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ROLE OF THE REGULATOR OF G PROTEIN SIGNALING 2 (RGS2) FOR NEURONAL AND SYSTEM FUNCTIONHan, Jing 04 April 2007 (has links)
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Immunocytochemical techniques identify Na<sup>+</sup>-coupled HCO<sub>3</sub><sup>–</sup> transporters (NCBTs) in chemosensitive neurons of the medullary raphéColey, Austin A. January 2011 (has links)
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Induktion und Spezifikation serotonerger Neurone des ventralen Rhombencephalon der Maus / Induction and specification of serotonergic neurons from mouse ventral rostral hindbrainOsterberg, Nadja 12 January 2009 (has links)
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Identification and characterisation of novel zebrafish brain development mutants obtained by large-scale forward mutagenesis screening / Mutagenese von Zebrafischen und Identifizierung und Charakterisierung von neuen Mutanten mit Defekten in der frühen GehirnentwicklungKlisa, Christiane 14 December 2003 (has links) (PDF)
Developmental biology adresses how cells are organised into functional structures and eventually into a whole organism. It is crucial to understand the molecular basis for processes in development, by studying the expression and function of relevant genes and their relationship to each other. A gene function can be studied be creating loss-of-function situations, in which the change in developmental processes is examined in the absense of a functional gene product, or in gain-of-function studies, where a gene product is either intrinsically overproduced or ectopically upregulated. One approach for a loss-of-function situation is the creation of specific mutants in single genes, and the zebrafish (Danio rerio) has proven to be an excellent model organism for this purpose. In this thesis, I report on two forward genetic screens performed to find new mutants affecting brain development, in particular mutants defective in development and function of the midbrain-hindbrain boundary (MHB), an organiser region that patterns the adjacent brain regions of the midbrain and the hindbrain. In the first screen, I could identify 10 specific mutants based on morphology and the analysis of the expression patterns of lim1 and fgf8, genes functioning as early neuronal markers and as a patterning gene, respectively. Three of these mutants lacked an MHB, and by complementation studies, I identified these mutants as being defective in the spg locus. The second screen produced 35 new mutants by screening morphologically and with antibodies against acetylated Tubulin, which marks all axonal scaffolds, and anti-Opsin, which is a marker for photoreceptors in the pineal gland. According to their phenotype, I distributed the mutant lines into 4 phenotypic subgroups, of which the brain morphology group with 18 mutant lines was studied most intensively. In the last part of my thesis, I characterise one of these brain morphology mutants, broken heart. This mutant is defective in axonal outgrowth and locomotion, and shows a striking reduction of serotonergic neurons in the epiphysis and in the raphe nuclei in the hindbrain, structures involved in serotonin and melatonin production. Studies in other model organisms suggested a role of factors from the floor plate and the MHB in induction of the serotonergic neurons in the hindbrain, and using broken heart, I show that Fgf molecules such as Fgf4 and Fgf8 can restore partially the loss of serotonergic neurons in the mutant. I conclude that forward genetic screens are an invaluable tool to generate a pool of mutations in specific genes, which can be used to dissect complex processes in development such as brain development.
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Identification and characterisation of novel zebrafish brain development mutants obtained by large-scale forward mutagenesis screeningKlisa, Christiane 09 January 2004 (has links)
Developmental biology adresses how cells are organised into functional structures and eventually into a whole organism. It is crucial to understand the molecular basis for processes in development, by studying the expression and function of relevant genes and their relationship to each other. A gene function can be studied be creating loss-of-function situations, in which the change in developmental processes is examined in the absense of a functional gene product, or in gain-of-function studies, where a gene product is either intrinsically overproduced or ectopically upregulated. One approach for a loss-of-function situation is the creation of specific mutants in single genes, and the zebrafish (Danio rerio) has proven to be an excellent model organism for this purpose. In this thesis, I report on two forward genetic screens performed to find new mutants affecting brain development, in particular mutants defective in development and function of the midbrain-hindbrain boundary (MHB), an organiser region that patterns the adjacent brain regions of the midbrain and the hindbrain. In the first screen, I could identify 10 specific mutants based on morphology and the analysis of the expression patterns of lim1 and fgf8, genes functioning as early neuronal markers and as a patterning gene, respectively. Three of these mutants lacked an MHB, and by complementation studies, I identified these mutants as being defective in the spg locus. The second screen produced 35 new mutants by screening morphologically and with antibodies against acetylated Tubulin, which marks all axonal scaffolds, and anti-Opsin, which is a marker for photoreceptors in the pineal gland. According to their phenotype, I distributed the mutant lines into 4 phenotypic subgroups, of which the brain morphology group with 18 mutant lines was studied most intensively. In the last part of my thesis, I characterise one of these brain morphology mutants, broken heart. This mutant is defective in axonal outgrowth and locomotion, and shows a striking reduction of serotonergic neurons in the epiphysis and in the raphe nuclei in the hindbrain, structures involved in serotonin and melatonin production. Studies in other model organisms suggested a role of factors from the floor plate and the MHB in induction of the serotonergic neurons in the hindbrain, and using broken heart, I show that Fgf molecules such as Fgf4 and Fgf8 can restore partially the loss of serotonergic neurons in the mutant. I conclude that forward genetic screens are an invaluable tool to generate a pool of mutations in specific genes, which can be used to dissect complex processes in development such as brain development.
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Fabrication et caractérisation fonctionnelle de lignées de cellules souches embryonnaires de souris optimisées pour la différenciation en neurones sérotoninergiques : surexpression du facteur de transcription Lmx1b / Engineering and functional characterization of mouse embryonic stem cell lines optimized for differentiation into serotonergic neurons : Lmx1b transcription factor overexpressionDolmazon, Virginie 15 July 2010 (has links)
Les cellules souches embryonnaires (cellules ES) sont pluripotentes et ont donc le potentiel de se différencier en cellules des trois feuillets embryonnaires, ainsi qu’en cellules de la lignée germinale. Ces propriétés en font un modèle pour l’étude des mécanismes de prolifération et de différenciation. Le facteur de transcription Lmx1b est impliqué dans la maintenance du phénotype différencié des neurones dopaminergiques mésencéphaliques. Et il a aussi été montré comme un facteur clef dans la différenciation et la maintenance des neurones sérotoninergiques du rhombencéphale générés dans les noyaux du Raphé. Dans ce travail, nous nous sommes intéressés aux capacités de Lmx1b d’influencer la différenciation des cellules ES de souris en neurones sérotoninergiques. La première stratégie adoptée a résulté en une expression ectopique stable de Lmx1b dans les cellules ES et leurs dérivés. Le niveau d’expression de Lmx1b a fortement influencé les capacités de différenciation neuronale des cellules. Puis, l’analyse de marqueurs de différenciation spécifiques a montré une augmentation de l’expression des marqueurs sérotoninergiques, au contraire des marqueurs dopaminergiques ou de neurones moteur. La seconde stratégie a consisté en une surexpression inductible de Lmx1b dans les précurseurs neuraux dérivés de cellules ES pour mimer l’expression physiologique de Lmx1b. Après induction, Lmx1b était bien exprimé dans les cellules durant toutes les étapes de différenciation neuronale. L’activation de l’expression de Lmx1b au stade des colonies neuroépithéliales a aussi résulté en une amélioration de la différenciation sérotoninergique. Les résultats de ce travail soulignent les capacités de Lmx1b à diriger la différenciation des précurseurs neuraux dérivés de cellules ES vers la voie sérotoninergique in vitro. / Pluripotent Embryonic Stem Cells (ESC) have the potential to develop into cells of the three germ layers and of the germ line. Therefore, they are used as a model to study the proliferation and differentiation mechanisms. The LIM homeodomain transcription factor Lmx1b is involved in the maintenance of the differentiated phenotype of midbrain dopaminergic neurons. And it has been also demonstrated to be a key factor in differentiation and maintenance of hindbrain serotonergic neurons generated in the Raphe Nuclei. Here, we explored the capacity of Lmx1b to direct differentiation of mouse ESC (mESC) into serotonergic neurons. In the first approach, stable ectopic expression of Lmx1b was achieved. First, the level of Lmx1b expression was found to strongly influence the capacity of mESC to accomplish neuronal differentiation. Then, analysis of lineage-specific differentiation markers showed an increase in serotonergic markers’ expression by contrast to dopaminergic or motor neurons markers. In the second approach, Lmx1b was over-expressed in mESC-derived neural precursors by an inducible system in order to mimic the physiological onset of Lmx1b expression. After induction, Lmx1b was found to be stably expressed throughout neuronal differentiation. Activation of Lmx1b expression in neuroepithelial colonies resulted in enhancement of serotonergic differentiation, consistently with the stable system results. The results of this work highlight the capacity of Lmx1b to promote the shift of mESC-derived neural precursors toward a serotonergic fate in vitro.
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