cho,Sakai,Osaka 599-8531
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- Cell Biology Section,Division of Basic Research,Louis Pasteur Center for Medical Research,Sakyou-ku,Tanaka,Monzen-cho,Kyoto 606-8225
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- Cell Biology Section,Division of Basic Research,Louis Pasteur Center for Medical Research,Sakyou-ku,Tanaka,Monzen-cho,Kyoto 606-8225
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Mar�n-Teva JL, Cuadros MA, Calvente R, Almendros A, Navascu�s J. Naturally occurring cell death and migration of microglial precursors in the quail retina during normal development. J Comp Neurol 1999. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19990920)412:2<255::aid-cne6>3.0.co;2-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The expression of NG2 chondroitin sulfate has been widely associated with oligodendrocyte precursors in rodents. We used a monoclonal antibody (9.2.27) against the human homologue of the rat NG2 to determine whether expression of this molecule was associated with a specific glial cell population present in dissociated cell preparations derived from adult and fetal human brain tissue. Our data, derived using FACS and immunocytochemical analyses of immediately ex vivo or cultured glial cells, indicate that the large majority of NG2 expressing cells belonged to the microglial lineage (CD68, CD11c) rather than to the oligodendrocyte lineage (O4, A2B5, GalC). In situ immunohistochemistry performed on non-fixed normal spinal cord tissue confirmed the observation that NG2 is expressed by mononuclear phagocytes of the CNS. In contrast, peripheral blood-derived monocytes were NG2(-). Cells from fetal brain tissue showed only small numbers of NG2(+) cells, which was consistent with the number of microglial cells in this preparation. In absence of additional markers, we cannot exclude that this anti-NG2 mAb might also recognize human oligodendrocyte progenitor cells.
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- S Pouly
- Montreal Neurological Institute, Neuroiommunology Unit, Montreal, Québec, Canada
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Wolswijk G. Oligodendrocyte regeneration in the adult rodent CNS and the failure of this process in multiple sclerosis. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 1999; 117:233-47. [PMID: 9932412 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(08)64019-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2023]
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- G Wolswijk
- Graduate School Neurosciences Amsterdam, Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, AZ Amsterdam ZO, The Netherlands.
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The proliferative behavior of glia following a cerebral stab wound in adult rats is reviewed. Proliferation was determined by both PCNA and [3H]thymidine labeling. Microglia were the first cells to divide and constituted the bulk of dividing cells. Both ramified and ameboid microglia divided. A smaller number of astrocytes entered the cell cycle a day later and were shown to derive from differentiated reactive cells. No differentiated oligodendroglia were labeled by thymidine, although a small number of dividing immature oligodendroglia could be detected in cultures of cells labeled in vivo. Recent studies of the properties of oligodendroglial precursors in brain repair mechanisms are discussed. The results so far support our conclusion that differentiated oligodendrocytes do not divide.
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- W T Norton
- Department of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY 10461, USA
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Cuadros MA, Rodríguez-Ruiz J, Calvente R, Almendros A, Marín-Teva JL, Navascués J. Microglia development in the quail cerebellum. J Comp Neurol 1998. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19971222)389:3<390::aid-cne3>3.0.co;2-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Andersson LM, Fredman P, Lekman A, Rosengren L, Gisslén M. Increased cerebrospinal fluid ganglioside GD3 concentrations as a marker of microglial activation in HIV type 1 infection. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 1998; 14:1065-9. [PMID: 9718122 DOI: 10.1089/aid.1998.14.1065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) invades the central nervous system (CNS) early in the infectious course. The predominant, productively infected cell type within the CNS is the microglial cell. We have analyzed the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) levels of the ganglioside GD3, a microglia/macrophage and astrocyte marker, in 22 HIV-1-infected individuals at different stages of the disease, and in 44 age-matched HIV-negative, healthy controls. To distinguish between microglial/macrophage and astroglial involvement, the GD3 levels were compared with CSF levels of the glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAp), which is expressed exclusively in astrocytes. A significantly higher mean CSF concentration of GD3 was found in HIV-1-infected patients compared to controls (56.7 and 40.1 nmol/L, respectively, p < 0.001). Seven of 22 HIV-1-infected patients had increased CSF levels of GD3 (above mean + 2 SD in controls), all but one of these had normal levels of GFAp, indicating a microglial activation or proliferation as the major source of the increased GD3 levels.
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- L M Andersson
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, Göteborg University, Sweden
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Yuan X, Eisen AM, McBain CJ, Gallo V. A role for glutamate and its receptors in the regulation of oligodendrocyte development in cerebellar tissue slices. Development 1998; 125:2901-14. [PMID: 9655812 DOI: 10.1242/dev.125.15.2901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We tested the hypothesis that the neurotransmitter glutamate would influence glial proliferation and differentiation in a cytoarchitecturally intact system. Postnatal day 6 cerebellar slices were maintained in organotypic culture and treated with glutamate receptor agonists or antagonists. After dissociation, cells were stained with antibodies for different oligodendrocyte developmentally regulated antigens. Treatment of the slices with the glutamate receptor agonists kainate or alpha -amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid significantly decreased the percentage of LB1(+), NG2(+) and O4(+) cells, and their bromodeoxyuridine labeling index. The non-N-methyl-D-aspartate glutamate receptor antagonist 6,7-dinitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione increased the percentage and bromodeoxyuridine labeling of LB1(+), NG2(+) and O4(+) cells. In intact slices, RNA levels of the oligodendrocyte gene for 2′,3′-cyclic nucleotide 3′-phosphodiesterase were decreased by kainate and alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid, and increased by 6,7-dinitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione. The percentage of astrocytes was not modified by kainate, alpha -amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid or 6, 7-dinitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione. Treatment with the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist 2-amino-5-phosphonopentanoic acid did not alter the percentage of O4(+) cells, nor their proliferation. Incubation with the gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor antagonist bicuculline did not modify the percentage of LB1(+), A2B5(+) and O4(+) cells. In purified cerebellar oligodendrocyte progenitor cells, glutamate receptor agonists blocked K+ currents, and inhibited cell proliferation and lineage progression. The K+ channel blocker tetraethylammonium also inhibited oligodendrocyte progenitor cell proliferation. These findings indicate that in rat cerebellar tissue slices: (i) glutamate specifically modulates oligodendrocyte but not astrocyte development through selective activation of alpha -amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptors, and (ii) cell depolarization and blockage of voltage-dependent K+ channels is likely to be the triggering mechanism.
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- X Yuan
- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Neurophysiology, NICHD, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892-4495, USA
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Chronic stage multiple sclerosis lesions contain a relatively quiescent population of oligodendrocyte precursor cells. J Neurosci 1998. [PMID: 9425002 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-02-00601.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 427] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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In the past decade, considerable progress has been made in the understanding of the biology of rodent oligodendrocyte precursor cells and their role in the generation of oligodendrocytes in the developing and adult rodent CNS. Much less is known about human oligodendrocyte lineage cells and about the reasons for the failure of the regeneration of the oligodendrocyte population during chronic stages of multiple sclerosis (MS). In particular, the fate of the oligodendrocyte precursor population in MS has remained elusive. The present study examined the possibility that oligodendrocyte regeneration ultimately fails because of the local destruction of both oligodendrocytes and their precursor cells. Analysis of chronic stage MS tissue suggested that this is not the case, because all chronic MS lesions studied contained significant numbers of oligodendrocyte precursor cells, identified as process-bearing cells that bound the O4 antibody but not antibodies to GalC and GFAP. The oligodendrocyte precursor cells appeared, however, to be relatively quiescent, because none expressed the nuclear proliferation antigen recognized by the Ki-67 antibody, and because most lesions lacked myelinating oligodendrocytes in their centers. Thus, it appears that the regeneration of the oligodendrocyte population fails during chronic stages of MS because of the inability of oligodendrocyte precursor cells to proliferate and differentiate rather than because of the local destruction of all oligodendrocyte lineage cells. The identification of ways of stimulating the endogenous oligodendrocyte precursor population to expand and generate remyelinating cells may represent an alternative to transplantation of oligodendrocyte lineage cells to promote myelin repair in MS.
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Barradas PC, Cavalcante LA. Proliferation of differentiated glial cells in the brain stem. Braz J Med Biol Res 1998; 31:257-70. [PMID: 9686148 DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x1998000200009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Classical studies of macroglial proliferation in muride rodents have provided conflicting evidence concerning the proliferating capabilities of oligodendrocytes and microglia. Furthermore, little information has been obtained in other mammalian orders and very little is known about glial cell proliferation and differentiation in the subclass Metatheria although valuable knowledge may be obtained from the protracted period of central nervous system maturation in these forms. Thus, we have studied the proliferative capacity of phenotypically identified brain stem oligodendrocytes by tritiated thymidine radioautography and have compared it with known features of oligodendroglial differentiation as well as with proliferation of microglia in the opossum Didelphis marsupialis. We have detected a previously undescribed ephemeral, regionally heterogeneous proliferation of oligodendrocytes expressing the actin-binding, ensheathment-related protein 2'3'-cyclic nucleotide 3'-phosphodiesterase (CNPase), that is not necessarily related to the known regional and temporal heterogeneity of expression of CNPase in cell bodies. On the other hand, proliferation of microglia tagged by the binding of Griffonia simplicifolia B4 isolectin, which recognizes an alpha-D-galactosyl-bearing glycoprotein of the plasma membrane of macrophages/microglia, is known to be long lasting, showing no regional heterogeneity and being found amongst both ameboid and differentiated ramified cells, although at different rates. The functional significance of the proliferative behavior of these differentiated cells is unknown but may provide a low-grade cell renewal in the normal brain and may be augmented under pathological conditions.
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- P C Barradas
- Departamento de Farmacologia e Psicobiologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
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Marín-Teva JL, Almendros A, Calvente R, Cuadros MA, Navascués J. Tangential migration of ameboid microglia in the developing quail retina: mechanism of migration and migratory behavior. Glia 1998; 22:31-52. [PMID: 9436786 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-1136(199801)22:1<31::aid-glia4>3.0.co;2-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Long distance migration of microglial precursors within the central nervous system is essential for microglial colonization of the nervous parenchyma. We studied morphological features of ameboid microglial cells migrating tangentially in the developing quail retina to shed light on the mechanism of migration and migratory behavior of microglial precursors. Many microglial precursors remained attached on retinal sheets containing the inner limiting membrane covered by a carpet of Müller cell endfeet. This demonstrates that most ameboid microglial cells migrate tangentially on Müller cell endfeet. Many of these cells showed a central-to-peripheral polarized morphology, with extensive lamellipodia spreading through grooves flanked by Müller cell radial processes, to which they were frequently anchored. Low protuberances from the vitreal face of microglial precursors were firmly attached to the subjacent basal lamina, which was accessible through gaps in the carpet of Müller cell endfeet. These results suggest a mechanism of migration involving polarized extension of lamellipodia at the leading edge of the cell, strong cell-to-substrate attachment, translocation of the cell body forward, and retraction of the rear of the cell. Other ameboid cells were multipolar, with lamellipodial projections radiating in all directions from the cell body, suggesting that microglial precursors explore the surrounding environment to orient their movement. Central-to-peripheral migration of microglial precursors in the retina does not follow a straight path; instead, these cells perform forward, backward, and sideways movements, as suggested by the occurrence of (a) V-shaped bipolar ameboid cells with their vertex pointing toward either the center or the periphery of the retina, and (b) threadlike processes projecting from either the periphery-facing edge or the center-facing edge of ameboid microglial cells.
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- J L Marín-Teva
- Departamento de Biología Celular, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Spain
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Fredman P, Lekman A. Glycosphingolipids as potential diagnostic markers and/or antigens in neurological disorders. Neurochem Res 1997; 22:1071-83. [PMID: 9239764 DOI: 10.1023/a:1022495430583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Glycosphingolipids are most abundant in the nervous system within which are developmental, regional, structural and cellular differences regarding their composition. The are shedded to the cerebrospinal fluid and thus potential markers for pathogenic alterations in the brain, such as developmental abnormalities, demyelination, gliosis, neuronal cell destruction. The glycosphingolipids have also been found to be antigens in autoimmune processes involving the nervous system, in particular in peripheral neuropathies like Guillain Barré syndrome, multifocal motor neuropathy etc. The immune response might have been triggered by infectious agents with an antigen epitope which mimic the glycosphingolipid or by a primary nerve tissue damage leading to release of glycosphingolipids. There is a series of support for a clinical significance of cerebrospinal fluid glycosphingolipid determinations and the presence of anti-glycosphingolipid antibodies but this has to be further explored. This paper is a mini review of the state of the art and discuss methodological aspects and improvements that might help to explore the relevance of glycosphingolipids in neurological disorders.
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- P Fredman
- Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Göteborg University, Sweden
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Zhang MZ, McKanna JA. Gliogenesis in postnatal rat optic nerve: LC1 + microglia and S100-beta + astrocytes. BRAIN RESEARCH. DEVELOPMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH 1997; 101:27-36. [PMID: 9263577 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-3806(97)00025-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Lipocortin 1 (LC1) and S100-beta, two Ca(2+)-binding proteins that serve as specific markers for microglia and astrocytes, respectively, have been used to study postnatal gliogenesis in the rat optic nerve. Computerized image analysis was used to quantify and map the stained and unstained glia in transverse sections (10 microns thick) taken 1-2 mm from the chiasm in optic nerves from rat pups at postnatal day 0 (P0), P7, P14, P21, P28, P38 and adults. The number of astrocytes was remarkably constant (100 per section) at all ages. Because the area of the nerve increases 10-fold from P0 to adult, the population density of astrocytes begins al > 5000 mm-2 and drops to 400 mm-2 in the mature nerve; however, because the nerve length increases two-fold, the number of astrocytes doubles over the same period. In contrast, the number of LC1 + cells per section initially is sparse (4 at P0), increases rapidly up to 36 at P21 and levels off at 49 in adults. The microglia population density is relatively stable throughout development (200-300 mm-2) except during the peak of oligodendroblast apoptosis (P21) when it rises to 450 mm-2. Neonatally, LC1 immunoreactivity predominantly labels spherical-ameboid cells; but by P28 they are replaced by mature ramified microglia. The number of unstained cells (putative oligodendrocytes) per section increases from 11 at P0 to a peak of 308 at P21, and declines slightly to 269 in adults. While generally confirming concepts of astrocyte and oligodendrocyte ontogeny from the literature, the present report adds considerable detail regarding microglia, which often have been ignored. Microglia identified by LC1 immunoreactivity comprise 12% of the glia in adult optic nerve near the chiasm.
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- M Z Zhang
- Department of Cell Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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We have previously used antibodies to the NG2 proteoglycan and the alpha receptor for platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF alpha receptor) to identify oligodendroglial progenitor cells in vivo and in vitro. It has recently become evident that the GD3 antigen, which has been widely used as a marker for oligodendrocyte progenitor cells, is also expressed by microglial cells. In this study we have examined the relationship between the NG2+/PDGF alpha receptor+ glial progenitor cells and microglial cells in normal developing and mature rat brain and in inflammatory lesions in mice with experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). Double-labeling of sections from normal rat brain using anti-NG2 antibodies and lectin from Griffonia simplicifolia (GSA I-B4) or monoclonal antibody 4H1 indicated that there is no overlap between NG2+ glial progenitor cells and microglia in the parenchyma of the central nervous system. In EAE lesions, both NG2+ cells and microglia, identified by antibodies to F4/80 and CD45, displayed reactive changes characterized by increased cell number and staining intensity and shortening and thickening of cell processes. Both cell types were found surrounding perivascular infiltrates of lymphocytes. Double-labeling EAE sections for NG2 and F4/80 or CD45 failed to reveal cells that co-expressed both antigens, suggesting that reactive NG2+ cells are distinct from activated microglia. However, a close spatial relationship between NG2+ cells and microglia was observed in the normal brain and to a greater extent in EAE, where processes of an activated microglial cell were sometimes seen to encircle an NG2+ cell. These observations are indicative of a functional interaction between microglia and the NG2+ glial cells.
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- A Nishiyama
- Department of Neurosciences, Research Institute, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio 44195, USA.
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- G Wolswijk
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, London, UK
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The monoclonal antibody O4 has been used to define a biologically distinct stage of the oligodendroglial lineage in vitro. Furthermore, O4+ oligodendroglial progenitors have been found in cell cultures derived from mature tissue, leading to speculation about the presence of oligodendroglial progenitors in the adult central nervous system (CNS). However, the existence of adult oligodendroglial progenitors has yet to be conclusively demonstrated in the intact animal. We have investigated the expression of O4 immunoreactivity in the developing and mature rat forebrain and the relationship of these cells to cells expressing the early oligodendroglial progenitor markers GD3 ganglioside and NG2 chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan, and to differentiated galactocerebroside expressing oligodendroglia. By the day of birth O4+ cells were already widely distributed throughout the formative corpus callosum and increased in number in the white matter and cortical gray matter over the first 2 postnatal weeks. In contrast to cell culture observations, most O4+ cells seen over this period failed to express GD3, although the majority did express NG2. Beginning at postnatal day 4, NG2+/O4-progenitors in the corpus callosum and cerebral cortical gray matter underwent a wave of differentiation into NG2+/O4+ cells and then into galactocerebroside-positive oligodendroglia. Interestingly, not all cells underwent this progression: a population remained as O4+/NG2+ progenitors. Furthermore, this O4+/NG2+ population persisted into adulthood and failed to express their GD3, galactocerebroside, RIP, or myelin basic protein (MBP). They were also distinguishable from glial fibrillary acidic protein+ and glutamine synthetase+ astrocytes and OX-42+ microglia. We therefore propose that these O4+/NG2+ cells represent adult oligodendroglial progenitors hitherto only described in cell culture.
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- R Reynolds
- Department of Anatomy, Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School, London, United Kingdom
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Compston A, Zajicek J, Sussman J, Webb A, Hall G, Muir D, Shaw C, Wood A, Scolding N. Glial lineages and myelination in the central nervous system. J Anat 1997; 190 ( Pt 2):161-200. [PMID: 9061442 PMCID: PMC1467598 DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-7580.1997.19020161.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Oligodendrocytes, derived from stem cell precursors which arise in subventricular zones of the developing central nervous system, have as their specialist role the synthesis and maintenance of myelin. Astrocytes contribute to the cellular architecture of the central nervous system and act as a source of growth factors and cytokines; microglia are bone-marrow derived macrophages which function as primary immunocompetent cells in the central nervous system. Myelination depends on the establishment of stable relationships between each differentiated oligodendrocyte and short segments of several neighbouring axons. There is growing evidence, especially from studies of glial cell implantation, that oligodendrocyte precursors persist in the adult nervous system and provide a limited capacity for the restoration of structure and function in myelinated pathways damaged by injury or disease.
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- A Compston
- University of Cambridge Neurology Unit, Addenbrooke's Hospital, UK
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A major hallmark of gliomas is their intense neovascularisation. Ganglioside GD3, is one of the major gangliosides which has been implicated in tumour angiogenesis. Recently we reported that GD3 was a potent stimulator of vascular endothelial growth factor release in human glioma cell lines. In the present study we were able to detect GD3-immunoreactivity in 10 out of 10 cases of glioblastoma multiforme and 7 out of 10 cases of anaplastic astrocytoma while low grade tumours were negative. Interestingly, GD3 was intensively expressed in hypervascularised areas of high grade gliomas. These data support the involvement of this ganglioside in brain tumour angiogenesis.
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- S Koochekpour
- Department of Neuropathology, Institute of Psychiatry, Denmark Hill, London, UK
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GD3 ganglioside is a major glycolipid component of the developing central nervous system but diminishes considerably as the CNS matures. Despite consistent biochemical data, the cellular localization of GD3 expression has been controversial. In this commentary we will review the cellular expression of GD3 during CNS development and in neuropathological circumstances as determined by studies with the two most commonly used anti GD3 monoclonal antibodies, R24 and LB1. GD3 is not restricted to any one cell lineage, being expressed in development to varying degrees by immature neuroectodermal cells, oligodendrocyte progenitors, ameboid microglia, and subpopulations of developing neurons and astrocytes. In the adult CNS, GD3 is expressed in low amounts by some neuronal subpopulations, on reactive and resting microglia, and by reactive astrocytes. In the appropriate contexts of development or neuropathology, anti-GD3 antibodies are useful for cell type identification and for cell isolation, but caution should be exercised because of the lack of cellular specificity.
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- J E Goldman
- Department of Pathology, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA
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Amat JA, Ishiguro H, Nakamura K, Norton WT. Phenotypic diversity and kinetics of proliferating microglia and astrocytes following cortical stab wounds. Glia 1996; 16:368-82. [PMID: 8721677 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-1136(199604)16:4<368::aid-glia9>3.0.co;2-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Brain injury induces reactive gliosis, characterized by increased expression of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), astrocyte hypertrophy, and hyperplasia of astrocytes and microglia. One hypothesis tested in this study was whether ganglioside GD3+ glial precursor cells would contribute to macroglial proliferation following injury. Adult rats received a cortical stab wound. Proliferating cells were identified by immunostaining for proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and by [3H]-thymidine autoradiography, and cell phenotypes by immunocytochemical staining for GD3, GFAP, ED1 (for reactive microglia) and for Bandeiraea Simplicifolia isolectin-B4 binding (all microglia). Animals were labeled with thymidine at 1,2,3, and 4 days postlesion (dpl) and sacrificed at various times thereafter. Proliferating cells of each phenotype were quantified. A dramatic upregulation of GD3 on ramified microglia was seen in the ipsilateral hemisphere by 2 dpl. Proliferating cells consisted of microglia and fewer astrocytes. Microglia proliferated maximally at 2-3 dpl and one third to one half were GD3+. Astrocytes proliferated maximally at 3-4 dpl, and some were also GD3+. Both ramified and ameboid forms of microglia proliferated and by 4 dpl all GD3+ microglia were ED1+ and vice versa. In the contralateral cortex microglia expressed neither GD3 nor ED1. Thus they acquired these antigens when activated. Neither microglia nor astrocytes that were thymidine-labeled at 2, 3, or 4 dpl changed in number in subsequent days. Most thymidine+ astrocytes were large GFAP+ reactive cells that clearly arose from pre-existing astrocytes, not from GD3+ glial precursors. In this model of injury microglia proliferate earlier and to a much greater extent than astrocytes, they can divide when in ramified form, and GD3 is up-regulated in most reactive microglia and in a subset of reactive astrocytes. We also conclude that microglial proliferation precedes proliferation of invading blood-borne macrophages.
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- J A Amat
- Department of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York 10461, USA
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Remyelination occurs in the adult central nervous system following a wide variety of experimental and naturally occurring demyelinating conditions, including multiple sclerosis. Remyelination is preceded by the appearance of new oligodendrocytes. These new cells may be generated from glial precursor cells, or from pre-existing differentiated oligodendrocytes that re-enter the cell cycle, which may first dedifferentiate, or both processes may occur. The evidence for the source of new oligodendrocytes following toxic or immune-mediated lesions is reviewed. Good evidence exists that fully differentiated oligodendrocytes can incorporate [3H]thymidine but this may be a rare event. Most of the evidence points towards glial precursor cells as the source of new oligodendrocytes in the adult, but definitive experiments have not yet been done. Research strategies, using our current knowledge and techniques, are outlined for solving this problem.
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- W T Norton
- Department of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY 10461, USA
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Engel U, Wolswijk G. Oligodendrocyte-type-2 astrocyte (O-2A) progenitor cells derived from adult rat spinal cord: in vitro characteristics and response to PDGF, bFGF and NT-3. Glia 1996; 16:16-26. [PMID: 8787770 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-1136(199601)16:1<16::aid-glia3>3.0.co;2-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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We have analysed in detail the properties of oligodendrocyte-type-2 astrocyte (O-2A) progenitor cells derived from the spinal cords of adult rats to gain further insights into the mechanisms that control the generation of oligodendrocytes in the healthy and demyelinated adult central nervous systems (CNS). When O-2A progenitor cells from adult spinal cord are exposed in vitro to the AA homodimeric form of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF-AA), they express a unipolar morphology, an O4-positive, vimentin-negative antigenic phenotype, divide at slow rates, and appear to generate oligodendrocytes by asymmetric division and differentiation. Furthermore, exposure of these cells to PDGF-AA is sufficient to stimulate their proliferation at clonal density. When adult spinal cord O-2A progenitor cells are exposed simultaneously to PDGF-AA and basic fibroblast growth factor (PDGF/bFGF), they are almost completely inhibited from differentiating into oligodendrocytes, divide more rapidly than cells treated with PDGF-AA, and express a bipolar morphology and an O4-negative, vimentin-positive antigenic phenotype. These findings indicate that adult spinal cord O-2A progenitor cells resemble in many aspects their well-characterised adult optic nerve counterparts. In addition, evidence is presented to indicate that neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) is not mitogenic for adult spinal cord O-2A progenitor cells and that it does not enhance their proliferative response to PDGF-AA or PDGF/bFGF. Since relatively large numbers of O-2A progenitor cells can be obtained from adult spinal cord, it should facilitate the further characterisation of these cells.
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- U Engel
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, London, England
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Gould RM, Fannon AM, Moorman SJ. Neural cells from dogfish embryos express the same subtype-specific antigens as mammalian neural cells in vivo and in vitro. Glia 1995; 15:401-18. [PMID: 8926035 DOI: 10.1002/glia.440150405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Neural cells are classically identified in vivo and in vitro by a combination of morphological and immunocytochemical criteria. Here, we demonstrate that antibodies used to identify mammalian oligodendrocytes, neurons, and astrocytes recognize these cell types in the developing spiny dogfish central nervous system and in cultures prepared from this tissue. Oligodendrocyte-lineage-specific antibodies O1, O4, and R-mAb labeled cells in the 9 cm dogfish brain stem's medial longitudinal fascicle (MLF) and in areas lateral to it. Process-bearing cells, cultured from the dogfish brain stem, were also labeled with these antibodies. An anti-lamprey neurofilament antibody (LCM), which recognized 60 and 150 kDa proteins in dogfish brain stem homogenates, labeled axons and neurons in the brain stem and axons in the cerebellum of the dogfish embryo. It also labeled cell bodies and/or processes of some cultured cerebellar cells. An anti-bovine glial fibrillary acidic protein antibody, which recognized 42-44 kDa protein(s) in dogfish brain stem homogenates, labeled astrocyte-like processes in the brain stem and cerebellum of the dogfish embryo and numerous large and small flat cells in the cerebellar cultures. These results demonstrate that dogfish oligodendrocytes, neurons, and astrocytes express antigens that are conserved in mammalian neural cells. The ability to culture and identify neural cell types from cartilaginous fish sets the stage for studies to determine if proliferation, migration, and differentiation of these cell types are regulated in a similar fashion to mammalian cells.
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- R M Gould
- New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island 10314-6399, USA
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GM2 ganglioside, although scarce in normal adult brain, is the predominant ganglioside accumulating in several types of lysosomal disorders, most notably Tay-Sachs disease. Pyramidal neurons of cerebral cortex in Tay-Sachs, as well as many other types of neuronal storage disorders, are known to exhibit a phenomenon believed unique to storage disorders: growth of ectopic dendrites. Recent studies have shown that a common metabolic abnormality shared by storage diseases with ectopic dendrite growth is the abnormal accumulation of GM2 ganglioside. The correlation between increased levels of GM2 and the presence of ectopic dendrites has been found in both ganglioside and nonganglioside storage disorders, the latter including sphingomyelin-cholesterol lipidosis, mucopolysaccharidosis, and alpha-mannosidosis. Quantitative HPTLC analysis has shown that increases in GM2 occur in proportion to the incidence of ectopic dendrite growth, whereas other gangliosides, including GM1, lack similar increases. Immunocytochemical studies of all nonganglioside storage diseases which exhibit ectopic dendritogenesis have revealed heightened GM2 ganglioside-immunoreactivity in the cortical pyramidal cell population, whereas nerurons in normal adult brain exhibit little or no staining for this ganglioside. Further, studies examining disease development have consistently shown that accumulation of GM2 ganglioside precedes growth of ectopic dendrites, indicating that it is not simply occurring secondary to new membrane production. These findings have prompted an examination for a similar relationship between GM2 ganglioside and dendritogenesis in cortical neurons of normal developing brain. Results show that GM2 ganglioside-immunoreactivity is consistently elevated in immature neurons during the period when they are undergoing active dendritic initiation, but this staining diminishes dramatically as the dendritic trees of these cells mature. Collectively, these studies on diseased and normal brain offer compelling evidence that GM2 ganglioside plays a pivotal role in the regulation of dendritogenesis in cortical pyramidal neurons.
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- S U Walkley
- Department of Neuroscience, Rose F. Kennedy Center for Research in Mental Retardation and Human Development, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
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