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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-12-6
pubmed:abstractText
The extracellular matrix protein reelin is essential for the proper radial migration of cortical neurons. In reeler mice lacking reelin, there is a malformation of the radial glial scaffold required for granule cell migration. Immunostaining for glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) reveals abundant radial glial cells with long fibers traversing the granular layer in the wild type, but almost exclusively astrocytes in the reeler mutant. With the concept that radial glial cells are precursors of neurons, we hypothesized that the balance between neurogenesis and gliogenesis is altered in the reeler mutant. To this end, adult reeler mutants and their wild-type littermates were injected with bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU), a marker of newly generated cells. When compared to wild-type animals, we found a reduction in the number of BrdU-labeled cells in the adult reeler dentate gyrus. Moreover, whereas there was a dramatic decrease in the number of newly generated granule cells identified by double labeling for BrdU and NeuN, the number of BrdU-labeled, GFAP-positive astrocytes had increased. Decreased neurogenesis in the adult reeler dentate gyrus was confirmed by immunostaining for doublecortin, a marker of newly generated neurons. These results indicate that adult neurogenesis is altered in the reeler dentate gyrus and that newly generated cells preferentially differentiate into astrocytes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0378-5866
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
84-90
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17148951-Aging, pubmed-meshheading:17148951-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17148951-Astrocytes, pubmed-meshheading:17148951-Biological Markers, pubmed-meshheading:17148951-Bromodeoxyuridine, pubmed-meshheading:17148951-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:17148951-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:17148951-Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein, pubmed-meshheading:17148951-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:17148951-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:17148951-Male, pubmed-meshheading:17148951-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:17148951-Mice, Neurologic Mutants, pubmed-meshheading:17148951-Microtubule-Associated Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17148951-Neuronal Plasticity, pubmed-meshheading:17148951-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:17148951-Neuropeptides, pubmed-meshheading:17148951-Stem Cells
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Balance between neurogenesis and gliogenesis in the adult hippocampus: role for reelin.
pubmed:affiliation
Institut fur Anatomie und Zellbiologie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg, Freiburg, Deutschland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't