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Expression of a phosphorylated isoform of MAP1B is maintained in adult central nervous system areas that retain capacity for structural plasticity
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Expression of a phosphorylated isoform of MAP1B is maintained in adult central nervous system areas that retain capacity for structural plasticity

Fatiha Nothias, Itzhak Fischer, Marion Murray, Simone Mirman and Jean‐Didier Vincent
Journal of comparative neurology (1911), v 368(3), pp 317-334
06 May 1996
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960506)368:3<317::AID-CNE1>3.0.CO;2-8
PMID: 8725342
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Abstract

neuronal plasticity microtubule‐associated protein 1B in situ hybridization histochemistry PSA‐NCAM Immunohistochemistry
Microtubule‐associated protein IB (MAP1B) is the first MAP to be detected in the developing nervous system, and it becomes markedly down‐regulated postnatally. Its expression, particularly that of its phosphorylated isoform, is associated with axonal growth. To determine whether adult central nervous system (CNS) areas that retain immunoreactivity for MAP1B are associated with morphological plasticity, we compared the distribution of a phosphorylated MAP1B isoform (MAP1B‐P) to the distribution of total MAP1B protein and MAP1B‐mRNA. Although they were present only at very low levels, both protein and message were found ubiquitously in almost all adult CNS neurons. The intensity of staining, however, varied markedly among different regions, with only a few nuclei retaining relatively high levels. MAP1B‐P was restricted to axons, whereas total MAP1B was present in cell bodies and processes. Relatively to total MAP1B protein and its mRNA, MAP1B‐P levels decreased more dramatically with maturation, and they were detectable in only a few specific areas that underwent structural modifications. These included primary afferents and motor neurons, olfactory tubercles, habenular and raphe projections to interpeduncular nuclei, septum, and the hypothalamus. The distribution pattern of MAP1B‐P was compared to that of the embryonic N‐CAM rich in polysialic acid (PSA‐NCAM). We found that the PSA‐NCAM immunostaining was largely overlapped with that of MAP1B‐P in the adult CNS. These results suggest that, like PSA‐NCAM, MAP1B may be one of the molecules expressed during brain development that also plays a role in structural remodeling in the adult. © 1996 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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