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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-12-18
pubmed:abstractText
Organotypic dorsal root ganglion (DRG) cultures were established from all the embryos of two trembler (Tr/+) female mice mated to normal (+/+) males to determine if the trembler mutation would be expressed in nerve tissue culture. Dorsal root ganglia from normal mice maintained in our culture system exhibit substantial myelination after 6 weeks of growth. This normal pattern was observed in approximately one half of the cultures in the present series. The remaining half of the explants had marked PNS myelin abnormalities readily detectable at the light microscopic level in living cultures; furthermore, the ultrastructural appearance of these Tr/+ cultures was similar to that of adult trembler sciatic nerve. An analysis of unmyelinated nerve fibers in Tr/+ cultures revealed that the number of neurites resident within each non-myelinating Tr/+ Schwann cell was significantly less than the number observed in +/+ cultures. There are distinctive PNS myelin abnormalities which: (1) develop in DRG cultures established from embryos at risk for the trembler mutation; (2) are highly reliable and readily detectable markers for the trembler genotype; and (3) are similar to the trembler PNS defects detectable in vivo.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0006-8993
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
256
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
407-15
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
Expression of the trembler mouse mutation in organotypic cultures of dorsal root ganglia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.