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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-2-22
pubmed:abstractText
We have used in situ hybridization and reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to study the origins of the extracellular matrix glycoprotein tenascin during the development of the central and peripheral nervous systems. Previous studies have shown that neural crest cells migrate along pathways that are lined with tenascin. In situ hybridization, PCR, and western blotting reveal that these cells themselves are a major source of tenascin both in vitro and in the embryo. Thus, tenascin is probably not acting as a guidance molecule but is more likely to be promoting neural crest cell motility in a more general way. Similarly, subpopulations of proliferating and migrating glia make tenascin in the developing central nervous system, as do the radial glia that are used as a substratum for migrating neuronal cell bodies. In the adult, tenascin continues to be expressed in the cerebellum by Golgi epithelial cells. This expression, as well as the expression of tenascin in connective tissue, indicates that this molecule may also be playing a role in regulating differentiation. Finally, the distribution of tenascin transcripts in the developing brain and spinal cord is similar to the distribution of mRNAs encoding receptors for platelet-derived growth factor-AA and basic fibroblast growth factor. In vitro studies indicate that both of these factors are potential regulators of tenascin expression.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1064-0517
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
89-99
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7530147-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7530147-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:7530147-Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal, pubmed-meshheading:7530147-Cell Movement, pubmed-meshheading:7530147-Cerebellum, pubmed-meshheading:7530147-Chick Embryo, pubmed-meshheading:7530147-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:7530147-Extracellular Matrix Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7530147-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:7530147-Growth Substances, pubmed-meshheading:7530147-In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:7530147-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:7530147-Morphogenesis, pubmed-meshheading:7530147-Nervous System, pubmed-meshheading:7530147-Neural Crest, pubmed-meshheading:7530147-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:7530147-Spinal Cord, pubmed-meshheading:7530147-Tenascin
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Cellular origins of tenascin in the developing nervous system.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27157.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Review