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  • Title: Differential expression in glial cells derived from chick embryo cerebral hemispheres at an advanced stage of development.
    Author: Kentroti S, Vernadakis A.
    Journal: J Neurosci Res; 1997 Feb 01; 47(3):322-31. PubMed ID: 9039654.
    Abstract:
    Recently, we have characterized glial cultures derived from very early neurogenesis (E3) and found them to consist largely of early glioblastic or astroblastic cells with the capacity to differentiate into astrocytes given sufficient time in culture or with advancing age, i.e., cell passage. This study examines and compares the characteristics of astrocyte-enriched cultures derived from advanced embryonic ages (E15) in the chick embryonic cerebral hemispheres. We report several remarkable findings. 1) Mature astrocytes (GFAP+, vimentin-) appear as early as 5 days in vitro (DIV) in primary culture (P0). 2) Also apparent in primary cultures were extensive populations of neurons (neurofilament+; NF+) growing atop or in close proximity to mature astrocytes. 3) NF+ neurons disappeared after the first cell passage, and GFAP+ astrocytes were greatly diminished within two cell passages thereafter. 3) High concentrations of NGF were expressed, presumably by glial cells, in primary cultures through 14 DIV, declining to a low plateau through 27 DIV and remaining low, but measurable in subsequent cell passages. 4) At later cell passages (> 5) immature phenotypes of these same cell types continued to be expressed in E15CH cultures, i.e., positive staining for GFAP and vimentin and GFAP, GS, and NGF can all be detected on Western blots. We conclude from these findings that 1) mitotic multipotential neural cells are present within cerebral hemispheres even at late stages of development (E15); 2) neuroblasts and astroblasts have a reciprocal relationship requiring the presence of both cell types in order for mature expression of their phenotypes; 3) the NGF profile parallels the appearance and disappearance of neurons in E15 chick embryonic cerebral hemisphere primary cultures, strongly suggesting that this trophic factor may be involved in the mutually beneficial relationship between astrocytes and neurons.
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