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  • Title: Cellular localization of proenkephalin mRNA and enkephalin peptide products in cultured astrocytes.
    Author: Hauser KF, Osborne JG, Stiene-Martin A, Melner MH.
    Journal: Brain Res; 1990 Jul 09; 522(2):347-53. PubMed ID: 2224534.
    Abstract:
    To identify the possible cellular sites of opioid gene expression during ontogeny, proenkephalin mRNA and enkephalin peptide expression were examined, respectively, by in situ hybridization and immunocytochemistry in organotypic explants of rat cerebellum and in astrocyte-enriched cultures of murine cerebral hemispheres. High levels of proenkephalin mRNA and enkephalin immunoreactivity were detected in immature cells identified as astrocytes. Double-labeling studies combining in situ hybridization and immunocytochemical localization of the astrocytic marker, glial fibrillary acidic protein, provided direct evidence that proenkephalin mRNA is expressed by astrocytes in culture. Based on previous studies that Met-enkephalin can inhibit astrocyte growth in vitro, the present results suggest that proenkephalin gene expression by astrocytes is important during central nervous system maturation.
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