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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
24
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-12-12
pubmed:abstractText
The adult mammalian cerebral cortex arises from a complex series of neuronal migrations. The primitive layer known as the preplate is split into an outer marginal zone and an inner subplate by invading cortical plate neurons in an "inside-out" pattern of layering with respect to time of neuronal origin. In cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (Cdk5)-deficient mice (cdk5(-/-)), the earliest born cortical neurons split the preplate, but later born neurons arrest below the subplate, resulting in an ectopic "outside-in" layer of neurons normally destined for layers II-V. We have pursued this analysis in cdk5(-/-) <--> wild-type chimeric mice coupled with experiments in cell culture. In vitro migration assays show no difference in migrational ability between embryonic cdk5(-/-) and wild-type neurons. In cdk5(-/-) chimeras, layers I and VI are made up of both mutant and wild-type genotype neurons, whereas layers II-V contain predominantly wild-type cells. In addition, a thin layer of neurons is found below layer VI, made up of cdk5(-/-) cells; bromodeoxyuridine labeling suggests that these neurons were destined for layers II-V. Scattered cdk5(-/-) cells are found throughout layers II-V, but these neurons are always found to be GABAergic. The findings suggest that Cdk5 is not required for migration of either the deepest cortical plate neurons or the GABAergic neurons from the ganglionic eminences. The migration of layer II-V pyramidal neurons, however, is intrinsically blocked by Cdk5 deficiency, thus suggesting that different neuronal cell types use distinct mechanisms of migration.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1529-2401
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
9690-700
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11739578-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11739578-Bromodeoxyuridine, pubmed-meshheading:11739578-Cell Count, pubmed-meshheading:11739578-Cell Movement, pubmed-meshheading:11739578-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:11739578-Chimera, pubmed-meshheading:11739578-Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 5, pubmed-meshheading:11739578-Cyclin-Dependent Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:11739578-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11739578-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:11739578-Interneurons, pubmed-meshheading:11739578-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11739578-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11739578-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:11739578-Neocortex, pubmed-meshheading:11739578-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:11739578-Purkinje Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11739578-Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11739578-gamma-Aminobutyric Acid
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Neocortical cell migration: GABAergic neurons and cells in layers I and VI move in a cyclin-dependent kinase 5-independent manner.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, and Alzheimer Research Laboratory, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio 44106.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.