Ganglioside patterns and cholera toxin--peroxidase labeling of aggregating cells from the chick optic tectum

Journal of Neurobiology
E L EngelF I Byrd

Abstract

2The ganglioside compositions of the chick optic tectum and aggregating tectal cell cultures were examined. Both showed similar trends in changes in ganglioside patterns during development. GD3 and GD1b were the predominant gangliosides early in development, while GD1a and several other multisialogangliosides increased in relative amounts with increasing age in vivo and in vitro. Four gangliosides were present early in development which have not previously been reported. These gangliosides are not present at later developmental times suggesting a possible role for them during the critical early stages of nervous tissue differentiation. Some differences were noted when comparing in vivo versus in vitro ganglioside patterns; these differences may possibly be due to the lack of normal retinotectal connections in the cultures. Cytochemical studies on the localization of the presumed cholera toxin--peroxidase binding site GM1 showed conjugate binding correlates with increasing levels of GM1 in the cultures. In older cultures, the conjugate was uniformly localized on all cells and processes in the aggregates. The conjugate also bound to synaptic membranes and intensely stained the synaptic cleft. This latter observation suggests an e...Continue Reading

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