Distribution and characterization of doublecortin-expressing cells and fibers in the brain of the adult pigeon (Columba livia)
| Autor: | Tiago Souza dos Santos, Cilene Lino-de-Oliveira, José Marino-Neto, Fernando Falkenburger Melleu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Doublecortin Domain Proteins
Male Neurogenesis Biology Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Lateral ventricles Neural Stem Cells Cell Movement Parenchyma medicine Animals Columbidae Cerebrum Neuropeptides Brain Cell Differentiation Anatomy Immunohistochemistry Doublecortin Cell biology Prosencephalon medicine.anatomical_structure nervous system Forebrain biology.protein Female NeuN Ependyma Microtubule-Associated Proteins |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy. 47:57-70 |
| ISSN: | 0891-0618 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2012.10.006 |
| Popis: | Doublecortin (DCX) is a microtubule-associated protein essential for the migration of immature neurons in the developing and adult vertebrate brain. Herein, the distribution of DCX-immunoreactive (DCX-ir) cells in the prosencephalon of the adult pigeon (Columba livia) is described, in order to collect the evidence of their immature neural phenotype and to investigate their putative place of origin. Bipolar and multipolar DCX-ir cells were observed to be widespread throughout the parenchyma of the adult pigeon forebrain. Small, bipolar and fusiform DCX-ir cells were especially concentrated at the tips of the lateral walls of the lateral ventricles (VZ) and sparsely distributed in the remaining ependyma. Multipolar DCX-ir cells populated the pallial regions. None of these DCX-ir cells seemed to co-express NeuN or GFAP, suggesting that they were immature neurons. Two different migratory-like routes of DCX-ir cells from the VZ toward different targets in the parenchyma were putatively identified: (i) rostral migratory-like bundle; and (ii) lateral migratory-like bundle. In addition, pial surface bundles and intra-ependymal fascicles were also observed. Pigeons treated with 5-bromo-desoxyuridine (BrdU, 3 intraperitoneal injections of 100mg/kg 2h apart, sacrificed 2h after last injection) displayed BrdU-immunoreactive cells (BrdU-ir) in VZ and ependyma whereas the parenchyma was free of such cells. Despite the regional overlapping, there was no evidence of double-labeling between BrdU and DCX. Therefore, the VZ in the brain of adult pigeons seems to have rapidly dividing cells as putative progenitors of newborn neurons populating the forebrain. The distribution of the newborn neurons in the avian prosencephalon and their migration pathways appear to be larger than in mammals, suggesting that the morphological turnover of forebrain circuits is an important mechanism for brain plasticity in avian species during adulthood. |
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