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HIV‐1 Tat protein is an important pathogenic factor in HIV‐1‐associated neurological diseases. One hallmark of HIV‐1 infection of the central nervous system (CNS) is astrocytosis, which is characterized by elevated glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) expression in astrocytes. We have shown that Tat activates GFAP expression in astrocytes [Zhou et al., (2004) Mol Cell Neurosci 27:296–305] and that...
Ablation of functional peroxisomes from all neural cells in Nestin‐Pex5 knockout mice caused remarkable neurological abnormalities including motoric and cognitive malfunctioning accompanied by demyelination, axonal degeneration, and gliosis. An oligodendrocyte selective Cnp‐Pex5 knockout mouse model shows a similar pathology, but with later onset and slower progression. Until now, the link between...
While astrocytes produce key inflammatory mediators following exposure to neurotropic nonsegmented negative‐sense RNA viruses such as rabies virus and measles virus, the mechanisms by which resident central nervous system (CNS) cells perceive such viral challenges have not been defined. Recently, several cytosolic DExD/H box RNA helicases including retinoic acid‐inducible gene I (RIG‐I) have been...
The dentate gyrus is a brain region where neurons are continuously born throughout life. In the adult, the role of its radial glia in neurogenesis has attracted much attention over the past years; however, little is known about the generation and differentiation of glial cells and their relationship to radial glia during the ontogenetic development of this brain structure. Here, we combine immunohistochemical...
The nervous system of echinoderms has long been considered too unique to be directly comparable to the nervous system of other Deuterostomia. Using two novel monoclonal antibodies in combination with epifluorescence, confocal, and electron microscopy, we demonstrate here that the central nervous system of the sea cucumber Holothuria glaberrima possesses a major non‐neuronal cell type, which shares...
A number of human immunodeficiency virus type‐1 (HIV) positive subjects are also opiate abusers. These individuals are at high risk to develop neurological complications. However, little is still known about the molecular mechanism(s) linking opiates and HIV neurotoxicity. To learn more, we exposed rat neuronal/glial cultures prepared from different brain areas to opiate agonists and HIV envelope...
The study shows the dynamic expression of connexin47 (Cx47) in oligodendrocytes and myelin of mice, either in myelinogenesis occurring in early development or in an experimental model of new‐myelinogenesis of adult mice. Cx47 first appeared in the embryonic mouse brain at E10.5 successively the expression increased, principally in regions populated by developing oligodendrocytes. The expression declined...
Various models of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) have led to insights into the pathogenesis and novel therapies for multiple sclerosis. One generalized EAE model uses immunizing the Lewis Rat with myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) and complete Freund's adjuvant that induces systemic disease and inflammatory lesions at random central nervous system (CNS) locations. These lesions...
Olfactory ensheathing cells (OEC) have the ability to promote regeneration in the nervous system. Hence, they hold promise for cell therapy. Most of the experimental studies have investigated the role of OECs taken from olfactory bulb (OB). However, for a clinical human application, olfactory mucosa (OM) seems to be the only acceptable source for OECs. Many studies have compared the distinct ability...
Nerve conduction requires the fine tuning of ionic currents through delicate interactions between axons and Schwann cells. The K+–Cl− cotransporter (KCC) family includes four isoforms (KCC1–4) that play an important role in the maintenance of cellular osmotic homeostasis via the coupled electroneutral movement of K+ and Cl− with concurrent water flux. Mutation in SLC12A6 gene encoding KCC3 results...
The purpose of this study was to ascertain the relative contribution of neural stem/progenitor cells (NSPCs) of the subventricular zone (SVZ) to lineages that repopulate the injured striatum following focal ischemia. We utilized a tamoxifen‐inducible Cre/loxP system under control of the nestin promoter, which provides permanent YFP labeling of multipotent nestin+ SVZ‐NSPCs prior to ischemic injury...
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