scholarly journals VEGFR-1 Regulates Adult Olfactory Bulb Neurogenesis and Migration of Neural Progenitors in the Rostral Migratory Stream In Vivo

2009 ◽  
Vol 29 (27) ◽  
pp. 8704-8714 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. M. Wittko ◽  
A. Schanzer ◽  
A. Kuzmichev ◽  
F. T. Schneider ◽  
M. Shibuya ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jui-Chih Chang ◽  
Yi-Chun Chao ◽  
Huei-Shin Chang ◽  
Yu-Ling Wu ◽  
Hui-Ju Chang ◽  
...  

AbstractThe feasibility of delivering mitochondria intranasally so as to bypass the blood–brain barrier in treating Parkinson's disease (PD), was evaluated in unilaterally 6-OHDA-lesioned rats. Intranasal infusion of allogeneic mitochondria conjugated with Pep-1 (P-Mito) or unconjugated (Mito) was performed once a week on the ipsilateral sides of lesioned brains for three months. A significant improvement of rotational and locomotor behaviors in PD rats was observed in both mitochondrial groups, compared to sham or Pep-1-only groups. Dopaminergic (DA) neuron survival and recovery > 60% occurred in lesions of the substantia nigra (SN) and striatum in Mito and P-Mito rats. The treatment effect was stronger in the P-Mito group than the Mito group, but the difference was insignificant. This recovery was associated with restoration of mitochondrial function and attenuation of oxidative damage in lesioned SN. Notably, P-Mito suppressed plasma levels of inflammatory cytokines. Mitochondria penetrated the accessory olfactory bulb and doublecortin-positive neurons of the rostral migratory stream (RMS) on the ipsilateral sides of lesions and were expressed in striatal, but not SN DA neurons, of both cerebral hemispheres, evidently via commissural fibers. This study shows promise for intranasal delivery of mitochondria, confirming mitochondrial internalization and migration via RMS neurons in the olfactory bulb for PD therapy.



2009 ◽  
Vol 29 (9) ◽  
pp. 2902-2914 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. Li ◽  
X. Tang ◽  
B. Jablonska ◽  
A. Aguirre ◽  
V. Gallo ◽  
...  


2013 ◽  
Vol 24 (9) ◽  
pp. 2388-2400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn L. Turner ◽  
Harald Sontheimer


2013 ◽  
Vol 109 (3) ◽  
pp. 867-872 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geeta Sharma

Addition of newly generated neurons into mature neural circuits in the adult CNS responds to changes in neurotransmitter levels and is tightly coupled to the activity of specific brain regions. This postnatal neurogenesis contributes to plasticity of the olfactory bulb and hippocampus and is thought to play a role in learning and memory, context and odor discrimination, as well as perceptual learning. While acetylcholine plays an important role in odor discrimination and perceptual learning, its role in adult neurogenesis in the olfactory bulb has not been elucidated. In this study, I have examined the functional expression of nAChRs in progenitor cells of the rostral migratory stream (RMS) in the adult olfactory bulb of mice. I show that most of these cells in the RMS exhibit large nAChR-mediated calcium transients upon application of acetylcholine (ACh). Unlike in the hippocampus, the predominant functional nAChRs on progenitor cells are of α3β4 subtype. Interestingly, functional receptor expression is lost once progenitor cells mature, and are incorporated into the granule cell layer. Instead, nAChRs are now expressed on some presynaptic terminals and modulate glutamate release onto granule cells. My results imply that ACh is a part of the permissive niche and likely plays a role in development of progenitor cells.





2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorela D. Shuboni-Mulligan ◽  
Shatadru Chakravarty ◽  
Christiane L. Mallett ◽  
Alexander M. Wolf ◽  
Stacey Forton ◽  
...  

AbstractThe subventricular zone (SVZ) is one of the primary sources for rodent neural progenitor cells (NPC), however, aging greatly impacts the substructure of the region and rate of new cell birth. To determine if age impacts the rate of in vivo migration within animals, we examined the rostral migratory stream (RMS) of animals across 12 days using an established MRI technique. To visualize NPCs, we injected micron sized particles of iron oxide (MPIO) into the lateral ventricle to endogenously label cells within the SVZ, which then appeared as hypo-intensive spots within MR images. Our in vivo MRI data showed that the rate of migration was significantly different between all ages examined, with decreases in the distance traveled as age progressed. The total number of iron oxide labeled cells within the olfactory bulb on day 12, decrease significantly when compared across ages in ex vivo high-resolution scans. We also, for the first time, demonstrated the endogenous labeling of cells within the dentate gyrus (DG) of hippocampus. Here too, there was a significant decrease in the number of labeled cells within the structure across age. Histology of the NPCs verified the decrease in labeling of cells with doublecortin (DCX) as age progressed for both regions. The dramatic reduction of labeling in NPCs within the SVZ and DG observed with MRI, demonstrates the importance of understanding the impact of age on the relationship of NPC and disease.





2008 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 289-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julieta G. Mendoza-Torreblanca ◽  
Eduardo Martínez-Martínez ◽  
Miguel Tapia-Rodríguez ◽  
Rogelio Ramírez-Hernández ◽  
Gabriel Gutiérrez-Ospina


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