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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-10-11
pubmed:abstractText
Maturation and survival of olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs) are hypothesized to depend on trophic support from the olfactory bulb during both development and regeneration of the olfactory epithelium (OE). The current study characterized transgene expression in two independently derived transgenic mouse lines in which 9 kb of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) promoter was utilized to drive either enhanced green fluorescent protein (TH/eGFP) or LacZ (TH/beta-gal) reporters. Transgene expression, found primarily on dorsal aspects of the OE, the dorsal septum and endoturbinate II, resembled the Zone one distribution of olfactory receptor genes. Labeled cells were ovoid to fusiform with dendrites that projected to the epithelial surface but only rarely exhibited discernable cilia. Axons were short and did not extend beyond the basal lamina. As only a subpopulation of the cells contained olfactory marker protein, indicative of ORN maturation, the transgene expressing cells were likely immature neuronal precursors. Demonstration of transgene expression without either TH mRNA or protein was consistent with low basal level transcriptional activity of endogenous TH that may reflect differences between TH and reporter protein stability. Molecules identifying specific olfactory-derived cell populations, PDE2 and LHRH, also did not co-localize with either reporter. A higher than predicted proportion of apoptotic neonatal transgene-expressing cells accounted for their apparent paucity in adult mice. These studies support the concept that transgene expressing cells exhibiting morphological and biochemical characteristics of presumptive ORNs are unable to mature and undergo apoptotic cell death possibly because they lack trophic support.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0300-4864
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
33
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
681-92
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16217623-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16217623-Animals, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:16217623-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:16217623-Catecholamines, pubmed-meshheading:16217623-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:16217623-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:16217623-Female, pubmed-meshheading:16217623-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:16217623-Genes, Reporter, pubmed-meshheading:16217623-Green Fluorescent Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16217623-Lac Operon, pubmed-meshheading:16217623-Male, pubmed-meshheading:16217623-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16217623-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:16217623-Mice, Inbred CBA, pubmed-meshheading:16217623-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:16217623-Nerve Growth Factors, pubmed-meshheading:16217623-Olfactory Mucosa, pubmed-meshheading:16217623-Olfactory Receptor Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:16217623-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:16217623-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:16217623-Transgenes, pubmed-meshheading:16217623-Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Transient expression of tyrosine hydroxylase promoter/reporter gene constructs in the olfactory epithelium of transgenic mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Weill Medical College, Cornell University, The Burke Medical Research Institute, White Plains, New York 10605, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural