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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-2-22
pubmed:abstractText
The expression of the 330 kDa AN2 glycoprotein was studied in the rodent peripheral nervous system. AN2 is expressed by immature Schwann cells in vitro and in vivo and downregulated as the cells upregulate myelin genes. A subpopulation of nonmyelinating Schwann cells in the adult sciatic nerve retains expression of AN2. In rat sciatic nerve crushes, where Schwann cell numbers increase after initial axonal loss and markers of immature Schwann cells show an upregulation, no increased expression of AN2 was observed. In contrast, AN2 expression was upregulated in nerves from peripheral myelin protein-22-transgenic rats, where immature Schwann cells expand without axonal loss. Furthermore, coculture with neurons upregulated AN2 expression on Schwann cells in vitro. Polyclonal antibodies against AN2 inhibited the migration of an immortalized Schwann cell clone in an in vitro migration assay, and the purified AN2 protein was shown to be neither inhibitory nor permissive for outgrowing dorsal root ganglion neurites. AN2 is thus a novel marker for the Schwann cell lineage. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry analysis of purified AN2 from early postnatal mouse brain demonstrated that AN2 is the murine homolog of the rat NG2 proteoglycan.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1529-2401
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
920-33
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11157078-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11157078-Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:11157078-Antigens, Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:11157078-Bacterial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11157078-Brain Chemistry, pubmed-meshheading:11157078-Cell Lineage, pubmed-meshheading:11157078-Cell Movement, pubmed-meshheading:11157078-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:11157078-Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, pubmed-meshheading:11157078-Coculture Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:11157078-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:11157078-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11157078-Ganglia, Spinal, pubmed-meshheading:11157078-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:11157078-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11157078-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11157078-Mice, Inbred Strains, pubmed-meshheading:11157078-Myelin Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11157078-Myelin Sheath, pubmed-meshheading:11157078-Neurites, pubmed-meshheading:11157078-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:11157078-Phosphoenolpyruvate Sugar Phosphotransferase System, pubmed-meshheading:11157078-Protein Processing, Post-Translational, pubmed-meshheading:11157078-Proteoglycans, pubmed-meshheading:11157078-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:11157078-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:11157078-Schwann Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11157078-Sciatic Nerve, pubmed-meshheading:11157078-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:11157078-Wallerian Degeneration
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
The AN2 protein is a novel marker for the Schwann cell lineage expressed by immature and nonmyelinating Schwann cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurobiology, University of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't