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Wen CM, Chen MM, Nan FH, Wang CS. Immunocytochemical characterisation of neural stem-progenitor cells from green terror cichlid Aequidens rivulatus. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY 2017; 90:201-221. [PMID: 27730642 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2015] [Accepted: 09/06/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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In this study, cultures of neural stem-progenitor cells (NSPC) from the brain of green terror cichlid Aequidens rivulatus were established and various NSPCs were demonstrated using immunocytochemistry. All of the NSPCs expressed brain lipid-binding protein, dopamine- and cAMP-regulated neuronal phosphoprotein 32 (DARPP-32), oligodendrocyte transcription factor 2, paired box 6 and sex determining region Y-box 2. The intensity and localisation of these proteins, however, varied among the different NSPCs. Despite being intermediate cells, NSPCs can be divided into radial glial cells, oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPC) and neuroblasts by expressing the astrocyte marker glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), OPC marker A2B5 and neuronal markers, including acetyl-tubulin, βIII-tubulin, microtubule-associated protein 2 and neurofilament protein. Nevertheless, astrocytes were polymorphic and were the most dominant cells in the NSPC cultures. By using Matrigel, radial glia exhibiting a long GFAP+ or DARPP-32+ fibre and neurons exhibiting a significant acetyl-tubulin+ process were obtained. The results confirmed that NSPCs obtained from A. rivulatus brains can proliferate and differentiate into neurons in vitro. Clonal culture can be useful for further studying the distinct NSPCs.
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- C M Wen
- Department of Life Sciences, National University of Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung, 81148, Taiwan
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Aquaculture, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 20224, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences, National University of Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung, 81148, Taiwan
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Welzel G, Seitz D, Schuster S. Magnetic-activated cell sorting (MACS) can be used as a large-scale method for establishing zebrafish neuronal cell cultures. Sci Rep 2015; 5:7959. [PMID: 25609542 PMCID: PMC4302367 DOI: 10.1038/srep07959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2014] [Accepted: 12/29/2014] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Neuronal cell cultures offer a crucial tool to mechanistically analyse regeneration in the nervous system. Despite the increasing importance of zebrafish (Danio rerio) as an in vivo model in neurobiological and biomedical research, in vitro approaches to the nervous system are lagging far behind and no method is currently available for establishing enriched neuronal cell cultures. Here we show that magnetic-activated cell sorting (MACS) can be used for the large-scale generation of neuronal-restricted progenitor (NRP) cultures from embryonic zebrafish. Our findings provide a simple and semi-automated method that is likely to boost the use of neuronal cell cultures as a tool for the mechanistic dissection of key processes in neuronal regeneration and development.
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- Georg Welzel
- 1] Department of Animal Physiology, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany [2] Friedrich-Baur BioMed Center, 95448 Bayreuth
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- 1] Department of Animal Physiology, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany [2] Friedrich-Baur BioMed Center, 95448 Bayreuth
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- 1] Department of Animal Physiology, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany [2] Friedrich-Baur BioMed Center, 95448 Bayreuth
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Gardell AM, Qin Q, Rice RH, Li J, Kültz D. Derivation and osmotolerance characterization of three immortalized tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) cell lines. PLoS One 2014; 9:e95919. [PMID: 24797371 PMCID: PMC4010420 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2013] [Accepted: 04/01/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Fish cell cultures are becoming more widely used models for investigating molecular mechanisms of physiological response to environmental challenge. In this study, we derived two immortalized Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) cell lines from brain (OmB) and lip epithelium (OmL), and compared them to a previously immortalized bulbus arteriosus (TmB) cell line. The OmB and OmL cell lines were generated without or with Rho-associated kinase (ROCK) inhibitor/3T3 feeder layer supplementation. Although both approaches were successful, ROCK inhibitor/feeder layer supplementation was found to offer the advantages of selecting for epithelial-like cell type and decreasing time to immortalization. After immortalization (≥ passage 5), we characterized the proteomes of the newly derived cell lines (OmB and OmL) using LCMS and identified several unique cell markers for each line. Subsequently, osmotolerance for each of the three cell lines following acute exposure to elevated sodium chloride was evaluated. The acute maximum osmotolerance of these tilapia cell lines (>700 mOsm/kg) was markedly higher than that of any other known vertebrate cell line, but was significantly higher in the epithelial-like OmL cell line. To validate the physiological relevance of these tilapia cell lines, we quantified the effects of acute hyperosmotic challenge (450 mOsm/kg and 700 mOsm/kg) on the transcriptional regulation of two enzymes involved in biosynthesis of the compatible organic osmolyte, myo-inositol. Both enzymes were found to be robustly upregulated in all three tilapia cell lines. Therefore, the newly established tilapia cells lines represent valuable tools for studying molecular mechanisms involved in the osmotic stress response of euryhaline fish.
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- Alison M. Gardell
- Department of Animal Science, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Department of Animal Science, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Department of Animal Science, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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Wen CM, Wang CS, Chin TC, Cheng ST, Nan FH. Immunochemical and molecular characterization of a novel cell line derived from the brain of Trachinotus blochii (Teleostei, Perciformes): A fish cell line with oligodendrocyte progenitor cell and tanycyte characteristics. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2010; 156:224-31. [PMID: 20167281 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2010.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2009] [Revised: 02/03/2010] [Accepted: 02/10/2010] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Ependymal radial glial cells, also called tanycytes, are the predominant glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP)- and vimentin (VIM)-expressing cells in fish ependyma. Radial glial cells have been proposed to be neural stem cells but their molecular expression is not well understood. Previous studies revealed that fish neural progenitor and neural stem cells have A2B5, a marker for oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs). In this study, an A2B5(+) cell line, SPB, was isolated from the brain of the teleost Trachinotus blochii and characterized. SPB cells usually grew as polygonal epithelial cells, but at high density, long processes were commonly observed. Using immunocytochemistry, SPB cells were shown to exhibit oligodendrocyte markers such as galactocerebroside and Olig2, and radial glial cell markers such as brain lipid-binding protein, GFAP, Sox2, and VIM. SPB cells were also observed to have DARPP-32, a marker for tanycytes in mammals, and primary cilia. RT-PCR additionally revealed expression of bone morphogenetic protein 4, connexin35, Noggin2, and proteolipid protein in SPB cells. Results of this study suggest that SPB cells are OPCs that can display tanycyte characteristics. Fish tanycytes can be neural stem cells suggesting that SPB cells are neural stem cells. SPB is the first fish cell line showing primary cilia and markers for both OPCs and tanycytes.
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- Chiu-Ming Wen
- Department of Life Sciences, National University of Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
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Wen CM, Huang JY, Ciou JH, Kao YL, Cheng YH. Immunochemical and molecular characterization of GBC4 as a tanycyte-like cell line derived from grouper brain. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2009; 153:191-201. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.02.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2008] [Revised: 02/07/2009] [Accepted: 02/10/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Buckley CE, Goldsmith P, Franklin RJM. Zebrafish myelination: a transparent model for remyelination? Dis Model Mech 2009; 1:221-8. [PMID: 19093028 DOI: 10.1242/dmm.001248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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There is currently an unmet need for a therapy that promotes the regenerative process of remyelination in central nervous system diseases, notably multiple sclerosis (MS). A high-throughput model is, therefore, required to screen potential therapeutic drugs and to refine genomic and proteomic data from MS lesions. Here, we review the value of the zebrafish (Danio rerio) larva as a model of the developmental process of myelination, describing the powerful applications of zebrafish for genetic manipulation and genetic screens, as well as some of the exciting imaging capabilities of this model. Finally, we discuss how a model of zebrafish myelination can be used as a high-throughput screening model to predict the effect of compounds on remyelination. We conclude that zebrafish provide a highly versatile myelination model. As more complex transgenic zebrafish lines are developed, it might soon be possible to visualise myelination, or even remyelination, in real time. However, experimental outputs must be designed carefully for such visual and temporal techniques.
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- Clare E Buckley
- Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0ES, UK
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Jeserich G, Klempahn K, Pfeiffer M. Features and Functions of Oligodendrocytes and Myelin Proteins of Lower Vertebrate Species. J Mol Neurosci 2008; 35:117-26. [DOI: 10.1007/s12031-008-9035-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/08/2008] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Wen CM, Cheng YH, Huang YF, Wang CS. Isolation and characterization of a neural progenitor cell line from tilapia brain. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2008; 149:167-80. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2007] [Revised: 11/16/2007] [Accepted: 11/19/2007] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Schweigreiter R, Roots BI, Bandtlow CE, Gould RM. Understanding Myelination Through Studying Its Evolution. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF NEUROBIOLOGY 2006; 73:219-73. [PMID: 16737906 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7742(06)73007-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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- Rüdiger Schweigreiter
- Medical University Innsbruck, Biocenter Innsbruck, Division of Neurobiochemistry, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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Morris JK, Willard BB, Yin X, Jeserich G, Kinter M, Trapp BD. The 36K protein of zebrafish CNS myelin is a short-chain dehydrogenase. Glia 2004; 45:378-91. [PMID: 14966869 DOI: 10.1002/glia.10338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Previous studies identified homologues to mammalian myelin genes expressed in the teleost central nervous system (CNS), including myelin basic protein (MBP), protein zero (P0), and a member of the proteolipid protein family, DM20. In addition, an uncharacterized 36-kDa (36K) protein is a major component of teleost myelin, but is not a major component of myelin in other species. In the present study, we sought to better understand myelin proteins and myelination in one teleost, zebrafish, by molecular characterization of the zebrafish 36K protein. Purified zebrafish CNS myelin was isolated and the amino acid sequences of peptides present in the 36-kDa band were determined by mass spectrometry. These sequences matched a previously uncharacterized EST in The Institute for Genome Research (TIGR) zebrafish database that is related to the short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase (SDR) protein family. In vitro expression of the zebrafish 36K cDNA in Neuro 2a cells resulted in a protein product that was recognized by a 36K polyclonal antibody. The zebrafish 36K mRNA and protein expression patterns were determined and correlated to other known myelin gene expression profiles. In addition, we determined by in situ hybridization that a human 36K homologue (FLJ13639) is expressed in oligodendrocytes and neurons in the adult human cortex. This study identified a major myelin protein in zebrafish, 36K, as a member of the SDR superfamily; an expression pattern similar to other myelin genes was demonstrated.
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- Jacqueline K Morris
- Department of Neurosciences, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA.
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Jeserich G, Strelau J, Lanwert C. Partial characterization of the 5'-flanking region of trout IP: a Po-like gene containing a PLP-like promoter. J Neurosci Res 1997; 50:781-90. [PMID: 9418965 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4547(19971201)50:5<781::aid-jnr14>3.0.co;2-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The IP gene of trout encodes two Po-like glycoproteins which are expressed by oligodendrocytes in the fish CNS. A 679 bp fragment of its 5'-flanking region was isolated from a genomic library and sequenced. The transcription start point was determined 124 bp upstream the ATG initiator codon by primer extension analysis. Apart from a modified TATA-box and an inverted CCAAT-box located at canonical distances from the transcription start site several eucaryotic cis-acting regulatory elements were identified in the 679 bp upstream region, including an AP-1 binding site, a brain specific Sp1 motif, a cyclic AMP responsive element and a consensus sequence for POU homeodomain protein binding. The occurence of respective DNA-binding proteins for Sp1, AP-1 and POU in the nuclei of trout oligodendrocyte progenitor cells was verified by gel retardation experiments. Functional activity of various subfragments of the 679 bp upstream region was demonstrated by CAT reporter gene analysis. A computer-assisted sequence alignment of the trout IP 5'-flanking end with the corresponding region of the mammalian PLP gene promoter revealed four sites of high homology, while similarity with the mammalian Po gene promotor was low. The results are discussed with respect to the phylogenetic shift from Po-like proteins to PLP during evolution of the vertebrate CNS myelin sheath.
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- G Jeserich
- University of Osnabrück, Department of Animal Physiology, Germany
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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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Sivron T, Schwartz M. Glial cell types, lineages, and response to injury in rat and fish: implications for regeneration. Glia 1995; 13:157-65. [PMID: 7782101 DOI: 10.1002/glia.440130302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Axons of the mammalian central nervous system do not regenerate spontaneously after axonal injury, unlike the central nervous system axons of fish and amphibians and the peripheral nervous system of mammals, which possess a good regenerative ability (Grafstein: The Retina: A Model for Cell Biology Studies, Part II, 1986; Kiernan: Biol Rev 54:155-197, 1979; Murray: J Comp Neurol 168:175-196, 1976; Ramón y Cajal: Degeneration and Regeneration of the Nervous System, 1928; Reier and Webster: J Neurocytol 3:591-618, 1974; Sperry: Physiol Zool 23:351-361, 1948). It was previously believed that intrinsic differences between the central nervous system neurons of mammals and fish account for their differences in regenerative ability. The past decade, however, has seen an accumulation of evidence, indicating that mammalian central nervous system neurons are able to regenerate injured axons, at least to some extent. This was first demonstrated by Aguayo and colleagues (David and Aguayo: Science 214:931-933, 1981; Kierstead et al: Science 246:255-257, 1989), who showed that injured mammalian central nervous system axons can grow for a considerable distance into an autograft of a peripheral nerve. It was also demonstrated that injured rabbit optic axons can regenerate into their own environment (i.e., into the distal part of the injured optic nerve), if the injured nerve is treated so as to make it conducive for growth (Lavie et al: J Comp Neurol 298:293-314, 1990; Eitan et al: Science 264:1764-1768, 1994).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- T Sivron
- Department of Neurobiology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Bastmeyer M, Jeserich G, Stuermer CA. Similarities and differences between fish oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells in vitro. Glia 1994; 11:300-14. [PMID: 7960034 DOI: 10.1002/glia.440110403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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In light of the striking differences between oligodendrocytes of the optic nerve/tract of adult goldfish and their mammalian counterparts, a further characterization of goldfish oligodendrocytes was performed. A comparison with Schwann cells was included because fish optic nerve/tract-derived oligodendrocytes bear remarkable similarities to this type of glial cell. Fish optic nerve/tract-derived oligodendrocytes that had differentiated into 04 and 6D2-positive cells and thus expressed early myelin marker molecules were found to incorporate BrdU and to divide in vitro over a period of weeks. For the induction of more advanced markers of myelinogenesis such as the CNS-specific myelin protein 36K, oligodendrocytes required extensive contact with axons. Other agents, such as fetal calf or carp serum, substrate components, or forscolin failed, however, to induce 36K expression. 04/6D2-positive oligodendrocytes could be distinguished from fish 6D2-positive Schwann cells derived from cranial nerves by their antigenic phenotype: Schwann cells but not oligodendrocytes exhibited the low affinity NGF receptor. While both cell types carry the cell adhesion molecules NCAM, E 587 antigen, and the L2/HNK-1 epitope, only Schwann cells possess a further adhesion molecule, Neurolin.
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- M Bastmeyer
- Faculty of Biology, University of Konstanz, Germany
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