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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-2-22
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
We generated transgenic mice carrying enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) under the control of the nestin second-intronic enhancer (E/nestin:EGFP). Flow cytometry followed by in vitro assays revealed that in situ EGFP expression in the embryonic brain correlated with the mitotic index, the cogeneration of both neurons and glia, and the frequency of neurosphere formation in vitro. High-level EGFP expressors derived from embryos included a distinct subpopulation of cells that were self-renewable and multipotent, criteria that define neural stem cells (NSCs). Such cells were largely absent among lower-level or non-EGFP expressors, thereby permitting us to enrich for NSCs using EGFP expression level. In adults, although E/nestin:EGFP-positive cells included the NSC population, the frequency of neurosphere formation did not correlate directly with the level of EGFP expression. However, moderately EGFP-expressing cells in adults gained EGFP intensity when they formed neurospheres, suggesting embryonic and adult NSCs exist in different microenvironments in vivo.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1044-7431
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2001 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
259-73
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11178865-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11178865-Astrocytes, pubmed-meshheading:11178865-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:11178865-Cell Culture Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:11178865-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:11178865-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:11178865-Enhancer Elements, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:11178865-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:11178865-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:11178865-Genes, Reporter, pubmed-meshheading:11178865-Green Fluorescent Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11178865-Indicators and Reagents, pubmed-meshheading:11178865-Intermediate Filament Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11178865-Introns, pubmed-meshheading:11178865-Luminescent Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11178865-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11178865-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:11178865-Mitosis, pubmed-meshheading:11178865-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11178865-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11178865-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:11178865-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:11178865-Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11178865-Tubulin
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Nestin-EGFP transgenic mice: visualization of the self-renewal and multipotency of CNS stem cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Neuroanatomy, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't