Differential expression of the GDNF family receptors RET and GFR?1, 2, and 4 in subsets of motoneurons: A relationship between motoneuron birthdate and receptor expression
| Autor: | Megumi Kawata, Miho Seino, Nobumi Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Yaginuma, Thomas J. Gould, Sharon Vinsant, Takako Shimada, Ronald W. Oppenheim, Shunsaku Homma |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Receptors
Receptor expression Apoptosis Receptors Nerve Growth Factor In situ hybridization Biology Avian Proteins Birds Limb bud Neurotrophic factors Proto-Oncogene Proteins Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor medicine Animals Drosophila Proteins Receptor In Situ Hybridization Motor Neurons Membrane Glycoproteins Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction General Neuroscience Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret Lumbosacral Region Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases Spinal cord Immunohistochemistry Lumbar Spinal Cord medicine.anatomical_structure Gene Expression Regulation Spinal Cord biology.protein Neuroscience |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 456:245-259 |
| ISSN: | 1096-9861 0021-9967 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/cne.10529 |
| Popis: | Previous studies have demonstrated the expression of specific members of the glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) receptor family alpha (GFRalpha) in subsets of motoneurons (MNs) in the developing mouse spinal cord. We examined the expression pattern of GFRalpha and RET in the avian lumbar spinal cord during the period of programmed cell death (PCD) of MNs by using double labeling in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry. In the lateral motor column (LMC) of the lumbar spinal cord, a laminar organization of GFRalpha expression was observed: GFRalpha1-positive MNs were located in the medial LMC; GFRalpha1-, 2-, and 4-positive MNs were situated in the lateral LMC; and GFRalpha4-positive MNs were located in the intermediate LMC. The species of GFRalpha receptor that was expressed in MNs was found to be related to their birthdates. The expression of subpopulation-specific transcriptional factors was also used to define MNs that express a specific pattern of GFRalpha. This analysis suggests that motor pools as defined by these transcriptional factors have unique expression patterns of GFRalpha receptor. Early limb bud ablation did not affect the expression of GFRalpha in the spinal cord, indicating that regulation of receptor expression is independent of target-derived signals. Finally, GDNF mRNA expression was found in the limb during the PCD period of MNs. In conclusion, these results indicate that time of withdrawal from the mitotic cycle may specify the expression pattern of GFRalpha in subsets of MNs and that GDNF may function as a target-derived neurotrophic factor for specific subpopulations of MNs. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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