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Provedor de dados: | 56
País: | Brazil
Título: | Astroglial cells derived from lateral and medial midbrain sectors differ in their synthesis and secretion of sulfated glycosaminoglycans
Autores: | Onofre,G.R.; Werneck,C.C.; Mendes,F.A.; Garcia-Abreu,J.; Moura Neto,V.; Cavalcante,L.A.; Silva,L.C.F.
Data: | 2001-02-01
Ano: | 2001
Palavras-chave: | Glycosaminoglycans; Astrocytes; Neuron-glia interactions; Midbrain.
Resumo: | Astroglial cells derived from lateral and medial midbrain sectors differ in their abilities to support neuritic growth of midbrain neurons in cocultures. These different properties of the two types of cells may be related to the composition of their extracellular matrix. We have studied the synthesis and secretion of sulfated glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) by the two cell types under control conditions and ß-D-xyloside-stimulated conditions, that stimulate the ability to synthesize and release GAGs. We have confirmed that both cell types synthesize and secrete heparan sulfate and chondroitin sulfate. Only slight differences were observed between the proportions of the two GAGs produced by the two types of cells after a 24-h labeling period. However, a marked difference was observed between the GAGs produced by the astroglial cells derived from lateral and medial midbrain sectors. The medial cells, which contain derivatives of the tectal and tegmental midline radial glia, synthesized and secreted ~2.3 times more chondroitin sulfate than lateral cells. The synthesis of heparan sulfate was only slightly modified by the addition of ß-D-xyloside. Overall, these results indicate that astroglial cells derived from the two midbrain sectors have marked differences in their capacity to synthesize chondroitin sulfate. Under in vivo conditions or a long period of in vitro culture, they may produce extracellular matrix at concentrations which may differentially affect neuritic growth.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2001000200014
Editor: | Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
Relação: | 10.1590/S0100-879X2001000200014
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research  v.34 n.2 2001
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess