Appearance of PLP mRNA in Specific Regions of the Developing Rat Lumbosacral Spinal Cord as Revealed by in Situ Hybridization

Pierluigi Baron; John Kamholz; Steven Scherer; Hitoshi Honda; Michael Shy; Elio Scarpini; Guglielmo Scarlato; David Pleasure

doi:10.1006/exnr.1993.1080

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Appearance of PLP mRNA in Specific Regions of the Developing Rat Lumbosacral Spinal Cord as Revealed by in Situ Hybridization

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Appearance of PLP mRNA in Specific Regions of the Developing Rat Lumbosacral Spinal Cord as Revealed by in Situ Hybridization

Pierluigi Baron, John Kamholz, Steven Scherer, Hitoshi Honda, Michael Shy, Elio Scarpini, Guglielmo Scarlato and David Pleasure

Experimental neurology, Vol.121(1), pp.139-147

05/1993

DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1993.1080

PMID: 7684334

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The capacity of specific regions and fiber tracts of developing rat lumbosacral spinal cord to express proteolipid protein (PLP) mRNA was examined using in situ hybridization. PLP mRNA was undetectable at Day 18 postfertilization but present in the white matter by Postnatal Day 0 (P0). Initially, levels of PLP mRNA were higher in ventral than in dorsal funiculi. Hybridization signal was observed in the corticospinal tract by P10. Appearance of PLP message in gray matter lagged several days behind that in white matter. The expression of PLP mRNA in gray matter rose between P10 and P40 and the abundance of PLP transcript remained high in white matter during the same period. In the adult spinal cord some oligodendrocytes in the Lissauer tract and in the posterior commissure expressed low levels of PLP mRNA, which was undetectable in the substantia gelatinosa. Comparing the time of emergence of PLP mRNA to the histological appearance of myelination gave evidence that the message is expressed in oligodendrocytes that are not many days away from myelin formation. These results provide new information on the topographic distribution of PLP mRNA during myelination of the rat spinal cord.

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Title: Subtitle: Appearance of PLP mRNA in Specific Regions of the Developing Rat Lumbosacral Spinal Cord as Revealed by in Situ Hybridization
Creators: Pierluigi Baron
John Kamholz
Steven Scherer
Hitoshi Honda
Michael Shy
Elio Scarpini
Guglielmo Scarlato
David Pleasure
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Experimental neurology, Vol.121(1), pp.139-147
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1993.1080
PMID: 7684334
NLM abbreviation: Exp Neurol
ISSN: 0014-4886
eISSN: 1090-2430
Publisher: Elsevier Inc
Language: English
Date published: 05/1993
Academic Unit: Neurology; Molecular Physiology and Biophysics; Psychiatry; Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
Record Identifier: 9984013116802771

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