Cell lineage of the subcommissural organ secretory ependymocytes: Differentiating role of the environment

Autor: Magali Dutuit, Latifa Chouaf-Lakhdar, M. Didier-Bazes, Marie-Françoise Belin, M. Aguera
Rok vydání: 2001
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Zdroj: Microscopy Research and Technique. 52:461-467
ISSN: 1097-0029
1059-910X
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0029(20010301)52:5<461::aid-jemt1032>3.0.co;2-h
Popis: SCO-ependymocytes have a secretory activity and a neural innervation relating them to neurosecretory nerve cells. To elucidate the cell lineage of the SCO-ependymocytes and emphasize the role of the neural innervation in their differentiation, in particular 5-HT innervation, we analyzed the developmental pattern of expression of several glial and neuronal markers: (1) in the SCO of mammals possessing (rat, cat) or devoid (mouse, rabbit) of 5-HT innervation, (2) in rat 5-HT deafferented SCO, and (3) in rat SCO transplanted in a foreign environment, the fourth ventricle. The ability of SCO-ependymocytes to transiently express GFAP during development and express the glial alpha alpha-enolase confirms the glial lineage of the SCO-ependymocytes. Synthesis of vimentin by SCO-ependymocytes relates them to the classical ependymocytes. The ability of mature SCO-ependymocytes to take up GABA only when they are innervated by 5-HT terminal underlines the role of the neural environment on the differentiation of these ependymocytes and suggests that differential maturation of the SCO according to its innervation, may lead to specific functional specialization of this organ in different species.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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