Journal article
Directing dopaminergic fiber growth along a preformed molecular pathway from embryonic ventral mesencephalon transplants in the rat brain
Journal of neuroscience research, Vol.89(5), pp.619-627
May 2011
PMCID: PMC4038386
PMID: 21337366
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Abstract
To identify guidance molecules to promote long-distance growth of dopaminergic axons from transplanted embryonic ventral mesencephalon (VM) tissue, three pathways were created by expressing green fluorescent protein (GFP), glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF), or a combination of GDNF/GDNF receptor α1 (GFRα1) along the corpus callosum. To generate the guidance pathway, adenovirus encoding these transcripts was injected at four positions along the corpus callosum. In all groups, GDNF adenovirus was also injected on the right side 2.5 mm from the midline at the desired transplant site. Four days later, a piece of VM tissue from embryonic day 14 rats was injected at the transplant site. All rats also received daily subcutaneous injections of N-acetyl-L-cysteinamide (NACA; 100 μg per rat) as well as chondroitinase ABC at transplant site (10 U/ml, 2 μl). Two weeks after transplantation, the rats were perfused and the brains dissected out. Coronal sections were cut and immunostained with antibody to tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) to identify and count dopaminergic fibers in the corpus callosum. In GFP-expressing pathways, TH(+) fibers grew out of the transplants for a short distance in the corpus callosum. Very few TH(+) fibers grew across the midline. However, pathways expressing GDNF supported more TH(+) fiber growth across the midline into the contralateral hemisphere. Significantly greater numbers of TH(+) fibers grew across the midline in animals expressing a combination of GDNF and GFRα1 in the corpus callosum. These data suggest that expression of GDNF or a combination of GDNF and GFRα1 can support the long-distance dopaminergic fiber growth from a VM transplant, with the combination having a superior effect.
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- Title
- Directing dopaminergic fiber growth along a preformed molecular pathway from embryonic ventral mesencephalon transplants in the rat brain
- Creators
- Y Jin - Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40536, USAC ZhangK S ZiembaG A GoldsteinP G SullivanG M Smith
- Publication Details
- Journal of neuroscience research, Vol.89(5), pp.619-627
- Publisher
- Wiley; United States
- Grant note
- R01 NS060784 / NINDS NIH HHS
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Neurobiology and Anatomy
- Identifiers
- 991014877763004721
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