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Sarliève LL, Rodríguez-Peña A, Langley K. Expression of thyroid hormone receptor isoforms in the oligodendrocyte lineage. Neurochem Res 2004; 29:903-22. [PMID: 15139289 DOI: 10.1023/b:nere.0000021235.83952.9a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Thyroid hormone (T3) regulates brain development and function and in particular ensures normal myelination. Animal models and in vitro systems have been employed to demonstrate the effects of T3, which acts via nuclear hormone receptors. T3 receptors (TRs) are transcription factors that activate or suppress target gene expression, such as myelin basic protein (MBP), in a hormone-dependent or -independent fashion. Two distinct genes, TR alpha and TR beta, encode several receptor isoforms with specific functions. This overview summarizes current knowledge on the cellular expression and the role of these isoforms and also examines the action of T3 on oligodendrocyte lineage cell types at defined developmental stages. Re-expression of TRs and also that of other transcription factors in oligodendrocytes may constitute some of the metabolic changes required for succesfull remyelination in the adult central nervous system after demyelinating lesions.
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- Louis L Sarliève
- ER2072 du CNRS, Faculté de Médecine, Institut de Chimie Biologique, 11 rue Humann, 67085, Strasbourg, France.
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O'Hara BF, Bendotti C, Reeves RH, Oster-Granite ML, Coyle JT, Gearhart JD. Genetic mapping and analysis of somatostatin expression in Snell dwarf mice. Brain Res 1988; 464:283-92. [PMID: 2906811 DOI: 10.1016/0169-328x(88)90037-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Mice homozygous for the gene dwarf (dw) have elevated levels of somatostatin (SS) in extra-hypothalamic brain regions. By in situ hybridization, increased levels of SS mRNA were observed in regions shown previously to contain higher levels of the SS peptide. Thus, the rate of transcription and/or the stability of SS mRNA are affected by the dw mutation. Since both dw and the gene encoding SS, Smst, are located on mouse chromosome 16, two backcrosses segregating dw and Smst were used to determine whether dw is an allele of Smst. In one backcross, an inbred strain derived from the subspecies Mus musculus molossinus was used to provide a high degree of DNA sequence polymorphism. The gene order and map distances determined on this backcross were: (centromere) - Prm-1 - 7 - Igl-1 - 3 - Smst - 29 - dw - 15 - Sod-1 - 4 - Ets-2, demonstrating clearly that Smst and dw are distinct genes. Additional evidence against a primary role for SS excess in the pathogenesis of dw/dw mice was obtained by injecting normal newborn mice with a potent SS analog (cyclo II). In contrast to the pattern of cell loss observed in the dwarf anterior pituitary, the pituitaries of injected mice were indistinguishable from normal controls, further suggesting that the Smst locus is not the primary site of dw gene action.
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- B F O'Hara
- Department of Physiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205
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- T Noguchi
- Department of Physiology, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Noguchi T, Sugisaki T. Stimulatory effects of growth hormone and thyroxine on the concentration of gangliosides in the Snell dwarf cerebrum. J Neurochem 1986; 47:1785-92. [PMID: 3772377 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1986.tb13089.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The concentration of gangliosides in the Snell dwarf mouse cerebrum was monitored from postnatal day 5 to day 40. In the dwarf cerebrum, the concentration of total gangliosides increased up to postnatal day 20 and then stopped, whereas in the control cerebrum, it continued to increase up to postnatal day 40. At postnatal day 40, the ganglioside level in the dwarf cerebrum was 70% of that in the control cerebrum. Among the ganglioside species, the concentrations of GM4, GM2, GM1, GD1a, GD3, GD1b, GT1b, and GQ1b were significantly lower in the dwarf cerebrum than in the controls at postnatal day 40. The reduced concentrations of ganglioside species GM2, GD1a, GD3, GD1b, and GQ1b were completely restored by administration of bovine growth hormone (GH) during the first 20 days of postnatal life. The reduced concentration of the GM1 and GM4 species were most efficiently restored by administration of bovine GH plus thyroxine (T4) during the second 20 days of postnatal life. These results indicate that the lower ganglioside concentrations in the dwarf cerebrum can be elevated by hormone therapy and that there exist distinct GH and T4 actions on the enzymes participating in ganglioside metabolism.
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Fuhrmann G, Di Scala-Guenot D, Ebel A. Somatostatin levels in the central nervous system of the Snell dwarf mouse; is somatostatin excess the primary molecular defect in the dw/dw dwarfism? Brain Res 1985; 328:161-4. [PMID: 2857590 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(85)91337-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The Snell dwarf mouse (dw/dw) shows significantly decreased somatostatin levels in the hypothalamus whereas more or less increased somatostatin concentrations are observed in any central extrahypothalamic sites studied. These opposite results in hypothalamus and extrahypothalamic areas may be linked to the apparently distinct neurohormonal and neuromodulatory functions of somatostatin in the brain. They also provide arguments for the assumption of a primary somatostatin excess which could be related to the dwarf mutation. In hypothalamus, the severe defect in growth hormone of the dwarf mutant may rapidly lead, by failure of a pituitary retro-control, to a reduction in the presumed initially elevated somatostatin levels. In central extrahypothalamic sites, known to escape to GH retro-action, higher somatostatin levels remain.
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Fuhrmann G, Durkin T, Thiriet G, Kempf E, Ebel A. Cholinergic neurotransmission in the central nervous system of the Snell dwarf mouse. J Neurosci Res 1985; 13:417-30. [PMID: 2985791 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.490130308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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An unequal decrease in cholinergic activity has been evidenced in discrete brain areas in the growth hormone, thyroid-stimulating hormone and prolactin deficient Snell dwarf mouse. The effect of the mutation's pituitary deficit on central cholinergic mechanisms appears to be selective: Normally high cholinergic activity areas such as striatum, olfactory tubercles, and hippocampus show strong alterations in this neurotransmitter system. Structures which appear earlier in ontogenesis are less affected, if at all. The lack of pituitary hormones seems to have effects on choline acetyltransferase activity and/or synthesis as well as on the development of high affinity (H.A.) cholinergic uptake mechanisms, both strongly defective in hippocampus and striatum. Therefore, a lower density of cholinergic terminals can be inferred. Furthermore, our observations are consistent with a close functional coupling of the choline H.A. transport and of subsequent choline acetylation. Acetylcholinesterase activity does not seem to be affected. Moreover, a compensatory effect at the postsynaptic level may have occurred due to developmental or functional plasticity for cholinergic responsiveness. In conclusion, the dwarf mouse seems to be a useful model for a better understanding of the influences of growth hormone and thyroid hormones on the development of central cholinergic mechanisms. It also provides the possibility to attempt a functional restoration of the deficient cholinergic neurotransmission and the behavioral disturbances which may be linked to them, by hormone replacement.
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Changes in rabbit cerebrum and cerebellum gangliosides during postnatal life. A study especially referring to alkali labile gangliosides. Neurochem Int 1984; 6:191-7. [DOI: 10.1016/0197-0186(84)90092-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/1983] [Accepted: 07/08/1983] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Bouchon R, Will B. [Effects of post-weaning rearing conditions on learning performance in "dwarf" mice (author's transl)]. Physiol Behav 1982; 28:971-8. [PMID: 7111461 DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(82)90162-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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The effects of different environments on learning ability were investigated in mice homozygous for the locus "dwarf," characterized by a primary deficiency of the anterior hypophysis. Two experiments were conducted; they differed from one another in several aspects such as sex and age at entry into different environments. In both experiments, half the "dwarf" (homozygous dw/dw) and control mice of the same strain (heterozygous dw/+ or homozygous +/+) were placed in either an "enriched" or "impoverished" environment. After 31 days of rearing in these conditions, animals were then pretrained and tested with the standard 12 Hebb-Williams problems. Results from both experiments revealed that (1), independently of environment, "dwarf" mice made significantly more errors than controls (p less than 0.001); (2) mice of the "enriched" groups made significantly less errors than those of the "impoverished" groups (p less than 0.05); (3) environmental effects tended to be larger in "dwarf" mice than in controls. The results are discussed in the light of previous observations on the level of locomotor activity and on the degree of interaction of "dwarf" mice with their physical environment; they are compared to those reported for hypothyroid animals and to those of animals with hippocampal lesions.
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Bouchon R, Will B. Effects of early enriched and restricted environments on the exploratory and locomotor activity of dwarf mice. BEHAVIORAL AND NEURAL BIOLOGY 1982; 35:174-86. [PMID: 7150184 DOI: 10.1016/s0163-1047(82)91183-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Varga V, DeFeudis FV, Ossola L, Geffard M, Mandel P. Na+ independent binding of [3H] muscimol to a membrane fraction of the brains of normal and dwarf mice. EXPERIENTIA 1981; 37:594-5. [PMID: 6266868 DOI: 10.1007/bf01990069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Although their body weights were decreased by about 77% and their brain weights by about 30%, high-affinity [3H] muscimol binding to a cerebral membrane fraction was not altered in hereditary pituitary dwarf mice. Marked changes in the level of pituitary growth-associated hormones do not appear to be associated with a change in cerebral GABA-receptors.
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Sonnino S, Ghidoni R, Masserini M, Aporti F, Tettamanti G. Changes in rabbit brain cytosolic and membrane-bound gangliosides during prenatal life. J Neurochem 1981; 36:227-32. [PMID: 7463048 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1981.tb02398.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The present study deals with the developmental profile of cytosolic and membrane-bound gangliosides in rabbit whole brain from the 21st day of pregnancy, the time at which brain could be macroscopically recognized and handled, till birth. In this period of prenatal life the content of membrane-bound gangliosides showed a 2.5-fold increase, referred to fresh and dry brain weight and to membrane-bound protein; the content of cytosolic gangliosides reached a maximum at 21-22 days of pregnancy, and then underwent to birth a threefold diminution. The qualitative pattern of membrane-bound gangliosides, in the same period of life, was characterized by an increase of GD1a and GM1 (more marked for GD1a), a decrease of GT1a, GT1b and GQ1b, and a constant level of GD3 and GD1b. At 21 days of pregnancy the most abundant gangliosides were GT1b and GQ1b, followed by GD1a and GD1b; at birth it was GD1a, followed by GT1b, GD1b and GM1. The qualitative pattern of cytosolic gangliosides closely resembled, during the entire period of prenatal life examined, that of membrane-bound gangliosides.
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Sarliève LL, Delaunoy JP, Dierich A, Ebel A, Fabre M, Mandel P, Rebel G, Vincendon G, Wintzerith M, Yusufi AN. Investigations on myelination in vitro. III. Ultrastructural, biochemical, and immunohistochemical studies in cultures of dissociated brain cells from embryonic mice. J Neurosci Res 1981; 6:659-83. [PMID: 6172594 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.490060511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Wintzerith M, Sarlieve L, Dierich A, Mandel P. Brain nucleic acids and protein in various neurological mutant mice. Neurochem Res 1980; 5:855-67. [PMID: 6162114 DOI: 10.1007/bf00965785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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A study was made to compare alterations in the cerebral contents of nucleic acids and protein of several mouse strains affected by different neurological mutations: jimpy, msd, quaking, reeler, weaver, and dwarf. In normal and affected jimpy and msd mice the brain components analyzed were very similar. On the other hand, the cerebral hemispheres of quaking mice showed significant decreases in total RNA and DNA, when compared with those of normal littermates. In the affected reeler and weaver mice, total protein, RNA, and DNA in the cerebellum differed markedly from controls. Protein decreased slightly, whereas nucleic acids showed no significant variation in the cerebral hemispheres of the same mutants. The cerebella and cerebral hemispheres of affected dwarf mice had wet weights and total protein contents that were about 20% lower than those of their controls; DNA did not vary significantly in the various brain regions analyzed. The decrease of DNA we report in reeler and weaver mutant cerebellum in toto quantifies the lack of cell number, in contrast to histological studies which give only semiquantitative information.
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Neskovic NM, Sarlieve LL, Mandel P. Alteration of the glycolipid biosynthesis in the hypopituitary dwarf mouse. Brain Res 1980; 184:523-8. [PMID: 7353168 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(80)90821-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Labourdette G, Mandel P. S-100 protein level alterations in the central nervous system of three neurological mutant mice. Neurosci Lett 1978; 9:221-6. [DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(78)90076-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/1977] [Revised: 05/03/1978] [Accepted: 05/12/1978] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Harth S, Dreyfus H, Urban PF, Mandel P. Direct thin-layer chromatography of gangliosides of a total lipid extract. Anal Biochem 1978; 86:543-51. [PMID: 655414 DOI: 10.1016/0003-2697(78)90781-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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