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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-6-11
pubmed:abstractText
Neuroembryogenesis critically depends on signaling molecules that modulate cell proliferation, differentiation, and the formation of neural networks. In an attempt to identify potential morphogenetic active components that are distributed in a graded fashion in the developing nervous system, we generated substraction libraries of the embryonic nasal and temporal chick retina. Selected clones were analyzed by sequencing, Northern and Western blotting, in situ hybridization, and immunocytochemistry. Retinal fatty acid-binding protein (R-FABP) mRNA displayed the most pronounced topographic gradient. R-FABP was most strongly expressed in nasal retina, though topographic differences were not evident on the protein level. R-FABP expression was subject to a pronounced spatio-temporal regulation. Peak expression was at the period of cell generation/migration and differentiation. To identify the cell types involved in R-FAPB synthesis, ganglion cells as the only retinal projection neurons were enriched by enzymatic delayering. Cell somata, axons, and growth cones were R-FABP immunoreactive. Most interestingly, R-FABP immunoreactivity was critically dependent on the growth substratum. It was abrogated when axons grew on isolated glial endfeet. Radial glia purified by complement-mediated cytolysis also expressed R-FABP at moderate levels. The expression level was significantly increased during mitosis and dropped down again in postmitotic cells. Further on, transient loss of cell-cell and substratum contact induced a subcellular redistribution of R-FABP. In conjunction with the morphogen-binding activity of other FABP family members and their impact on cell migration and tissue differentiation, R-FABP characteristics suggest a regulatory function during retinal histogenesis but not during topographic map formation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0014-4827
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
287
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
88-97
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12799185-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12799185-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12799185-Body Patterning, pubmed-meshheading:12799185-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12799185-Cell Communication, pubmed-meshheading:12799185-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:12799185-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:12799185-Cell Movement, pubmed-meshheading:12799185-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:12799185-Chick Embryo, pubmed-meshheading:12799185-Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12799185-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:12799185-Growth Cones, pubmed-meshheading:12799185-Lipid Metabolism, pubmed-meshheading:12799185-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:12799185-Neoplasm Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12799185-Neuroglia, pubmed-meshheading:12799185-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:12799185-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:12799185-Retina, pubmed-meshheading:12799185-Retinal Ganglion Cells, pubmed-meshheading:12799185-Signal Transduction
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Glial and neuronal regulation of the lipid carrier R-FABP.
pubmed:affiliation
Max-Planck-Institute for Developmental Biology, Spemannstrasse 35/Abt. II; D-72076, Tuebingen, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article