TY - JOUR
T1 - GD3 ganglioside is a glycolipid characteristic of immature neuroectodermal cells
AU - Goldman, James E.
AU - Hirano, Michio
AU - Yu, Robert K.
AU - Seyfried, Thomas N.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by USPHS Grants NS-17125 (JEG), NS-11853 (RKY), NS-17704 (TNS), Multiple Sclerosis Soc. RG-1289B3 (RKY) and USPHS Teacher-lnvestigator Award NS-00524 (JEG). * To whom requests for reprints should be addressed.
PY - 1984
Y1 - 1984
N2 - Biochemical studies have indicated that the disialoganglioside, GD3, is a major glycolipid component of the immature vertebrate CNS, but a minor element within the mature CNS. We have investigated its cellular localization in rat CNS by immunofluorescence using a mouse monoclonal antibody that recognizes GD3. In tissue sections of postnatal CNS, the antibody bound to cells in several areas known to contain immature neuroectodermal populations: the subventricular zone beneath the lateral ventricle, the external germinative layer of the cerebellar cortex, and the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus. GD3-containing cells were also found in developing white matter of the forebrain and cerebellar folia. Using a double-label immunofluorescence method, we found that the GD3-positive white matter cells did not express the astrocytic marker, glial fibrillary acidic protein. In adult rat CNS, we could not detect antibody binding to neurons or glia. Scattered GD3-positive cells were apparent in the adult subventricular zone. Our results indicate that GD3 ganglioside is a membrane component characteristically expressed in the rat CNS by neuroectodermal stem cells, both neuronal and glial precursors.
AB - Biochemical studies have indicated that the disialoganglioside, GD3, is a major glycolipid component of the immature vertebrate CNS, but a minor element within the mature CNS. We have investigated its cellular localization in rat CNS by immunofluorescence using a mouse monoclonal antibody that recognizes GD3. In tissue sections of postnatal CNS, the antibody bound to cells in several areas known to contain immature neuroectodermal populations: the subventricular zone beneath the lateral ventricle, the external germinative layer of the cerebellar cortex, and the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus. GD3-containing cells were also found in developing white matter of the forebrain and cerebellar folia. Using a double-label immunofluorescence method, we found that the GD3-positive white matter cells did not express the astrocytic marker, glial fibrillary acidic protein. In adult rat CNS, we could not detect antibody binding to neurons or glia. Scattered GD3-positive cells were apparent in the adult subventricular zone. Our results indicate that GD3 ganglioside is a membrane component characteristically expressed in the rat CNS by neuroectodermal stem cells, both neuronal and glial precursors.
KW - Central nervous system
KW - Disialoganglioside
KW - Neuroectodermal cells
KW - Rat
KW - glycolipid
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U2 - 10.1016/S0165-5728(84)80017-X
DO - 10.1016/S0165-5728(84)80017-X
M3 - Article
C2 - 6392333
AN - SCOPUS:0021661151
SN - 0165-5728
VL - 7
SP - 179
EP - 192
JO - Journal of Neuroimmunology
JF - Journal of Neuroimmunology
IS - C
ER -