Expression of two developmentally regulated brain-specific proteins is correlated with late outgrowth of the pyramidal tract

Kalil, Katherine; Perdew, M H

doi:10.1523/jneurosci.08-12-04797.1988

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“…1989;Crutcher, 1989;David andAguayo, 1981: Freed et al, 1985;Jacobson, Virag, and Pate Skene. 1986;Kalil and Perdew, 1988;Liuzzi and Lasek, 1987;Savio and Schwab, 1989;Schwab and Caroni, 1988;Smith, Miller, and Silver, 1986). The work of Schwab and his associates is especially pertinent in that they have identified specific cellsurface antigens associated with oligodendrocytes and myelin that create a nonpermissive inhibitory substrate for axon growth in the CNS (Savio and Schwab, 1989;Patterson, 1988;Chiquet, 1989).…”

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Anatomical and functional recovery folloing spinal cord transection in the chick embryo

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Following complete transection of the thoracic spinal cord at various times during embryonic development, chick embryos and posthatched animals exhibited various degrees of anatomical and functional recovery depending upon the age of injury. Transection on embryonic day 2 (E2), when neurogenesis is still occurring and before descending or ascending fiber tracts have formed, produced no noticeable behavioral or anatomical deficits. Embryos hatched on their own and were behaviorally indistinguishable from control hatchlings. Similar results were found following transection on E5, an age when neurogenesis is complete and when ascending and descending fiber tracts have begun to project through the thoracic region. Within 48 h following injury on E5, large numbers of nerve fibers were observed growing across the site of transection. By E8, injections of horse-radish peroxidase (HRP) administered caudal to the lesion, retrogradely labelled rostral spinal and brainstem neurons. Embryos transected on E5 were able to hatch and could stand and locomote posthatching in a manner that was indistinguishable from controls. Following spinal cord transections on E10, anatomical recovery of the spinal cord at the site of injury was not quite as complete as after E5 transection. Nonetheless, anatomical continuity was restored at the site of injury, axons projected across this region, and rostral spinal and brainstem neurons could be retrogradely labelled following HRP injections administered caudal to the lesion. At least part of this anatomical recovery may be mediated by the regeneration or regrowth of lesioned axons. Although none of the embryos transected on E10 that survived to hatching were able to hatch on their own, because several sham-operated embryos were also unable to hatch, we do not attribute this deficit to the spinal transection. When E10-transected embryos were aided in escaping from the shell, they were able to support their own weight, could stand, and locomote, and were generally comparable, behaviorally, to control hatchlings. Repair of the spinal cord following transection on E15 was considerably less complete compared to embryos transected on E2, E5, or E10. However, in some cases, a degree of anatomical continuity was eventually restored and a few spinal neurons rostral to the lesion could be retrogradely labelled with HRP. By contrast, labelled brainstem neurons were never observed following E15 transection. E15 transected embryos were never able to hatch on their own, and when aided in escaping from the shell, the hatchlings were never able to stand, support their own weight or locomote.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)

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Anatomical and functional recovery folloing spinal cord transection in the chick embryo

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Immunolocalization and quantitation of a novel nerve terminal protein in spinal cord development

Cabalka

Ritchie

Coulter

1990

J of Comparative Neurology

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In the adult spinal cord, the neuron-specific protein NT75 is located in nerve terminals synapsing in the superficial laminae of the dorsal horn. The present study examines the occurrence of NT75 in the developing rat spinal cord. NT75 immunoreactivity is detectable in primary afferent axons at the dorsal root entry zone on embryonic day 15. Subsequently, staining of presumptive nerve terminals appears in the deeper laminae of the dorsal horn, expanding into the superficial laminae during the first postnatal week. NT75 staining also appears in developing corticospinal tract axons in the brainstem at birth, and at lumbosacral levels by postnatal day 5. As NT75-positive nerve terminals approach the adult distribution, staining of primary afferent and corticospinal axons decreases, becoming undetectable by postnatal day 30. Dense transient staining of presumed nerve terminals in the ventral horn is also apparent during early postnatal development. Quantitative analysis of developing spinal cord shows a low level of NT75 immunoreactivity at birth. NT75 activity then increases substantially, reaching values by the third and fourth postnatal weeks up to 2.5 times that seen in adults. The occurrence of NT75 immunoreactivity correlates with the reported time course of synaptic development in the spinal cord. In addition, the results suggest that NT75 immunoreactivity is maintained at high levels in the nerve terminals of certain neural pathways into adulthood, whereas in other systems NT75 immunoreactivity may be detectable only during development.

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Immunohistochemical detection of calcium/calmodulin‐dependent protein kinase II in the spinal cord of the rat and monkey with special reference to the corticospinal tract

Terashima

Ochiishi

Yamauchi

1994

J of Comparative Neurology

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Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II is a prominent enzyme in the mammalian brain that phosphorylates a variety of substrate proteins. In the present study, monoclonal antibodies that specifically recognize either the alpha or the beta isoforms of this enzyme were used to determine the distribution of these isoforms within the rat and monkey spinal cord. In the rat, the corticospinal tract consists of two components: the dorsal corticospinal tract, which occupies the ventralmost aspect of the dorsal funiculus; and the ventral corticospinal tract, which occupies an area adjacent to the ventral median fissure. Both dorsal and ventral corticospinal tract fibers were strongly immunopositive for the alpha-antibody. Unilateral ablation of the sensorimotor cortex of the rat eliminated the alpha-immunoreactive staining in the contralateral dorsal corticospinal tract. The neuropil in the superficial laminae of the dorsal horn (Rexed's laminae I and II) was densely stained with the alpha-antibody, whereas the neuropil in laminae IV-X was immunonegative. Dense alpha-immunopositive neurons were also distributed in the head of the dorsal horn (laminae I-IV). In contrast to the strong alpha-immunoreactivity seen in the dorsal corticospinal tract fibers, only very weak beta-immunoreactivity was observed in this tract. Moderate beta-immunoreactive products were distributed homogenously throughout the neuropil of the gray matter, although the neuropil of the superficial laminae of the dorsal horn (laminae I and II) was stained more strongly than the other regions of the gray matter (laminae III-X). Neuronal components in all laminae were immunopositive for the beta-antibody. Thus, motoneurons in the ventral horn, which were immunonegative for the alpha-antibody, were immunopositive for the beta-antibody. This selective distribution pattern of immunoreactivity of alpha- and beta-antibodies in the rat was also present in the monkey spinal cord, although the alpha-immunopositive corticospinal tract fibers in the monkey descended in the lateral funiculus as the lateral corticospinal tract instead of passing through the dorsal funiculus, as is the case in the rat. The differential distribution of immunoreactivity in the spinal cord suggests that these two isoforms of calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II may have different functional roles in the spinal cord.

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Expression of two developmentally regulated brain-specific proteins is correlated with late outgrowth of the pyramidal tract

Cited by 9 publications

References 34 publications

Anatomical and functional recovery folloing spinal cord transection in the chick embryo

Anatomical and functional recovery folloing spinal cord transection in the chick embryo

Immunolocalization and quantitation of a novel nerve terminal protein in spinal cord development

Immunohistochemical detection of calcium/calmodulin‐dependent protein kinase II in the spinal cord of the rat and monkey with special reference to the corticospinal tract

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