Submitted by Helmut Patrocinio (hell.kenn@gmail.com) on 2017-11-09T01:14:16Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Eduardo_Sequerra_2008_TESE.pdf: 15865584 bytes, checksum: fcfa610e8add1f0dd217541746ae3a44 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Ismael Pereira (ismael@neuro.ufrn.br) on 2017-11-09T11:57:09Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Eduardo_Sequerra_2008_TESE.pdf: 15865584 bytes, checksum: fcfa610e8add1f0dd217541746ae3a44 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-11-09T11:57:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Eduardo_Sequerra_2008_TESE.pdf: 15865584 bytes, checksum: fcfa610e8add1f0dd217541746ae3a44 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008 / A zona subventricular (SVZ) ? um s?tio de cont?nua neurog?nese em mam?feros p?s-natos e adultos. Ao longo de toda a vida, os progenitores neuronais gerados destinam-se ao bulbo olfat?rio (BO) para onde migram atrav?s da via migrat?ria rostral (RMS). Uma vez no BO, os novos neur?nios se diferenciam em neur?nios GABA?rgicos que integram-se ? circuitaria local. A express?o de GABA inicia ainda na zona germinativa. Essa express?o precoce poderia levar a hip?tese de que estes progenitores j? estariam comprometidos com o fen?tipo GABA?rgico. Por?m, para demonstrar seu comprometimento GABA?rgico, um dos passos necess?rios ? mostrar que a descarboxilase do ?cido glut?mico (GAD), a enzima que sintetiza GABA em neur?nios maduros, est? presente nestas c?lulas. Nesta tese mostramos que a express?o e atividade enzim?tica de GAD, s?o muito baixas na SVZ. Revelamos que o GABA presente em neur?nios imaturos da SVZ prov?m de uma via de s?ntese alternativa, a via da putrescina. Para analisar a import?ncia do GABA proveniente de putrescina para estas c?lulas realizamos a inibi??o farmacol?gica de sua s?ntese atrav?s da administra??o de DFMO. Observamos que o tratamento com DFMO regula positivamente a express?o de GAD na SVZ e RMS. Mostramos tamb?m que os neuroblastos da SVZ que expressam GABA s?o realmente pl?sticos quanto a sua escolha de fen?tipo neuroqu?mico. Quando explantes de SVZ s?o co-cultivados com fatias de telenc?falo embrion?rio dorsal, s?tio de gera??o de neur?nios glutamat?rgicos, uma subpopula??o se diferencia em neur?nios GABA?rgicos e outra menor em glutamat?rgicos. Sugerimos, portanto, que a via da putrescina permite que neur?nios imaturos sintetizem GABA sem, no entanto, haver comprometimento com o fen?tipo GABA?rgico. Esta produ??o de GABA parece ser importante para a migra??o de neuroblastos da SVZ, embora n?o tenhamos tido sucesso em mostrar um papel na prolifera??o com o decr?scimo na produ??o do precursor putrescina. Mostramos que a libera??o de GABA de putrescina parece ter um papel em inibir a express?o de GAD nestes neuroblastos. Em contrapartida, a subregula??o desta sinaliza??o levaria ao comprometimento pelo fen?tipo GABA?rgico. Se mudarmos os sinais apresentados ?s c?lulas da SVZ, como ?queles presentes na VZ do telenc?falo embrion?rio, pelo menos uma de suas subpopula??es ? capaz de mudar seu destino fenot?pico, e diferenciar-se em neur?nios glutamat?rgicos piramidais. / The subventricular zone (SVZ) is proliferative epithelium that continuously gives rise to new neurons in postnatal and adult mammals. The neurons generated in the SVZ migrate through the rostral migratory stream (RMS) where they differentiate in GABAergic interneurons. A characteristic of these neuron precursors is that they start to express GABA while they are still in the SVZ. This fact can lead to the conclusion that at this time they are already commited to the GABAergic phenotype. However, to affirm this one has to show that the origin of GABA in these cells is the same as in mature neurons. One of the most important steps to define GABAergic commitment in neurons is to demonstrate the expression of glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD), the synthetic enzyme for GABA in mature neurons. Here we show that SVZ cells display low levels of GAD immunocytochemistry and enzyme activity as compared with the olfactory bulb. We also show that these cells are able to synthesize GABA using an alternative source, the putrescine pathway. To test the importance of putrescine made GABA in vivo, we pharmacolgically inhibited putrescine synthesis through DFMO administration. We observed that this treatment lead to an increase of GAD expression in the SVZ and RMS. We also show here that SVZ cells can display phenotypic plasticity. Co-culturing SVZ explants and dorsal telencephalic slices, a spot of glutamatergic neurogenesis, we observed that a subpopulation of SVZ derived neurons differentiated into GABAergic neurons and another into glutamatergic pyramidal neurons. Our working hypothesis is that the putrescine pathway is a mechanism to synthesize GABA without commitment to the GABAergic phenotype. The release of putrescine derived GABA inhibits GAD expression leaving these neuroblasts in an undifferentiated state. The inhibition of putrescine synthesis caused an upregulation of GAD expression which would lead to GABAergic commitment. If we present these neuroblasts with different signals, as those present in the embryonic dorsal telencephalon, they would show plasticity in their phenotypic fate and differentiate into other neurochemical and morphological phenotypes, one of which is the glutamatergic pyramidal neuron.