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Rahimi-Balaei M, Buchok M, Vihko P, Parkinson FE, Marzban H. Loss of prostatic acid phosphatase and α-synuclein cause motor circuit degeneration without altering cerebellar patterning. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0222234. [PMID: 31509576 PMCID: PMC6738605 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2019] [Accepted: 08/23/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Prostatic acid phosphatase (PAP), which is secreted by prostate, increases in some diseases such as prostate cancer. PAP is also present in the central nervous system. In this study we reveal that α-synuclein (Snca) gene is co-deleted/mutated in PAP null mouse. It is indicated that mice deficient in transmembrane PAP display neurological alterations. By using immunohistochemistry, cerebellar cortical neurons and zone and stripes pattern were studied in Pap-/- ;Snca-/- mouse cerebellum. We show that the Pap-/- ;Snca-/- cerebellar cortex development appears to be normal. Compartmentation genes expression such as zebrin II, HSP25, and P75NTR show the zone and stripe phenotype characteristic of the normal cerebellum. These data indicate that although aggregation of PAP and SNCA causes severe neurodegenerative diseases, PAP-/- with absence of the Snca does not appear to interrupt the cerebellar architecture development and zone and stripe pattern formation. These findings question the physiological and pathological role of SNCA and PAP during cerebellar development or suggest existence of the possible compensatory mechanisms in the absence of these genes.
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- Maryam Rahimi-Balaei
- Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- The Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM), Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Hematology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- The Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM), Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Wang C, Pan YH, Wang Y, Blatt G, Yuan XB. Segregated expressions of autism risk genes Cdh11 and Cdh9 in autism-relevant regions of developing cerebellum. Mol Brain 2019; 12:40. [PMID: 31046797 PMCID: PMC6498582 DOI: 10.1186/s13041-019-0461-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2019] [Accepted: 04/16/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Results of recent genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and whole genome sequencing (WGS) highlighted type II cadherins as risk genes for autism spectrum disorders (ASD). To determine whether these cadherins may be linked to the morphogenesis of ASD-relevant brain regions, in situ hybridization (ISH) experiments were carried out to examine the mRNA expression profiles of two ASD-associated cadherins, Cdh9 and Cdh11, in the developing cerebellum. During the first postnatal week, both Cdh9 and Cdh11 were expressed at high levels in segregated sub-populations of Purkinje cells in the cerebellum, and the expression of both genes was declined as development proceeded. Developmental expression of Cdh11 was largely confined to dorsal lobules (lobules VI/VII) of the vermis as well as the lateral hemisphere area equivalent to the Crus I and Crus II areas in human brains, areas known to mediate high order cognitive functions in adults. Moreover, in lobules VI/VII of the vermis, Cdh9 and Cdh11 were expressed in a complementary pattern with the Cdh11-expressing areas flanked by Cdh9-expressing areas. Interestingly, the high level of Cdh11 expression in the central domain of lobules VI/VII was correlated with a low level of expression of the Purkinje cell marker calbindin, coinciding with a delayed maturation of Purkinje cells in the same area. These findings suggest that these two ASD-associated cadherins may exert distinct but coordinated functions to regulate the wiring of ASD-relevant circuits in the cerebellum.
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- Chunlei Wang
- Hussman Institute for Autism, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics (Ministry of Education and Shanghai), Institute of Brain Functional Genomics, School of Life Science and the Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, People's Republic of China
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- Hussman Institute for Autism, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA
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- Hussman Institute for Autism, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics (Ministry of Education and Shanghai), Institute of Brain Functional Genomics, School of Life Science and the Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, People's Republic of China. .,Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA.
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Bailey K, Rahimi Balaei M, Mannan A, Del Bigio MR, Marzban H. Purkinje cell compartmentation in the cerebellum of the lysosomal Acid phosphatase 2 mutant mouse (nax - naked-ataxia mutant mouse). PLoS One 2014; 9:e94327. [PMID: 24722417 PMCID: PMC3983142 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2013] [Accepted: 03/15/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The Acp2 gene encodes the beta subunit of lysosomal acid phosphatase, which is an isoenzyme that hydrolyzes orthophosphoric monoesters. In mice, a spontaneous mutation in Acp2 results in severe cerebellar defects. These include a reduced size, abnormal lobulation, and an apparent anterior cerebellar disorder with an absent or hypoplastic vermis. Based on differential gene expression in the cerebellum, the mouse cerebellar cortex can normally be compartmentalized anteroposteriorly into four transverse zones and mediolaterally into parasagittal stripes. In this study, immunohistochemistry was performed using various Purkinje cell compartmentation markers to examine their expression patterns in the Acp2 mutant. Despite the abnormal lobulation and anterior cerebellar defects, zebrin II and PLCβ4 showed similar expression patterns in the nax mutant and wild type cerebellum. However, fewer stripes were found in the anterior zone of the nax mutant, which could be due to a lack of Purkinje cells or altered expression of the stripe markers. HSP25 expression was uniform in the central zone of the nax mutant cerebellum at around postnatal day (P) 18–19, suggesting that HSP25 immunonegative Purkinje cells are absent or delayed in stripe pattern expression compared to the wild type. HSP25 expression became heterogeneous around P22–23, with twice the number of parasagittal stripes in the nax mutant compared to the wild type. Aside from reduced size and cortical disorganization, both the posterior zone and nodular zone in the nax mutant appeared less abnormal than the rest of the cerebellum. From these results, it is evident that the anterior zone of the nax mutant cerebellum is the most severely affected, and this extends beyond the primary fissure into the rostral central zone/vermis. This suggests that ACP2 has critical roles in the development of the anterior cerebellum and it may regulate anterior and central zone compartmentation.
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- Karen Bailey
- Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, Manitoba Institute of Child Health (MICH), Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, Manitoba Institute of Child Health (MICH), Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center Goettingen, Georg-August University, Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, Manitoba Institute of Child Health (MICH), Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, Manitoba Institute of Child Health (MICH), Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Skefos J, Cummings C, Enzer K, Holiday J, Weed K, Levy E, Yuce T, Kemper T, Bauman M. Regional alterations in purkinje cell density in patients with autism. PLoS One 2014; 9:e81255. [PMID: 24586223 PMCID: PMC3933333 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2013] [Accepted: 10/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Neuropathological studies, using a variety of techniques, have reported a decrease in Purkinje cell (PC) density in the cerebellum in autism. We have used a systematic sampling technique that significantly reduces experimenter bias and variance to estimate PC densities in the postmortem brains of eight clinically well-documented individuals with autism, and eight age- and gender-matched controls. Four cerebellar regions were analyzed: a sensorimotor area comprised of hemispheric lobules IV-VI, crus I & II of the posterior lobe, and lobule X of the flocculonodular lobe. Overall PC density was thus estimated using data from all three cerebellar lobes and was found to be lower in the cases with autism as compared to controls, an effect that was most prominent in crus I and II (p<0.05). Lobule X demonstrated a trend towards lower PC density in only the males with autism (p = 0.05). Brain weight, a correlate of tissue volume, was found to significantly contribute to the lower lobule X PC density observed in males with autism, but not to the finding of lower PC density in crus I & II. Therefore, lower crus I & II PC density in autism is more likely due to a lower number of PCs. The PC density in lobule X was found to correlate with the ADI-R measure of the patient's use of social eye contact (R² = -0.75, p = 0.012). These findings support the hypothesis that abnormal PC density may contribute to selected clinical features of the autism phenotype.
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- Jerry Skefos
- Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Snow WM, Anderson JE, Fry M. Regional and genotypic differences in intrinsic electrophysiological properties of cerebellar Purkinje neurons from wild-type and dystrophin-deficient mdx mice. Neurobiol Learn Mem 2014; 107:19-31. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2013.10.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2013] [Revised: 10/10/2013] [Accepted: 10/25/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Kurkin S, Akao T, Fukushima J, Shichinohe N, Kaneko CRS, Belton T, Fukushima K. No-go neurons in the cerebellar oculomotor vermis and caudal fastigial nuclei: planning tracking eye movements. Exp Brain Res 2013; 232:191-210. [PMID: 24129645 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-013-3731-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2013] [Accepted: 09/30/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The cerebellar dorsal vermis lobules VI-VII (oculomotor vermis) and its output region (caudal fastigial nuclei, cFN) are involved in tracking eye movements consisting of both smooth-pursuit and saccades, yet, the exact role of these regions in the control of tracking eye movements is still unclear. We compared the neuronal discharge of these cerebellar regions using a memory-based, smooth-pursuit task that distinguishes discharge related to movement preparation and execution from the discharge related to the processing of visual motion signals or their memory. Monkeys were required to pursue (i.e., go), or not pursue (i.e., no-go) in a cued direction, based on the memory of visual motion direction and go/no-go instructions. Most (>60 %) of task-related vermal Purkinje cells (P-cells) and cFN neurons discharged specifically during the memory period following no-go instructions; their discharge was correlated with memory of no-go instructions but was unrelated to eye movements per se during the action period of go trials. The latencies of no-go discharge of vermal P-cells and cFN neurons were similar, but were significantly longer than those of supplementary eye field (SEF) no-go neurons during an identical task. Movement-preparation signals were found in ~30 % of smooth-pursuit-related neurons in these cerebellar regions and some of them also carried visual memory signals. Our results suggest that no-go neurons are a newly revealed class of neurons, detected using the memory-based pursuit task, in the oculomotor vermis-cFN pathway and that this pathway contributes specifically to planning requiring the working memory of no-go instructions and preparation of tracking eye movements.
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- Sergei Kurkin
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Fukushima K, Fukushima J, Warabi T, Barnes GR. Cognitive processes involved in smooth pursuit eye movements: behavioral evidence, neural substrate and clinical correlation. Front Syst Neurosci 2013; 7:4. [PMID: 23515488 PMCID: PMC3601599 DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2013.00004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2013] [Accepted: 03/01/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Smooth-pursuit eye movements allow primates to track moving objects. Efficient pursuit requires appropriate target selection and predictive compensation for inherent processing delays. Prediction depends on expectation of future object motion, storage of motion information and use of extra-retinal mechanisms in addition to visual feedback. We present behavioral evidence of how cognitive processes are involved in predictive pursuit in normal humans and then describe neuronal responses in monkeys and behavioral responses in patients using a new technique to test these cognitive controls. The new technique examines the neural substrate of working memory and movement preparation for predictive pursuit by using a memory-based task in macaque monkeys trained to pursue (go) or not pursue (no-go) according to a go/no-go cue, in a direction based on memory of a previously presented visual motion display. Single-unit task-related neuronal activity was examined in medial superior temporal cortex (MST), supplementary eye fields (SEF), caudal frontal eye fields (FEF), cerebellar dorsal vermis lobules VI–VII, caudal fastigial nuclei (cFN), and floccular region. Neuronal activity reflecting working memory of visual motion direction and go/no-go selection was found predominantly in SEF, cerebellar dorsal vermis and cFN, whereas movement preparation related signals were found predominantly in caudal FEF and the same cerebellar areas. Chemical inactivation produced effects consistent with differences in signals represented in each area. When applied to patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), the task revealed deficits in movement preparation but not working memory. In contrast, patients with frontal cortical or cerebellar dysfunction had high error rates, suggesting impaired working memory. We show how neuronal activity may be explained by models of retinal and extra-retinal interaction in target selection and predictive control and thus aid understanding of underlying pathophysiology.
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- Kikuro Fukushima
- Department of Neurology, Sapporo Yamanoue Hospital Sapporo, Japan ; Department of Physiology, Hokkaido University School of Medicine Sapporo, Japan
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Mugnaini E, Sekerková G, Martina M. The unipolar brush cell: a remarkable neuron finally receiving deserved attention. BRAIN RESEARCH REVIEWS 2011; 66:220-45. [PMID: 20937306 PMCID: PMC3030675 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2010.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2010] [Revised: 10/05/2010] [Accepted: 10/05/2010] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Unipolar brush cells (UBC) are small, glutamatergic neurons residing in the granular layer of the cerebellar cortex and the granule cell domain of the cochlear nuclear complex. Recent studies indicate that this neuronal class consists of three or more subsets characterized by distinct chemical phenotypes, as well as by intrinsic properties that may shape their synaptic responses and firing patterns. Yet, all UBCs have a unique morphology, as both the dendritic brush and the large endings of the axonal branches participate in the formation of glomeruli. Although UBCs and granule cells may share the same excitatory and inhibitory inputs, the two cell types are distinctively differentiated. Typically, whereas the granule cell has 4-5 dendrites that are innervated by different mossy fibers, and an axon that divides only once to form parallel fibers after ascending to the molecular layer, the UBC has but one short dendrite whose brush engages in synaptic contact with a single mossy fiber terminal, and an axon that branches locally in the granular layer; branches of UBC axons form a non-canonical, cortex-intrinsic category of mossy fibers synapsing with granule cells and other UBCs. This is thought to generate a feed-forward amplification of single mossy fiber afferent signals that would reach the overlying Purkinje cells via ascending granule cell axons and their parallel fibers. In sharp contrast to other classes of cerebellar neurons, UBCs are not distributed homogeneously across cerebellar lobules, and subsets of UBCs also show different, albeit overlapping, distributions. UBCs are conspicuously rare in the expansive lateral cerebellar areas targeted by the cortico-ponto-cerebellar pathway, while they are a constant component of the vermis and the flocculonodular lobe. The presence of UBCs in cerebellar regions involved in the sensorimotor processes that regulate body, head and eye position, as well as in regions of the cochlear nucleus that process sensorimotor information suggests a key role in these critical functions; it also invites further efforts to clarify the cellular biology of the UBCs and their specific functions in the neuronal microcircuits in which they are embedded. High density of UBCs in specific regions of the cerebellar cortex is a feature largely conserved across mammals and suggests an involvement of these neurons in fundamental aspects of the input/output organization as well as in clinical manifestation of focal cerebellar disease.
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- Enrico Mugnaini
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, The Feinberg School of Medicine of Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
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Müller CC, Nguyen TH, Ahlemeyer B, Meshram M, Santrampurwala N, Cao S, Sharp P, Fietz PB, Baumgart-Vogt E, Crane DI. PEX13 deficiency in mouse brain as a model of Zellweger syndrome: abnormal cerebellum formation, reactive gliosis and oxidative stress. Dis Model Mech 2010; 4:104-19. [PMID: 20959636 PMCID: PMC3014351 DOI: 10.1242/dmm.004622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Delayed cerebellar development is a hallmark of Zellweger syndrome (ZS), a severe neonatal neurodegenerative disorder. ZS is caused by mutations in PEX genes, such as PEX13, which encodes a protein required for import of proteins into the peroxisome. The molecular basis of ZS pathogenesis is not known. We have created a conditional mouse mutant with brain-restricted deficiency of PEX13 that exhibits cerebellar morphological defects. PEX13 brain mutants survive into the postnatal period, with the majority dying by 35 days, and with survival inversely related to litter size and weaning body weight. The impact on peroxisomal metabolism in the mutant brain is mixed: plasmalogen content is reduced, but very-long-chain fatty acids are normal. PEX13 brain mutants exhibit defects in reflex and motor development that correlate with impaired cerebellar fissure and cortical layer formation, granule cell migration and Purkinje cell layer development. Astrogliosis and microgliosis are prominent features of the mutant cerebellum. At the molecular level, cultured cerebellar neurons from E19 PEX13-null mice exhibit elevated levels of reactive oxygen species and mitochondrial superoxide dismutase-2 (MnSOD), and show enhanced apoptosis together with mitochondrial dysfunction. PEX13 brain mutants show increased levels of MnSOD in cerebellum. Our findings suggest that PEX13 deficiency leads to mitochondria-mediated oxidative stress, neuronal cell death and impairment of cerebellar development. Thus, PEX13-deficient mice provide a valuable animal model for investigating the molecular basis and treatment of ZS cerebellar pathology.
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- C Catharina Müller
- Eskitis Institute for Cell and Molecular Therapies, and School of Biomolecular and Physical Sciences, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland 4111, Australia
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Ishii H, Nakajo K, Yanagawa Y, Kubo Y. Identification and characterization of Cs+-permeable K+ channel current in mouse cerebellar Purkinje cells in lobules 9 and 10 evoked by molecular layer stimulation. Eur J Neurosci 2010; 32:736-48. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07336.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Takács J, Zaninetti R, Vig J, Vastagh C, Hámori J. Postnatal expression of Doublecortin (Dcx) in the developing cerebellar cortex of mouse. ACTA BIOLOGICA HUNGARICA 2008; 59:147-61. [PMID: 18637555 DOI: 10.1556/abiol.59.2008.2.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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We have investigated the expression of Doublecortin (Dcx) protein in the developing cerebellum of mouse from postnatal 2nd day to postnatal 22nd day and in young adults by immunohistochemistry. Strong expression of Dcx was present in the inner zone of the external granule cell layer, and remained strong while postmitotic granule cell precursors were present in this transitory layer. Descending granule cell precursors exhibited Dcx immunostaining not only while migrating but for a short time also after their settlement. Dcx-immunostained cells appeared in deep cerebellocortical territories and in the cerebellar white matter during the first postnatal week. These bipolar cells were arranged in the sagittal plane and built up transitory migratory streams during the second postnatal week and their number gradually decreased during the third postnatal week. Upward migration of bipolar cells was observed while leaving the migratory streams, penetrating the internal granule cell layer and the molecular layer. These cells were considered as precursors of late migrating molecular layer interneurons. However, a proportion of Dcx-immunostained cells underwent a bipolar-to-multipolar dendritic remodellation and - on the basis of strong morphological similarities - was taken for "multipotent progenitor cells", described recently in the neocortex of adult rat.
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- J Takács
- Infobionic and Neurobiological Plasticity Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Péter Pázmány Catholic University, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
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Marzban H, Kim CT, Doorn D, Chung SH, Hawkes R. A novel transverse expression domain in the mouse cerebellum revealed by a neurofilament-associated antigen. Neuroscience 2008; 153:1190-201. [PMID: 18455884 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.02.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2008] [Revised: 02/11/2008] [Accepted: 02/13/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The mammalian cerebellum is composed of a highly reproducible array of transverse zones, each of which is subdivided into parasagittal stripes. By using a combination of Purkinje cell antigenic markers and afferent tracing, four transverse zones have been identified: the anterior zone (AZ: approximately lobules I-V), the central zone (CZ: approximately lobules VI-VII), the posterior zone (PZ: approximately lobules VIII-dorsal IX) and the nodular zone (NZ: approximately ventral lobule IX+lobule X). Neurofilament-associated antigen (NAA) is an epitope recognized by a monoclonal antibody, which is expressed strongly in association with neurofilaments. During perinatal cerebellar development, anti-NAA immunocytochemistry reveals novel features of cerebellar organization. In particular, the CZ is reproducibly subdivided into anterior and posterior components. Between embryonic day 17 and postnatal day 7 NAA immunoreactivity is expressed selectively by a parallel fiber bundle that is restricted to lobule VII, thereby distinguishing the CZ anterior (lobules VIa, b) from the CZ posterior (lobule VII). The novel restriction boundary at lobule VII/VIII, which is also reflected in the morphology of the external granular layer and aligns with a gap in the developing Purkinje cell layer, precedes the morphological appearance of the posterior superior fissure between lobules VIb and VII. In addition, afferent axons to the CZ terminate in an array of parasagittal stripes that is probably a specific climbing fiber projection. Thus, the transverse zone architecture of the mouse cerebellum is more complex than had previously been appreciated.
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- H Marzban
- Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive Northwest, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Gincel D, Regan MR, Jin L, Watkins AM, Bergles DE, Rothstein JD. Analysis of cerebellar Purkinje cells using EAAT4 glutamate transporter promoter reporter in mice generated via bacterial artificial chromosome-mediated transgenesis. Exp Neurol 2007; 203:205-12. [PMID: 17022974 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2006.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2006] [Revised: 07/20/2006] [Accepted: 08/02/2006] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The EAAT4 glutamate transporter helps regulate excitatory neurotransmission and prevents glutamate-mediated excitotoxicity in the cerebellum. Immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization have previously defined a cerebellar cell population expressing this protein. These methods, however, are not well suited for evaluating the dynamic regulation of the transporter and its gene-especially in living tissues. To better study EAAT4 expression and regulation, we generated bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) promoter eGFP reporter transgenic mice. Histological analysis of the transgenic mice revealed that the EAAT4 promoter is active predominantly in Purkinje cells, but can also be modestly detected in other neurons early postnatally. EAAT4 promoter activity was not present in non-neuronal cells. Cerebellar organotypic slice cultures prepared from BAC transgenic mice provided a unique reagent to study transporter and Purkinje cell expression and regulation in living tissue. The correlation of promoter activity to protein expression makes the EAAT4 BAC promoter reporter a valuable tool to study regulation of EAAT4 expression.
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- Dan Gincel
- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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Djatchkova-Podkletnova I, Alho H. Alterations in the Development of Rat Cerebellum and Impaired Behavior of Juvenile Rats after Neonatal 6-OHDA Treatment. Neurochem Res 2005; 30:1599-605. [PMID: 16362779 DOI: 10.1007/s11064-005-8838-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/27/2005] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The effects of neonatal systemic administration of the neurotoxin 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) on cerebellum development and behavior were studied in juvenile rats. The methods employed were immunohistochemistry, in situ hybridization, ligand binding, and behavioral testing. The results revealed, for the first time, that 6-OHDA treatment alters Bergmann glial cells and reduced the expression GABAA receptor subtypes alpha1 and alpha6 especially in granule cells. The Bergmann glial cells were abnormally located and structurally different (e.g., no intimate associations with Purkinje cells). Significant microglial activation was also observed. The animals showed impairment in behavior, especially in their orientation to a novel environment. Recent data on neuron-glia interactions support the conclusion that the observed structural changes in Bergmann glia and granular neurons disrupted the normal functioning of the Purkinje cells which then in turn resulted in the impaired sensory-motor coordination at least in juvenile rats. This paper is a summary of previously published work and some recent data in this field obtained at our laboratory.
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