IDENTIFIED CHOLINERGIC NEURONS IN THE ADULT-RAT BRAIN ARE ENRICHED IN GAP-43 MESSENGER-RNA - A DOUBLE IN-SITU HYBRIDIZATION STUDY

被引:13
作者
AUGOOD, S [1 ]
ARBUTHNOTT, G [1 ]
EMSON, PC [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV EDINBURGH,CTR NEUROSCI,EDINBURGH EH9 1QH,MIDLOTHIAN,SCOTLAND
基金
英国惠康基金;
关键词
CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; REGENERATION; COEXPRESSION; STRIATUM; BASAL FOREBRAIN;
D O I
10.1016/0891-0618(95)00059-G
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The cellular expression of growth associated protein-43 mRNA by identified choline acetyl transferase mRNA positive cells was investigated in the mature rat brain using a combined radioactive and non-radioactive in situ hybridisation technique. Cellular sites of growth associated protein-43 mRNA were detected using a S-35-oligonucleotide while choline acetyl transferase mRNA positive neurones were identified using two alkaline phosphatase-labelled probes. In the cholinergic cells of the corpus striatum, basal forebrain and laterodorsal tegmental nucleus a specific growth associated protein-43 hybridisation signal (silver grains) was detected, demonstrating that these choline acetyl transferase mRNA positive cells are enriched in growth associated protein-43 gene transcripts. By contrast, the large cholinergic cells of the motor nucleus of the trigeminal nerve did not express growth associated protein-43 mRNA. Quantification of the growth associated protein-43 hybridisation signal expressed by identified choline acetyl transferase mRNA positive cells showed regional variations in the relative cellular abundance of this transcript; cholinergic cells in the laterodorsal tegmental nucleus and corpus striatum expressed the strongest cellular hybridisation signal. Mean cross-sectional somatic area measurements of these growth associated protein-43/cholinergic positive cells confirmed the identity of these neurones as belonging to the cholinergic phenotype. A strong S-35-growth associated protein-43 hybridisation signal was detected also in numerous other non-choline acetyl transferase mRNA positive nerve cells in other regions of the brain, although the chemical phenotypes of these neurones were not determined. Our data reveal that expression of the growth-associated protein GAP-43 is maintained in identified cholinergic neurones in the postnatal rat brain, suggesting that this protein may subserve important functions in cholinergic and other neurones of the adult mammalian brain.
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