Cell type-specific development of rodent central nervous system progenitor cells in culture

Journal of Neurosurgery
H MeltzerH Sang U

Abstract

The aim of the study was to assess the pluripotential central nervous system (CNS) progenitor cells that give rise to the many differentiated neuronal and glial cell types of the adult mammalian brain and the role of peptide growth factors such as the epidermal growth factor (EGF) and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF). The action of these factors is crucial to the survival and ultimate differentiation of these CNS progenitor cells. However, the precise role of EGF and bFGF in the time course of cellular development, the acquisition of cell type specificity, and possible differential mitogenic behavior has not been clearly defined. The authors defined the time course of CNS progenitor cell development in cultured embryonic rodent cells by using immunocytochemical analysis to identify the expression of pluripotential (nestin)-, neuron (microtubule-associated protein-2 [MAP-2])-, and glia (glial fibrillary acidic protein [GFAP])-specific proteins in response to treatment with EGF and bFGF alone or in combination. The bromodeoxyuridine (BUdR) labeling index for each treatment group was used to define the mitogenic effects of each growth factor. In this investigation, the authors observed that progenitor cells develop in a stere...Continue Reading

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